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Cox, James Middleton

(Encyclopedia) Cox, James Middleton, 1870–1957, American political leader and journalist, b. Butler co., Ohio. After serving on the editorial staff of the Cincinnati Enquirer, he bought the Dayton (…

Anastasiades, Nikos

(Encyclopedia) Anastasiades, NikosAnastasiades, Nikosnēˈkōs änäs-täsēyäˈdĕs [key], 1946–, Greek Cypriot politician, president of the Republic of Cyprus (2013–). A lawyer, Anastasiades founded (1972)…

Folger, Charles James

(Encyclopedia) Folger, Charles JamesFolger, Charles Jamesfōlˈjər [key], 1818–84, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (1881–84), b. Nantucket, Mass. A lawyer of Geneva, N.Y., he held judicial posts and was…

González Márquez, Felipe

(Encyclopedia) González Márquez, FelipeGonzález Márquez, Felipefəlēˈpā gōnthäˈlĕth [key], 1942–, Spanish political leader. After joining (1962) what was then the Spanish Socialist Workers' party,…

Labour party

(Encyclopedia) Labour party, British political party, one of the two dominant parties in Great Britain since World War I. Harold Wilson, who became leader on Gaitskell's death in 1963, was able to…

Nemtsov, Boris Yefimovich

(Encyclopedia) Nemtsov, Boris Yefimovich, 1959–2015, Russian physicist and politician. He worked at the Gorky Radiophysics Research Institute (1981–90) before he was elected to the Soviet Congress of…

Texas Democratic legislators, 2003 News

bolted the state to boycott a vote on a redistricting measure orchestrated by U.S. representative Tom Delay that would have increased the number of Republican seats in Congress. In May, 51…

Democratic National Convention Keynote Address

'Divide and Conquer' RepublicansA Letter From Forgotten People I got a letter last week from a young mother in Lorena, Texas, and I want to read a part of it to you. She writes, "Our…

Democratic National Convention Keynote Address

A Letter From Forgotten People'To Be All That We Can Be''Divide and Conquer' Republicans This Republican administration treats us as if we were pieces of a puzzle that can't fit together…