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Liberal-Progressive Liberal-Progressive was a label used by a number of candidates in Canadian elections between 1926 and 1953. In federal and Ontario politics, there was no formal Liberal-Progressive party - it was an alliance between two separate parties.
Liberal-Unionist Liberal-Unionists were supporters of the Liberal Party of Canada who, as a result of the Conscription Crisis of 1917 rejected Sir Wilfrid Laurier's leadership and supported the coalition Unionist government of Sir Robert Borden.
Liberalism Liberalism is an ideology, philosophical view, and political tradition which holds that liberty is the primary political value.A: "'Liberalism' is defined as a social ethic that advocates liberty, and equality in general.
Liberalism and conservatism in Latin America Liberalism and conservatism in Latin America have unique historical roots. Latin American independence began to occur in 1808 after the French Revolution and the subsequent Napoleonic Wars that eventually engulfed all of Europe.
Liberalism and radicalism in France Liberalism and radicalism in France do not form the same type of ideology. In fact, the main line of conflict in France during the 19th century was between monarchist opponents of the Republic (mainly Legitimists and Orleanists, but also Bonapartists) and supporters of the Republic (Radicals, "Republican Opportunists", and later Socialists).
Liberalism and Radicalism in France In France, the word is used either to refer to the traditional liberal anti-clericalism or to economic liberalism. The word is used by minarchists; political liberalism in France was long associated more with the Radical Party, leading to the use of the term radicals to refer to political liberals.
Liberalism in Canada Liberalism has been a strong force in Canadian politics since the late 18th Century. While Canada has the same features of other liberal democracies in the Western democratic political tradition, it is, in some respects, an exemplar of liberalism.
Liberalism in Europe In general, liberalism in Europe is a political movement that supports a broad tradition of individual liberties and constitutionally-limited and democratically accountable government. This usually encompasses the belief that government should act to alleviate poverty and other social problems, but not through radical changes to the structure of society.
Liberalism in Germany This article aims to give an historical overview of liberalism in Germany. The liberal parties dealt with in the timeline below are, largely, those which received sufficient support at one time or another to have been represented in parliament.
Liberalism in the United States This article discusses the history and development of various notions of liberalism in the United States. For the ideology normally identified in the United States today as "liberalism", see Modern liberalism in the United States.
Liberalism in Taiwan This article gives an overview of liberalism in the Republic of China on Taiwan. It is limited to liberal parties with substantial support, mainly proved by having had a representation in the Legislative Yuan (parliament).
Liberalism worldwide This article gives information on liberalism in diverse countries around the world. It is an overview of parties that adhere more or less (explicitly) to the ideas of political liberalism and is therefore a list of liberal parties around the world.
Liberalisterne Liberalisterne (The Liberals) is a Danish political party founded in 2005 to campaign for a more liberal (in the classical, free-market sense of the word) societal order in Denmark. Among its chief wishes are the instution of a flat tax, opposition to recent anti-terror laws, and a general cut in public spending.
Liberalization In general, liberalization refers to a relaxation of previous government restrictions, usually in areas of social or economic policy. Liberalization of autocratic regimes may precede democratization (or not, as in the case of the Prague Spring).
Liberals for Forests liberals for forests is an Australian political minor party. It has contested both state and federal elections in recent years, but has only achieved one elected representative - Janet Woollard (elected as an Independent) in Western Australia.
Liberals for Life Liberals for Life was an anti-abortion pressure group that worked within the Liberal Party of Canada during the 1980s and early 1990s. Some of its members were also affiliated with Campaign Life, and the group was often accused of entrism.
Liberals of Serbia The Liberals of Serbia (Либерали Србије, Liberali Srbije) is a liberal party in Serbia. It is a full member of Liberal International and a full member of the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party.
Liberated Greece At the latest stage of the German occupation 1941-1944, a greatest part of the Greek territory, except of the main cities and roads was under the control of the resistance. This area used to be called Liberated Greece.
Liberation Liberation is based on the word liberty, related to the word liberal, and it is often understood as "to be freed (or change) from not having freedom to having freedom". A major use of the word is the act of the (forcible) removal of unwanted control of an area, person or people by an outside (sometimes military) force.
Liberation by Oppression: A Comparative Study of Slavery and Psychiatry Liberation by Oppression: A Comparative Study of Slavery and Psychiatry is a work on, and a critique of, psychiatry by Thomas Stephen Szasz. The text compares the justification of psychiatry with the justification of slavery in the United States - both necessarily denying the subject's right to personhood.
Liberation Cell The Liberation Cell was a Montreal-based cell that was part of Front de Libération du Quebec (FLQ) terrorist group in Quebec whose members were responsible for a decade of bombings and armed robberies in the 1960s that led to what became known as the October Crisis.
Liberation Day Liberation Day is a day, often a public holiday, that marks the liberation of a place, similar to an independence day. Liberation marks the date of either a revolution, as in Cuba, or the end of an occupation by another state, thereby differing from independence in the meaning of secession from another state.
Liberation Day Monument Ghana's Liberation Day monument stands in honor of several veterans of the Burma campaign, during the Second World War, in which they fought for Britain. After returning to Ghana, some protested peacefully and were en route to the Christiansborg Castle, the seat of government, when they were shot to death.
Liberation Front of the Slovenian People Liberation Front of the Slovenian People, established 26 April 1941 in Ljubljana as Anti-Imperialist Front, was the political organization of the Slovenian resistance to Axis occupation during World War II. The founding members were Communist party of Slovenia, Slovenian Christian Socialists, Slovenian Sokol and a group of cultural workers.
Liberation News (Internationalist) Liberation News (Internationalist) or usually just called Liberation News was first established in 1996 as a radio program on Free Radio Santa Cruz. Liberation News has since been transformed into a Trotskyist-Luxembourgist print newspaper that appears irregularly as well as a regular online newsletter, both edited and written predominantly by Steven Argue.
Liberation of Bulgaria In Bulgarian historiography, the term Liberation of Bulgaria is used to denote the events of the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78 that led to the establishment of a Bulgarian state with the Treaty of San Stefano of 3 March 1878. According to this treaty, the Ottoman Empire was deprived of a part of its territory and Bulgaria was established in these lands as a separate country dependent of the sultan.
Liberation psychology Liberation Social Psychology (la psicologĂ­a social de la liberaciĂłn, PSL) has developed amongst a body of psychologists in Latin America since the 1980s. The initiator was Ignacio MartĂ­n-BarĂł (one of the Jesuits murdered by the Salvadorian army in 1989 at University of Central America in San Salvador) and it was further developed by Maritza Montero, amongst others.
Liberation theology Liberation theology is a sometimes controversial school of theological thought. At its inception, it was predominantly found in the Roman Catholic Church after the Second Vatican Council although some suggest that it was first articulated by Dietrich Bonhoeffer during the late 1930s.
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), also known as the Tamil Tigers, is a politico-military organization that has been waging a secessionist campaign against the Sri Lankan government since the 1970s in order to secure a separate state for the Tamil majority regions in the north and east of Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon). The LTTE is proscribed as a terrorist organisation by 32 countries (see list).
Liberation War Museum The Liberation War Museum (called Muktijuddho Jadughar in Bangla) is a museum in Segunbagicha, Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. The museum is dedicated to all freedom loving people of the world, and celebrate the sacrifices of martyrs of Bangladesh Liberation War.
Liberator (magazine) Liberator is a radical liberal United Kingdom magazine associated with but not officially connected to the Liberal Democrats. Founded in 1970 as the magazine of the then Young Liberals, it has often published articles critical of the party leadership, in particular over the the Liberal Party's debacle over nuclear disarmament in 1986, the merger of the Liberal Party and Social Democratic Party and the Tony Blair-Paddy Ashdown project.
Liberators' civil war The Liberators' civil war was started by the Second Triumvirate to avenge Julius Caesar's murder. The war was fought between the forces of Mark Antony and Octavian (the Second Triumvirate members) against the forces of Caesar's assassins Marcus Junius Brutus and Gaius Cassius Longinus in 42 BC.
Liberhan Commission Liberhan Commission was constituted on December 16 1992 by an order of the Indian union home ministry following the demolition of the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya on 6 December and the riots in Ayodhya city. The Commission was expected to submit its report within three months.
Liberchies Liberchies is a nice little village situated along the previous Roman highway Bavay-Tongeren where a vicus was discovered. Geminiacum is the name of the vicus (Roman village) that developed along the Roman highway next to the center of today’s Liberchies.
Liberia Liberia, officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the west coast of Africa, bordered by Sierra Leone, Guinea, and CĂ´te d'Ivoire. Liberia, which means "Land of the Free," was founded as an independent nation for free-born and formerly enslaved African Americans.
Liberia at the Olympics Liberia (LBR) has sent athletes to every Summer Olympic Games held since 1956 with the exception of 1968 and 1976, although the country has never won an Olympic medal. No athletes from Liberia have competed in any Winter Olympic Games.
Liberian Catalogue In compiling the history of the Early Christian Church, the Liberian Catalogue (Catalogus Liberianus) is an essential document, for it consists of a list of the popes, designated bishops of Rome, ending with Pope Liberius (died 366), hence its name and approximate date. The list gives the lengths of their respective episcopates, the corresponding consular dates, and the names of the reigning emperor.
Liberian Companies The Republic of Liberia is a country on the west coast of Africa, bordered by Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Côte d'Ivoire. It has recently been afflicted by two civil wars (1989–1996 and 1999–2003) that have displaced hundreds of thousands of its citizens and destroyed the Liberian economy.
Liberian English Liberian English is the term used to decribe forms of English spoken in the African country of Liberia. There are four varieties of English spoken in Liberia: Standard Liberian English, Liberian Settler English, Kru Pidgin English, and Vernacular Liberian English.
Liberian general election, 1997 Liberia held Presidential and Legislative elections on 19 July 1997 following an end to a bloody civil war that devastated the country. Former rebel leader Charles Taylor and his National Patriotic Party (NPP) won the election by a substantial margin.
Liberian general election, 2005 Liberian elections in 2005 marked the end of the political transition following Liberia's second civil war. Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, former World Bank employee and finance minister, won the presidential contest and became the first democratically-elected female Head of State in the history of the African continent in January 2006.
Liberian nationality law The Republic of Liberia was founded by free American slaves of African origin who formed the American Colonization Society and returned to establish a republic on African soil. Nationality law is based on its first constitutions enacted in 1847 and revised in 1955 and 1984.
Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD) was a rebel group in Liberia that had been active since 1999. The group's only stated political purpose during the civil war that followed its rebellion against President Charles Taylor was to force him out of office.
Liberman Broadcasting Liberman Broadcasting is a media company based in Burbank, California. Liberman Broadcasting primarily caters to the Spanish-speaking Hispanic community and owns television and radio stations in several of the top Hispanic markets.
Libero Grande Libero Grande is a 1997 arcade game by Namco, released in 1998 for the Sony PlayStation. A typical arcade football game in its nature, Libero Grande introduced a novelty factor: the ability to play as just one player, instead of controlling the whole team, always swapping for players nearer the ball.
Libero Grassi Libera Grassi (Catania, July 19, 1924 - Palermo, August 29, 1991) was a businessman from Palermo, Sicily, who was killed by the Mafia after taking a solitary stand against their demands for extortion, known as "pizzo" in Sicilian.
Libertad (album) Libertad (Spanish word for "freedom") is the tentative title of Velvet Revolver's upcoming sophomore album. The album was initially intended to be more of a concept album along the lines of Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon and The Rolling Stones' Exile on Main Street, according to frontman Scott Weiland, who first announced the album in December 2005.
Libertad (La Ley) Libertad, is La Ley's last official album (since "Historias e Histeria" is not considered as an official album"), and what the album directly expresses through its songs is the reality that people lived in wars, but it is mostly influenced by the 9/11 attacks, that La Ley's members get noticed of during the promotion of their Unplugged album. The song "Mi Ley" is considered by many, the best song of the album.
Libertad de Sunchales Club Libertad are an Argentina Football club, their home town is Sunchales, in the Santa Fe Province of Argentina. They currently play in Zone D of the regionalised 4th level of Argentinian football Torneo Argentino B.
Libertador General San Martín Bridge The Libertador General San Martín Bridge is a road bridge that crosses the Uruguay River and joins Argentina and Uruguay. It runs between Puerto Unzué, near Gualeguaychú, Entre Ríos Province, Argentina, and Fray Bentos, Río Negro Department, Uruguay, with a total length of 5,966 meters (3.
Libertarian Alliance The Libertarian Alliance is a libertarian think-tank that promotes free-market economics and civil liberties. According to its website, “The Libertarian Alliance is a non-partisan group fighting statism in all its forms and working for the creation of a truly free society.
Libertarian Conservative Libertarian Conservatives are traditional based conservatives who have a strong belief in federalism, the first amendment, strong support for individual rights. They differ from other conservatives in many ways, from an unwillingness to forgo individual rights for the sake of security, to the belief that issues such as gay marriage, abortion, and the death penalty should be decided by individual states.
Libertarian International Organization The Libertarian International Organization (LIO) is the transnational network of the Libertarian movement. Unlike other transnational groups that network parties, it networks activists 'who have taken the Libertarian pledge, and other interested persons directly across' borders, in line with the self-managing and non-authoritarian Libertarian philosophy; and maintains links with Libertarian and Libertarian-friendly groups and parties in every country.
Libertarian movement The libertarian movement consists of the various individuals and institutions who have historically advanced the ideas and causes of libertarianism. Though difficult to pin down exactly what institutions and people fit in most libertarians will accept to be part of "the movement" (with exclamation marks).
Libertarian municipalism Libertarian municipalism is a term first used by the well-known left-libertarian theorist Murray Bookchin, and is used to describe a system in which libertarian institutions of directly democratic assemblies would oppose and replace the State with a confederation of free municipalities.
Libertarian Management Libertarian management is participative and/or non-authoritarian self-management, which typically emphasizes repetition of proven successes, institutional learning, and earmarking funds to project investment. Libertarian consultants generally focus on management and system productivity, not worker productivity.
Libertarian Marxism Libertarian Marxism is a school of Marxism that takes a less authoritarian view of Marxist theory than conventional currents such as Stalinism, Trotskyism, and other forms of Marxism-Leninism, as well as a generally less reformist view than do social democrats. It is often based upon a reading of Marx's work, such as the Grundrisse and The Civil War in France, that emphasizes the ability of the working class to forge its own destiny without the need for a revolutionary party or state to mediate or aid its liberation.
Libertarian Municipal People Frihetliga Kommunalfolket (Libertarian Municipal People), a candidature used by syndicalists in Sweden to contest municipal elections. FKF surged in the 1950's, mainly in municipalities in central Sweden (areas like Dalarna, Värmland, Härjedalen and Gävleborg).
Libertarian National Committee The Libertarian National Committee controls and manages the affairs, properties, and funds of the United States Libertarian Party. It is comprised of the party officers, five at-large representatives elected every two years at the national convention, and a theoretical maximum of ten regional representatives.
Libertarian National Congressional Committee The Libertarian National Congressional Committee was created by the Libertarian National Committee (LNC) for the purpose of electing Libertarians to the US Congress. For the time being its secondary goal is to get Libertarians elected to state legislatures.
Libertarian National Convention The Libertarian National Convention is held every two years by the United States Libertarian Party to choose members of the Libertarian National Committee, and to conduct other party business. In presidential election years, the convention delegates enact a platform and nominate the Libertarian presidential and vice-presidential candidates who then face the nominees of other parties in the November general election.
Libertarian National Socialist Green Party The Libertarian National Socialist Green Party (LNSGP) is an organization which cites the National Socialist German Workers Party as its primary ideological inspiration, but which also claims to have incorporated elements of such disparate political movements and philosophies as Libertarianism and the Green movement. It has not been established whether LNSGP has any activity or existence other than through the website associated with the domain name nazi.
Libertarian perspectives on foreign intervention Broadly speaking, while all libertarians are suspicious of a national government intervening in the internal affairs of other nations, some hold that such intervention can never be justified — that war expands government and its encroachments on the lives, liberty and property of both domestic citizens and foreign peoples — while others consider that the world is now so interconnected that especially bad conditions in another nation will eventually impact at home, thus making intervention necessary (on rare occasions) to the national government's role in national defense.
Libertarian perspectives on gay rights The libertarian perspective on gay rights has been a topic of debate among libertarians, especially in the United States. Libertarians endorse many of the major goals of the gay rights movement, for instance deregulation of private sexual conduct.
Libertarian perspectives on inheritance Most libertarians believe individuals should have complete freedom of determination of their property's fate after death (once all open contracts have been settled). Therefore any degree of inheritance, disinheritance and bestowal to individuals or organisations of choice is permitted.
Libertarian perspectives on the death penalty Some libertarians believe that death penalty is an extreme exertion of state power and is of little use in a free society, and it is of great use to a tyrannical government. Others believe that such punishment may be justified as a deterrent to particularly atrocious crimes and as a means of keeping dangerous individuals permanently incapacitated.
Libertarian Party (Australia) The Libertarian Party is a small Australian political party founded in 2005 which purports to adhere to free market principles very similar to those of the United States Libertarian Party. The party claims members in three states but it is not registered federally due to its small size.
Libertarian Party (Sweden) The Libertarian Party () is a classical liberal and libertarian political party in Sweden. The long-term goal of the party is to achieve a night watchman state, though the party acknowledges the need for reform – changes in step with the development of Swedish civil society.
Libertarian Party (United States) The Libertarian Party is an American political party founded in 1971. It is one of the largest continuing third parties in the United States, claiming more than 200,000 registered voters and more than 600 people in public office,"Frequently asked questions about the Libertarian Party", Official Website of the Libertarian National Committee.
Libertarian Party of Canada The Libertarian Party of Canada is a minor political party in Canada that subscribes to the tenets of the libertarian movement. The party was founded on July 7, 1973 by Bruce Evoy, who became its first chairman, and 7 others.
Libertarian Party of Manitoba The Libertarian Party of Manitoba is the former name of a provincial political party in Manitoba, Canada. The party was created in the mid-1980s, and formally changed its name to the Manitoba Marijuana Party in early 2005.
Libertarian Party of New York The Libertarian Party of New York was founded in 1972 as the "Free Libertarian Party" because the New York Board of Elections ruled that the name Libertarian Party would confuse voters with the Liberal Party of New York. However, the Board of Elections eventually allowed the name "Libertarian Party" to be used.
Libertarian Party of Oregon The Libertarian Party of Oregon is a political party organized as a Minor Party pursuant to state election law"2005-2006 Election Laws: Constitutional and Statutory Provisions," Oregon Elections Division official website, and recognized by the State of Oregon as a state-wide nominating party"Political Parties in Oregon," Oregon Elections Division official website. It was organized in 1971 as one of the first state affiliates of the newly established national Libertarian Party, which nominated Oregon party member Theodora Nathan as its vice presidential candidate at its 1972 convention.
Libertarian Party Reform Caucus The Libertarian Party Reform Caucus (LPRC) is a political organization in the United States dedicated to reform the Libertarian Party nationwide. Founded on March 7 2005 by LP members Todd Andrew Barnett and Chris Bennett, the caucus was created as a "last-minute ditch effort, to save the LP by reforming the Party at the National level.
Libertarian Reform Caucus The Libertarian Reform Caucus is a coalition of American Libertarians operating as an internal caucus of the Libertarian party. Their aim is to gear the party toward winning elections in the near term, a goal they believe to be incompatible with preserving a rigid doctrinal purity.
Libertarian Republican A libertarian Republican is a person who subscribes to libertarian philosophy while typically voting for and being involved with the United States Republican Party. Their philosophy also differs from Libertarians in many ways.
Libertarian science fiction Libertarian science fiction is a sub-genre of science fiction that focuses on the politics and social order implied by libertarian philosophies with an emphasis on individualism and a limited state-- and in some cases, no state whatsoever: (see: Anarcho-capitalist literature)
Libertarian socialism Libertarian socialism includes a group of political philosophies that aims to create a society within which individuals freely co-operate together as equals. This would be achieved through giving direct control of the means of production and resources to the working class and other unpropertied classes.
Libertarian theories of law Libertarian theories of law build upon classical liberal and individualist anarchist doctrines. The defining characteristics of libertarian legal theory are its insistence that the amount of government intervention should be kept to a minimum and the primary functions of law should be enforcement of contracts and social order, though "social order" is often seen as a desirable side effect of a free market rather than a philosophical necessity.
Libertarian views of rights Libertarians and Objectivists limit what they define as "rights" to variations on "the right to be left alone," and argue that other "rights" such as "the right to a good education" or "the right to have free access to water" are not legitimate rights and do not deserve the same protections. Likewise, libertarians often cite the example of a right to "the pursuit of happiness" as asserted in the Declaration of Independence, saying that it does not posit a right to be provided with happiness but a right to pursue it, and that the wording as such illustrates the libertarian sensibilities of the author, Thomas Jefferson.
Libertarian Workers' Group The Libertarian Workers Group (LWG) was a United States New York City-based anarcho-syndicalist affinity group which was a member of the US Anarchist Communist Federation (ACF). The Libertarian Workers Group (LWG) left the ACF in 1981, as did other affinity groups in Milwaukee, Toronto, Montreal among others.
Libertarianism and Objectivism Many individuals found their support of libertarianism upon ideological elements derived from the philosophy of novelist Ayn Rand, which she called Objectivism. Some libertarians who derive their beliefs from economic reasoning acknowledge various insights of Objectivism, even when not deriving their libertarianism from Objectivism.
Libertarians for Life Libertarians For Life is a non-sectarian pro-life group expressing an opposition to abortion within the context of libertarianism. It expresses a non-religious and non-sectarian perspective that abortion is a violation of liberty.
Libertarianz Libertarianz is a political party in New Zealand (hence the suffix -nz) dedicated to libertarianism, which claims to be the only party in New Zealand devoted to maximising personal freedom and reducing the size of government – "to getting government out of your face, out of your pocket, and out of your life. Permanently.
Libertarias Libertarias is a Spanish historical drama, made in 1996. Written and directed by Vicente Aranda, it stars Ariadna Gil as Maria, a nun who is recruited by Pilar (Ana Belén), a militant feminist, into an anarchist militia following the onset of the Spanish Civil War.
Libertas Quae Sera Tamen "Libertas Quae Sera Tamen" is a Latin slogan in the flag of the Brazilian state Minas Gerais. The English translation is "Freedom although late"; the Portuguese translation is "Liberdade ainda que tardia".
Libertas Schulze-Boysen Libertas Schulze-Boysen (née Haas-Heye; born 20 November 1913 in Liebenberg near Berlin; died 22 December 1942 in Berlin-Plötzensee) was a German opponent of the Nazis who belonged to the Red Orchestra (Rote Kapelle) resistance group during the time of the Third Reich.
Libertatia Libertatia (also known as Libertalia) is said to have been a free colony forged by pirates under the leadership of Captain James Misson in the late 1600s. Whether or not Libertatia actually existed is disputed.
Liberté Chérie The French association Liberté Chérie ("Beloved Freedom"), born in March 2001 under the name Liberté j'écris ton nom ("Freedom, I write your name"), first became famous on June 15 2003, when, after its call to demonstrate "in favour of reforms and against blockings" and against government employees who were striking, an estimated 80 000 protesters (source: RG) gathered on the Place de la Concorde in Paris. Promoting libertarian values both in the streets and in the media, Liberté Chérie as of January 2004 turned itself into a federation of associations active on the whole French territory.
Libertinaje Libertinaje is the fourth album by the Argentine Rock band Bersuit Vergarabat, released in 1998. Recorded in the Estudios Panda (Buenos Aires) between April 20, 1998 and May 23, 1998, and in La Casa (Los Angeles) between June 3, 1998 and July 14, 1998.
Libertine Libertine has come to mean one devoid of any restraints, especially one who ignores or even spurns religious norms, accepted morals, and forms of behavior sanctioned by the larger society. The philosophy gained new-found adherents in the 18th and 19th centuries, particularly in France and Britain.
Liberton Tower Liberton Tower is a four-storey, square-plan keep in Edinburgh, Scotland, situated in the suburb of Liberton on the east side of the Braid Hills. The 15th century structure is well-preserved and has recently been restored.
Liberty (1924-1950) Liberty was a general-interest weekly magazine, published in the United States between 1924 and 1950. It was said at the time to be "the second greatest magazine in America", behind the Saturday Evening Post.
Liberty (album) Liberty is the sixth studio album by Duran Duran, released on August 13, 1990. Although it garnered a surprise #6 hit for the single "Serious" in Japan, the album was not very successful, and was the first album for which Duran Duran did not perform a supporting concert tour.
Liberty (department store) Liberty is a well known store in Regent Street in central London, England at the heart of the West End shopping district. It was founded by Arthur Lasenby Liberty in 1875 to sell ornaments, fabrics and miscellaneous art objects from Japan and the Far East.
Liberty (division) A Liberty was a local government unit in England. Originating in the Middle Ages, liberties were areas of widely variable extent which were independent of the usual system of hundreds and boroughs for a number of different reasons, usually to do with peculiarities of tenure.
Liberty (goddess) Goddesses named for and representing the concept Liberty have existed in many cultures, including classical examples dating from the Roman Empire and 18th and 19th Century national symbols such as the French Marianne and the British "Britannia."
Liberty and Property Defence League The Liberty and Property Defence League (LPDL) was a historic organization, founded in 1882 by Lord Elcho, for the support of laissez-faire trade. It served as a lobby group for industrialists and land-owners who were agitated by trade unionism, socialism, and the Gladstone administration, but attracted also many individual liberals.
Liberty and union, now and forever, one and inseparable Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable is a famous quote of Daniel Webster from his Second Reply to Hayne given on the Senate floor in 1830. It is now the motto used on the Great Seal of North Dakota.
Liberty Alliance The Liberty Alliance, also known as Project Liberty, is a broad-based industry standards consortium developing suites of specifications defining federated identity management and web services communication protocols. These protocols are suitable for both intra-enterprise and inter-enterprise deployments.

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