" But while addressing Liverpool fans in a question-and-answer session, Liverpool chairman Tom Werner conceded that Comolli "was probably not the right person to implement that strategy.

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It was not until after the Second World War that another milestone was reached - the first woman was nominated at the beginning of the 1946-7 session to the Chairman's Panel which allowed her to preside over a debate of the whole House in committee, which she did on 31 May 1948.

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Previously, the president and Cheney had agreed to meet with the chairman and vice chairman in a session set to last an hour.

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