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Word: could (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Student Council has just finished conducting an election. In the process of nominating, voting, and counting ballots a ludicrous number of irregularities occurred. None was unavoidable. The Class Committee election could have come off without a hitch if it had been properly managed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Election Confusion | 12/20/1949 | See Source »

Further, there were too many nominees. This meant that voting was necessarily confused, and that except for the top men, the candidates were separated by margins so small as to be nearly meaningless. There are three solutions which, though perhaps not ideal, could straighten this out: 1. have a primary election and then a run-off; 2. require more signatures on nominating petitions, insuring both a smaller slate and nominees who are known to the voters; 3. at least institute preferential voting to help offset the size of the ballot...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Election Confusion | 12/20/1949 | See Source »

After fining Polak for court expenses, Judge Louis L. Green told him, "If you want to raise a question, why don't you see the City Solicitor?" He also said that the student could appeal the case to a higher court. Polak paid the fine and left...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Law Student Says Meters Are Illegal | 12/20/1949 | See Source »

...laughed now. You idiots, he said to the windows full of cheap neckties. You silly bastards, he said to the bookstalls and the camera shops. You couldn't hear tonight, could you? You never hear St. Luke, do you? You can have your Xmas. I'll settle for Christmas...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE VAGABOND | 12/20/1949 | See Source »

...instance, the tap dancing of Fred Astaire, who clicks his heels and tocs through several excellent routines. In the best of these he dances better while playing a drunk than most of the hoofers could cold sober. Throughout "Holiday Inn" Astaire plays a foil for Bing Crosby. In this film, a Paramount re-release, Crosby's voice and hairline are still intact. He sings an excellent selection of Irving Berlin tunes--"Easter Parade," "Be Careful, It's My Heart," and, of course "White Christmas." The result is like a greeting card: it has no art and no subtlety...

Author: By Stephen O. Saxe, | Title: THE MOVIEGOER | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

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