Word: parliament
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Communists had managed to roll up only 5% of the country's vote (the Volkspartei polled some 50%, the Socialists some 45%). From their brief intermezzo of glory under Russia's exclusive occupation, they retained only one dull portfolio (Power & Electricity) and three seats in Parliament...
...Courtiers who sniffed foul play remembered that Ananda was right handed. Although he had been thoroughly accustomed to handling firearms, the Siamese police and medical authorities pronounced his death "accidental." While his people grieved and the young queen mother, the Phraratanani Sri Sangwan, lay prostrate, Siam's new parliament met and chose his brother, Prince Phumiphon (pronounced: Poomipon) Aduldet, 18, as King...
Last month Ananda signed a new constitution providing a popularly elected Siamese parliament, and last fortnight he opened the first session. This week he had planned to leave by air for the U.S., then go to Switzerland to finish a law course at the University of Lausanne. His family and the strong, subtle men who run Siam had opposed this trip, promising to import tutors if he wanted more study. But Ananda had persisted...
Canadians, whose Government is a partner in the atomic secret, are as eager as the next to hear more about it. Last week, in Parliament, Canadians-and others-heard more...
...curve in London's Thames Embankment, midway between the Houses of Parliament and the Tower, stands a massive granite pile, boldly convex. Its 16 grey Ionic columns give an impression of opulent security worthy of a king's exchequer. This is Unilever House. In front stands a statue of Queen Victoria, symbol of Empire. The juxtaposition is apt. For Unilever House is an empire within the Empire, the greatest industrial realm in the British world...