Word: winning
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Detroit discovered the fearful force that is coiled in ghetto despair. Last week Black Power flexed again in Detroit, encouragingly, this time at the ballot box. With solid inner-city support, Wayne County's auditor, Richard Austin, 56, became the first black in Detroit's history to win a place in the runoff for mayor...
...about 40% Negro, but only an estimated 25% of the city's eligible voters are black. Gribbs will attract not only white moderates and some liberals, but also white conservatives, who are likely to vote for his pigmentation if not his politics. Even if he does not win, Austin's candidacy represents a victory of reason over violence in Detroit's ghetto, and yet another example of the growing black recourse to the political and economic tools of power...
During the ceremonies, Le Duan played the leading role. He read a series of oaths (to win the war, for example), and with each, the throngs in Ba Dinh Square raised their arms and roared: "We swear it!" Duan also read Ho's will and delivered the funeral oration as well. Despite his prominent role, however, analysts agree that he will share power with Dong and Chinh for the foreseeable future...
...only City in the country which elects its councillors through Proportional Representation (PR). Under this electoral system, voters list their choices for council seats in descending order of preference. (1, 2, 3, etc.) From the total number of votes cast, the exact number a candidate needs to win is calculated. When one candidate meets this quota from his "number one" votes the remaining ballots with his name on them are given to the "number two" candidate marked on each ballot. The ballots of candidates who have the fewest "number one" votes are also given to the "number two" candidates...
Holding the Line. In appealing for na tional support to "win the battle of the franc," Giscard cautiously sought to avoid stirring anew the industrial strife that upset the government's economic plans during the student riots of 1968. In fact, the burden assigned to ordinary Frenchmen was relatively light and aimed primarily at restricting credit. Car buyers will have to put down 50% of the purchase price instead of the present 30% and pay off the remainder in 18 months instead of 21. For house hold appliances and furniture, the down payment will be 40%-up from...