Word: voting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...angrily: "We all saw the deal made here on the Senate floor. There is no question that the committee bought off the filibuster by agreeing to increase the appropriation $12,500,000." Finally, in the twelfth hour of continuous debate, the Senate approved the full housing bill by a vote...
...base's 3,900 sailors and civilian personnel. This year, the big feature was the election of "Miss Quonset Point." The triumphant queen was to be crowned at the ball; the commandant would escort her in the grand march. Everyone who bought a ticket got a vote, and sales were brisk...
...Major General Nelson A. Miles, who splashed ashore on the beaches at Guanica to end the rule of Spain in 1898. By the peace treaty, Puerto Rico became a U.S. possession. Puerto Ricans have U.S. citizenship; their Resident Commissioner in Washington has a voice in Congress, but no vote. Congress has the right to repeal any act of the Puerto Rican legislature. The right has never been used, but its continued existence irks Puerto Ricans...
...greatest achievements was to teach Puerto Ricans the true value of the ballot. Against the then-common practice of vote-selling, Muñoz used an argument compounded of pity and scorn: "If you want to sell your vote for $2, all right. I don't blame you. I know $2 is worth something. But if you don't sell your vote, you can use it to get justice for your family. So remember: justice or $2. But you can't have both...
...when he fell in love with a former high-school teacher named Inez Maria Mendoza. They have had two children (now 9 and 8), were married two years ago, after Muñoz finally got a divorce. In the election Muñoz got 62% of the total vote...