Word: albertism
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...Mouse is by Americans. Everyone knows that he lives in ancient Gaul, in a remote village on the Brittany coast surrounded - but never conquered - by the mighty Roman Empire. Asterix and his fellow Gauls were invented in 1959 when a new comic magazine, Pilote, commissioned René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo to create French characters able to resist the invasion of American comic strips...
...Albert Howard...
...Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB), winning only 59 seats to the DAB's 115. "It is a bad time for democracy," admits Raymond Wong, chairman of the League of Social Democrats, standing in front of Hong Kong's government headquarters at the end of the rally. Albert Chan, a legislator from the same party, notes that mainland authorities have become increasingly sophisticated in dealing with the territory's demands for greater freedoms. "Beijing continues to give a lot of goodies to Hong Kong," Chan says, in the form of cross-border infrastructure projects and investment. "But," Chan adds...
...Verhofstadt's caretaker administration has been tasked by King Albert II to manage pressing problems such as the 2008 budget, the Belgian troop presence in Lebanon, and the rise in food and fuel prices. Last Saturday, about 20,000 people took part in a demonstration called by unions to protest against the political state of paralysis and the aforementioned price hikes. Last week, the Belgian central bank said inflation would speed up next year to its highest rates of the decade, while economic growth will slow more than previously projected. On top of that, the European Commission has also warned...
...suggestion of an undercover informant who was also paid by the FBI. The swearing-in ceremony was led by the informant - who at another point also suggested a plan to bomb FBI offices in Miami. "The case was written, produced and directed by the FBI," defense attorney Albert Levin said in his closing arguments...