Word: voting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...year terms. So far, these student directors have consisted of resume-stuffing candidates who spend most of their time laboring on charity subcommittees and the like, instead of wielding a powerful voice in the Coop leadership. It's time we used our membership and our power of the vote to find out if the board of directors is truly acting in the interests of the Coop's community: the academic...
...prize was approved by a majority vote of the institute's 50-member Nobel Assembly on the recommendation of a five-member committee which studied hundreds of research briefs over the last year. Normally about 250 researchers are nominated for the prize each year...
...Midwest, the region Dukakis must dominate if he is to offset Bush's strength in the South and West. Neither candidate has gained traction in Illinois, which is why Dukakis last week made his sixth visit since July. Bush has appeared there four times. Marshaling Chicago's large black vote has been difficult for Dukakis. In Ohio Bush leads and plans at least one excursion a week to hold that advantage. Democrats outnumber Republicans in Ohio, as in neighboring Michigan. But Democratic union members ) have been slow to mobilize. Owen Beiber, president of the United Auto Workers, chided followers...
...presidential race looks -- on television -- from an important battleground. -- Nervous and overprogrammed, Dan Quayle was overmastered by Lloyd Bentsen. -- The electoral- vote map favors Bush. -- Two striking stories from suburban Chicago show racism' s lingering brutality in America. -- Why the U. S. is losing the trade war and what can be done about it -- a campaign essay...
After 15 years of authoritarian rule, Pinochet agrees to uphold results of a plebiscite. While the vote is a turning point, it will not transform the country overnight, and the future is far from certain. -- Perestroika brings intriguing changes to the KGB. -- Why South Africa is so eagerly courting its black neighbors. -- Foreign troops are leaving, but Angola still bleeds...