Word: canvassing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Canvass Yard...
Specific matters on the agenda include discussion of a proposal for a canvass of the Yard concerning suggestions regarding the establishment of new activities, and the creation of a sub-social committee to plan for a fall dance and the traditional Spring Jubilee. A chairman will also be designated at tomorrow's meeting...
...been so easy to count Canadian noses-ration books showed how many were eating, Dominion employment offices how many were working, Dominion rental bureaus who was living where. The Statistics Bureau decided that it could make an informed guess without waiting for 1951's door-to-door canvass...
Bends will be sold at the entrances of the four House dining halls. In addition, a room-to-room canvass will be conducted in November. Series E bonds bought up to and including December 31 will be counted in the current drive quota...
...traditional method whereby British parties assess their vote is based on a personal canvass of voters in each constituency immediately after the election campaign opens, again in the middle of the campaign, and finally just before voting. On polling day, it is customary for checkers at the polling booths to ask each voter for his polling number, which gives a clue to his name and address in the electoral register. These checkers often find out from the voter whom he has voted for. The ballot is secret, but many voters, especially Laborites, are quite willing to reveal their vote. Estimates...