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...note charged that Bulgarian election arrangements were not democratic; only a single, exclusive slate of candidates was running; the popular will was restricted by threats. Hence the election would not induce U.S. recognition of Bulgaria's Government...
...Communist slate for the Dec. 2 national elections already included a banker, lawyers, and professional men. A notable candidate for the Chamber of Deputies was small, shy artist Candido Portinari, famed portrayer of undernourished coffee workers and slick society matrons. Said Portinari, explaining his conversion to politics: "We must all take our posts in this decisive phase of history, whose march no force can detain, because it is more powerful than the atomic bomb." Rio political analysts thought Communist Candidate Fiuza might nose out ex-War Minister General Eurico Caspar Dutra for second place. But most Brazilians were betting...
Some Koreans would have welcomed chaos, they were so impatient to get the slate wiped clean for independence. They were bound to be disillusioned by American insistence on retaining the forms of government, and by the Army's slow-motion progress. That is passing. Koreans have replaced almost all the hated Japanese police, and those who remain (as sources of information) are kept out of sight...
...Slate. But Young Henry would not go it alone. His mother, who had quietly used her influence in company affairs to end Bennett's reign, would certainly help. It was no secret that she had long opposed many a Bennett policy, particularly on la bor. Now, with the slate swept clean, a new start would be made. To the new board of strategy, Young Henry named...
Glad to assist, the Emergency Council picked Edward Gold; the choice was accepted by the Spec staff, which then drew up a slate of Managing Board editors to serve under Gold and presented the list, as a matter of form, to the Council for its approval...