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Known throughout his cricket career as the Nawab of Pataudi Jr, a title abolished years later during Indira Gandhi's reforms, Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi - "Tiger" or "Pat" to his friends - earned a special place in cricket history for his

The Guardian World News David Frith 2011

Because Great Britain abolished its role in the Atlantic slave trade, the ship finds a new calling.

Book Review: Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh « A Progressive on the Prairie 2009

The GOP will be abolished from the H.O.R. in 2010.

Poll: GOP makes gains in battle for Congress 2009

The essential question of whether the filibuster can be abolished is the question of entrenchment.

Matthew Yglesias » How Many Votes to Change the Senate’s Rules 2010

Because Great Britain abolished its role in the Atlantic slave trade, the ship finds a new calling.

A Progressive on the Prairie » Book Review: Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh » Print 2009

I believe that, with war abolished from the world, there will be improvement in the social, political, and economic systems in all nations, to the benefit of the whole of humanity.

Linus Pauling - Nobel Lecture 1962

We must be sure that once victory is achieved, we win the peace and see to it that wars are forever abolished from the face of the earth.

Embattled Britain 1941

Chairman Oberstar pointedly noted that system may be addressed -- or even "abolished" -- by future Congressional action.

Aero-News Network 2008

MattY’s quixotic notion that the Senate ought to be abolished is the sorta thing folks used to stand on soapboxes in public parks to talk about, sorta like Ron Paul insisting on the gold standard.

Matthew Yglesias » Trapped in the Senate 2009

The latter has even written to David Cameron warning that public safety cannot be guaranteed if control orders are abolished, which is certainly an unusual step and follows the high-profile campaign by the former head of the Met, Sir Ian Blair, on extending detention without charge from 28 days.

The freedom bill will mean nothing if we keep repressive measures like control orders Henry Porter 2010