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Third Party Candidates

Nader, Buchanan, and some candidates you may not have heard about by David Johnson This article was posted on October 16, 2000. Related Links Al GoreGeorge W. BushCampaign 2000 Factsheet…

Brewer's: Ultramontane Party

The ultra-Popish party in the Church of Rome. Ultramontane opinions or tendencies are those which favour the high “Catholic” party. Ultramontane (“beyond the Alps”) means Italy or the…

Brewer's: Party Spirit

The animus or feeling of a party man. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Parvenu'Party A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y…

Iohannis, Klaus Werner

(Encyclopedia) Iohannis, Klaus Werner, 1959–, Romanian political leader, b. Sibiu, grad. Babeş-Bolyai Univ., 1983. An ethnic German and a physics teacher and public school official, he was elected…

Palmer, Alexander Mitchell

(Encyclopedia) Palmer, Alexander MitchellPalmer, Alexander Mitchellpäˈmər [key], 1872–1936, American politician, b. Moosehead, Pa. Admitted (1893) to the bar, he built up a large law practice, became…

Erhard, Ludwig

(Encyclopedia) Erhard, LudwigErhard, Ludwigl&oobreve;tˈvĭkh ĕrˈhärt [key], 1897–1977, German political leader and economist. In Nuremberg he rose to be director of the institute for economic…

Bédié, Henri Konan

(Encyclopedia) Bédié, Henri Konan, 1934–, Ivoirian political leader. A member of the Democratic Party of Côte d'Ivoire–African Democratic Rally (PDCI), Bédié was the country's ambassador to the…

Noda, Yoshihiko

(Encyclopedia) Noda, Yoshihiko, 1957–, Japanese political leader, prime minister of Japan, (2011–12), b. Funabashi, studied Waseda Univ. (grad. 1980) and Matsushita Institute of Government and…

Zeman, Miloš

(Encyclopedia) Zeman, MilošZeman, Milošmēˈlōsh zĕˈmän [key], 1944–, Czech economist and political leader, president of the Czech Republic (2013–). He joined (1968) the Communist party during the…

Branting, Hjalmar

(Encyclopedia) Branting, HjalmarBranting, Hjalmaryälˈmär bränˈtĭng [key], 1860–1925, Swedish premier. A leader of the Social Democratic party, he was finance minister in 1917. As premier (1920, 1921–…