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A Season with Verona

Aside from detailing Hellas Verona's on the pitch exploits, Parks provides a commentary of political events in Italy at the time (namely the national election held in 2001 that brought Silvio Berlusconi into power).

Alejandro Goic

In November 2009, Goic expressed concern at the emergence of same-sex couples in party political broadcasts for the presidential election of that year, particularly in advertisements for the candidates Eduardo Frei and Sebastián Piñera; the latter was criticized for this issue even within his own coalition, the conservative Independent Democrat Union.

Benedicto Caldarella

He won in his only Grand Prix race at the 1962 500cc Argentine Grand Prix.

Brian Statham

He overtook Alec Bedser's record of 236 Test wickets in the Fourth Test at the Adelaide Oval in 1962–63.

California lieutenant gubernatorial election, 1998

State Assemblyman and Speaker of the Assembly Cruz Bustamante, the Democratic nominee, decisively defeated the Republican nominee, State Senator Tim Leslie, for the office previously held by incumbent Gray Davis, who chose not to seek re-election in favor of running for governor.

ChangeFIFA

Joining forces with Change FIFA, Damian Collins, Conservative Member of Parliament for Folkestone and Hythe and member of the House of Commons' Culture, Media and Sport Committee, has called for Sepp Blatter's re‑election as FIFA president to be suspended and a "reform agenda" to be introduced at football's ruling organisation.

Charles N. Frink

He was not a candidate for re-election in 1898, and was succeeded by Democrat Albert Woyciechowski.

Christophe Cuvillier

Christophe Cuvillier (born December 5, 1962 in Etterbeek) is a French businessman and current chief executive officer of the European real-estate group Unibail-Rodamco.

Cockermouth by-election, 1879

The byelection was fought due to the death of the incumbent Liberal MP, Isaac Fletcher.

Constituency results of the United Kingdom general election, 2005

# Brent East (in a by-election, retained)

Dunfermline and West Fife by-election, 2006

The by-election took place in the middle of a leadership election in the Liberal Democrats and the party was perceived in the media to be declining in the polls as a result of negative publicity surrounding the resignation of former leader Charles Kennedy and revelations about the private lives of Mark Oaten and Simon Hughes.

Eric of Brunswick-Grubenhagen

However, Eric died unexpectedly on 14 May 1532, during a banquet in Fürstenau to celebrate his election in Osnabrück with his noble friends.

Fijian presidential election, 2000

A Presidential election took place in Fiji on 18 July 2000, to replace Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, who had resigned, possibly under pressure from the Military, during the Fiji coup of 2000.

Fiona Nash

Between 1999 and 2004, she worked as staff member for National Party federal ministers, Mark Vaile, Larry Anthony, and De-Anne Kelly before her election to the Senate.

G. J. Renier

Gustaaf Johannes Petrus Renier (25 September 1892, Flushing – 1 September 1962, Twickenham) was professor of Dutch History at University College London.

Gary Cammack

2012 When incumbent Republican Representative Thomas Brunner was term limited and left the Legislature and left a District 29 seat open, Cammack ran in the three-way June 5, 2012 Republican Primary and placed first with 1,450 votes (43.8%); Cammack and incumbent Republican Representative Dean Wink were unopposed for the November 6, 2012 General election, where Cammack took the first seat with 5,991 votes (55.40%) and Representative Wink took the second seat.

George Spotton

This election campaign turned into a political drama of sorts reminiscent of the novel All the King's Men.

Guy Fithen

Guy L. Fithen (born 1962 in Oxford) is a British actor and screenwriter best known for his roles as a pirate.

Hsu Hsin-liang

He was expelled from Kuomintang but broke ranks in 1977 when he ran and won as an independent in the election for Magistrate of Taoyuan County.

Independent Smallholders, Agrarian Workers and Civic Party

However, the Soviet occupation of the country, the Hungarian Communist Party's salami tactic to break up opponent parties and widespread election fraud in 1947 led to a communist government.

Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing

Jimmy Dean's 1962 song "Steel Men" is a ballad about the Second Narrows bridge disaster.

James C. Green

He defeated fellow former House Speaker Carl J. Stewart, Jr. in the 1980 Democratic primary, and then went on to defeat Republican Bill Cobey in the general election.

Joe Dial

Joe Dial (born 26 October 1962 in Marlow, Oklahoma) is a retired American pole vaulter, best known for winning the bronze medal at the 1989 World Indoor Championships in Budapest.

John McQueen

He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1844 to the 29th United States Congress.

Kamuta Latasi

The general election held on 25 November 1993 resulted in the members being evenly split in their support of the incumbent Prime Minister Bikenibeu Paeniu and the former Prime Minister Tomasi Puapua.

Lawrence Kasha

Kasha had directed a season of summer stock productions at the Colonie Summer Theatre in Latham, New York in 1959, but his first major directing assignment came in 1962 with Guys and Dolls and The Most Happy Fella at the O'Keefe Center in Toronto.

Margaret Vanderhye

She was the Democratic nominee in the 2007 Virginia general election to fill the seat held by retiring incumbent Republican Vince Callahan, defeating Republican businessman Dave Hunt in the general election on November 6, 2007.

Mich d'Avray

Jean-Michel (Mich) d'Avray (born 19 February 1962 in Johannesburg, South Africa) is a former professional association footballer who spent the majority of his playing career at Ipswich Town.

Michelle Khan

Michelle Yeoh (born 1962), credited as Michelle Khan in some of her earlier films

Murder in the Central Committee

The director's idea was to use the plot as a chronicle of the transition, the period during which Spain moved from Francisco Franco's dictatorship, after his death, until the first free election that put the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party in power.

National Party of Scotland

Eric Linklater stood as an NPS candidate in the 1933 East Fife by-election, and Neil Gunn played a role in aiding the NPS amalgamation with the Scottish Party.

New York's 25th congressional district election, 2008

After it appeared he might run unopposed in the general election, on April 2 Republican Dale Sweetland, coming off a narrowly unsuccessful September 2007 bid for Onondaga County Executive, announced he'd oppose Maffei.

Papal conclave, 1521–22

The conclave was marked by the early candidacies of cardinal-nephew Giulio de'Medici (future Pope Clement VII) and Alessandro Farnese (future Pope Paul III), although the Colonna and other cardinals blocked their election.

Robin Maugham, 2nd Viscount Maugham

Maugham bought the merchant ship MV Joyita as a hulk in the early 1960s, writing about the mystery of the incident in his book The Joyita Mystery (1962).

Roger Gale

His Labour Party opponent in the 1983 election was Cherie Blair, wife of the former Prime Minister Tony Blair.

Rufus Phillips

Phillips was a protégé of General Edward Lansdale and participated in the 1962 RAND Counterinsurgency Symposium alongside other counterinsurgency experts such as David Galula and Frank Kitson.

Santiago Ostolaza

Santiago Javier Ostolaza Sosa (born July 10, 1962 in Dolores, Soriano) is an Uruguayan former football midfielder and current manager.

Secure Electronic Registration and Voting Experiment

The project was contracted by FVAP to Accenture, who in turn subcontracted Avenade, Hart InterCivic, Hewlett-Packard, VeriSign, election.com, and others.

Shirley Neil Pettis

She won his seat by special election and she was subsequently reelected to the Ninety-fifth Congress (April 29, 1975-January 3, 1979).

Some Other Guy

The song was part of The Beatles' live repertoire in 1962-63, and a recording was made on 19 June 1963 during a live BBC radio performance by the band at The Playhouse Theatre, London.

South Carolina's 1st congressional district special election, 1971

The 1971 South Carolina 1st congressional district special election was held on April 27, 1971 to select a Representative for the 1st congressional district to serve out the remainder of the term for the 92nd Congress.

Southern West Riding of Yorkshire by-election, 1872

The byelection was fought due to the Resignation of the incumbent MP of the Liberal Party, Viscount Milton.

St George, Queensland

It gained national attention with the election of local accountant Barnaby Joyce to the Australian Senate following the 2004 federal election.

Sverre Andersen

He won goalkeeper of the year in 1962, 1963, 1965 and 1968 in the VG Awards.

Tim Hitchens

Timothy Mark Hitchens, CMG, LVO (born 1962) is a British diplomat and a former Assistant Private Secretary to the Queen in the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom, 1999-2002.

Tylman

Stanley D. Tylman (1893–1982), professor of dentistry (1920–1962), University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry

United States House of Representatives election in Pennsylvania, 1788

On July 8, 1788, the Congress of the Confederation passed a resolution calling the first session of the 1st United States Congress for March 4, 1789, to convene at New York City and the election of Senators and Representatives in the meanwhile by the States.

Universidad Central del Este

UCE was founded at a time in which the Dominican Republic only counted with a handful of other universities nationwide, which included the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD), founded by Pope Paul III in 1538; the Catholic University Mother and Teacher (now Pontifical) founded in Santiago in 1962; and the National University Pedro Henríquez Ureña (UNPHU), founded in 1966.

Vicki Barnett

In 2008, she announced her intention to run for the 37th State House seat, which was left open by the retirement of longtime Democratic legislator Aldo Vagnozzi, who could not run for re-election due to term limits.

Winchester Council election, 2003

20 were contested in the election with the election in Droxford, Soberton and Hambledon being a by-election after the previous Conservative councillor resigned.


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