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Casca
Casca (Publius Servilius Casca Longus) , d. c.42 BC, Roman politician, one of the assassins of Julius Caesar . Casca was the first to stab Caesar. He died (presumably by suicide) soon after the battle of Philippi.
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Ebbw Vale
Ebbw Vale , Welsh Glyn Ebwy, town (1981 pop. 24,422), Blaenau Gwent, SE Wales. A former coal-mining town, it is a retail and industrial center with steelworks and tin-plate factories. Labour politician Aneurin Bevan was born there.
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William Windham
William Windham , 1750-1810, British politician. Elected to Parliament in 1784, he was a friend of Edmund Burke, whom he assisted in the impeachment of Warren Hastings. He served (1794-1801) as secretary for war under William Pitt, resigning with Pitt when the king prevented Catholic Emancipation. H...
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Atlantic Provinces
Atlantic Provinces term used since 1949 to designate the Canadian provinces of Newfoundland and Labrador , Nova Scotia , New Brunswick , and Prince Edward Island .
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Raymond Barre
Raymond Barre , 1924-2007, French politician. He studied at the Institut D'Études Politiques, taught, and then, in 1959, became an economic adviser to the government of Charles de Gaulle . He later was the European Economic Community 's commissioner for economic and financial affairs (1967-...
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Keizo Obuchi
Keizo Obuchi , 1937-2000, Japanese politician, prime minister of Japan (1998-2000), b. Nakanojo. The son of a silk manufacturer and politician, Obuchi graduated from Waseda Univ. in 1962 and in 1963 was elected to the parliament seat once held by his late father. A member of the Liberal Democratic ...
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Maritime Provinces
Maritime Provinces or Maritimes, Canada, term applied to Nova Scotia , New Brunswick , and Prince Edward Island , which before the formation of the Canadian confederation (1867) were politically distinct from Canada proper.
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William Brimage Bate
William Brimage Bate , 1826-1905, U.S. politician and Confederate general, b. Castalian Springs, Tenn. He served in the Mexican War and was involved in Tennessee politics before entering the Confederate army in 1861. In a spectacular career Bate rose from private to major general and served with dis...
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Lord William George Frederick Cavendish Bentinck
Lord William George Frederick Cavendish Bentinck 1802-48, English politician and sportsman, known as Lord George. Although he entered Parliament in 1826, he was known primarily for his horse-racing activities until in 1846 he emerged as a leading opponent of the repeal of the corn laws. His brillia...
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Jane Byrne
Jane Byrne 1934-, American politician, b. Chicago as Margaret Jane Burke. She was Chicago's consumer sales commissioner (1968-77) under Mayor Richard Daley before she became the first woman to win election (1979) as mayor of the city. During Byrne's single term, the city faced severe financial pr...
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