Word: slates
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...political tradition holds that the reformers can never reconcile their ideological differences or their moralistic fervor to form a practical and electable political coalition. Cambridge Convention '77, a slate of progressives committed to support a platform of specific reforms, would like to prove the skeptics wrong...
This year, if a spirited voter registration drive produces a large turnout and if the reformers' assurances of a united and cooperative Convention slate hold true, their goal of a council majority may be realized...
Cambridge's unusual voting system reinforces the need for a unified slate. Under proportional representation (P.R.), the voters rank all candidates in order of preference to prevent a majority from controlling all the seats. The votes are tabulated according to number one choices, with the result that any sizeable group may elect a representative. An organized slate of candidates is a good strategy under P.R. because the slate can pick up transfer votes--lower choices of a voter whose first choice candidate has already been elected or eliminated...
...running eight candidates reflecting Cambridge's diversity: the slate contains an equal number of men and women, ages ranging from 25 to 73, and covering a wide spectrum of racial and social backgrounds...
Besides tying Tufts 1-1 the women's soccer team also ruined U-Mass's 6-0 unbeaten slate, beating them 2-1, and thrashed Mt. Holyoke 3-0 in the preliminary games. Right fullback Natalie Roe played exceptionally well in all 150 minutes of those three games, mixing an excellent sense of when to get rid of the ball quickly with the poise to start constructive offensive movements when she had the time...