the winter of discontent

  • 1The Winter of Discontent — Infobox Album Name = The Winter of Discontent Type = Album Artist = The Generators Released = August 08, 2006 Recorded = Genre = Punk rock Label = Sailor s Grave Records Producer = Rich Mouser Reviews = Last album = Excess, Betrayal...And Our… …

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  • 2Winter of Discontent — The Winter of Discontent is a term used to describe the British winter of 1978 ndash;1979, during which there were widespread strikes by trade unions demanding larger pay raises for their members, and the government of James Callaghan struggled… …

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  • 3winter of discontent — [winter of discontent] a phrase first used by some British newspapers and politicians to describe the winter of 1978–9 in Britain, when there were many strikes and economic problems. The phrase was taken from the opening lines of Shakespeare s… …

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  • 4The Winter of Our Discontent (film) — The Winter of Our Discontent is a 1983 made for TV movie based on the novel by John Steinbeck.PlotThe story is about a Long Islander named Ethan Allen Hawley (played by Donald Sutherland) who works as a clerk in a grocery store he used to own,… …

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  • 5The winter of our discontent —   Der Winter unseres Missvergnügens …

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  • 6The Winter of Our Discontent — infobox Book | name = The Winter of Our Discontent title orig = translator = image caption = First edition cover author = John Steinbeck cover artist = country = United States language = English series = genre = Novel publisher = The Viking Press …

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  • 7The Winter of Our Discontent (album) — Infobox Album Name = The Winter of Our Discontent Type = Album Artist = The Echoing Green Released = April 14, 2003 Recorded = The Echoing Green, Albuquerque, New Mexico Genre = Synthpop Length = 51:14 Label = A Different Drum Producer = Joey… …

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  • 8Winter of Discontent — Die Bezeichnung Winter of Discontent (englisch für Winter der Unzufriedenheit) für den Winter von 1978–79 im Vereinigten Königreich geht auf die Eingangszeilen von William Shakespeares Drama Richard III. zurück: “Now is the Winter of our… …

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  • 9winter of discontent — a phrase first used by some British newspapers and politicians to describe the winter of 1978–9 in Britain, when there were many strikes and economic problems. The phrase was taken from the opening lines of Shakespeare’s play Richard III: ‘Now is …

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  • 10Winter of Discontent —    Shakespeare’s metaphor (from Richard III) was used in the press to refer to the troubled state of British industrial relations during the winter of 1978–9, when a wave of strikes across a range of industries resulted in the loss of more… …

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