Word: parliament
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...have to find a new scapegoat for the Congo's troubles. Despite his talk about economic reform, he has so far failed to rein in the Congo's debilitating inflation or spur industrial growth. What he has done, however, is to abolish all opposition political parties, disband Parliament, and have a new constitution written to legitimatize his one-man rule. His general explanation for his policies: the Congolese need discipline...
...Mohammed, and his ancestors ruled the holy city of Mecca for 37 generations; yet his country is so new (1921) that he is only its third King. Despite his youth and many interests, he rules Jordan with a firm hand, shuffling his Cabinet regularly and on occasion even dissolving Parliament when it refuses to do his bidding. Yet in the 14 years he has been King, Jordan has been transformed from a land of backward nomads to a prospering, growing state -at least until last month's war broke...
...first time in 19 years, Jerusalem was a single city. Acting with undisguised pleasure, the Israeli parliament rushed through the legislative formalities to reunify the Jordanian half with the Jerusalem of the Jews. Within hours, all the barricades began to come down. The barbed wire was stripped away from the rubble-strewn stretch that once had been no man's land...
...last week's royal visit from Elizabeth of England, who is also, by virtue of the country's Commonwealth status, Queen of Canada. Accompanied by Prince Philip, Elizabeth was given a thunderous reception in the English-speaking capital of Ottawa. The Queen reciprocated by telling the Canadian Parliament that the growing strength of its union "has given increasing power and authority to Canada's voice in world affairs...
...murder rate holds steady until 1970, when Parliament is scheduled to review the effects of the suspension, the government is extremely unlikely to call for the restoration of capital punishment. Besides, every execution device in Britain has been dismantled, with the sole exception of the gallows at Wands-worth Prison. It is kept in readiness to dispatch the few offenders still liable to the death sentence-traitors, and those guilty of the arcane crimes of arson in Her Majesty's dockyards and piracy with violence...