15,050 source-backed politics facts - each attributed to a named person and a number, linked to the original source. Page 68 of 151.
“She was shadow chief secretary to the Treasury from 2006 to 2007 when she became shadow secretary of state for communities and local government.”
“the world isn't working”
“On 30th July 1980, the archipelago comprising about 80 islands of the New Hebrides became the Republic of Vanuatu.”
“University staff held a one-day strike in March over the proposed job cuts”
“Dole denies he has violated campaign spending laws and countered that President Clinton's campaign should return $11 million it has received in public funding for the Democratic primary because he had no challenger.”
“Women march in Vanuatu to celebrate 40 years of independence during an Independence Day parade in Port Vila, Vanuatu, July 23, 2020.”
“Three days of industrial action at the University of Sussex, due to coincide with exams, has been called off.”
“Dobryin has written his autobiography In Confidence: Moscow''s Ambassador to America''s Six Cold War Presidents published by Times Books 1995.”
“Academic and administration staff were due to strike on Monday and take further action on Wednesday and Thursday in a dispute over job cuts.”
“Dobryin was Ambassador from 1962 (Kennedy) through 1986 (Reagan).”
“More than 550 members of the University and College Union (UCU) held a one-day strike in March over a proposal to cut 115 jobs and create 20 new posts.”
“Dobryin, now 76 years old,”
“A £1.3m hostel for single homeless people across Breckland, Norfolk, is set to reopen in the next few weeks.”
“Yesterday, 51 House Republicans broke ranks with the leadership to join democrats and kill proposals that would have curbed the Environmental Protection Agency's power to enforce the clean air and water acts”
“It will offer accommodation to vulnerable people aged between 18 and 70 who are homeless.”
“It's been twenty years since the New Jersey State Supreme Court issued it's landmark decision (March 31, 1976) allowing their comatose daughter to be removed from a ventilator.”
“Labour gained four seats in local elections on 6 May”
“He began lampooning the Presidents at about the time Reagan was sworn in to office.”
“Labour have 48 seats at the council”
“He impersonated Bush at the White House Correspondents Association Dinner, in front of the President himself in 1989.”
“the Conservatives 22”
“since the 1960s”
“Liberal democrats 21”
“one third of all Republicans report they are white, evangelical Christians.”
“there are six independent councillors”
“459 participants”
“and two Greens”
“MARY FISHER was the face of AIDS/HIV at the Republican National Convention in 1992 where she gave a speech imploring the party to lift the "shroud of silence" about the disease.”
“The council was formerly under the joint administration of Conservative and Liberal Democrat councillors.”
“Her father, Max Fisher was Honorary Chairman of the Bush/Quayle '92 National Finance Committee.”
“Labour have formed a minority leadership at Leeds City Council.”
“served three terms in Congress”
“Green party councillors have agreed to vote with Labour at key times to give them a majority”
“Secretary of the Interior under Presidents Kennedy and Johnson”
“At a meeting on Thursday evening, Keith Wakefield was elected to take over from Andrew Carter as leader of the council.”
“As the Clinton Administration announced these statistics yesterday”
“Jim McKenna was also elected as lord mayor.”
“Incumbent Democrat/African-American Cynthia McKinney won the seat in 1992 when the congressional district was 60-percent black.”
“An increase in fines from £60 to £80 has been recommended by the Scottish government and that could also be adopted.”
“Last Sunday, twin suicide bombings killed 26 in Israel.”
“Liberal Democrat Liam Pennington, 30, took the city's Riversway ward seat from Labour by four votes on 7 May.”
“Today, a bus bomb in downtown Jerusalem killed at least 19.”
“Preston City Council announced the by-election will take place on 15 July.”
“for two Sundays in a row now...terrorist bombs have struck Israel”
“Residents have until 30 June to ensure they are on the electoral register.”
“Author a 10-year study of the Wisconsin welfare system”
“The deadline for nominations is Friday 18 June.”
“Roger Cohen who has been covering the conflict for the New York Times for the past three years.”
“A by-election in his ward of Tulse Hill is now due to take place on 1 July.”
“Betzold has written about Kevorkian since 1991”
“Councillors in Winchester have voted against plans to build 2,000 new homes at farmland on the edge of the city.”
“Stephen L. Carter Author Integrity (Basic Books, March 1996)”
“They will now go on to oppose the development at Barton Farm, north-west of the Hampshire city, at a planning inquiry in September.”
“Chechen rebels reportedly have freed 45 hostages seized during a raid in the southern Russian republic of Dagestan. They had been held for more than two weeks.”
“Under the new housing planning guidance Winchester City Council will no longer be forced to accept the regional figure for how many new houses it has to build.”
“The Chechens are still holding about 24 Russian policemen saying they will trade them for the release of captured guerillas.”
“A discussion period will run over the summer, which could result in policy changes being put forward before the end of the year.”
“In Grozny, Chechens still hold about 30 Russians who worked at a power plant.”
“Nearly 2,000 mourners attended the funeral of the loyalist on Friday.”
“The Democratic Party hopes to raise $11 million at a Washington, DC shindig tonight”
“The Gores were born in Washington and wed there 40 years ago”
“The constitution will be phased in between now and 1997”
“Former US Vice President Al Gore and his wife Tipper are separating after 40 years of marriage.”
“held an orientation session for 16 new members elected last month.”
“The couple married in May 1970.”
“While Republicans will hold a 55-45 majority in the next Senate — two more seats than they had held — newly elected leaders say they want to work in a more bipartisan manner.”
“He said the vehicles are capable of being driven safely on unrestricted roads at speeds higher than the 40mph and 50mph currently allowed.”
“sessions with him would last 9 to 10 hours without a break.”
“Isle of Man residents have until 30 July to comment on the plans.”
“fired shots at 3 different abortion clinics”
“A report in 2008 warned that the local authority needed to make improvements in several areas.”
“CRONKITE worked at CBS News for 31 years.”
“Every lifebelt on Douglas promenade is to be inspected once a month for safety reasons, the borough council has said.”
“This interview took place in 1993 after his documentary "The Faltering Dream"”
“after two lifebelts went missing.”
“(REBROADCAST from 7/6/89)”
“with 14 of them being placed at regular intervals between the War Memorial and the Sea Terminal.”
“Washington in the early 40s”
“Viridor Waste Management's 20 acre 'resource recovery centre'”
“The fourteen-month Whitewater investigation ended yesterday”
“all seven members of the council's Development Control panel rejected the scheme”
“The special Whitewater Committee issued two reports”
“about 300,000 tonnes of waste each year”
“Nuttle ran Pat Robertson presidential campaign in 1988.”
“20 percent of the voters have made no decision at all.”
“36-year civil war”
“more than a hundred thousand lives”
“December 29th”
“In 1979 he was released.”
“finding a solution to re-settling an estimated two-million people uprooted by the war”
“elections scheduled for September”
“In 1985, DRAKE saw the play "The Normal Heart" by playwright Larry Kramer.”
“former ambassador (1989-1991) to the People's Republic of China”
“Studying five families to compile a profile of the qualities and values he believes all American families should share”
“The American Family: Discovering the Values That Make Us Strong (HarperCollins, 1996)”
“Standing Firm (HarperCollins, 1994)”
“Senate Primary campaign in Maine, which was held this week.”
“A week before the primary, two newspapers reported that candidate Hathaway had been investigated for allegedly having sex with an underage girl.”
“Candidate Susan Collins - who stayed out of the dispute - won the primary with more than 50-percent of the vote.”
“they will pull out of South Africa's government of national unity at the end of June.”
