Wells, H. G. 1866-1946. English Science Fiction fantasy and social novelist. Time Machine 1895; War of the Worlds 1898.

Yugoslavia. Balkans. 1918 Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, Slovenes. 1929 =Yugoslavia. 1929-31 Dictatorship. 1941-45 Italy, Germany occupy. 1945 Socialist Federation of Republics. 1948 Broke Soviet ties. 1991 -Croatia, Slovenia, Civil war. Serbia. Croatia. Bosnia-Hercegovina. Slovenia. Macedonia. Montenegro. Tito. Kosovo.

Bull, John. 1562-1628. English early keyboard composer. Often credited with God Save the Queen.

Crédit Mobilier of America. 1865-72. Scandal involving illegal profits, graft in Union Pacific Railroad construction.

Panama Scandal. 1892. Bribery of French Chamber of Deputies discovered re 1888 Lesseps Panama loan. Discredited Clemenceau’s radicals.

Teapot Dome Scandal. 1922. Exclusive oil rights granted by Fall for personal “loans”. Discredited Harding administration.

Abolitionists. 1774-1868. US anti-slavery party. Merged into Republicans. Radical Republicans.

African National Congress. ANC. 1912-. Organization for black rights in South Africa outlawed to 1990. 1994- Ruling party. Mandela.

Anti-Masonic Party. 1826. US party absorbed into Whigs 1838.

Attlee, Clement. 1883-1967. British Labour Prime Minister. 1945-51. National Health. Nationalization.

Black Panthers. 1966-80. Revolutionary US political party. Bobby Seale. Huey Newton.

Boston Tea Party. 1773. Colonials dump tea cargo to protest tax. Led to Intolerable Acts.

Bryan, William Jennings. 1860-1925. US Democrat vs Gold Standard. Scopes prosecutor.

Bryant, William. 1794-1878. US poet/journalist. Founded Republican Party. Evening Post.

Bull Moose. 1912-16. Liberal Republicans for Roosevelt in first US Progressive Party.

Callaghan, James. 1912-. British Labour Prime Minister 1976-9.

Camorra. 1820-1911. Naples secret criminal society. Became political party.

Cavalier Party. 1660-88. Royalists. Became Tory.

Central Committee. Governing body of USSR Communist Party.

Centre Party. 1871-1933. German Roman Catholic political party.

Chase, Salmon. 1808-73. US. Founded Republican Party. National banking system.

Chicherin, Georgi. 1872-1936. Russian diplomat. Won recognition for Communist government.

Chou En-lai. 1898-1976. Chinese moderate Communist Prime Minister 1949-.

COMINFORM. Communist Information Bureau. 1947-56. Coordinated European party activities.

Congress (I) Party. 1978-. Split from Congress Party under Indira Gandhi.

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