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Indian National Congress
(Encyclopedia) Indian National Congress, Indian political party, founded in 1885. Its founding members proposed economic reforms and wanted a larger role in the making of British policy for India. By…Women's Suffrage: The States That Did Not Ratify
by Carrie Chapman Catt and Nettie Rogers Shuler TennesseeConclusionThe States That Did Not RatifyIt is doubtful if any man, even among suffrage men, ever realized what the suffrage…U.S. News: Midterm Elections
Major U.S. news stories, from health-care reform to "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Related Links 2010 Year in Review 2010 News of the…November 2010 Current Events: U.S. News
World News | Business News | Disasters & Science News Here are the key events in United States news for the month of November 2010. Giants Beat Rangers to Win World Series (Nov. 1): The…Kuomintang
(Encyclopedia) KuomintangKuomintanggwōˈmĭnˈdängˈ, kwōˈmĭntăngˈ [key] [Chin.,=national people's party] (KMT), Chinese and Taiwanese political party. Sung Chiao-jen organized the party in 1912, under…Menzies, Sir Robert Gordon
(Encyclopedia) Menzies, Sir Robert GordonMenzies, Sir Robert Gordonmĕnˈzēz [key], 1894–1978, Australian statesman. A barrister, Menzies was elected to the Australian House of Representatives in 1934…Bruton, John
(Encyclopedia) Bruton, JohnBruton, Johnbr&oomacr;ˈtən [key], 1947–, Irish politician, b. Dublin. A lawyer and farm owner, he is a member of the centrist Fine Gael party. Bruton was first elected…Burnham, Forbes
(Encyclopedia) Burnham, Forbes, 1923–85, prime minister (1964–80) and president (1980–85) of Guyana, formerly British Guiana. His full name was Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham. Of African descent, he…Straujuma, Laimdota
(Encyclopedia) Straujuma, LaimdotaStraujuma, Laimdotalīmˈdōtä strouˈy&oomacr;mä [key], 1951–, Latvian economist and political leader. Straujuma was a division head (1993–97) at the Agriculture…Thorez, Maurice
(Encyclopedia) Thorez, MauriceThorez, Mauricemōrēsˈ tôrĕzˈ [key], 1900–1964, French Communist leader. The son of a coal miner, Thorez himself worked in the mines. He early joined the Socialist party…Trending
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