Word: elect
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...self-satisfied former military ruler who had deigned to allow civilians once again to govern. When his plane lands in Santiago - a capital now ruled, once again, by the very Socialist party Pinochet overthrew in his 1973 coup - he won't be greeted as a national hero. Neither president-elect Ricardo Lagos nor outgoing President Eduardo Frei will be at the airport, and the general is expected to be welcomed by a small delegation of military officers, a marching band, a few thousand of his most fervent supporters and a packed media gallery...
Cambridge had been operating under acting Mayor Kenneth E. Reeves '72 for almost two months after the City Council was unable to elect a permanent mayor in December...
Under the new arrangement, every "residential electoral district"--each House and each of the four first-year districts--will elect three representatives, regardless of size...
Time and time again, it has been argued that Americans need a President with character. But shouldn't Americans elect someone who will address issues of importance, keep the economy blossoming and work hard on foreign policy issues...
...that character should not play any part of a decision to elect someone as President, but the types of faults that have been paraded as serious character flaws simply are not. Some drug use in college does not mean that a candidate is unfit to be President. An accidental advertisement on an porn website should not be grounds to question a candidate's moral makeup...