Word: parliament
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...More solemnly, Bevan continued: "We are really trying to decide how to solve a problem which, if it is not solved, will continue to bleed us for generations." And then, in a peroration that was only a sad echo of the old Nye, Bevan concluded: "This is the worst Parliament I have been in. Some Parliaments have been called 'Long Parliaments.' Some have been called 'Rump Parliaments.' But this will be known by history as the squalid...
Unwinding his long legs, lanky (6 ft. 6 in.) Lennox-Boyd seemed even more self-assured than usual. "I do not believe that this will go down as a squalid Parliament," he said, and proceeded to tick off as Colonial Office accomplishments the -independence of Ghana and the Malayan Federation, the coming independence of Nigeria and the West Indies. Coolly eyeing Bevan, Lennox-Boyd said he was prepared to match this against any record Parliament might make in the future, "if ever, which is most unlikely, the desiccated calculating machine on his right [Opposition Leader Hugh Gaitskell] formed an administration...
Vita Manga Est. Last week the menthol drive reached its peak of intensity, proclaimed by full-page ads that touted every gimmick that adman can conceive and machine execute. Philip Morris (Marlboro, Parliament) launched Alpine on a national scale, billed it not only as a long, low-tar, lightly mentholated cigarette with "the longest filter yet," but as one of the few cigarettes since Camel to come in a package with a picture on it (of an Alpine mountain). Brown & Williamson, whose "Thinking Man" Viceroys thoughtlessly slumped 20% in the first quarter, clawed back with two new filters: the mentholated...
...feeling of frustrated nationalism after World War II accounted for the loss of interest in Parliament and now has forced a situation in which only the menace of violence can prevent executive action. De Gaulle's prestige and his threat to quit if the government is overthrown "holds things down...
Port & Cigars. Denmark has but one ombudsman, Finland two, while Sweden has three, who respectively 1) guarantee Parliament against abuse by government officials, 2) guarantee Parliament against abuse by the military, 3) guarantee the King against abuse by officials. All three are obliged by law to investigate every complaint of every citizen, to ensure freedom of the press, and to begin prosecution of any official who acts wrongly or neglects his duty...