Avalanches and other nightmares

... right-wing party’s success in recent general elections gl;lbd the governmental carpet out m under the feet of Austria’s socialist-led coalition. Is he or is he not a neo-Nazi? Now that’s what Austrians seem most worried about as you plan your holiday ...

Published: Saturday 01 January 2000
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 665 | Page: 39 | Tags: none

This story will run and run

... writes, in one of his all too rare ruminations on politics, “promises equal opportunity, relatively unhobbled by feudal or socialist restraints, to get ahead. But to get ahead means to leave someone else behind. The ideal is of a level playing field, but ...

Published: Sunday 02 January 2000
Newspaper: Scotland on Sunday
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 893 | Page: 100 | Tags: none

Challenge

... areas) and simultaneously at the challenge from the Greens who have increased their own powerbase among the middleclass socialists. If a general election were held this week, it seems unlikely that the position would he much different from that of the ...

Published: Sunday 02 January 2000
Newspaper: Sunday World (Dublin)
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 134 | Page: 36 | Tags: none

OPINION 13 Is Brittania going under the waves?

... This or That, and you come across an endless list. In the Welsh valleys, retired miners reminded me how they once saw their socialist struggle as identical to that of working people in Belfast or Glasgow or London. Socialism was a British gua befiond national ...

Published: Monday 03 January 2000
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 933 | Page: 13 | Tags: none

FERGUS BLACK

... army convention in September 1968 which adopted a resolution calling for contact with international socialist underground revolutionary groups and socialist governments anywhere to investigate the possibility of obtaining arms and finance unconditionally ...

Published: Monday 03 January 2000
Newspaper: Irish Independent
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 79 | Page: 12 | Tags: none

Tributes to Lord Hughes

... a former Lord Provost of Dundee, died at his home in Comrie, Perthshire. He was 88. Dundee-born William Hughes became a socialist councillor in 1933 at the age of 22 and served on the council until 1961. He attended Dundee Technical College and' became ...

Published: Tuesday 04 January 2000
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 202 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

Saddam exploits apocalyptic Islamic vision

... religious authorlzs-s‘?t.her than wm;o&rlng th: cl dictator’s orm and s ] Observers m is trying to shuck off the orlgmal socialist and nationalist ideology that brought his organisation :[_g.he Baath partlzo ;flz power. That thinking is inmaslngly outdated ...

Published: Tuesday 04 January 2000
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 632 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

Inquiry into slush-fund widens its net ALLAN HALL

... been distancing themselves more and more from him. After a year of stunning regional election victories over the ruling socialist-geen coalition government, the scandal has cost the party dear in support and the blame is laid squarely on the shoulders ...

Published: Tuesday 04 January 2000
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 806 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

With 245 clues to cßosswoß z z LE solve this crossword should keep you going well into the New Year..

... Rower upsetting Sam and Nora (7) 133. Woman with new uniform (4) 182. One ass moving in winter, for 11. Second account by socialist that's 73. Christmas decoration lady initially put 136. Wintry weather in the capital of example (6) religious (6) in hallowed ...

Published: Wednesday 05 January 2000
Newspaper: Enniscorthy Guardian
County: Wexford, Republic of Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1902 | Page: 61 | Tags: none

o to revive peace talks Breakthrough as Israel and Syria agree to tackle major issues simultaneously

... diet, presumably because of his prostate cancer, which he succeeded in keeping secret until shortly before his death, the Socialist president who loved foie gras was forbidden to.eat many of his favourite foods. Ly e 3 -~He kept a close eye on the running ...

Published: Wednesday 05 January 2000
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2004 | Page: 12 | Tags: none

Backward step

... we, the elected representatives? Do they believe that he/she will act in a manner consistent with the wishes of local . Socialist Party Dail Deputy, Joe Higgins, who was in Sligo last wek to launch a local branch of his party, pictured with Martin and ...

Published: Wednesday 05 January 2000
Newspaper: Sligo Champion
County: Sligo, Republic of Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 72 | Page: 11 | Tags: none