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  • 61Joint Sitting of the Australian Parliament of 1974 — A joint sitting of the Australian parliament was convened in 1974, in which members of the Senate and House of Representatives sat together as a single legislative body. The joint sitting was held on 6 and 7 August 1974, following the double… …

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  • 62Marcus Baebius Tamphilus — was a consul of the Roman Republic in 181 BC along with P. Cornelius Cethegus. Baebius is credited with reform legislation pertaining to campaigns for political offices and electoral bribery (ambitus). The Lex Baebia was the first bribery law in… …

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  • 63amendment — noun Date: 13th century 1. the act of amending ; correction 2. a material (as compost or sand) that aids plant growth indirectly by improving the condition of the soil 3. a. the process of amending by parliamentary or …

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  • 64Harold Wilson — Infobox Prime Minister honorific prefix = The Right Honourable name =Harold Wilson honorific suffix = Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, KG, OBE, FRS, PC office =Prime Minister of the United Kingdom term start =4 March 1974 term end =5 April 1976 monarch …

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  • 65Scipio Africanus the Younger — ▪ Roman general Introduction also called  Scipio Aemilianus , Latin  Scipio Africanus Minor , in full  Publius Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus Africanus (Numantinus)  born 185/184 BC died 129 BC, Rome       Roman general famed both for his exploits… …

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  • 66Nicaraguan general election, 1950 — General elections were held in Nicaragua to elect a president and parliament on 21 May 1950. In April, Anastasio Somoza García and Emiliano Chamorro Vargas sat down and signed the Pacto de los Generales, thus laying the basis for a new political… …

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  • 67Moeenuddin Ahmad Qureshi — Prime Minister of Pakistan Interim In office 18 July 1993 – 19 October 1993 President Wasim Sajjad (Acting) Preceded by Nawaz Sharif Succeeded by …

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  • 68amendment — amend·ment n 1: an act of amending; esp: an alteration in wording amendment s to cure the defect in the pleading 2: an alteration proposed or put into effect by legislative or constitutional procedure the Congress...shall propose amendment s to… …

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  • 69Bolivia — (1971–1982)    On 18–22 August 1971 Colonel Hugo Banzer Suárez overthrew the leftist General Juan José Torres González, establishing a dictatorship known as the Banzerato (1971–1978). There are no official estimates of the human rights abuses… …

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  • 70court — /kawrt, kohrt/, n. 1. Law. a. a place where justice is administered. b. a judicial tribunal duly constituted for the hearing and determination of cases. c. a session of a judicial assembly. 2. an area open to the sky and mostly or entirely… …

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