Quite a few did not have high school degrees and elected courses to qualify for that degree. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

At that session of the NEC I was elected deputy president of the organization while Alfred Nzo, the organization’s secretary-general, was named acting president while Oliver was recuperating. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Buoyed by this example of success, thousands of new migrants massing in the city’s second ward in 1917 and 1918 took to the polls and elected two black aldermen to represent them. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“You’re right. I might not get elected,” he said, giving me a sad look. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

This is what she had been elected to do. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Uncle Jack, I don’t know why you elect to disappear into the mist. Dr. Finch scratched his head and a tuft of gray hair stood up. “I’m sorry,” he said. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

A backer of Israel who called himself “A Friend of Justice” argued that if the oath were uniformly required, not a single legislator could claim to be legally elected. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

How could a brand-new student, who didn’t know a soul in the place, get himself elected president? Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

In November 1860, Abraham Lincoln was elected president of the United States. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

In 1605, Bellarmine would almost certainly have been elected Pope, but declined to offer himself as a candidate, preferring to be the power behind the throne. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

Then there would be an election to see which stuffed animal would be elected ruler of the world. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

She graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Boston University, and her otherwise all male class elected her class president. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Then borrowing from the school’s motto, “Enter to Learn, Go Forth to Serve,” I added: “If you elect me I will go forth to serve all of you.” Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

At that moment he could have been elected president of the gang. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Colonel, we got grievances. The men elected me to talk for ’em.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The government finally agreed to accept a single, elected constitutional assembly, which would adopt a new constitution and serve as a transitional legislature for the new government. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The US Capitol, the Washington Monument, and the White House. Did you know that plans for a monument started before Washington was elected president?” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

School officers were to be elected on April 24. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The crowd stood, applauding for more than five minutes straight as elected leaders jostled for position on the aisles. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

A motion was made from the floor to change the organization’s constitution and allow men to be elected as officers. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

And now up this mountain, in white robes, singing, the elect came. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

The garden in the center of our apartment complex does not need the approval of elected officials to be transformed, but I want whatever I submit to the bank to appear very professional. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I was humbled by their investment, the work I saw everyday people doing to help get him elected. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Because we elect people to vote for us. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fortune presents her a second chance in the form of an impoverished doctor—in fact, a prince in disguise who has elected to work among the needy. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

In October the other pupils elected me Student Council representative for the fourth grade. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

I thought that if Cassius and I happened to meet, it would likely prove embarrassing for Cassius, since he had elected to remain with Elijah Muhammad’s version of Islam. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

If a black person can be elected president, can’t a black person do just about anything now? The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“I am going to formally organize them into a union. They will elect their own representatives.” The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Twelve years prior, months after the 1992 indictment had been issued, Bill Clinton had been elected President of the United States. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Roosevelt was elected to a fourth term in the fall of 1944 without the help of Rass, which went solidly Republican as usual. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or should he put the dream in jeopardy and elect to have the surgery done on Boobie now, before it was too late, before there was more physical and psychological damage? Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She became literary editor of the college paper, joined the sorority Pi Beta Phi, and was even elected class president. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Robert Horton had marveled, even before the migration, at the power of blacks living in Chicago to elect their own. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Cyril Ramaphosa was elected secretary-general, evidence that the torch was being passed from an older generation of leadership to a younger one. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when the newly elected male president offered her the vice presidency, she turned him down. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Oh, so who elected you the Minister of Fashion?” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“It is not often,” Buckley continued, “that a representative of the people finds the masses of the citizens who elected him to office standing literally at his back, waiting for him to enforce the law. ...” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Fortunately for the WCTU, it elected Frances Willard as its president. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

In 1667, Newton was elected to a minor Fellowship at Trinity, which would automatically become a major Fellowship when he became an MA in 1668. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

President John Kennedy, elected in 1960, increased the number of American soldiers from a few hundred to over sixteen thousand. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Many of the citizens gathered there wore overcoats, shoe rubbers, and woolen scarfs, having elected not to leave these things in the cloakroom: there’d been a rush to find a place to sit. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

A few weeks after the election, I’d gone with Barack to Washington for a daylong orientation offered to newly elected senators and their spouses. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“It is incredible, Monsieur. All the world elects to travel tonight!” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

The nation maintains its own elected government and has twenty thousand members. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Tom Tate was elected the new county sheriff days after the murder took place, and folks started to question whether he was up to the job. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

It never entered her head that they would elect her beauty queen of the carnival pandemonium. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Didn’t you hear the news? I was elected president of the Chumley Prep Philosophy Club. My friends and I started it a few minutes ago.” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

Although elected President of the College of Physicians in 1654, he had to decline the honour on the grounds of age and ill health. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

The initial speech at the Ceremony of Twelve was made by the Chief Elder, the leader of the community who was elected every ten years. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

That’s when one of the attorneys told us that an elected official does not have to appear to answer a summons. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even Mr. Bracket, who had been elected by the chickadees to test whether or not it was too stormy for good hunting, would appear for a few hours and disappear. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Throughout Adams’s presidency, she claimed, Jefferson had used his position as vice president to undermine the policies of the very man he had been elected to support. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Then in the winter of 1840, Henry wrote that he had been elected as a delegate to the World Anti-Slavery Convention, in London, and he would be abroad for about eight months. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Supposedly this Devil One person was going to get one million dollars from the United States to pay soldiers to do that, go against the very person they all just elected. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not only were men welcome at the American, the group elected a man, the Reverend Henry Ward Beecher, to be its first president. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

“I guess I’m not getting elected homecoming king anytime soon, right?” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

But by some old, standing arrangement with her psyche, she elected to feel guilty for having seen it, caught it, and sentenced herself to listen to Lane’s ensuing conversation with a special semblance of absorption. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

The New York legislature, without trial or warning, expelled five of its Socialist Party members even though they had been freely elected. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

After convening, the first order of business for the assembly would be to elect a president. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I vowed to myself that if Barack was fortunate enough to be elected, I’d find some way to better support these families. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He was elected to nothing, honored for nothing—and yet, though I did not realize this until years later, he was grand marshal of our daily parade. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

We caucused among ourselves and lobbied all the residents of the house, and within weeks elected our own House Committee, defeating the upperclassmen. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He retired soon after the vote, only to be nominated as a justice to the Supreme Court by the newly elected president, Ulysses S. Grant. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

“They just elected me a Runner, so you’re buddies with a stud now.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Some called for Prince Hamlet to be elected, despite his youthfulness. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Later, John Palmer, the half-Sioux lawyer, sent a letter to Charles Curtis, a U.S. senator from Kansas; part-Kaw, part-Osage, Curtis was then the highest official with acknowledged Indian ancestry ever elected to office. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

All we got to do is to elect Wilson again this fall. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Past the field there’s a small creek, and I elect to start there. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The old age of slavery overseas and a Parliament elected by only 3 percent of the English was ticking down to days, to hours, to minutes, to seconds. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

She had been his legal adviser; she would inherit his stock and serve as a director of the company until the day she, too, would be elected chairman of the board. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I slept, the news was confirmed: American voters had elected Donald Trump to succeed Barack as the next president of the United States. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

When the votes were tallied, Stanton was elected president, Anthony was elected vice president, and Stone became chair of the executive committee.Stanton accepted the position but returned to England immediately after the convention. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

When the game concluded, Nigro approached Regina and Bobby and introduced himself as the newly elected president of the Brooklyn Chess Club. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He had just been elected President, and it was necessary that he speak. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do not be so pessimistic. Someday, Americans will elect a woman President.” In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

After Abraham Lincoln was elected president in November, rumbles of rebellion swept the southern states. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I had been elected president of my class, and I found myself suddenly involved in student politics. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He’d work hard, get himself well-known and trusted, and eventually be elected to the House of Representatives from his state. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the end of election night, it was clear that although he had garnered less than 38 percent of the vote, Thompson had been elected. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It was the right to be elected to office. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Right! Those who don’t have good class backgrounds shouldn’t be elected,” somebody else agreed. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

They elected me class president my very first year there. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

But by a margin of more than three to one, Transkei voters elected members opposed to the homeland policy. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Celia has judged 193 cases since she was elected to the People’s Court, from petty thievery and family disputes to more serious crimes of medical malpractice, arson, and counterrevolutionary activities. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

All those prosperous, solid men out there would discover now that they had elected a ludicrous waif. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, in the second semester of the seventh grade, I was elected class president. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If I had my way—” “He won’t really get elected praetor, will he?” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The week after Lieutenant Scheisskopf followed Clevinger’s recommendation and let the men elect their own cadet officers, the squadron won the yellow pennant. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

In some cases, blacks have forged alliances with whites and Latinos to elect black mayors, senators, and congressmen. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t sure whom I was supposed to be paying attention to—my friend or the girl she had, apparently, elected to speak for her. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Every semester, the faculty elected twelve students, three from each class, to serve on the Jury. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

He’d been elected to the city council two years before, on his second attempt, and there was rampant talk of a run against the mayor in the next Democratic primary. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Clarkston residents elect their own mayor and city council and have their own police department. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

The All-in Conference called for a national convention of elected representatives of all adult men and women on an equal basis to determine a new nonracial democratic constitution for South Africa. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just two years later that brown-haired young man was elected to Congress and eventually became president of the United States. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

After President Botha’s resignation as head of the National Party, F. W. de Klerk had been elected in his place, and there was said to be considerable jockeying between the two men. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Half the members of the assembly would be elected on a national basis and half on a regional one, and the assembly would be empowered both to write a new constitution and to pass legislation. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

At that moment, I wished I could elect Mr. Reilly as my grandfather. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The first black alderman had been elected in 1915, and he was later elected to Congress. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

On the morning of August 18, a stiflingly hot day even by Nashville standards, elected officials gathered at the statehouse. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

As poverty became a growing problem in the new republic, he called the meeting that organized the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association, and was elected its first president. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

At twenty-three years old, he was elected to the New York State Assembly. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

He was a democratically elected leader, and a progressive. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

You may, however, elect to name the plant otherwise. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

My father, utterly thrilled by Jim’s gridiron prowess, was elected as president of the Big Creek Football Fathers’ Association. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

You didn’t get elected if you didn’t first submit to the full-bore scrutiny of the American gaze, which ran itself over your entire history, including your social associations, professional choices, and tax returns. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

This statement was strongly opposed by the others, and Constance was elected to speak for them. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Of his being Fayette County’s elected representative to the legislature and driving over to Charleston to put his head together with other important heads and enact profound laws. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

Cape Town was thirty-five miles to the southwest, but because of the unexpected crowds at the gate, the driver elected to take a different path to the city. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Also in 1915, blacks played a decisive role in electing the mayor, Republican William Thompson. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I was quick to register, and Mom and I even went off into town for the first meeting to elect representatives and office-bearers. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

For secretary they elected Sullivan, who most decidedly was not a happy pupil of Hunt’s. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

In 1868, former Union general Ulysses Grant was elected president, succeeding Andrew Johnson. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The students of London University elected me president of their Students’ Union, in absentia. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Barred from the ballot box, Southern blacks had no say in electing government officials, the times, they were a-changin’. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

And that, ultimately, our morals would prevent us from electing someone who promoted racism and misogyny and xenophobia. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Montana had gone for George W. Bush in the last election but had also elected a Democratic governor. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“If we can get three more moderate school board members elected, they can join forces with the three who walked out. Then instead of everything being deadlocked, we can move forward on reopening the schools.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

When elected vice president, he was put in charge of the space program. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

They were black people who elected their own politicians, but these politicians, I learned, superintended a police force as vicious as any in America. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

In 1605, Paul V had been elected Pope, and he made a determined effort to extend the authority of the Church and tighten the papal grip on Catholic states. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

Then he tells us that my idea for No-Name Day is more important than who gets elected to student council and will we work with him to help make it happen. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

Jefferson Davis was elected President of the Confederacy. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The party sachems met here in secret pow-wow in a private dining room and, over succulent oysters, they decided who’d be elected and who mowed down. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

When an apparently healthy person, especially a healthy young man, elects to forgo the enticements of the flesh, it shocks us, and we leer. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Besides, now that everyone could vote from home, via the OASIS, the only people who could get elected were movie stars, reality TV personalities, or radical televangelists. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

By the spring of that year, when it came time to elect the annual carnival queen from the graduating seniors, my homeroom chose me. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Today I'm the only person to get off at this station, holding my small suitcase, looking like a mad vacationer who has elected to come to the sea in the middle of winter. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

At last the lords agreed, though with much ill will, to elect Claudius as king. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

At least that’s what people must have thought, because he got elected. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Now that he’d been elected president, he could put his plan into action. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

There was only one candidate, Napoleon, who was elected unanimously. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

For the first time in South African history, the black majority would go to the polls to elect their own leaders. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

If he gets elected, he'll help people like us, I thought. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

He was president of the junior class now, would undoubtedly be elected president of the senior class, and none of that mattered anymore. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

The school was named after a pioneering doctor who also became the first female mayor elected in England. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

If enough men and women voted for her to be elected as our congressman, then who knew? P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Yeah, I was an undocumented immigrant who'd been elected to public office. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

She should not have said that, not her, not the first black, the first woman, to have been elected to a judgeship in the state. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

He told Americans that his preference was to complete the term to which he’d been elected, but that he longer had enough support to continue. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

And the case seemed to have little impact on Southam’s professional standing: soon after the end of his probationary period, Southam was elected president of the American Association for Cancer Research. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I could stand up and demand fair and just treatment by law enforcement and our elected officials. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

In April, Animal Farm was proclaimed a Republic, and it became necessary to elect a President. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Many will wonder how a nation that just elected its first black president could possibly have a racial caste system. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

This blame-the-party-in-power approach made sense in Great Britain, where the prime minister is an elected member of Parliament who serves only as long as his or her party holds a majority of the parliamentary seats. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

The federally guaranteed right to vote gave them the opportunity to elect officials who would protect all the other basic rights guaranteed by federal law and the Constitution. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

A National Action Council was elected, with myself as honorary secretary, to communicate this demand to the government. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He walked as if he were in the company of the elect, so that even Mrs. Cobb would have had to stretch to find something to remark on. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

He’s absolutely sure that guys who kissed a Prince of England and liked it don’t get elected to represent Texas. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

But before the election of an assembly, it was necessary to have an interim government that could oversee the transition until a new government was elected. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before long, he was elected to the position of chaplain—or Kludd—of the Klavern. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

She was a celebrity now, newly elected to the Red Guards Committee, one of only nine people elected by all the Red Guards in the school. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a moment of hesitation, Mr. Dantzler, who had been elected the company-church deacon for the year, rose and asked for everybody to wait until the choir filed outside. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

About twenty women met and formed the Mothers’ Club, electing a young mother named Joyce Thorpe president of the group. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Barack was elected to the Illinois senate in November 1996 and sworn in two months later, at the start of the following year. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The next day, he was elected to the Continental Congress. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although Dalton tried to avoid all honors, he was elected to the Royal Society against his wishes, showered with medals, and given a handsome government pension. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Once elected, Reagan’s promise to enhance the federal government’s role in fighting crime was complicated by the fact that fighting street crime has traditionally been the responsibility of state and local law enforcement. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Unaccustomed to democracy, many Germans had little faith in their president and elected Reichstag. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

He’d led an overhaul of state campaign finance laws that ushered in stricter ethics rules for elected officials. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I told the crowd that we one day would occupy these buildings as the first democratically elected government of South Africa. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If I’m elected president,” he said, “I think maybe we will go to the moon.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Once elected, Clinton endorsed the idea of a federal “three strikes and you’re out” law, which he advocated in his 1994 State of the Union address to enthusiastic applause on both sides of the aisle. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

He was not a member of that forsaken elect. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had not elected to eat in the bath, however—or even to linger beyond the not inconsiderable time it took to get clean—being far too eager to continue talking with Suheyla. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Though everyone was dying for an explanation, we had elected to give the girls a moment to themselves, and stared in amazement from a respectful distance. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

School had always been easy for Melanie; and even though she wasn’t the kind who got elected class president, she’d always had plenty of friends. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

It promotes a return to the democratically elected political systems of the past. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

According to the Fort Hare constitution, the entire student body elected the six members of the SRC. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the conference I was elected president of the ANC without opposition. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In 1867, at the dawn of the Reconstruction Era, no black man held political office in the South, yet three years later, at least 15 percent of all Southern elected officials were black. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Frederick’s successor, his son Christian, was only 11 when the King died, and the Danish nobles elected four of their number to serve as Protectors until he reached the age of 20. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

“No, Monsieur. It is only chance. It just happens that many people have elected to travel tonight.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You have been elected by the organization as the president,” I said. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just before lunch, I hear Shay complaining that if she’d been elected, she’d have started a horseback riding club at school. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

After four years his fellows elected him valedictorian. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

And then, without argument and without ceremony, Tobias is elected to be a leader of Dauntless. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Squeezed between his nurse and his jailers, Shin elected to tell the truth to both sides. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“All righty, then. Let’s put it to a vote! All y’all who want to elect Adina team leader, raise your hands.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I assure them he does exist and is not a crank: cranks do not get elected as Fellows of the British Academy. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“I’ve been here a few times since my mom got elected, and it’s always incredible to see the history here, and the beer selection.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The election came, Mr. Buchanan was elected, and the endorsement, such as it was, was secured At length, a squabble springs up...” Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

In eight days the nation will elect Bill Clinton president. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lion’s share of students boycotted the election, but twenty-five stu-dents, about one-sixth of the student body, showed up and elected six representatives, one of whom was myself. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t think the taxpayers would be too keen on hearing that their elected official traveled in unrivaled luxury while they were forced to ride in barrels pushed along by clanking old engines. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

He’s not going to be the youngest elected congressman in modern history without earning it, but nobody needs to know how hard he’s kicking underwater. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The classmates who had elected me president—did they really think I was the best in the class, or was I just a novelty object they wanted to play with? X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ten Red Successors were to be elected from each class. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Several months before Barack was elected, I’d told a magazine interviewer that my primary focus in the White House would be to continue my role as “mom in chief” in our family. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He received nothing from Fortune but the opportunity, for as the citizens of Syracuse were oppressed, they elected him as their captain, and from that rank he proved himself worthy of becoming their prince. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

Because city council members are elected by the citizens of the county, members would take these opinions into consideration before voting. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Flamsteed took up residence there in July 1676 and was elected as one of the Fellows of the Royal Society in the same year. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

But half the army elected to stay behind with Agamemnon as their corps commander; the other half embarked and pulled away. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The same logic didn’t apply in the United States, where the president is independently elected and often does not represent the party that has a majority in the Congress. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

It was not only a display of pinpoint precision and military force, but a demonstration of the military’s loyalty to democracy, to a new government that had been freely and fairly elected. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He devoted a full two months to revising Washington’s draft, amplifying Madison’s earlier account of the need to rise above party differences and rally behind the elected representatives of the national government. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Capricorn Anderson was elected eighth grade president, unopposed. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

And when elected President of the Royal Society, in 1680, he expressed his regrets that he could not take up the post because his personal religious beliefs prevented him from swearing the necessary oaths. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

We decided that we should depart from tradition and elect a House Committee made up of these two groups. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Trying to cheer him up, I added, “I got good news, Papá. I was elected student body president and my friend was elected treasurer.” Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

The eighth graders had picked this computer genius, Luke Simard, and got him elected president just so they could make fun of him. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

They wanted to serve notice that no matter which white man was elected, he would have to answer to black demands for progress. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

He was a member of the Advisory Board in the Western Native Township, an elected body of four local people who dealt with the authorities on matters relating to the townships. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The elected leaders of the African American community have a much broader mandate than civil rights groups, but they, too, frequently overlook criminal justice. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

The Gathering elects Runners, and if you think I’m tough, they’d laugh in your face.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The space occupied by the stars is heaven, the habitation of God, the angels and the elect. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I was the littlest, so I was elected. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

He served as Baltimore’s state’s attorney for four years and at age thirty-eight was elected the first African-American mayor of Baltimore City, which at the time was over 60 percent black. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Years later, when the tribe created its first court system, which adjudicated mostly minor crimes, he was elected one of the three judges. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

He dodged impeachment but was not elected to office in 1868. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

A man named Roosevelt promises to fix that if he is elected president. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He was elected, the rest were county employees whose job status was not reliant on elections. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

In the fall of 1862, without any campaigning on his part, Garfield was elected. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Alex has had the layout of the building memorized since his dad first got elected to the Senate. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

As he saw it, it was part of his responsibility, what he’d been elected to do—to look rather than look away, to stay upright when the rest of us felt ready to fall down. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Once this proved successful and churches across the country were preaching the ASL’s message, the organization turned its main efforts to getting politicians elected to support its cause. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

He refrained from asking questions, but explained that Mayor Morrison had a good reputation for fairness and the Negroes were hoping he would get elected governor. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now nick-named Sarge by many in our session, he had in the first week been elected session leader—our group’s liaison to the instructors and Sergeant Bloom. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He probably could have stayed in his tree or his hole for the rest of the war without being caught, but he elected to fire on the squad. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He expected to have strong influence over Garfield in return for helping to get him elected. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

What Doc isn’t saying: he still hasn’t gotten his mind around the fact that his top two debaters elected to forgo the actual debate rounds of the tournament and focus solely on advanced pairs argumentation. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He says now Patrice Lumumba and the other elected Congolese are trading chickens and eggs to set up a government that everybody in the parliament will go along with. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Indeed, if Barack Obama had been elected president back then, I would have argued that his election marked the nation’s triumph over racial caste—the final nail in the coffin of Jim Crow. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

But in this context it merely meant that the National Party would be part of any popularly elected government provided it polled enough votes. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although Hancock had never held elected office, he had an edge in the election. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Anthony called the first meeting to order, and Stanton was elected to serve as president. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

“I remember that campaign. We met a lot of people who would’ve made great politicians. Why wouldn’t you pick someone easier to elect?” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He’d collaborated with grassroots leaders, everyday citizens, and elected officials, and almost miraculously it had yielded results. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Our first step will be to elect one of their number to some very high office—the presidency, if Fortuna spins us kindly. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Addie: Big deal, she was elected class president for the past three years. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

The group elected Stanton as president and Anthony as secretary. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Twenty-four years earlier, he had been the youngest mayor the city had ever elected. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Because the armies were angered by Alexander’s softness, which I discussed above, after Alexander’s death they elected him to imperial power. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

A long driveway, its privacy guarded by tall spruce, led to the modern mansion of the newly elected chairman of the board of Westing Paper Products Corporation. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Besides, he agreed with Walt Rostow’s assessment: “The materials are so explosive, that they could gravely damage the country, whether Mr. Nixon is elected or not.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

There are answers to these questions, but they are difficult to swallow when millions of Americans have displayed a willingness to elect a black man president of the United States. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

The message had been delivered with a resounding, brutal frankness: Voters had elected her husband and not her. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

She had passed the four subjects she had elected. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He returned to America in time to be elected the first vice president of the United States, which most observers, including Adams himself, interpreted as a popular mandate on his historical contribution to independence. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Soon after their arraignment, newly elected President Obama suspended the case and considered trying it in a federal court in New York City. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

He was elected over his own objections: He was too impatient with people, he freely admitted, and was basically a misanthrope. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But no, I elected for another free period where I could shut down and nap. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Can you believe the Afghan opposition groups actually met in Bonn, Germany, and elected a Pukhtun?” said Uncle Amin as he returned. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

He’d been elected to the General Assembly in Hartford, but he’d been pushed out of it by the Patriots for being a Tory. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

In 1977, the former Klan leader was elected business manager by a four-to-one margin despite the fact that his opponent, the incumbent, was black, as were 80 percent of the union members. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

If America elected its first black president, it would say something not just about Barack but also about the country. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Yeah, right, and the Elector is fairly elected every term, too. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Somebody said, “I’m Charles C. Diggs, elected congressman from the state of Michigan, and I insist on being given a seat in the courtroom.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

The fact that I had elected to tell the truth one time did not diminish my ability to lie accurately when the occasion demanded it. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

The fourteen men ultimately elected consisted of half a dozen farmers, a pharmacist, a nursery manager, an airport employee, a well driller, two salesmen, a machinist, and the manager of Ray’s Bowling Alley. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Billy could have continued fighting on the inside while he had the advantage but elected instead to back away for more power. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

In 1876, elected President of Bowdoin College, where he attempts to modernize the school, introducing courses in science, de-emphasizing religion, and becomes involved in student demonstrations over the question of ROTC. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Decides he must be close to ocean and elects to try and work way through swamp to sea. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

We elected members of our community to organize the events. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Some years the tigers elect a triarch, and some years they do not, but never more than one, so the elephants have ruled the city for three hundred years.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

So they elected a representative to go up to God and question Him. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Throughout 1932, the Hitler Youth campaigned heartily to get Nazis elected to the Reichstag, the legislative assembly or Parliament of Germany. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Grandma told me that Ji-li wasn’t elected a Red Successor because her classmates asked about our family class status.” Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Aw, I don’t know. They all the same. They wanted to get elected to office. They wanted money, like everybody else. Mr. Max, it’s a game and they play it.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

And If we’re elected, well, then you have to go to student council meetings, I guess. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, but as you saw...a number of board members have elected...” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Job bore them witness, and Abraham was their father, Moses had elected to suffer with them rather than glory in sin for a season. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

After the nominations were debated, a vote was taken and the pair were elected. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Does anyone wish to talk quietly and in turn, first about this Milagro Land and Water Protection Association, and second about electing leaders?” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘I heard. The Senate plans to elect you Pontifex Maximus' Jason shrugged. ‘I don’t care about the title so much. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

How can more politicians return unopposed than elected? Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

A Democratic alderman elected by the residents of Packingtown threatened escalated violence if the mayor did not take action: “We must defend ourselves if the city authorities won’t protect us.” A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Nixon was well aware that voters had not elected him to escalate the war. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Mr. Osterveen suggested a second meeting to elect officers and to come up with a new name for the club. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Americans elected A new president, Richard Nixon, who had campaigned on a promise to bring “an honorable end to the war in Vietnam.” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

The others agreed, and Sticky was elected to send the message, he being the quickest with Morse code. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“We have a right to go to that school, and I’m certain our governor, who was elected to govern all the people, will decide to do what is just.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Council of Elders languished in prison, and new council members were elected by popular vote. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Before he was elected, the squads had been integrated, but now few whites serve in anything but command roles. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Traditionally and nostalgically it is Old South Democrat, but this does not prevent its voting conservative Republican in national elections while electing liberals to city and county posts. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

In April 1893 the citizens of Chicago elected Carter Henry Harrison to his fifth term. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“Did you ask Mother Fletcher if she remembered when Woodrow Wilson was elected President?” 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had elected, in my fevered search for honorable adjustment to the American scene, not to submit and in doing so I had embraced the daily horror of anxiety, of tension, of eternal disquiet. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Constitution is suspended and the regional government and elected assemblies are hereby dissolved. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

In the conflict between Glanvill and Webster the Society hedged its bets; Webster, however, was never elected a fellow. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I myself was one of the organizers and was elected to this newly constituted committee. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Somewhere in there, old Edgar Derby was elected head American. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

And as supreme ruler of the household, Dad has elected Garrett and me to take care of the toilets. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Dr. King, elected just that morning as president of the Montgomery Improvement Association, was the main speaker. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

President and class secretary and lab-squad captain, but I got elected the Bathroom Bomber. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

She had elected not to use an ice cube, since it was steeped at 180° and not a full boil. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

They could take turns at being elected representatives. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Gee, thanks. I hear Octavian might get elected praetor, assuming the camp survives that long.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

A staunch Republican, he was also elected to local office. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

All hands were raised to elect him a Red Successor. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The room fills with a small army of elected officials, all of whom wish to witness the historic moment of Lincoln’s death. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Family purchasing committees, duly elected, bought the food, clothes, furniture, and athletic equipment. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know only that, in the course of negotiations, they elected to deliver Pro Bono as a garnish to a gentleman donor in the Virginia Colony. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The agreement was that voters would elect four hundred representatives to a constituent assembly, which would both write a new constitution and serve as a parliament. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A vote was taken in the early hours of morning by a show ofhands, and I was elected. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their morale was low because they did not want to march in parades every Sunday afternoon and because Lieutenant Scheisskopf had appointed cadet officers from their ranks instead of permitting them to elect their own. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“We’re going to form a republic where the people of each district and the Capitol can elect their own representatives to be their voice in a centralized government. Don’t look so suspicious; it’s worked before.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“You can’t just go on electing people to government because they were friends of your father or grandfather,” she says, chewing on a bite of celery. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Who elected her queen of the poets anyway? The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Myers then confessed that he had made up the story because the true killer was none other than the elected sheriff of a nearby county. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He had been elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences! Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Or whatever he is? The one they elected?” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only the roughest boys and some of the young men elected to be hit by the big trees. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I held to my thoughts and prayers that no matter who was elected, God was in charge. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

In Wyoming, a group of the wives of elected officials had worked behind the scenes to convince their husbands to support female suffrage. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

“The legion normally has two elected praetors. Jason Grace, son of Jupiter, was our other praetor until he disappeared last October.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

If New York City had never had a woman as our mayor, how would the country elect a woman to be president? P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

When the conference leaders in England learned that the American Anti-Slavery Society had elected several female delegates, they wrote to discourage the group from bringing the women to the convention. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

The first minority candidate ever elected to the board, her tenure had been as stirring as it was controversial. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Within months, he had been elected to the Congress of People's Deputies as a leading figure of the movement for democracy in Russia. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

When he arrived in Rome the Senate elected him emperor out of fear, and put Julian to death. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

In 1987, all forty elected district attorneys in Alabama were white, even though there are sixteen majority-black counties in the state. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

In fact, he was elected to a second term. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Once Mandela was elected we could finally live freely. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Goldwater called Johnson “soft on communism,” and when asked what he would do if elected, Goldwater suggested he might use atomic bombs on the Ho Chi Minh Trail. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Let us move along, my lords. We have two queens to try for high treason, you may recall. My niece has elected trial by battle, she informs me. Ser Robert Strong will champion her.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“I can not shoulder the responsibility of electing officers who publicly repudiate the principles of the society,” Foster said. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

As Calvinists, the Pilgrims and the Puritans thought, although they could never be certain, that they were among the elected few their god had chosen for salvation. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

She had heard that his wife was very sick, might not live to see her husband elected. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But didn’t we put MoMo in power in the first place when the ROC elected a socialist president?” one of the black shirts asked. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

"We elect our representatives but we don’t have much of a choice..." The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

That same day, the six elected in absentia met to discuss these events. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“When the Red Guards were elected at my sister’s school, the class status of the candidates was taken into account. Shouldn’t we do the same?” Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

A reality TV show star, fake billionaire and professional wrestling villain was not supposed to be elected president — yet he was. Novelist Jonathan Lethem: "There is no allegory crude enough" to capture Trump's America 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z

The premise: A young American is elected to the papacy. These Are the 20 New TV Shows You Should Watch in 2017 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z

As someone who was unceremoniously dumped after 22 years in elected office, Cantor has a few thoughts. Two years ago, Eric Cantor lost his House seat. Was it just in the nick of time? 2016-06-14T04:00:00Z

She died on Dec. 2, 2008, having hung on to see him elected. Remembering Odetta, Whose Powerful Voice Met a Profound Moment 2020-08-24T04:00:00Z

The season will focus on the lame duck period when the new female president is elected but not yet inaugurated. Good news for Clinton: new season of Homeland features a female president 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z

Two years later, the political novice was elected a United States senator from Massachusetts. Elizabeth Warren and Tracee Ellis Ross on the Road to Activism 2016-09-17T04:00:00Z

As a national museum, Brazil’s elected officials were responsible for directing the appropriate funds to the museum. Lesson from Brazil: Museums are not forever 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z

Kinda like that guy who has just been elected president.” Clarke Peters: 'I was 15 when I first stuck out my thumb and ran away from home' 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z

Photograph: Mike Blake/Reuters After Obama was elected, Stewart had to change, not only with the political times, but also with what was happening in the world at large. Jon Stewart's Daily Show skewered the powerful and pushed US satire forward 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z

In 1992, when Bill Clinton was elected, Washington said he felt “a little hope”. Denzel Washington on diversity western The Magnificent Seven: ‘Audiences like to know who they’re rooting for’ 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z

While he stopped short of calling for the flyover project to be halted, Durbin said it is common for elected officials to try to persuade winning contractors to include minorities and local companies. $86M in Red Line improvements to 7 stations 2012-04-27T19:55:00Z

She does not have a specific talent; nor is she elected by a popular vote. The Rose Queen of Texas 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z

“Stumblebum had just been elected, and we were in a state of shock like everybody else,” he said, referencing the band’s visit to the U.S. earlier this year and Donald Trump’s presidency. Why the return of Midnight Oil matters 2017-09-04T04:00:00Z

“There are always going to be people who don’t fit into boxes,” said Victoria Kolakowski, who was just elected a superior court judge in Alameda County in California. Bold Crossings of the Gender Line 2010-12-08T22:10:00Z

"I think they are American citizens who are duly elected that are running on an agenda that is disgusting — that the American people will reject." Meghan McCain slams Lindsey Graham for defending Trump 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z

Not so different, really, from celebrities and elected officials apologizing because a team of publicists told them that their popularity or endorsement deals would suffer otherwise. How Not to Apologize 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z

A woman who doesn’t think that women should be priests, or take birth-control pills, believes that women should be cardinals, and occupy the rank just beneath the Pope, whom cardinals elect and advise? Lucetta Scaraffia Is Trying to Fight Catholic Patriarchy from the Inside 2018-10-28T04:00:00Z

Six years before, she had been the first Black British woman to get elected to the country’s prestigious Royal Academy of Arts. Fighting Forgetting, With a Venice Biennale Win 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z

Pearl Jam finished in the top four in the fan vote along with ELO, Journey and Yes, which helped it get elected in the band’s first year of eligibility. 6 things to know about Pearl Jam’s Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z

Newt Gingrich couldn’t get elected speaker of the House right now. Gingrich: Romney slinging 'sea of mud' 2012-01-26T18:16:00Z

It’s hardly a surprise that she’s been elected the first-year class president. Exchanging Slippers For Schoolbooks 2010-12-03T15:27:00Z

Meryl Streep has been elected as an honorary member of the elite American Academy of Arts and Letters. Streep elected to elite academy 2010-04-13T08:20:00Z

I’m prepared to do whatever it takes to elect my client, short of breaking the law. Politics is a “blood sport”: Roger Stone on his CNN ban, the “real” Donald Trump and the billionaire’s scheme to lure delegates 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z

There is therefore a strong argument that the money donated by philanthropists might be put to better use if it were collected as taxes and spent according to the priorities of a democratically elected government. How philanthropy benefits the super-rich 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z

Where, when, why: Before beginning a full-time job, my nephew elected to teach English in Colombia for a year and I decided to visit him while he was there. Seeking out Colombia’s natural wonders 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z

Trump is bad, not mad, but we the people are mad for having elected such a terribly flawed person to the most powerful position in the world. Is Donald Trump "crazy?" Wrong question 2017-09-05T04:00:00Z

In Poland’s first free elections in 1989, Wajda was elected to the Senate and served for two years. Leading Polish Filmmaker Andrzej Wajda Dies at 90 2016-10-09T04:00:00Z

Well, there were actually two single presidents, James Buchanan and Grover Cleveland, though he got married shortly after being elected. In defense of single people 2012-07-09T01:00:00Z

Philadelphia’s district attorney, Larry Krasner, is part of a wave of progressive prosecutors who have been elected across the country in recent years. What’s on TV This Week: The Oscars and a Greta Thunberg Documentary 2021-04-19T04:00:00Z

Politicians, in a democracy, must understand that holding elected office means not only maintaining that direct connection to the people, but also incurring some inevitable measure of risk. In potential new security measures around White House, an unnecessary intrusion

Mic’s “Identities” section includes such stories as “You can probably guess how white the U.S.’s elected prosecutors are.” Digital news for the young: LGBT, weed and the latest from ‘Game of Thrones’ 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z

When I came back from Epworth, they told me, 'Congratulations, you have been elected mayor!' Robert Mugabe's brutal 2008 crackdown: torture, death and a stolen election 2010-09-18T23:05:00Z

In 2008, when Obama was elected, I was with friends in Harlem. Election Day in the East Village: Singing Helps 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z

When we filled out our forms, we elected to be notified by text for negative results, not letter or phone call. The new healthy me is still Black in COVID's America 2020-09-19T04:00:00Z

He appears, for a rare instant, to be absorbing the gravity and daunting nature of the office he had been elected to hold. Donald Trump, Hiding in Plain Sight 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z

When Sam is unexpectedly elected to lead the traditionally black residence hall on campus, it sets a match to an already volatile situation. With 'Dear White People,' Justin Simien wants to start conversations 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z

But a 391-point, 3.5 percent drop in the stock market on the very day of the debate was likely to increase pressure on the candidates to explain how they would rebuild the economy if elected. Perry seeks gains in GOP presidential debate 2011-09-22T23:50:00Z

Labour legislator Ann Begg, the first full-time wheelchair user elected to Parliament, was made a dame for services to disabled people and equal opportunities. Annie Lennox honored by queen for charity work 2010-12-31T00:03:19Z

If elected, Gingrich pledged to reinstitute the Mexico City policy, which forbids American funds being used to pay for abortions overseas, to move the U.S. Gingrich vows to fight religious persecution 2012-02-04T13:59:00Z

Media critics have taken TV anchors and reporters to task for doing this since before Trump was elected. The impeachment party is in full swing with the media as its unprepared host 2019-09-29T04:00:00Z

Amin returned from a 30-year exile to be elected as a member of Libya’s post-revolutionary government, but within a year, he was forced back into exile when armed militias took control. Fighting dirty: could Michael Bay’s Benghazi movie take down Hillary Clinton? 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z

So here was a man, Robert Moses, who had never been elected to anything, but he had more power than a mayor and governor put together. Robert Caro Reflects on Robert Moses, L.B.J., and His Own Career in Nonfiction 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z

Once he was elected, the media’s fascination turned to utter obsession. Perspective | Journalists, it’s time for a cold-turkey breakup with Trump 2020-12-15T05:00:00Z

Even in those nightmare scenarios, I’m not sure anyone imagined a black president, or the nature of a future America that might elect one. America’s first white president 2016-12-10T05:00:00Z

Some of these “actions” — volunteering, for example, or writing to an elected official — involve more actual action than others, like watching an educational video, signing a petition or sharing a link on a Facebook page. Enlisting millennials in the fight against global poverty, one electronic music festival at a time

Arts advocates and elected officials in California called on Thursday for additional government spending to avert what one organization leader called a “pending cultural depression” brought on by the pandemic. California Lost 175,000 ‘Creative Economy’ Jobs, Study Finds 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z

Which is why it was so important for Marvin Miller to be elected to baseball’s Hall of Fame, and also why it will never happen. R.I.P. Marvin Miller, baseball’s FDR 2012-11-28T17:26:00Z

Ethiopia is consumed in a civil war as its Tigray ethnic minority, formerly in control, moves against a democratically elected government that has been taking its own brutal measures. Taylor Swift and Phoebe Bridgers’s ‘Red’ Duet, and 14 More New Songs 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z

Artists are doing a better job at highlighting these issues and bringing about change than the people who we actually elect. Edie Falco on playing a good cop, resistance to change, and Giuliani's love for "Sopranos" 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z

Still, that he elects to wear suits in almost every setting, outside the ski slopes, is both strategic and a necessity, Ms. Cronberg said. The Look of the French Election 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z

And for many trans adults and the parents of young trans students, the fear for their safety and wellbeing began to percolate just hours after Trump was elected. Parents of transgender students fear for children's safety under Trump 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z

Each of the 17 branches of the academy's board is represented by three governors, who are elected by the branch's members. Academy's new board of governors reflects slowly changing demographics 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z

“In the case of Brazil we see how films took a seismographic reading of the mood of the country before the current president was elected,” he added. Oppression and its opponents shape a political Berlinale 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z

When Franklin Roosevelt was elected president of the United States in November 1932, his wife, Eleanor, made an extraordinary admission to the Associated Press reporter on the Roosevelt beat. Eleanor Roosevelt’s Close Relationship With the Journalist Lorena Hickok 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z

Jim DeFelice’s “West Like Lightning,” a history of the Pony Express, begins with an anxious young rider waiting to take the news to California that Abraham Lincoln had been elected president. Tell Us 5 Things About Your Book: Making Good Time With the Pony Express 2018-05-20T04:00:00Z

On Monday, the people of Canada elected the 43-year-old leader of the Liberal party, Justin Trudeau, as the Prime Minister, thus ending nearly a decade of Conservative leadership embodied by his opponent, Stephen Harper. Swooning over Justin Trudeau: Our collective freak-out over Canada’s Prime Minister is about more than “nice hair” 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z

In early March, Cynthia Newman, the dean of the College of Business at Rider University, elected to resign from her position regarding the Chick-fil-A ban. Chick-fil-A banned from San Antonio airport over 'legacy of anti-LGBTQ behavior’' 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z

He faced a poor prognosis, and James elected to stay and help care for him. Star rising: Nikki James of 'The Book of Mormon' 2011-05-17T18:43:08Z

Under this pen name, Frederick Rolfe produced a stream of astonishing books, from an idiosyncratic history of the Borgias to the novel “Hadrian the Seventh,” in which a down-and-out English writer is elected pope. Summer’s hidden gems, selected by Michael Dirda 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z

What is the House of reps.-elect but a high school filled with recovering debate club presidents? Perspective | The House speaker vote is the best thing on TV right now 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z

She decided she was O.K. with publicly skirting the truth about Bishop’s funding of her political action committee if it contributed to the greater good of her being elected state’s attorney. 'The Good Wife' Recap: Alicia, Mind Wandering, Figures Out a Few Things 2015-03-08T05:00:00Z

“If I get elected . . . ” he pauses to shape his thoughts. Neel Kashkari, the $700 billion man, makes a bid for governor in California

That actually started the night Trump got elected president. This tour guide doesn’t shy away from the painful parts of D.C.’s black history 2018-06-04T04:00:00Z

“It tends to happen at the hands of democratically elected leaders,” says Blair. Trump’s presidency has prompted a new, nationwide college course on why democracies collapse 2018-03-19T04:00:00Z

If they don’t see an elected official kind of being their hero, they always felt at least comfortable that the office would be their hero. Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell on his plan for the arts, and local arts leaders on what the sector needs 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z

“I’ll say it over and over, I believe they elected him in 2020,” she told reporters at the Capitol recently, repeating a claim that has been debunked over and over. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s new reality 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z

Havel was his country's first democratically elected president after the nonviolent "Velvet Revolution" that ended four decades of repression by a regime he ridiculed as "Absurdistan." Vaclav Havel dead at 75 2011-12-18T11:49:00Z

Amid spectacular mountain scenery in radiant late-summer weather, a few thousand people elect to shuffle into darkened rooms, emerging to share tips and compare notes before moving on to the next one. At the Telluride Film Festival, Both Magic and Normalcy 2021-09-06T04:00:00Z

Its finalists in six categories — fiction, nonfiction, poetry, biography, criticism and autobiography — are selected by an elected 24-member board, which also selects the winners. National Book Critics Circle announces finalists, but misses one of the biggest novels of 2016 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z

Lately, with all the—not to get back on Trump, but I’ll say this—before he got elected, I thought, He’s going to claim that he “shook it up.” Robert De Niro Is Always Doing Something 2018-12-30T05:00:00Z

That somebody who participated in abject racism and sexism would be elected to the highest office in the land. "That is the David Carr way": Erin Lee Carr on writing fearlessly on grief, addiction and her father 2019-04-20T04:00:00Z

In 2021, he was elected chairman of the American Theater Wing, a nonprofit that offers professional development opportunities to emerging theater artists. 5 Shows, 94 Actors, 450 Costumes: Emilio Sosa Dresses Broadway 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z

They will try to elect likely presidential candidate Mitt Romney, backed by a GOP House and Senate, and repeal the law, although their chances of repeal would seem to be diminished by the court’s endorsement. FDA approves diet pill 2012-06-27T17:50:00Z

He was the self-styled Prince of Humbug who offered gullible patrons fake mermaids and 160-year-old women; at the same time, he was a temperance tub-thumper and, as an elected politician, an anti-slavery campaigner. Barnum – review 2013-07-25T17:08:57Z

In 1994, Mr. Roman was elected dean, or president, of the Friars Club in Manhattan, a citadel for comedians and entertainers to schmooze, eat and play cards. Freddie Roman,Who Brought Catskill Comedy to Broadway, Dies at 85 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z

No one elects the British head of state — no one but God. Tina Brown on the Final Two Episodes of ‘The Crown’: Love and Duty 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z

“Thank you for electing LBJ once again,” said producer Jeffrey Richards, as he collected his Tony, surrounded by the ubiquitous producers, clumped like congressmen for the camera. Mueller and 'Gentleman's Guide' take top Tonys 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z

He also insinuated that the Democrats may fall victim to the very scenario that got Trump elected in 2016. George Will to Bill Maher: Robert Mueller’s investigation is unconstitutional 2018-06-16T04:00:00Z

That could be accomplished by defeating Obama in 2012 and electing a Republican Congress. A celebration of Wax Trax! and its iconic place in Chicago's music scene 2011-04-17T14:37:00Z

In the fall of 2024, she'll be applying to colleges at the exact same time that America is electing our next president. For my transgender daughter, there are only 18 States of America 2023-06-10T04:00:00Z

"We hope that this war, which we elected you to withdraw from, is ended before your younger daughter is deployed." Retired SF literary figure hits the streets 2011-10-15T15:02:09Z

The expansion of law enforcement paralleled the rise of Black elected officials, creating a Dickensian fork in the road for much of the African-American community. Recasting ‘Riots’ as Black Rebellions 2021-05-18T04:00:00Z

The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact would only take effect when a sufficient number of states sign on such that their combined electoral votes constitute the magic 270 we’ve always needed to elect a president. Why doesn’t anyone know we’re incredibly close to replacing the Electoral College with the popular vote? 2017-05-07T04:00:00Z

He was elected to the Charleston City Council in 1995 and rose steadily over the next two decades, joining the U.S. Sen. Tim Scott memoir ‘America’ coming out in August 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z

“The fact that prosecutors decline to prosecute, doesn’t mean that a newly elected prosecutor won’t take a different view,” Karlan said, “nor would any future district attorney be bound by a decision not to prosecute.” Bill Cosby likely to avoid testifying in sex assault lawsuit 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z

Immediately after Donald Trump is elected president, Jarecki’s camera gazes for the first time out of the back window, throwing a longing look at the landscape, as though bidding farewell to the US. Wheel life: the strange power of films set inside cars 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z

For any Neanderthal who has ever feared electing a female president because what if she’s too cranky when she’s on her period — congratulations. Perspective | The weird masculinity of Donald Trump 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z

He’s started a political organization to help elect “principled Republicans” over the “growing ranks of pro-Trump extremists.” Whatever became of the anti-Trump prophets? 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z

“Cultural assimilation is bound to happen, but we have a Tibetan monastery, schools, nunneries and settlements,” said the elected settlement officer of Dharamsala’s Tibetan Settlement Office. Himalayan refuge: Tibetan traditions find a second home in India’s Dharamsala 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z

After being elected as the director of the village committee at the end of the first half, he seems to undergo something like a change in sides. Stream These Three Great Documentaries 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z

Those execrable three words are murmured by sorrowful elected officials in times of tragedy but rarely burdened with any actual plans or action. Perspective | The ‘commander in grief’ steps up to the microphone 2021-03-12T05:00:00Z

If Donald Trump gets elected president this fall, the Thrones team might not give him the same coveted access. President Obama is the Only Person in the World to Get Advance Episoides of Game of Thrones 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z

The population is in an especially cheerful mood because this is the week Obama is elected, but otherwise little of significance happens on Max's moderately eventful journey, though the reggae music is attractive. Wah Do Dem 2010-08-28T23:06:00Z

It’s probably impossible to get elected to any Louisiana office without courting petroleum dollars and making campaign promises to that industry. Listen up, doctors: Here’s how to talk to your patients 2012-05-23T11:45:00Z

While Luckey’s stated goal was to get Trump elected, the candidate’s appeal was less about ideas than his ethos of negativity. The Dank Memes That Are “Disrupting” Politics 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z

Vassiliadis and his high-powered business friends are worried, he says, that Sanders not only can’t be elected, but will bust the U.S. economy with expensive government programs. In Las Vegas, nervous Democrats have no poker face 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z

Also, it’s the music that we’ve elected to circulate among millions, millions, millions, millions of listeners. Adele’s ‘25’ and our problem with unstoppable sadness 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z

Chan was like the youthful Prince; it was more fun when only the elect knew about him. Cult films: just bad movies in a good disguise? 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z

As if the whole point of freedom of the press, speech and expression weren't to keep murderous crazy, people, including freely elected murderous, crazy people like Adolf Hitler, from controlling the socio-political discourse. Killings at French journal Charlie Hebdo are assault on freedom 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z

Media President: I know senior national elected government officials who I can force my political bias and influence on fellow politicians, to vote my way. What Distinguishes a Neil Breen Film? Neil Breen. 2023-08-07T04:00:00Z

Jason Crow, a former Army Ranger and newly elected congressman from Colorado, was the first of the gang to select an office with the 10th pick. Max Rose came to Congress to do big things. But first, he has to do dumb things. 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z

The city elected Socialist mayors for 38 of the last century’s 100 years, and sent the first Socialist, Victor Berger, to the House of Representatives in 1910. 36 Hours in Milwaukee 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z

"Soumission" is a novel set in France in the 2022, when, to counter the far right Le Pen, French voters elect a moderate Muslim president. On the cover of Charlie Hebdo: Michel Houellebecq's 'Islamophobic' book 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z

Weaver began his career with Gramm, who became a Democratic congressman, switched parties, was elected to the Senate and eventually ran for president. The fall of John Weaver, a Lincoln Project co-founder whose political career was shrouded in mystery 2021-02-12T05:00:00Z

Like the drinks that Washington and New Orleans elected, it’s a cocktail that goes back a long way in the city’s history. Spirits: Pisco Punch, a San Francisco classic cocktail with official aspirations

“King Charles III,” written in iambic pentameter by Mike Bartlett, imagines a future where the monarch subverts tradition and refuses to rubber-stamp the wishes of the elected government. 'King Charles III' to Reign on Broadway in October 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z

No small part of the fascination is that he is openly gay, twice elected in what he has sardonically described as “flyover country.” A Memoir From the Young, Gay Mayor of South Bend Running for President 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z

Absolutely, all the way down the ticket and having that voter engagement and that dialogue with your elected officials. Who’s buying our elections? Inside the shadowy world of “Dark Money” 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z

It’s enough to say that, 152 years after its legal abolition, slavery still remains controversial in the United States with various persons — some of them holding elected office — defending the practice. The next HBO show from the “Game of Thrones” team will start a civil war 2017-07-19T04:00:00Z

For the new take, Adler elected to retain the sax solo from the original that had been performed by Clayton’s husband. The Unstoppable Merry Clayton 2021-03-28T04:00:00Z

Ms. Wright is still hopeful that a Democratic woman will be elected president in her lifetime. The Women Who Met Hillary, and Spotted a Future Political Star 2016-12-24T05:00:00Z

For a Republican Party accustomed to electing white Christians, Oz would be the first U.S. senator who is a Muslim and possibly the first to maintain dual citizenship. No notes, same logo: Dr. Oz’s campaign is like his TV show 2022-02-26T05:00:00Z

All my black friends who have money said the same thing when Trump got elected. What happened to Dave Chappelle: The cruelty of "Sticks & Stones" is a sign of the times 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z

It has been in one since Trump was elected president. Filmmaker James Stern on the era of “American Chaos”: “Worst situation since the Civil War” 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z

The America of 1976 was not quite ready to elect someone of such optimism. Purpose and worth 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z

It was funny, I was actually doing an interview with Salon when Trump got elected. Paul Janeway on the new St. Paul & the Broken Bones LP and “open wounds we didn’t know were t... 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z

Created in 1796, during Washington’s second term, the work is recognized for its symbolic portrait of the office of the president as well as the first man elected to serve. National Museum of African Art brings us the sounds of a Nigerian market 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z

He pledged that if he were elected, his City Hall would use its authority to block new “communitarian” businesses from opening. Kebabs as a Political Statement in France 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z

“That opened my eyes to local politics and the real issues, and how hands-on local elected officials are,” he said. This 19-year-old wants to become the D.C. Council’s first Latino member 2019-08-10T04:00:00Z

Richard Nixon was elected to office in 1968 on a pledge to end the Vietnam war. Mad Men recap: season six, episode 12 – The Quality of Mercy 2013-06-19T22:00:00Z

Among her noted photos was that of the body of Sicily’s assassinated governor being held by his brother, who 35 years later would be elected Italy’s president. Letizia Battaglia, who shot life and death in Palermo, dies 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z

He's been elected for 15 years straight, every two years or whatever it is, right out of college. Kal Penn on why Democrats are losing and what constitutes a patriotic comedy 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z

Garfield was the last U.S. president elected from there, though he did not campaign for it. 'Destiny of the Republic': The death of James A. Garfield 2011-11-17T00:26:04Z

In the initial phase, Muslim Brothers played an important role in the demonstrations that overthrew Hosni Mubarak, and then Morsi, a leader of the Brotherhood, was elected President, in 2012. My House in Cairo 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z

Happy to see the sun, he elected to ride in an open-top car for his motorcade in Dallas that fateful afternoon. 'JFK' is a surreal spin on president's last night in Texas 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z

Published earlier this year, Davies' book recounts how News Corp. and its subsidiary News International regularly tapped into the voice mail of elected officials, celebrities and ordinary British citizens. George Clooney's 'Hack Attack' calls on 'Theory of Everything' writer 2014-10-29T04:00:00Z

“The pandemic has, if anything, made our effort to preserve the building that much more relevant,” said Tara Tamaribuchi, part of Friends of Inscape’s leadership team, elected by tenants. Seattle artists fundraise to buy former INS building, now home to many artist studios 2022-03-15T04:00:00Z

“We, the People, did not elect you to play any role in WH!” Is Ivanka Trump building bridges — or walking a tightrope? 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z

It committed to showcasing more Black artists and, in May of that year, it elected its first Black board chairwoman, Darrianne Christian. 2 Years After Racism Outcry, Indianapolis Embraces Black Artists 2022-11-29T05:00:00Z

Older people have a bad reputation right now—their votes elected Trump, and their choices assured an environmental future that looks increasingly debased. David Brooks’s Conversion Story 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z

True enough, but Axelrod himself later concedes that Obama has not delivered that fundamental change; Washington today is at least as divided, intransigent and unproductive as on the day Obama was elected. Political consultant David Axelrod delivers in revealing 'Believer' 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z

The government is backing a July 30 vote to elect an assembly with the power to rewrite the constitution. Gustavo Dudamel speaks out on Venezuela's constitution fight: ‘The present is the future’ 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z

The Correspondents' Dinner, to me, is an opportunity for the constituents to say something back to the elected officials. "I need to host": Roy Wood Jr. talks "The Daily Show" and why late-night TV needs change 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z

The tab for his three mayoral campaigns was the most any individual personally spent to win elected office. Mike Bloomberg deploys his billions to make a point, from a $1 million couch to a presidential campaign 2020-02-28T05:00:00Z

It was the anger of New Yorkers about the rich destroying the place that once we called, affectionately, the Big Apple that got de Blasio elected in the first place. Mayor de Blasio’s Plan for Parks Needs to Grow 2014-10-28T04:00:00Z

Bailey, 75, a movie director and cinematographer, was elected president of the Academy in August 2017. Academy of Motion Pictures chief accused of sexual misconduct: report 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z

And if we actually challenge people, if we condemn elected officials who engage in the politics of fear and anger, we’ll create a very different political environment. The author of ‘Just Mercy’ says we’ve made talking about race political — and that has to change 2021-03-11T05:00:00Z

Mr. Brown and the other members of the Browns — his sisters Maxine and Bonnie — were elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in March. Jim Ed Brown, Smooth Voice on ‘The Three Bells’ and Other Hits, Dies at 81 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z

Thanks to an anti-Le Pen front, Mr Ben Abbes is elected and thus begins Muslim rule. Irrepressible 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z

But following parliament acts passed by MPs in 1911 and 1949, this power was curtailed when the elected House of Commons enshrined in law its own dominance over the aristocrats' House of Lords. The establishment uncovered: how power works in Britain 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z

These visualizations, along with the underlying data, were sent to allied organizations like the citizen-led Commission on Interracial Cooperation, to newspapers nationwide and to elected officials of all parties and regions. How Black cartographers put racism on the map of America 2021-03-06T05:00:00Z

He was elected to the Radio Hall of Fame in 2009 as a local radio “pioneer.” Ed Walker, Washington radio fixture, signs off the air after more than 60 years 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z

Did he find that he did his best work when his medical wisdom was circumscribed by a bunch of elected strangers, the great majority of whom have no relevant expertise at all? Perspective | What Dr. Oz really said about abortion 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z

In Quade's case, that someone came in the form of male elected officials from both sides of the aisle. Don’t talk about race, guns or being gay, they said. She refused, and flipped a Tea Party seat... 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z

The chapel is one of the Roman Catholic Church’s holiest places, where popes are elected. A Woman Now Leads the Vatican Museums. And She’s Shaking Things Up. 2017-12-24T05:00:00Z

Members of Franklin’s family as well as postal and elected officials visited the former Fox Creek post office to celebrate the name change honoring the Queen of Soul. Detroit posthumously honors Franklin with post office naming 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z

The State Department demoted Thailand to its "Tier 3" category less than a month after the military seized power in a May coup, toppling the elected government of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. More Bangladeshis found in Thailand on human trafficking route 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z

The series, created by Zelenskiy’s production company, follows a high school teacher who finds himself elected to Ukraine’s highest office thanks to a recorded rant that goes viral. New Ukrainian leader’s campaign had pages from sitcom script 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z

In August, Prayuth was elected prime minister by a national assembly packed with serving or retired military officers. More Bangladeshis found in Thailand on human trafficking route 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z

Despite a successful sojourn into fictional politics, Streep said she harbored no desire to pursue elected office in real life. Meryl Streep for President 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z

The candle-heavy set Rolf Sachs created for the dance might have made a difference, but the company elected not to bring it. Dance Review: Les Ballets de Monte Carlo at the Joyce Theater 2012-02-18T01:14:18Z

All of what the project lays bare, of course, occurred well before Biden was elected, making it even more of a stretch to lay the whole travesty at his feet. Perspective | The Afghan debacle lasted two decades. The media spent two hours deciding whom to blame. 2021-08-16T04:00:00Z

There was a spike in reported episodes of harassment and vitriol directed at women and minorities in the days after Donald J. Trump was elected. L.G.B.T. Gamers Huddle for a Postelection Reality Check 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z

In 2017, as we contend with a president elected by 52% of white female voters, even after a recording of him boasting about groping women surfaced during the campaign, this sticks in the throat somewhat. Rebecca Solnit tries to answer 'The Mother of All Questions' 2017-03-03T05:00:00Z

The Law and Justice Party has tried to orientate Poland’s cultural institutions in a nationalist-populist direction since it was elected in 2015. A Polish Museum Turns to the Right, and Artists Turn Away 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z

Much like it did when Boris Johnson was elected as London mayor. ‘Britain Is No Home to Me’: Five Artists Respond to ‘Brexit’ 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z

And Waddell was selected as mayor as the white supremacists forced the duly elected officials to resign. When White Supremacists Overthrew an Elected Government 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z

He writes that he is following the example of his father, who he says was successful despite never winning elected office. Mark Shriver explores what made 'Sarge' a good man 2012-06-16T19:46:04Z

“You know, Lee, you aren’t too young to run for Congress,” his boss tells him, suggesting that Lee could have a bright future in elected office. Books of The Times: A Devil Who Takes the Side of Angels 2010-02-25T00:18:00Z

Would a woman who behaved exactly like Trump be elected? Now Is the Time to Talk About What We Are Actually Talking About 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z

“I’m a little bit of living history for some of this,” said Ms. Abrams, who, had she prevailed, would have been the first black woman elected governor of any state. For Stacey Abrams, a Date With History — or at Least the People Who Write It 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z

The Mascot Hall of Fame in Whiting, Indiana, honors 24 college and pro icons, including the newly elected Oriole Bird. They’ve got spirit, yes they do. Mascots have a long history of rallying fans. 2020-06-15T04:00:00Z

As far as Trump being elected in 2020 goes, I'm hesitant to come to a firm conclusion so early. Donald Trump and the “N-word”: Many voters would still support him — but not enough 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z

The teacher gets elected to office, only to encounter a series of challenges to leading the country as an honest, sincere man who simply wants to serve the people. Why Zelenskyy's background in comedy really matters 2022-03-13T05:00:00Z

During their visit to Brown Chapel, the elected officials can look over at the George Washington Carver Homes and see families on welfare. Rep. Terri Sewell, a daughter of Selma, rues her city’s lost promise 2015-03-01T05:00:00Z

In the week before the country potentially elects its first female vice president, I’ve been trying to write a sweeping essay about progress and trailblazers and glass-breakers and what it all means. Perspective | Kamala Harris knows things no vice president has ever known 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z

And let’s face it, her secretive behavior now offers a bleak look at what media access will be like if she’s elected. It’s time for Hillary Clinton to face the music — and the media 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z

Less well known are the 2,800 American men and women who defied U.S. policy and risked their lives to defend Spain's democratically elected government. 'Spain in Our Hearts' tells the American story of the Spanish civil war 2016-03-25T04:00:00Z

The Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party didn’t succeed by electing candidates — it succeeded showing the limitations of the electoral system. Student activism, reborn 2012-05-21T12:54:00Z

In this week’s annual vote, about a third of the seats on the academy’s board of governors — elected by various craft branches, representing directors, actors, publicists and so on — are up for grabs. Board Elections to the Motion Picture Academy Have Rare Sizzle 2016-06-26T04:00:00Z

Love was first elected in 2014 and served two terms in a suburban Salt Lake City district before her narrow loss. Former Republican Rep. Mia Love joining CNN as commentator 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z

It is possible that although black elected officials may claim to represent the black public, their constituents, and not share their preferences on every issue. “Republicans are not in any way serious about criminal justice reform or ending police brutality”: Michael Fortner on race, the Clintons and the crime bill 2016-05-08T04:00:00Z

Four years later, he was elected mayor, and two years after that was tapped to deliver the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention. Julián Castro could be VP next year — or out of a job. He’s ready either way. 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z

Isn't it astonishing, for example, how, once elected, MPs continue the daft traditions of jeering, guffawing and addressing their colleagues by ridiculous circumlocutory terms such as "the right honourable member"? In praise of cynicism 2013-07-10T17:27:31Z

His teams won 1,274 games, and he was elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame. Perspective | With Harden, Durant and Irving, could Brooklyn net an NBA title? 2021-01-20T05:00:00Z

I think we may get more change from this – more so, maybe, than if Hillary Clinton had been elected. Nathan Lane: ‘I have played a lot of morally questionable people 2017-03-11T05:00:00Z

I mean, consider who we elected president, and how that’s going. Donald Trump, America’s isolation and the World Cup: There’s no stopping Big Soccer 2018-06-16T04:00:00Z

Members continued to meet in some form nearly every day, growing to about 200 active participants who engage with members of Congress and other elected officials. How Small Restaurants Leveraged Their Pain to Win Stimulus Money 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z

In other words, for all our striving, we’re not being particularly effective at electing female leaders compared to other countries. U.S. Women Leadership Ranking is Pathetic Compared to Other Countries 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z

He’ll join a freshman class with two dozen other newly elected House members who are under 40 and, at least, 15 who are veterans. Dan Crenshaw started the week as a punchline and ended it as a star. The real story came before that. 2018-11-11T05:00:00Z

If there were, maybe more of the people we elect to public office would be all-stars. Baseball fans elect true all-stars 2017-07-05T04:00:00Z

She elected to stay in the country even after her husband was killed in a car accident in 1981 and her teenage son died after being bitten by a snake three years later. 'I Dreamed of Africa' author Kuki Gallmann shot and wounded in attack in Kenya 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z

"Though my term was only meant to be 6 weeks, I was thrilled to be elected as your SNL President," the actor said via Twitter. Jim Carrey resigns from Joe Biden duties at "Saturday Night Live" 2020-12-19T05:00:00Z

The number of women elected officials is currently at an all-time high in the United States. "The View" jokes about testicle tanning and debates "likeability" when it comes to gender bias 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z

At the event in Albany last month, the crowd roared its approval when Abrams, who quit the legislature after 10 years to run for governor, said she will definitely run for elected office again. Stacey Abrams lost the Georgia governor’s race. But her star is rising. 2019-02-02T05:00:00Z

Most importantly, they don’t exist, so they won’t plunge the world into a nightmare of war and corruption if they get elected. Vote your cast: who is the greatest fictional US president? 2020-10-31T04:00:00Z

A. He resigned immediately after being elected, explaining that he hadn’t realized the job would involve going to meetings. Style Invitational Week 1168: Asterisky business — give us nerdy humor 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z

As search angels become aware of the value of their skill set, some are electing to charge for their work. DNA search angels: the Facebook 'detectives' who help reunite families 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z

In Canada, where senators are appointed instead of elected, a mandatory retirement age of 75 was implemented in 1965. This Senate is the oldest in American history. Should we do anything about it? 2021-06-02T04:00:00Z

“Your people elected him and nominated him. That’s not a fluke. He beat like 16 people.” WATCH: “Morning Joe” hosts explode after Bill Kristol accuses them of “rewriting history” on their boosting of Donald Trump 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z

As soon as Donald Trump was elected to the presidency in 2016, it seemed that all eyes turned to rural America for answers. From "Hillbilly Elegy" to "Fried Green Tomatoes," Hollywood has a rural perception problem 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z

Under Cuba’s single-party system, the president is elected by the National Assembly, which is made up of candidates drawn from existing provincial assemblies or nominated by members of organizations allied to the Communist Party. Artist Asks Cubans to Imagine They Are Running for President 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z

“Starting Points” offers two-minute answers by elected officials in eight topic areas, including education, the environment and the economy. Captain America is trying to … captain America 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z

Both were designed by Mr. Cuomo himself back in 2011 just after he was elected and feature the state seal and the message “I work for the people.” Cuomo, Fauci, Birx: The New Influencers 2020-04-08T04:00:00Z

He was the first independent elected to the South Carolina House since Reconstruction. SC filmmaker: Channels showed porn, not his comedy 2010-03-24T00:06:00Z

Election: A quadrennial event that one is tempted to elect to shun. Style Invitational Week 1204: At least ... 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z

Question: Do you know how many presidents lost when they tried to get elected to another term? Bullied, autistic and obsessed with presidents: How the 2000 presidential election changed my life 2021-10-02T04:00:00Z

Almost twelve years of war can’t help but transform us as a people, not only in obvious ways, such as whom we elect and how we travel, but also in ways that might surprise us.  CrossFit mirrors American militarism 2013-09-08T00:00:00Z

“People follow politics in this state like they follow the Patriots, Red Sox, Bruins and Celtics,” said Geoff Diehl, a state representative and the first elected official in Massachusetts to endorse Trump. How is Trump winning over Massachusetts Republicans? He speaks their language. 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z

Not only is Tesco reducing its number of products, but the new leader of the Labour party has just been elected on a political platform that, in part, challenges the rhetoric of choice. Why too much choice is stressing us out 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z

Because believe me – actual wealthy people who are reliant on facts about what’s going on in the world aren’t watching this network or its news…unless they hold elected office. How One America News sells an altered reality 2019-10-05T04:00:00Z

Once Trump was elected, Moore didn’t let up. Why we need serious Trump jokes: From "SNL" to Colbert, comedians make sense out of impeachment 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z

Army at Fort Hood—discards his apparent integration into American society and elects to vindicate his religion in an act of messianic violence against his fellow Americans.” “Where Islam meets America”: the making of Zaytuna College 2013-04-23T18:38:00Z

Célia Sacramento, Salvador’s vice mayor, told me that Bahia’s nearly all-white power structure — from elected officials to the courts — is unresponsive to concerns about police violence in Salvador’s poor black communities. A passion for soccer helps unite one of the world’s most diverse countries 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z

Britain left the European Union, Donald Trump was elected president, and the Chicago Cubs won their first World Series in 108 years. 10 questions, 1 prize: Presenting the annual KidsPost News Quiz 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced its newly elected board of governors Friday, a group that reflects the slowly changing demographics of the organization.  Academy's new board of governors reflects slowly changing demographics 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z

When Obama was elected, Oliver was personally and professionally delighted. An Englishman in New York 2011-07-23T23:04:11Z

They warned that the US has entered a dark and dangerous era by electing a man who fanned xenophobia and anti-minorities sentiment. Gael García Bernal and Pablo Larraín: 'Trump has the nuclear codes but we have a camera' 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z

We’re not going anywhere, but now our recognition and reception rest on your electing, viewing, awarding selves. Television: The Persian-ness of ?Shahs of Sunset? on Bravo 2012-03-09T23:39:45Z

For the next three decades, the McConville children wondered what happened to their mother, with some of them electing never to leave Belfast in case she returned. ‘Say Nothing’ Unearths Buried Secrets in Northern Ireland 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z

Instead, a succession of elected Kashmiri governments were dismissed by New Delhi, and direct rule imposed. Curfewed Night 2010-06-19T23:10:00Z

So Trump isn’t the first “actor” we have elected either. 100 days of Sean Spicer: The White House’s press strategy is more sinister than you think 2017-04-29T04:00:00Z

I don't think I would have imagined then that it would be quite so soon that America would elect a black president. Q&A: Paul McCartney on playing the White House 2010-07-26T16:37:00Z

Claim to Fame: Mr. Greene was elected as Yale’s first Black student body president in 2019, when he was a sophomore majoring in history. A Yale Student Who Makes and Teaches Black History 2021-07-30T04:00:00Z

Going home in the bus with the other bishops after he was elected. Karen Armstrong's thinking shifts on religion and violence

In the late 1960s, a precocious student named Danny Scher was the elected social commissioner at Palo Alto High School in Northern California. 52 Years Ago, Thelonious Monk Played a High School. Now Everyone Can Hear It. 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z

With the new appointments, Benedict, who was elected in a secret conclave in 2005, has now named more than half the cardinal electors. Pope leaves stamp on Church future with new cardinals 2012-02-18T11:53:00Z

Chief conductors at the Concertgebouw Orchestra are elected by the players, who were in no rush to make a decision until they found what felt like a right fit. At 26, the Conductor Klaus Mäkelä’s Star Keeps Rising and Rising 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z

At just 29, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a Democrat from New York’s 14th District, is the youngest woman ever elected to Congress. Tired of Trump books? A new wave of politicians could bring a fresh crop of titles. 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z

Sheinkin explores the consequences of that action on the Vietnam War, the presidencies of Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon and the attitude of the American public toward its elected officials. The National Book Award Finalists in Young People’s Literature 2015-11-10T05:00:00Z

All eyes turned to Washington this week as America elected Donald Trump to be our next president. Books: Loving libraries, now more than ever 2016-11-12T05:00:00Z

We elected to keep the car in its free parking spot and meander down the street to Ojai Ice Cream. Looking for a Vortex of Good Energy (and Great Times)? Try Ojai. 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z

In places like Dallas and Austin, voters have elected district attorneys in the “progressive prosecutor” mold. 03 Greedo has spent the last two years in a Texas prison but is still the beating heart of L.A.’s rap scene 2020-08-21T04:00:00Z

Though Trump’s view on women’s health is hard to pin down, there is no wavering for Mike Pence, the vice-president elect who is ardently anti-abortion. Women’s rights groups brace for Trump: ‘We are used to fighting impossible odds’ 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z

Then he gets elected and he goes: “It’s so much harder than I thought.” Hillary Clinton meets Mary Beard: ‘I would love to have told Trump: “Back off, you creep”’ 2017-12-02T05:00:00Z

Francis, who become Latin America's first pope when he was elected in 2013, is a fan of the dance from the land of his birth. Crowd sings and tangos as Pope Francis celebrates 78th birthday 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z

In a world where someone like Trump can be elected President, it is clear to me that far too many Americans lack both. The Most Riveting Host in Late Night (and the Most Overlooked) 2017-11-05T04:00:00Z

She worked as a city official on behalf of two mayors; for one — Edward I. Koch — she was instrumental in helping get elected. Remembering Bess Myerson’s Turbulent Public Life 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z

“After George W. Bush was elected, I couldn’t turn around anywhere and not hear someone define me for being a Republican … for being a racist, being a homophobe, being rich,” says SABO. 'We get people to stop and look': The election year's most provocative political artists 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z

Like the predestined elect in Calvin’s Geneva, Brooklyn’s rich think of their improved homes as an outward sign of inward virtue. Rereading Paula Fox’s “Desperate Characters” 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z

The Los Angeles arts scene is about to lose its best friend among elected officials, as Zev Yaroslavsky steps down from the county Board of Supervisors after 20 years, having run up against term limits. Candidates in L.A. supervisors' 3rd District race issue arts support 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z

It's suggested that things will improve if a new Mexican president is elected July 1, but under present circumstances, any kind of optimism is highly unconvincing. 'Murder Capital of the World': Sobering take on Mexico's drug war 2012-04-26T20:10:10Z

When Trump was elected, she read her old manuscript again. Do we need another ‘Handmaid’s Tale’? 2017-11-13T05:00:00Z

The funny thing is that I got wrapped up in the excitement of my daughter being elected. Queen's birthday honours list: the arts 2010-06-12T01:07:00Z

It's a waste of everyone's time and we should be firm in making it clear to our elected leaders that we consider it outside their brief. David Mitchell: I'm glad the asbo is going, but most rebranding is just a distraction 2011-02-13T00:05:37Z

But critics say the resurrection and repackaging of Mussolini for the 21st century presents dangers in a time when right-wing governments are being elected around Europe, including in Italy. A New Book About Mussolini Is Provoking a Debate Over His Legacy 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z

Egypt’s political struggles turned increasingly violent after the ouster of the elected Islamist president, Mohammed Morsi, in July. Egypt’s tourism industry grows desperate amid long turmoil 2014-05-08T04:00:00Z

He'd been elected by his fellow Democratic freshmen to be their representative in discussions with the party's leadership. On their third day at work, congressional freshmen went through disorientation 2021-01-12T05:00:00Z

His own involvement with protest began as a teenager when, in 1953, Iran’s democratically elected premier, Mohammed Mossadegh, was ousted by a coup that cemented the power of the shah, Mohammed Reza Pahlavi. Fraught and Fabulous: Art That Shows a Passion for Democracy 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z

His colleague Dan Bongino, a Fox contributor, urged people to “get back in the fight” to elect Republicans in an appearance at the same conference. Fox News once banned its hosts from speaking at partisan events. Then it went all in on CPAC. 2021-03-01T05:00:00Z

You fought against David Duke during his first run at elected office, have written several books on white privilege and travel the country speaking about these issues. “There was a market for white resentment”: Tim Wise on Trump, David Duke and the bigotry that risen from the shadows 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z

Plastic Jesus and Ginger were also responsible for producing naked statues of Donald Trump that appeared in various U.S. cities in 2016, before he was elected U.S. president. Harvey Weinstein 'Casting Couch' statue unveiled ahead of Oscars 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z

Remember that lurch in your stomach when you realised that Donald Trump had been elected as US president? Vote your cast: who is the greatest fictional US president? 2020-10-31T04:00:00Z

Britain would never elect a man with a moustache! What to say about ... Yes, Prime Minister 2010-05-25T10:21:00Z

Khan directed some of his remarks to Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, who in 2015 suggested that he would ban Muslims from immigrating to the U.S. if he were elected. Pocket Constitution becomes bestseller after Khizr Khan's convention speech 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z

Bush himself was elected twice in a state with a substantial Hispanic population. Fla. ex-Gov. Jeb Bush working on immigration book 2012-09-12T15:02:09Z

By electing to broadcast the majority of the seventh season from this entirely white space, Oliver reflected a metaphor of our shared condition back to us along with a share of the host's psyche. "Last Week Tonight" is a 2020 mood – bizarre, fatalistic, and inexplicably thirsty 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z

Your local representatives, your state senators, your United States senators, your congress representatives, your county supervisors, these are all elected positions. Kathy Griffin still gets death threats: "They got me, but they never got me down" 2019-07-21T04:00:00Z

After the fall of the Taliban, post 9/11, her father worked as an adviser to the interim government, before he was elected president in 2014. 'They went to crazy lengths' - amazing Afghan films the world never got to see 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z

Coriolanus Snow, The Hunger Games Donald Sutherland President Snow exists outside of the two-party system, and may not even have been elected democratically. Vote your cast: who is the greatest fictional US president? 2020-10-31T04:00:00Z

MacLean goes on to point out that elected officials, such as Ted Cruz, are seemingly "smart" people with many degrees among them, and yet they continue to engage in such "absurdity." Bill Maher on why republicans are obsessed with pedophilia 2022-04-09T04:00:00Z

“I feel like I got more done for the world by running a mutual aid group than as an elected official,” said Wong, a third-generation Chinese American from San Francisco. Kristina Wong’s Pandemic Story: Sewing With Her Aunties 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z

Chapter NY, the other New York City gallery participating in Frame, elected to showcase the work of Los Angeles-based Milano Chow. Frieze New York Presents Global, Cutting-Edge Art 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z

The new Republican Party, having just elected its first president, was opposed to any compromise with those who had lost the election. 'We Have the War Upon Us': Trying, and failing, to prevent the Civil War 2012-09-19T21:10:06Z

Ratzinger remained loyal to the seminary community until he was elected pope. Author rattles Jewish leaders 2012-06-21T21:17:00Z

When Matthew Godfrey was elected Ogden’s mayor 12 years ago at the age of 29, he immediately set to work cleaning up the putrid Ogden River for recreational use. Let’s swim to work! 2012-09-15T13:30:00Z

During the Obama presidency, Manchin, then the governor, was trying to persuade West Virginians to elect him to Byrd’s former seat in the U.S. Black voters in West Virginia are tired of being invisible 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z

Mr. Pillsbury — prudently, in the view of many American art critics — elected to remain in Texas. Edmund P. Pillsbury, Curator at Kimbell, Dies at 66 2010-03-31T04:10:00Z

Children can also make postcards to send to elected officials, design medals from recycled materials and record a podcast about changing the world. 9 Things to Do With Your Kids in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z

In the next three years, she worked hard, was elected president of the student government as well as the Glamour magazine representative for the school. The Independent Women of Sweet Briar 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z

It looks classy and performance-led, and shrewdly elects to play much of the drama as a kind of jaunty comedy. Could Colin Firth's King's Speech become one of Oscar acceptance? 2010-09-24T15:35:00Z

Chuck D said on Twitter he was supporting Sanders because of his pledges to bring in universal healthcare and childcare should the Democratic senator from Vermont be elected to the White House in November. Public Enemy splits with Flavor Flav over Bernie Sanders rally 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z

Cordova was elected in September and assumes the post Monday. Purdue University president to chair Smithsonian 2012-01-23T10:16:04Z

We elected the first African American woman as mayor of our city. Khizr Khan has more to say about Trump, the Constitution and our democracy 2018-04-02T04:00:00Z

I wrote this song right around when Trump got elected, and it was like, whatever you want to call your God or whatever, but that’s not how I would believe a God to be. Laura Jean Anderson was raised Mormon, but found her identity through music 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z

It is a consecrated space where important liturgies are celebrated and where popes are elected. Sistine Chapel tourists to be vacuumed and cooled to protect frescoes 2012-12-21T14:40:51Z

“Is it a matter of powerful elected leaders, or average people who put their bodies on the line?” Depiction of Lyndon B. Johnson in 'Selma’ Raises Hackles 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z

Various elected and appointed officials, including Adrian Benepe, the city parks commissioner, were involved. Schumer Has Big Role in Pool Parties Concerts 2010-06-04T18:33:00Z

Now, the married Ms. Peacock has stepped down from her post, and McAllister has found himself deploying the very same Christian vernacular that got him elected to atone for his transgression. Vance McAllister’s Christian failure 2014-04-09T18:48:00Z

It was a big triumph to elect a black president of America," Legend says, "but it revealed a lot of the tension and resentment that other people might feel. John Legend and the Roots: hearts, minds and soul 2010-10-19T21:00:00Z

The elected governor is a self-serving politician who paves his way with bribes and lies even as he lets some islanders starve. A Magic-Filled Island Where Life’s Struggles Rage 2021-04-20T04:00:00Z

What we get instead is an endless series of historical anecdotes about a heterogeneous collection of bad leaders ranging from democratically elected nationalists like Modi to genocidal fanatics like Hitler. Authoritarians From Mussolini to Trump 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z

"After Barack Obama was elected president, Washington became a city where there was a lot of new energy," said Andy Cohen, senior vice president of original programing at cable channel Bravo. Politics trump bling as "Real Housewives" move to D.C. 2010-08-04T12:39:00Z

In that spirit a leader of the Haitian struggle, Jean-Baptiste Belley, a former slave born in Senegal, was elected to the National Convention in Paris. Art Review: ‘Caribbean: Crossroads of the World’ Spans 3 Museums 2012-06-14T20:33:20Z

As the days went on, Fox was placed in the nightmare situation of having to pierce the bubble and report the news: That Mr. Biden had been legally elected. Everybody Knows What Fox News Is Now 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z

Most of the Republicans elected in 1994 have since left Congress. How the Clinton-Gingrich years became ‘the good old days’: Republicans revisit 1994 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z

Three weeks since the military ousted Mubarak's elected successor, the Islamist Mohamed Mursi, street artists who want neither religious nor military rule see little place in today's exhausted Egypt for their once defiant world view. In an uncertain Egypt, street artists rein in their outrage 2013-07-23T22:06:31Z

Estrada has since promised to clean up the capital after being elected mayor of Manila in last week's elections. Manila less than thrilled at Dan Brown's Inferno 2013-05-24T05:30:00Z

He was elected to the Club in 1774, while writing the first volume of his “History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.” The Friday Night Gab Sessions That Fueled 18th-Century British Culture 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z

I simply did not think that we would elect someone that incompetent, an imbecile. Our Part in the Darkness 2017-02-05T05:00:00Z

Does that sound to you like the temperament of someone we should elect as president? Donald Trump, clown prince of slime: Why are we still pretending this sexist joker is a serious candidate? 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z

At 44, Mr. Tan became the youngest and only Southeast Asian artist to be elected as a member-correspondent to the Academy of Fine Arts of the Institute of France. A Multifaceted Singaporean Painter Breaks Barriers 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z

President Donald Trump is threatening to sue NBC and “Saturday Night Live” after the show's parody of the Christmas classic “It’s A Wonderful Life” last weekend imagined a world where Trump was never elected president. Donald Trump can't forgive "Saturday Night Live" for not loving him back 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z

To qualify for the lottery, people must register and earn points by taking various actions: signing petitions, donating to aid groups, writing letters to elected leaders or volunteering their time. ArtsBeat: Poverty Benefit Concert Set for Central Park 2013-07-11T06:00:15Z

And Barack Obama was elected the first black president of the United States and reelected four years later. Racism is “America’s original sin”: Unless we tell the truth about our history, we’ll never find the way to reconciliation 2016-01-18T05:00:00Z

For the project, Mr. Gibbard elected to recast the Beatles classic “And I Love Her” to “And I Love Him.” Bob Dylan Sings About Gay Love 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z

Lieu was elected president of his Democratic freshman class, but his first two years in Congress were comparatively quiet on social media. Ted Lieu is out-tweeting Trump, and it’s making him a political star 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z

Last week, Billboard ran an illuminating article about the process by which a band or individual musician gets elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. Cheap Trick is one of the best rock bands ever — why aren’t they in the Hall of Fame? 2015-04-15T04:00:00Z

Her next project might be her biggest part to date, playing Shirley Chisholm, the first black woman elected to Congress, and the first woman to run for president, against Nixon, McGovern and George Wallace. Viola Davis: 'I stifled who I was to be seen as pretty. I lost years' 2018-10-20T04:00:00Z

“A Starting Point” is meant to offer a digital home for people to hear from elected officials without having the conversation framed by Tucker Carlson or Rachel Maddow. Captain America is trying to … captain America 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z

It is ironic that a man elected to lead is incapable of leadership. How late night comedy shows are making sense of absurd and reckless coronavirus responses 2020-03-22T04:00:00Z

On 26 and 27 February a group of Parkland students met elected officials in Washington DC to discuss gun reform. ‘We took our anger and channelled it’: Parkland students Jaclyn Corin and Delaney Tarr on becoming activists 2018-12-22T05:00:00Z

Church leaders considered him a go-to authority, as did the Renaissance Society of America, an academic association that elected him president in 1998. John W. O’Malley, Leading Catholic Historian, Dies at 95 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z

Gore Vidal lucidly describes the C.I.A.-sponsored coup that ousted Mohammad Mosaddegh, the democratically elected prime minister of Iran, in 1953. Movie Review: ‘Valentino’s Ghost,’ a Documentary by Michael Singh 2013-05-16T22:47:11Z

Because urban drug dealing is so visible in these communities, the media, elected officials, and law-abiding residents are more likely to pressure police to take action. “The Wire” is right about everything: David Simon nailed the police, media, politicians 2015-06-14T04:00:00Z

Later, Gosar sang “Liar Liar Pants on Fire” to Cohen, reminding us yet again that our elected officials often behave like overgrown kindergarteners. Michael Cohen and the pathological liars among us 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z

But He Kept Us Out of War March 4, 1849: President James Polk’s term ends, but his elected successor, Zachary Taylor, refuses to take the oath of office on a Sunday. Style Invitational: Songs without end (or beginning) 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z

It's unusual in the extreme for an outsider like Edwards to be elected to the elite French club - but not without precedent. New guardian of French tongue is (gasp!) British 2013-04-04T13:50:15Z

Conversely, before the 2008 election, weren’t pundits busy doubting whether the United States was ready to elect a black president? Perspective | Joe Biden and the ‘electability’ delusion — and why the media keep making the same mistake 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z

He was the one elected by the French, all that depends on him. Bruni says Sarkozy often thinks about second term 2010-12-15T20:58:34Z

Senate and the first woman, Black person and Asian American to be elected vice president. VP’s historic election celebrated in cracked glass portrait 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z

If no one gets that many, the newly elected House of Representatives decides the winner. Who selects the president? After millions vote, the choice is up to 538 ‘electors’ 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z

Mr. James was elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2006. Sonny James, country hitmaker of ‘Young Love,’ dies at 87 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z

Style has always plays a complicated part in the public imagination when it comes to our female elected officials, given the history of using dress as a way to undermine women. Why a Vogue Cover Created an Uproar Over Kamala Harris 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z

So he talks to them as husbands, wives, parents — in short, as human beings instead of just another elected official. Sucking up has always been part of Washington culture. In the Trump era, it’s a sport. 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z

But at the heart of their convictions was also a radical political thought: that the state had no business in the running of religion, and that congregations had the right to elect their own leaders. On the Pilgrims? Path Through England and the Netherlands 2011-11-17T20:41:15Z

“And when Woody Guthrie was a boy, Oklahoma was also the reddest state because we had more socialists elected to public office than any other.” Woody Guthrie Gets a Belated Honor in Oklahoma 2011-12-27T23:39:33Z

President Stevens sincerely wrestles with the crisis, but his cabinet and generals prove to be devious enforcers of a status quo that preceded the nation’s democratically elected leader. Burt Lancaster in ‘Twilight’s Last Gleaming’ 2012-10-20T23:03:01Z

It was only the second time in 42 years the Baseball Writers’ Association of America failed to elect anyone. Torre apologetic for slight in his HOF speech 2014-07-27T04:00:00Z

Her second novel, It’s Classified, explores what would happen if a woman were plucked from relative obscurity and elected Vice President of the United States — only to find herself completely unprepared for the job. Q&A with Palin Advisor-Turned-Novelist Nicolle Wallace 2011-10-17T18:00:00Z

Americans elect someone, think him a god figure. John Malkovich: ‘In relationships, I’ve had an addictive personality’ 2016-09-11T04:00:00Z

The people who elected Mr. Trump are people whose expectations have been raised by the connivance of the market. Going Home with Wendell Berry 2019-07-14T04:00:00Z

Yet they can also see a feline parody of “America’s Got Talent,” fancifully animated dog and cat crime capers and a documentary about golden retrievers that served as the legitimately elected mayors of Idyllwild, Calif. Animal Lovers, Rejoice: The NY Cat and Dog Film Festivals Return 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z

“Either get out in front and lead, or be part of the process that you have been elected to be a part of.” As the GOP’s anti-Trump, Ben Sasse picked a big fight. What would it mean to win? 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z

In 2000, it is quite plausible to argue George W. Bush was elected president over Al Gore not because of the quirks of election technology in Florida, but because of the Assault Weapons Ban. America’s favorite handgun 2012-09-23T15:00:00Z

Anger is high over the perceived corruption and aloofness of elected leaders in the country of 3.8 million people, which will hold presidential and parliamentary elections on Oct. Vanessa Redgrave premiers documentary on Bosnia labor rights 2014-10-04T04:00:00Z

That’s why it’s important when you talk about leadership and individuals getting elected that we’re preparing a bench of individuals that look like America. Just Asking: Maria Teresa Kumar of Voto Latino on how not to do a nonprofit

Just counting elected officials and candidates for office, Colbert wins with 11 since September. This is Colbert’s real problem: Conservatives aren’t the issue, it’s mainstream America 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z

Stephen Colbert wasn’t sure he’d be able to do a comedy show just one day after Donald Trump was elected President of the United States. Stephen Colbert Is Struggling to Accept Trump as President: 'This Sucks' 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z

Indeed, now is the time for one, with many American whites in a shared hallucination of a post-racial society, borne of their feelings after electing President Obama. Review: "Relax" by Das Racist 2011-09-14T22:59:09Z

With polite deference but growing alarm, the PM protests that the king’s signature is merely ceremonial — that he does not have the power to flout the will of the people’s elected representatives. Review: Crown Jewel: King Charles III in London 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z

He's the president that the American people through the electoral college elected. Why Ari Fleischer is against resurrecting the extinct White House press briefings 2020-01-12T05:00:00Z

Just days before Arnold Schwarzenegger was elected governor in a 2003 recall election, the Los Angeles Times reported six women, some of whom worked with him on movie sets, said he groped them. Claims against Elder: Will they harm him in Calif. recall? 2021-08-20T04:00:00Z

Oliver added that Trump might be the first ever troll to be elected president, and that he retweeted someone calling him the greatest troll on Twitter, saying it was a “great compliment”. John Oliver on Trump: 'An iPhone would be a more coherent president' 2017-11-13T05:00:00Z

Suu Kyi was elected to Parliament in Myanmar, also known as Burma, last month; took her seat May 2; and launched an international tour Tuesday starting in neighboring Thailand. Forget Gaga; Indonesia wild for own raunchy shows 2012-05-30T13:48:00Z

He loved what he called the “malignant beauty” of the run-down steel town and by 2005 had been elected mayor — by one vote — on the promise to help return some of its former glory. The ballad of Big John Fetterman: Democrats yearned for a folk hero. But will they vote for one? 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z

He was elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2006. Sonny James, Country Singer Known for ‘Young Love,’ Dies at 87 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z

"Now, Republicans see these texts as proof of a vast conspiracy within the FBI to stop Donald Trump from being elected president," he added. Watch Stephen Colbert’s hilarious re-enactment of FBI agent Peter Strzok’s insane House hearing 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z

A country such as the US, which mandates almost no parental leave and provides no support for childcare, makes it impossible for women who elect to become mothers to participate equally in the economy. The foul reign of the biological clock | Moira Weigel 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z

The police department’s probe would be separate from any independent investigation ordered by County Judge Lina Hidalgo, Harris County’s top elected official, according to Rafael Lemaitre, a spokesman for the county judge’s office. Astroworld deaths spur calls for independent review 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z

Even though Mr. Trump has picked fights with everyone from Meryl Streep to the cast of “Hamilton” since being elected, he has gone after no artist as hard as Ms. Griffin. Kathy Griffin’s Wild Show: Defiant, Shaken, Then Fainting 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z

He’s already appeared twice during his presidency and four times before he was elected. Obama Will Go On 'The Daily Show' Before Jon Stewart Leaves 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z

Why is there so much hostility toward train travel from so many elected officials in congress? In Transit Blog: Ask a Railroad Station Expert 2011-12-28T15:43:27Z

He had just been elected chairman of the Colorado state party, which was still exulting over its 2014 victories: a U.S. The Colorado soap opera that could be a major 2016 headache for the GOP 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z

But most have focused on the importance of calling one’s elected reps — a tactic that has left aspiring activists in the vote-deprived but heavily Democratic nation’s capital feeling a little useless. D.C. activists don’t have senators to call. So they found their own way to fight Trump. 2017-02-18T05:00:00Z

A man drowned off the coast of Alameda, California, as dozens elected not to go in and save him. Why we still look away: Kitty Genovese, Jamie Bulger and the bystander effect 2016-04-09T04:00:00Z

Remember when the country elected Clarkson as its first American Idol? Kelly Clarkson's return to American Idol makes us long for a bygone era 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z

The undeclared but burgeoning campaign to elect Oprah Winfrey the next President of the United States has received another boost, with the full-throated backing of one of Hollywood’s biggest figures: Steven Spielberg. Steven Spielberg: Oprah would make a brilliant president and I will back her 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z

Without the passage of the Civil Rights Act, we would almost certainly never have elected a black president. Why is Lyndon B Johnson suddenly prevalent in pop culture? 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z

The list of elected officials who’ve groped and sexted their way to a little side action is impressive, and it’s filled with colorful characters on both sides of party lines. Vance McAllister’s Christian failure 2014-04-09T18:48:00Z

For most presidents, Washington is a hackneyed metaphor for bad governance, for the dysfunction they have been elected to fix. Perspective | Trump wanted a photo op. He delivered the most ominous message of his presidency. 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z

Sean Bull is a child when Mrs T is first elected. How I Killed Margaret Thatcher by Anthony Cartwright – review 2012-08-07T11:25:01Z

Californians that fall faced two historic decisions: The first was whether to elect the nation’s first black president. We made Barack Obama evolve: The behind-the-scenes story of how he got to “I do” 2015-11-29T05:00:00Z

“To be fair, your father wasn’t elected by the American people either, just the electoral college,” he said. Late-night hosts on Fox News: 'The closest we have to state TV' 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z

When the 24-year-old Svante Myrick was elected five years ago, he gave up his car, decorated the spot with benches and plants and welcomed all and sundry to use it as they pleased. The best towns and small cities in the US: Ithaca, New York state 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z

And with more “political will”, which is really just willpower writ large, we could forestall the worst consequences of climate change, or stop quasi-fascist confidence tricksters from getting elected president. How to keep your resolutions (clue: it's not all about willpower) 2017-01-07T05:00:00Z

But when it becomes too toxic, people disconnect, and you don’t ever want an elected official to feel like they have to turn it off. Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms: ‘A lot of people only understand a portion of what it takes to govern’ 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z

Shashi Tharoor is an elected member of India's Parliament, the author of "The Great Indian Novel" and "The Elephant, the Tiger and the Cellphone." 'River of Smoke': adrift on a sea of opium 2011-10-12T21:59:11Z

First elected to Congress in 2000, Cantor had always breezed to victory in Virginia’s 7th District, a conservative stronghold that runs from Richmond to the Shenandoah Valley. Two years ago, Eric Cantor lost his House seat. Was it just in the nick of time? 2016-06-14T04:00:00Z

In the other, black and Hispanic residents of public housing and white homeowners live the consequences of decisions made by elected officials and government bureaucrats. David Simon of ‘The Wire’ finds drama in public housing. But will the public tune in? 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z

The Kennedys were considered “shanty Irish” and blackballed from the most prestigious clubs, even after Kennedy was elected president. Having a ball, in lavish fashion, at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago 2016-02-07T05:00:00Z

Robbins, for one, embodies every sleazy trait fairly or unfairly attributed to our elected representatives. Lies, leaks and threats to our liberties: A new thriller captures the moment 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z

This lark is based on the historic tale of Henri de Valois, a French duke who was elected by the Polish people to be their king. Music Review: ‘Le Roi Malgré Lui’ at Fisher Center for the Performing Arts 2012-07-30T21:52:59Z

But Marley is convinced that, sometimes, it's too important a task to be left to elected officials. Damian Marley and Nas: 'We have a lot in common' 2010-08-12T22:30:00Z

Public employee unions are leading an effort to recall Walker, who was elected a year ago. Protest interrupts Wis. gov.'s Chicago visit 2011-11-03T13:45:00Z

“And it’s exciting, not only that he got elected and that Stephen Harper’s finally gone, but because the Liberals have a majority in parliament.” Ellen Page: ‘Being out became more important than any movie’ 2016-01-30T05:00:00Z

A study of elected Texas judges confirmed Fulton’s core finding. Why are men so foolish? 2013-02-17T18:00:00Z

Instead he focused on another important election happening much sooner, when states will elect governors and members of congress. Watch John Oliver Tackle Elections on 'Last Week Tonight' 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z

She wants the elected leadership of both countries to hear the voices of all. Ukrainian-born American woman says 'innocent people are dying' in Ukraine 2022-02-26T05:00:00Z

Mr. Obama was a favorite of comedians even before he was elected president, but typically his stiffness and aloofness are their targets. Critic?s Notebook: Prez N the Hood: A Hip-Hop Parody Stirs Up Issues 2010-10-25T22:56:00Z

Gabrielle Harris, national president of the College Democrats of America, was in third grade when Obama was elected, and she remembers him first as a symbol. Obama at 60: Feet on the dance floor, eyes on the future 2021-08-08T04:00:00Z

Also, Chief Smith was elected to his second term in office. Slave descendants seek equal rights from Cherokee Nation 2013-05-21T22:15:00Z

Self-aggrandizing, prone to making baseless accusations, and cynically motivated by the endless pursuit of power, McCarthy was elected to the U.S. 9 senseless social panics that did lasting damage to America 2015-03-07T05:00:00Z

So his voting to elect a president who might place her in a permanent state of terror becomes a revolt against power. Why Do Trump Supporters Support Trump? 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z

Subsequent generations of elected officials, including the former governors Gary Locke and Bobby Jindal, similarly explained themselves as immigrant success stories. Andrew Yang and the Political Narratives of Asian-Americans 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z

Did someone elect this guy to be king of the black people? Reparations are overdue: "Confronting the truth" about slavery means paying for it 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z

After he was first elected in 2006, Sadovyi banned cars from the historic city center’s cobblestone squares and streets, turning them into pedestrian walkways lined with sidewalk restaurants and cafes. To House Refugees, Lviv Wants to Make Beautiful Buildings That Last 2022-05-31T04:00:00Z

The state-within-a-state conspiring against the elected president was provocative and timely. Homeland season six finale recap – America First 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z

I teased in a column at the time that the most powerful place on earth was so swathed in earth tones, you would have thought Al Gore got elected. Mr. Smith Went to Washington … With Dimmers 2020-08-26T04:00:00Z

I didn't want to move to Los Angeles and elected not to get involved in production," he said to Province, "but NBC would not make the deal unless I was involved. Unsung Creator of Rocky and Bullwinkle, Alex Anderson Dies 2010-10-23T14:35:00Z

The elect were chosen “before the foundation of the world,” as the Bible says in Ephesians 1:4, so Westboro members were predestined as righteous prophets. Growing up in Westboro Baptist Church: We were “true believers,” everyone else the enemy 2018-11-03T04:00:00Z

But I also think that blaming individuals for decisions that elected officials, who happen to be their age, made is not particularly productive. Our political future is in millennial hands — even if it feels like boomers will never retire 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z

Much of what has been happening in his country, particularly in the years since George W. Bush was elected president, has stirred his spleen. Theater Review: ‘Heresy,’ by A. R. Gurney, at the Flea Theater 2012-10-13T00:30:06Z

Another leadership shake-up followed later that year, when the billionaire collector J. Tomilson Hill was appointed as board chairman, and the writer Claudia Rankine was elected its second ever Black female trustee. Director of the Guggenheim to Step Down 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z

It makes you think she might be too good for whatever a candidate would have to do or say in this political climate to be elected president of anything. Oprah Earned This Museum Show. And It’s a Potent Spectacle. 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z

Once again, Mr. Owens elected to fish mostly outside the usual model pool. On the Runway Blog: At Rick Owens, Not Your Usual Models 2014-03-01T22:31:29Z

That myth is harder to sustain these days, thanks in part to Matteo Renzi, the city’s 35-year-old mayor, who was elected last year with promises to stir up the Tuscan capital. 36 Hours: Florence 2010-07-23T06:19:00Z

"There are always going to be people who don't fit into boxes," said Victoria Kolakowski, who was just elected a superior court judge in Alameda County in California. Bold crossings of the gender line 2010-12-09T03:20:00Z

An elected official in Las Vegas is demanding a name change for McCarran International Airport, claiming that the airport’s namesake was a “racist anti-Semite.” Las Vegas official urges name change for McCarran Airport, claims namesake was 'racist anti-Semite' 2020-06-19T04:00:00Z

Like Roth, too, Silverberg knew when to retire from imaginative writing, in his case around 2004 when he was elected a grandmaster by the Science Fiction Writers of America. Robert Silverberg: The Philip Roth of the science fiction world 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z

Kid Rock got Romney's commitment that if elected he would help the city of Detroit, the state of Michigan and U.S. troops, a Romney campaign spokesman said. In Michigan, Mitt Romney faces day of reckoning 2012-02-28T10:36:07Z

Newly elected to Congress, Gillibrand was trying to recruit more women to run; she wanted Sewell to go after the seat about to be vacated by Artur Davis, who was running for governor. Rep. Terri Sewell, a daughter of Selma, rues her city’s lost promise 2015-03-01T05:00:00Z

Myanmar is emerging from decades of isolation under a reformist elected government that took office last year after almost five decades of military rule. Jason Mraz tops Myanmar anti-trafficking concert 2012-12-16T17:55:08Z

The near illegitimacy of the executive and legislative elected branches of government, both in thrall to corporate interests and “checked” only by a judiciary that can’t or won’t rein them in. Zombie state 2012-06-08T14:45:00Z

Mr. Sanford left the governor’s job in 2011 and was elected to the House of Representative two years later, proving that voters are just as irrational as politicians. Review: In ‘The Speechwriter,’ Barton Swaim Shares Tales of Working for Mark Sanford 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z

It is considered a battleground state, as it voted twice for Obama yet also twice elected a Tea Party governor, Paul LePage. As Maine goes, so goes the nation: Will this small city’s mayoral election predict a Trump victory in 2016? 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z

The United States has never elected a President by popular vote. The Walls That Hillary Clinton Created 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z

The idea is that you can elect to "follow" – and be followed by – your friends, so that you know what music they're playing and vice versa. Apple drives another nail into sluggish Sony's coffin 2010-09-04T23:06:00Z

Musicians, football players, coaches, our elected officials, you in the audience, yes, we are all the same. Big names flock to Nashville for flood benefit 2010-06-23T06:31:00Z

The Spanish newspaper El País revived the notion shortly after Francis was elected, speculating that the new pontiff might include a woman’s name in his first selections for the College of Cardinals. Lucetta Scaraffia Is Trying to Fight Catholic Patriarchy from the Inside 2018-10-28T04:00:00Z

“Almost anyone I know is like, ‘Eminent-domain that sucker and move on,’ ” says one local elected official who was granted anonymity to speak bluntly. What’s a Wendy’s doing there? The story of Washington’s weirdest traffic circle. 2017-12-25T05:00:00Z

“He’s now elected and we as a country need to support whoever is president because that’s what the country’s based on,” the actress told BBC in an interview that aired this week. Nicole Kidman Says It’s Time to Support Donald Trump 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z

Neil L. Rudenstine, the former president of Harvard University, was elected chairman of the board of the New York Public Library on Wednesday. ArtsBeat Blog: Former Harvard President to Head New York Public Library Board 2011-09-14T21:50:30Z

At home, he wrote, the United States had been handicapped by elected officials who feared they would be defeated if they broadened the military draft or asked the public to make more sacrifices. William L. O’Neill, a Historian Who Wrote About Radicals, Dies at 80 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z

The residents elected their own officials and had compulsory education and their own system of laws — rights that had previously been denied to them. 8 Places Across the U.S. That Illuminate Black History 2023-02-05T05:00:00Z

As chairman of the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies, Blunt was preparing for the January festivities without knowledge of who would be elected. The controversy behind the painting that will hang at Trump’s inaugural luncheon 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z

Of course electing a woman wouldn’t eradicate sexism; it is too baked into the system. Perspective | Warren and Klobuchar stopped tone-policing themselves. It created the realest debate moments yet. 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z

“I said to the mayor and other elected officials, ‘We need something in Chicago because Chicago is losing everything, and don’t tell me it’s too late.’ Two planned museums brighten the future of the blues 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z

Gettelfinger spoke in Detroit at a convention of delegates who will elect a new president on Wednesday. Gettelfinger: Grow The UAW 2010-06-14T18:10:00Z

But since Donald Trump was elected president, the door has provided a number of former Fox personnel with entree into a government now infused with the cable channel’s fiery sensibility. ‘Working for one guy’: Bill Shine’s journey from Ailes enforcer to Trump producer 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z

He’s also a white man elected by a populace that is 79 percent black. In Mississippi, defenders of state’s Confederate-themed flag dig in 2015-08-18T04:00:00Z

The latter’s then president elect Steven D. Benjamin told the Washington Post that it was “an important collaboration” and a departure from one-sided government reviews that left defendants in the dark. Can we predict a wrongful conviction? 2012-09-09T14:00:00Z

From private equity predators to rightwing media barons, cynical demagogues and doublespeak lawyers, the 1% essentially elect our leaders and create our laws now. Breath of fresh heir: how Succession became the must-watch TV of the year 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z

Ms. Sanders worked on Mr. Trump’s presidential campaign and joined the administration when he was elected. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Praised by Trump as ‘a Warrior,’ Is Writing a Book 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z

It’s the platform on which Richard Nixon was elected President, in 1968. Two Important Documentaries from Sundance 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z

“It’s a little weird that celebrations happened on the same night Trump was elected. It’s like celebrating your baseball team winning on the deck of the sinking Titanic.” John Oliver on marijuana legalization: 'This is genuinely worth worrying about' 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z

Bush said the book is less autobiography and more an analysis of key decisions in his life, both before and after he was elected president. Bush: Book begins with decision to quit drinking 2010-05-25T17:57:00Z

Dirty Harry’s values are the values of the angry white men who elected Richard Nixon in 1969, and they are the values of the angry white men who elected Donald Trump 47 years later. The meaning of Clint: what watching 40 Eastwood films has taught me 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z

Its stirring melody played as Mr. Macron entered for his victory rally when he was elected in May, a signal of his continued commitment to European integration in the age of “Brexit” and nationalist surges. At G-20, Beethoven Sends a Mixed Message to Trump 2017-07-09T04:00:00Z

An enduring mystery of the play is why Minnie, a go-getter with some money of her own, elected to marry him. ‘The Daughter-in-Law’ Review: Sons and Wives 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z

Obasanjo was duly released, and within a year was democratically elected Nigeria's leader for the second time. Tunde Baiyewu 2013-02-02T08:00:55Z

After Trump was elected, Fauci wrote papers describing his work on previous epidemics. Anthony Fauci was ready for this. America was not. 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z

It was a season when Broadway was politicized following the election of President Trump and the stormy visit of then-vice-president elect Mike Pence to “Hamilton.” Tony Awards: Big winners, surprise losers and what it all means for the theater 2017-06-11T04:00:00Z

“And I don’t think most people on the left will watch because they already know the conclusion in their minds. To them, the president has been impeachable since before he was elected.” Watergate redux? Trump impeachment inquiry heads for live TV 2019-11-10T05:00:00Z

It is popular across party lines: Rush Limbaugh threatened to leave over the Affordable Care Act, and the actor Stephen Baldwin threatened to leave if Obama was elected. Not Happy With the Candidates? How to Try Out a New Country 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z

Romney has pledged that if elected president, he would “drop these lawsuits on day one.” High Court to take on Ariz. immigration law 2012-04-25T10:05:00Z

“Only in America would an Iranian-born immigrant son of a taxi driver and maid trying to help elect our first woman president be protested at his home,” Pishevar told the Guardian. Clooneys to attend a VIP fundraiser for Clinton – and Sanders fans are outraged 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z

“It was not a fluke,” she said at the time, and the women of color who have since been elected to the city council credit her with paving the way. For Ayanna Pressley, the beauty of unexpected wins led to Congress and a historic office 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z

The root problem is that too many of the people whom we elect to power are shielded from the mess and stress of reproduction and motherhood. Perspective | A lot of powerful people seem to have no clue what motherhood means 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z

He criticized Trump before he was elected but voted against both impeachments. What if Republicans had a party and Trump wasn’t there? 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z

He rose through the ranks of Italy’s Democratic Party, a center-left coalition, and was elected secretary three years ago. Meet Matteo Renzi — the Justin Trudeau of Italy and the Obamas’ final state dinner honoree 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z

Not only do some candidates slip out of campaign promises, but even the most honest ones cannot foresee the issues they will face once elected. 'All the Truth Is Out' probes the repercussions of Gary Hart's affair 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z

Rod made his own millions brokering sales for collectors of commemorative plates, plates in honor of a pope’s being elected or the like. Jumbo: The MacArthur “Genius” Grants 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z

Furthermore, assuming this clown – who, funnily enough, is a real and elected official – is serious with his fear mongering let me try to quell some of the crazy. Gays hate apple pie! 2013-04-01T19:13:00Z

Franklin D. Roosevelt is the only president to be elected four times. A president unlike any other 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z

But she declines to examine such issues in detail, electing instead to pelt the reader with extraneous digressions about “Moby-Dick” and a visit she once made to the New Bedford Whaling Museum. Books of The Times: Some Stuff She Knows About Hawaii 2011-04-17T20:53:54Z

In a few categories, they elected multiple winners — like for outstanding lead performance where Colman and Faison both won from a pool of 10 nominees. ‘The Lost Daughter’ wins big at 31st Gotham Awards 2021-11-29T05:00:00Z

Adam Scott gives a stellar performance as an employee of a shady corporation who elects to have his consciousness split between his work and outside selves. 10 Stages and Screens Where I Saw Connection 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z

And you certainly don’t do what Chris Cuomo did: involve himself with a crisis-management effort that could influence the outcome of a criminal investigation of the highest elected official in New York. Perspective | Why Chris Cuomo’s ‘family first’ defense just doesn’t fly 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z

Mr. Saakashvili was elected in 2004 after leading the so-called Rose Revolution, which swept away a corrupt leadership, and was hailed as a promoter of democracy. New York Philharmonic to Perform in Georgia 2010-06-22T22:15:00Z

While vowing to defend the ban in court, McDaniel became the first statewide elected official to endorse same-sex marriage. History shades Arkansas' gay marriage debate 2014-05-13T04:00:00Z

Nancy Mace, 43, is the newly elected Republican U.S. representative from South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District. Republican Rep. Nancy Mace on the Capitol insurrection: ‘We need to rebuild our party’ 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z

Even now, to be more picky about the Fairness Commission's tone, poverty is imagined as most likely solved by our elected officials rather than change being actively fought for by those directly affected. A cosy duvet city - why York needs alternative histories 2013-01-16T07:00:00Z

Since then, America has elected a president who panders to the far right, including those who make no bones about the fact that they hate Jews. Watching Quentin Tarantino's "Inglourious Basterds" in the Trump era 2019-05-19T04:00:00Z

Times readers were further misinformed by Roger Lewis's suggestion that "the dons are sewing it up to elect" me this time round. Out of the poetic mire 2010-05-28T18:29:00Z

This November, in Denver, Leslie Herod became the first gay African-American to be elected to the state’s House of Representatives. Gay America’s Harrowing, Heartening Year 2016-12-31T05:00:00Z

Ms. Schumer plays a saxophone, tries to buy a shirt and is elected president of the United States. What’s on TV Thursday 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z

That kicked in long before officials began saying the words half of the country only thought we’d hear while in the throes of a paranoid delusion: president elect Donald Trump. Under the “circle of doom”: Fox News gives us the season finale of its Trump boosting coverage 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z

In 1994 he was the first Latin American writer to be elected to the Spanish Academy, where he took his seat in 1996. Mario Vargas Llosa Wins Nobel Literature Prize 2010-10-07T11:48:00Z

He’s 115 years old, the last surviving veteran of World War I, and he’s dying in a Chicago nursing home bed in the hours after Donald Trump has been elected president. A 115-Year-Old War Veteran Looks Back at It All, With God as a Guide 2021-08-25T04:00:00Z

On the night that President Barack Obama was elected, people were so excited. Ketanji Brown Jackson on being a ‘first’ and why she loves ‘Survivor’ 2022-05-16T04:00:00Z

The 12-member panel is selected by the governor, the state Senate Rules Committee and the speaker of the Assembly and is made up of six elected officials and six members of the public. Producer to sit on California Coastal Commission 2011-05-19T16:14:11Z

“Can a congresswoman wear her hair in braids, rock a black leather jacket?” asked Ayanna Pressley, the first black woman elected to Congress from Massachusetts, at a watch party Tuesday in Boston. Perspective | A lot of women just won their elections, and hopefully someday this will stop being remarkable 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z

Newly elected officials include Nancy Utley as vice president and chair of the education and outreach committee, and David Rubin as secretary and chair of the membership and administration committee. Cheryl Boone Isaacs Re-elected as Motion Picture Academy President 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z

The comic, who leads The Daily Show, expressed concern about the decision to elect the host of The Celebrity Apprentice over a seasoned politician. Late-night hosts on the inauguration: 'How is that a president?' 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z

The other is Kevin R. Steele, the newly elected district attorney, who in December, citing new evidence, reversed that decision. Cosby Case Highlights a Rivalry Between Two Lawyers 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z

“I knew he was going to get elected.” Casting a Critical Eye, From the Slaughterhouse to the White House 2020-10-21T04:00:00Z

Left with a great whopping chunk of space after calling time on those endless Friends repeats, E4 has elected to fill it with lots of US comedy. Catch-up TV guide: from Nashville to The Jewel In The Crown 2013-03-02T06:00:05Z

“Three Billboards,” which is not based on a true story but does have some reality flavoring, must appear worthy of elected office, in some way. Does ‘Three Billboards’ Say Anything About America? Well … 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z

Eric Trump isn’t an elected politician, but as an executive vice president of the Trump Organization he's a public face of the family business and by extension, President Donald Trump’s brand. Spitting on Eric Trump, drinking with Sarah Huckabee Sanders: Questions of civility in the Trump era 2019-06-26T04:00:00Z

We did not elect them to help us solve our problems. Evgeny Morozov: 'We are abandoning all the checks and balances' 2013-03-09T19:20:02Z

That’s politics, and it’s childish to demand to know elected officials’ inner lives and to really demand that they’re sincere in what they say. What binds Palin and Stewart? 2012-07-23T01:00:00Z

Others were just happy to be part of electing a black president into office. How hip-hop fell out of love with Obama 2012-08-23T19:00:01Z

"I want to elect the next president," he told Fox executives at a 2010 meeting, according to the 2014 biography "The Loudest Voice in the Room" by Gabriel Sherman, a writer for New York magazine. Scandal-plagued Fox News founder Roger Ailes dead at 77 2017-05-18T04:00:00Z

“Pence is not going to be able to do that. There are going to be 20 credible, elected Republicans running against him.” So, while we’re waiting . . . will Mike Pence ever be president? 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z

Two years later Mr. Wapner was elected presiding judge of the city’s vast Superior Court system, in which he supervised some 200 fellow judges. Joseph A. Wapner, Judge on ‘The People’s Court,’ Dies at 97 2017-02-26T05:00:00Z

Hume was elected to the British Society of Cinematographers in 1964, serving as president for three years. Alan Hume obituary 2010-08-17T17:14:00Z

Sean Hannity, he went on to explain, “is trying to get conservatives elected. And he wants you to listen to him and believe what he believes. And I’m disseminating facts.” The faith of the Fox Nation: belief in opinions trumps hope in news 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z

We’ve gotten ourselves to this place in time, where we’re about to elect either the number one or the number two most unlikeable presidential candidate in the history of presidential candidacies. Dee Snider’s still not gonna take it: “I don’t know what ‘great’ [Donald Trump’s] talking about. Is that when we had two sinks, colored and white?” 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z

The moment produced one of the most famous exchanges of the presidential campaign and plunged Kelly into a long-running, if one-sided, feud with the man who was elected president Tuesday. Did Trump get a debate question in advance? Megyn Kelly says no, but questions linger. 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z

But I keep going back to the state of Russian politics in the late nineties, when Putin was elected. Masha and Keith Gessen on Writing About Russia 2019-03-17T04:00:00Z

Lots of material, then, for Yes, Minister's guiding principle, the gentle satire on a governing system in which elected politicians are outmanoeuvred by their more worldly, unelected officials. TV review: Yes, Prime Minister 2012-11-27T00:46:12Z

Roosevelt wrote this children’s primer on democracy in 1932, the same year her husband was elected president. New & Noteworthy 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z

“I was horrified after Trump was elected,” he told me. Trump Preparedness: Digital Security 101 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z

Once elected, Pope Francis immediately went there to pay his respects to Benedict. AP PHOTOS: Papal summer residence reopens to visitors 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z

That's why it was so refreshing to see Ali Fedotowsky, a contestant on this season of The Bachelor, elect to leave the competition to return to work after she ran out of vacation days. 2010-02-16T17:53:00Z

We are participating as slave masters because we consume products and elect politicians and are complicit in enabling the system. Ava DuVernay on Modern Slavery in America 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z

After Biden was elected, you became an adviser to his climate task force. Sunrise Movement's Varshini Prakash on not losing hope on climate change: "I'm still here fighting" 2022-01-23T05:00:00Z

In the April 1991 issue, the writer Adam Platt covered Douglas Wilder, the first elected Black governor in the United States, pondering if he could be the first Black president. Remembering Grace Mirabella and Her Inventive Magazine 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z

His research found that people who effectively used humor were more likely to be elected to leadership positions. Want to raise an empowered girl? Then let her be funny. 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z

As for the meetings with Trump, scoring a major interview requires “a comfort level” on the part of the elected official, and that’s what he and Brzezinski were striving for. Joe Scarborough defends schmoozing with Trump as ‘the Washington way’ 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z

She and Mary Somerville were the first women elected as honorary members of the Royal Astronomical Society. What have Ada Lovelace, Caroline Herschel, Rosalind Franklin and Mary Somerville got in common? 2013-03-07T11:00:00Z

“It may well be that this tragedy is the result of unpredictable events, of circumstances coming together that couldn’t possibly have been avoided,” said Judge Lina Hidalgo, Harris County’s top elected official. Houston leaders seek clues for concert mishap that killed 8 2021-11-06T04:00:00Z

In 2012, “Obama barely won this district. This is not a slam-dunk Democratic district,” says Israel, first elected to the House in 2000. Rep. Steve Israel, finding the funny in Washington’s corridors of power 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z

The exhibition will also feature Mr. Horowitz’s installation “November 4, 2008,” which restages the day eight years ago when Barack Obama was elected president, featuring 18 hours of CNN and Fox News coverage. A Rare Pollock Sculpture Gets a Home 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z

Beyond the money, book club members held speaking engagements, wrote to elected officials, placed opinion pieces in the local paper, and generally caused a stir that in turn inspired others to get involved. Half the Sky: how the trafficking of women today is on a par with genocide 2010-08-18T23:05:00Z

“America would never elect somebody like David Duke president,” he says. Review: In ‘BlacKkKlansman,’ Spike Lee Journeys Into White America’s Heart of Darkness 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z

He became a varsity wrestler there and, despite being rejected by fraternities because he was Jewish, was elected president of the student body in his junior year — a first for the St. Lawrence campus. Kirk Douglas, a Star of Hollywood’s Golden Age, Dies at 103 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z

Even Mr. Gogu, who often vetoes customers’ coiffure decisions, cannot persuade one of the most powerful elected officials in the state to change his hairstyle. Character Study: The Nonstop Hairstylist of Astor Place 2013-01-12T03:36:29Z

“I’m assuming no women” will get a cabinet post, the queen says to the newly elected Thatcher. Gillian Anderson brings uncanny ‘Iron Lady’ to ‘The Crown’ 2020-11-13T05:00:00Z

It’s a look at America under the presidency of Donald Trump, its title a reference to the day he was elected. Oscar race heats up as star-studded Toronto film festival begins 2018-09-05T04:00:00Z

Meanwhile, Clinton, the last federally elected Democrat to win the state, remains a Kentucky favorite. On the trail in Kentucky, Bill Clinton gets practice playing second fiddle

Sen. Bernie Sanders tweeted back in June after hearing of Kyote's story that he would provide "year-round universal school meals" if elected president of the United States. California bills seeks to ban 'lunch shaming,' will guarantee state-funded meals for students 2019-10-13T04:00:00Z

The new “Macbeth” takes place circa 1970, not in a kingdom but in a nominal democracy with a tendency to elect strongmen. Review | Jo Nesbo puts a Nordic chill on ‘Macbeth’ 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z

Sanders attended Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, where she was elected student body president and co-founded the Young Conservative Nepotism Society with herself. Who in the hell is Sarah Huckabee Sanders?! Everything you were afraid to ask about this suddenly important person 2017-07-15T04:00:00Z

When I was elected to the Boston City Council, everyone was wanting to give me awards. Rep. Ayanna Pressley on the isolating experience of being ‘the first,’ plus recently confronting an alopecia diagnosis 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z

Far fewer, however, worked specifically to put women into elected office. The Women Who Met Hillary, and Spotted a Future Political Star 2016-12-24T05:00:00Z

Delbanco depicts a republic that kept facing the problem of white supremacy and kept electing to punt. How Fugitive Slaves Exposed the Idea of the ‘United’ States as a Lie 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z

If these kinds of ads succeed in getting Democrats elected this cycle, Geer said, “I can guarantee Republicans will start making more of them.” Hugs, flags, tears, kids: Inside the heart-tugging world of today’s super-viral campaign ads 2018-09-15T04:00:00Z

“We don’t elect someone who is so ignorant and negligent unless we got to the point where we so misvalue and misunderstand the thing he’s running.” Obamas Acquire Book Critical of Trump as First Netflix Project 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z

Q. What will the presidential limousine look like if AOC gets elected to the White House? Style Invitational Week 1461: It’s the eponymy, stupid 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z

He's only the third Black person in American history to receive the honor of being elected into the position of executive of state. Wes Moore will be Maryland's first Black governor. Here's what scares me about his election 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z

"Say you're crazy", "Marry your mother" and "Get elected the Supreme Soviet" were among the titbits of advice. Tuli Kupferberg obituary 2010-07-26T17:38:00Z

So it goes for many of America’s late-night TV hosts, who for more than a year aimed their comedic barbs at Donald J. Trump, only to see him elected president on Tuesday night. On Late Night, Comedians Grapple With Trump’s Victory 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z

An outcry by neighbors and elected officials led to the mural’s removal. Lower East Side Murals Cause a Stir, and One Is Painted Over 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z

My adversary and owner of the company, let’s call him Mr. Potter, elected not to respond to my incredulous e-mails. I went to D.C.’s small claims court and learned a big lesson — in something

It was no surprise whatsoever to me, though, at that point, that he had elected to hold the Carrington family hostage. ‘Dynasty’ or ‘Dallas’? Squaring Off in the Lily Pond 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z

“If a bad actor can be elected president,” she declaims, “why not a good drag queen?” Review: In ‘Ms. Blakk for President,’ a Winning Losing Campaign 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z

Thursday's schedule, in addition to leading conservatives and elected officials, included a slew of former candidates, among them Michele Bachmann and Rick Perry. Conservatives gather to hear GOP candidates 2012-02-10T02:17:00Z

But Mrs. Adams, known be a talented hostess who played an important role in getting her husband elected in 1824, grew depressed once they reached the White House. Reluctant First Lady? Melania Trump Wouldn’t Be the First to Claim That Title 2017-02-18T05:00:00Z

“The point of the painting is that here are all the people who got him elected,” McNaughton says. The most famous pro-Trump artist in the U.S. has moved into his ‘Mueller’ phase. 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z

On the state level, newly elected legislators push their own agendas more vigorously whether they are on the right or the left, Storey said, because they don’t know how long they’ll be around. Email can ruin your life 2012-06-24T14:00:00Z

At New York University he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and while in his sophomore year there he took second place in the Witter Bynner intercollegiate poetry contest. Review: ‘Color,’ by Countee Cullen 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z

He recounts a reporter asking Mr. Obama a question at a White House press conference in 1999, a decade before Mr. Obama was elected. “Littered with inaccuracies” and “so dull”: The reviews of Sean Spicer’s new book are n... 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z

“Most cable subscribers do not elect to bring WE tv into their homes, let alone Sex Box. It is forced on us as part of the cable bundle,” the group wrote in a letter. Did 'Sex Box' turn anybody on? 2015-02-28T05:00:00Z

He elected to talk process instead of results. Europe Issue: High-End Dining in Italy 2011-09-30T19:04:19Z

Instead, officials are alleged to have sat on the case for 13 months, electing to interview Winston only after football season had ended. Penn State stands by its hire of FSU president who served during flawed Jameis Winston rape investigation 2014-04-18T15:34:00Z

There are plenty of other examples, the most recent of which may be the most dramatic of all — when the country, after electing the first black president, then decided to give the racist a shot. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: Tom Hanks (as Mister Rogers) ... and other perfect swing candidates. 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z

"The Gates" in New York's Central Park was rejected by three city administrations before Christo's friend Michael Bloomberg was elected mayor. Christo: Arkansas River artwork won't hurt sheep 2011-05-18T16:50:13Z

Those two things happening simultaneously were going to be a big historical turn along the lines of Roosevelt and Reagan getting elected. George Packer: Don’t CEOs have any shame? 2013-05-26T18:00:00Z

He is teaching our youth you don't need character to be elected. Kimmel, Covfefe, ‘Wonder Woman’: Washington’s Views on Pop Culture in 2017 2017-12-26T05:00:00Z

Polls indicate that one demographic slice instrumental in electing Donald Trump was white women. Not sticking together: Why did women ignore the hate speech against Hillary Clinton? 2016-11-27T05:00:00Z

In 2008, as the U.S. was about to elect its first black President, the major broadcast networks announced a fall schedule that featured only one show starring a person of color. Network TV, Now In Living Color 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z

After months of turmoil, the House elected Jefferson, who served two terms. 'The Art of Power': Thomas Jefferson shapes the republic 2012-11-20T21:35:18Z

“Democracy requires engagement and is its own sort of practice. It is more than just expecting elected officials to bring about all the change we wish to see,” said Shah, who lives in D.C. To honor Kamala Harris, these women are bringing a traditional Indian art form to D.C., made by thousands of hands 2021-01-22T05:00:00Z

Whose followers are muttering publicly about a “revolution” if their man isn’t elected? Dystopias are fantastic in fiction. But do you really want to live in one? 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z

Diamond has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, and the National Academy of Sciences. Jared Diamond: Here are the four ways America is ruining itself right now 2019-06-24T04:00:00Z

Season 1 premiered in April 2017 but production started long before Hillary Clinton lost her bid to become the first woman in the White House and Donald Trump was elected U.S. president. 'Handmaid's Tale' returns to television, darker and more chilling 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z

Kimmel, known for his genial but deadpan delivery, got high marks as last year’s Academy Awards host when then-newly elected Trump and his policies became a running gag. Jimmy Kimmel's mission impossible - Oscar host in midst of #MeToo 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z

If Hillary Clinton were more honest, it would prove she really is willing to try anything to get elected. Style Invitational: Just drop it, okay? A new neologism contest 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z

Trump is “the monster in the tower”; the television that “had elected itself.” In “The Feral Detective,” Jonathan Lethem Returns to Detective Noir for the Trump Era 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z

Barnette is a Black woman running in the most populous state to never elect a female U.S. senator or governor, and has landed zingers at her opponents during debates. Dr. Oz’s Trump-infused Senate run is coming down to the wire 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z

In 1974, she was elected to parliament's Upper House as a member of the governing Liberal Democratic Party and served until 1992. Japan's World War II film idol Rikoran dies at 94 2014-09-15T04:00:00Z

He had been elected to the bench with labor support. Love’s Road Home 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z

The new conventional wisdom, one the public does seem to accept: You don’t elect just a president. Joe Biden still wants to be president. Can his family endure one last campaign? 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z

On her first try at a low-key announcement to voters, she grabs the camera and shouts, “Citizens, you will elect me—I will be your leader.” Kate McKinnon’s Genius Hillary Impersonation 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z

On July 1, a new president will be elected for a six-year term. June's best music from across the MAP 2012-06-13T10:52:13Z

Political comedy is a dense field of tough decisions to navigate; the decision to bring elected officials on a TV show for a punchline is never an easy one. Tina Fey revisits Sarah Palin guest spot on "SNL": "That’s what they’ll show when I die" 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z

This approach makes her seem like a relic of a long-gone Washington, where flexibility and the art of reaching across the aisle were desirable traits in an elected official. Claire McCaskill’s balancing act: How to be a moderate in immoderate times 2017-08-27T04:00:00Z

Streisand said she has been an enthusiastic collector of American art at least since 1992 when Bill Clinton was first elected president -- an event that she describes as "a turning point for America." Barbra Streisand donating John Singer Sargent painting to LACMA 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z

In Kinston, the county’s most populous community, almost 70 percent of the residents are black, while most of its elected leadership is white. Vivian Howard, a TV Chef, Offers Hope for Her Rural Hometown 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z

Once we have elected the first female President whose husband is a former male President, we can elect the first female President whose husband has never held elective office. Hillary for President: No Joke 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z

The wife of Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney tells "Tonight Show" host Jay Leno that she loves the fact that the nation elected its first African-American president. Ann Romney says electing a Mormon a good signal 2012-09-26T03:12:08Z

The orchestra plans to elect his successor this spring. The Berlin Philharmonic Comes to New York 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z

She believed fear was what had gotten Trump elected, and here she was, so scared that she was momentarily incapable of being “balanced or fair-minded”: “I was part of the problem that I worried about.” When It Comes to Politics, Be Afraid. But Not Too Afraid. 2018-07-04T04:00:00Z

But, one of the points of this book is that no matter who gets elected president in 2020, that same person is not going to be in charge 10 years from now. Our political future is in millennial hands — even if it feels like boomers will never retire 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z

Producers elected to open "Hairspray" in the summer mainly to accommodate the schedule of its director, Jack O'Brien. Summer promises to be hot on Broadway with three big openings 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z

She is also the chair‐elect of the board of the New‐York Historical Society and a former managing director on the Met Opera board. With $125 Million Gift, Met Museum Jump-Starts New Modern Wing 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z

The first dinner was held in 1921, when a group of reporters who had covered Warren G. Harding’s presidential campaign got together to fete the newly elected president. For Obama’s final correspondents’ dinner, the obvious targets: Trump, Cruz and himself 2016-04-30T04:00:00Z

He went to work the next year as an assistant prosecutor and was elected commonwealth’s attorney for the city in 1989, vowing to aggressively try cases himself. Scandals usually end political careers. Not Joe Morrissey’s. 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z

More and more towns and cities across the country are electing to celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day as an alternative to — or in addition to — the day intended to honor Columbus’ voyages. Why more places are abandoning Columbus Day in favor of Indigenous Peoples’ Day 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z

They live in an enviable world in which the people have elected one of the smartest men in the country to lead it, instead of one of the dumbest. Review | The last thing America needs right now is more ‘West Wing’ 2020-10-15T04:00:00Z

Or for a campaign to unseat someone you dislike or elect someone you like. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: When you’re burning out on the world falling apart 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z

The people vote with their wallets and elect a chart: its members then open discussions to form a zeitgeist. An X-Factor castoff does the Sugarcubes? All part of pop's new politics 2010-05-14T14:03:00Z

“Meander” is free to listen to at bbg.org, whether you elect to enjoy it while wandering through the garden or, if that trip is beyond your means or comfort, to envision its landscapes from home. 5 Things to Do This Weekend 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z

Even in electing to remain at the academy, those eight could have walked away from a football program that drained valuable time and energy that could be have directed toward other pursuits—like studies. 9/11 and West Point football’s epic losing streak of 2003 2018-10-07T04:00:00Z

In 1059, the Church gave cardinals the exclusive right to elect the pontiff. Lucetta Scaraffia Is Trying to Fight Catholic Patriarchy from the Inside 2018-10-28T04:00:00Z

Progressive-leaning festivalgoers, for instance, will undoubtedly rally behind “Knock Down the House,” a documentary from Rachel Lears that follows insurgent political candidates, including Ocasio-Cortez, the newly elected Democratic congresswoman from Queens. ‘Layered, Intense and Authentic’: Sundance Lineup Is Announced 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z

He was stunned to discover, though, that an idiom rooted in rejecting conventions was dominated by people who resembled elected officials. The Face of Solo Guitar Is Changing. It’s About Time. 2021-04-28T04:00:00Z

History appears to be converging on 14 June, when Iranians will vote to elect a new president. Revolutionary Iran: A History of the Islamic Republic by Michael Axworthy – review 2013-03-01T17:30:02Z

The opera board was expected to elect the new members during a meeting on Monday afternoon.  L.A. Opera board adds Keith Leonard, Courtney Reum 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z

More importantly, how does a dirty warden with ties to the mob get elected and no one digs up this dirt? Game of Silence: hokey prison drama won't get people talking 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z

That secrecy speaks to our well-established cultural norms of what is and is not acceptable in an elected figure. What’s wrong with Jesse Jackson Jr.? 2012-07-12T16:35:00Z

Vidal ran for elected office twice: once for Congress in 1960, in upstate New York; once for the Senate in California in 1982. The A-Z of Gore Vidal 2012-08-01T19:00:06Z

But the ex-president who milked the office the most, according to Kaufman, wasn’t even elected: Gerald Ford. 30 ex-presidents and their post-presidential lives 2013-05-01T18:28:10Z

"Who elected you to man the gate?" he asked, adding that anyone could hit a sheet of rusted metal, even someone without an oversize tail. Animal passions: David Sedaris's modern fables 2010-10-02T23:06:00Z

So what do kids really need to understand about how people get elected to public office in the United States? How to Get Your Kids Interested in the U.S. Election 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z

Not one of the judges on the US supreme court of justice has ever worked as a defence counsel, and district attorneys are elected – so they have a vested interest in appearing draconian. Clive Stafford Smith: 'The jury system in this country is utter insanity' 2012-07-08T19:00:02Z

It usually kicked off with an elected official pleading ignorance. Republicans have ‘concerns’ about Trump — but won’t let reporters quote them by name about it 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z

The study of political institutions helps us to understand the context and rules that influence how elected officials, other representatives and bureaucrats behave. Philosopher Susan Neiman: "The president of our country is evil" 2017-09-19T04:00:00Z

"Mr. President, you were elected to lead, you chose to follow and now it's time to get out of the way." Romney's triumph doesn't deter GOP rivals 2012-02-01T12:36:00Z

In the first few weeks after Donald Trump got elected, George Orwell — an author who died in 1950, when Trump was still a child — saw his books rocket to the top of bestseller lists. George Orwell stopped and smelled the roses, and Rebecca Solnit wants modern people to do the same 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z

They were afraid not only of being spied on, but also that they were not of the elect. What binds Palin and Stewart? 2012-07-23T01:00:00Z

She diversified to other genres, and in 1999 was elected “singer of the millennium” by BBC London, consolidating her international reputation. Brazil bids farewell to its samba queen, Elza Soares 2022-01-21T05:00:00Z

I suspect McCarthy largely sided with the second camp, though he also didn't seem to lack in confidence, persistently electing to go with an inexorable take-it-or-leave-it approach. Cormac McCarthy – the greatest Western writer ever – didn't actually write Westerns 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z

That, incidentally, was in the middle of the “Year of the Woman,” in which an unprecedented five women were elected to the U.S. We spent decades dreaming up the perfect female president. She doesn’t exist. 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z

He visited the United States shortly after Richard M. Nixon was elected president in 1968, seeking to determine whether the nation was on the verge of a dangerous swing to the right. Wolfgang Schivelbusch, Polymathic Cultural Historian, Dies at 81 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z

McCarthy’s infamous list comprised only 57 Communists who were merely State Department employees, not “78 to 81” of the nation’s top elected officials. Hustler’s denigrating S.E. Cupp “satire” 2012-05-24T20:30:00Z

By 1933, her father became one of the first two black men elected to the Indiana State Legislature. Descendants Tell Stories of Free People of Color 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z

"We won't stop until our goal of giving an elected insurance commissioner the power to reject premium increases is the law," Consumer Watchdog president Jamie Court wrote in an e-mail. Blue Shield of Calif. cancels proposed rate hike 2011-03-16T20:40:21Z

“After Trump was elected, I said, ‘Hey, this isn’t for me anymore. Is there such thing as a Joe Biden superfan? 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z

She has already faced backlash after mistakenly suggesting in a tweet that district attorneys in the state were appointed, not elected. Celebrity politicians test voter interest in post-Trump era 2021-05-02T04:00:00Z

If elected, Campbell promises a model of government transparency. Ex-2 Live Crew rapper runs for Miami-Dade mayor 2011-05-16T12:28:09Z

What if they got the information directly from elected officials and presented it without a spin? Captain America is trying to … captain America 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z

George Bush was in office, and Bill Clinton was about to be elected. Fashion Extends Its Support for Hillary Clinton 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z

Shareholders will be asked to elect 10 members of its board of directors and consider two shareholder proposals. Stars Wars spinoff film gets a title, sequel gets a release date 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z

You have one protest movement embraced by mainstream American politics; people associated with it will get elected. Book Talk: Thomas Frank on the Great Recession 2012-01-03T16:29:46Z

Each of the academy's 17 branches is represented by three governors, who are elected to three-year terms. Film academy diversifies leadership with new governors 2016-07-18T04:00:00Z

Granted they did later un-die and go back to Earth, but we never had to mention Donald Trump’s name because they lived in blissful ignorance of the fact that he had been elected. ‘The Good Place’ Finale Finds the Meaning of Life: ‘Yep, Nailed It’ 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z

It took him days to write a congratulatory note to recently elected President Kennedy. The quiet tragedy of Ernest Hemingway 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z

The fact is, we know an effective democracy demands a populace ready, willing and able to get riled enough to pressure its elected officials into doing their duty in spite of themselves. We can’t forget John F. Kennedy’s assassination 2018-11-22T05:00:00Z

Senate a decade ago and placing third in the Republican primary, Ravenel was elected in 2006 as state treasurer in South Carolina. As cameras roll, South Carolina reality show cast member makes bid for U.S. Senate 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z

Clegg says MPs are elected to serve their constituents. Grayling's rehabilitation speech and Clegg taking DPMQs: Politics live blog 2012-11-20T16:11:00Z

“But electing him as the next United States of America is, I think …” he trailed off. Jon Stewart mocks Rand Paul’s presidential announcement: “Hillary Clinton was like ‘Just announce, already, please” 2015-04-08T04:00:00Z

Perhaps her service as an elected state legislator gave her the gifts of listening and learning from her fellow citizens. Letters to the Editor 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z

The Five Satins were elected into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2003. Singer Fred Parris of the Five Satins dead at age 85 2022-01-19T05:00:00Z

By then, the character of Mrs. Clinton, as the newly elected leader of the country and the object of Xue’s affection, was established in the script. 2 Tony Winners Try to Upend Rodgers and Hammerstein 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z

Really the first real contact that I had with an elected official was a call from Biden saying that there was going to be a hearing. Anita Hill and her 1991 congressional defenders to Joe Biden: You were part of the problem 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z

The Philharmonic’s players elected him to the chief conductor post in 2015 after he’d led the orchestra only three times, and he’s appeared here only a few times so far this season. Musicians Love the Conductor Kirill Petrenko. It Shows. 2020-01-24T05:00:00Z

Marilyn Bergman became the first woman elected to the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers and later served as the chair and president. Marilyn Bergman, Oscar-winning composer, dies at age 93 2022-01-08T05:00:00Z

But this is something he elects not to make much of. Cheers for Frears 2010-08-14T23:05:00Z

Green traces the formation of Bannon’s basic beliefs, and finds the roots of the bellicose worldview that helped get President Trump elected. Times Critics’ Top Books of 2017 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z

Before he was elected to the highest office in the land, he denied the abundance of great eateries here. Perspective | Trump’s first D.C. dinner as president: An overcooked, $54 steak. With ketchup. 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z

In 1994 she became the first openly gay candidate to be elected to the California legislature. The Many Rebellions of ‘Dobie Gillis’ 2013-06-28T19:45:34Z

It was April, 2014, less than a year after Mohammed Morsi, the country’s first democratically elected President, had been removed from office by a military coup. My House in Cairo 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z

In August, protesters poured blood and dumped sheep carcasses in front of the office of one mayor who backed the plan to introduce the two female bears, as tensions flared between farmers and elected officials. France airlifts two bears into Pyrenees, evading roadblocks 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z

To baseball fans, he’s unquestionably one of the greatest catchers in history, a 10-time World Series champion with the Yankees who was elected into the Hall of Fame in 1972. A Man of Few Words, 90% of Them Memorable 2020-04-12T04:00:00Z

But he’s on board now, and he promises to serve a full term if elected. Levi Johnston Pitches Reality Show 2010-08-10T14:55:00Z

We will elect officers and ratify the bylaws. 12 Artists On: Climate Change 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z

I assume he’ll continue to maintain his heavy workload even after he is eventually elected President. TCA Roundup: One Way or Another, You Are Stuck with Ryan Seacrest, America 2012-01-09T14:32:24Z

Perhaps even more galling, the suggestion that women can either elect to work harder or opt out demeans the nearly 50 million working mothers who maybe can’t afford the choice. What's Wrong with the Mommy Track? 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z

The Yale Law grad, Rhodes Scholar and former football player was elected to the U.S. Sen. Cory Booker signs book deal 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z

In 2012, she was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and granted the Crystal Award from the World Economic Forum at Davos. Midori’s career started with a fleeting moment. It’s evolved into a lasting legacy. 2021-05-12T04:00:00Z

He began his campaign when he was first elected, in a very idealistic way. Sons Of Anarchy: 'don't touch the Harleys' 2013-02-02T08:00:00Z

“We’ve chosen to stay away from the pool,” says Rep. Ron Reynolds, the first African-American state elected official in Fort Bend County since Reconstruction. Texas Democrats are in their fifth week of exile, and grappling with the toll of an endless summer on the run 2021-08-10T04:00:00Z

On Election Day, a man was elected president who launched his campaign by calling Mexicans "rapists" and criminals. "My existence is my resistance": "Chicano Eats" author Esteban Castillo on the politics of food 2020-07-04T04:00:00Z

The audience was ecstatic—they hadn’t seen this pair since 2008, the year Obama was elected. Kiki and Herb Make America Great Again 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z

C.K. explained the basis for electing the Democratic presidential nominee — a mother of one — instead of her Republican rival, Donald Trump — a father of five. WATCH: Louis C.K. is all in for Hillary Clinton because “it’s very exciting to have the first mother in the White House” 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z

Maybe you’ve avoided the venue, electing to spend your dining budget on something other than a controversial brand. BLT Prime review: Trump Hotel’s steakhouse does plenty of things right 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z

The guidelines were not laws, however, and after Ronald Reagan was elected president in 1980, his distaste for regulation undid much of ACT’s progress. Peggy Charren, Children’s TV Crusader, Dies at 86 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z

She sees all of these events — both Ressa’s conviction and the domestic purge of news agencies — as part of the same global movement: populist elected leaders pushing inexorably in the direction of authoritarianism. Perspective | Trump should denounce this assault on press freedom in the Philippines. Instead, he’s imitating it. 2020-06-19T04:00:00Z

“Even if Hillary Clinton had been elected, there would have been plenty to investigate, and we should have been in a position to investigate,” he said. Marty Baron, Jeff Bezos, Donald Trump and the eight years that reshaped The Washington Post — and journalism 2021-02-27T05:00:00Z

So I just personally am very aware of not taking on that responsibility, because I was not elected by the Muslims. Emmys: Ramy Youssef Thinks Every Network Should Add a Muslim Show 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z

When Ricks describes how they behaved toward one another, he is also describing how our elected representatives behave toward one another. Eleanor Roosevelt Buying Pears and Other Letters to the Editor 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z

That’s the difference between the women on the left and their counterparts on the right, says Missy Shorey, the executive director of Maggie’s List, a political action committee that works to elect Republican women. Trump has spurred hundreds of women to run for office. Guess what? Some are Republican. 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z

"I loved being elected to the Bullingdon Club and I'm very proud of the uniform that I can still get into," he said. David Dimbleby: lack of older women on TV is a 'crazy loss of talent' 2013-05-28T05:30:01Z

Next up as curator is the recently elected mayor of London, Sadiq Khan. London Bookstores Go Rogue as No Wi-Fi Zones 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z

The personal journey in this book is connected to finally having a breaking point after Trump was elected. Surviving "God Land" in the age of Trump: Lyz Lenz on faith, politics and the Midwest 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z

She became the first woman, Black person, and person of South Asian heritage elected vice president of the United States. Kamala Harris names herself and seeks redemption, empowering so many of us to do the same 2020-11-13T05:00:00Z

There are no black state governors in 2016, and only four have ever been elected. Is America more racist, or more sexist? Admittedly, it’s a tough call 2016-10-30T04:00:00Z

Indeed, Lincoln was the first chief executive not elected from the ranks of the agrarian aristocrats who founded the republic. How Lincoln favored the middle class over the wealthy 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z

In 1960, he was elected city treasurer in Gardena and in the early 1970s he was appointed to the board for the newly built Los Angeles County Martin Luther King Jr. Hospital. Bruce Kaji dies at 91; Japanese American National Museum founder and Little Tokyo pioneer 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z

But her near-victory was not just the result of excitement over the chance to elect the nation’s first African American female governor. Stacey Abrams lost the Georgia governor’s race. But her star is rising. 2019-02-02T05:00:00Z

Yet we’ve just elected a president who regards illegal immigration as a national threat. Review: ‘Bellevue’ Celebrates a Hospital Not Crazy, but Compassionate 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z

Among those elected to the National Academy of Sciences, only 7 per cent believed in a personal god. Richard Dawkins’ moralizing atheism: Science, self-righteousness and militant belief — and disbelief 2015-08-15T04:00:00Z

“We were elected to Parliament to represent our cultures and musicians, but the primary assignment was teaching love.” Tshala Muana, Congolese Singer With Danceable Messages, Dies at 64 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z

The Las Vegas Sun reports that the 49-year-old Motley Crue singer's case will now be heard by a newly elected judge who is assigned to DUI trials. Vince Neil's DUI trial pushed back in Las Vegas 2011-01-04T04:33:08Z

As Selepak’s experience illustrates, those who elect to travel during the pandemic will find the experience altered in ways large and small. Perspective | What’s missing from pandemic-era travel? Plenty. 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z

It was drawn in ten different colored pens, with the catchy tagline: “It’s harder to get a rhino to rumba than to have a great year without electing Sandra Loh for 7th grade class treasurer!” Mommy has anger issues! My daughters are pre-adolescent, I’m pre-menopausal 2014-05-10T23:00:00Z

That means that if someone elects not to get health insurance but then gets sick, as everyone will, that person will pass along costs to everyone else, Verrilli explained. Possible trouble ahead for insurance mandate 2012-03-27T15:20:00Z

Franken was a well-known American comedian before he was elected to the U.S. Woman accuses U.S. Senator Al Franken of unwanted groping, kiss 2017-11-16T05:00:00Z

Boneham formed an exploratory committee in August for a possible gubernatorial bid and said he wanted to gauge public support to see if they're ready to elect him. 'Survivor' fan favorite to run for Ind. governor 2011-10-23T00:16:04Z

In 1979, Mr. Thomas became chairman of the Center for Policy Studies, a right-wing policy institute whose supporters included Margaret Thatcher before and after she was elected prime minister, serving from 1979 to 1990. Hugh Thomas, Prodigious Author of Spanish History, Dies at 85 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z

Lee’s interviews — with hundreds of people, from high elected officials to heavy-equipment operators at ground zero — are warm, emotional, sometimes sparring. Is 9/11 a Day, or Is It an Era? 2021-09-05T04:00:00Z

After heading the provincial government, he was elected mayor of Florence at age 34. Meet Matteo Renzi — the Justin Trudeau of Italy and the Obamas’ final state dinner honoree 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z

Russia votes on Sept. 18 to elect members of its State Duma, or lower house of parliament. In the Latest Issue 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z

I kept telling people he will absolutely not get elected. Letterman Has No Love for ‘Damaged’ Trump 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z

Why would a performer, whose whole business is devoted to expressiveness, elect to have any procedure that would restrict facial movement? The fascinating story of Nicole Kidman's forehead 2010-12-15T16:30:00Z

Last fall, for example, voters went to the polls to elect a new city council and to weigh in on three ballot measures, including two that would raise local taxes. What happens to local news when there is no local media to cover it? 2017-07-17T04:00:00Z

In 2001, at 27, Anderson was elected mayor of the tiny municipality, which made her one of the youngest mayors in the United States. The Last Mermaid Show 2013-07-05T13:25:59Z

Trump has never endorsed a book by an elected Democrat or a local official of any party while in office. ‘Great new book!’: President Trump and his many, many tweets about his favorite authors 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z

“Mentoring is a big part of what we do. It’s how newly elected trustees find their way.” Museums Special Section: Wooing a New Generation of Museum Patrons 2014-03-19T20:40:58Z

He is a sheriff, the only law enforcement officer who is elected and therefore directly responsible to his constituency, his people and his land. Longmire’s creator explains why we’re so fascinated with the American West 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z

Imagine your class at school is about to elect its president for next year, but the girls are told they can’t vote. Who helped women get the vote? Meet three important suffragists. 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z

He was elected after embracing torture, which was once thought to be across the line, in the dark zone. Perspective | The president didn’t threaten just Iran’s culture sites. He threatened culture. 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z

After the traumatic experience of sitting through Trump’s acceptance speech at the Republican convention in Cleveland last July, I sat up all night and began to entertain the notion that he might actually be elected. Leonard Cohen, Hillary Clinton and the future: Where does the Democratic Party go after this crushing defeat? 2016-11-12T05:00:00Z

A nation beset by catastrophes — a pandemic, racial tension, ongoing police violence against people of color, massive unemployment, a collapsing economy, two hurricanes, raging wildfires — was threatened by: a catastrophe, if it elected Joe Biden. Perspective | The Republican convention messed with something more fundamental than logic. It screwed up our sense of time. 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z

David Duke was trying to just get himself elected or he was moving in that direction. “BlacKkKlansman” author Ron Stallworth: Donald Trump accomplished David Duke’s goal 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z

Like IVF, egg freezing was initially developed for a specific purpose: young female cancer patients who had to undergo chemotherapy elected to freeze their eggs before doing so. The foul reign of the biological clock | Moira Weigel 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z

Can you believe this woman almost got elected vice president? Dead Tree Alert: Shiny Object Lesson 2012-03-02T14:24:47Z

“You are electing people who have the ability to do great things,” Mr. Lehane said. Political Plotlines in Liberal Doses 2011-06-22T22:13:03Z

But it wasn't until Trump got elected — I was halfway through writing the script . . . that really influenced and colored what would become the prevailing mood and tone of the film. How Trump inspired "Lingua Franca," Isabel Sandoval's romantic tale of a trans Filipina immigrant 2020-08-26T04:00:00Z

At the end of 1989, six weeks after the Berlin Wall fell, my parents elected to abandon their lives, friends and possessions, and put our family at the mercy of the West. Relax, America, Syrian refugees won’t be hijacking your way of life 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z

Two of the most salient: Forge unity out of diversity and hold elected officials accountable. ‘Four Days That Changed the World’: Unintended Consequences of a Women’s Rights Conference 2017-03-06T05:00:00Z

Quite an achievement for a 24-year-old playwright who was in middle school when Mr. Obama was elected and is making his professional debut. Review: African-American Flight 1619 Now Boarding in ‘Ain’t No Mo’ 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z

As the play opens, Johnson has just been elected to a full presidential term, but there’s no time for a celebratory fishing trip, because he’s already facing a full slate of problems. In ‘The Great Society,’ Jack Willis Stars as Johnson 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z

The decision to pardon Nixon may have ensured that Ford would not be elected to his own full term as president in 1976. Gerald Ford, President Nice Guy 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z

A particular concern for him at the moment is Donald Trump getting elected. 'My granddaughter loses sleep over terrorism': how children respond to global events 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z

“This was 2007, before Barack Obama had been elected, and he and Hillary Clinton were fighting over their nomination and neither of them supported gay marriage,” said Mr. Malamut. For Two Fraternity Brothers, an Even Stronger Bond 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z

He set “Savages” at the time just after President Obama was elected. Books of The Times: ‘The Kings of Cool’ by Don Winslow 2012-06-17T19:58:19Z

“Actually, it’s who y’all elected. Trump is bad PR for white men! Did he get a black vote other than Uncle Ben Carson?” Donald Trump is the perfect teaching tool for White Privilege 101 2017-07-09T04:00:00Z

Nancy Pelosi, elected the first female speaker of the House 12 years ago, was poised to assume the role again. Perspective | Who cares whether you think these women are likable. They’re in power now. 2019-01-04T05:00:00Z

For Charles, the people want their elected leaders “standing up/And making choices they themselves cannot.” Charles is king, Harry's in trouble and Kate's taking charge in Pasadena Playhouse's royal winner 'King Charles III' 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z

On Wednesday night, reps.-elect raced into the chamber at the 14th minute to vote for adjournment, one of them still wearing her puffer coat. Perspective | The House speaker vote is the best thing on TV right now 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z

In early 1993, word came back to O’Dowd from the IRA that they needed a current elected official as part of the group to give it more gravitas and attract more attention. How an undocumented Irish immigrant became an unofficial U.S. diplomat 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z

According to every justification for Trump’s ascendancy to political leadership, Kardashian is vastly superior not only to every elected Republican official; she far surpasses Donald Trump himself. Kim Kardashian is the GOP’s only hope: If American democracy is now a reality show, let’s bring in a real star 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z

Mr. Dickens was elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1983. Jimmy Dickens, an Outsize Country Singer, Dies at 94 2015-01-02T05:00:00Z

Brown says he's looking forward to challenging elected officials to put the country's needs ahead of their partisan interests. Fox hires Scott Brown as contributor 2013-02-13T18:46:09Z

“It is time to heed the Constitution and return the issue of abortion to the people’s elected representatives,” Alito wrote. Perspective | The abortions we didn’t have 2022-06-25T04:00:00Z

The decision on Wednesday bars Cosby from being tried again over Constand’s complaint, finding it to be the “only remedy that comports with society’s reasonable expectations of its elected prosecutors and our criminal justice system.” EXPLAINER: Why Bill Cosby’s conviction was overturned 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z

October included another Twitter stunt, this time meant to allow those ID-makers to campaign online to be elected mayor of various districts of Panem. How 'Hunger Games' movie built up must-see fever 2012-03-19T22:40:23Z

To be surprised on the morning that Donald Trump was elected? Walter Mosley on the fantasy of Whiteness and how Dubya was worse than Trump 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z

If by chance he gets elected, which I doubt highly will happen, I think we’ll suddenly be very inspired. The Simpsons' Matt Groening: 'President Trump? It's beyond satire' | First Dog on the Moon 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z

Her captivating speech was an early turning point for Democrats after a rocky start to their convention — and made an emotional case for electing Clinton. Team Clinton has found its secret weapon for the fall campaign: Michelle Obama 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z

She retired in 2019, two years after one of her former students, Melvin Carter III, was elected St. Paul’s first African-American mayor. Two Chefs Moved to Rural Minnesota to Expand on Their Mission of Racial Justice 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z

It’s usually what you get from activists, intellectuals, lawyers, people who are not popularly elected. Philip Gourevitch: Memory is a disease 2012-09-26T20:31:00Z

"I was very happy when he was elected, because this is a country with a fresh tradition of racism." Eduardo Galeano: 'My great fear is that we are all suffering from amnesia' 2013-07-23T16:41:00Z

Warner was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2017. Perspective | Taylor Heinicke isn’t the only quarterback with an unlikely path to a starting position 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z

I remember when Trump was elected and there were people saying, "Well, this is going to be great for comedy at least." "Daily Show" co-creator on how Trump isn't funny and comedy could help save abortion 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z

Rupert Murdoch himself claimed credit for getting the 45th president elected and was happy for his network to serve as the administration's propaganda arm. Fox News: 25 years of making everyone's lives progressively crappier 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z

Susie Jackson, a witness to time and progress, was 80 when America elected Barack Obama president of the United States. Charleston and the Southern Gothic: Steeped in a heritage of hate, South Carolina must finally reckon with its past 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z

So we elect a warrior whom we briefly regard as a hero, and then we all start muttering in corners that he has feet of clay. Sharing is in our nature 2012-08-13T11:45:00Z

So what exactly is a candidate running on the strength of his ability to get elected supposed to do when the polls turn against him? After a ‘gut punch’ in Iowa, a surreal feeling surrounds Biden’s campaign 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z

Commenters on the right, naturally, saw the Atlantic piece as simply more of the same shameful media behavior, but with a bigger headline — the latest in a years-long journalistic juggernaut against America’s duly elected president. Perspective | Get used to it: The ‘I-word’ — impeachment — is about to dominate Trump coverage 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z

So I put together a group of people, and they elected the name Bernadette Corporation. Bernadette Corporation: 'Don't have sex with each other' 2013-03-24T21:00:01Z

He was handily elected to Congress as a Republican and served for six years. Jerry Sandusky’s guilty — and so are we 2012-06-25T13:59:00Z

Q: What will become of your unfinished book projects if you’re elected governor? How Stacey Abrams turned heartbreak into a career plan — and romance novels 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z

PORTLAND, Maine — Washington political reporter Bob Woodward says the independent label should work to newly elected Angus King's benefit when he becomes Maine's newest U.S. senator. DC journalist Woodward: independent tag helps King 2012-11-08T17:31:08Z

Threatened with arrest for his political activities, he fled to France, where he was elected to the French Academy of Sciences and awarded the Légion d'Honneur. Descartes letter found by web surfer heads home to France 2010-06-22T15:04:00Z

Mr. Santos was elected senior class president after promising to get cushions for the concrete benches in the library. From a Hawaiian Island to a New York Island, and Back 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z

Dean in February was elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame. Singer, sausage businessman Jimmy Dean dies at 81 2010-06-14T03:14:00Z

Later that year, Congress tasked the commission with holding conferences in all 50 states to elect the delegates. ‘Four Days That Changed the World’: Unintended Consequences of a Women’s Rights Conference 2017-03-06T05:00:00Z

The reopening of the hall drew several elected officials, who saw it as a hopeful sign for a city still trying to recover from the damage wrought by the coronavirus. David Geffen Hall Reopens, Hoping Its $550 Million Renovation Worked 2022-10-08T04:00:00Z

Your schools can’t get money for new programs unless elected officeholders agree. Turning around schools with low achievement rates never seem to work 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z

“If he’s elected and he builds that wall, the first person we’re throwing over it is Mark Burnett,” Mr. Kimmel said. Emmy Awards 2016: Emmys Welcome Surprises Along With the Favorites 2016-09-18T04:00:00Z

He was elected to the small-business hall of fame in South Dakota. A Conversation Between Philip Caputo and William Least Heat-Moon 2013-07-11T18:37:57Z

“No, I don’t want to be an elected official. I want to get things done,” he says. 'I want everyone to be happy': how Rob Reiner became a great director – and a political hero 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z

The easing or tightening of restrictions on women’s dress, Alinejad notes, is a barometer of Iranian politics; when a new, less reformist Majlis is elected, for instance, women reporters receive admonitions to improve their appearances. The Woman Whose Hair Frightens Iran 2018-07-03T04:00:00Z

Over all, of the hundred and thirty-five candidates supported by the Victory Fund, an advocacy group that works to get L.G.B.T. politicians elected, eighty-seven won their races. Gay America’s Harrowing, Heartening Year 2016-12-31T05:00:00Z

"He was elected as a Senior Member of the Royal Academy on 9 March 2004 and will be much missed by the RA as well as his friends and admirers internationally." Sculptor Sir Anthony Caro dies 2013-10-24T12:24:23Z

Most of the guests spent months working or donating to elect the new president. Analysis | America doesn’t need inaugural balls. But there’s something lost when they disappear. 2021-01-15T05:00:00Z

He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1994, and in 1995 was awarded the Czech Republic’s highest civilian honor, the State Medal of Merit, First Class. Karel Husa, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Composer, Dies at 95 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z

Ford threw his head back and laughed out loud before saying, "I wasn't elected to be perfect, Jimmy." Toronto Mayor Ford drops in on Jimmy Kimmel's late-night talk show 2014-03-04T06:28:22Z

Just as she was finishing the final draft, President Obama was elected. A life in writing: Barbara Kingsolver 2010-06-11T23:05:00Z

Voters elect some members of Congress — those in the House of Representatives — every two years. On Election Day, cast your vote for the best book about elections

When Ronald Reagan was elected, he was the first president, kind of came in on the fumes of Boomer energy. New "OK Boomer" book tries to heal generational rift between Millennials and Boomers 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z

The policy drew on a similar statement made last year by roleplaying game site RPG.net, which banned advocacy of Trump from its forums on the grounds that the Trump administration was an “elected hate group”. 'White supremacy': popular knitting website Ravelry bans support for Trump 2019-06-23T04:00:00Z

In the 2010 mid-term elections, the group succeeded in getting dozens of virulently conservative Republicans elected to congressional and state office, and analysts say it will likely be a force in the 2012 presidential election. US public radio chief steps down 2011-03-09T15:44:19Z

This is a tall order for any elected official. Review: ‘The Big Stick’ Argues for a Robust Military Role Abroad 2017-01-02T05:00:00Z

The first known woman to serve in elected political office in the United States was a female mayor in Kansas: Susanna Salter led the small town of Argonia in 1887. D.C.’s first female mayor on Muriel Bowser, the next woman to win the office

When she and the Gilberts followed the Saints to Missouri, the newly elected lieutenant governor, Lilburn Boggs, asked her to help tailor a formal suit for his inauguration. Blood vows: Joseph Smith, Mormonism and the invention of American polygamy 2014-04-20T17:00:00Z

“Whether she is doing this unconsciously or consciously, it’s a definite political tool,” said Siobhan Bennett, the president of the Women’s Campaign Fund, a bipartisan group that seeks to have women elected. Ann Romney Is Writing Her Own Dress Code 2012-06-13T21:02:43Z

The book might well be considered an interpretive miracle, one performed in fealty and hope for a future show of presidential grace, either from this president or, should she get elected, the next one. ‘The Black Presidency: Barack Obama and the Politics of Race in America,’ by Michael Eric Dyson 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z

On the album Living with War, Young suggested Barack Obama as the next president three years before he was elected, when he was seen as a rank outsider. Neil Young's US God Save the Queen 2012-06-08T11:08:57Z

Rather, they’re designed to allow minority voters to elect candidates of their own choice. Scandals usually end political careers. Not Joe Morrissey’s. 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z

Mrs. Truman’s theory was that “she was not the one that had been elected,” Ms. Graddy said. Reluctant First Lady? Melania Trump Wouldn’t Be the First to Claim That Title 2017-02-18T05:00:00Z

The current president walked off the set of The Apprentice via the campaign trail into the White House, with no experience of elected or public office along the way. You're hired! How TV carried Reagan and Trump to the White House 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z

Speaking of Black people and white supremacist weirdos, Herschel Walker was almost elected to the United States Senate, campaigning on such serious issues as werewolves vs. vampires. Unpredictable 2022: Mostly devastating losses, with one bright surprise 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z

"We were electing the Southern Baptist Convention's first African-American president and did not want to distract from that historic moment." Retailer's decision to drop The Blind Side upsets Christian faithful 2012-07-17T16:14:12Z

He reminds us that Agricola’s Latin treatise “De Re Metallica” was translated by Herbert Hoover, the only mining engineer to be elected president of the United States. ‘Steel’ review: Honoring the industry that once symbolized our strength 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z

Donald Trump is a child, but he was elected because too many of us became children. Outgrowing the cosmetic left: A liberal plea for fake liberalism to grow up 2017-02-25T05:00:00Z

Harvard Law School, Columbia, elected into public office from a progressive multiracial city. “Maybe it is not that you couldn’t. It is that you wouldn’t”: Michael Eric Dyson reflects on Obama’s complicated legacy on race 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z

GPs and elected members could be said to have a shared world view forged in clinical and non-clinical surgeries that provide regular contact with those they serve and help. Today in healthcare: Tuesday 20 November 2012-11-20T16:53:00Z

The two elected to work separately, yet somehow to “speak” across space and time. Review: Emily Coates and Yve Laris Cohen, a Dialogue of Choreographers 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z

The 2016 election unleashed a flood of books warning that the duly elected president of the United States would transform the country into a dictatorship. The Divisions That Are Destroying the Country 2020-09-22T04:00:00Z

Alice Oswald was elected Oxford professor of poetry in June this year, succeeding Simon Armitage and becoming the first woman in the role. 'All the hood rats would jam with us': Grandmaster Flash, AJ Tracey and other artists on the generation gap 2019-10-19T04:00:00Z

Pakistan's first democratically elected president, he was executed during a military coup in the late 1970s. 'Bhutto': A fascinating documentary about the late Pakistani leader 2011-03-03T21:01:04Z

When she was a child, she said, the idea of a female president was so foreign to the way she saw politics that she thought electing a woman might even be against the law. Cher’s Latest Road Show? The Campaign Trail 2016-09-03T04:00:00Z

It is true that philanthropy can weaken elected governments, especially in the developing world, by bypassing national systems or declining to nurture them. How philanthropy benefits the super-rich 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z

"Further discussions may include a body made up of elected indigenous peoples who would advise parliament on laws or a treaty between the state and indigenous people." Aboriginal Australians meet at sacred Uluru to discuss first chance of recognition 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z

“They don’t get how you can be so consumed for so long in the political process of electing instead of the process of governing.” 11 weeks of campaigning is too long? Oh, Canada! 2015-10-18T04:00:00Z

As he was starting the novel in 1851, elected President Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte was staging the coup d'état that would transform him from president to emperor. We’re living in the bizarre world that Flaubert envisioned 2020-01-20T05:00:00Z

You talk in the book about radical self-confidence and you also have a chapter about why we should elect our own executive board of smart, knowledgeable friends we can consult for advice. Stop saying you’re sorry: “Women will apologize to inanimate objects for bumping into them” 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z

With the National Geographic special, Bush is speaking for the first time at length — and not as an elected official — about what happened that day and how he felt about it. TV specials to commemorate 10th anniversary of 9/11 2011-08-24T19:51:04Z

Then, right as I was finishing the last draft, there was this wonderful turnaround and we elected a new person. Barbara Kingsolver: from witch hunt to winner 2010-06-10T17:36:00Z

Prokopyev said that he and his peers "want Russia to be a normal country" and be able to elect a president "who doesn't make the country where we were born a laughingstock." Global activists gear up for Pussy Riot rallies 2012-08-15T10:16:04Z

But it’s a glimmer of hope, simply because it shows at least one statewide elected official tapping into the growing public realization that state and national government is fully corporate owned. First-world hunger: A one-year wait for that big lobby feast? 2015-01-10T05:00:00Z

We were elected to show our differences, not to go along with the status quo or to go along with tradition. Male grooming: The movie 2012-05-18T23:15:00Z

But a growing number of them aren’t going to set foot on campus in the fall, electing instead for a gap year—a trend that is leaving some parents feeling anxious and uncertain. Why Your High School Senior Should Take a Gap Year 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z

It can even persuade tens of millions of believers to elect a massively unqualified man to the office of president and then refuse to believe he lost that position four years later. "Bullsh*t: The Game Show" and our love of liars and lying 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z

When it was released in November 2008, a week to the day after Barack Obama was elected president, Taylor Swift was still an ordinary famous person, not yet a superstar. Review | Taylor Swift’s new take on ‘Fearless’ piles on the nostalgia, along with some revenge 2021-04-11T04:00:00Z

He also threatened legal action against Showtime — and said Mr. Cohen’s “deceptive and fraudulent behavior is exactly why President Donald Trump was elected.” Sacha Baron Cohen Is Duping Republicans. Is He the James O’Keefe of the Left? 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z

There he found Salvador Allende, the first elected Marxist national leader in the west, in the early stages of his nationalisation and land redistribution programmes. Patricio Guzmán, Chile's master of documentary, focuses on the stars 2012-07-20T21:55:08Z

This is an elected official, who still has to figure out, “upon reflection,” that someone with a different point of view has First Amendment rights. Football gets LGBT-positive 2012-09-10T16:25:00Z

Should Trump be elected on Nov. 8, he shouts, it will be “the biggest f--- you ever recorded in human history.” ‘Michael Moore in TrumpLand’: Part anti-Trump stand-up routine, part pro-Hillary lecture 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z

Book removals have exploded in recent years, and have become a galvanizing issue for conservative groups and elected officials. Attempts to Ban Books Doubled in 2022 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z

In the past year, that attitude appears to have shifted: “It’s striking to me that people campaigning to be elected officials are mentioning the word at all,” Mr. Darity said. How Reparations for Slavery Became a 2020 Campaign Issue 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z

Before she was named by Trump to her U.N. post, Haley was elected the first female governor of South Carolina and the second Indian American to hold that position. U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley resigns 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z

When Obama came in I didn’t have a screaming fit, but Ann has been in emotional turmoil since Trump was elected. Love across the divide: couples on Brexit, politics and religion 2019-03-24T04:00:00Z

Warner Bros. elected to split “The Hobbit” into three films, the second of which opens in theaters Friday. Weinsteins Sue Warner Bros. Over ‘Hobbit’ Profits 2013-12-11T20:46:12Z

The CIDs don't just appear out of thin air, though, but are approved by elected local officials, but it doesn't seem like many people care enough to organize any significant opposition to subsidizing gentrification. Coffee and community improvement districts: Unpacking the mystery of the $7 Starbucks macchiato 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z

Eventually, he would be elected to the House of Representatives from Atlanta, serving in Congress for more than three decades. Jon Meacham on John Lewis, the Legend and the Man 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z

How long has she been feeling like this – since Trump was elected? Elizabeth Banks: ‘My film is loaded with sneaky feminist ideas’ 2019-11-10T05:00:00Z

Our country’s race problem becomes more obvious when we look at what it took to elect Barack Obama as our first black President. Is America more racist, or more sexist? Admittedly, it’s a tough call 2016-10-30T04:00:00Z

"My view of politicians is that we elect them as servants," he said later at a visit to a London school. Michael Caine supports Tory UK youth program 2010-04-08T15:46:00Z

When Obama was elected, all of a sudden 9/11 conspiracy theories effectively disappeared from our vernacular. Scalia truthers are all-American: “The Declaration of Independence is based on a conspiracy theory” 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z

They are clearly in different positions: Ms. Harris an elected official steering the country; Dr. Biden a political spouse. 100 Days of Vice-Presidential Style 2021-04-28T04:00:00Z

When Virgil’s guidance doesn’t work, Kevin elects to change course and follows his dad’s advice, which does exactly what was promised. ‘The Leftovers’ Season 2, Episode 8: Stop Thinking in Straight Lines 2015-11-22T05:00:00Z

Before he was 20, he exhibited his work at the Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts, which elected him a member in 1853. Art Review: William Trost Richards at National Academy Museum 2013-08-15T20:21:06Z

After all, Farage has for some years now been the MEP for the Southeast of England, which means that he sits in a democratically elected assembly the legitimacy of which he utterly denies. Will Self walks through Britain's flag-waving heartlands 2013-03-07T11:31:01Z

The Seattle museum’s namesake is the late Wing Luke, a Seattle City Council member in the 1960s who became the first Asian American to hold elected office in the Northwest. Wing Luke Museum now part of parks service 2013-02-11T02:58:29Z

I've met some other elected leaders over the years, and almost uniformly there's a stiffness about them, a certain distance — even if they're known for their charm. Dave Eggers: 'We tend to look everywhere but the mirror' – interview 2013-01-26T21:00:01Z

At its best, in a democracy the Fourth Estate provides a check on power by holding elected officials and others accountable to the people. Philosopher Susan Neiman: "The president of our country is evil" 2017-09-19T04:00:00Z

Three years later he was unanimously elected chair of the Democratic Caucus. Jim Clyburn changed everything for Joe Biden’s campaign. He’s been a political force for a long time. 2020-03-30T04:00:00Z

The husband, Kevin, is a successful businessman who was elected mayor after the previous guy went unhinged. The Leftovers: Tom Perrotta's Rapture 2014-06-28T04:00:00Z

Rye Playland Memorial Day Tribute On Sunday at 12:10 p.m. a ceremony honoring those who died serving our country will feature elected officials and others. Spare Times for May 24-30 2013-05-23T22:24:27Z

“Basically all elected officials, they get satisfaction from being loved by their peers,” Amash said, leaning forward on the table, his voice as flat as a therapist’s. Justin Amash was part of the conservative in-crowd. Now he’s trying to figure out who his real friends are. 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z

Maybe it’s easier just to wait for a text message that a new pope has been elected. Popealarm.com offers e-notification of new pope selection 2013-03-12T13:14:00Z

John F. Kennedy had just been elected president; the Russkies were about to send the first man into space. Party Like It’s 1959 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z

Two years later, he was elected to the state Senate — a pol with a future. Jeff Smith was supposed to be in Congress by now. Instead he’s an ex-con — with a story to tell. 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z

Hillary seems to be left to be elected by everyone but them. Exile in political Guyville: Why getting Hillary Clinton elected isn’t “women’s work” 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z

Though the future first lady would later debate the technical precision of the word “date,” she did elect to meet this bold young man on a Saturday afternoon. Breakthrough Performances From the Summer Movies Season 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z

It found that 20% of Republican women “personally hope” to see the United States elect a female president during their lifetime. Only 20% of Republican Women Call It Important to See a Female President in Their Lifetime 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z

"I think if I walked into a meeting today with elected officials, wearing an ascot, I might be asked to leave," says Blodgett, 28. Ascot ascendant? Martin eyes neckwear comeback 2010-05-14T22:17:00Z

You never would have been elected if Maria hadn't had your back. "Sperminator" Schwarzenegger scorned over love child 2011-05-18T14:06:23Z

At the time of our conversation, West Bengal, the state of which Calcutta is the capital, had had 28 years of Left Front rule: already a world record for a democratically elected communist government. Amit Chaudhuri: my new perspective on Calcutta 2013-02-02T07:01:14Z

But if he gets elected, I’m going to have to be a political guy all of a sudden.” Maxwell Is on His Own Timetable 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z

And when an ordinary citizen — not an elected official or public person — was being written about, he insisted on sensitivity and compassion. Ben Bradlee: His sense of Style brought a new sensibility to features

Would you believe it was because we elected our first Black president in 2008, which you missed? Perspective | Dear Brood X cicadas: Welcome back to our messed-up world. Here’s what you missed. 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z

The historic part of him being elected president was got, and everyone was happy about that, and I'm glad I lived to see it. How hip-hop fell out of love with Obama 2012-08-23T19:00:01Z

However, Moore’s actions spurred Oliver to take a closer look at the role of the elected judiciary in the United States, which is second only to Bolivia in the size of its elected judiciary. Watch John Oliver Take Elected Judges To Court 2015-02-23T05:00:00Z

The hosts are Sophia Topping and her husband, Lance, a newly elected Member of Parliament. 'A Week in December': Faulks' novel of 7 London lives over 7 days 2010-03-24T23:34:00Z

It is the second Christmas season for the pope, who was elected last year as the first non-European pontiff in 1,300 years. Pope, on Christmas Eve, urges world to be open to God 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z

He got elected, and suddenly our criteria for all these things that used to hold everything in place became very loose and shaky. Donald Trump’s “chaos magic”: Author Gary Lachman on the far right’s links to occult phil... 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z

His father was a marketing consultant and a local elected official; Renzi briefly worked in the family marketing business before he was bitten by the political bug. Meet Matteo Renzi — the Justin Trudeau of Italy and the Obamas’ final state dinner honoree 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z

The “Daily Show” host then dug into a popularly held belief of that time: Would the recall election send “shockwaves to the political system” and cause elected officials to fear making unpopular decisions? “Daily Show” classics: Hillary Clinton tries to keep a straight face after learning that Arnold Schwarzenegger is California’s new governor 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z

“I read that farmers in Europe are close to growing a 3,000-pound pumpkin. Then Americans said, ‘Eh, let us know when you elect one.’” Jimmy Kimmel Doubles Down on Criticism of Health Care Bill 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z

When I realised that I’d been elected I burst into tears – although I made sure the Tories didn’t see me crying. ‘I was given a second chance’: six people describe their life changes 2019-11-03T04:00:00Z

We want leaders democratically elected, Not compelled to dance like puppets on a string. Style Invitational Week 1361: 2020 vision: The year in preview 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z

Righttocomplain’s purpose has just ended, though, hence the funeral: It is Nov. 4, 2008, and Barack Obama has been elected president, ushering in a promising new era for Black Americans. ‘Ain’t No Mo’’ Review: After Great Tribulation, an Exodus of Black Citizens 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z

“Racism doesn’t really exist anymore, and I know this because we elected a black president!” Hate is alive in America — and it’s tearing us apart 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z

The typographical design was inspired by the 1970s presidential campaign of Shirley Chisholm, the first black woman elected to Congress, to whom Harris has linked her campaign. Analysis | Red, white and blah: Why are all these 2020 campaign logos so boring? 2019-06-10T04:00:00Z

The notion that a social democratic party should seek to depose the elected government by siding with the hereditary monarch – Pugh's preferred course – is at least original. Speak for Britain!: A New History of the Labour Party by Martin Pugh | Book review 2010-03-21T00:08:00Z

"I was elected to clean up the mess that I inherited, and that's exactly what I did," Ford said, defending his record as mayor. Toronto mayor laughs off Kimmel's idea to get help 2014-03-04T13:36:28Z

It was only a singular noun, from a past participle in French, meaning “chosen”; from the same root as “to elect”. The world has become obsessed with elites 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z

The following year, San Francisco’s first openly gay elected official, the city supervisor Harvey Milk, was assassinated by a colleague enraged by Milk’s political achievement. The Theory That Justified Anti-Gay Crime 2019-06-26T04:00:00Z

“They, in a last ditch effort, elected this buffoon to try to turn back the hands of time, which unfortunately does not work. We’re not Cher,” he said. WATCH: RuPaul says the White House is “imploding,” but resistance will work 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z

Study in World Politics journal says we elect politicians who look the part. Crib Sheet: The 10 Things to Talk About This Weekend 2010-10-27T19:12:00Z

"Normally, I don't go for political jokes - too many of them are getting elected," he once said. US library pokes fun at politics with Bob Hope 2010-06-11T23:31:00Z

Black elected officials moved into office around the country for the first time since Reconstruction. Racism is “America’s original sin”: Unless we tell the truth about our history, we’ll never find the way to reconciliation 2016-01-18T05:00:00Z

He knows that the only way he's going to be elected. "The Comey Rule" will likely trigger Trump, and series star Michael Kelly couldn't be happier 2020-09-26T04:00:00Z

When she was elected prom queen, the school principal accused her of stuffing the ballot box and suggested she and the white runner-up flip a coin to see who got to be queen. | Halle Berry 2012-10-18T20:21:12Z

He did, first by getting elected to the House of Representatives, then the Senate and then the presidency in 1960. John F. Kennedy, an always youthful president, would be 100 this month 2017-05-23T04:00:00Z

That was the only reason I was elected — without you, I would have lost by a lot! Style Invitational Week 1425: Picture this — a cartoon caption contest 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z

Mr. Quijada instead elected to write and perform a solo hip-hop show, the engaging and obliging “Where Did We Sit on the Bus?,” directed by Chay Yew at the Ensemble Studio Theater. When Life’s a Crazy Mess, Try Going Onstage 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z

Once elected, President Windrip appealed directly to his core constituency of unprosperous and resentful white men to help him repress dissent and bring fascism to America. It really can happen here: The novel that foreshadowed Donald Trump’s authoritarian appeal 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z

In 2016, he was elected to the Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame. They Grew Closer Despite a Geographical Distance 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z

The mayor, largely elected with mainland votes, is challenging its legality. Venice world heritage status under threat 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z

Principal Chief Chad Smith, who was first elected to the tribe’s highest office in 1999, had just clinched his second term. Slave descendants seek equal rights from Cherokee Nation 2013-05-21T22:15:00Z

The Trump supporters who stormed the Capitol believed they were owed this opportunity to terrorize their elected representatives. Perspective | Many of the images from the Capitol riot showed the terror. One highlighted the smugness. 2021-01-06T05:00:00Z

Eighteen of them are aged under 80 and thus will be eligible to enter a secret conclave to elect the next pope from among their own ranks. Pope leaves stamp on Church future with new cardinals 2012-02-18T11:53:00Z

When he was newly elected, the German media spoke of a “Benedict effect,” of how having a German pope would positively influence conversion and retention rates in Germany. Author rattles Jewish leaders 2012-06-21T21:17:00Z

He entered mainstream politics and 25 years later, having charmed the country with his modest way of living and his bracingly spontaneous campaign style, he was elected Uruguay’s 40th president. A Political Prisoner Restores His Mind by Talking to a Frog 2021-08-03T04:00:00Z

Meanwhile, elected officials have complained that their opinions on “Fearless Girl” were not considered ahead of the Public Design Commission’s decision. New York Lets ‘Fearless Girl’ Hold Her Ground, for Now 2022-04-11T04:00:00Z

That night, I hoped that our country would cross a necessary milestone by electing our first female president, and that didn’t happen. An open letter to the “Ivanka voters” I grew up with: I hope you get what you want 2016-11-12T05:00:00Z

Keane is elected on a progressive platform to establish federal stewardship of the nation’s natural resources. Mr. Lincoln Goes to Hollywood (and Looks Like Henry Fonda) 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z

When she wasn’t trying to get out the vote, she was busy holding elected officials accountable — as in early August, when she helped plan a morning sit-in at Andrew Cuomo’s New York City office. Youth groups are thinking outside the box when voting 2018-10-13T04:00:00Z

Ford shot back his head and laughed before saying he "wasn't elected to be perfect." Toronto mayor laughs off Kimmel's idea to get help 2014-03-04T13:36:28Z

It was written in "the post-elation depression of Obama getting elected and the two or three subsequent years," he says, describing a kind of political and personal disappointment that had descended upon him. Edward Sharpe: go wild in the country 2012-07-19T20:00:03Z

Some elected officials called for PFC Manning to receive the death penalty. Manning’s laywer: She didn’t receive a fair trial 2014-03-27T16:33:00Z

It’s 2008, Barack Obama has just been elected president, the economy is in the toilet, and Zoey’s college friends have been banished to a far-flung table in a drab ballroom at the Downtown Brooklyn Marriott. ‘Zoey’s Perfect Wedding’ Review: The Bride’s Big Disaster 2022-05-29T04:00:00Z

One of your first official acts as a newly elected member of Congress was to co-sponsor a bill that requires universal background checks for buying a gun. Lucy McBath on the “Religion” of Guns in America 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z

A spokesman for Hillary Clinton said she intends to keep the garden if she is elected president. Whether White House garden keeps growing, Michelle Obama has planted seed of healthy eating 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z

The host must play to both the dinner’s in-person guests and its television viewers; zing Democrats and Republicans with equal zest; and speak satirical truth to power while still showing respect for elected officials. Cecily Strong’s Trial by Fire at the White House Correspondents Dinner 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z

“Bloody” paint handprints began to show up on pavements and windows, trailing elected officials who, the demonstrators argued, were effectively guilty of murder. Recalling One Activist Group’s Outraged Art at the Height of the AIDS Crisis 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z

Charles and David Koch, the enormously rich proprietors of an oil company based in Kansas, decided that they would spend huge amounts of money to elect conservatives at all levels of American government. ‘Dark Money,’ by Jane Mayer 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z

It's been 26 years since the so-called "Year of the Woman," when a record number of women were elected to Congress in 1992. 10 women of 2018 who wouldn't be silenced 2018-12-23T05:00:00Z

He is also an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine. Lisa Miller, Drew Bradylyons 2018-04-15T04:00:00Z

Do you think he’s somebody that we would elect today? Journalist John Dickerson: ‘The major problem is that we look to the president for too much’ 2020-08-24T04:00:00Z

Or was he always like this but elected to hide it? Steve Coogan: ‘Maybe I've just got flabby and middle-aged' 2019-01-04T05:00:00Z

Forman offers a masterly account of how black elected officials grappled with the drug crises and violence of the 1970s. Paperback Row 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z

His parents said the bullying got worse when the president was elected in 2016. Special guest steals the spotlight at State of the Union 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z

They can sign petitions, pledge to volunteer their time as aid workers, write elected leaders or donate money to aid organizations. Global Poverty Project Rewards Activism With Concert Tickets 2013-05-01T22:16:42Z

But shortly after he was elected to the Senate, he did a fundraiser for somebody in the Bay Area, around the end of 2004. Chabon on race, sex, Obama: “I never wanted to tell the story of two guys in a record store” 2012-09-20T15:25:00Z

But her tenure in elected office was pretty brief — only six action-packed years in the House before she lost her nail-biting Senate primary race to Daniel Patrick Moynihan. The Pioneering Bella Abzug 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z

Five years ago, he was elected into the New Orleans-Baton Rouge Steamship Pilots Association. “Water is where I find my peace”: Meet the master river pilot who conquers the Mississippi every day 2017-02-26T05:00:00Z

After Obama’s election, Steele was elected chairman of the Republican National Committee. The Sad Attempt to Make Trumpism Cool 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z

They have established a Republican Party in which donors, not elected officials, are in charge. ‘Dark Money,’ by Jane Mayer 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z

Actor Ed Begley Jr. also was among those elected, returning to the board after a hiatus. Bigelow, Moore join board that oversees Oscars 2010-07-07T16:47:00Z

In 1992, he was appointed MBE – which his mother only discovered when casually reading the published newspaper lists – and was elected a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London. Terry Ball obituary 2011-03-22T18:24:10Z

Critics, however, wouldn’t relent, slamming Brabin’s frock as “unprofessional,” disrespecting both the House of Commons and her elected position. Politician blasts 'everyday sexism' after being trolled for off-the-shoulder dress 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z

Chris Christie says the people who elected him shouldn't worry about his weight because he's "remarkably healthy." NJ Gov. Christie puts weight issue on the table 2013-02-05T22:49:08Z

From my own perspective, perhaps naively, I think our elected representatives would be better equipped for constructive governance if they gardened more. Perspective | Why I want my politicians to spend some time in a garden 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z

DeMint writes about how he ignored Greene's challenge and instead focused on raising $9 million online for other candidates, many of whom were elected. DeMint chronicles rise of tea party in new book 2011-07-03T19:16:04Z

Upping the ante still further, Reygadas has elected to shoot large portions of his film through a bevelled camera lens, which refracts his figures, doubles the image and leaves the screen's borders blurred. Cannes 2012: Post Tenebras Lux – review 2012-05-24T09:07:31Z

Trump, on Saturday, as deaths passed 34,000: “Look, if I wasn’t elected, you would, right now, be at war with North Korea.” It’s 5 o’clock. Do you know where your president is? 2020-04-20T04:00:00Z

Senate either, although he speculated it would be hard for him to get elected now. Schwarzenegger child report spurs media frenzy 2011-05-18T22:15:23Z

Imagine my shock when Ronald Reagan was elected on a wave of nostalgia for the bad old days! The amazing life of Margaret Sanger, “Our Lady of Birth Control”: “I was intrigued that such a great do-gooder was also quite a bad girl in private” 2016-07-30T04:00:00Z

“He is a grumpy, angry person on the stump, and he is not going to be elected,” raved Republican strategist Sara Fagen on ABC News one recent Sunday morning. Perspective | The media keep falling in love — with anybody but Bernie Sanders 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z

But such commentary by elected members of parliament has made some Hungarians believe it is acceptable to express anti-Semitic thoughts, said Andras Kovacs, a sociology professor at the Central European University. Anti-Semitism taboo under threat in Hungary 2014-05-21T04:00:00Z

Coffey is an elected official for the Comanche people and was, according to a Disney spokesperson, an unofficial but respected advisor on the film. Johnny Depp as Tonto: Is The Lone Ranger Racist? 2013-07-03T16:31:50Z

“Out of concern for our safety and the fact that France had closed its borders and major attractions, we elected to postpone our trip,” Holgado says. Is it safe to travel to Paris and other European cities? 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z

“America, you have to get used to the fact that you’ve elected a reality star president and you should know a publicity still when you see one,” he said. Late-night hosts on the inauguration: 'How is that a president?' 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z

Italian Vogue’s “black” issue, in July 2008, when Americans were considering electing their first black president, was a controversial best seller, featuring models of color exclusively. Franca Sozzani Dies at 66; Gave Italian Vogue a Daring Look and Voice 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z

"Trade unions should not need approval for a strike from half their members when MPs do not need to reach such a high threshold to get elected." Biggest strike in three years sparks furore over Tory plan for ballot law 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z

And sometimes, it’s inventing fictional presidents who fulfill the fantasy of macho heroics inspired by the youthful and vigorous men whom we’ve elected to the presidency since 1992. Commando in Chief: 10 Tough-Guy Movie Presidents 2013-07-01T09:45:40Z

After Warner was elected, she got sweet revenge when she took her purple Halston pantsuit out of mothballs and wore it proudly to a luncheon thrown for her by the Republican ladies. Elizabeth Taylor loved John Warner. Life in Washington nearly killed her. 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z

As his film career faded, he shifted to politics and was elected to Parliament in 1992 and served there until 1996. Bollywood superstar Rajesh Khanna dies 2012-07-18T11:24:10Z

No Black candidate had been elected mayor of Buffalo before Byron Brown became the first in 2005. In Buffalo, a democratic socialist vies for mayor in a race she thought she’d already won 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z

“America has finally elected a president whom we know can make this country united.” Style Invitational Week 1425: Picture this — a cartoon caption contest 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z

Who lies constantly, including about the possibility of the election being rigged if he’s not elected? Dystopias are fantastic in fiction. But do you really want to live in one? 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z

They look after the corporations who get them elected. UK riots: Big Brother isn't watching you 2011-08-11T17:18:00Z

When a 19-year-old trans woman was elected a Labour woman’s officer last year, a Labour councillor explained that “lived experience as a woman” was not a pre-requisite to be a woman’s officer. Don’t you just love it when a man explains to you what it means to be a woman? 2018-03-31T04:00:00Z

The group's board of governors elected Koch to its top office Tuesday for a one-year-term. Producer Hawk Koch elected film academy president 2012-08-01T03:30:11Z

Though Seward was physically unimpressive, people listened when he spoke, and he managed to get himself elected governor of New York, then senator. 'Seward': a new biography of Lincoln's right-hand man 2012-09-26T22:15:06Z

The Sistine Chapel, which Michelangelo painted in the 16th century, is the room where cardinals elect popes in secret conclaves. Feel free to breastfeed here, pope tells mothers in Sistine Chapel 2015-01-11T05:00:00Z

As the story begins, the South Carolina lawmaker expects to be named secretary of state by the newly elected president. "Diabolical" Spacey plots revenge in Netflix show "House of Cards" 2013-01-30T15:07:28Z

Surely, judges must interpret all of the text that follows this Preamble consistent with these visionary principles, which inevitably entails the skills of judgment for which judges are appointed or elected. Scalia’s shameless political agenda 2012-10-01T19:53:00Z

Yeah, presidents get elected every four years, but Hurricane Sandy was a once a never before kind of thing. Let the post-Sandy election gloating continue! 2012-11-09T20:35:00Z

The footage we saw featured a scene early in the story where Gandalf and an executive committee of dwarves elect a reluctant Bilbo Baggins, played by Martin Freeman, to embark on his adventure. The Hobbit's 12 minutes of frame at Comic-Con 2012 2012-07-16T10:39:23Z

He then joked to the audience, “Do you really think this country is going to elect a black guy form the south side of Chicago with a funny name to be president of the US?” President Obama Gives Political Advice to Kanye West 2015-10-10T04:00:00Z

One was Lillia King, the daughter of Cyril E. King, the second elected governor of the island for whom the airport is named. ‘The Island Always Brings You Back’: Finding a Caribbean Home 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z

Earlier this month, Rankin was elected to become a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Rebus returns after sabbatical 2015-03-15T04:00:00Z

In 1850 he was elected president of the Royal Scottish Academy, appointed Queen's Limner for Scotland - her chief illustrator in the country - and was knighted. Art hidden for 100 years restored 2012-05-28T11:05:42Z

We were elected to change things, so we did change things. Male grooming: The movie 2012-05-18T23:15:00Z

He recently reiterated those views to Fox News’ Chris Wallace, promising that, if elected, he would appoint Supreme Court justices who would overturn the 2015 ruling on marriage equality. With friends like these: More reasons why LGBT people should fear a Donald Trump presidency 2016-07-11T04:00:00Z

Cathey told the Guardian in 2016 that his career took off after Barack Obama was elected president because people could begin to accept the idea of a well-spoken black man. House of Cards actor Reg E Cathey dies aged 59 2018-02-10T05:00:00Z

Now I think it’s important to recognize that the problems we face as a country can’t be solved by electing more Democrats, or even by electing more good Democrats. Student activism, reborn 2012-05-21T12:54:00Z

But how do newly elected presidents decide on their look? Presidents come and go, but these curtains are forever 2021-01-30T05:00:00Z

In 1986, he elected to direct Shanghai Surprise, starring Madonna and Sean Penn. Volcanoes of critical abuse erupted on both sides of the Atlantic: one critic dismissed it as "flop suey". Jim Goddard 2013-06-27T14:51:28Z

He was once elected to the state legislature in Vermont. William Jay Smith, former U.S. poet laureate, dies at 97 2015-08-22T04:00:00Z

Justin Shubow, the recently elected chairman of the fine arts commission and a Trump appointee, said it was “disappointing” to see the former president’s executive order, which he had pushed for, revoked. Biden Revokes a Trump Order Seeking ‘Classical’ Civic Architecture 2021-02-26T05:00:00Z

"I'm going on the record right now ... if Donald Trump gets elected and he builds that wall, the first person we're throwing over it is Mark Burnett." This Year's Emmys Were Basically a Big Apology for the Election 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z

Just over four months later, Mr. Trump was elected president, and the stretch of Fifth Avenue near his Trump Tower residence became a heavily guarded and barricaded security zone. The Year’s Top Stories From the Fashion World 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z

If Detroit were to go bankrupt, an emergency financial manager takes over, and they have the power to end collective bargaining and fire anyone at will, including elected officials. “Detropia”: Can Detroit be saved? 2012-09-07T17:45:00Z

With every presidential election, there are stories of couples who fell in love while working long hours together to get their candidate elected. On the Campaign Trail, Love Doesn’t Always Win 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z

"So for Father’s Day, call your elected representatives and demand they do something," Colbert added. Stephen Colbert rips into Jeff Sessions for separating immigrant families 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z

In 2009, she was the first African American woman elected to the Boston City Council, beating most of a large field that at one point swelled to 15 candidates vying for four at-large seats. For Ayanna Pressley, the beauty of unexpected wins led to Congress and a historic office 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z

“No one ever expected Donald Trump to be elected president, either,” said Barry Nestor, standing outside the Rex Theatre in Manchester, wearing socks on his hands to keep warm before seeing Biden speak. After a ‘gut punch’ in Iowa, a surreal feeling surrounds Biden’s campaign 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z

It elects to understand the world in terms of impersonal forces and structures, and to deny the importance, and even the legitimacy, of human agency. Among the Disrupted 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z

He was also pedigreed — his great-uncle was the first dean of the law school at Howard University and one of the first black men elected to Congress. Review | A look at what brought Zora Neale Hurston and Langston Hughes together. And what tore them apart. 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z

The film culminates with Mandela's inauguration as the first democratically elected president of South Africa after he urged his countrymen to reject violence following his release from prison. Idris Elba mines Mandela's 'commanding presence' in biopic role 2013-11-26T21:49:48Z

After winning six local races, she was elected mayor. Houston’s Annise Parker, a gay mayor in a red state, ponders political future 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z

He was elected to the Earshot Jazz Hall of Fame in 1991. Community remembers Seattle jazz lion Chuck Metcalf 2012-03-12T20:09:05Z

“Funny Girl” begins with the spectacle of Barbara Parker, an aspiring comic actress who realizes that being elected Miss Blackpool is a terrible career move. Nick Hornby’s ‘Funny Girl,’ About a 1960s BBC Sitcom Star 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z

He was a newly elected United States senator from Georgia and wanted to make a strong impression, but fireworks were not his style. “By the law of nature, all men are free”: Francis Scott Key and the case of the slave ship Antelope 2015-07-11T04:00:00Z

Let me put it this way: a country that has legitimately elected Trump has to consider its political system. Garry Kasparov Says We Are Living in Chaos, But Remains an Incorrigible Optimist 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z

He said that decisions about these matters should be taken by elected governments and not companies. Google defends listing extremist websites in its search results 2013-05-25T15:29:06Z

But I thought, red lips, red shoes, electing our first female president. What 8 New York Voters Wore to Cast Their Ballots 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z

Can Herman Cain ever get elected in the primary process? Campaign Video: Smoke ?Em If You Got ?Em for Herman Cain 2011-10-25T13:18:46Z

And, in Britain and the US, we have elected macho, misogynistic, authoritarian leaders that set a tone. Rachel Louise Snyder: ‘Domestic abuse is as common as rain' 2020-03-08T05:00:00Z

Faith leaders, elected officials, and local cultural and social influencers will be recruited to help encourage participation in the trials. African Americans are more likely than whites to develop Alzheimer’s. Why? 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z

Asked by Barbera to deliver an opening statement, Mann appeared momentarily stumped before electing to keep it simple. Venice film festival opens with controversial 9/11 drama The Reluctant Fundamentalist 2012-08-29T17:39:46Z

In April, Ms. Powers Gardner was elected to be a Utah County commissioner in a special election, and Mr. Daniels was elected to replace her. Utah Is a Destination Wedding Hot Spot, No Travel Required 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z

"Never judge a book by its cover. People mocked this man because he was a comedian/television star before he was elected president," Snider wrote in a separate tweet praising Zelensky. Dee Snider endorses "We’re Not Gonna Take It" as a rebellion anthem – for Ukraine not anti-maskers 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z

Many of the criticisms of the elected officials in attendance, who are supposed to be public servants rather than celebrities or cultural idols, are fair and even important. From AOC to Cara Delevingne, are the Met Gala’s feminist displays meaningful or just performative? 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z

It made me wonder why there are so many celebrities who are campaigning to get elected. "Leonor Will Never Die" filmmaker on how she created her dreamy "action star grandma" 2022-11-26T05:00:00Z

We don't even know that we can elect somebody if we want them. Documentary “The King”: “The American people are Elvis. They have been hoodwinked” 2018-07-04T04:00:00Z

This is what happens when you elect a Muslim president! "South Park": The controversy continues 2010-04-29T00:20:00Z

Electors gathered in every state Monday to formally elect Donald Trump president of the United States, even as anti-Trump forces tried to deny him the White House. Electoral college formally chooses Trump as president 2016-12-19T05:00:00Z

Donald Trump is elected president; the swing states turn from blue to red. Kristen Stewart: ‘It's not confusing if you’re bisexual. For me, it’s the opposite’ 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z

The angry sheriff, for example, had been a unionized shingle maker himself before getting elected — but reportedly beat labor activists and stood by while his deputies did the same. In the key of blood: Concert marks centennial of Everett Massacre 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z

That's followed by Trump saying he was a gentlemen and his threatening to jail Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton if he's elected president. Twitter: 17M-plus tweets sent about the debate, most ever 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z

If film is ultimately a reflection of the “now,” then the recent releases “Moonlight” and “Loving” are essential, because they offer a powerful counternarrative to the reactionary social and political forces that elected Donald Trump. “Moonlight” and “Loving”: Film as symbolic resistance in the age of Trump 2016-12-10T05:00:00Z

"I hope that our elected officials can reach out to the State Department to expedite visas for these families." Russia-Ukraine war: Kentucky mom of 8 is desperate to rescue teen girl from Russia's attacks 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z

Last year he portrayed Trump in a satirical biopic for Funny or Die, denounced him as “a brat,” and predicted he would be “the actual last President of the United States” if elected. Did Johnny Depp Make Actor Presidential Assassination Joke? 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z

"Auto-Tune the News: Bed Intruder Song" was elected by fans as Best Viral Original. Comedy Awards hail Letterman, Fey and 'South Park' 2011-03-27T03:20:08Z

Edwards, who is the elected liaison between the actors and their union, decided he was not going to wait for the creative team and theater officials to brainstorm best practices. ‘Godspell’ in 2020: Masks, Partitions and a Contactless Crucifixion 2020-08-05T04:00:00Z

Now 86, he plays Cardinal Melville, who is elected pope against his wishes. 'We Have a Pope': A reluctant pontiff goes on the lam 2012-04-26T20:10:12Z

Quite often, the guests weren’t even famous, and Mr. Colbert interviewed scores of elected officials, journalists and scientists. ‘Stephen Colbert’ Says Goodbye as Stephen Colbert Heads to CBS 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z

“It used to be that if a gay politician wanted to get elected, they had to go to the coasts to find money to support their candidacy,” Ms. Kendell said. Tammy Baldwin, on the Edge of Making History 2012-11-05T18:31:35Z

Suddenly, it’s the First Lady’s management style that’s on trial, not her husband’s role as an elected official. Why a 'Blame the Woman' defense works so well for troubled politicians 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z

Whether or not she secures the nomination, white feminists’ loyalty to Hillary belies a deeper spiritual problem: their desire to elect a woman whose experience matches their own. Hillary Clinton doesn’t speak for me: I’m a millennial woman raising a biracial son. I voted for Bernie, and I refuse to be shamed for it 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z

Ladies’ Maid Island doesn’t exist on any map, but if Trump is elected president, it will quickly become the 51st state. Downton Abbey: why did America fall so hard for the show? 2016-03-07T05:00:00Z

Franken was a well-known American comedian before he was elected to the U.S. Woman accuses U.S. Senator Al Franken of unwanted groping, kiss 2017-11-16T05:00:00Z

The victorious Allied commander in Europe in the second world war, Eisenhower represented a new era—the first Republican elected president since Herbert Hoover and the Great Depression. Under the surface of Eisenhower’s era 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z

Almost 20 years later, the defiant poet was elected to a seat on the union’s board. Andrei Voznesensky, 77, Celebrated Russian Poet, Dies 2010-06-01T20:19:00Z

"We elected a treatment of bed rest, keeping his blood pressure in the normal to slightly above normal range and use of anticoagulants," the doctor said. Kirk faces long recovery from stroke 2012-01-24T03:03:00Z

But the notion of audience participation is scarcely new: here it becomes a consensual game, with hints of horror to gratify those of who have elected to take part. Dance Review: ‘The Shining’ by Yvonne Meier 2012-12-13T23:06:57Z

When Cortàzar’s estate refused to grant rights to the story, though, the Industry elected to move forward with an original plot. ‘Hopscotch’ Takes Opera Into the Streets 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z

“BrainDead,” this summer’s satire from the creators of “The Good Wife,” targeted elected officials by planting brain-destroying space bugs in their skulls. Kiefer Sutherland Returns. This Time the Oval Office Is His. 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z

“When people exclaimed that they never thought that they would live to see the day a black man was elected president,” Mr. Kennedy observes, “they were indicating how little they expected of their fellow Americans.” Books of The Times: One Nation, Still Divisible by Race 2011-08-11T22:00:15Z

Described as "the first modern dictator" and "one of the first modern leaders to rule by propaganda," Bonaparte went from being France's first elected president to its last emperor. We’re living in the bizarre world that Flaubert envisioned 2020-01-20T05:00:00Z

One of the reasons I blame this on Trump is because if Hillary Clinton had been elected president none of this would have happened. When a cartoonist becomes a hero: Rob Rogers on losing his job for making fun of Donald Trump 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z

Urging residents to call their elected officials about pending legislation? Parents can’t fix climate change with life hacks — but here are ways to make a real impact 2020-02-17T05:00:00Z

He had been elected the previous year; the two married in 2000. How Paul Ryan is related to Ketanji Brown Jackson 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z

“Our alliance was born out of not shared borders but need,” said Biden, in his 49th year in elected office, and on day two of his campaign to ask for four more. At the state dinner for South Korea, two nations toast an anniversary 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z

The IAAF, the world governing body for track and field, elected Blankers-Koen as the top female athlete of the 20th century. All the way like FBK: Schippers sets targets for Olympics 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z

If Americans were more familiar with the darkest parts of the country’s past, she argued, “it’s hard to imagine that Trump would have been elected.” What Can We Learn from the Germans About Confronting Our History? 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z

The right-wing court ruled that rich people and corporations could give unlimited money to elect politicians of their choice. The college admissions scandal is just the tip of the inequality iceberg 2019-03-17T04:00:00Z

Each year, thousands of tourists and schoolchildren pass by the work, as do their elected representatives. The Campaign to Remove a Shocking Painting from the French National Assembly 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z

The journalist Joan Kron, making her first documentary, looks back at how female comedians have lifted a shroud of secrecy from the pressures on women to elect plastic surgery. Fall 2017 Movie Release Schedule 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z

We’ve elected a monstrous narcissist to lead the free world and are losing our liberties day to day. Posh taste, poor timing: Does Victoria Beckham’s Target fashion democratize luxury or glorify gratuitous wealth? 2017-04-01T04:00:00Z

In between the two halves is an awkward chapter titled “Inertia,” in which Miller owns up to going from denouncing Trump before he was elected to working for Scott Pruitt, Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency administrator. ‘Why We Did It’ Is a Dark Ride on the ‘Republican Road to Hell’ 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z

This tradition continued into the 70s, where brilliant films such as The Godfather II, The Candidate and Chinatown reflected the American public's distrust of their elected officials. Invasion of the dumbasses 2011-08-11T20:32:01Z

“Great. And happy. And relieved,” said Pelosi when asked how she felt about the newly elected Democratic leadership in the House. At state dinner, Biden and Macron stand ‘shoulder to shoulder’ 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z

On the flight were artists, company leaders, the first woman elected to the city's school board and other leaders. Paris plane crash spurs cultural growth in Atlanta 2012-05-31T09:31:05Z

The court wrote in its decision that overturning Cosby's conviction and barring any further prosecution "is the only remedy that comports with society's reasonable expectations of its elected prosecutors and our criminal justice system." Bill Cosby's sexual assault conviction overturned in surprise court ruling 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z

In 1992, he turned to politics, first getting elected to the state House of Representatives, and then joining the U.S. Why is Lindsey Graham acting like this? 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z

“At school, we were told democracy is the most important value in our society, and then our head of state isn’t elected,” he noted. Watching ‘The Crown’ With Britain’s Anti-Monarchists: ‘I Feel Queasy’ 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z

When they — as multiple newly elected female representatives did this week — pose gratefully in front of a portrait of Shirley Chisholm, the first black woman elected to Congress. Perspective | The revolutionary strategy hidden in Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Instagram feed 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z

“If he were to be elected, he brings his chart along with him. And that financial crisis is very strongly configured,” he said. Astrologers predict New Hampshire results: whoever wins will be president 2016-02-09T05:00:00Z

Yet Tunde’s ordinariness is treated as foreignness, as is the case with so many such Americans — sometimes at the hands of their own unpopularly elected president. A Nigerian-American Bildungsroman, in Mormon Country 2019-08-05T04:00:00Z

That is just astonishing because their whole idea was: Stop him, stop him, stop him, which implicitly was: Elect her, elect her. ‘They never saw this coming’: A Q&A with Kellyanne Conway 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z

He was looking forward to helping elect a Republican president in 2016. Two years ago, Eric Cantor lost his House seat. Was it just in the nick of time? 2016-06-14T04:00:00Z

Previously, new members could only be elected after the death of existing members. The American Academy of Arts and Letters Unveils Expanded Roster 2021-03-05T05:00:00Z

She became the first Black woman to be elected district attorney in California history, the first woman to be California's attorney general, first South Asian American senator. Kamala Harris names herself and seeks redemption, empowering so many of us to do the same 2020-11-13T05:00:00Z

Reagan was a widely admired and popular president who was elected twice in landslides, however liberals in coastal ghettoes derided him. Why Hollywood's response to 9/11 involved Harry Potter and Spider-Man 2011-09-09T18:51:00Z

Americans are no strangers to the admixture of Hollywood stars and politics; after all, we’ve elected said stars to roles of senator, governor and president. Film and TV stars shake up the British election (sort of) 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z

Asian-American elected officials in New York wrote a letter to Mr. Harvey, saying that his comments were “offensive” and “classless.” Steve Harvey Apologizes for Mocking Asian Men 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z

On Nov. 7, in keeping with an Old Dominion tradition of flipping off the party in the White House, Virginia elected Corey Stewart as governor. Perspective | What if Hillary had won? A jolly trip down memory lane, alternate-timeline edition. 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z

A diplomat before being elected president in 1824 and a House member after losing reelection to that hotheaded populist Andrew Jackson, Adams is portrayed as neglecting his children, with some dire consequences. Review | John Quincy Adams is the anti-Trump in the new play ‘JQA’ 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z

Under the plan, aldermen and other elected city officials became eligible to receive up to 80 percent of the salary they earned during their last month of work. Aldermen to reap generous pensions 2012-05-01T02:03:00Z

The Berlin Philharmonic plans to meet on May 11 to elect a successor to Simon Rattle, who is leaving the orchestra in 2018 and becoming music director of the London Symphony Orchestra. Dudamel Extends Contract With Los Angeles Philharmonic 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z

Naji-Allah, who had been a photojournalist for the Washington Informer and Washington Times, joined her staff as her chief photographer months after she was elected, placing him among the longest-serving members of her administration. He was a D.C. graffiti artist and spent time in prison. Now, a photo he took hangs in the National Portrait Gallery. 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z

But the case against them was tenuous, and the film, drawing on the arguments of their supporters at the time, maintains that the state elected to punish the 10 simply for engaging in activism. It Started With a Kiss. Then Film Scholars Found More. 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z

Trump tweeted Saturday that "Democrats can fix their forced family breakup at the Border by working with Republicans on new legislation, for a chance! This is why we need more Republicans elected in November." Melania's hollow statement on separating immigrant children from their parents 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z

It’s a good game, to imagine the sort of motley our elected leaders should don in order to outwardly reflect their politics and personalities. Grayson Perry’s ‘The Descent of Man’: Deconstructing the Masculine Mystique 2017-05-23T04:00:00Z

It was clearly intended to provide the meat of a triumphant documentary about the moment America finally elected its first female president. Review | Hulu’s ‘Hillary’ turns a tale of defeat into a personal history of modern feminism 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z

In 1966, aged 33, he was elected to the California state assembly. 'It was quasi-religious': the great self-esteem con 2017-06-03T04:00:00Z

They reconciled a decade later, and Mr. Davis obliged his friend by publishing his all-too-candid autobiography only after Senator Franken was elected. Tom Davis, ‘Saturday Night Live’ Comedy Writer, Dies at 59 2012-07-19T21:41:39Z

After President Trump was elected, Waller began to see Schlafly not just as an anti-feminist, but a “foot soldier in the Reagan revolution” — a key figure in the rise of the religious right. ‘Mrs. America’ Depicts a Different Kind of Feminist: The Anti- Kind 2020-04-10T04:00:00Z

“And,” Jones said, “I think that really struck a nerve with a Democratic electorate that understands that the status quo was unacceptable even before Donald Trump was elected.” How a middle school principal used the Ocasio-Cortez playbook against a 16-term incumbent 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z

Democracy is a system of government in which people are free to elect their leaders, such as presidents, governors and members of Congress. Perspective | Disorganized sports offer a lesson in democracy 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z

It’s this: There should be some distance between journalists and elected officials. Joe Scarborough defends schmoozing with Trump as ‘the Washington way’ 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z

Some other elected leaders called the results mixed mainly because of the cost to the city. Federal Way sand sculptures come down Sunday 2010-10-07T14:52:00Z

We don't know where it's coming from and that disables us as viewers as members of the public from assessing what the influences on these elected officials are. Who’s buying our elections? Inside the shadowy world of “Dark Money” 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z

It felt similar to the episode of “Friday Night Lights” in which Tyra is elected class president by resorting to dirty tricks like having her sister’s stripper friends hand out fliers. Riff: Why Is That Nice Girl From ?Friday Night Lights? Fighting a Bunch of Ninjas? 2012-03-09T19:22:00Z

They were elected to the board Tuesday night. Uggams, 'Babyface' join Apollo Theater board 2010-12-09T16:41:00Z

Next to them was the appointed president of Egypt’s official trade-union federation, facing the elected leaders of the striking workers, whom he ostensibly represented. Reading Piketty on the Nile 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z

Bringing her back to speak for what she believes in, in a year when a real-live woman may be elected to the Oval Office, seems more relevant than ever. Is It Time for Wonder Woman to Hang Up Her Bathing Suit? 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z

He fantasizes that if elected she will release the pent-up idealism she’s been clinging to since college, resulting in a flurry of landmark legislation reminiscent of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s famous first 100 days. Review: ‘Michael Moore in TrumpLand’ Isn’t About Donald Trump 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z

It offers contestants a chance to address the Palestinian people on what they would do on a variety of subjects if elected president. Palestinians chose a new president _ on reality TV 2013-05-10T06:30:20Z

Could the next president of the United States be someone who’ve never held elected office? Trump, Fiorina and why the “CEO president” rarely succeeds: “Politics is not just something one can pick up” 2015-09-25T04:00:00Z

But Trump thought that the same tactics that got him elected would serve him well in office. Master of celebrity: How Trump uses — and bashes — the famous to boost himself 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z

In interviews in the summer of 2016, Ginsburg called him a “faker” and worried about the fate of the court and the country if he were elected. The new film ‘RBG’ reveals how Ruth Bader Ginsburg became a meme — and why that’s so surprising 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z

But we know his trajectory well: how he was elected to Congress and over three decades turned into an icon again. John Lewis’s Sequel to His Award-Winning Graphic Memoir, ‘March’ 2021-08-10T04:00:00Z

None of the elected officials are in double digits.” Chris Matthews eviscerates dysfunctional GOP: “There is something wrong with a party when they can’t pick a leader” 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z

“Some thought he is making a play to come into elected office,” Mr. Rubenstein said. Eliot Spitzer?s Long Road to Redemption 2010-04-07T22:51:00Z

Another operatic duet for lovers aware that they will soon perish occurs in Verdi’s “Aida,” when the Ethiopian princess Aida elects to share the fate of her lover, the condemned Egyptian warrior Radames. Review: 'Elegy for Young Lovers' Gets Strong Staging at English National Opera 2010-05-04T11:30:00Z

If Mencken is elected president and Connor goes over as ambassador, he will delegate all responsibility. Alan Ruck Is Happy That Connor Roy Survived 2023-07-12T04:00:00Z

One set of intelligence was held back out of high-minded principle; the other set was put forward by questionable means—and Donald Trump, not Hillary Clinton, was elected President. A Few Theories about Why James Comey Might Call Himself “Reinhold Niebuhr” on Twitter 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z

Otherwise its highest accomplishment has been to reveal how profoundly craven and gullible our elected officials are, especially when it comes to gun control legislation and immigration issues. Omarosa won’t save us from Trump: Stop hitching your hope to the stars 2018-08-14T04:00:00Z

She spent a few postgraduate years as a paralegal for two large law firms and processed contributions for Emily’s List, the progressive political action committee that works to elect female Democrats. Amy Brandwein doesn’t answer to ‘Roberto Donna’s girl’ 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z

Santorum says that if elected he will be a wartime president. Inside the right-wing freak show: What Ted Cruz, Rand Paul and Rick Santorum say when only the freakishly faithful are listening 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z

Usher said he was thrilled to collaborate with De Niro, who will play Arcel, the first trainer to be elected to Hall of Fame. Usher gets ready for role as Sugar Ray Leonard 2013-05-03T19:25:09Z

The League is a theocratic, secessionist organization whose leader, Michael Hill, had called for the formation of death squads targeting journalists, elected officials and other members of “the elite.” Exclusive: Inside accused Annapolis shooter’s alt-right theology of mass murder 2018-07-22T04:00:00Z

Her purpose in life, she says, was to get Trump elected. Trump has spurred hundreds of women to run for office. Guess what? Some are Republican. 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z

Mexico was never going to pay for that wall, but millions elected the fraudster making that false promise largely due to the confidence in his delivery. Elizabeth Holmes' all-American scam: HBO's "The Inventor" reveals the science of the con 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z

Oh, and then Donald Trump was elected and well, many of us are worried if America will still be here by the 2020 presidential election. "We do have power": "Queens of Resistance" books profile the politicians who inspire us most – women 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z

“Democracies may die at the hands not of generals but of elected leaders,” the authors say. How Endangered Is American Democracy? 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z

I think the Supreme Court lost so much credibility in 2000 when five Republicans on the court saw a chance to elect a president, and that’s what they did. John Grisham on Judges, Innocence and the Judgments He Ignores 2021-10-17T04:00:00Z

The gospel-trained Houston, whose soaring voice transformed the Dolly Parton cover “I Will Always Love You” into a gigantic hit, was one of four artists elected after being on the ballot for the first time. Whitney Houston, Notorious B.I.G. lead field into rock hall 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z

Whether the papacy is left vacant by death or resignation, the camerlengo runs the ordinary affairs of the Vatican city-state until a new pope is elected in a secret conclave. Pope names new prelate who runs Vatican during papal transitions 2014-12-20T05:00:00Z

The recruiting of Mr. Zadan and Mr. Meron was the first major step by Hawk Koch, who was elected president of the Academy earlier this month. ArtsBeat: Craig Zadan and Neil Meron to Produce Academy Awards Show 2012-08-23T18:07:51Z

In the last election cycle in Birmingham/Jefferson County, nine black women judges were elected. For Roy Wood Jr., Alabama Is Painful History, New Hope and Home 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z

Miller said work on the show first started 18 months ago - long before Hillary Clinton lost her bid to become the first woman in the White House and Donald Trump was elected U.S. New 'Handmaid's Tale' TV version 'not a feminist story,' says its star 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z

In the year since Donald Trump was elected president, the national news media has congratulated itself on a new golden age of accountability journalism. Perspective | Trump’s message of mistrust is sinking in, even in journalism’s new ‘golden age’ 2017-11-02T04:00:00Z

He drew a distinction between his work for the RNC and that of, say, a pundit who works directly for a candidate or a political action committee that seeks to elect candidates. Ari Fleischer, a prominent TV pundit, has a financial connection that Fox News hasn’t mentioned 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z

But the demand for elected and public health officials in the early days of the pandemic was different. How Fauci came to receive the ‘ultimate honor’: His own bobblehead doll 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z

Who will be nominated, elected or vaccinated by then? Yes, There Will Be an Oscar Season. But What Will It Look Like? 2020-10-14T04:00:00Z

“Black Republicans have tended to be elected in districts where Whites make up a large majority of the electorate. They haven’t been elected by winning a large share of Black votes.” A Black Republican tries to bring in Black voters to the GOP 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z

A biopic of Barbara Jordan, the first southern black woman to be elected to the House of Representatives, is in the development stage. 'The voice of the voiceless': how Viola Davis and Julius Tennon are changing the face of Hollywood 2017-09-24T04:00:00Z

This was the context in which Hitler was elected. The Moral Failings of American Press Coverage of Nazi Germany 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z

But when I first heard that I thought there was no way someone who said those words could get elected president of the United States. ‘They never saw this coming’: A Q&A with Kellyanne Conway 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z

Her elevation, too, as the first woman of color elected to the second highest of offices, conveyed intimations of “Mockingbird,” one of the most widely read novels in America. Perspective | In Biden victory, a cast change: Out with Richard III, in with Atticus Finch 2020-11-09T05:00:00Z

As recently as 2008, crowds queued around the block to buy papers the day after Obama was elected the nation’s first black president. Goodbye, old Washington Post, home of the newspaper the Grahams built 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z

After a show trial, Mr Beltagy was sentenced to death last year, along with dozens of other Brotherhood leaders, including the first democratically elected president, Muhammad Morsi. Tales of spring and winter 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z

As the first Muslim elected to Congress, Ellison said people of Middle Eastern descent from across the country have urged him to support the Arab Spring and the democracy movements across the region. What it takes to be in Vogue 2012-06-11T14:58:00Z

Because that’s the thing about democracy: We get the leaders that we, as a populace, elect. F**k it, I’m rooting for Donald Trump: It’s what the GOP deserves, and what we all deserve if we don’t mobilize 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z

House went to right-wing Republicans and ideologues such as Wisconsin’s Scott Walker and Florida’s Rick Scott were elected governor. Email can ruin your life 2012-06-24T14:00:00Z

Victoria changed modern childbirth by electing for chloroform during the deliveries of her last two children, challenging the religious notion that pain was women’s punishment — and bringing pain relief to labor. Kate’s middle is in royal pain 2012-12-04T20:59:00Z

The museum supplies visitors with postcards and the addresses of elected officials if you too want to serve notice. Resistance in clay: Ceramic artists speak out against Trump, war and more in 'We the People' 2017-08-29T04:00:00Z

But now there’s a new threat – a real gross bad guy who is about to become the elected president of Russia! The November Man – first look review: an asinine and horribly rote screenplay 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z

In such found clips we glimpse a realm of knowledge to which only a certain elect is privy. Art Review: Harun Farocki Video Installation at MoMA - Review 2011-08-25T22:27:41Z

Conditions of Bremer’s release — which he must follow until 2025, when the full 53 years are up — include staying away from elected officials. He shot George Wallace to be famous. Now he lives in silence. 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z

She drew up plans for where the crops should be inside the fences, how the town would educate the children and elect officials. The Walking Dead: season six, episode five – Now 2015-11-08T05:00:00Z

She added, “A lot of people in America right now are pretty much in shock, that we elected such a sexist future president.” Women strike back: Two New York exhibits showcase female artists resisting Donald Trump’s misogynist backlash 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z

Their volumes are often produced while they work full-time jobs as elected officials — and second full-time jobs running for reelection — which can make the reader wonder how much time they actually devoted to writing. Every candidate an author: The ceaseless boom in books by politicians 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z

Senate, as well as serving as the Secretary of War under President Franklin Pierce before being elected president of the Confederacy in 1861. Review | 20 years after ‘Cold Mountain,’ Charles Frazier is hot again 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z

To put this time lag in perspective, whichever presidential candidate is elected in November will be in the final stage of a re-election campaign when Mr. Nézet-Séguin takes the podium as the Met’s music director. Is Yannick Nézet-Séguin Worth the Wait at the Met? 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z

It should be noted the song was released in April 1979, before the titular heroine was elected, though it became an indie hit a year later. Five songs about Margaret Thatcher 2013-04-08T13:36:00Z

His shifty friend, the narrator, will be picked off eventually, unless he continues to rise in elected office. Thomas McGuane on Small-Town America 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z

I happen to be working with the Chicago Tribune when he gets elected to the Senate. Pete Souza on throwing shade at Trump: ‘I couldn’t just sit by and not do anything’ 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z

House of Representatives before being elected to the upper chamber, where she remained for twenty-four years. “A Lady for President?” Third Graders Respond 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z

At 18, Mr. Moore became the youngest elected official in the country. Review: Michael Moore, Bragging on Broadway, in ‘The Terms of My Surrender’ 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z

It’s an odd dynamic: a candidate elected while bucking political correctness and facing accusations of inappropriate sexual contact as actors and TV personalities are facing career ramifications over questions of past behavior. How we ended up vetting celebrities as carefully as politicians 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z

In the intervening decade, that neighbor was sent to jail, while Claire got elected mayor. Viewers Deserve More Shows Like The Family 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z

I belong to a private club of 200 high-powered women, among them business executives, lawyers, elected officials, doctors, academics and artists — nearly all of them French. | Leg Work 2011-09-07T21:58:28Z

State Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s proposal to bar elected officials and top aides from lobbying state government for a measly year after leaving their jobs isn’t a panacea. First-world hunger: A one-year wait for that big lobby feast? 2015-01-10T05:00:00Z

And then, if we elected him, would we allow him to change as much as he changed in office without hounding him out for being, you know, a person of unfixed views. Journalist John Dickerson: ‘The major problem is that we look to the president for too much’ 2020-08-24T04:00:00Z

Her ideology permeates current Conservative thinking, even among the younger members of parliament first elected in 2010, many of whom were children when she was in power. Iron Lady or monster? Thatcher film stirs UK passions 2012-01-05T16:50:30Z

Because as with the hacking, the media’s attempt to interfere with democracy and elect Hillary Clinton failed, too. ‘They never saw this coming’: A Q&A with Kellyanne Conway 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z

As for Trump: “In my lifetime, he’s the oddest person to be elected president … he’s an egomaniac, a wildcard, a casino-owner: how much tax does he pay?” The 100-year-old couple – still married, still going strong 2017-02-11T05:00:00Z

Sewell, a Democrat, is one of the first women elected to Congress from Alabama. Fifty years later, spotlight shines on civil rights icon Amelia Boynton Robinson 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z

Female elected officials in Washington joke that they need a wife, but what they really need is a Kasper. The TV Watch: ‘Borgen,’ a Danish Political Drama Series, on Link TV 2012-10-11T22:07:07Z

She was charged with corruption related to her husband’s time in office, but was never convicted and, in 2010, was elected to the House of Representatives. Special Report: Travel Asia: In Manila, ‘Livin’ La Vida Imelda!’ 2012-10-12T23:07:41Z

Even some of the most conservative Senate candidates are trimming their sails to get elected, especially in purple states. Move over, Mitch! Paul Ryan lets slip secrets of how GOP will run the Senate 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z

When I started the book, Barack Obama was a newly elected senator from Illinois. ArtsBeat: Noah Hawley Talks About His New Novel, 'The Good Father' 2012-03-21T15:29:13Z

Add it all up and Tomasky hopes to answer a fundamental question: how “our system became so broken” as to elect someone like Trump. The Series of Historical Mistakes That Led to Trump 2019-02-22T05:00:00Z

Also today, Ford said Jon Huntsman Jr., who recently ended his campaign for the Republican nomination for president of the U.S., was elected to the board if directors. Key Leaders in Ford Turnaround To Retire; Mulally Not Going Anywhere 2012-02-09T14:19:50Z

Some observers think the tone of the GOP is too fiercely anti-incumbent to elect someone from an established political family. Jeb Bush is the most boring man alive: What’s worse than getting a “reply-all” email? Reading an entire book of Jeb’s 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z

Five more at-large delegates, and 18 of the congressional district delegates, will be elected at the state party convention in June. Rick Santorum wins Louisiana primary 2012-03-25T01:04:00Z

Two years ago, the union elected new leaders who have made pensions for jazz artists a priority. Jazz Musicians Campaign for Pensions 2011-12-12T23:19:31Z

He will be the first to be recorded using such language, have it widely reported, and still be elected. A president unlike any other 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z

He supported abolition of clause IV not because of strong views about the merits of private against public ownership, but because he thought it would help Labour get elected. Last Man Standing by Jack Straw - review 2012-10-02T11:29:00Z

The class includes countless people who defied long odds; the youngest woman ever elected to Congress, the first Muslim women, the first Native American women. Max Rose came to Congress to do big things. But first, he has to do dumb things. 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z

Instead of insight into the crisis, you get the political frame: How will it play with elected officials and their constituents? Perspective | Biden’s first news conference is a test for him. But it’s a bigger test for White House reporters. 2021-03-22T04:00:00Z

“But after Trump got elected, the numbers really went up.” They were raised to be ‘colorblind’ — but now more white parents are learning to talk about race 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z

Last fall, a few days after Trump was elected, a tape surfaced of a Los Angeles substitute teacher gleefully telling students that their parents would be deported. Don't tape our teachers: Why surreptitious recording in the classroom isn't OK 2017-09-03T04:00:00Z

Most Americans probably learned the phrase “gaslighting” — when someone tries to manipulate you into doubting reality — around the time Donald Trump was elected president, as it was frequently used to describe his behavior. The ‘Dixie’ is gone. The Chicks are forever. 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z

“I think the people of the 9th circuit elected me to be accountable to them, and that’s what we intend to do,” said Charleston County Solicitor Scarlett Wilson in a press conference on Monday. South Carolina police officer Michael Slager indicted for murder of Walter Scott 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z

In 1992, 24 women were elected as new members to the House and four to the Senate, more than in any previous decade. Anita Hill and her 1991 congressional defenders to Joe Biden: You were part of the problem 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z

Meanwhile, in early 2016, Ms. Chapman was elected president of the Professional Bail Agents Association, which opposes bail and bond reform. Dog the Bounty Hunter Is Hunting Alone 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z

But the most intimate portrait came from Diane Blair, a woman Clinton befriended in Arkansas who was not a Nobel laureate or legal scholar and never held elected office. From press paranoia to affairs: A Hillary confidante’s letters reveal a window into her friend’s life 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z

We were in such a place when Obama was elected. As hip-hop turns 50, Chuck D praises its power as "a worldwide cultural experience and religion" 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z

Nevertheless, the UK’s culture wars still seem less savage than in America, where things have ramped up since a certain reality TV star was elected president in 2016. Worst job in showbiz: why will no one touch the world's glitziest gigs? 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z

It was Friday and McCain’s body lay in state at the Capitol Rotunda, draped in a U.S. flag and surrounded by elected officials and members of the public who had come to pay their respects. Visitors to the Vietnam Wall reflect on McCain’s legacy 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z

Atwood said she was already conceptualizing a sequel to “The Handmaid’s Tale” when Trump was elected. Atwood says 'Handmaid's Tale' got much closer to reality, prompting... 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z

However, after Emperor Constantine legalized Christianity, Nicholas was elected bishop of Myra. Never mind the fat guy at the North Pole: Tell your children about the real St. Nick 2018-12-25T05:00:00Z

Democratic presidential candidate Julián Castro, who said if elected he'd create a commission to determine the best ways to administer reparations, hit back at Sanders' lackluster response, saying: Reparations are overdue: "Confronting the truth" about slavery means paying for it 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z

“That about sixty-three million people voted to elect this TV character President fulfilled the auguries of an Old Testament lineage of media prophets,” Poniewozik writes in his introduction. A New Book Argues That Trump Is Television in Human Form 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z

In 2016, Chapman was elected president of the Professional Bail Agents of the United States. Beth Chapman, wife of bounty hunter reality TV star, dies 2019-06-26T04:00:00Z

Or wait, is there also a political intrigue plot surrounding an elected official? "Carnival Row": Orlando Bloom and Cara Delevingne's fairy tale is fractured by competing narratives 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z

Only a few got round to “the duller business of electing a government.” Review | Oh, the places you’ll want to go! Two new books offer the most magical of escapes 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z

Among the 35 women newly elected to the House in 2018 whom Steinhauer follows are the first Muslims, the first Native Americans and the two youngest. New in Paperback: ‘Brother & Sister’ and ‘The Resisters’ 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z

“No, you inherited a fortune – we elected a mess,” Colbert said. Late-night hosts on Trump's disastrous press conference: 'We elected a mess' 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z

When Mr. Carter was elected to the White House, he appointed Mr. Jordan, then 34, his chief of staff. Rebirth of Book by Aide to Carter 2013-07-26T21:47:53Z

The problem with an elected judiciary, according to Oliver, is that when it comes to judging people, the right decision is sometimes unpopular and unpopular decisions and elections are uneasy bedfellows. Watch John Oliver Take Elected Judges To Court 2015-02-23T05:00:00Z

How do you explain how Donald Trump was able to get elected? Professor targeted by right wing attack speaks out: “It was a blitzkrieg” 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z

In fact, he is lending it the kind of support that enabled Trump to get elected and that allows him to continue his destruction of our democracy. Letters to the Editor 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z

Negm, who wrote in colloquial Arabic, was also critical of the country's first elected leader Mohamed Mursi, who was overthrown by the army in July after mass protests against his rule. Ahmed Fouad Negm dies at age 84 2013-12-03T12:41:24Z

“While we were shooting Trump got elected, and sort of changed the temperature on the film a little bit,” he recalled at the Toronto International Film Festival in September. ‘Suburbicon’ is the latest film that uses horror to process the realities of 2017 2017-10-26T04:00:00Z

Even if Hillary Clinton had been elected, there would have remained work to be done. Fear and Loathing in Trump’s America 2017-02-03T05:00:00Z

She was elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1976. Kitty Wells, Country Singer, Dies at 92 2012-07-16T21:02:25Z

It is going to be a very expensive proposition and there will have to be a serious commitment by America's elected officials and other leaders, and the public, to make it happen. Author of Neil Armstrong biography "First Man": He understood "the place of humankind in the cosmos" 2018-12-25T05:00:00Z

During his final years, Pop watched as the Carters and Jimmie Rodgers and others who came after were elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame, the industry’s highest honor. Ken Burns’s ‘Country Music’ shines a spotlight on an unsung Washingtonian 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z

But the fact was that it was illegal, and he was the governor of New York, who had convinced people to elect him because he was Mr. Clean. Jack Abramoff, Eliot Spitzer: A tale of two swindlers 2010-05-06T16:01:00Z

This year, she was elected a chancellor of the Academy of American Poets. Perspective | Marilyn Chin to be the next guest for the Life of a Poet 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z

The problem is that among our elected officials no one is really talking about the future in America. Comics and sci-fi powerhouse J. Michael Straczynski has an incredible origin story of his own 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z

It’s an inherently political statement, though according to the festival’s organizers, it “isn’t about getting elected, or being protected; it’s about staking a claim.” Pop & Rock Listings for Aug. 26-Sept. 1 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z

The incumbent Democratic Governor, Gray Davis, who had been elected just the prior year, faced vigorous opposition for having mismanaged the events preceding and surrounding the state’s energy crisis. Early stage idiocracy: Trump won’t be the last celebrity-turned-politician 2017-07-23T04:00:00Z

BETHLEHEM, West Bank — The Palestinians haven't elected a president since 2005, but now they are finally getting a chance to do so - virtually - thanks to a hit reality TV show. Palestinians chose a new president _ on reality TV 2013-05-10T06:30:20Z

She went on to be elected five times as a deputy to the National People's Congress. The Mount Everest mystery deepens: Was there an international cover-up of a dead climber's ascent? 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z

I remember how, before he was elected leader of the Conservative party, David Cameron promised to set aside the confrontational politics of the House of Commons. The war against clich? has failed 2011-01-07T12:51:33Z

In other words: The youngest voters helped elect the oldest president ever. Joe Biden, 78, will lead an American gerontocracy 2021-01-12T05:00:00Z

We may even be opening the door to elect another Trump. Don’t laugh off Trump’s LeBron James insults. His racist rhetoric can reproduce at a rapid rate 2018-08-06T04:00:00Z

To maintain open spaces and public facilities, Rouse established the Columbia Association, a nonprofit whose board is elected by residents. Here’s a suburban experiment cities can learn from 2017-07-11T04:00:00Z

While Though the two have similar jobs, medical examiners are doctors while coroners are not required to be medically trained at all and sometimes must be elected. John Oliver: 'A death certificate isn’t like a degree from USC. It means something' 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z

If you don’t agree with them, elect somebody else. MC5’s Wayne Kramer on why Trump is “very much so like Richard Nixon” 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z

“And we not only saved Christmas, we elected Donald Trump as our next president and saved the country!” ‘We have a culture war to win’: Why Starbucks cups always stir up controversy 2016-11-28T05:00:00Z

But after Trump got elected, I wanted to broaden the subject of the book and also make it more personal. Cathy Park Hong: "Sometimes you just have to push back – being offended is part of the process" 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z

Likening the election of Trump to Brexit, he then cautions the audience to seriously consider what would happen after: “Good night America you’ve just elected the last president of the United States.” “Michael Moore in TrumpLand”: A film whose surprising healing power is needed now more than ever 2016-10-22T04:00:00Z

Perhaps the author will concede that the government is straying a bit far from its purview when it’s deciding who may speak or elect to bake a cake. Eating Away at Government From the Inside 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z

In 1858, running as a Republican, he was elected to serve Pennsylvania’s 9th Congressional District. On the trail of Thaddeus Stevens, Pennsylvania’s equal rights champion 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z

If American voters had elected Theodore Roosevelt in 1912 instead of Woodrow Wilson one wonders if the 1st World War and 20th century would have been radically different. In France, Vestiges of the Great War’s Bloody End 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z

One is her close but often fraught relationship with Ronald Reagan, who was elected president during her first term. Missionary zeal 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z

McLean business consultant Lindsey Davis Stover, 39, told the women that her 7-year-old daughter had asked, about Trump, “How could someone so mean get elected?” before suggesting, “Mom, why don’t you just run?” This group trains women to run for office. Here’s how one outraged, post-Trump class fared. 2018-02-12T05:00:00Z

Theories that were once relegated to the militia movement can now be heard on the lips of elected officials and television personalities like Glenn Beck. Is aggression genetic? 2012-05-28T22:00:00Z

Even among other Black women elected as mayors in Chicago, Atlanta and D.C., In Buffalo, a democratic socialist vies for mayor in a race she thought she’d already won 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z

There’s a derisive response from one of them: “Who elected you, Vanya?” Elliot Page, From Shame to Self-Acceptance, in Hollywood’s Glare 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z

A rival scholar is elected to bring her back, but Frederica doesn't want to return. Local books: buried secrets, Amanda Knox's travails, time-traveling and BC parks 2011-08-08T21:32:03Z

But I don’t think that just to be electing an African American president or a female president is going to fix that. Michael Moore: Meryl Streep should run for president 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z

A Renaissance man who first ran for public office at the age of 50, Rockefeller was elected four times as governor and left a powerful imprint on New York State. Richard Norton Smith Dissects Nelson Rockefeller 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z

Stallings said Agee was "energetic" and admired by his fraternity brothers, who elected him president in 2009 largely because he emphasized academic achievement. NIU student from Park Forest killed in shooting near campus 2011-11-24T02:37:00Z

The show does start well with the RA's Central Hall exhibiting work by newly elected Academicians. RA's 'sprawling' Summer Exhibition 2014-06-04T04:00:00Z

Two years after the couple initially met in law school, and then were each elected to the Law Review, they began dating. Zoey Orol, Jonathan Yehuda 2018-07-15T04:00:00Z

More women were elected to parliament; by 1999, more than a third of MPs were women. Why Iceland is the best place in the world to be a woman 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z

"Not even the homecoming elect from the year before who was crowning" was wearing shoes, according to Carleigh. Homecoming queen candidates ditch heels to show support for epileptic classmate 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z

I said, "If I get elected governor, I promise you, we're going to try to do something about this." Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan: ‘At some point, there’s no longer going to be a Donald Trump Party’ 2019-07-29T04:00:00Z

She was named special prosecutor for the “Rust” investigation in August — two months after securing the Republican nomination for the State House — and was elected to the Legislature in November. Alec Baldwin’s Lawyers Say ‘Rust’ Prosecutor Should Be Disqualified 2023-02-07T05:00:00Z

The language is no longer regarded as a marker of the educational or social elect in the way that it once was. Eat, Pray, Latin 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z

Do you really believe this country wants to elect a Wall Street financier as president of the United States? A final pitch to woo Illinois voters 2012-03-20T02:58:00Z

Instead, "The Problem" presses more forcefully into its confrontations with elected officials who other interviewers would allow to spew utterly false nonsense without confronting them on it. The problem with "The Problem with Jon Stewart" is that it's not more widely available 2022-11-05T04:00:00Z

Unlike the mainstream reformers, whose churches included all members of a community, the Anabaptists insisted that only they were the elect, the true church of God, to the exclusion of all others. Christianity’s original anti-science crusade: The religious order that tried to crush modernity 2014-04-13T18:00:00Z

Mr. Vallée elected to give up expensive lighting and locations instead of cutting days off the schedule. The Carpetbagger: ‘Dallas Buyers Club’ Puts McConaughey on Oscar Track 2014-02-05T22:57:52Z

And voters let their elected officials know their displeasure in phone calls, emails and town-hall meetings. Perspective | Great local reporting stands between you and wrongdoing. And it needs saving. 2017-04-16T04:00:00Z

That same date in 1973, Pinochet, ably aided and abetted by the CIA, put paid to the democratically elected government in Chile. Readers recommend: songs about hands – results 2013-01-03T15:38:47Z

Is elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, and releases Happy-Go-Lucky, starring Sally Hawkins. 'Silly question!' Mike Leigh interviewed by our readers and famous fans 2018-10-21T04:00:00Z

The arrival of “Escaping the KKK” occurred less than two months after Donald Trump was elected President, partly owing to the support of white nationalists. The “Generation KKK” Fiasco 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z

It is this reality of entrenched, powerful and moneyed interests that Democrats faced in 2008, when a newly elected Barack Obama resolved to make good on his party's half-century dream of providing universal coverage. Steven Brill's 'America's Bitter Pill' tackles healthcare mess 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z

The governors are expected in the next several weeks to elect a new president to replace Hawk Koch, a producer who left the board because of term limits. Media Decoder: Film Academy Adds Board Members as It Prepares to Pick a Leader 2013-07-15T20:12:06Z

When she began editing the film shortly after Trump was elected, Reed recalls, the shock and sense of division informed the process. Perspective | At this year’s AFI Docs, torches and pitchforks give way to consensus and reconciliation 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z

“Word got out really quick,” said Joshua Daniels, the clerk and auditor of Utah County, who was elected to the post in the spring. Utah Is a Destination Wedding Hot Spot, No Travel Required 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z

His exploits, and his writing, earned him fame before he was elected to parliament in 1900. Young Winston: close, but no cigar | Reel history 2010-03-25T08:00:00Z

Warren Harding, elected president in 1920, wanted the budget balanced, and vetoed a veterans’ bonus because it would add to the national debt and “undermine…confidence” in America’s credit. The searing Twenties 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z

About 40 people signed up to speak, a mix of supporters and opponents, including Malibu residents, environmental groups and elected officials. U2 guitarist's project rejected by coastal agency 2011-06-17T15:27:03Z

Mr. Rudenstine – who will stay on as a life trustee — plans to step down at the library’s annual meeting on Nov. 18, when the board will elect a new chairman. New York Public Library Chairman to Step Down 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z

Nonetheless, the Grand Old Party rode to victory, electing Calvin Coolidge in 1924. When politicians really spoke in sound bites 2012-10-02T18:53:00Z

“We usually elect people who are the kind of people who want other people to really like them,” he said. Historians Assess Obama’s Legacy Under Trump’s Shadow 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z

Dr. Fanton, 70, is currently the interim director and Franklin D. Roosevelt visiting fellow at the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College. He was elected a fellow of the Academy in 1999. ArtsBeat: American Academy of Arts and Sciences Names New President 2014-04-17T18:15:27Z

The rumour that, when he was emperor, Caligula made his beloved horse Incitatus a consul – the highest elected office of the time – was dispelled with some of Beard's cool new cant. Caligula with Mary Beard – TV review 2013-07-30T06:01:00Z

So popular, in fact, that he was elected into public office in his hometown despite asking people not to vote for him. Norwegian Heavy Metal Musician 'Accidentally' Elected 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z

We have elected our designated “cool black guy” as president twice, and Hillary Clinton is very close to becoming our first female president. Is America more racist, or more sexist? Admittedly, it’s a tough call 2016-10-30T04:00:00Z

Even with the after-effect, most people would probably elect to steer clear of bullet ants in future. Steve Backshall: 'The big predators would run down Usain Bolt without even thinking about it. Your only chance is to stand your ground' 2013-07-17T11:36:16Z

Rock!” didn’t anticipate the president’s inability to identify and understand real legislative obstruction, but at least he doesn’t need the show’s refresher on the constitutional quirk that got him elected. Think About It: President Trump could take a few lessons from “Schoolhouse Rock!” 2017-07-19T04:00:00Z

Left unsaid: Jordan had held elected office for 20 years, first in the state House starting in 1995, and in Congress starting in 2007. Jim Jordan used to torment GOP leaders. Now he’s leading them in defending Trump. 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z

When my buddies made their annual trip to the Turkish baths on 10th Street, I visited the Met, where I elected to pay five dollars for admittance instead of the recommended 15. Rejected: One man’s endless search for a media internship 2014-04-28T00:00:00Z

If elected, you will become the oldest man ever to hold that office. The Ups and Downs of Fashion in 2020 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z

When Mr. Trump was elected, “we both felt like, ‘Gosh, maybe we want to move to Europe,’” Mr. Jernstrom said from Chile. Some Said They’d Flee Trump’s America. These People Actually Did. 2018-04-14T04:00:00Z

Trump, if elected to the Oval Office, has stated that he would “strongly consider” appointing Supreme Court judges who will ensure that marriage equality is overturned. Donald Trump thinks LGBT lives matter—but only if they’re victims of a terrorist attack 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z

Conservative voters elected conservative politicians who appointed conservative judges. Perspective | The unmerciful ending of Roe v. Wade 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z

When Donald Trump was elected, we witnessed satirical comedians increasingly stepping in to defend institutions, rather than just critique them. 25 years of "The Daily Show": Here’s 5 ways it permanently changed U.S. satire 2021-07-22T04:00:00Z

Earlier in the series, after 10 years serving in Afghanistan, Colson returned home to Jericho and was elected sheriff. ‘The Redeemers,’ by Ace Atkins 2015-08-09T04:00:00Z

The country is poised to elect socialist politician and former coca farmer Evo Morales, who’s threatening to nationalize the country’s lucrative natural gas industry, a move that worries many in Washington. ‘The Dismal Science’: a dark brew of angst and economics 2014-01-22T22:35:56Z

Nearly one-third of current members of Congress were first elected after the 2018 farm bill was enacted, so this is their first farm bill cycle. These four challenges will shape the next farm bill — and how the US eats 2023-05-08T04:00:00Z

To prevent all those ruffled feathers, there’s an established formula for seating every elected official, foreign dignitary, diplomat and more called the “order of precedence.” Drama. Ego. Protocol: Washington dinners have it all — and that’s just the seating chart

An ardent suffragist who chafed against the restrictions of her life in Kenosha, she was elected to the school board, becoming the first woman to hold an elected public office in the city. ‘Young Orson’ review: an audacious new biography of Orson Welles 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z

“Vox” opens during the administration of a totalitarian leader elected after the term of America’s first black president. Review | Donald Trump has made feminist dystopias great again 2018-08-21T04:00:00Z

In “Tail! Spin!,” a clever comedy revisiting hanky-panky-in-high-office scandals, we are reminded how frequently sexual misbehavior and political posturing have clashed, to mortifying effect, in the lives of elected American officials in recent years. Rachel Dratch in ‘Tail! Spin!,’ a Political Comedy of Errors 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z

And before the awesome rock portal at Étretat, Monet elected dots and dashes to connote raw nature and a swift wind. Critic?s Notebook: Paris Rediscovers Monet?s Magic at Grand Palais 2010-10-05T01:41:00Z

“How is it we managed to elect the worst person on the planet?” he said. Bumbershoot’s lineup a hit with younger fans 2017-09-02T04:00:00Z

Stern and resolute, Trump has promised to make everything better if elected. Does the American electorate have daddy issues? 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z

After midnight on Tuesday, with the election results sinking in — and hours before she would see her father grabbed and handcuffed — she asked me, “How could a country that elected Barack Obama do this?” I marched with my daughter and got arrested — and I’m proud 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z

He was also the first — and to date the only — Roman Catholic elected to the office. A surprisingly modest birthplace for the country’s youngest elected president 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z

He would accept honorary degrees and be elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. When the Light, Shadow and Stars Aligned: Standing Where Ansel Adams Stood 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z

Some movie moguls did threaten to move their studios to Florida if Sinclair was elected. ‘Mank’ and Politics: What Really Happened in 1934 California 2020-12-07T05:00:00Z

If elected, Oz would become the first Muslim to serve in the U.S. Dr. Oz’s Trump-infused Senate run is coming down to the wire 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z

Her father was first elected to the Senate in 1962, taking the seat that his brother had occupied before winning the White House. Funeral Mass under way for Ted Kennedy's daughter 2011-09-21T15:51:07Z

Moved by these efforts, the membership elected a very diverse board in 2019, with nearly half made up by authors of color. If the Romance Writers of America can implode over racism, no group is safe 2020-01-26T05:00:00Z

The Lincoln Project was co-founded by longtime political consultants who worked for decades to elect Republican candidates. Analysis | Seven bleak takeaways from Showtime’s ‘The Lincoln Project’ miniseries 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z

Ms. Guy closed her studio “the day Trump got elected,” she said, and started selling her inventory out of her Williamsburg apartment, while her estranged husband lived in an Airstream around the corner. What Happens When a Weddings Influencer Gets Divorced? 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z

Shareholders on Thursday will be asked to elect 10 members of its board of directors and consider two shareholder proposals. Disney annual meeting: What to watch for on Thursday 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z

“The female members of the house Democratic caucus all wore white in honor of women’s suffrage, while the Republicans wore white in honor of who elected them,” he joked. Late-night hosts on Trump's speech: 'So many handshakes, such little hands' 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z

If he is elected this kind of behavior will become normalized. Samantha Bee Condemns NBC and Jimmy Fallon’s Trump Interview 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z

The video of Mr. Biden swearing in newly elected members and greeting their families in the Old Senate Chamber this month provided 86 minutes of viral eloquence on this. A Biden Moment 2013-01-26T01:36:39Z

The following year she was elected a member of the European parliament, but resigned in 1999. Wyclef Jean changes his tune over run for Haiti's toughest job 2010-07-27T19:23:00Z

Waiting for him at the next event, a roundtable discussion with local elected officials from the Fort Worth area: a man with a fresh cup of coffee. Beto O’Rourke gets more attention than any other 2018 candidate. Will it translate to votes? 2018-09-03T04:00:00Z

He is electing to share something of himself, with little prompting. Perspective | The perfect poem for Valentine’s Day 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z

Napoleon III, of course, began as an elected President and ended up a self-appointed emperor, having decided that he might better serve the general interest by retaining power for life. Will Scandal Sink Emmanuel Macron? 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z

Ireland is a parliamentary democracy. During the February election no party achieved a majority within the multi-party House of Representatives, the body that elects the prime minister and other executive branch officials.  Finally, an LGBT contingent in New York’s St. Patrick’s Day parade — but that’s not the only reason to celebrate 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z

Hannity offers a fervent defense of the president, and he outlines all the reasons he believes that the country would suffer if Americans elected a Democratic president in 2020. The most 2020 books of 2020 2020-11-18T05:00:00Z

Mr. Whitney stops short of implicating The Paris Review in the overthrow of the democratically elected President Mohammad Mossadegh of Iran, the ouster of Jacobo Arbenz of Guatemala and other American actions. ArtsBeat: Salon Article Rekindles Debate about Paris Review and C.I.A. 2012-05-29T18:13:10Z

As someone who felt the weight of the Trump era bearing down on him, how do you think he was able to get elected president of the United States? Professor targeted by right for teaching course on “white racism”: “These folks are delusio... 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z

He was there in early 2008, back when African Americans seemed hesitant to vote for Obama, worried that whites wouldn’t elect a black president. Seeing fatal flaws in every Democratic candidate for president? You’ve got Pundititis. 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z

Millennials look at the nativist attitude that a lot of elected officials present, and also the failure to address climate change in a serious way. Jeff Flake on Trumpism: ‘I don’t know anyone who thinks that this is the future of the party’ 2020-04-24T04:00:00Z

The bitter tone of the film — which Clooney said he tweaked to make angrier and darker after Donald Trump was elected president — mirrors his own present mood. Perspective | At the Toronto International Film Festival, you can feel anxiety in the air — and on the screen 2017-09-13T04:00:00Z

“I don’t need to be appointed or elected,” she said. An Emerging Hispanic Voice Defends Her ‘Maids’ 2013-06-24T22:13:04Z

You make a great point in your book asking the question, when do you think the first African American was elected to Congress from the South? Mo Rocca on "Mobituaries," celebrity deaths and what we get wrong about Billy Carter 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z

According to this logic, it doesn’t matter if Occupy does this itself or essentially outsources the job to our progressive allies — the point is to find ways to elect more good Democrats. Student activism, reborn 2012-05-21T12:54:00Z

He was elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002. Tenn. may honor Isaac Hayes with section of I-40 2010-06-03T17:07:00Z

Van Lee shifted the governance of the commission to be more democratic by allowing members to pick their committee assignments and having the groups elect their own chairs. Meet the management guru who is trying to fix the D.C. arts commission 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z

The family is asking U.S. elected officials to call on the Ukraine ministry to expedite these adoptions for the safety of the Ukrainian kids. American couple desperate to finish adopting Ukraine kids as war rages 2022-03-09T05:00:00Z

And then maybe think about who you end up electing into office. An Undocumented Woman Struggles to Root Her Family in New York City 2019-04-21T04:00:00Z

He also understates the hawkishness that Kennedy deployed to get elected and his brother Robert displayed during the missile crisis. Steve Sheinkin’s Explosive Sequel to ‘Bomb’ 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z

After Donald Trump was elected president, however, the United States reversed course. When President Obama moved to normalize relations with Cuba 2017-12-11T05:00:00Z

That metaphor in terms of the process of developing a recipe or making change or getting someone elected really resonated for me. On a mission to make America bake again 2020-03-31T04:00:00Z

There was so much more hope, I suggest to Chomsky, when Obama was first elected, and he spoke about the Middle East. Noam Chomsky: 'No individual changes anything alone' 2013-03-22T19:08:27Z

Hillary Clinton and elected leaders pledged to work with Donald Trump on Wednesday, the day after he won the presidency in what many political observers called an upset. Clinton and Obama urge support for President-elect Trump 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z

When USA elected last May to bring the series back for one final short season, the channel’s executives set about signing Mr. D’Onofrio and Ms. Erbe for farewells. Readying (or Not) for the End of ?Intent? 2011-04-29T23:37:24Z

“Either Hillary Clinton or her opponent will be president this year. And if you vote for someone other than Hillary or if you don’t vote at all, then you’ll be helping to elect Hillary’s opponent.” How Michelle Obama talks to voters in a way Hillary Clinton can’t 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z

The presenters haven't gleefully laid into the government as much since the Tories were elected, and the whole palaver over the unmasking of The Stig put a permanent blot on the Top Gear copybook. Why Top Gear has stalled 2011-02-28T10:18:16Z

Graham was more effective by gaining the attention of elected presidents, including Richard Nixon and George W. Bush. With God on Their Side: How Evangelicals Entered American Politics 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z

Shortly before he was elected governor in 2003, the Times reported allegations from more than a dozen women who said he had groped them or made unwanted advances. Schwarzenegger child report spurs media frenzy 2011-05-18T22:15:23Z

That pragmatic understanding is, after all, what got Obama elected. Tony Kushner: 'It's a crazy time' 2010-08-31T20:30:00Z

Strangely, she has elected to draw no conclusions. What Do the Sex Lives of ‘Three Women’ Tell Us About Female Desire? 2019-07-09T04:00:00Z

But arts administrators around the nation said in interviews that culture had enjoyed bipartisan support in recent years, and that they were hopeful their elected officials could be persuaded to keep the programs. Arts Groups Draft Battle Plans as Trump Funding Cuts Loom 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z

“If he can’t jump over the top, he’ll creep under the bottom,” she wrote in a column extolling their long history just after he was elected. Want the Scoop on Team Trump? Pay Attention to Cindy Adams 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z

“We invested so much effort into street protest, we put everything into it. And what happens? Nothing. And Trump gets elected.” Pink hats, pins, petitions: What’s the point of these anti-Trump protests? 2017-01-10T05:00:00Z

Even among other Black women mayors elected in Chicago, Atlanta and D.C., Who’s afraid of India Walton? 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z

With ABC’s camera firmly squared on Mr. Burnett — who laughed the entire time, despite the charged barbs — Mr. Kimmel said that if Mr. Trump is elected president, Mr. Burnett is the man to blame. Emmy Awards 2016: Emmys Welcome Surprises Along With the Favorites 2016-09-18T04:00:00Z

The problems begin when we’re tasked with carving the state up into five districts which each elect one legislator. Late-night TV tackles gerrymandering: John Oliver leaves viewers with glimmer of hope but ignores solution 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z

Given that the majority of white women decided to elect Trump, she said: “Let’s get off the floor and get busy, especially you, white women. We’ve got some karma to work off.” Samantha Bee on the US election: 'White people ruined America' 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z

Our politics became farce and tragedy after decades of harassment by Republican leaders against fairly elected Democratic presidents. ‘Veep’ and ‘Game of Thrones’ Echo Our Politics, as Farce and Tragedy 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z

“Well, it’s just a nominee at this point, she hasn’t been elected,” Colbert clarifies. Watch Broad City Stars as Colonial Women Reacting to Hillary Clinton Nomination 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z

I’d say it was his steadfast determination to keep his religion out of his duty as an elected official, to keep separate personal morality and public policy. Mario Cuomo: Catholicism’s best defender of choice 2015-01-02T05:00:00Z

Ms Hughes draws parallels between the protests of 2013, ruthlessly suppressed by the security forces of an elected Islamist government, and the uprising of 532AD, known as the Nika riots, from the Greek for “victory”. New histories of Istanbul 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z

Soon after Lincoln was elected, Mrs. Keckley became personal modiste to the troubled first lady. It’s Elizabeth Keckley’s Year in Civil War History 2013-01-09T23:54:36Z

Bill Clinton honored South Africa in 1994, just months after Nelson Mandela was elected the country’s first Black president and made his first state visit to the United States. What’s a state dinner, again? Macron is back for the first one post-covid. 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z

Just last year a circus clown ran for Congress with slogans like “Why not elect a real buffoon to office?” and won by a landslide. Comedy: A Brazilian?s Comic Mania: Social Media 2011-08-04T12:00:00Z

Now a 95-year-old private citizen, he continues to negotiate on behalf of wealthy clients and elected leaders who seek influence in foreign lands. Learning From Henry Kissinger 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z

“But they do some really low things to get elected.” Political Plotlines in Liberal Doses 2011-06-22T22:13:03Z

Er, yeah, in the sense that his art captured the liberty and energy of living in a country where you elect your leaders and can say what you like about them. The best art is born from democracy 2010-04-07T11:48:00Z

It’s when she as head of state, and they as head of an elected government come together, there’s something very interesting happening there. See the Trailer for the New Netflix Series About Queen Elizabeth 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z

After Bill de Blasio was elected as mayor, he supported settling the case, and the city did just that. "When They See Us" plaintiffs awarded additional $3.9M compensation from New York state 2019-06-10T04:00:00Z

To many historians, the storming of the Capitol on Wednesday recalled a very specific history: the many white supremacist attacks on Black voting rights and legitimately elected governments during Reconstruction. ‘Sedition’: A Complicated History 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z

People don’t get elected unless people like what they say or do. Her daughter died while protesting in Charlottesville. What has life been like since? 2018-08-06T04:00:00Z

All six openly gay members of Congress were returned to Washington, and Oregon’s Kate Brown became the first L.G.B.T. person to be elected governor of any state. Gay America’s Harrowing, Heartening Year 2016-12-31T05:00:00Z

The 56-year-old California senator, the daughter of immigrants from Jamaica and India, celebrated an evening of history-making firsts, including being elected as the first Black vice president and first South Asian vice president. Chef reveals menu of Kamala Harris victory dinner at Delaware restaurant: 'It was very last-minute' 2020-11-09T05:00:00Z

It’s unclear if the public pressure is making any impression on Abbott, who was a law and order state attorney general before he was elected governor. All eyes on Texas governor as calls grow to halt execution 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z

Walsh, a Democrat, is a former construction worker who led the city's Building and Construction Trades Council union before being elected mayor in 2013. Teamsters members accused of 'Top Chef' extortion plot face trial 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z

He won a Grammy and two consecutive Country Music Association song of the year awards for "He Stopped Loving Her Today," and was elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1992. Music City mourns country legend George Jones 2013-05-02T09:32:09Z

It requires nail-biting elections to ensure a candidate that supports a free press will be elected Chief — and that, if elected, the new administration will enact the necessary changes. "Free press supports tribal sovereignty": The Muscogee reporter fight against tyranny in "Bad Press" 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z

Kamala Harris’s new memoir, “The Truths We Hold: An American Journey,” begins with a prologue set on Nov. 8, 2016, the night Harris was elected a United States senator from California. With a Possible Presidential Bid in 2020, Kamala Harris Talks About Her New Book 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z

It turns out that at least one elected official tried to spin the Japanese-American internment as a positive thing to justify prejudicial treatment of refugees from Syria. This is why Donald Trump is winning: Paranoia brings out the worst in us — and minorities always suffer 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z

Now, prosecutors in many jurisdictions are elected positions. Court TV is back in session and preparing for Weinstein 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z

The implication sometimes seems to be that we can restore democracy by rising up to defeat our newly elected leader, Katniss Everdeen-style. An Early Dystopian Trilogy About Resistance—and What Comes After 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z

That sudden prominence helped her get elected to the House of Representatives just two years later. Local campaign officials are becoming election-week celebrities. They’re too busy to notice. 2020-11-05T05:00:00Z

For more than a decade, they have organized donor summits to which they have invited like-minded billionaires, political consultants, media celebrities and elected officials. Review: Jane Mayer’s ‘Dark Money,’ About the Koch Brothers’ Fortune and Influence 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z

Such forays follow her inaugural solo trip overseas to Africa earlier this month, where she sat down with ABC, the first such interview since before her husband was elected. Republicans would love to see Melania Trump on the campaign trail. She’s not going to do it. 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z

In a powerful and excruciatingly raw series of interviews, Martinez did not try to conceal his grief and anger while he demanded that our elected officials “get to work.” “I don’t care about your sympathy”: Father of Isla Vista victim urges action, slams politicians for gun control cowardice 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z

Several presidents were elected without winning the popular vote. A three-pronged plan to make peace with a Trump presidency 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z

The line shocked many at the time, but Trump’s sentiment proved somewhat prescient: Despite a series of statements that many political observers found outrageous, Trump was elected president last month, defeating Democrat Hillary Clinton. Trump's boast that he could 'shoot somebody' tops Yale list of 2016's notable quotations 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z

But the Habsburg who defined Europe in the Renaissance was Charles V, who in the 16th century became ruler of Spain and its American possessions and was elected Holy Roman Emperor. The Habsburgs shaped the story of Europe ? and of its art 2011-07-25T14:10:19Z

Only 71 percent of Americans now identify as Christian, but a whopping 91 percent of elected members of Congress members, according to the Pew report, consider themselves Christian. Nearly a quarter of Americans are not religious: Why doesn’t that diversity show up in politics? 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z

But they seemed to balk at the notion, canvassed in a debate after the film, that to get elected progressive politicians must learn at least some of the great communicator's tunes. Sundance 2011: fewer stars, more ideas 2011-01-30T00:06:59Z

Although he is in the Radio Hall of Fame, he was never elected to the Advertising Hall of Fame. Stan Freberg, Madcap Adman and Satirist, Dies at 88 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z

Next, AWU plans to elect a bargaining committee to begin negotiations with the Frye. Frye Art Museum workers vote to form union 2019-06-19T04:00:00Z

But things are better lately: This fall, Juliet was elected to homecoming court. Juliet and Jackie Evancho, Bonding as Targets in a Trump Media Frenzy 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z

Then, he gets elected and he starts doing all of those things with the same rhetoric. Kal Penn on why Democrats are losing and what constitutes a patriotic comedy 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z

The stories they have elected to tell explore the fullness of black womanhood. Black women are making history behind the camera in Hollywood 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z

The group settled in Turkey, close to the Syrian border, but many members elected to move again following the assassination of Naji Jerf, a Syrian journalist who acted as a spiritual godfather to the group. City of Ghosts director Matthew Heineman: 'Imagine seeing people crucified – every day' 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z

Even when he was dying of cancer, even when all but one of his doctors said he might as well go back on the bottle, he elected to stay dry. What drives writers to drink? 2013-07-27T23:05:00Z

I also elected to organize the music around the individual recording sessions and, thanks to the wonderful and essential scholarship of Michael Krogsgaard, those dates and details have been exhaustively compiled. Bob Dylan’s “electric trilogy” masterpieces: I played all 18 discs and 357 tracks. Here’s why you should 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z

Jim Jordan lost a vote to be elected speaker of the House on Tuesday, with 20 Republicans withholding support from the ultraconservative representative from Ohio. Late Night Wastes No Time Jumping on Jim Jordan’s Troubles 2023-10-18T04:00:00Z

“The Undefeated” is a staggering work of bombast and overstatement, the closest thing in the United States to the campaign biographies of the newly elected Russian president, Vladimir V. Putin. | ?Game Change?: In ?Game Change? on HBO, Julianne Moore Plays Sarah Palin 2012-03-08T13:00:00Z

When he was elected, she sang at an inaugural ball. Jody Miller, Singer of ‘Queen of the House’ and More, Dies at 80 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z

“The answers to why he got elected began way, much earlier. And so that realisation has helped guide where I put my focus as an activist,” Fonda said in an interview with the Guardian. Jane Fonda on joining the climate fight: 'It's back to the barricades' 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z

But then a glance at some of the clowns we do elect, perhaps especially to our national legislature, might lead you in the opposite direction. Movie Review: Movie Review: ‘The Campaign,’ Starring Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis 2012-08-10T03:56:14Z

Shortly after Obama was elected, he expanded the so-called “Secure Communities” program created under George W. Bush. Obama’s lethal deportation machine: Trump’s anti-immigration measures are intense, but nothing new 2017-02-11T05:00:00Z

President Obama, whom she helped to elect, dropped by last month. Talk Show Ends, and Oprah Moves On 2011-05-22T19:52:46Z

Long-term solutions will require elected officials and industry leaders to make significant institutional changes. Food prices are not the only obstacle to achieving food security 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z

In the spring of that year, Mandela, the legendary anti-apartheid crusader who’d spent 27 years as a political prisoner, was elected as South Africa’s first black president. South Africa aims to live the dream of equality for all 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z

That November, when Ronald Reagan was elected president, Gamscam was another reason Republicans won the governor’s chair in Olympia, an event that has not been repeated. ‘Close to the Flame’: the rise and fall of Gordon Walgren 2013-06-28T21:40:56Z

After Trump was elected, it looked like the Bidens might finally retire from public life. Jill Biden has never wanted to be first lady, but Joe can’t win the White House without her 2019-02-10T05:00:00Z

“We planned this before Trump got elected, but it’s taken on a different resonance since,” said Margaret K. Hofer, the museum director. Norman Rockwell’s Vision of F.D.R.’s Four Freedoms 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z