Word: parliament
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...Chartists, who demanded universal suffrage and representation of workers in Parliament; the syndicalists and anarchists, who wanted to abolish capitalism and the state immediately, and have men live in blessed freedom...
Wits. admitted Negroes until 1959, Suzman said, and stopped only when Parliament passed a law forbidding it. He emphasized that Wits. Would strongly prefer to have a nondiscriminatory admissions policy...
...Maneuver That Failed. The worst news came from London. For years, London's local government has been solidly in Labor hands because of the capital's working-class majority. Last July, on the Tories' initiative, Parliament created the Greater London Council, to include the growing, sprawling suburbs-separately administered until now-where the Conservatives are much stronger. By this device, and by redrawing voting districts, the Tories hoped to capture the administration of Greater London, which contains one sixth of the British population. Labor bitterly condemned the gerrymander. As it turned out, the Tory maneuver failed. Last...
...Hope for Fall. Three hours before the polls closed in London, Prime Minister Sir Alec Douglas-Home ended months of suspense about the timing of the elections. He announced that the present Parliament, already the longest in peacetime since Queen Victoria, will not be dissolved until fall. Labor Party Leader Harold Wilson explained the delay with deadly brevity: "It is now quite clear why Sir Alec did not go to the country in June. I think he realized he had no chance...
...illogic of apartheid, South Africa's 11 million blacks are restricted chiefly to unskilled labor, but at least some of them have been permitted to seek out their own humble jobs. Last week Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd's regime prepared to erase even that right. Gaveled through Parliament was an amendment to the Bantu Laws designed to give the government total control over the employment, place of residence and movements of every African worker...