Word: parliament
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...came to terms with either men or movements that he found wholly alien to his upbringing. Partly because he convinced himself that he was at least a "cerebral" socialist, but mostly because he had been half-promised a peerage, he bolted the Conservative Party in 1948 and stood for Parliament as a Labor candidate in working-class North Croydon...
...last year they were down to a mere $2.2 million on a turnover of $378 million. At least part of this sluggishness can be ascribed to the heavy hand of the British government, which has owned the company since 1948. Tory pressure is already building up in Parliament to return Cook's to private ownership...
...Labor Party this year; three Cabinet Ministers have resigned over policy disputes and Wilson's high-handed ways. Though no challenger loomed, many in Britain thought that Wilson would soon have to yield power to a leader who could command more respect. But this week, as Parliament recesses, Harold Wilson has snapped back sufficiently to ensure that he will be at the helm when the Labor Party holds its national conference in September...
...Roman exile. But the constitution strips him of his two most important prerogatives-the power to hire and fire Premiers and to command the armed forces. In the future, Greece's King will be obliged to name as Premier whoever is chief of the leading party in Parliament. The Premier, in turn, will become a sort of super-President who will run the armed forces and just about everything else...
...constitution also creates a separate executive branch for the Premier, who, once in office, will be virtually independent of the Parliament. The electoral system for selecting the 150 members of Parliament is designed to give big parties the edge by allotting them nonelected members on the basis of their strength at the polls. The junta naturally intends to organize its own party, which it is confident will gain enough favor with Greek voters to take advantage of such a provision. The constitution makes room for new blood in Greek politics by barring many old-time Greek politicians, including Andreas Papandreou...