Word: slates
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...results of that election, and proceeded to undertake a "new" election. At that time, in a memo to the GSD Faculty of February 25, I asked that all previous nominees, and certainly those who had already been known to have accepted appointment, be disqualified, and that the slate be wiped completely clean, beginning with only new nominees from both sides. My fear was that the GSD Faculty would simply reelect those who had previously been elected and accepted, not necessarily out of collusion, but simply out of expediency. If this were to happen, I argued, the results of the previous...
...meeting in Gary grew out of an almost year-long series of small gatherings of black politicians and community leaders. The aim: formulation of a black strategy for the 1972 elections. Delegate slates were to be made up of every black elected official, plus community workers chosen in proportion to the black population of each state. Many states did not come up with a full slate; seven states were not represented at all. Some delegates could not afford to travel to Gary, or to pay the $25 registration...
...Fall, the CCA submitted a list of candidates to the Overseer Nominating Committee and considered running an independent slate if no one they suggested were accepted. The Nominating Committee selected Foster and Atkins from the list...
...word amnesty comes from the Greek root amnestia, which means to forget, overlook, or become oblivious to. Amnesia has the same root. Amnesty does not mean to ask forgiveness--but to wipe the slate clean. To demand this is to ask the government to admit to the American public that its Asia policy was wrong and that those who have opposed it were right...
...Until that time," the motion continued, "it is hoped that members of the HSA will have an opportunity to review the slate of candidates and also investigate the report concerning the operations and finances...