Word: voting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Residents in the nation's third-largest city vote today to fill the vacancy left by former Mayor Harold Washington, Chicago's first black mayor, who died in November 1987. The Illinois Supreme Court last year ordered the special election to fill the last two years of his term...
...Republicans, on the other hand, should be blamed for what were obviously highly partisan votes. Their block vote for Tower displayed a lack of concern about whether the nominee was appropriate for the Cabinet position. They seemed primarily concerned with salvaging Bush's rapidly disintegrating political clout rather than considering the case's merits...
Having stuck with Tower through the committee vote, Bush should not drop Tower now and risk looking like a wimp who is easily swayed by the prevailing political winds. He's already lost enough prestige among the top players in Washington and in public opinion...
...first interview since the vote, Tower denied that he was an alcoholic and sought to allay fears among his former colleagues and remove the obstacles to his confirmation with his unusual promise...
Specifically, H/RAAA activists hoped that the Board could vote to force Harvard's seven-member Corporation, which decides University financial policy, to divest completely from South Africa. But even after winning three seats, H/RAAA activists were unsuccessful in securing such a vote by the Overseers, who traditionally rubber-stamp all Corporation decisions...