Word: parliament
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...first time in 29 years that the Liberals had gained a new seat in Parliament, and they talked happily of a resurgence of Liberalism. None but the most starry-eyed of Liberals thought there was any real possibility of taking power themselves. But on the basis of their strong showing in recent by-elections, they now pose a very real threat to the Tories. Liberal candidates seem to be taking 2½ votes from the Tories for every one they have taken from Labor. Translated into a general election, such figures would not gain the Liberals many seats...
...that moment there will be two choices for France. The first is De Gaulle. But the Socialists and a lot of other people don't want him. The Parliament fears him. and he fears the Parliament...
Into the Clink. Though he could not act openly, he managed to work effectively through Buganda's tribal chiefs, who know that should democracy come, the traditional tribal hierarchy must go. The tribalists still dominate the Lukiko (Buganda's Parliament). On one pretext or another, Freddie's supporters went after the leaders of those newfangled political parties with their talk of popular elections. They ousted two party presidents from the Lukiko, even had National Congress Party Chairman Joseph Kiwanuka tossed into jail on the charge that he was plotting to assassinate the King. Last month the Lukiko...
...Brown Colonial." To a wildly cheering Parliament, Noon denounced India as a "brown colonial country of the worst type," chided Britain and the U.S. for bowing to Indian pressure, broadly hinted that if Pakistan became more seriously threatened by India, it would "break all pacts in the world and go and shake hands with the people whom we have made enemies for the sake of others." Noon's outburst gave popular expression to what seems to most Pakistanis the major fact of international life: India's neutralism has been rewarded by the big U.S., while their own loyalty...
...Parliament...