Word: precinct
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...archaeology, major discoveries don't usually occur in any meaningful chain of events. The Lydian room was uncovered after extensive exploration of the precinct of the House of Bronzes (called by the excavators "H.B."), just a few days before the campaign...
During election campaigns, the CCA endorses a slate of candidates for Council and School Committee, and backs up its endorsement with an efficient ward and precinct organization. At other times it watches the city government and prepares positons on specific issues to back up its election platforms...
...voters to be studied live in Ward 4, Precinct 3, the area surrounding Central Square. In the last election this precinct voted approximately three to one for the Democrats...
After about 500 of the 1200 voters in the precinct are interviewed, the Clubs will analyze the accumulated data. The local Republican committee, Derham said, has expressed interest in using the Clubs' conclusions in planning future campaigns. Derham added that he hopes the project will interest other Republican groups to conduct similar studies elsewhere...
American Odyssey. Why has the television western far surpassed the popularity of its previous incarnations in the dime novel, the tent show, the wide screen? Why has it overtaken the space cowboys, the precinct operas and the llama dramas? Says ABC Program Director Thomas W. Moore: "The western is just the neatest and quickest type of escape entertainment, that's all." But few are willing to let it go at that. Parents and professional worriers are concerned about the violence and sadism in the horse opera. Psychoanalysts are looking for sex symbols (all those guns, of course), Oedipal patterns...