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Paddy's people. (Liberal Democratic Party leader Paddy Ashdown) (column)
The Economist (US)
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September 14, 1991
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WHY bother with the Liberal Demorats?
Decent people, naturally, but at around 15% in the polls, small-potato people, too. Worth keeping half an eye on, in case a fluke general-election result hands them brief influence in a hung parliament-but essentially still a blurry protest party at the fringes of political life.
This conventional view-openly paraded by Tory ministers and Labour leaders and privately accepted, one suspects, by many Liberal Democrats-is complacent. For the old gang at Westminster it may be dangerous, too. The Liberal Democrats, who met ...
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Newfoundland's Twin Celebrations.(Vikings apparently lived in what is now Newfoundland for some 500 years, prior it becoming a British colony)
Magazine article from: History Today
; NEWFOUNDLAND HAS TWO REASONS to celebrate as it...Canada's tenth province. In 2000, Newfoundland also remembers the arrival of the Vikings...and English mariners followed him to Newfoundland for its cod caught off the Grand Banks...
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Newfoundland Power Announces 2006 Results
Newspaper article from: CCNMatthews Newswire
; ST. JOHN'S, NEWFOUNDLAND and LABRADOR--(CCNMatthews - Jan. 31, 2007) - Newfoundland Power Inc. (TSX:FTS) today announced...impact of these cost increases. "In 2006, Newfoundland Power once again delivered strong results...
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Newfoundland Power Files for Rate Changes
Newspaper article from: CCNMatthews Newswire
; ST. JOHN'S, NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR--(CCNMatthews - May 10, 2007) - Newfoundland Power Inc. (TSX:FTS) today filed two applications with the Newfoundland and Labrador Board of Commissioners of Public Utilities (the "PUB") proposing...
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Newfoundland Power Reports Improved Performance in 1999.
Business Wire
; Business Editors ST. JOHN'S, Newfoundland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 10, 2000 NEWFOUNDLAND POWER(ME:NFL.) (TSE:FTS.) Newfoundland Power Inc. released its year-end results today reporting improved performance in 1999. &...
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Newfoundland and Labrador.(Through Time)
Magazine article from: Faces: People, Places, and Cultures
; 3000 B.C. Newfoundland's first settlers, a native group...50 B.C. The Beothuk arrive in Newfoundland. Eventually the group, which may...Vinland, located in present-day Newfoundland. 1497 England's John Cabot makes...
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Irish-Newfoundland step dancing and cultural identity in Newfoundland.
Magazine article from: Ethnologies
; ...prevaut a Terre-Neuve. Step dancing in Newfoundland and Labrador has endured a significant...function today, while adhering to Newfoundland's collective identity. Through its...vernacular dance. As a case study in Newfoundland vernacular dance, the St. Pat's...
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Newfoundland schools: a classic struggle of church versus state.
Magazine article from: Phi Delta Kappan
; ...American educators to discover that Newfoundland is the only jurisdiction in...without a public school system. Newfoundland, Canada's newest province...schools. In the past year the Newfoundland government has taken the necessary...
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Newfoundland in Picture Books: Three Titles from Tuckamore Books.(Children's review)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Newfoundland and Labrador Studies
; ...Colours of My Home: A Portrait of Newfoundland and Labrador, St. John's: Tuckamore...Tuckamore Books, 2007, ISBN 1897174180. NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR has a unique and intense...express the uniqueness of that life. Newfoundland fiction is receiving increased attention...
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Newfoundland joins Canada.
Magazine article from: Canada and the World Backgrounder
; ST. JOHN'S, NEWFOUNDLAND--31 March 1949 The Great Depression was hard on Newfoundland and the government ran a series of deficits...political corruption. The government of Newfoundland went bankrupt in 1934. The British took...
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Newfoundland a hidden treasure worth exploring
Newspaper article from: Sun-Journal Lewiston, Me.
; ...August camping/fishing trip to Newfoundland, an old Roger Miller hit song...Just substitute the word Newfoundland. Or as the Islanders themselves call this special place, "NewfoundLAND, the accent being on the last...
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