parliament
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Oh's sister told parliament his work log showed that he had been working six days a week, more than 11 hours a day, and mostly at night.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
Ukrainian flags fly alongside those of Ireland and the EU outside the Irish parliament in Dublin.
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
"They also assured us that parliament would hold a full debate on the issue and on improving accountability in the education and examination system," he said on social media.
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
The Constitutional Court's ruling in May paved the way for parliament to revive the impeachment process.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
In the case of Peugeot SA the crucial story was the French legal code, as written by the French parliament.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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In 1780, remarkably, Richmond proposed annual parliaments and universal male suffrage, 138 years before the latter would be achieved.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
Popes rarely address parliaments, trying to avoid overt political interventions.
From Barron's ● Jun. 8, 2026
The idea runs back at least to the influential 18th-century English jurist William Blackstone, who instructed that “Acts of parliament derogatory from the power of subsequent parliaments bind not.”
From Slate ● May 26, 2026
In next week's elections, voters in Scotland and Wales will go to the polls to elect representatives in the national parliaments, while voters in England will elect councillors in around 5,000 local authority seats.
From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2026
The forums were parliaments of the people, not unlike the meetings of chiefs at the Great Place that I witnessed as a boy.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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"Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death" by Patrick Henry (1775)
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