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Conspiracies within secret intelligence services have occurred more recently, and led Harold Wilson in the 1960s to put in place rules to prevent phone tapping of members of parliament for example.
He led the AL by driving in 183 runs ( 3rd all-time, behind Hack Wilson in 1930 and Lou Gehrig in 1931 ), and in extra base hits ( 103 ), while batting. 337 with 200 hits.
Though the Virginia Plan was an outline rather than a draft of a possible constitution, and though it was extensively changed during the debate ( especially by John Rutledge and James Wilson in the Committee of Detail ), its use at the convention led many to call Madison the " Father of the Constitution ".
The new team quickly became a powerhouse, appearing in the playoffs 7 out of 10 seasons from 1976 to 1985, including one World Series championship and another pennant, led by stars such as George Brett, Frank White, Willie Wilson and Bret Saberhagen.
The election resulted in a hung parliament with the Tories having the most votes but Labour having slightly more seats, and failed attempts by Heath to form a coalition with the Liberals led to the resignation of his government and the return of Harold Wilson as prime minister of a minority Labour government, which gained a three-seat majority at a second election later in the year.
Before drafting the specific terms of his peace deal, Wilson recruited a team led by Colonel House to compile information deemed pertinent in assessing Europe ’ s geo-political situation.
When Wilson retired in 1976, Foot contested the party leadership and led in the first ballot, but was ultimately defeated by James Callaghan.
The last minority government was led by Labour Prime Minister Harold Wilson for eight months after the February 1974 general election produced a hung parliament.
This involved the work of Michael Fisher and Leo Kadanoff in the 1970s which led to the seminal reformulation of quantum field theory by Kenneth G. Wilson.
Philadelphia also had a fine secondary, led by veteran defensive backs Herman Edwards ( 3 interceptions ) and Brenard Wilson ( 6 interceptions ), along with rookie Roynell Young ( 4 interception ).
Wilson had tried to find a middle ground between conservative Republicans, led by Senator Nelson W. Aldrich, and the powerful left wing of the Democratic party, led by William Jennings Bryan, who strenuously denounced private banks and Wall Street.
** Following a hung parliament in the UK general election, Conservative prime minister Edward Heath resigns and is succeeded by Labour's Harold Wilson, who previously led the country from 1964 to 1970.
Wilson, who has led the party for a total of 11 years, has now won four of the five general elections he has contested.
This split in the GOP ranks divided the Republican vote and led to the election of Democrat Woodrow Wilson.
Although the First Wilson Government had enacted a wide range of social reforms and arguably did much to reduce social inequalities during its time in office, the economic difficulties that it faced led to austerity measures being imposed on numerous occasions, forcing the government to abandon some of its key policy goals.
The design was led by Wilson and Furber, and was consciously designed with a similar efficiency ethos as the 6502.
Cordelia Wilson, an artist from Georgetown, Colorado developed her skills as an artist motivated by latest trends in American realism led by Robert Henri.
Andy Wilson then led the full development and release of the IAS system, based in Digital's U. K. development facility.
The sight of these led to him being dubbed Wilson of the Wizard ( an comic book character ).
He performed locally for several years, most notably as a member of bebop big bands led by Gerald Wilson and Roy Porter.
Macmillan initially refused a peerage and retired from politics in September 1964, a month before the 1964 election which the Conservatives narrowly lost to Labour, now led by Harold Wilson.
The first people of European ancestry to visit the Twin Falls area are believed to be members of a group led by Wilson Price Hunt, which attempted to blaze an all-water trail westward from St. Louis, Missouri, to Astoria, Oregon, in 1811 and 1812.
As chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee ( 1919 – 1924 ), Lodge led the successful fight against American participation in the League of Nations, which had been proposed by President Wilson at the close of World War I.
The abrupt and unexpected nature of his death led to some speculation that foul play might have been involved, the most popular conspiracy theory involving a supposed KGB plot to ensure that Wilson ( alleged by the supporters of these theories to be a KGB agent himself ) became prime minister.

Wilson and efforts
Wilson's early efforts to help others become sober were ineffective, prompting Dr. Silkworth to suggest that Wilson place less stress on religion and more on " the science " of treating alcoholism.
His first real efforts, however, did not come until 1832, during the great crisis over the Reform Bill, when he contributed to an anti-Whig pamphlet edited by John Wilson Croker and published by Murray entitled England and France: or a cure for Ministerial Gallomania.
In response to the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan, the Reagan administration in the U. S. increased arming and funding of the Mujahideen thanks in large part to the efforts of Charlie Wilson and CIA officer Gust Avrakotos.
As noted by Brian Lapping, the Community Development Projects were also designed to test the view that within poor communities local residents could articulate local grievances, get conditions in their areas improved, and provide some kind of political leadership, in a way that the existing political structure had failed to do, “ largely because these areas of intense poverty were rarely big enough to be electorally important .” In assessing the First Wilson Government ’ s efforts to uplift the poorest members of British society via the establishment of the Community Development Projects and the designation of the Educational Priority Areas, Brian Lapping noted that
Wilson immediately fired Demers, who despite his best efforts ( and fatherly attitude toward Lecavalier ) was unable to overcome the damage from the Kokusai Green ownership.
In 1981, following the election of US President Ronald Reagan, aid for the mujahideen through Zia's Pakistan significantly increased, mostly due to the efforts of Texas Congressman Charlie Wilson and CIA officer Gust Avrakotos.
Their convictions were unpopular with the public due to the efforts of Patterson and Watson to help those affected by the Dayton, Ohio floods of 1913, but efforts to have them pardoned by President Woodrow Wilson were unsuccessful.
* Michael Moore Hates America ( 2004 ) Filmmaker Mike Wilson travels to Flint to document small businesses and other development efforts in the city, and compares it to the depictions of the city in Moore's documentaries.
During World War I Debs was a subject of efforts by President Wilson to suppress dissent against the war.
Bernays, working for the administration of Woodrow Wilson during World War I with the Committee on Public Information, was influential in promoting the idea that America's war efforts were primarily aimed at “ bringing democracy to all of Europe ".
Although Burke ultimately won the chart war, Burke broke rank and supported his rival: “ I would go to the radio stations and say, ‘ Hi, I ’ m Solomon Burke, and I ’ m here promoting the new record “ If You Need Me ”… by Wilson Pickett .’” Despite his efforts, Burke's version jockeyed with Pickett's for position in the Hot 100, before " beating Pickett to the punch " because of " Solomon ’ s popularity and Atlantic ’ s distribution.
Wilson, who led efforts to professionalize policing and reduce corruption.
It was returned to the legislature through the efforts of Gordon Wilson in a break-through in the 1991 election.
Through the efforts of Mr. Robert W. Wilson, Sr., the Student Union Governing Board purchased the first franchise from the Miss Louisiana Pageant in 1971, enabling Northwestern ’ s Lady of the Bracelet to enter the state contest.
Wilson was awarded the 1919 Nobel Peace Prize, for his peace-making efforts.
These efforts allowed the University to " escape extinction ", according to Sir Daniel Wilson.
Wilson, who went on to become a professor and continued efforts to professionalize policing, by being the first to establish the first police science degree at Municipal University of Wichita ( now Wichita State University ).
After World War I, Noli led the diplomatic efforts for the reunification of Albania and received the support of U. S. President Wilson.
Haig thought “ Wilson is playing the tune called by Lloyd George ” and Robertson, who opposed efforts against Turkey thought it “ d ----- d rot in general ”.
Disillusioned by the failure of the war to achieve the high ideals promised by President Woodrow Wilson, however, American commercial interests did finance Europe's rebuilding and reparations efforts in Germany, at least until the onset of the Great Depression.
Wilson supported deregulation of the energy industry in California during his administration due to heavy lobbying efforts by Enron.
This appointment enabled Wilson to funnel support money for Somoza in Nicaragua and support Mujahideen efforts to oust the Soviets from Afghanistan.
For his efforts, Wilson was presented with the Honored Colleague Award by the CIA.

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