Word: voting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Layton, whom he backed against Whiteley. "If you rat on me now in spite of our 40 years' friendship," hissed Churchill, "I will never speak to you again." Tory delegates patrolled the corridors, lobbying for Layton. Two Danes asked in French whether this man Layton really deserved their vote, and a British Tory replied suavely: "Ah, mais oui, c'est un brave-he's a good...
Election day was warm and sunny. Near polling booths in bars and cafes beer flowed as on a special holiday. High on the Zugspitze vacationers took time to vote, and from Baltic beaches bathers ambled inland to cast their ballots. "It does not really make much difference who wins," said a German in Marburg, "as long as there is a big turnout...
...Lord's Will." West Germany's pre-election atmosphere was scarcely democratic in the U.S. or British sense. The mental and moral morass left behind by Hitler nourished many factions on the lunatic fringe. The tiny, extreme-right-wing Deutsche Rechtspartei advertised itself with the command: "Vote for DRP-this is Our Lord's Will." In Düsseldorf an anonymous group distributed swastika, swathed pamphlets extolling Hitler, reviled Jews, urged Germans-many of whom were weary and wary of all political parties-to stay away from the polls...
...free v. a controlled economy was not the only issue between the two parties. The Christian Democrats, headed by foxy, polished, 73-year-old Konrad Adenauer, were backed by the Roman Catholic Church. Western Germany's bishops last month published a pastoral letter urging the faithful to vote for "Christian" candidates. To the bishops' letter, gaunt Socialist Leader Kurt Schumacher, violent champion of separation between church and state, made bitter reply. His party, he cried, had consistently fought all dictatorships, "whether marked by a swastika, a hammer and sickle, or deep black robes...
...vote, San Francisco's War Memorial Opera House trustees decided to eat their harsh words banning Norwegian Soprano Kirsten Flagstad from an autumn engagement. Without her, it seemed, the box-office outlook was too dark. In Salzburg, where she was still as popular as in prewar days, Flagstad magnanimously announced: "I will accept the invitation . . . despite the incident...