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Jack Cade
Jack Cade d. 1450, English rebel. Of his life very little is known. He may have been of Irish birth; some of his followers called him John Mortimer and claimed he was a cousin of Richard, duke of York. In 1450 he appeared as the leader of a well-organized uprising in the S of England, principally i... Read more
John Smith
John Smith 1938-94, British politician. A barrister, he was first elected to Parliament in 1970 as a Labour party member from Scotland. He served as secretary for trade in 1970 and subsequently as Labour spokesperson on a number of economic and industrial issues, developing a reputation as a mode... Read more
James Keir Hardie
James Keir Hardie , 1856-1915, British labor leader and socialist, b. Scotland. A coal miner, he became a union organizer and in 1888 founded the Scottish Labour party. In 1892, Hardie entered Parliament, becoming the first independent workers' representative to secure election. He was a founder (18... Read more
Ken Livingstone
Ken Livingstone 1945-, British politician. Elected to the Greater London Council (GLC) in 1973 as a Labour member, he became GLC leader in 1981. His use of the local office to promote leftist policies earned him the nickname "Red Ken" and was a major factor in Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher ... Read more
natural childbirth
natural childbirth (nach-ĕr-ăl) n. labour and delivery that relies largely on the efforts of the mother alone, with the minimum of medical intervention.... Read more
vagina

vagina is the Latin word for ‘sheath’, which makes an interesting comparison with the alternative word for a condom. From this same root, the term ‘invaginated’ means ensheathed, or turned in on itself, like the finger of an empty glove introverte... Read more

Andrew Fisher
Andrew Fisher 1862-1928, Australian statesman. He emigrated from Scotland to Australia in 1885, helped organize the Australian Labour party, and served three times as Labour prime minister of Australia (1908-9, 1910-13, and 1914-15). He guided the passage of much social legislation in the fields of... Read more
Ramsay MacDonald
Ramsay MacDonald (James Ramsay McDonald), 1866-1937, British statesman, b. Scotland. The illegitimate son of a servant, he went as a young man to London, where he joined the Social Democratic Federation (1885) and the Fabian Society (1886). He became (1894) a member of the newly formed Independent ... Read more
Hugh Todd Naylor Gaitskell
Hugh Todd Naylor Gaitskell , 1906-63, British statesman. Educated at Oxford, he taught economics at the Univ. of London. During World War II he was a civil servant in the new ministry of economic warfare (1940-42) and in the Board of Trade (1942-45). He entered Parliament as a Labour member in 1945 ... Read more
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. ... Read more

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Machinery Question, The
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences ...particularly to the “ opinion entertained by the labouring class, that the employment of machinery is frequently detrimental...increases. One interpretation of Ricardo ’ s argument claims that what this is about, and what it warns against, is technological...

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POLITICS; Labouring a Point
Newspaper article from: New Zealand Management; 5/11/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...that Howard had been advised in 2001 the claim was not substantiated yet made his play...preferences. Competence will be a core claim by Clark and Cullen in the election. The...coalition partners. Put this frame around that claim: house prices start to fall; news commentaries...
Labouring the point
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman; 1/21/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...Party, reflected in the friendship of Trinity executive Philip Graff and Labour spin doctor Alastair Campbell. "The Record claims to be the paper that stands for Scotland but it seems to be putting its relationship with the Labour leadership ahead of the...
Labouring over a perfect old age.(Business)
Newspaper article from: The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland); 7/22/1997; ; 700+ words ; ...prove any better than those in the past. One of the problems is, of course, that the whole concept has changed. People today claim that the State pension is not sufficient to live on, and they are right, it isn't. But when Lloyd George introduced the...
Labouring a point.
Newspaper article from: Daily Post (Liverpool, England); 9/22/2009; 686 words ; ...enquired. Oh no, never, this is the very first time. New chef, came the rather surprising reply. Clearly some website claims can be taken with a rather large pinch of salt. OUR veritable former Lord Mayor and world ping-pong champion (firefighter...
Labouring under a delusion on blades.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 7/15/2008; 700+ words ; ...theydo in Spain, our prison population would be more than 350,000 instead of80,000. Contrary to what politicians and judges claim, our penal policy isactually soft. Mr MacAskill and Miss Smith need to step out of their cocoons and witness forthemselves...
Labouring for Luxury
Magazine article from: Women's Feature Service; 2/4/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...the savings is invariably used to buy a house and furnish it to the best extent possible. With the size of the family limited to one child, there are not many claims on the family income. Education for the children is mostly in state own
Labouring under a false pretence
Newspaper article from: Evening News - Scotland; 3/20/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...how Southern Africa is coping with post-colonialism, Aids and the global market. Apart from China and Japan, I don't claim any great insight into the countries in the Far East and my fascination for North America is as strong as ever - even if, with...
Labouring with Lamfalussy; Financial regulation in Europe; New EU finance directives under fire.(Finance and Economics)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 6/16/2001; 700+ words ; ...the first two directives planned to follow the Lamfalussy procedure were panned this week by City types. Why? Financiers claim that they had little say in drafting the two directives, despite the insistence of the Lamfalussy report on the need for consultation...
Spectator: Labouring the point on rates
Newspaper article from: Scotland on Sunday; 10/1/2000; ; 689 words ; ...until they simply have no alternative. If earnings take off into next year, and there is some evidence to suggest that pay claims are edging up again, the MPC may yet be forced to make sure it is growth that pays the price by moving to dampen it further...
Furby's Gospel : Labouring under false pretences.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England); 9/22/2000; ; 558 words ; ...crisis is Blair's fault. England's disgraceful per- formance in Euro 2000 was, surely, Blair's fault. Now a new book claims that the grinning buffoon and his robotic sidekick, Gordon Brown lied through their teeth about Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone...