2) 1980, May 6. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
...the European Community. The opposition Pan-Hellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) won a first direct election to the Parliamentary Assembly of the European Community...

3) direct primary. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002
...direct primary An election in which voters choose candidates to run on a party s ticket in a subsequent election for public office. 1...

4) 2. Portugal. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
...building and the introduction of the telegraph (1857), and he lowered tariffs. 1 1852 Direct election of the Chamber of Deputies was reintroduced, with limited suffrage....

5) direct primary. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...A preliminary election in which a party's candidates for public office are nominated by direct vote of the people....

6) Progressive party. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...for President and Hiram W. Johnson for Vice President. The Progressive platform called for the direct election of U.S. Senators, the initiative, referendum, and recall,...

7) Foraker, Joseph Benson. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...He led the opposition to the Hepburn bill on railroad rebates in 1906 and opposed the direct election of U.S. Senators. His political career was ended when, in the...

8) Congress of the United States. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...the state legislatures until 1913, when the Seventeenth Amendment, providing for their direct popular election, went into effect. Actually, many states, especially...

9) States-General. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...only the name has been preserved there, for the lower house represents the entire nation by direct election, and the upper house represents the provincial estates,...

10) 1969. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
...College. He failed to win the necessary overall majority for reelection in Finland's first direct election for the presidency in January 1988, but the Electoral College...