Word: voting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...election was the greatest possible tribute to the secret ballot, which is the heart of democracy. It is true that the vote was low;* there was considerable evidence that many had voted reluctantly. But a reluctant vote counts just as much as an enthusiastic one. The election was a decision, perhaps some day to be amended (as democracy can and does amend its choices), but an affirmative decision nevertheless...
...rightists' clamors for a general election will have a new note of authority, and the government may not be able to produce the absolute majority in the Chamber of Deputies necessary to override an adverse vote by the Council. The Qucille regime has been fighting hard, and will undoubtedly go on fighting, but the odds are against it. And the odds are definitely for the de Gaullists, even in a country where political risks are manifold...
...vote favored more conservative colors and styles with the exception of a red faille bolero and skirt Dior original in the cocktail dresses division. Modeling the winning combinations were Mary Frances Blakeslee '52; Susan Kunstadter, Sargent; Joan Wilson, Sargent; Peggy Crawford, Simmons; Jane Hauser, Boston University; and Joyce Dana, Tufts...
Undoubtedly the smallness of the vote for Wallace gives powerful impetus to this policy. Before November second, there is some evidence that leaders in the Soviet Union and her satellites considered a large segment of the American people to be opposed to the Russian policy of this government. There is no reason for that illusion now. In my opinion, the magnitude of the Wallace defeat hastens the day when it may be possible to undertake serious negotiations with the Soviet Union since Soviet leaders must be by now convinced that the prospects for appeasement are definitely blighted...
Raised and schooled in France, Vicas explained that French senators are elected by municipal councils and not direct popular vote, even as the American Senate used to be, elected by state legislatures until the Seventeenth Constitutional Amendment...