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| | Articles - Parliament of Australia |
 | | Gorton resigned from the Senate to stand for the by-election in Holt's former electorate of Higgins. | | | List of members of the Australian House of Representatives | | | The presiding officer of the Senate is called the President; that of the House is the Speaker. |
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| | Senate - Biocrawler definition:Senate - Biocrawler |
| | In the United States, each of its member states has a Senate and a lower chamber, known variously as the House of Representatives, House of Delegates, General Assembly or Assembly, except for the state of Nebraska, where the Senate is the only body of a unicameral legislature. | | | A senate is a deliberative body, often the upper house or chamber of a legislature. | | | Until 1919, the Senate of Finland was the executive branch and supreme court. |
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| | Member of Parliament - Unipedia |
| | In India, the term Member of Parliament refers to the Sansad or the Indian Parliament chambers of the Lok Sabha or the Rajya Sabha MPs to the Lok Sabha are elected popularly by constentuencies in the Indian states and union territories, while MPs to the Rajya Sabha are elected by State legislatures. | | | The representatives from the Dewan Rakyat are elected in general elections or by-elections, as opposed to the members of the Dewan Negara who are appointed by the King, in recognition of outstanding service to the country in various fields.The various State Governments also have the power to appoint Senators, propotionate to the state's size. | | | A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. |
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| | Australian Labor Party Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography |
| | List of members of the Australian House of Representatives | | | The members and unions elect delegates to state and territory conferences (usually held annually, although more frequent conferences are often held). | | | The national Leader of the Labor Party is elected by the Labor members of the national Parliament (the Caucus), not by the conference. |
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| | CFP 2004 / Computer Freedom & Privacy Conference |
| | She holds degrees from California State University and Lincoln Law School and is a member of the California Bar. | | | She clerked for the Honorable Judith Rogers on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. | | | She is a member of the European Association for the Study of Science and Technology, and currently Consultant to the Royal Society's "Cybertrust" on behalf of the UK Department of Trade and Industry. |
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| | Articles - Australian Labor Party |
| | List of members of the Australian House of Representatives | | | The members and unions elect delegates to state and territory conferences (usually held annually, although more frequent conferences are often held). | | | The national Leader of the Labor Party is elected by the Labor members of the national Parliament (the Caucus), not by the conference. |
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| | Significant Terrorist Incidents 1961-2003: A Brief Chronology |
| | Anthrax subsequently appeared in mail received by television networks in New York and by the offices in Washington of Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle and other members of Congress. | | | The gunmen were members of a sub-clan loyal to Ali Mahdi Mohammed, who controlled the northern section of the capital. | | | She was released unharmed the next day after members of the international commission overseeing the preparations intervened. |
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| | Welcome to the Australian Greens Online - View Document |
| | The Greens have questioned Environment and Heritage Minister Ian Campbell's decision to overturn the recommendation of the Australian Heritage Council (AHC) and his refusal to register the Aboriginal Tent Embassy on the Commonwealth Heritage List. | | | Late tonight the Department of Immigration (DIMIA) provided information to the Senate Estimates Committee about the nationality of 144 long term Immigration detainees and about the 221 cases referred to the Ombudsman. | | | Greens Senator Kerry Nettle dismissed the Prime Minister's appeal to be trusted on security legislation that passed the Senate today as well as the substantial Anti-Terrorism Bill that was introduced in the House of Representatives this afternoon. |
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| | The Corner on National Review Online |
| | Rather than harass those who voted against creating a federal "do not call" list, I'm inclined to recognize these members of Congress as profiles in courage for recognizing that this sort of thing is simply not a proper responsibility of the federal government. | | | Most insiders expect the Senate Judiciary Committee's vote on the federal appeals court nomination of Charles Pickering, scheduled for Thursday morning, to be delayed. | | | Senators Judd Rodham Gregg ('R'-NH) and Mike Rodham DeWine ('R'-OH), two more Republicans who have clearly forgotten that theirs is supposed to be the party of limited government, are pushing forward a bill to give the FDA the power to regulate the tobacco industry. |
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| | Daily News by Radok News |
| | Presidents are elected by the states and the District of Columbia, not by a national tally of voters. | | | President Bush on Monday nominated Judge John Roberts to succeed the late William H. Rehnquist as chief justice of the United States. | | | Consumers would have to be told before information-reporting "spyware" was added to their computers if legislation approved Tuesday by the California Senate becomes law. |
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| | Sep 97 newsletter, ASANA |
| | On Tuesday, September 23, 1997, Sir Zelman Cowen, former Governor General of Australia, launched the Distinguished Speakers Lecture Series at Georgetown University. | | | The list of short-term Australian and New Zealand visiting presenters remains to be filled out, but currently features persons in architecture, politics and the media, heritage and conservation, history, and education. | | | The Australian Studies Network is one of the only nine Australian web sites listed as a prime reference by CNN and only one of six prime Australian references listed by the Washington Post. |
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| | EPIC Advisory Board |
| | Frank Tuerkheimer is the Habush-Bascom Professor of Law at the University of Wisconsin and of counsel to the Madison firm of LaFollette Godfrey and Kahn. | | | Wolfson currently serves as a member of the D.C. Board on Professional Responsibility, the attorney-disciplinary authority of the District of Columbia Bar. | | | He served for three years as Commissioner with the New York State Public Service Commission, and is a member of the President's Advisory Committee on Information Technology. |
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| | The World Factbook 2004 -- Field Listing - Executive branch |
| | elections: none; the monarch is hereditary; governor appointed by the monarch; chief minister appointed by the governor from among the members of the House of Assembly | | | elections: none; the monarch is hereditary; governor appointed by the monarch; chief minister appointed by the governor from among the members of the Legislative Council | | | Chief of state includes the name and title of the titular leader of the country who represents the state at official and ceremonial functions but may not be involved with the day-to-day activities of the government. |
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| | The World Factbook 2004 -- Australia |
| | cabinet: Parliament nominates and selects, from among its members, a list of candidates to serve as government ministers; from this list, the governor general swears in the final selections for the Cabinet | | | elections: Senate - last held 10 November 2001 (next to be held not later than 16 April 2005); House of Representatives - last held 10 November 2001 (next to be held not later than 16 April 2005) | | | Australia has a prosperous Western-style capitalist economy, with a per capita GDP on par with the four dominant West European economies. |
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| | The American Civil War Homepage |
| | Journal of the Senate of the United States of America | | | List of the Prisoners of the CSS Atlanta, Captured on June 17, 1863 | | | Journal of the Executive Proceedings of the Senate of the United States of America |
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| | Drug History |
| | 1972 Myles J. Ambrose, Special Assistant Attorney General of the United States: "As of 1960, the Bureau of Narcotics estimated that we had somewhere in the neighborhood of 55,000 addicts. | | | 1905 Senator Henry W. Blair, in a letter to Rev. Wilbur F. Crafts, Superintendent of the International Reform Bureau: "The temperance movement must include all poisonous substances which create unnatural appetite, and international prohibition is the goal." [Quoted in ibid.] | | | The seizures, made on five farms in an isolated section of Chihuahua state, suggest a 70 percent increase in estimates that total U.S. consumption was 13,000 to 14,000 tons in 1982. |
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| | Psephos - Adam Carr's Election Archive |
| | Every candidate for the House of Representative and Senate 1901-2002. | | | Showing history of each Division since its creation, including enrolment, two-party voting at each election, list of Members. | | | Australian Constitution and the Constitutions of the States |
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| | June 8 - encyclopedia article about June 8. |
| | - Roman Senate The Roman Senate (Latin, Senatus) was a deliberative body which was important in the government of both the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire. | | | The word Senatus is derived from the Latin word senex ("old man" or "elder"); literally, "Senate" is understood to mean something along the lines of Council of Elders. | | | 1968 - The body of assassinated U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy is laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery. |
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| | Most Popular Names Directory. Daily updates. |
| | Interview With Senator Zell Miller; Analysis of the Third Night of the Republican National Convention | | | So STOP at the state line tourist bureau and ASK for the state | | | Zimina - LINGUIST List 16.258: Text/Corpus Ling: Zimina-Poirot: 'Diss: Text/Corpus Ling: Zimina-Poirot: ' Quantitative |
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| | Medical World Search |
| | Below are a few excerpts and a handful of the legislative priorities (which have the dual purpose of fighting both bioterrorism and natural pandemics). | | | There are a series of three USMLE exams that candidates must pass in order to qualify for medical licensure in the United States. | | | You may write to Dr. Frist at the Senate to request a copy) 4. |
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| | rdfdata.org |
| | Paul Ford's files of data on the U.S. Senate: senators.rdf, Senators_GIA.rdf (See also his XML.com article on this project). | | | List of U.S. Navy units (2005-01-10) June 2002 file created by the DAML project from the "Standard Naval Distribution List." | | | Jesús Barrasa Rodríguez collection of several RDF data sets (2004-09-02) Natural Protected Areas in Spain, Members of the IA dept. at the Facultad de Informática of the UPM, and Teaching staff from the Escuela Universitaria de Informática of the UPM. |
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| | JustWarTheory.com |
| | testimony on detainees presented before the Senate Judiciary Committee by Stephen Schulhofer of NYU School of Law. | | | Now U.S. policy, and the reluctance of the U.S. Senate to ratify the Rome Treaty that President Clinton signed in 1988, are the primary obstacles to the international legal prosecution of terrorist crimes against humanity. | | | Then the American Library Association's comprehensive list of alternative resources is the best place to start looking for the reports that you don't see on the nightly news and the arguments that you don't hear from TV pundits. |
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| | RFE Table of Contents (complete) |
| | Econoday - lists release dates of U.S. macro data | | | American Economic Association (AEA) Directory of Members - single largest directory of economists | | | Joint Economic Committee: U.S. Senate - policy papers and such |
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| | cheapest drugs |
| | Start by making a list of all the medications you take and how much you pay for them at your local pharmacy. | | | Sexual Health The World Health Organization (WHO) defines sexual health as "the state of physical, emotional, mental and social well-being related to sexuality; it is not merely the abscence of disease, dysfunction and infirmity. | | | The Senate Democrats' plan is a bit less onerous. |
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| | DDN Communities: Access |
| | H.R. the Digital Divide Elimination Act of 2000, introduced by Rep. William Jefferson (LA) and Senate NDC co-founder Senator John Breaux (LA), would provide a one-time 50 percent refundable tax credit for low-income individuals for the purchase of computer hardware and software. | | | Cat@lyst is a non-hierarchical Australian non-profit venture aimed at delivering Internet access to anarchists, greens, gays, feminists, activists and other interested persons or groups. | | | Established with visions of freedom and independence in mind, Cat@lyst acknowledges that issues of access and equity to technology are crucial for those who feel they need and want to connect with the world. |
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