Galveston plan
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Galveston plan
After Galveston, the first U.S. city to adopt such a plan
Example Sentences
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Des Moines, Iowa, added to the Galveston plan the initiative, the referendum, and the recall, put in force a merit system for subordinate officials, and adopted the non-partisan open primary.
From Society Its Origin and Development by Rowe, Henry Kalloch
It will be noticed that this narrows down the meaning of the term to something like the Des Moines system, as distinguished from the Galveston plan.
From The Making of Arguments by Gardiner, J. H.
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