Word: turnout
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Several representatives considered the small faculty turnout "marginal" support. "We're tired of screaming we might as well work with what we've got," one woman said. "We've finally concluded that their presence is symbolically important, but not practically important," she added...
Peter Guarnaccia '72, one of the organizers, said the attendance of only 35 students was "disappointing" since the meeting had been well publicized. Despite the small turnout, the group resolved to organize meetings in all the Houses during the next few days...
Marjorie Brodsky '71, President of South House, said that the turnout for yesterday's referendum surpassed any previous ones this year. "A lot of people were waiting for this," she said...
...majority's will, and most Americans acquiesce to election results with relative equanimity. Not so William Loeb, the ultraconservative publisher of the Manchester, N.H., Union Leader. In the state's gubernatorial election this fall, Loeb supported conservative Democrat Roger Crowley, hoping that a large voter turnout in Manchester would carry Crowley past the Republican incumbent, Walter Peterson, into the Statehouse. Crowley lost by 4,200 votes. Last week the Union Leader began publishing the names of the 15,000 Manchester voters who failed to show up at the polls. It is they, says Loeb, who cost...
...sure you want 'em." Last year the varsity lightweight squad was seeded sixth out of 15 in the crucial Eastern sprints. But the crew skipped the races to join the protest over Cambodia and Kent State. For 18 places on the freshman squad, the turnout dropped from 70 two years ago to 20 this fall...