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  United Kingdom general election, 2001 - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The UK general election, 2001 was held on 7 June 2001 and was dubbed "the quiet landslide" by the media.
The elections were also marked by apathy from the voting public, turnout being only 59%, the lowest since 1918.
Throughout the election the Labour party had maintained a significant lead in the opinion polls and the result was deemed to be so certain that some bookmakers paid out for a Labour majority before the election day.
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 Encyclopedia
In the general election of 2001, the Labour party won 413 seats, the Conservatives 166, the Liberal Democrats 52, and minor parties 28.
The Conservatives made a comeback, however, in the general elections of 1910, and the Liberals were thereafter dependent on the Irish Nationalists to stay in power.
In the general election of 1964, however, the latter was narrowly defeated by the Labour party, headed by
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 Everybody's Reading Gods and Generals   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The primary audience of Gods and Generals is those readers who have a prior interest in the Civil War, the same readers who are most likely to be familiar with the historical details of that conflict.
While northerners in general were aghast at this affront to the Senate, southerners were delighted and sent Brooks hundreds of new canes.
The United States, on the other hand, had to conduct an offensive war in 1861, and few nations have been as absolutely unready as the United States.
www.historypoint.org /gods_and_generals_guide.asp   (7063 words)

  
 SSHL: Collections: Latin American Studies: Elections
General Martínez, aware of the Nicaraguans’ horror at the prospect of disorder, craftily hinted that he would seek a new term, even though this was plainly unconstitutional” (page 55).
A rigged election put the Liberals in a position to control the nation and to perpetuate their hold on local and national offices” (pages 61-62).
All material contained in Latin American Election Statistics: A Guide to Sources is protected by copyright, and duplication or sale of all or part of any of it is not permitted, except that material may be duplicated by you for your personal research use or educational purposes in electronic or print form.
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 USA-Presidents.Info - James Buchanan First State of the Union Address
Ever since the Administration of General Washington acts of Congress have been enforced to punish severely the crime of setting on foot a military expedition within the limits of the United States to proceed from thence against a nation or state with whom we are at peace.
The election will be held under legitimate authority, and if any portion of the inhabitants shall refuse to vote, a fair opportunity to do so having been presented, this will be their own voluntary act and they alone will be responsible for the consequences.
The public expenditures for the fiscal year ending 30th June, 1857, amounted to $70,822,724.85, of which $5,943,896.91 were applied to the redemption of the public debt, including interest and premium, leaving in the Treasury at the commencement of the present fiscal year, on the 1st July, 1857, $17,710,114.27.
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 Instances of Use of United States Forces Abroad, 1798 - 1993- Empire? - Global Policy Forum
United States naval forces suppressing piracy landed on the northwest coast of Cuba and burned a pirate station.
Four United States vessels demonstrated and landed various parties (one of 200 marines and sailors) to discourage piracy and the slave trade along the Ivory coast, and to punish attacks by the natives on American seamen and shipping.
After the annexation of Texas in 1845, the United States and Mexico failed to resolve a boundary dispute and President Polk said that it was necessary to deploy forces in Mexico to meet a threatened invasion.
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 Past WP cadets
General Omar N. Bradley was one of the most famous American military figures of the 20th century.
Because of this five-star general's popularity with the enlisted men, he was given the nickname "The G.I. General." Bradley retired from the Army in 1953 with the rank of five-star general of the army.
The General's decorations include five Distinguished Service Medals, three Silver Stars, the Bronze Star, the Purple Heart, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the National Order of the Legion of Honor, and decorations from France, Belgium, the United Kingdom, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.
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 The Ultimate Victoria of the United Kingdom Dog Breeds Information Guide and Reference   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
As well as being queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, she was also the first monarch to use the title Empress of India.
During Victoria's last years, the United Kingdom was involved in the Boer War, which received the enthusiastic support of the Queen.
As of 2004, the European monarchs and former monarchs descended from Victoria are: the Queen of the United Kingdom, the King of Norway, the King of Sweden, the Queen of Denmark, the King of Spain, the King of the Hellenes (deposed) and the King of Romania (deposed).
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 Unit Did You Mean unit?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Unit of measurement or physical unit, a fundamental quantity of measurement in science or engineering.
Unit of action, a discrete piece of action (or beat) in a theatrical presentation.
Unit (ring theory), an element that is invertible with respect to ring multiplication.
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 India Indian History
By the time of Independence, most of these kingdoms had agreed to become part of India, after their rulers were promised a degree of independence and healthy stipends.
During the election campaign, while touring Tamil Nadu, Rajiv Gandhi, along with his assistants and some bystanders, was killed by a bomb carried by a young girl supporting the Tamil Tigers.
The Hindu kingdoms in the South were more united than the kingdoms in the North, and the South was not subject to centuries of Muslim rule.
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 WWW Virtual Library Labour History: Geographical
General information in Greek about this major labour history institution in Greece, collections information, tables of contents of Archeiotaxio, its periodical publication.
Association of Indian Labour Historians AILH (Delhi) Founded in 1996, the Association of Indian Labour Historians is a professional body of historians, social scientists and scholars interested in furthering the historical understanding of the conditions of labour and labouring people.
Beaglehole Room General information about the trade union records in the J. Beaglehole Room, the official repository within the Library of all archives and manuscript material at the library of the Victoria University of Wellington.
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 United Kingdom general election, 2005 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The general election took place in 646 constituencies across the United Kingdom, for seats in the House of Commons.
In Northern Ireland, the election was dominated in the unionist community by a battle between the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) and the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP).
Other elections in the province have shown both a shift in votes towards the DUP but also a collapse of support for the cross-community Alliance Party which is likely to be more marked in a first past the post election and thus which may work in the UUP's favour.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/United_Kingdom_general_election,_2005   (3584 words)

  
 This Day In Military History... - Page 48 - Armchair General Forums   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
During the next four decades, Hawaii entered into a number of political and economic treaties with the United States, and in 1887 a U.S. naval base was established at Pearl Harbor as part of a new Hawaiian constitution.
However, in 1891 Liliuokalani, the sister of the late King Kalakaua, ascended to the throne, refusing to recognize the constitution of 1887 and replacing it with a constitution increasing her personal authority.
The 3rd Brigade is disbanded, and its units (primarily the brigade headquarters and 6th Regiment) are withdrawn from Tientsin, China, over the remainder of the month.
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 Karl Marx in New York Daily Tribune   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
There was General Williams of Kars, listened to with silence only for a few minutes, but after those few minutes spontaneously dropped by the House and fully understood not to be the man they had taken him for.
As the impending general election in England will in the main revolve upon this point, it may not be amiss to condense, in as short a compass as possible, the results of the discussion.
Under what colours he now hopes to rally the electors of the United Kingdom is a question which I hope you will allow me to answer in another letter, as this has already exceeded the proper limits.
www.marxists.org /archive/marx/works/1857/03/25.htm   (1828 words)

  
 Articles index started with un
United Nations 1956 Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery
United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
United States District Court for the District of Columbia
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 Global Voices Online » General
But in that constituency there are only 1,000 voters, and I’m not sure if the dugong and the shags are actually counted too, but I’ll give them the benefit of the doubt and say she won fair and square.
With local elections slated for November 25, Mahmood is also unhappy that the former Speaker is running again - despite announcing earlier that he wouldn’t.
They are up-standing human beings, with a sense of self, with a sense of dignity, aware of their equality with anybody else in a democratic society, articulate; being crushed relentlessly by life, but miraculously struggling on, waging a million tiny ineffectual mutinies to live on.
www.globalvoicesonline.org /index.php?cat=1   (3799 words)

  
 United Kingdom General Election results since 1832
UK General Elections since 1832 UK General Elections since 1832
Otherwise, links are to summary results on the Spartacus site and Adam Carr's Election Archive
1832: December 1835: January 1837: July 1841: June/July 1847: July 1852: July 1857: March 1859: April/May 1865: July 1868: November 1874: February 1880: April 1885: November 1886: July 1892: July
www.psr.keele.ac.uk /area/uk/edates.htm   (100 words)

  
 WWW-VL History Index
London's Lost Map, from the Museum of London
Political Divisions of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
BUBL Subject Archive: Internet Resources: British archaeology - general
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