He claims, too, that his political convictions are simply those which are called `` Revolution Principles '' and which are accepted by moderate men in both parties.

At the central level the scrutin uninominal voting system was selected over some form of the scrutin de liste system, even though the latter had been recommended by Duverger and favored by all political parties.

Both parties and the Ministry of the Interior were busily at work after the elections trying to unearth the political affiliations of the successful candidates and, thereby, give the elections a confidential but known degree of national political significance.

An agreement between the leaders of four parties which contested indecisive elections on Oct. 15 was reached after almost 18 hours of political bargaining under the threat of an army coup d'etat.

As the time for independence approached there were in the Congo no fewer than 120 political parties, or approximately eight for each university graduate.

It is organised since 1977 by the Junge Union, the youth branch of Germany's two main conservative political parties, the CDU and CSU, and attracts all age groups from Abensberg and surrounding areas.

He probably performed his verses at drinking parties for friends and political allies — men for whom loyalty was essential, particularly in such troubled times.

King Alexander tried to reconcile political parties by unveiling a liberal constitution of his own initiative, introducing for the first time in the constitutional history of Serbia the system of two chambers ( skupština and senate ).

This reconciled the political parties but did not reconcile the army which, already dissatisfied with the king's marriage, became still more so at the rumors that one of the two unpopular brothers of Queen Draga, Lieutenant Nikodije, was to be proclaimed heir-presumptive to the throne.

Though there might be blocs of opinion, sometimes enduring, on important matters, there were no political parties and likewise no government or opposition ( as in the Westminster system ).

It is said that the terms Whig and Tory were first applied to English political parties in consequence of this dispute.

Non-commercial advertisers who spend money to advertise items other than a consumer product or service include political parties, interest groups, religious organizations and governmental agencies.

The followers of Amlici resented the dominant political and religious parties and sought to reestablish the monarchy that the reign of the judges replaced.

The CSP continued to ban political parties and organizations, yet promised a transition to civilian rule and a new constitution.

Buyoya agreed in 1996 to liberalize political parties.

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Thackeray built the party by forming temporary alliances with nearly all of Maharashtra's political parties.

Despite its popularity with young consumers, it is critically discussed in European media, NGOs, political parties, and market surveillance regarding its nutritional values, choking hazards, and traces of unwanted chemical substances.

The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries.

The Liberals became the first of the major British political parties to advocate British membership of the European Economic Community.

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He called on the Electoral Commission to investigate the issue of political parties taking out loans from non-commercial sources.

He called on the Electoral Commission to investigate the issue of political parties taking out loans from non-commercial sources.

The two dominant political parties in Canada have historically been the Liberal Party of Canada and Conservative Party of Canada ( or its predecessors ), and as of the 2011 election the social-democratic New Democratic Party ( NDP ) has risen to prominence.

Smaller parties like the Quebec nationalist Bloc Québécois and the Green Party of Canada can exert their own influence over the political process.

their fears now are of miscegenation and Negro political control in many counties.

The most effective political inventions seem to make maximum use of natural harbors and are aware that restraining breakwaters can play only a minor part in the whole scheme.

There are certainly large areas of understanding in the human sciences which in themselves and even without political invention can help to dispel our present fears.

The Tory leaders, he insinuates, are cynically using the Church as a political `` By-word '' to increase party friction and keep themselves in power.

The limits are suggested by an imaginary experiment: contrast the perceptual skill of English professors with that of their colleagues in discriminating among motor cars, political candidates, or female beauty.

Still, we must remember that we cannot construct and justify generalizations of this sort unless we are ready to consider many special instances of influence moving between such areas as theology, philosophy, political thought, and literature.

Some historians have found his point of view not to their taste, others have complained that he makes the Tory tradition appear `` contemptible rather than intelligible '', while a sympathetic critic has remarked that the `` intricate interplay of social dynamics and political activity of which, at times, politicians are the ignorant marionettes is not a field for the exercise of his talents ''.

They both measure literature by moral standards, and in their political writings both allow for censorship, but the differences between them are also significant.

In the field of political values, it is certainly true that students are not radical, not rebels against their parents or their peers.

In addition, there are many areas of the human situation besides the impact of science and technology which are examined, for science-fiction dystopias often extrapolate political, social, economic tendencies only indirectly related to science and technology.

That fact is very clearly illustrated in the case of the many present-day intellectuals who were Communists or near-Communists in their youth and are now so extremely conservative ( or reactionary, as many would say ) that they can define no important political conviction that does not seem so far from even a centrist position as to make the distinction between Mr. Nixon and Mr. Khrushchev for them hardly worth noting.

But in ways more fundamental than specific political opinions they are still what they always were: passionate, sure without a shadow of doubt of whatever it is that they are sure of, capable of seeing black and white only and, therefore, committed to the logical extreme of whatever it is they are temporarily committed to.

He asked me suddenly, `` What are your political opinions ''??

In Kennedy's speech are cross currents, sensible ones and senseless ones, reflecting the great struggle of opinions between the President's advisers and the political and economic forces behind them.

Even in areas where political connotations are ( deliberately??

Virginia and Rachel talked to each other quietly now, as allies who are political rather than natural might in a war atmosphere.

On the basis that all citizens of the state are entitled to benefit equally in the development of its resources, plans for the provision of essential services ( such as water ) will be based on need regardless of arbitrary political boundaries, within the framework of the state plan.

While individual sportsmen are aware of this situation, too many of our political, social, educational and even religious leaders too often forget it.

All political interests supported electoral planning, although there are some signs that the inherent uncertainties of a popular judgment led to some procrastination.