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	James Bolger James Bolger , 1935-, New Zealand political leader. A sheep rancher, he entered Parliament in 1972 as a member of the National party. In Robert Muldoon's government, he served as minister of fisheries (1977-78), immigration (1978-81), and labour (1978-84). His party fell out of power after 1984 and... Read more
	Lib-Labs Lib-Labs were working-class MPs who, whilst prepared to speak out on ‘labour’ issues, accepted the Liberal whip. In 1874, Thomas Burt ( Morpeth) and Alexander Macdonald ( Stafford) became the first two such MPs. In constituencies where union members (chiefly miners) predominated,... Read more
	landslide landslide rapid slipping of a mass of earth or rock from a higher elevation to a lower level under the influence of gravity and water lubrication. More specifically, rockslides are the rapid downhill movement of large masses of rock with little or no hydraulic flow, similar to an avalanche .... Read more
	Alfred M. Landon Alfred Mossman Landon Kansas Governor Alfred M. Landon (1887-1987) was the Republican nominee opposing Franklin D. Roosevelt in the U.S. presidential election of 1936. Running against popular New Deal policies, Landon lost to Roosevelt by the largest electoral vote margin of any candidate since... Read more
	Slump Slump The word slump is most commonly used as a colloquial description of a landslide with a markedly curved and concave-upward slip surface, which results in rotational movement of the mass above the slip surface. This stands in contrast to landslides with more nearly planar slip surfaces, above... Read more
	Lahar Lahar Lahars are debris flows associated with volcanoes, and can be further classified as either hot or cold depending on their temperature . The word lahar is of Indonesian origin, reflecting the frequency of volcanic debris flows in that region. Lahars can be mobilized by processes similar to... Read more
	John Major (politician) John Major 1943-, British statesman, b. John Major Ball. Raised in a working-class area of London, he was elected to Lambeth borough council (1968-71) and entered Parliament as a Conservative in 1979. He became Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher 's chief secretary to the Treasury in 1987, foreign... Read more
	Michael Norman Manley Michael Norman Manley 1924-97, prime minister of Jamaica (1972-80, 1989-92); son of Norman Manley . A leader of the socialist People's National party, he was first elected to parliament in 1967. Winning a landslide victory in 1972, he shifted Jamaican politics to the left, establishing close... Read more
	Tectonics tectonics Most processes causing or associated with deformation of the Earth's crust or lithosphere can be described as tectonics. A tectonic province is distinguished by having a coherent history of deformation different from that of neighbouring regions.Tectonic structures such as faults, folds,... Read more
	Liberal Imperialists Liberal Imperialists were a faction of the Liberal Party around 1900, who disagreed with their leaders' lukewarm line over the Boer War. Their leaders were Rosebery, Grey, and Haldane. At one time they threatened to secede formally, but did not, partly because of Rosebery's dithering. That was... Read more

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	New revolution on Bastille Day Newspaper article from: Daily News (New York, NY) ...genuinely mass parties. Labour and National, both...masters at "getting out the vote". The...low level. Getting out the vote in the mid...factor. Sir Robert Muldoon had been in power...large pay increases out of their employers...Day. ...
	John Key: Politician of the year. Newspaper article from: New Zealand Herald (Auckland, New Zealand) ...the Australian Labour Party off him just...have been of the landslide proportions of Sir Robert Muldoon's stunning victory...are on their way out. Winston Peters...poised to check out. The new generation...first in ruling ...
	Abortion at root of pension problems. Newspaper article from: New Zealand Herald (Auckland, New Zealand) ...suggested that if the Labour government's...the late Robert Muldoon, won the 1975 election in a landslide after offering...election campaign, Muldoon promised national...where I laughed out loud _ these shouldn...Life, points ...
	OBITUARY: Sir Wallace Rowling Newspaper article from: The Independent (London, England) ...government. He led the Labour Party for 10 years...contemporary of Robert Muldoon, one of the roughest...campaign in 1975, Muldoon dubbed Rowling...personal abuse, Muldoon's National Party...the election in a landslide. "Being a nice...worry ...
	The Kiwi experiment; the lessons that New Zealand's economic reforms hold for... Magazine article from: The Economist (US) ...for six years the Labour government pursued...biggest election landslide in the country...same policies as Labour did. So what are...six years? When Labour took over from the...party of Sir Robert Muldoon in 1984, New Zealand...high barriers ...