Several times in my youth I voted the Socialist ticket, but less because I was Socialist than because I was not either a Republican or a Democrat, and I voted for Franklin Roosevelt every time he was a candidate.

My plea was unanimously voted down and `` thrown out ''.

When the crowd was asked whether it wanted to wait one more term to make the race, it voted no -- and there were no dissents.

All Dallas members voted with Roberts, except Rep. Bill Jones, who was absent.

The NLRB said that of 11 potentially eligible voters eight voted against the union, two voted for it, and one vote was challenged.

In May 1859, Lincoln purchased the Illinois Staats-Anzeiger, a German-language newspaper which was consistently supportive ; most of the state's 130, 000 German Americans voted Democratic but there was Republican support that a German-language paper could mobilize.

Citizen Kane was voted the greatest American film twice.

* Pittacus-the dominant political figure of his time, he was voted supreme power by the political assembly of Mytilene and appears to have governed well ( 590-580 BC ), even allowing Alcaeus and his faction to return home in peace.

Before the Tennessee electorate voted on secession, Johnson, at his peril, toured the state, speaking in opposition to the measure, contending it was unconstitutional.

Remarkably, it seems that a measure blocked before the assembly voted on it did not need to go back to the assembly if it survived the court challenge: the court was enough to validate it.

In 1940, ACLU leadership was caught up in the Red Scare, and voted to exclude Communists from its leadership positions.

According to the 2nd-century AD author Aelian, Aeschylus's younger brother Ameinias helped acquit his brother by showing the jury the stump of the hand that he lost at Salamis, where he was voted bravest warrior.

Gumede ( president of the ANC ) proposed cooperation with the Communists in a bid to revitalise the organisation, but he was voted out of power in the 1930s.

The tax was criticized by the opposition as a tax grab, and voted down in the Senate on March 18, 2009.

In June 1991, the German Parliament, the Bundestag, voted to move the seat of the ( West ) German capital back from Bonn to Berlin, which was completed in 1999.

Clinton also spoke in favor of California Proposition 87 on alternative energy, which was voted down.

After the six-year voting ban on Bal Thackeray was lifted in 2005, he voted for the first time in the 2006 BMC elections .< ref name =" Voting ban lifted ">

The matter was handed to the Danish branch of IUPAC who voted in favour of the name bohrium.

He was the son of a Scottish father and an American Jewish mother, long widowed, with whom he lived in a comfortable home in Flushing.

He was a member of Harmony lodge, No. 12, AF & AM, Scottish Rite ; ;

Thus the only member churches of the present Anglican Communion existing by the mid-18th century were the Church of England, its closely linked sister church, the Church of Ireland ( which also separated from Roman Catholicism under Henry VIII ) and the Scottish Episcopal Church which for parts of the 17th and 18th centuries was partially underground ( it was suspected of Jacobite sympathies ).

His father, Julius Mathison Turing ( 1873 – 1947 ), was a member of an old aristocratic family of Scottish descent who worked for the Indian Civil Service ( the ICS ).

Thomas Wallace was of Scottish ancestry.

On the death of Edgar in 1107 he succeeded to the Scottish crown ; but, in accordance with Edgar's instructions, their brother David was granted an appanage in southern Scotland.

He was born at Haddington, East Lothian, the only son of the Scottish king William the Lion and Ermengarde of Beaumont.

Alexander Anderson ( c. 1592, Aberdeen – c. 1620, Paris ) was a Scottish mathematician.

Alexander Selkirk ( 1676 – 13 December 1721 ) was a Scottish sailor who spent four years as a castaway after being marooned on an uninhabited island.

Rhoticity was further supported by Hiberno-English, West Country English and Scottish English as well as the fact most regions of England at this time also had rhotic accents.

Sir Alexander Fleming, FRSE, FRS, FRCS ( Eng ) ( 6 August 188111 March 1955 ) was a Scottish biologist, pharmacologist and botanist.

The Trust was funded by a gift of $ 10 million ( a then unprecedented sum: at the time, total government assistance to all four Scottish universities was about £ 50, 000 a year ) and its aim was to improve and extend the opportunities for scientific research in the Scottish universities and to enable the deserving and qualified youth of Scotland to attend a university.

Arbroath Abbey, in the Scottish town of Arbroath, was founded in 1178 by King William the Lion for a group of Tironensian Benedictine monks from Kelso Abbey.

Their first hit was Brigadoon ( 1947 ), a romantic fantasy set in a mystical Scottish village, directed by Robert Lewis.

This was a collaborative project involving The Scottish Parliament, International Teledemocracy Centre and the Bundestag ‘ Online Services Department ’.

The centre was formed by the mass of Dutch, German, Protestant Swiss and Scottish infantry – perhaps 30, 000 men – facing Offus and Ramillies.

Calvin's follower John Knox brought Presbyterianism to Scotland when the Scottish church was reformed in 1560.

In the then Victorian Colony ( now State of Victoria in Australia ), the ( Royal ) Victorian Bowling Association was formed in 1880 and The Scottish Bowling Association was established in 1892, although there had been a failed attempt in 1848 by 200 Scottish clubs.

Bulgaria was expected to join the Eurozone in 2013 but after the rise of some instability in the zone Bulgaria is withholding its positions towards the Euro, combining together positive and realistic attitudes.

Euro disco was not as funky, more pop oriented, and less soul influenced than American styled disco.

By far the most successful Euro disco act was ABBA.

On 1 May 2012, Roy Hodgson was revealed as the new manager, just six weeks before Euro 2012.

This kit was only worn three times, including against Germany in the semi final of Euro 96 but the deviation from the traditional red was unpopular with supporters and the England away kit remained red until 2011, when a navy blue away kit was introduced.

He was part of the Euro 1980 and 1982 World Cup squad in Spain as understudy to Gaetano Scirea, but did not play.

In what proved to be his last England match, against Sweden at Euro 1992, he was substituted by England coach Graham Taylor, in favour of Arsenal striker Alan Smith, ultimately denying Lineker the chance to equal — or even better — Charlton's record of 49 goals.

In 1999, the Euro was introduced to replace the French franc.

) Dalglish's final appearance for Scotland, after 15 years as a full international, was on 12 November 1986 at Hampden Park in a Euro 1988 qualifying game against Luxembourg, which Scotland won 3 – 0.

Poznań was one of the host cities for the association football tournament UEFA Euro 2012.

As the faster ROW or " Euro " model was not available in the United States and Canada during the first three years of its existence, a " Competition Group " option was created to allow North American customers to have an S model lookalike with spoilers, 16 " flat disc wheels, sport seats, sport springs and Bilstein shocks.

* The Punt or Punt Éireannach, also known as the Irish pound, which was the currency of the Republic of Ireland prior to its changeover to the Euro

A broader European project called " Architecture and design for the future Internet " known as 4WARD had a budgest estimated at 23. 4 million Euro and was funded from January 2008 through June 2010.

The main development overseen by the Jenkins Commission was the development of the Economic and Monetary Union of the European Union from 1977, which began in 1979 as the European Monetary System, a forerunner of the Single Currency or Euro.

The gross domestic product was 1. 66 trillion Slovak korunas in 2006, equal to around 50 billion euros or 71 billion USD, which is around 8, 800 Euro or 13, 000 USD per capita.

* EC was transformed into the European Union, which accomplished the Economic and Monnetary Union ( EMU ) in 2002, through introducing the Euro, and creating this way a real single market between 13 member states as of January 1, 2007.

France Telecom proposed a 33 billion Euro acquisition offer for TeliaSonera on 5 June 2008, which was promptly rejected by the company's board.

Spice Nepal ’ s net sales in 2007 and for the first six months of 2008 were 27, 4 million Euro and 22, 7 million Euro, respectively, and EBITDA, excluding non-recurring items, was 12, 6 million euro and 12, 1 million Euro, respectively.

Taxation as a percentage of GDP in 2003 was 56. 1 % in Denmark, 54. 5 % in France, 49. 0 % in the Euro area, 42. 6 % in the United Kingdom, 35. 7 % in the United States, 35. 2 % in Ireland, and among all OECD members an average of 40. 7 %.

A remarkable boost in the recent development of the country's transportation infrastructure was noticed after winning the right to host a major continental sport event the UEFA Euro 2012.