Word: slates
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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California is more a state of mind than a slate of the union, and outsiders view the complexities of California politics with commendable apprehension. But despite the atypical and unpredictable nature of its politics-or perhaps because of it-the conventional West Coast wisdom is that what California is today, the nation will be tomorrow. The nation's most populous state is a melting pot of about 20,000,000 people: 9% Mexican-American, 7% black and 2% Oriental. Foreigners, including those from England, Germany, Italy and Canada, make up about 25% of the population. There...
...Alan Pifer, the foundation's president, wrote to chairmen of the firms emphasizing the "substantial importance" of the issues. Trustees of the United Methodist Church's Glide Foundation ($6 million) wrote to each of the companies in the Glide portfolio that they would support management's slate of directors only if it included women and "minority-group" representatives. Said Roger Kennedy, financial vice president of the Ford Foundation, which voted for management in several major contests: "How we voted is much less important than what we communicated to management...
Muskie has not campaigned in Ohio after withdrawing from the unfriendly primary trail last week. But the Muskie slate is comprised of many well-known Ohio politicians, led by Governor John J. Gilligan...
...they got no shame?" reads a sign on the blackboard in the second floor room in Mass Hall. The sign is red chalk, and against the slate smooth surface of the blackboard resembles a question written in dried blood, a dead man's last words...
...reform plan is to gain a majority of the Democratic city committee's 165 votes. Each ward committee is made up of 15 candidates, and voters may choose the entire slate, or vote for individuals...