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Purple coalition. Purple is a common term in politics used to describe governments or other political entities consisting of parties that have red and blue as their political colours. It is of particular note in three countries. In the politics of the Netherlands and Belgium, purple ( Dutch: paars) is the term for a government coalition of ...
e. The Lavender Scare was a moral panic about homosexual people in the United States government which led to their mass dismissal from government service during the mid-20th century. It contributed to and paralleled the anti-communist campaign which is known as McCarthyism and the Second Red Scare. [1] Gay men and lesbians were said to be ...
cryptologist. William Frederick Friedman (September 24, 1891 – November 12, 1969) was a US Army cryptographer who ran the research division of the Army's Signal Intelligence Service (SIS) in the 1930s, and parts of its follow-on services into the 1950s. In 1940, subordinates of his led by Frank Rowlett broke Japan 's PURPLE cipher, thus ...
The Purple Rain Protest, Purple Rain Revolt or Purple Rain Riot was an anti- apartheid protest held in Cape Town on 2 September 1989, four days before South Africa 's racially segregated parliament held its elections. A police water cannon with purple dye was turned on thousands of Mass Democratic Movement supporters who poured into the city in ...
The Purple People Bridge turned 150 this year, and a series of events throughout the summer celebrated the historic milestone. The final event of the series is the Back Roads Wine Festival from 5 ...
The Purple People (Italian: Il Popolo Viola) was an Italian mass protest movement who, among other things, called for the resignation of now former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. The movement was disaffected with mainstream Italian politics, and identified themselves at demonstrations and rallies by wearing items of the colour purple ...
Interpol notice. An Interpol notice is an international alert circulated by Interpol to communicate information about crimes, criminals, and threats by police in a member state (or an authorised international entity) to their counterparts around the world. The information disseminated via notices concerns individuals wanted for serious crimes ...
The Western Gazette noted that as the book had sold out on pre-orders, "despite divided public opinion, plenty of people are keen to hear what the controversial politician has to say". Writing for The Guardian, Nick Cohen said that the book revealed "a small-minded man living in a bubble of self-aggrandisement". He pointed out that Farage ...