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national and appeal
The alternative to this is that if a conservative candidate is nominated the national committee will have to appeal to the trusts for their campaign funds, and in doing this will incur obligations which would make a Democratic victory absolutely fruitless.
A hierarchy of committees was set up to improve discipline, transforming the party from an elite organisation to one of mass national appeal.
Despite the predicted blowout, and the fact that San Diego did not have as much national appeal nor a relatively large core fan base, the telecast of the game on ABC still had a Nielsen rating of 41. 3.
In addition to the predicted blowout, the Chargers did not have as much national appeal nor a relatively large core fan base as the Chiefs, the Dolphins, or the Steelers.
As the crisis unfolded, national opinion swung behind the Aboriginal people involved, and the first appeal on behalf of an Indigenous Australian to the High Court of Australia was launched.
A variety of devices bridge this gap, including state denial, " secret police ", " need to know ", a denial that given treatments are torturous in nature, appeal to various laws ( national or international ), the use of jurisdictional argument and the claim of " overriding need ".
Wells noted that " he patricians made a mean use of their political advantages to grow rich through the national conquests at the expense not only of the defeated enemy, but of the poorer plebeian ..." The plebeians, who were expected to obey the laws, but were not allowed to know the laws ( which patricians were able to recite from memory ), were successful, winning the right to appeal any injustice to the general assembly.
* Laurel Hester ( 1956 – 2006 ), police officer who rose to national attention with her deathbed appeal for the extension of pension benefits to her domestic partner.
To the young Eliade, the Iron Guard seemed like a path for returning to the silver age of Romania's glory, being a movement " dedicated to the cultural and national renewal of the Romanian people by appeal to their spiritual roots ".
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, under editors Ken Goudie and Julian Holland, Today made moves to broaden its appeal away from broadcasting a lot of national politics with London-centric bias.
He once said, " World Government is not only possible, it is inevitable ; and when it comes, it will appeal to patriotism in its truest, in its only sense, the patriotism of men who love their national heritages so deeply that they wish to preserve them in safety for the common good.
In the same year an appeal by Dr. Curt Floerike appeared in Kosmos magazine – citing the situation in the USA – for national parks to be founded in Germany.
Progressively, the Front lost its character as a national government or generic coalition, and became vulnerable to criticism for using its appeal as the first institution involved in power sharing, while engaging itself in political battles with forces that could not enjoy this status, nor the credibility.
When wage reforms were rejected by two national ballots, Gormley declared that each region could decide on these reforms on its own accord ; his decisions had been upheld by courts on appeal.
In 1915, Roerich wrote a report for Russian Emperor Nicholas I and Great Prince Nicholas Nikolayevich containing an appeal to make real state measures for national protection of cultural values.
After the national railways complied with the exiled Dutch government's appeal for a railway strike starting September 1944 to further the Allied liberation efforts, the German administration retaliated by placing an embargo on all food transports to the western Netherlands.
Foster quickly noticed the appeal of this kind of competition shooting, and set out to make it a national sport.
In an appeal for public funds the President empowered postmasters to receive donations for relief of the victims ; a national committee of prominent citizens took charge of chartering supply ships.
When Zhivkova died in 1981, relations with the West had already been chilled by the Afghanistan issue, but her brief administration of Bulgaria's official cultural life was a successful phase of her father's appeal to Bulgarian national tradition to bind the country together.
An appeal to An Bord Pleanála ( The Irish Planning Appeals Board ), which determines appeals and other cases under the national planning acts, was heard in September 2006, and this resulted in the granting of permission in August 2007, with 31 planning conditions attached.
While the rest of the United Kingdom fought the ' Khaki election ' on other issues involving the British parties, in Ireland four major political parties had national appeal.
These powers are given to the diocesan bishop ( in most cases ) subject to appeal to a diocesan court, or the diocesan court may exercise primary jurisdiction when the bishop asks it to ( for diocesan bishops the provincial metropolitan is given primary jurisdiction, for metropolitans the provincial House of Bishops is given jurisdiction, for the primate it is the national House of Bishops ).
Other musicians included John Fahey, one of the first " folk " musicians to gain national appeal, Peter Tork ( of The Monkees ), underground legend Tim Buckley, guitarist Link Wray, pop singer and songwriter Billy Stewart, country singer Patsy Cline, guitarist Danny Gatton, doo wop bands The Orioles ( based out of D. C., though from Baltimore ) and The Clovers, Scott McKenzie ( known for " If You're Going to San Francisco "), R & B singer Ruth Brown, and country star Roy Clark.
A national appeal was launched to raise funds for the many people who had lost their homes and their livelihoods.

national and song
Ward died in 1903, not knowing the national stature his music would attain, as the music was only first applied to the song in 1904.
At various times in the more than 100 years that have elapsed since the song was written, particularly during the John F. Kennedy administration, there have been efforts to give " America the Beautiful " legal status either as a national hymn, or as a national anthem equal to, or in place of, " The Star-Spangled Banner ", but so far this has not succeeded.
Popularity of the song increased greatly following the September 11, 2001 attacks ; at some sporting events it was sung in addition to the traditional singing of the national anthem.
It has become a song that inspires hope in the wake of tragedy, becoming a sort of " spiritual national anthem " according to authors Mary Rourke and Emily Gwathmey.
The term anthem means either a specific form of Anglican church music ( in music theory and religious contexts ), or more generally, a song ( or composition ) of celebration, usually acting as a symbol for a distinct group of people, as in the term " national anthem " or " sports anthem ".
The word " anthem " is commonly used to describe a celebratory song or composition for a distinct group, as in the term " national anthem ".
The victory song of the Australian national cricket team is entitled " Under the Southern Cross I Stand ".
In order to endorse its republican and liberal tradition, the song was chosen for national anthem of Germany in 1922, during the Weimar Republic.
The distinction between " authentic " folk and national and popular song in general has always been loose, particularly in America and Germany-for example popular songwriters such as Stephen Foster could be termed " folk " in America.
The opening song, " Cattitude " can be heard on the national tour's website, along with two more, " On the Fence ," and " Going Home !".
His poem ( and song ) " Auld Lang Syne " is often sung at Hogmanay ( the last day of the year ), and " Scots Wha Hae " served for a long time as an unofficial national anthem of the country.
India's national song is derived from the poem Vande Mataram by Bankim Chandra Chatterji, which implies devotion to " Mother India " as a point of patriotic duty.
The national song of India and national anthem of Bangladesh are Rabindra Sangeets.
' Impi ' is also the title of a very famous South Africa song by Johnny Clegg and the band Juluka which has become something of an unofficial national anthem, especially at major international sports events and especially when the opponent is England.
Meanwhile, the drum break from the second version of the original 1969 hit " Give It Up Or Turnit A Loose " ( the recording included on the compilation album In the Jungle Groove ) became so popular at hip hop dance parties ( especially for breakdance ) during the late 1970s and early 1980s that hip hop founding father Kurtis Blow called the song " the national anthem of hip hop ".
* 1880 – First performance of O Canada, the song that would become the national anthem of Canada, at the Congrès national des Canadiens-Français.
The song, penned by Jan Berry, Brian Wilson, and Roger Christian, was a Top 20 national hit.
Also New Order recorded the official song of the England national football team's 1990 World Cup campaign, " World in Motion ", under the ad-hoc band name EnglandNewOrder.
The album also included the controversial song and video " By the Time I Get to Arizona ," which chronicled the black community's frustration that some US states did not recognize Martin Luther King Jr .' s birthday as a national holiday.
The flowering of arts which drew inspiration from national epics and song continued unabated.
Meanwhile, the players brought their characterizations to the national stage with the " Super Bowl Shuffle ", a rap song the Bears recorded during the season.
Since 1997, the South African national anthem has been a hybrid song combining new English lyrics with extracts of the hymn Nkosi Sikelel ' iAfrika ( God Bless Africa ) and the former anthem Die Stem van Suid-Afrika ( The Call of South Africa ).

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