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Word: townships (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...stake are myriad local offices ranging from county sheriff to township assessor, more than 6,800 state legislative posts, 35 governorships, 35 U.S. Senate seats and all 435 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives. According to the polls, many Americans-up to 30% in certain races-have lodged themselves squarely in the "undecided" column, which could reflect a simmering, silent dissatisfaction within the electorate or merely a reluctance to size up the issues and candidates...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Campaign: A Question of How Big | 11/4/1966 | See Source »

...rubber-stamp marks in his passbook. He needs one stamp to hold his job, another to maintain "temporary residence" in his African township, still others to allow his wife and children to live with him. If he loses his job, he must apply to the police for a stamped permit to seek work. If he wants to visit relatives in another city, he needs a stamp before he can get on the train. The government can cancel any of his stamps at any time for any reason, move him far away from his home, job and family. Above...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Africa: The Great White Laager | 8/26/1966 | See Source »

...immorality of it grabs you by the throat, and you want to run, to get it out of your system," says a white not long out of Europe. "But then it's a new day, and the hibiscus blazes on your stoop, the housemaid is singing a township song as she hangs out the clothes, and your children are tanner than ever and growing like trees. The anguish of South Africa seems a long way away...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Africa: The Great White Laager | 8/26/1966 | See Source »

...sets, humming refrigerators and air conditioners. The air conditioner's metallic threnody, in fact, is one of the important new sounds of America. It hangs in the air above close-nestled, rich communities like the thrum of some giant insect infestation, and it is setting neighbor against neighbor, township against contractor, and contractor against manufacturer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: WHEN NOISE ANNOYS | 8/19/1966 | See Source »

...after thorough recounts in 1950 and 1952. Throughout his six terms he faced hostile Republican legislatures, whose conservatism can hardly be made comprehensible today. The Republican legislators were not Goldwater-like ideologues with sleek suburban backgrounds, but simple small-town businessmen who saw no use for government above the township level and prided themselves on never having seen a city larger than Lansing (population 92,000 at the time). The automobile companies' lobbyists, who had seen bigger things, were able to control the legislative process. Williams built an honest, efficient administration, but was able to increase spending for items like...

Author: By Michael D. Barone, | Title: Williams-Cavanagh Primary | 4/19/1966 | See Source »

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