Word: tickets
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...years ago, slim, smiling Governor Kubitschek. son of a Polish immigrant, heard somebody say that the 1955 presidential election would be a lottery. Commented Kubitschek: "The governor of Minas Gerais holds a ticket." A year later the left-of-center Partido Social Democratico (P.S.D.) gave Kubitschek the task of touring Brazil and getting local P.S.D. leaders to agree on a 1955 presidential candidate in advance of the party's nominating convention. Kubitschek assiduously set about selling himself. A strong selling point was his record as an industrious builder of roads and hydroelectric plants during his four years as governor...
Each political group could sell a dollar ticket entitling its holder to see all the club's forums throughout the year. The money obtained might go directly into planning future programs. The cost of these forums would then be borne by those who attended the discussions rather than, as before, by those who paid to see the clubs' movies. The chief objection--that students might refuse to buy a dollar ticket for the year--is valid only so long as the calibre of the forums is poor. If the organization plans its programs in advance and is persistent in asking...
...giving me the bum's rush at LaGuardia, and so making me a day late for an important meeting, while it sent my bags on to Knoxville and left me to spend a night in New York without pajamas. My reconfirmation was acknowledged in grease pencil on my ticket-envelope but we had no record of it, sir, and would I please step over with the standbys. At Knoxville the next day I reconfirmed to Washington when I landed and two days later the boys pulled the same gag on me. This time I blew up and bad temper...
Pushbutton Ticket Vendor. The New York Central has installed "Automaticket," the first self-service ticket vending machine in Manhattan's Grand Central Station. Built by General Register Corp., "Automaticket" has pushbuttons for 60 suburban stations, with the fares listed for each. The purchaser puts coins in a slot, presses the right button, four seconds later gets his tickets and change. If he puts in too little money, a lighted sign warns him to put more...
University car owners, however, need not get excessively worried about receiving tickets. According to McCarthy, a new city ordinance permits the Police Department to wait 30 days after the ticket is issue before sending a summons...