From 1831-32, Dickens was a reporter for the Mirror of Parliament - an early Hansard competitor - and witnessed much of the national debate that led to the Great Reform Act of 1832, which is said to have opened the door to modern democracy.
So with the growth of industrial power and the Great Reform Act.
The second great liberalisation of the 1996 act was to give cable television more freedom to set prices.
The legacy of the Great Smog was the Clean Air Act of 1956 which introduced a number of measures to reduce air pollution.
The problem, of course, is that the Security Council can act only when the great powers of the world are in general agreement.
The outcry was so great that the NFL had to act before its brand was irreparably damaged.
That was something that we made a great hallmark in the Recovery Act.
Suddenly Wi-Fi wireless networking, which is beginning to act like The Great Enabler, gives us a glimpse of how it might happen.
By calling Education Secretary Bennett a liar, NYU's Brademas is playing his chosen role in the latest act of the Great American Education Melodrama.
The writing was on the wall for years prior to the Great Recession, but we chose not to act or even acknowledge the issues until it was too late.
And I hope there'll be a Tory prime minister after the election, but that will depend a great deal on the Conservative Party getting its act together at last.
My years at the SEC and in the mutual fund industry has required me to spend a great deal of time studying loopholes in the Act which, if eliminated, would enhance investor protection but which the industry has long opposed closing.
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In 1801, the Act of Union between Great Britain and Ireland became effective, creating the United Kingdom.
Aaah, this is cricket at its soap-operatic best: two great teams act out the latest installment in a drama that spans generations.
The just-enacted Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Authorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 makes great strides against the Federal estate tax burden that otherwise would have taken hold January 1, 2011.
Considering Foroohar's suggestion that a difficult salary outlook will drive a great deal of savings, the act of saving itself will, far from driving down long-term wages, eventually increase them.
There has been lots of great analysis of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the potential side effects its enactment would have for Internet providers and content distributors.
In America, which banned universal banking after the Great Depression under the Glass-Steagall act, the division between the two kinds was incrementally weakened for decades, before it was finally scrapped in 1999.
And to fail to act on some of the great challenges facing the country that we had been putting off for decades would mean a lesser future for our children and our grandchildren.
It was such protectionism that led to the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1929--30, the precipitator of the Great Depression.
The Dodd-Frank Act recognized that the SEC has had, in the past, great difficulty identifying significant frauds and malfeasances at an early enough stage to protect investors from serious harm.
But council lawyers said the decision was "rational, made with great care and was based on a full appreciation of the obligation to act within the law" and the judge ruled in the authority's favour.
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As the great modern conservative Edmund Burke taught, the act of governing - indeed, "every human benefit and enjoyment" - requires compromise.
For personal use, the Mimo Magic Touch can act as a great peripheral monitor for social networking, iTunes and media players, chat windows, online auctions, stock tracking tools, fantasy sports dashboards, and more.
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The Catholic Emancipation Act of 1829, for example, was passed amidst great controversy, and in order to placate the Irish.
The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act makes great strides toward eliminating this threat to our children's health.
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It goes without saying that the simple act of constructing this movement requires a great deal of finesse.
It's been 140 years since the Homestead Act sent waves of settlers across the Great Plains, staking claim to parcels of land 160 acres in size.
Congress produced the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and a number of great legislative accomplishments.
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