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Here in Jordan, we hear reassurance that King Abdullah's abrupt replacement of his own cabinet this week is a positive move and reflects the Jordanian's "semidemocratic monarchy" quick response to the wishes of her people.
Suzanne Skees: Egypt Exploded: An American in Cairo Ponders What Our Citizens Can Do for Theirs Suzanne Skees 2011
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Here in Jordan, we hear reassurance that King Abdullah's abrupt replacement of his own cabinet this week is a positive move and reflects the Jordanian's "semidemocratic monarchy" quick response to the wishes of her people.
Suzanne Skees: Egypt Exploded: An American in Cairo Ponders What Our Citizens Can Do for Theirs Suzanne Skees 2011
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Syria went to France, which proceeded to provide it with semidemocratic institutions but also to partition it into another, largely Maronite country, called Lebanon.
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Our revolution was essentially the rebellion of a colony with democratic institutions from a home country with semidemocratic institutions, governed more by Parliament than by King.
Gringos in Paradise Barry Golson 2006
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Our revolution was essentially the rebellion of a colony with democratic institutions from a home country with semidemocratic institutions, governed more by Parliament than by King.
Gringos in Paradise Barry Golson 2006
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For even conceding to capitalism the possibility of checking armaments and ending wars, and of establishing semidemocratic governments on the French or English models, he finds the remainder of the indictment against it quite sufficient to justify the most revolutionary policy.
Socialism As It Is A Survey of The World-Wide Revolutionary Movement William English Walling
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It is evident, on the other hand, that countries establishing democratic or semidemocratic institutions under the conditions prevailing in the world as late as 1890, when the great change took place in New Zealand, or during the decade, 1900-1910, when the political overturn gave
Socialism As It Is A Survey of The World-Wide Revolutionary Movement William English Walling
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"Democracy cannot do away with the class antagonisms of capitalist society," says Kautsky, referring to the "State Socialist" reforms of semidemocratic governments like those of Australia and Great Britain.
Socialism As It Is A Survey of The World-Wide Revolutionary Movement William English Walling
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Here in Jordan, we hear reassurance that King Abdullah's abrupt replacement of his own cabinet this week is a positive move and reflects the Jordanian's "semidemocratic monarchy" quick response to the wishes of her people.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Suzanne Skees 2011
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a split, the reform wing of the party, already in the friendliest relations with the non-Socialist radicals, would doubtless join with them to constitute a very powerful, semidemocratic party, similar to the
Socialism As It Is A Survey of The World-Wide Revolutionary Movement William English Walling
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