Word: urbanely
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...years in opposition. Neither explanation is entirely adequate. The Republican Party is suffering from a lack of confidence in the theories and principles from which it sprang. It was the party of dynamic capitalism, of manufacturers and independent farmers as opposed to plantation owners, traders and the urban masses. It is a fascinating historical curiosity that in the era of capitalism's greatest practical success (1910-55) it suffered a devastating loss of theoretical prestige. This accounts for the negative quality of so much Republican leadership. Most G.O.P. spokesmen seem able to express what they are against...
...exhaust fumes, or simply the sinful exhalations of mass man. They may be half right, but no more, according to Dr. Hammond's figures: the smaller a man's home town, the less likely he is to smoke cigarettes heavily. This accounts for part of the urban-rural difference...
...major problems, because the law is so stringent about how much can be spent, and how. The 630 constituencies (five more than last time because of population changes) average about 50,000 registered voters. A candidate in an average rural constituency may spend only $2,450, an urban candidate about $2,150. The agent's fee comes out of this; so do all printing costs (a campaign address, or opening statement, must be printed, enveloped and sent to every voter), headquarters' rent and similar expenses. The candidate himself may spend an additional $280 for expenses-three or four...
...government is getting ready to give the Congolese a small voice in the colony's affairs. Some time next year, if present plans are carried out, the literate Africans in the principal Congo cities (15% of the total native population) will vote alongside the whites for panels of urban councilmen, who will advise the local prefects...
Citing similar work done in New York City by Columbia and Fordham, Robert L. Wise '49, a member of the Committee on Urban Conservation and Renewal, asked "education to shoulder this new type of responsibility." Wise issued the suggestions in a minority report to the Committee...