Out of compulsion to say something cheery, Ben Prime blurted, `` Well, we were lucky to be on soft ground when the first floodheads hit.

Prime Minister Blaize died in December 1989 and was succeeded as prime minister by Ben Jones until after the 1990 elections.

* 1987 – In Tunisia, president Habib Bourguiba is overthrown and replaced by Prime Minister Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.

* June 13 – Ben Chifley, Prime Minister of Australia ( b. 1885 )

* September 22 – Ben Chifley, Prime Minister of Australia ( d. 1951 )

* September 28 – Prime Minister Ahmed Ben Bella founds the first government in Algeria.

According to the former Time correspondent to Jerusalem, Donald Neff, the decisive calculation was as follows: Force had to be used to demonstrate to the Arabs that Israel was in the Middle East to stay, Ben Gurion believed, and to that end he felt strongly that his retaliatory policy had to be continued. Defense Minister Pinhas Lavon gave the order, in coordination with Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion.

Lang also restored the seniority and conditions to New South Wales Government Railways and New South Wales Government Tramways workers who had been sacked or demoted after the General Strike of 1917, including Ben Chifley, a future Prime Minister of Australia.

Jack Lang's victory in Reid was unexpected ; he was elected on a minority of the votes thanks to preferences given to him by the Liberal Party In federal parliament, he is often cited as being the most effective of the opposition to the government of his old rival, Prime Minister Ben Chifley, despite voting for the latter's Bank Act in 1947.

On March 30, 2012 De Jong and several other prominent CDA members, including fellow former Prime Minister Ruud Lubbers, former Ministers of Foreign Affairs Hans van den Broek, Pieter Kooijmans and Ben Bot.

He was briefly succeeded as Prime Minister by Frank Forde, then a week later, after a party ballot, by Ben Chifley.

During the 16th century the school educated writers including Ben Jonson and Richard Hakluyt ; in the seventeenth, the poet John Dryden, philosopher John Locke, scientist Robert Hooke, composer Henry Purcell and architect Christopher Wren were pupils ; and in the 18th century, philosopher Jeremy Bentham and several Whig Prime Ministers and other statesmen ; recent Old Westminsters include prominent politicians of all parties, and many members of the arts and media.

In 1941, Prime Minister Robert Menzies stated that there should be no restrictions on private citizens using the Blue Ensign on land, and in 1947 Prime Minister Ben Chifley reaffirmed this position, but it wasn't until the passage of the Flags Act 1953 that the restriction on civilians flying the Blue Ensign was officially lifted, after which use of the Red Ensign on land became a rarity.

Wake stood as a Liberal candidate in the 1949 Australian federal election for the Sydney seat of Barton, running against Dr. Herbert Evatt, then Deputy Prime Minister, Attorney-General and Minister for External Affairs in the Ben Chifley Labor government.

* Ben Chifley, Former Prime Minister of Australia

The Australian National University was established by an act of the Parliament of Australia, introduced by the then Prime Minister Ben Chifley and the Minister for Post-war Reconstruction J. J. Dedman with support of the Opposition Leader Robert Menzies.

Originally known as the Campbell River Dam scheme and later renamed the Ben Chifley Dam after the late Prime Minister Ben Chifley of Bathurst.

Bathurst was also the home of wartime Labor Prime Minister Ben Chifley, who represented the area in the Federal Parliament and is buried in Bathurst.

Benedict Martin Paul " Ben " Mulroney ( born March 9, 1976 ) is a Canadian television host, and is the son of former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney.

During World War II he became a close collaborator of Labor Prime Ministers John Curtin and Ben Chifley, being a particularly close friend of the latter.

Ben Ali was appointed Prime Minister in October 1987, and he assumed the Presidency on 7 November 1987 in a bloodless coup d ' état that ousted President Habib Bourguiba, who was declared incompetent.

Ben Ali subsequently served as Minister of State in charge of the interior before being appointed Interior Minister on 28 April 1986 then Prime Minister by President Habib Bourguiba in October 1987.

To allow extended just intonation, composer Ben Johnston uses a sharp to indicate a note is raised 70. 6 cents ( ratio 25: 24 ), or a flat to indicate a note is lowered 70. 6 cents.

To allow extended just intonation, composer Ben Johnston uses a sharp as an accidental to indicate a note is raised 70. 6 cents ( ratio 25: 24 ), or a flat to indicate a note is lowered 70. 6 cents.

* Ben Wa balls are hollow metal balls inserted vaginally which can be worn inside the vagina for extended periods of time.

In reality, the DMZ extended about a mile on either side of the Ben Hai River and west to east from the Lao border to the South China Sea.

Everything But The Girl have been on extended hiatus since 2000, while Ben Watt has concentrated on his DJ work, and Thorn has been a full-time parent and, most recently, writing and recording her solo material.

The extended version included a much longer extension of the Jennifer Lopez section of the film, Ben Affleck's full speech in the city hall, a longer ending, and some music changes.

In 2004, injuries plagued the club, with Andrew Johns and Ben Kennedy out for extended periods of time.

Route 2 was extended southwest through Camden to the proposed Ben Franklin Bridge, and a spur was added from Five Points northwest to the Tacony-Palmyra Ferry.

Juliette Lewis stars as Aurora's rebellious granddaughter, Melanie Horton, Marion Ross stars as Aurora's housekeeper ( Golden Globe nominated in the Best Supporting Actress category ), Bill Paxton stars as Aurora's psychiatrist and short-time lover, Donald Moffat and Ben Johnson also appeared, Jack Nicholson also returns in an extended cameo appearance, playing the role he played in Terms of Endearment, retired astronaut Garrett Breedlove.

Among them were several members of the extended Kelsey family, including Nancy, her husband Ben, and their daughter Martha Ann.

His deal wasn't extended as Leeds signed Ben Alnwick on loan.

The journey evolves into an extended road trip in a restored 1940 Ford Deluxe coupe convertible Sam buys when Ben crashes his car.

The recordings of Ben Bernie and Fred Rich made it to the charts in 1930, and the song was also recorded by stride pianist James P. Johnson, clarinetist Artie Shaw and guitarist Les Paul.

Ben takes it in stride, paying more attention to his nephew and sister-in-law.

His first professional work was with bandleader Ben Young in 1935, but it was when he joined Miller three years later that his career hit its stride.

While the town's population openly abhors Hickman, young sheriff Ben Owens ( Anthony Perkins ) admires the man for taking everything in stride and knowing how to handle dangerous situations.

The College is home to the nationally acclaimed " Bodmin College Jazz Orchestra ", founded and run by the previous Director of Music, Adrian Evans, until 2007 and more recently, by the current Director, Ben Vincent.

The last such director, Ben Hayes, was elected in 2006 to serve until 2008, when the role was discontinued as a result of legal issues.

Ben Rosen provided the venture capital financing for the fledging company and served as chairman of the board for 18 years from 1983 until September 28, 2000, when he retired and was succeeded by Michael Capellas who served as the last Chairman and CEO until its merger with HP.

Forde served for eight days until Ben Chifley was elected leader.

Jack Warner did, however, remain studio president until the summer of 1967, when Camelot failed at the box office and Warner gave up his position to the studio's longtime publicity director, Ben Kalmenson ; Warner did, however, remain on board as an independent producer and vice-president.

His war council was ambivalent until Colonel Ben Milam stood up and yelled, " Who will go with old Ben Milam into San Antonio?

It was not until 1616, the year of Shakespeare's death, that Ben Jonson defied convention by issuing a folio collection of his own plays and poems.

In 1978, after teaching at McGill, Ben Gurion, and Yale universities, Safdie moved his main office to Boston and became director of the Urban Design Program at Harvard University's Graduate School of Design, until 1984.

In contrast, historian Ben Rubin argues that because the American Revolution was a conflict that as often pitted neighbor against neighbor — Whigs ( advocates of Revolution ) against Tories ( loyalists to Britain )— as it pitted nascent Americans against the British, many people stayed neutral until goaded into taking a stand in reaction to military atrocities, such as those attributed to Tarleton, or individual atrocities, such as the death of Thomas Young's brother, or the burning of Thomas Sumter's house and the abuse of his wife, or the interrogation at knife point of William Bratton's wife, the beating of their young son, and the family's imprisonment in their own attic -- individual atrocities similar to those depicted in The Patriot.

It was not until April 19 that his son, Ben Mulroney, announced he was recovering and would soon be released.

Jews have lived in Brașov since 1807, when Aron Ben Jehuda was given permission to live in the city, a privilege until then granted only to Saxons.

In 1906, the " Milwaukee Meteor " repeated his Olympic 100 m victory in Athens, a feat not equalled until 1988, when Carl Lewis won the 100 m twice in a row ( albeit after disqualification of Ben Johnson ).

Passing 113 Acts, the 1910-13 government was a period of reform unmatched in the Commonwealth until the 1940s under John Curtin and Ben Chifley.

Old Ben Scout Reservation ( OBSR ), located in Pike County, Indiana opened in 1985 on the site of an abandoned strip mine operated by the Old Ben Coal Company and was the council's current primary summer camp location, until a lack of funding forced the council to cease having summer camps there.

Though Gwen is thoroughly convinced that he is Peter Parker from another universe, May is still cautious, until Peter relates how he had lost his Uncle Ben and begins the quote, " With Great Power ..." in which May finishes with " Comes Great Responsibility.

The thug trips and his gun falls out in front of Ben, who struggles with him for the weapon until he is shot in the stomach and dies.

ITV confirmed to its fans via e-mail that no more new episodes will be made until Ben Shephard is once again available for filming.

Democratic Governor Tony Knowles appointed Ben to the Alaska Senate in 2001, where he served as the president of the state senate until the fall of 2006.

Benjamin Ryan Tillman, Jr., known as Pitchfork Ben Tillman ( August 11, 1847July 3, 1918 ), was an American politician who served as the 84th Governor of South Carolina, from 1890 to 1894, and as a United States Senator, from 1895 until his death in office.