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The Smith administration fought against African Marxists during the Bush War as part of its campaign to maintain its policy of a gradual transition of power, and negotiated an Internal Settlement with black moderates in 1979 – this agreement led to majority rule, the renaming of the country to Zimbabwe Rhodesia and a coalition government led by the country's first black prime minister, the United African National Council leader Abel Muzorewa, who included Smith in the cabinet as a minister without portfolio.
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Sydney Smith wrote, " Never was any administration so completely and so suddenly destroyed ; and, I believe, entirely by the Duke's declaration, made, I suspect, in perfect ignorance of the state of public feeling and opinion.
Burton Smith, the acting dean of students, said that the administration asked Thrasher to voluntarily remove the comic strip from the university servers, and that if he did so, he would continue to be able to use his university computer account.
Therefore, Burton Smith asked that complaints about the newspaper's activities be directed to the union, rather than to the university administration.
A network of local clubs led by national organizer Reverend Gerald L. K. Smith, the Share Our Wealth Society was intended to operate outside of and in opposition to the Democratic Party and the Roosevelt administration.
* Caleb Blood Smith was congressman and Secretary of the Interior in the Lincoln administration.
In his 2009 Conservative Party Conference speech, Conservative Party leader David Cameron signalled that Duncan Smith might serve in his Cabinet, with responsibility for social justice, should he be called upon to form an administration after the next general election.
However, he abandoned that effort and joined ZANU ( led by Robert Mugabe ), which was dedicated to overthrowing the Smith administration.
The government of South Africa was sympathetic and supportive of the Smith administration and continued trading as usual with Rhodesia ; additionally as trade was lost with Britain and America, export and import contracts were simply secured with other countries, rendering the sanctions ineffective.
In 1971 the British government offered the Smith administration even more generous terms to end UDI.
The central administration of the University and the main library, the Barr Smith Library, are both located on this campus.
Smith reports: " In the course of the administration of his province he gained a complete victory over the Numidian Tacfarinas ; but although he had formerly been a very great flatterer of Tiberius, yet he did not obtain the ornaments of a triumph, in order that his predecessor in the province of Africa, Junius Blaesius, an uncle of Sejanus, might not be thrown into the shade.
During the administration of President John F. Kennedy, Smith argued that the United States should use nuclear weapons against the Soviet Union.
" It was during Kennedy's administration that she began ending presidential press conferences with a signature " Thank you, Mr. President ," reviving a tradition started by UPI ’ s Merriman Smith during the presidency of Franklin Roosevelt.
Hobson sent his Colonial Secretary, Willoughby Shortland, and some soldiers, to Port Nicholson ( Wellington ) to raise the Union flag and put an end to what his administration perceived as a challenge to British sovereignty – a " colonial council ", complete with primitive legal institutions, headed by Wakefield and Smith.
An " Internal Settlement " between the Smith administration of the Republic of Rhodesia and moderate African nationalist parties not involved in the Rhodesian Bush War led to the end of white minority government and the birth of majority rule in Zimbabwe Rhodesia.
The Unilateral Declaration of Independence ( UDI ) of Rhodesia from the United Kingdom was signed on November 11, 1965, by the administration of Ian Smith, whose Rhodesian Front party opposed an immediate transfer to black majority rule in the self-governing British colony.
In September 1968, the Appellate Division of the Rhodesian High Court ruled that Ian Smith ’ s administration had become the “ de jure ” government of the country, not just the “ de facto ” one.
Johnston's support of Al Smith proved to be the end of his administration.
Smith finally left the office of Secretary of the Navy with the end of President Jefferson's administration on March 4, 1809.
In 1943, during the administration of President John Milton Potter, William Smith College was elevated from its original status as a department of Hobart College to that of an independent college, co-equal with Hobart.
In the 1950s and ' 60s, during the administration of Dr. Gaylord Couchman, a number of building projects took place: the Seminary Library ( 1955 ), Smith Hall, a seminary residence ( 1956 ), Goldthorp Science Hall ( 1959 ), Aitchison Hall, a women's residence ( 1963 ), Ficke-Laird Library ( 1966 ), Cassat Hall, a men's residence ( 1966 ), and Donnell Hall, another men's residence ( 1967 ).
During his administration as President of the Church, President Smith made significant official statements of Latter-day Saint doctrine:
The Ian Smith administration in Rhodesia sought to prevent the FRELIMO government from providing a safe haven for Zimbabwe African National Union militants seeking to overthrow the Rhodesian government.
Smith and fought
Disillusioned, Shang-Chi swore eternal opposition to his father's ambitions and fought him as an agent of British intelligence, under the orders of Nayland Smith.
During this period, his son, future ABC newsman, Jack Smith ( April 25, 1945 — April 7, 2004 ), was serving with the U. S. Army 7th Cavalry Regiment in South Vietnam and fought at the Battle of Ia Drang.
A college professor at the Spider-Friends ' university, Hiawatha Smith is the son of the heroic chief of the Native American nations that fought against the Axis during World War II.
* Paul Smith ( boxer ) ( born 1982 ), middleweight fighter from Liverpool, fought on the third series of The Contender
Born in Ashlyns Hall in 1804 Augustus Smith constantly fought for the common man.
Undeterred, Smith fought a determined campaign for the party's nomination in 1928.
Smith fought longer but also eventually settled for an unknown amount.
Thomas Smith, a 17th-century Puritan, fought in many naval battles and also painted.
McNair's brigade was sent to General Edmund Kirby Smith for his invasion of Kentucky and fought at the Battle of Richmond.
The record for the longest bareknuckle fight is listed as 6 hours and 15 minutes for a match between James Kelly and Jonathan Smith, fought near Fiery Creek, Victoria, Australia, on December 3, 1855, when Smith gave in after 17 rounds.
Smith pushed for the expansion of the practice school and fought many a battle with the state over what he saw as inadequate funding.
In his autobiography, Smith claimed that Alfred Henry Hook – a soldier who fought at Rorke's Drift – was an ancestor of his father, which led to the Smith family being invited as guests of honour to the Whitefield showing of Zulu, where the soldier was played by James Booth.
Johnson Smith fought a skilful media campaign, but could not prevent Heath losing.
The heroes fought Samuel " Slaughterhouse " Smith ( a superhuman serial killer whose grandfather had appeared in Team One: WildC. A. T. s ) after which eventually Zealot returned.
The precise meaning of the name is disputed even by the Karen themselves ; possible interpretations include Flowerland and Land without evil, although, according to Martin Smith in Burma: Insurgency and the Politics of Ethnicity, it has a double meaning, and can also be rendered as the Land Burnt Black ; hence the land that must be fought for.
Langford fought heavyweight Gunboat Smith twice, losing the first by decision ( many ring siders were surprised ) and winning the second by third round knockout.
Smith has fought not only Democrats but the House Republican leadership on the abortion issue.
Smith did not pass 20 again in the series as a galvanised England led by Vaughan won the match and fought back to draw the series 2 – 2, but Smith nonetheless finished the series with an aggregate of 714 runs at an average of 79. 33, and was named player of the series ( jointly with Flintoff ).
In scoring 108 in the second innings of the first Test against England at Lord's in 2008, Smith participated in a seventh double-century opening partnership, again in conjunction with McKenzie, as South Africa fought to draw a Test which appeared lost.
Scout Neil Smith remembers, " He was the only one of the Russians who fought back.
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