Word: parliament
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...that will embody enough popular control to bring the Student Council out of the 19th century. And the first essential of this control lies in ratification of the constitution by the entire student body, lest future Student Councils find themselves in the unenviable position of Harvard's 1946 rump parliament...
...BEFORE PARLIAMENT...
...Parliament is as different from Congress as the local pub is from the corner drugstore. Congress is, at best, a poor show; the real work of American government being done in the committee room. But Parliament with its ceremony, color, and open debate is the true heart of the British Empire...
Canada's delegation to the Paris Peace Conference will be small, only six. But it hopes its influence will be bigger. Last week Prime Minister Mackenzie King told Parliament that he himself would represent Canada. It would be his second trip to Europe in ten weeks. Since the House still had plenty to do, he would take no opposition leaders with him. But he was certain that they would agree with his simple statement of Canada's position. Said he: Canada seeks no territories nor reparations. It wants only to help win a lasting peace...
This threat had stirred slow-moving Labor Minister "Hump" Mitchell into last-minute activity. Five days before the strike, the Minister announced to a dumfounded Parliament that the Government had seized the three plants. Only an hour's notice was given the union: even less was given management. But the Government was too late, and offered too little...