Word: parliament
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...Marshall Scholarship was first initiated in 1953 as an act of British Parliament. It began as a commemoration of the Marshall Plan, from which the scholarship takes its name...
...Despite these difficulties, Germany's move to the left in Sunday's poll was significant. While the parties of the extreme right failed to make it into parliament, the old East German communists -- reconstructed as the Party of Democratic Socialism -- made a surprisingly strong comeback, gaining a total of 35 seats. That leftward tilt gives Schroeder a firm mandate to fulfill his promise to reverse Kohl's welfare cuts. But when it comes to pushing through tax and labor reforms, Green doesn't necessarily signal...
...brilliant little piece of 18th century spin. The fusty phrase carried the weight of history even back then: it had been around since at least 1386, when Members of Parliament used it to describe the financial shenanigans of one Michael de la Pool. The phrase seemed to combine the right measure of breadth and gravity--not just any crimes, but the "high" ones. A quick vote was taken, the phrase was accepted, and now the President's fate rests...
Russia was facing the threat of civil conflict, and ominous signs of disintegration were showing up in the provinces. It looked as if President Boris Yeltsin would once again put forward his choice for Prime Minister, Viktor Chernomyrdin--and parliament for a third time would reject him. That would mean dissolution of the Duma and new elections, as banks continued to fail and the ruble plunged. But the communists in parliament warned that if Yeltsin ordered them to leave, they would not go. They started up the machinery to impeach the President. Key military and security units around Moscow were...
After receiving the Congressional Gold Medal, Mandela will travel to Ottawa to address the Canadian parliament and attend a state banquet with Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien...