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  • ...was the Unionist M.P. for Acton from 1918 to 1929, but he is chiefly noted for his vast range of voluntary activities, his writing and his travelling. The ...t BA and an MA in law. He was called to the Bar in 1897 but only practiced for a week before retiring from law in favour of business and journalism. He wo
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  • ...had a strong business background, having worked for [[Cadbury Schweppes]] for 27 years finally becoming Group Deputy Chief Executive. Following that he b Described by The [[London Speaker Bureau]], an organisation which supplies after dinner speakers, as
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  • ...good manners and immaculate tailoring. But during the 1980s, he was known for rather different reasons. Mr Oakes enjoyed a brief period of notoriety as t ...isteredCharityNumber=299998&SubsidiaryNumber=0 299998 The Oakes Charitable Trust], accessed 28 June 2012.</ref>
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  • ...s, [[Kingfisher]], Lotapel SA, [[Mezzanine Capital Corp.]], Mobbs Memorial Trust, NV Slough Properties, Pentagon Developments, Royal Artillary Museums LTD, ...igel Mobbs, overseer of the party's 'front' to tap industry and City firms for cash, ''The Independent'', 2-April-1996</ref>.
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  • Following the listing of some issues of major importance for Bayer, an (by no means complete) overview of the most important lobby group ...reation of new, strict so-called social regulation); minimising liability (for their committed crimes, see crime section).
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  • London-based McAlpine employs around 8,000 people and had sales in 2002 of £768m. ...£540,891.<ref>'Prison Privatisation Report International,' Prison Reform Trust, 01.10.96. See: www.psiru.org/justice/ppriarchive/ppri4-10-96.asp+uk+detent
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  • ...obal electronics industry and holographic optical components and holograms for electronics, security and authentication applications. {{ref|4}} ...ore than $1.9 billion in 2000. {{ref|7}} It sells hybrid seeds principally for the global production of corn and soybeans, and thus directly competes with
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  • London, Deutsche Bankers Trust: 15 971 472 shares, approximately 0.7 per-cent of Royal Dutch.
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  • ...rganisations and their interlocking directorates. Arrangements are in hand for a permanent clearing house of information in connection with alien organisa ...at the War Office from 1914-1916 then sat as a Unionist MP for Basingstoke for just three years between 1917 and 1920 during which time he was Minister of
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  • ...etings" and "study circles", produced a steady flow of leaflets and "Notes for Speakers", and had used the press to good effect. The League was, in this p ...eague has never failed to realise the great value of the press as a medium for public education. In consequence it contributes letters and articles on eco
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  • ...es and the West Country. But it was certainly not a period of retrenchment for the League: "additional speakers and lecturers" were recruited and "cadres ...quick to capitalise on this and as early as 1946 it started to run classes for apprentices.
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  • ...but to the British economy. Wilson handled the strike badly, and lost the trust and faith of many rank and file trade unionists without gaining anything in ...sful attempt to get Tory backing for his red scare tactics Wilson arranged for [[Ted Heath]] to be briefed by the director of F Branch, [[Dick Thistlethwa
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  • ...worded cautiously, and sometimes in a downright misleading way. [[Amec]], for example, told one council with whom it was entering a £20m contract, that ...nies employed indirect methods of making payments to the League: [[Boots]] for example used the [[British United Industrialists]], others have made paymen
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  • *"'A Crusade for Capitalism': The Economic League 1919-39", Journal of Contemporary History, *"The Economic League 1919-39" Research Working Paper, Polytechnic of Central London, 1983
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  • ...icer of Zeneca Agrochemicals, director of Zeneca Group PLC (responsibility for the Agrochemicals business and Asia Pacific), member of the Advanta B.V. Su ...et Financière (Pully, Switzerland). Also a board member of Intercom Ltd. (London, United Kingdom). He is also a partner and serves on the board of Mocó Agr
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  • ...that 66% of adults consider the Wal-Mart take-over to be a ‘good thing' for the British consumer. But reality and especially the exeriences of U.S. soc ...workers with health benefits declines, and the number of workers eligible for welfare increases.[2]
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  • ...p&p, bulk orders welcome – phone or e-mail for details. Order 10 copies for £30, post free :London
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  • ...as right of first refusal over the Bettencourt family's 27.5 percent stake for 10 years, but with no obligation to buy. Whilst it is unlikely that Nestlé ...roducing the loss-making Perrier brand, in a German factory producing food for the Maggi brand, and in a chilled dessert factory in Staverton, Wiltshire w
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  • {{Template:Counter-Terrorism Portal badge}}The '''Airey Neave Trust''' commemorates the late [[Airey Neave]] DSO OBE MC MP who was assassinated ...ead of her private office. He was then appointed shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and was poised to attain the equivalent Cabinet position w
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  • London EC1N 2HT [[Judith Portrait]], Sainsbury's solicitors, holds a blind trust for [[Lord Sainsbury of Turville]], as well as other settlements. At the end of
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