Word: parliament
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...press. President Cosgrave was scheduled to tour the Midland and Eastern States, explaining his government to Irish-Americans, and counteracting the propaganda of famed obstreperous Eamon De Valera, now in the U. S. attempting to raise campaign funds wherewith to disrupt Mr. Cosgrave's majority in the Free State Parliament...
Correspondents in Moscow believed for several days that what had happened was the exile to Siberia and other remote Russian provinces of all the opposition leaders who were recently expelled from the Communist Party and from Parliament (TIME, Dec. 26 and Jan. 16). Chief Oppositionist Lev Davidovich Trotsky, famed "father of the Red Army," chief disciple of Lenin, was reported banished to remote Astrakhan, on the Caspian Sea, whence comes caviar...
...Lloyd George crossed the Equator and was rousingly ducked in consequence by "Father Neptune." Miss Megan Lloyd George confided to ship companions that she plans to stand for Parliament on returning to England...
...vote as equals in a new "House of Parliament" hurried, last week, representatives of the toilers and officers of the vast Dunlop Rubber Co., near Birmingham. Each proud, contented toiler-"M.P." had been elected by the secret ballots of 150 constituents. A "Constitution" stood ratified by the "House of Parliament," and to it all Dun-loppers pledged allegiance and obedience...
...this?"Parliament," "M.P.'s," "Constitution"?is the ripe product of eight years spent in creating "what the worker wants" by Sir Eric Campbell Geddes, astute, experienced, intelligent Chairman of Dunlop's board...