Word: electioneering
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Commuting members of the Class of 1950 will cast the opening ballots today in the election of 12 class officers. Commuters who do not vote today may do so tomorrow, when the rest of the class votes.
Traditional shenanigans were absent yesterday as the annual Freshman Smoker Committee election got off to a slow start. With balloting to be held on Friday--commuters also vote Thursday--only three candidates of the 18 running had created any excitement.
The Young Upstarts. On hand to help launch the new organization was a platoon of top U.S. labor leaders, including aging William Green and dynamic David Dubinsky of the A.F.L., straight-talking Walter Reuther and diplomatic Allan Haywood of the C.I.O. Outstanding among the Continental union leaders was The Netherlands...
On election night in New Zealand, the flat voices of radio announcers reported the people's choice. The broadcasts came from state-owned radio stations; thousands of New Zealanders heard the news in the comfort of state-owned houses, and even the partially deaf listened with hearing aids provided...
Less than a month after his re-election to one of the country's toughest jobs-mayor of New York-hard-working, onetime city cop William O'Dwyer, 59, was ordered by his doctors to Bellevue Hospital with "almost complete nervous and physical exhaustion." One indication that he...