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...string orchestras for the voters' entertainment. The ballot bears a single name, that of the official "bloc" candidate. To vote for him, the voter marks the ballot with an X. To vote against him, he scratches out the name. A voter may withdraw into a gaily festooned polling booth, but most put their X down out in the open. Obviously, privacy would serve only those who would want to vote against the candidate, and the names of people- who use the polling booths are usually taken down by poll watchers and passed on to the secret police...
...polling stations in his Warwickshire constituency. At one Conservative headquarters, officials told Eden of two elderly spinsters who had sent word, "Don't worry about us. We shall bicycle down to vote after tea." At another station, an indomitable 80-year-old woman made it to the polling booth, cast a Tory vote and collapsed. Said she: "Well, there, that's the last thing I can do for my country...
...with considerable interest that I read your article concerning Farmer William L. Booth and the "Hoosier Hawaiian Air-A-Van" [TIME...
...Booth for having to arise at 4: 30 a.m. and for working so hard for what he has today. What Mr. Booth and the majority of the members of this noble undertaking do not realize is that there are millions of other people not engaged in farming, who have worked just as hard or harder, and do not have the benefit of being coddled by a more than generous government that spends billions of dollars on their behalf...
...play tries hard to be honest, manages in places to be effective, has a fierce moment or two, as when at the end Doc clings for help, like a drowning man, to the wife who has made him drown. And as Lola and Doc, Shirley Booth and Sidney Blackmer prove a valiant acting team, bring a great deal that is human, perceptive, vivid to their roles...