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Word: urbanely (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...clear that the chorused pledge was something more than a catchy calypso lyric. In the British island's general election, Bustamante and his Labor Party squeezed back into power for a second five-year term. It was Bustamante's faithful plantation workers, overpowering the heavy urban vote rolled up by the rival socialist People's National Party, who saved...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAMAICA: Busfa Wins Again | 1/2/1950 | See Source »

...Busta handled his campaign with the skill of an old ward-heeler. Convinced that urban Kingston with its higher percentage of literates would go against him, he stayed away from the capital and worked the rural areas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAMAICA: Busfa Wins Again | 1/2/1950 | See Source »

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