Word: parliament
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...increase in power for the European Parliament. This issue is likely to be deferred...
...probably just as well. Last time around, Belfast officials considered calling out the British army before police in armored cars finally quelled 3,000 rioters, who were tossing lumps of pig iron and Molotov cocktails. But last week, as the country went to the polls to elect a new Parliament, the atmosphere was remarkably subdued...
...apartheid (separate but equal development of the races). The policy in Rhodesia is one of integration. Both Africans and Europeans in Rhodesia swim together. They go to the same university, hotels, movies, and restaurants. They work in the same Civil Service. Fifteen out of sixty-five members of Parliament are African. As yet this integration is limited, yet it is a step in the right direction: it is a step away from South Africa...
...meet this and other pressures the Rhodesian government has initiated measures to increase African participation in Parliament. In 1962 a "B" voter's roll was created which lowered the qualifications needed to vote. As a result, 15 Africans were voted into Parliament...
...every paper, keeping tabs even on glue and pencils. But editorially, he left the papers alone. "If any of our editors were to come out against either God or the monarchy, I guess we'd have to do something, but failing that . . ." he shrugged. When he ran for Parliament in Toronto in 1953, some of his own papers did not support him. He lost the election by 2,400 votes...