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Liam Watson Liam Watson formed Toe Rag Studios in the early 1990s. Since then his collection of vintage musical instruments and recording equipment has grown and grown, attracting the cream of modern bands looking for that 'retro edge'.
Lian Station Lian Station is the terminus of GrĂĄkallbanen, the remaining part of the Trondheim Tramway in Trondheim, Norway. The station serves as the main access point to the cities largest recreational area Bymarka west of ByĂĄsen.
Liana A liana is a woody climber Definition of the term liana that starts at ground level, and uses trees to climb up the canopy where they will spread from tree to tree to get as much light as possible. Lianas are especially characteristic of tropical moist deciduous forests and rainforests.
Liana Fiol Matta Liana Fiol Matta is a Puerto Rican jurist currently serving as an Associate Justice in the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico. She is the second woman in Puerto Rican history to serve in the highest court of the island.
Liane Bonin Liane Bonin is an American journalist, author, radio producer, and produced screenwriter. She has written articles that appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The Los Angeles Times, Mademoiselle, Daily Variety, People, Teen People, The Hollywood Reporter, Maxim and others.
Liane Hansen Liane Hansen has hosted National Public Radio's (NPR's) Weekend Edition Sunday since November 1989. Her experience in broadcast journalism includes working as a reporter, producer, and host for local and national programs.
Liane Tooth Liane Tooth (born March 13, 1962 in Sydney, New South Wales) is a retired field hockey forward, who twice won the golden medal with the Australian Women’s Hockey Team, best known as the Hockeyroos, at the Summer Olympics: in Seoul (1988) and in Atlanta, Georgia (1996).
Liang Bua Cave The Liang Bua Cave is a one of numerous caves found on the Island of Flores, in East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. It is also the site of the 2003 discovery of a potentially new species of Homo genus, Homo floresiensis.
Liang Dao Ming Liang Dao Ming () was a 14th century Cantonese Ming abscondee (he is also a king of Palembang) inhabiting Palembang, Srivijaya.14th century ZhengHe and the HuaQiao Policy 郑和的国家观与“华侨政策” According to Ming record, he had thousands of followers and a sizable military troop in Palembang.
Liang Dynasty Liang Dynasty (梁朝) (502-557), also known as Southern Liang Dynasty (南梁), was the third of Southern dynasties in China, followed by the Chen Dynasty. Western Liang Dynasty (西梁), with its capital established at Jiangling in 555 by Emperor Xuan, a grandson of Liang's founder Emperor Wu, claimed to be the legitimate successor of Liang Dynasty; it was subservient to the successive Western Wei Dynasty, Northern Zhou Dynasty, and Sui Dynasty, and was abolished by Emperor Wen of Sui in 587.
Liang Fuliang Liang Fuliang (born 12 January 1983) is a Chinese gymnast. Liang was part of the Chinese team that won the gold medal in the team event at the 2006 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships and the 2006 Asian Games.
Liang Hongzhi Liang Hongzhi or Liang Hung-chih was born in 1883, he was a government official in China during the Warlord Era from 1911 to 1928. In 1938,the Japanese were looking for someone to lead their puppet Reformed Government of the Republic of China in Nanjing, and Liang was the highest ranking official that would take the job.
Liang Qichao Liang Qichao (Chinese: 梁啟超, Liáng Qǐchāo; Courtesy: Zhuoru, 卓如; Pseudonym: Rengong, 任公) (February 23 1873–January 19 1929) was a Chinese scholar, journalist, philosopher and reformist during the Qing Dynasty (1644–1911), who inspired Chinese scholars with his writings and reform movements. He died of illness in Beijing at the age of 55.
Liang Shih-Chiu Liang Shih-chiu (born January 6, 1903, died November 3, 1987), a renowned educator, writer, translator, literary theorist and lexicographer, was educated at Tsinghua College in Beijing (1915-1923). He went on to study at Colorado College and later pursued his graduate studies at Harvard and Columbia Universities.
Liang Sicheng Liang Sicheng (Chinese: 梁思成; Pinyin: Liáng Sīchéng; April 20, 1901 - January 9, 1972) is the son of Liang Qichao, a well-known Chinese thinker in the late Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), and returned from the United States after studying there. His first wife was Lin Huiyin.
Liang Youchang Liang Youchang (梁有昶，born October 6 1974， in Guangdong, China) is a Chinese journalist. He is currently working for the Xinhua News Agency, the official press agency of the government of the People's Republic of China and the biggest center for collecting information and press conferences in the PRC.
Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture Liangshan Yi Autonomous Region (simplified Chinese: 凉山彝族自治州 ; pinyin: Liángshān Yízú Zìzhìzhōu; Yi: ꆃꎭ/Niep Sha; in IPA: []) ) is an autonomous prefecture in Sichuan whose capital is Xichang. Liangshan has an area of 60.
Liangyuan district Liangyuan district is one of the two districts of the city of Shangqiu. The name Liangyuan, or "the garden of Liang", follows from the name Emperor Xiao of Liang, who built the garden around 154 BC centered in the area of nowadays Shangqiu.
Liangzhu culture The Liangzhu culture (良渚文化) (3400-2250 BC) was the last Neolithic jade culture in the Yangtze River Delta of China. Its area of influence extended from Lake Tai in the north to Nanjing and Shanghai in the east and Hangzhou in the south.
Lianhe Zaobao Lianhe Zaobao (; literally United Morning Paper) is the largest Singapore-based Chinese newspaper with a daily circulation of about 200,000 copies on weekdays and 220,000 on Sundays. Published by the Singapore Press Holdings (SPH), it was formed on 16 March 1983 as a result of a merger between the Nanyang Siang Pau (Singapore) and the Sin Chew Jit Poh (Singapore), two of Singapore's oldest Chinese newspapers.
Lianhua Film Company The Lianhua Film Company, full name "Lianhua Film Production and Processing Company, Ltd." (Lianhua yingye zhipian yinshua gongsi), was one of two major production companies based in Shanghai, China during the 1930s, the other being the Mingxing Film Company.
Lianhuanhua LianHuanHua was first found in Shanghai Comics journal in 1925, since then it has been presented as palm size books—books for small sized people (Xiao ren Shu), comics—and this format was discontinued fell out of favor around 85. Currently there is a resurgent interest in this format.
Lianjiang Lianjiang (連江; 连江; Liánjiāng; Lien²-chiang¹; BUC: Lièng-gŏng) is a county on the coast of Fujian Province, China. Most of the county is controlled by the People's Republic of China (PRC), while a number of outlying islands, collectively referred to as the Matsu Islands, are administered as a separate Lienchiang County (same name but in Wade-Giles Romanization) by the Republic of China (ROC), based in Taiwan since 1949.
Lianne Dalziel Lianne Audrey Dalziel [IPA: diɛl] (In New Zealand, the "z" in her surname is not a silent letter) (born 7 June 1960) is a member of the New Zealand Parliament and Minister of Commerce, Small Business and Women's Affairs. She resigned from Cabinet on 20 February 2004 after apparently lying about a leak of documents to the media, but was reinstated as a Minister following Labour's return to office after the 2005 elections.
Lianshan Zhuang and Yao Autonomous County Lianshan Zhuang and Yao Autonomous County (simplified Chinese: 连山壮族瑶族自治县; pinyin: Liánshān Zhuàngzú Yáozú Zìzhìxiàn) is located in Qingyuan prefecture-level city, Guangdong Province, in southern China.
Lianyungang Lianyungang () is a prefecture-level city in northeastern Jiangsu province, People's Republic of China. It borders Yancheng to its southeast, Huai'an and Suqian to its south, Xuzhou to its southwest, and the province of Shandong to its north.
Liao Dynasty The Liao Dynasty (), 907-1125, also known as the Khitan Empire, was an empire in northern China that ruled over the regions of Manchuria, Mongolia, and parts of northern China proper. It was founded by the Yelü (耶律 Yēlǜ) family of the Khitan (pinyin: Qìdān) people in the final years of the Tang Dynasty, even though its first ruler, Yelü Abaoji, did not declare an era name until 916.
Liao Li Liao Li (ĺ»–ç«‹) a minister of Shu that served under various parts posts which included prefect. Li was later appointed as the guardian of Chang Shui, but ended up being exiled for his poor performance of duty.
Liaocheng Liaocheng (), also known as the Water City, is a prefecture-level city in western Shandong province, People's Republic of China. It borders the provincial capital of Jinan to the southeast, Dezhou to the northeast, Tai'an to the south, and the province of Hebei and Henan to the west.
Liaoning bronze dagger culture The Liaoning bronze dagger culture is an archeological complex of the late Bronze Age in Northeast Asia. Artifacts from the culture are found primarily in the Liaoning area of Manchuria and in the Korean peninsula.
Liaoning cuisine Liaoning cuisine (Chinese: 辽菜 or 辽宁菜) is derived from the native cooking styles of the Liaoning region in China, and it is the most famous Northeastern Chinese cuisine. Liaoning cuisine has gained increased popularity in China recently and its chefs have continuously won awards in the national culinary competitions in China, and the cuisine is heavily influenced by Beijing cuisine.
Liaoning Normal University Liaoning Normal University (LNU) (辽宁师范大学) is a teacher training university in Dalian, Liaoning Province, China under the provincial government. Established in 1951 the university is primarily responsible for educating teachers to teach in high schools around the province, though non-teacher training courses are offered.
Liaoning University Liaoning University (辽宁大学) is a university in Liaoning, China under the provincial government. It consists of an old and a new campus, connected by a free shuttle bus which runs 5-7 times daily during the week.
Liaoningosaurus Liaoningosaurus (Xu, Wang, et You, 2001) is a very unusual ankylosaur from the Lower Cretaceous. The holotype (IVPP V12560; Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Beijing), an essentially complete juvenile skeleton, was collected from the Yixian Formation (Barremian) of Liaoxi, Yixian County, Liaoning Province, People's Republic of China.
Liaoshen Campaign Liaoshen Campaign (), literally the abbreviation of Liaoning-Shenyang Campaign, was part of the three major campaigns launched by the People's Liberation Army during the late stage of the Chinese Civil War. This engagement is known in the Nationalist government as the Battle of Liaoshi (Traditional Chinese: 遼西會戰).
Liaquat Ali Khan Nawabzada Liaquat Ali Khan (Urdu: لیا قت علی خان) (October 1, 1896 – October 16, 1951) was the first Prime Minister of Pakistan. He was born in Karnal, India, studied law at the University of Oxford, and was admitted to the English bar in 1922.
Liaquat National Hospital Soon after Independence, about half a century ago, the Red Cross Fete Committee, which was chaired by Syed Wajid Ali, raised about Rs. 8 lakhs through Meena Bazaars organized under the guidance of Begum Rana Liaquat Ali Khan.
Liaquat University of Medical Health Sciences Liaquat University of Medical Health Sciences is a degree awarding institution in Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan. Liaquat University of Medical & Health Sciences, the first public sector medical university in Sindh, has a long history of imparting medical education in the province.
Liaquatabad Town Liaquatabad Town is a town in the central part of Karachi, Pakistan named after Liaquat Ali Khan, the first Prime Minister of Pakistan. It is bordered by the towns of North Nazimabad to the north, Gulberg and Gulshan to the east, Jamshed to the south across the Lyari River, and SITE Town to the west across the Orangi Nala stream.
Liar (It Takes One to Know One) EP Liar (It Takes One to Know One) was released by Taking Back Sunday as a single/EP in England on November 13th, 2006. The song was released as a single lifted from the band's third album, "Louder Now" and comes with a live recording of "Spin".
Liar's poker Liar's poker is a bar game that combines statistical reasoning with bluffing, and is played with the eight-digit serial number on a dollar bill. Normally the game is played with a stack of random bills obtained from the cash register.
Liard River The Liard River flows through the Yukon Territory, British Columbia and the Northwest Territories, Canada. Rising in the Pelly Mountains in south-eastern Yukon, it flows 1,115 km (693 miles) southeast through British Columbia, marking the northern end of the Rocky Mountains and then curving northeast back into the Yukon and Northwest Territories, draining into the Mackenzie River at Fort Simpson, Northwest Territories.
Liars (band) Liars is a three-piece band consisting of Australian-born Angus Andrew (vocals/guitar), Aaron Hemphill (percussion, guitar, synth), and Julian Gross (drums). Although initially lumped into the New York dance-punk scene of the early 21st century, they have come to be categorized by their dramatic stylistic shifts between albums, while retaining a consistent interest in rhythm and sound texture.
Liathach Liathach is one of the most famous of the Torridon Hills. It lies to the north of the A896 road, in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland, and has two peaks of Munro status: Spidean a' Choire Leith at the east of the main ridge, and Mullach an Rathain at the western end of the mountain.
LiĂş CĂłng Liu Cong the second son of the famous warlord Liu Biao and successor to Cai Mao during the Three Kingdoms Period of China. Liu Zong followed in his surrender to Cao Cao and then appointed as the protector of Qing but ended up being assassinated along with his mother by Yu Jin, a prominent officer under Cao Cao due to having thought to be a nuisance (in which took place when Liu Zong was to go to his "post").
Liège (city) Liège (IPA [], Walloon: Lîdje, Dutch: Luik, German: Lüttich; before 1946, the city's name was written Liége, with the acute accent) is a major city of Belgium and municipality located in the Walloon province of Liège, of which it is the administrative capital. It is situated in the valley of the Meuse River near Belgium's eastern borders with the Netherlands and Germany, at the point where the Meuse meets the Ourthe.
Liège (province) Liège (French, German: Lüttich, Dutch: Luik) is the easternmost province of the Walloon Region, in Belgium. It is predominantly French speaking, with a German speaking minority living along the eastern border with Germany.
Liège-Bastogne-Liège 2006 The 92nd edition of the Liège-Bastogne-Liège cycling classic was held on April 23, and stretched 262 km, although it did not finish in traditional location of Liège, Belgium as the name of the race suggests, but rather in the small town of Ans just outide of Liège. The race was won by Spanish all-rounder Alejandro Valverde of the Illes Balears cycling team.
Lib Sh Lib Sh is a metaprogramming language for programmable GPUs. Programmable GPUs are graphics processing units which allow almost arbitrary effects to be executed with extreme efficiency in the GPU rather than the CPU.
Libanomancy Libanomancy (also known as livanomancy, livanomancy, knissomancy) is a divination through observing and interpreting burning incense smoke. Like most other methods of divination, during a livanomancy act a specific question must be asked, to which incense smoke provides an answer, which is then interpreted by a diviner.
Libavcodec libavcodec is a free software/open source LGPL-licensed library of codecs for encoding and decoding video and audio data; it is written in the C programming language. It is part of the FFmpeg-project and many open source applications rely on it.
LibATA libATA is a library used inside the Linux kernel to support ATA host controllers and devices. libATA provides an ATA driver API, class transports for ATA and ATAPI devices, and SCSI/ATA translation for ATA devices according to the T10 SAT specification.
Libéral Bruant Libéral Bruant (ca 1635 - Paris, November 22, 1697), was a French architect best known as the designer of the Hôtel des Invalides, Paris, now dominated by the dome erected by Jules Hardouin Mansart, his collaborator in earlier stages of the construction. A comparison of Bruant's central entrance to the Invalides, under an arched cornice packed with military trophies with Mansart's Eglise du Dome (see Les Invalides), gives a clear idea of the difference between Bruant's High Baroque and Hardouin-Mansart's restrained and somewhat academic Late Baroque.
Libération Libération (affectionately known as Libé) is a French daily newspaper founded in Paris in 1973 by Jean-Paul Sartre, Pierre Victor alias Benny Lévy and Serge July in the wake of the protest movements of May 1968. Broadly speaking, Libérations editorial point of view is currently center-left.
Libbey Owens Ford The Libbey Owens Ford Company (LOF) was a producer of automotive glass both for original equipment manufacturers and for replacement use, as well as specialty glass products used in aircraft, tanks, locomotives, and high-rise buildings. In the late 1990s, LOF was acquired by the Pilkington Group, a multinational glass manufacturer headquartered in the United Kingdom.
Libbie Schrader Libbie Schrader is a rising independent musician based in Los Angeles. She got her first break as part of the band Think of England, with whom she won the Pantene Pro-Voice "New Voice of 2001" Competition held in New York City's Central Park.
Libby Appel Libby Appel, the fourth and current artistic director of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, plans to retire in 2008. Appel has directed more than 25 productions at Oregon Shakespeare Festival, and her artistic vision influences the 11 plays presented each year.
Libby Gleeson Libby Gleeson is one of Australia's best and most awarded children's authors. Born in Young, a small town in south western NSW in 1950, she is one of six children, the sister of former ABC TV Washington Correspondent Michael Gleeson and the mother of "Home and Away" actress Jessica Tovey.
Libby Hoeller The Libby Hoeller Videos (sometimes Libby Hoeler, Libby Heller or Elizabeth Hoeller) were a series of five erotic videos released on the Internet between 1999 and 2001. The videos were widely downloaded and became somewhat of an internet phenomenon.
Libby Kennedy Elizabeth Grace 'Libby' Kirk (nee Kennedy) was a character in the Australian soap Neighbours, and was played by Kym Valentine. She first appeared from 1994 until 2003, and returned for several months until leaving for good in 2004.
Libby Purves Libby Purves (born February 2 1950 in London, England) is a radio presenter, journalist and author. A diplomat's daughter, she was educated at convent schools in Bangkok (Thailand), South Africa and France, and then The Sacred Heart School in Tunbridge Wells.
Libby Roderick Libby is an internationally acclaimed singer/songwriter, poet, activist, teacher and lifelong Alaskan. The surprising power and depth of her music and the humor and spontaneity of her performances have attracted large and enthusiastic audiences across the continent and fans all over the world.
Libby Tanner Libby Tanner (born Elizabeth Tanner, February 25 1970, Melbourne, Victoria) is an Australian actress. Having appeared in the hospital drama All Saints playing Bron Craig for 5 years, she left to star in the short lived television series Fireflies, before gaining a leading role in the now-cancelled Australian drama series headLand.
Libby Titus Libby Titus (born Libby Jurist on July 6, 1947 in Woodstock, New York) is a singer, songwriter and concert producer. Although she released several solo albums in the 1970s and '80s, she is best known as the co-writer, with Eric Kaz, of "Love Has No Pride", a song recorded by many artists including Linda Ronstadt, Bonnie Raitt and Jane Monheit.
Libby Zion Libby Zion (November 30, 1965 - March 5, 1984) daughter of prominent New York journalist Sidney Zion, died at age 18 after being admitted to New York Hospital Cornell Medical Center with a high fever. A grand jury determined that the long hours of often unsupervised medical interns and residents contributed to her death.
Libdmc Model checking offers a way to automatically prove that a modeled system behavior is correct by verifying properties. However, it suffers of the so-called state space explosion problem, caused by an intensive use of memory.
Libdvdcss libdvdcss is a free, highly portable library for accessing and unscrambling DVDs encrypted with the CSS system. It is part of the VideoLAN project and is used by VLC and all other open source DVD players such as Ogle, xine-based players and MPlayer.
Libeccio The libeccio is the westerly or south-westerly wind which predominates in northern Corsica all the year round; it frequently raises high seas and may give violent westerly squalls. In summer it is most persistent, but in winter it alternates with the tramontana (north-east or north).
Libel tourism Libel tourism refers to the practice of intimidating writers or commentators and their publishers by filing libel suits against them in countries with plaintiff-friendly libel laws, notably the United Kingdom. Noteworthy cases have been of wealthy Saudis suing or threatening to sue American publishers of American writers in British courts Libel Tourism Chills Investigative Journalism.
Libeled Lady Libeled Lady is a 1936 comedy film starring Jean Harlow and William Powell (who were romantically involved at the time), and Myrna Loy and Spencer Tracy. The movie was written by George Oppenheimer, Howard Emmett Rogers, Wallace Sullivan and Maurine Dallas Watkins, and directed by Jack Conway.
Libellulidae The skimmers or perchers and their relatives form the Libellulidae, the largest dragonfly family in the world. It is sometimes considered to contain the Corduliidae as the subfamily Corduliinae and the Macromiidae as the subfamily Macromiinae.
Libellus de Medicinalibus Indorum Herbis The Libellus de Medicinalibus Indorum Herbis (Latin for "Little Book of the Medicinal Herbs of the Indians") is an Aztec herbal manuscript, describing the medicinal properties of various plants used by the Aztecs. It was translated into Latin by Juan Badiano, from a Nahuatl original composed in the Colegio de Santa Cruz de Tlatelolco in 1552 by MartĂ­n de la Cruz that is no longer extant.
Libellus de Nativitate Sanctae Mariae Libellus de Nativitate Sanctae Mariae (literally book of the birth of Saint Mary) is a text concerning the events surrounding the birth of Mary, mother of Jesus. It essentially originates as part of the Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew, and was treated as an independent work around the ninth century.
Liben (woreda) Liben is one of the 47 woredas in the Somali Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Liben Zone, Liben is bordered on the south by the Dawa River which separates it from Kenya, on the west and north by the Oromia Region, on the north and east by the Ganale Dorya River which separates it from the Afder Zone, and on the east by Dolo Odo.
Liber ad honorem Augusti The Liber ad honorem Augusti sive de rebus Siculis ("Book in honour of the Emperor, or on Sicilian affairs"; also called Carmen de motibus Siculis, "Poem on the Sicilian revolt") is an illustrated narrative epic in Latin elegiac couplets, written in Palermo in 1196 by Peter of Eboli (in Latin, Petrus de Ebulo). The presentation copy is now MS.
Liber Al vel Legis Liber AL vel Legis is the technical name of Aleister Crowley's received text The Book of the Law, the central document of the religious philosophy known as Thelema. For more information see the entry under Book of the Law.
Liber de similitudinibus et exemplis Liber de similitudinibus et exemplis (also known as Tabula exemplorum) is a 13th century Latin collection of moral tales and proverbial wisdom, arranged in alphabetical order of topics, beginning with accidia (laziness) and ending with Xristi ascensio (the ascension of Christ).
Liber Diurnus Romanorum Pontificum Liber Diurnus Romanorum Pontificum, Latin for Journal of the Roman Pontiffs, is the name given to a miscellaneous collection of ecclesiastical formulae used in the Papal chancery until about the 11th century. It fell into disuse through the changed circumstances of the times and was soon forgotten and lost.
Liber glossarum The Liber Glossarum was a compendium of knowledge used for later compilations during the Middle Ages, and a general reference work used by contemporary scholars. It has alternatively been referred to as an encyclopedia, a glossary, and a dictionary.
Liber Historiae Francorum Liber historiae Francorum ("The book of the history of the Franks") is a primary source for writing the history of the early Franks and the Merovingians, and the first example of the historiography of the Pippinid family in Austrasia before they became the more famous "Carolingians". The Liber has recently been explored by Rosamond McKitterick in History and Memory in the Carolingian World.
Liber Linteus The Liber Linteus (Zagrabiensis) (also rarely known as Liber Agramensis) (Latin: Linen Book (of Zagreb) or Book of Agram) is the longest Etruscan text and the only extant linen book. It remains mostly untranslated because of the lack of knowledge about the Etruscan language, though the few words which can be understood indicate that the text is most likely a ritual calendar.
Liber Memorialis The Liber Memorialis is an ancient book in Latin featuring an extremely concise summary—a kind of index—of universal history from earliest times to the reign of Trajan. It was written by Lucius Ampelius, who was possibly a tutor or schoolmaster.
Liber XV, The Gnostic Mass Aleister Crowley wrote The Gnostic Mass—technically called Liber XV or "Book 15"—in 1913 while travelling in Moscow. In many ways it is similar in structure to the Mass of the Roman Catholic Church.
Libera (music) Libera is the third 'public' name for the boys' section of an Anglican parish church choir from South London. As the name has changed at various times during the public performance life of the choir, the name in use at the relevant time will be used in each section.
Libera UniversitĂ  Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli The Libera UniversitĂ  Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli (Italian for "Guido Carli Free International University for Social Studies"), often simply abbreviated as "LUISS", is a private university founded in 1966 in Rome, Italy.
Liberace Wladziu Valentino Liberace (May 16, 1919 – February 4, 1987), better known by the stage name Liberace (IPA pronunciation: ) or (common pronunciation: [lib•ər•AH•chee]) , and known to his friends as Lee, was a charismatic and flamboyant American entertainer.
Liberal and Centre Union The Liberal and Centre Union (Lithuanian: Liberalų ir centro sąjunga) is a liberal party in Lithuania, member of the Liberal International and the ELDR. It was formed in 2003 by a merger of the Liberal Union of Lithuania (Lietuvos liberalų sąjunga), the Centre Union of Lithuania (Lietuvos centro sąjunga) and the Modern Christian-Democratic Union (Moderniųjų krikščionių demokratų sąjunga).
Liberal anti-fascism Liberal anti-fascism is a form of anti-fascism that is distinguished by its use of non-violent, legal and democratic methods in fighting fascism, which it sees primarily as a moral evil and as a threat to liberal democracy. Liberal anti-fascism can be contrasted with militant anti-fascism and the term is principally used as a pejorative by those who identify as militant anti-fascists or as radical anti-racists.
Liberal autocracy A liberal autocracy is a non-democractic system containing the liberties of political liberalism, such as basic individual liberties and property rights, and governed by an "enlightened despot." Until the twentieth century, "most countries in Western Europe were liberal autocracies, or at best, semi-democracies.
Liberal Alliance of Montenegro The Liberal Alliance of Montenegro (Serbian/Montenegrin: Либерални Савез Црне Горе or Liberalni Savez Crne Gore - LSCG) was a liberal political party in Montenegro. The party used to be a member of Liberal International.
Liberal Arts and Science Academy of Austin at LBJ High School The Liberal Arts and Science Academy of Austin is a specialized high school for students interested in liberal arts, science, and/or mathematics. As a magnet school, it attracts high school students from all across the Austin Independent School District (AISD).
Liberal Assembly The Liberal Assembly was the annual party conference of the British Liberal Party before its termination in 1988 and has been adopted as the name for the continuity Liberal Party created as its replacement. It traditionally concludes with all members rising to sing The Land.
Liberal conservatism Liberal conservatism is a variant of conservatism that combines the classical conservative concern for established tradition, respect for authority and, sometimes, religious values with liberal ideas, especially on economic issues (see economic liberalism). (The term liberal is not used here in the way it used in the United Stated to denote left-wingers but is closer to free-market libertarianism.
Liberal Catholic Church International The Liberal Catholic Church International arose from the 1941 schism of the Liberal Catholic Church in the United States, which surrounded the controversy involving American Regionary Bishop Charles Hampton, who wished to keep adherence to theosophical tenets optional for all clergy, in accordance with the wishes of the church's first two Presiding Bishops, J. I.
Liberal Citizens Action Liberal Citizens Action (in Spanish: AcciĂłn Ciudadana Liberal) was a political party in Spain at the time of the transition to democracy. ACL emerged out of the Liberal Federation (FederaciĂłn Liberal), an alliance of five parties, in 1977.
Liberal Coalition Party The Liberal Coalition Party (Liberala samlingspartiet) was a political party in Sweden represented in the Riksdag from 1900 to 1924. The party was in government 1905–1906, 1911–1914 (Karl Staaff) and 1917–1920 (Nils Edén).
Liberal Collegial Group The Liberal Collegial Group (Romanian: Gruparea Colegială Liberală or GCL) is a group in Romania that is supported by the National Liberal Party (PNL). This is somewhat a new institution in the PNL as only some territorial organizations have actual GCL activity as of 2006 (PNL Sector 2, Bucharest, PNL Iaşi, PNL Ploieşti, PNL Cluj-Napoca).
Liberal democracy Liberal democracy is a form of government. It is a representative democracy in which the ability of the elected representatives to exercise decision-making power is subject to the rule of law, and usually moderated by a constitution that emphasizes the protection of the rights and freedoms of individuals, and which places constraints on the leaders and on the extent to which the will of the majority can be exercised against the rights of minorities (see civil liberties).
Liberal Democracy (France) Liberal Democracy (Démocratie Libérale, DL) was a French political party that advocated liberalism, headed by Alain Madelin. The party replaced in 1997 the Republican Party, which was the liberal component of the Union for French Democracy (UDF).
Liberal Democrat Friends of Israel Liberal Democrat Friends of Israel is a UK Parliament based campaign group promoting support throughout the British Liberal Democrat Party for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, with Israel recognised and secure within its borders and the establishment of a viable Palestinian state.

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