Word: systemically
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...must have gone mad to countenance the evolution of such an absurd system to elect a President. That important men like Kennedy and Baker and Brown are already devoting most of their not inconsiderable abilities to elect themselves to a presidency that begins in January 1981 is incredible. That the President, with his incalculable responsibility, must concentrate for over one-quarter of his tenure on his re-election is perilous for the nation. That millions will be spent on the campaign rather than to alleviate the suffering in Cambodia is obscene. Yet this insane system does not guarantee the best...
...electoral system this year increased the number of votes cast on each ballot, Koivumaki said. He added that in the preliminary balloting, seniors cast 769 votes on the Radcliffe ballot and 805 on the Harvard ballot, compared with last year's figures...
...want in life and what I need, and what I want to do for others. I'd like to be involved in a social cause, I'd like to make sure that the needs of the elderly get taken care of. I'd like to work to change the system, but I'd be knowing all the while that it's virtually impossible to change...
...announcement of Burke's penalty less thane one minute into the game proved to be a harbinger of things to come. By the time Dave Conners raised the fists of uncountable Crimson rooters with his overtime goal, the high-pitched hum of the Walter Brown public-address system had become a part of the lives of the 2900-plus who enjoyed the game...
Luckily for the Crimson, the final time they heard the public address system's obscene whine, they didn't care what it sounded like. "The final Harvard goal was scored by Dave Conners...