Word: parliament
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...white Rhodesian who supports neither the Rhodesian Front nor U.D.I., I believe it blatantly false to say "Rhodesians are determined that the blacks will never rule." Every political party has envisaged a black majority in Parliament in ten to 20 years, but government must be civilized; Rhodesia wants no immature, ignorant rule leading to dictatorship and bankruptcy. Rhodesia's policy is the raising of the masses to responsible rule through the government of an increasingly capable minority, both black and white...
...resplendently gowned and crowned Queen Elizabeth last week opened the second Parliament of Harold Wilson's Labor government with a cool, clear reading of the "gracious speech" that traditionally limns the government's legislative hopes for a new session. The speech, prepared by Wilson, was a seven-minute catalogue of proposed measures from health to housing but was mainly notable for what it left out: any mention of the nationalization of Britain's steel industry...
Seldom had a Dutch television show drawn so large an audience. Before a nationwide hookup, Parliament was debating a bill approving the marriage of Crown Princess Beatrix, 27, to West German Diplomat Claus von Amsberg, 39. Ever since the engagement was announced last spring, Von Amsberg has been attacked bitterly because he served in Hitler's army...
...attacks ranged from letters addressed to Von Amsberg's 71-year-old mother in West Germany, and signed "with hate," to a petition with 66,000 signatures protesting the wedding. As the argument raged in Parliament, ex-Resistance Hero Frans Goedhart arued that "Von Amsberg cannot help having been in the Wehrmacht, but one can get into a position that makes one unsuitable for certain functions, like an invalid who cannot take part in athletics...
Smoking Volcano. Even as they conferred, Defense Minister Nasution was preparing a purge of all Communists in the armed services, and there was dark talk of a sweeping decree banning the Indonesian Communist Party (P.K.I.). Under army pressure, Parliament suspended all its 57 Communist members. And as Yao yelped, 100,000 Moslem students attacked the Red Chinese consulate in Medan on Sumatra, tore down its flag, and howled "Chinese Go Home" for an hour...