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Industrial Relations Act
Industrial Relations Act, 1971. The Act, designed by a newly elected Conservative government (which abandoned incomes policy) to weaken the bargaining powers of trade unions, had its origins in the problems encountered by earlier administrations, such as excessive wage demands, unofficial strikes,... Read more |
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Kalmar Union
Kalmar Union combination of the three crowns of Denmark, Sweden, and Norway, effected at Kalmar, Sweden, by Queen Margaret I in 1397. Because the kingship was elective in all three countries, the union could not be maintained by inheritance. Nationalist forces used the election procedure to... Read more |
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Soviet Union
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Franz Josef Strauss
Franz Josef Strauss , 1915-88, West German political figure, leader of the Christian Social Union. He became prominent in the Bavarian Christian Social Union (the Bavarian wing of the Christian Democratic Union) after World War II. Elected to the Bundestag in 1949, he became (1956) minister of... Read more |
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Soviet Union. Cheka
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Constitutional Union party
Constitutional Union party in U.S. history, formed when the conflict between North and South broke down the older parties. The Constitutional Union group, composed of former Whigs and remnants of the Know-Nothings and other groups in the South, was organized just before the election of 1860.... Read more |
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American Federation of Labor
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR (AFL) The American Federation of Labor (AFL) was originally founded in 1881 as the Federation of Organized Trade and Labor Unions. Trade union leaders representing some fifty thousand members in the United States and Canada formed the group in Pittsburgh,... Read more |
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Konrad Adenauer
Konrad Adenauer , 1876-1967, West German chancellor. A lawyer and a member of the Catholic Center party, he was lord mayor of Cologne and a member of the provincial diet of Rhine prov. from 1917 until 1933, when he was dismissed by the National Socialist (Nazi) regime. He was twice imprisoned (1933,... Read more |
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International Telecommunication Union
International Telecommunication Union (ITU), specialized agency of the United Nations, with headquarters at Geneva. It was created in 1934 as a result of the merging of the International Telegraph Union (est. 1865; the first international governmental organization) and the International... Read more |
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Universal Postal Union
Universal Postal Union (UPU), specialized agency of the United Nations, with headquarters at Bern, Switzerland. Established in 1875 following adoption of the Universal Postal Convention, it is one of the oldest extant international governmental organizations. The union was associated with the... Read more |
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TONY'S AYR RAID; PM flies in to join Labour's election battle.(News)
...in the Ayr by-election campaign where the...from the PM after another bruising week...is not the real problem for Labour. It...Tories. "Labour's problems are pretty colossal...the crunch by-election. A spokesman said...is one political ... |
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Journalists held in raids as Mugabe clings to power.(News)
...surrounded another hotel housing...covering the elections. We do not...said the raid at the Meikles...started issuing election results of...Saturday's election, but not...meeting African Union election ... |
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U.S. military raids homes of two prominent Sunnis in Baghdad, officials say
...early morning raid on his home...The other raid took place...Obeidi, another senior official...conducted several raids in those areas...the European Union and the U...solve this problem."Both Sunni...suggested the ... |
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Police raid opposition offices in Zimbabwe, opposition calls it a 'crackdown'
...also surrounded another hotel housing...Biti said the raid at the Meikles...outright. While the election commission has...logistical problems" delaying the...meeting African Union election observers, his...appearance since ... |
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U.S. Forces Raid Homes of Sunni Officials
...early morning raid on his home in...conference. The other raid took place at...al-Obeidi, another senior official...conducted several raids in those areas...the European Union and the U.S...to solve this problem." Both ... |
 "The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, TX)")
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'The color line': Racial tensions rise, relationships deteriorate after...
...races of man, the problem of the 20th century...surrounding the raid that left one man dead and another wounded. The...public the day of elections that kept the...he said of the raid's aftermath...regarding the raid and ... |
 "Inland Valley Daily Bulletin (Ontario, CA)")
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Today marks one year after FBI raid at Upland City Hall
...Since the raid, leadership...30 special election. The elected...said the FBI raid inspired him...thinking about elections or politics...that have been a problem." During the...back seat to another problem at ... |
 "Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)")
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SUPERVISOR CALLS RAID PUBLICITY STUNT STATE LOOKING FOR BURIED URANIUM ON...
...a sensationalized raid on land adjacent to...learned of the alleged problem Tuesday when I opened The Times Union," Meager said...campaigning for for re-election, Meager said...won't be known for another month, Meager said... |
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Police raid home of rogue trader described as poised, calm, thoughtful
...Kerviel, said. Three union officials at the bank...suffered from recent family problems that appeared to have...t doing well," said another aunt, Sylviane Kerviel...Kerviel had supported his election campaign in 2001...woman, or even with ... |
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Labour and the election.(Canada )
...most recent election will go down...very major problems. The first...activists. The problem is not just...public-sector unions in Ontario...coalition of unions that organized...private-sector union leaders disagreed...into ... |
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