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  Structure and development of political parties — Virtual Finland
The Party and its papers were proscribed in 1923, although it continued to have candidates in parliamentary elections under different electoral alliances throughout the 1920s.
While the third basic party lineage, the liberal tradition stretching back to the Young Finns, had never been particularly strong in Finland compared with Western countries, the decision of the Liberal People's Party now appeared for the first time in the history of the Finnish party system to mark the end of a lineage.
The idea behind the Communist Workers' Party was to retain the name and the associated history of the Communist Party on the Finnish political scene and allow voters the continued alternative of being able to vote Communist.
virtual.finland.fi /finfo/english/puoleng.html   (4000 words)

  
  Pehr Evind Svinhufvud - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Finnish answer was mainly legislative and constitutional resistance, of which Svinhufvud became a central figure as a judge in the Court of Appeals.
Originally a moderate of the Finnish Party or Old Finnish Party, after his dismissal Svinhufvud became a strict constitutionalist who regarded the resistance of judges and officials as a question of justice, not believing that political expediency offered compromises.
Svinhufvud played a key role in the birth of a new parliamentary system in 1905 and he was elected as a Young Finnish Party member of the new Parliament in 1906.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pehr_Evind_Svinhufvud   (1220 words)

  
 Communist Party Statistics Sources
Its authority was particularly evident in relations with the Communist parties in Eastern Europe and with the smaller parties of Western Europe and the western hemisphere.
The party's secretary-general from 1930 until 1964, Maurice Thorez, was briefly (1946-47) vice-premier of France; the party was led by Georges Marchais (1920-97) from 1972 to 1993.
The party is structured on the CPSU prototype.
www.adherents.com /largecom/communist_parties.html   (3823 words)

  
 Finland
Elections to the Finnish Parliament, 1907-2003 (in percent)
367-68; Finnish Council of State History Page, http://www.vn.fi/vn/english/index.htm and Finnish Ministry of Justice election page.
Party Distribution of Seats in the Finnish Parliament, 1907-2003
www.scanpol.kent.edu /finland.htm   (44 words)

  
 Migration Information Source - Finland's Prosperity Brings New Migrants
Second, the number of foreign-born Finnish citizens and residents doubled between 1991 and 2003, from 77,000 to 159,000, which is three percent of the total Finnish population.
Regarding the parties and the processes in Finland, the parliament is responsible for making the legislative decisions, while the preparation of draft laws is under the Immigration Department of the Ministry of the Interior, the Ministry of Labor, and, to a lesser extent, the other ministries such as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
A foreigner may apply for Finnish citizenship if he or she is 18 years old, has no criminal record, is in satisfactory economic standing, and has a satisfactory command of either Finnish or Swedish, the official languages.
www.migrationinformation.org /Profiles/display.cfm?ID=267   (3613 words)

  
 Interpreting Election Results in Western Democracies
This outcome reflects that minor parties are taking advantage of niches left vacant by the major parties as they move to the centre in a bid to catch the growing number of 'swinging' voters; that is, those voters who no longer strongly identify with a particular party.
A 'pendulum swing' between the major parties thus allows both a reinvigoration of government and the satisfying of the concerns of all groups in society, some of whom are in favour of policies not pursued by the current government.
Young's claim links the 'it's time' explanation to another of the earlier justifications of the centre-left's rise in the 1990s-that voters are not voting for the opposition, but against the party in power, which, in many recent elections, has meant voting for the centre-right and against the centre-left.
www.aph.gov.au /library/pubs/CIB/2002-03/03cib02.htm   (8529 words)

  
 Lenin's terror within the Communist Party by Gregory Maximoff
The party is organised upon the principles of centralisation and subordination to the leaders.
The tasks of that party were to include the struggle against the exploitation of the proletariat and for democracy as opposed to the arbitrary rule of the administration.
The plebeian elements of the party were crushed by the joint efforts of the ruling strata, but no sooner was the danger from that direction obviated than the Communist patricians began their internecine strife - a naked, shameless struggle for power in the party and in the country.
flag.blackened.net /revolt/russia/cp/maximof_terror1940.html   (9514 words)

  
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The old party lines were violently disrupted, and President Wilson was elected as the leader of a new era seeking new ideals of universal equality.[2] [Footnote 2: See _The New Democracy_, page 323.] Nor must we give to the President's party alone the credit of having recognized the new spirit of the people.
The young men of Finland are forced to serve five years in the Russian Army, and the country is suffering from a lack of men to till the soil.
The young Finnish party has become exasperated by the humiliation that has been heaped upon the long-suffering people of their native land, and its leaders have advised active resistance.
www.gutenberg.org /files/10341/10341.txt   (20919 words)

  
 Right-wing politics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Centre Party (Finland) or Suomen keskusta identifies itself as the right-wing party of Finland.
True Finns party identifies itself as the right-wing party of Finland.
Young Finnish Party identifies itself as the right-wing party of Finland.
www.worldhistory.com /wiki/R/Right-wing-politics.htm   (2378 words)

  
 Governments on the WWW: Political Parties
Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs (SPÖ) [Socialdemocratic Party of Austria]
Srpska Stranka Republike Srpske [Serbian Party of the Serbian Republic]
Hrvatska Seljacka Stranka Bosne i Hercegovine (HSS BiH) [Croatian Peasants Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina]
www.gksoft.com /govt/en/parties.html   (2433 words)

  
 Nordic Culture > World Sauna Championships, Heinola, Finland - Scandinavica.com
Young men in Finland often compete to see who can resist longer in the heat of the Sauna.
Therefore, it is not strange that the idea of organizing a Sauna competition was born when a group of men, who liked to sit in an extremely hot sauna, held unofficial competitions in the public Sauna at the Heinola swimming hall.
Famous Finnish cross-country skier Juha Mieto challengend two other skier legends, Thomas Wassberg from Sweden and Vladimir Smirnov from Kazakstan, to try the World Championships Sauna in Heinola just before the finals on Sunday the 7th of August 2004.
www.scandinavica.com /culture/sports/sauna.htm   (1219 words)

  
 Finland Music 1994
Each in their own way is expressing a pride in being Finnish by playing and listening to music that has roots in the past but is triumphantly honing a sharp contemporary edge to cut into the future.
Meri Tiitola, a member of Kangasala's Leuhu-Leevi (and another young artist on her way to Sibelius this year) was one of the many younger members of the Kaustinen audience that night.
The Finnish surprises were many, including my first taste of Troka, a band that is sure to make many waves in the coming year, and the official "Band of the year" Pinnin Pojat, the humorous virtuoso duo of Arto Järvelä and Kimmo Pohjonen.
www.rootsworld.com /rw/finland/finn94.html   (3066 words)

  
 Excite - Fashion & Beauty
And as they assembled a group of artists with a like-minded optimism---and encouraged them to exchange ideas and experiment---they sparked an energy that gave birth to one of the original lifestyle brands, centered on design for both the body and the home.
Marimekko debuted in Helsinki in 1951, and came to America in 1958 courtesy of Cambridge, where Benjamin Thompson’s now-defunct temple for followers of the modern lifestyle, Design Research, introduced them to the women of Harvard.
And with their bold and colorful prints they spread the word, on bedspreads, curtains, and fabric-stretched wall hangings that let your party guests know that not only did you walk the walk, you talked the talk.
fashion.excite.com /feature/id/ff|5901.html   (652 words)

  
 Articles - Fennoman   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
After the Crimean War, they founded the Finnish Party and intensified the language strife attempting to raise the Finnish language and Finnic culture from peasant-status to the position of a national language and a national culture.
Those Fennomans originally Swedish-speaking learned Finnish, and made a point of using it both in the society and at home, giving their children what they missed themselves: the Finnish mother tongue.
In the last years of the 19th century, and in the first years of the 20th, the Fennoman movement split into two political parties: the Old Finnish Party and the Young Finnish Party.
www.foreverc.com /articles/Fennoman   (268 words)

  
 Political Parties Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Socialist Party, USA - The party of labor leader Eugene V. Debs, and Norman Thomas, who was probably America's most prominent socialist, The Socialist Party today is at the forefront of the "new socialist" movement.
Fatherland Party - Populist party, in coalition with the "All Russia" Party.
Party of the Hungarian Coalition - Party for the minority Hungarian population.
users.metro2000.net /~stabbott/parties.htm   (3436 words)

  
 Helsingin Sanomat - International Edition - Home   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The Finnish Red Cross, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), and the Mannerheim League for Child Welfare (MLL) are non-governmental organisations which many Finnish young people feel are close to their own set of values.
In the survey of more than 1,500 residents of mainland Finland between the ages of 17 and 29, 55% said that the activities of the Finnish Red Cross were close to their values.
The Centre Party was supported by 21%, the Social Democrats by 20%, and the National Coalition Party by 19%.
www.helsinginsanomat.fi /english/article/1101979719874   (286 words)

  
 Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Troka - Troka at Epinions.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Troka is an ensemble of five young Finnish folk musicians, happy and enthusiastic, and what's more, successful on an international level.
You'll have to admit that Finnish acoustical music doesn't easily pop to mind as a favorite category for most of the world's musiclovers.
Finnish folk music has various roots: the traditional slow-crescendo melodies of Russian songs, the lively dance tunes set by the accordion's tempo, based on polka and waltz; and the agonizingly melancholy songs indigenous to the Sami, now known as Lapps, Finland's original inhabitants until pushed north into Lapland.
www.epinions.com /content_39668190852   (459 words)

  
 Irish Blogs
INTERPOL is seeking the help of the public to try to identify this man, photographed sexually abusing children in a series of images posted on the Internet.The photos shown here are from a series of around 200 pictures involving 12 different young b...
On a first couple of listens, the young people's music turns out to be......
Google bought Jaiku the Finnish based “social network based in and on the web & mobile phones” for an undisclosed sum.
www.irishblogs.ie /similar-to/more-loudertweet-instructions/?number=0&sort=date   (1751 words)

  
 Finland
In the Finnish election document the prince is called Fredrik Kaarle, but according to conventional wisdom his name as king
1634 Administered as a district of a Finnish province
Party abbreviations: AC = Ålands Centre (Aland Center, agrarian-liberal); AS = Ålands Socialdemokrater (Aland Social Democrats, social-democratic); FS = Frisinnad Samverkan (Progressive Cooperation, conservative); LPA = Liberalerna på Åland (Liberals of Aland, liberal); OS = Obunden Samling (Independent Rally, conservative)
www.worldstatesmen.org /Finland.html   (2986 words)

  
 Finland Diary
I mean maternity box was attacked, Finnish universities were trashed, daycare is not good for the child inspite of master's degrees and Nordic walking was too embarrasing to do in the daylight.
Jun 4, 2005 6:56:40 PM It is true that sometimes young Finnish men like to show their Sauna-Sisu to foreigners.
As an American of predominantly Finnish ancestry who is engaged to a man born in Finland (but raised in Sweden with Finnish parents) I am always seeking to learn more about the country of both of our roots.
blogs.washingtonpost.com /finlanddiary/2005/06/the_finnish_sau.html   (11715 words)

  
 I Remember Christmas
As a young child, each Christmas I crocheted hot pads for Mother, a scarf for Father and mittens for my brother.
Often it was hard to tell the hot pads from the mittens, but it made no difference to us—they were all made with simple love.
In fact, everyone at the party often dressed as tontut, and danced special little dances, singing Soihdut sammuu, kaikki väki nukkuu, väki nukkuu.
www.kaiku.com /joulu.html   (1213 words)

  
 FINLAND, BOY RAISED FROM THE DEAD
Perhaps the members of the party might be excused for thinking that April 6, is a day of significance.
After that, several thousand waited outside all afternoon, standing in a line four deep and a half mile long, so that they might be assured of a seat in the largest auditorium in Finland.
She was marvelously delivered from wearing a brace and using crutches, after she had, in faith, touched the coat of Brother Branham as he passed by.
www.biblebelievers.org /lfinl.htm   (1458 words)

  
 Index
Originally painted as a small contribution to the "war on terror" and the "liberation" of Afghan women, this mission has morphed into the symbol of Canada's role as a fully subservient part of the U.S. imperialist war machine.
Any minor improvements for women in Afghanistan pale in comparison to the thousands of killings committed by the NATO forces, including the recent shooting of two young boys by Canadian troops....
The summer 2007 edition of Rebel Youth, magazine of the Young Communist League of Canada, is now on sale.
www.peoplesvoice.ca   (720 words)

  
 Helsinki Daily
In a statement posted on the Finnish embassy website, the state department...
Oramo puts the icing on a Finnish party cake
Prospect of Turkish EU membership divided Finnish foreign po
archive.wn.com /2004/11/17/1400/helsinki   (512 words)

  
 Gino's Blog for 2004
A few weeks ago, I wrote a blog on Finnish artist, Juha Veltti, "Numinous Art." Veltti is also an accomplished musician, both performing and composing.
Metsämorfeus is like the forest Morpheus or woodsmorpheus, I like the sound and the feel of it in Finnish, it does refer to metamorphosis also.
You can find his statement about his music online; a link there takes you to several of his compositions that you can listen to or download.
www.ghazalpage.net /prose/blog_2004.html   (5157 words)

  
 World Political
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Changed support for major parties: study Sydney Morning Herald
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 Jones Encyclopedia of Media & Technology Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Steve Ballmer is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Microsoft Corporation, the world’s leading software company and one of the largest and most visible corporations in the world.
Barlow's life work exhibits an intense seeking for liberty and community, along with a complicated set of beliefs and positions that sometimes exist in uneasy tension with each other.
Linus Torvalds is the young Finnish programmer who developed the freely distributable Linux operating system (OS), achieving accidental fame and adding a spark to the open source movement.
www.jonesencyclo.com /biographies.cfm?sub=509   (3762 words)

  
 Robert Young (I)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Discuss this person with other users on IMDb message board for Robert Young (I)
Find where Robert Young is credited alongside another name
You may report errors and omissions on this page to the IMDb database managers.
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 ClariNet News
ARLINGTON, Texas (Ticker) -- Rafael Palmeiro homered and drove in three runs and Michael Young had a solo shot as the Texas Rangers ran their season-high winning streak to seven games with a 5-3 victory over the Baltimore Orioles.
BERLIN, May 23 (AFP) - Germany's Greens, the junior partners in Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's centre-left coalition, have voted to change a party statute that forced two of their most successful leaders to resign last year, results released Friday showed.
HELSINKI, May 23 (AFP) - A second test failed to confirm that a young Finnish man, who recently visited the Philippines, had contracted the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), officials said on Friday.
quickstart.clari.net /qs_se/webnews/list/wlxt/18.html   (1876 words)

  
 KUSF 90.3FM San Francisco
Patrick Cress joins Prem for an interview and "Live in KUSF Studio B" performance prior to his gig with Telepathy at Hemlock Tavern on November 17.
The Bicycle Film Festival Opening night party at The Independent.
Featuring Performances by Gang Gang Dance, Tussle, The Mall, and Extraordinary Forest.
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