Word: parliamentarianism
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...Dallas Hotel suite were accompanied by a nasty little fire. All but blinded by the smoke, Tower groped his way to the bathroom, wrapped a wet towel around his face and yelled for help. The hotel's soundproofing tabled that motion, so the 5-ft. 5½-in. parliamentarian resourcefully slammed the table right through the window and down into the street 26 floors below...
West Germany's Christian Democrat parliamentarian Helmut Blumenfeld went further. Said he: "For the first time since World War II, there is the possibility of establishing peaceful and lasting, if not permanent, international order in Europe." And for the first time in its history, as NATO met last week, the talk was more about détente than defense...
...most prolific idea men in politics, with a range of interests and enthusiasms that would defy an indexer. He has sponsored a thriving private-enterprise plan for Latin American development (ADELA) and is trying to launch similar ventures for Greece and Turkey. He is chairman of the NATO Parliamentarian's Economic Committee and an oft-heard advocate of greater political and economic cooperation within the Alliance. He speaks regularly and perceptively on the problems of Germany and of Viet Nam. On the domestic scene, he is an authority on issues ranging from Medicare to middle-income housing, civil rights...
...buying a judge's opinion is sometimes as easy as buying a crate of Lebanese apples. When mild, soft-spoken Charles Helou, 52, was elected President of Lebanon by its Parliament in 1964, everyone expected him merely to preside over this happy chaos, because, as one Beirut parliamentarian puts it, "Corruption is the Lebanese way of life, and it is no use to fight against...
...influences of his as defeat of the poll tax amendment. And conservatives will still be able to use the devices they have used in the past, although, hopefully, greater liberal majorities and a more efficient liberal machine--partially DSG organized--will at least equalize the previously disproportionate amount of parliamentarian talent which conservatives...