Word: parliament
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...Puppet Parliament. Johnson is working with the largest congressional Democratic majority since 1937. Yet it is not a puppet parliament-at least in the sense that the Administration sometimes has to scramble for enough votes for key programs. The President himself is almost always in the forefront of the persuaders. He is intimately aware of the progress of each bill, is posted on how each committee stands. Frequently, after a White House ceremony, he will gently guide a Congressman out of the crowd, whisper in his ear: "Now I want you to get interested in this . . ." It is astounding...
With Maudling at his side, Heath marched into the House of Commons two days later as party leader amid cheers from the Tory benches. Any real encounter with Wilson, however, will have to wait until fall, when Parliament resumes after the recess starting this week...
Heath took a gentleman's second at Oxford, but came out a remarkable first in the civil service exams. After a stint in the civil service, he went into banking as an executive trainee, finally found his calling when the Tories invited him in 1950 to stand for Parliament in Bexley. He ousted the incumbent Laborite by 133 votes. He mastered the intricacies of the House so well that by 1955 he was Chief Whip and played a critical role in holding the Tories together through the tumultuous days of the Suez crisis. A Cabinet post (Labor...
...wiles of Novas' bitter antagonist, ex-Premier George Papandreou. The "Old Fox" had held his own little caucus of Center Union Party Deputies the day before, persuaded 143 of them to vote against Novas when the time came for balloting at the end of the debate. When Parliament convened for the debate, in which Novas had promised to reveal the iniquities of Papandreou's 17 months in office, Papandreou simply ordered his supporters to stay in an anteroom. The infuriated leader of the right-wing Na tional Radical Union, whose 99 Deputies were ready to vote for Novas...
...nothing. "One cannot compromise on principles," he declared, returning from a spectacular though peaceful funeral for Student Petroulas that was attended by 70,000 supporters. "If the so-called government resigns, which it should, which it will, then the King must call the leader of the majority party in Parliament to form a government. I am that leader, and I shall be called to return. I have no intention of starting a revolution, but that would be the result if I went to the people...