Word: voting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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More importantly, city residents will vote this year on Proposition 1-2-3, a binding ballot referendum that would fundamentally change the system by allowing some rent-control tenants to purchase their apartments after living in them for at least two years...
...words] were purposefully designed to catch the attention of the person who has come to vote and who has not studied the proposal carefully," says Samp. "The basic argument between [Democratic Commissioner Sondra B.] Scheir and myself is, 'does this in fact constitute a buzzword...
...meanwhile, the union will finish the process of organizing that was started 18 years ago. Once elections on the union's by-laws and constitution--slated for later this month--and a vote on the union leadership--to be held in October--are finished, HUCTW can officially, finally law claim to its place at Harvard...
...political responsibilities, so I don't feel uncomfortable changing jobs. Of course it is different being editor of a 500,000-circulation newspaper and being a Prime Minister. At first I felt as if a great rock were put on my shoulders. Someone wrote that during the confirmation vote, I looked like a condemned man waiting for his sentence to be passed. When I looked at myself on TV, I saw a stranger. Only now am I beginning to identify myself with the image that appears...
...seat was his "No. 1 goal." Shot back Richman, a former head of the state bar association: "This is an American seat." For the rest of the campaign, the opponents bickered over each other's alleged bigotry. Spanish radio stations added to the nastiness by charging that a vote for Richman was a vote for Fidel Castro. Although Richman won a majority of black and Anglo voters, Ros-Lehtinen's 90% support from Hispanic voters gave her the edge...