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Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway The Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway was a railway in south-west Scotland, which linked Dumfries, via Castle Douglas, with the port towns of Portpatrick and Stranraer. It was also part of an England-Scotland railway and sea route to Ireland.
Portrait (Harry Potter) In the Harry Potter books and films, the subjects of magical portraits can move (or simulate motion, at least within the two-dimensional plane of the picture), interact with living observers, speak, and demonstrate apparent emotion and personality. Some can even apparently move to other portraits to visit each other, or to relay messages.
Portrait (single) "Portrait" is a single by Belfast-based singer-songwriter Duke Special, released on 7 August 2006 on V2 Records and taken from the album Songs from the Deep Forest. It was released in two formats, a CD and a limited edition 10" vinyl record.
Portrait Gallery of Canada The Portrait Gallery of Canada (French: Le Musée du portrait du Canada) is a major Canadian art museum specialising in portraiture located in Ottawa Ontario. It was established on 23 January, 2001 by the federal Government of Canada as a programme of Library and Archives Canada.
Portrait of a Courtesan (Caravaggio) Portrait of a Courtesan (also known as Portrait of Fillide) was a painting by the Baroque master Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571-1610). Painted between 1597 and 1599, it was destroyed in Berlin in 1945 and is known only from photographs.
Portrait of a Killer Portrait of a Killer - Jack the Ripper: Case Closed (ISBN 0-425-19273-3) is a 2002 book by crime novelist Patricia Cornwell which presents the author's theory that British painter Walter Sickert was the 19th-century serial killer known as Jack the Ripper. Unlike her Kay Scarpetta novels, this work is non-fiction.
Portrait of a Marriage Portrait of a Marriage is the 1973 biography of writer and gardener Vita Sackville-West completed by her son Nigel Nicolson from her journals and letters. This is a book of strong emotions relating to Sackville-West's complicated marriage to writer and politician Harold Nicolson.
Portrait of a Young Man Drowning Portrait of a Young Man Drowning, published in 1962, is the only novel publiushed by Charles Perry. The novel takes place in the slums of Brooklyn during the Great Depression, and follows the narrator, Harry Odum, from his early childhood to his death.
Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I is a painting by Gustav Klimt completed in 1907. According to press reports it was sold for US$135 million to Ronald Lauder for his Neue Galerie in New York City in June 2006 which would make it at that time the most expensive painting ever sold.
Portrait of Gina Portrait of Gina was a 'documentary-essay' Orson Welles filmed in 1958 with funding from ABC TV; the film is about 30 minutes long, and was done in a style akin to "F For Fake" and "The Fountain of Youth", though it is not as innovative as those productions. It was intended to be the first of a series called "Around the World with Orson Welles", which is also the name of a series Welles did for the BBC in 1956.
Portrait of Hell Portrait of Hell (地獄変 Jigoku-hen, 1969) is a Japanese jidaigeki (period drama) film directed by Shiro Toyoda and starring Tatsuya Nakadai and Kinnosuke Nakamura. It is based on the 1918 short story "Hell Screen" by Ryunosuke Akutagawa.
Portrait of Lozana: The Lusty Andalusian Woman The Portrait of Lozana: The Lusty Andalusian Woman (original title in Spanish: Retrato de la Loçana Andaluza) is a book written in Venice by the Spanish editor of the Renaissance Francisco Delicado in 1528, after he escaped from Rome due to the anti-Spanish sentiment that uprose after the sack of Rome a year earlier. Published anonymously, the book contains a description of the life in Rome's underworld during the first third of the 16th century.
Portrait of Pope Julius II (Raphael) The Portrait of Pope Julius II is a painting attributed to the Italian High Renaissance painter Raphael. Portraits by the Urbinate master of Pope Julius II as an old man exist in three versions: in the National Gallery, London, in the Uffizi Gallery, Florence and in the Palazzo Pitti, also Florence.
Portrait of Tracy "Portrait of Tracy" is a composition by legendary bassist Jaco Pastorius. It appears on his landmark self-titled debut album, and it widely recorded as a tribute by bassists such as Joe Ferry, Marcus Miller, Brian Bromberg, and others.
Portrait painting Portrait painting is a genre in painting, where the intent is to depict the visual appearance of the subject, mostly a person, whereas the portrait is expected to show the essence of the subject. The term 'portrait painting' can also describe a painted portrait.
Portrait photography Portrait photography has been around since the invention and popularization of the camera, and is a cheaper and often more accessible method than portrait painting, which had been used by distinguished figures before the use of the camera. The popularity of the daguerreotype in the middle of the 19th century was due in large part to the demand for inexpensive portraiture.
Portrait with Keys A book about a city that has been described as the 'Venice of the South', Portrait with Keys is a portrait of life in Johannesburg – and ‘what-what’: home, habit, change, memory, mortality, friendship, ghosts, gardens, walking, falling, selling, stealing ... Neither a novel nor a collection of short stories, the book consists of 138 short texts organised in two parts – Point A and Point B – followed by Notes and Sources, Itineraries and an Author’s Note.
Portraits in Moonlight Portraits in Moonlight is a collection of stories by American author Carl Jacobi. It was released in 1964 by Arkham House in an edition of 1,987 copies and was the author's second collection published by Arkham House.
Portraits of Periodical Offering The Portraits of Periodical Offering (), were the official historical paintings (with illustration on each of the portrait) used in the Chinese dynasties. Chih-kung-t'u (職貢圖) were official historical documents used in many Chinese dynasties.
Portrayal of women in comics Women have been portrayed in in comic books since the medium's beginning, with their portrayals often the subject of controversy. Sociologists with an interest in gender roles and stereotyping have outlined the role of women as both supporting characters and as potential leaders struggling to be accepted as equals.
Portrush Portrush () is a town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The main part of the old town, including the railway station, most hotels, restaurants and bars, is built on a mile long peninsula, Ramore Head, pointing north-northwest.
Ports collection Ports collections (or ports trees, or just ports) are the sets of makefiles and patches provided by the BSD-based operating systems, FreeBSD, NetBSD and OpenBSD, as a simple method of installing software or creating binary packages. They are usually the base of a package management system, with ports handling package creation and additional tools managing package removal, upgrade, and other tasks.
Ports of Lemmings This article provides more detailed information on the various ports of the video game Lemmings. The ports are arranged in chronological released date order, starting with the "original" version, released for the Commodore Amiga.
Portsdown Hill Portsdown Hill is a long chalk hill overlooking Portsmouth, in Hampshire, England, offering good views over Portsmouth, The Solent, Hayling Island and Gosport, with the Isle of Wight beyond. To the north lies the forest of Bere, with the South Downs marching in the distance.
Portsea Passenger Service Portsea Passenger Service is a bus and coach operator in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. As a Melbourne bus company, it operates Route 788 between Frankston & Portsea under contract from the Victorian State Government, and the local 787 "The Bus" service on behalf of the Mornington Peninsula shire.
Portslade railway station Portslade railway station (in full, Portslade & West Hove station) is a railway station serving the town of Portslade-by-Sea in East Sussex, but located on the western fringes of the village of Aldrington (a part commonly known as 'West Hove').
Portsmouth Portsmouth is a city of about 189,000 people located in the county of Hampshire on the southern coast of England, United Kingdom. The administrative unit itself forms part of the wider Portsmouth conurbation, with an estimated population of 442,252 residents within its boundaries, making it the 11th largest urban area in England.
Portsmouth and Weldon Railroad Portsmouth and Weldon Railroad was organized in 1833 to extend from the area of the rapids of the Roanoke River at its fall line near Weldon, North Carolina to Portsmouth, Virginia. The goal was to provide a link for shipments of goods originating on the Roanoke River and its canal system from points west to reach port facilities in the Norfolk area on the harbor of Hampton Roads.
Portsmouth Abbey School Portsmouth Abbey School is a private, coeducational high school located in Portsmouth, Rhode Island. Founded by a group of Benedictine monks in 1926, the school, then known as the Portsmouth Priory offered a classical education to boys.
Portsmouth Block Mills The Portsmouth Block Mills form part of the Portsmouth Dockyard at Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, and were built during the Napoleonic Wars to supply the British Royal Navy with pulley blocks. They started the age of mass-production using all-metal machine tools and are regarded as one of the seminal buildings of the British Industrial Revolution.
Portsmouth Central (UK Parliament constituency) Portsmouth Central was a parliamentary constituency in Portsmouth. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.
Portsmouth Direct Line The Portsmouth Direct Line is a service operated by South West Trains which runs from London Waterloo and Portsmouth Harbour, UK. Trains use the same tracks between London and a junction south of Woking as the South Western Main Line and West of England Line, and then branch off.
Portsmouth Guildhall Portsmouth Guildhall is the biggest events venue in the Hampshire city of Portsmouth and has a capacity of nearly 2000. It is located in the city centre of Portsmouth, very close to the Portsmouth and Southsea railway station.
Portsmouth Harbour railway station Portsmouth Harbour railway station is a railway station in Portsmouth, England. It is situated beside Gunwharf Quays in the city's harbour, and is an important transport terminal, with a bus interchange and ferry services to Gosport and the Isle of Wight.
Portsmouth High School (Southsea) Portsmouth High School is an independent, selective, fee-paying day school for girls founded in 1882, one of the 26 sister schools of the Girls' Day School Trust. GDST schools were founded in the nineteenth century with the aim of ensuring that girls were offered a good education, similar to that offered to boys.
Portsmouth Island, North Carolina Portsmouth Island, North Carolina, is a presently uninhabited barrier island running southwest to northeast along the North Carolina shore. The island stands between the Atlantic Ocean and the Pamlico Sound and is neighbored by Ocracoke Island to the northeast and Core Banks to the southwest.
Portsmouth L.F.C. Portsmouth FC Ladies, colloquially known as "Pompey Ladies", is a women's football club for the south coast city of Portsmouth in Hampshire, England. The club currently plays in the FA Women's Premier League Southern Division.
Portsmouth Langstone (UK Parliament constituency) Portsmouth Langstone was a parliamentary constituency in Portsmouth. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.
Portsmouth Mine Pit Lake Portsmouth Mine Pit Lake, sometimes called the Portsmouth Pit, is the deepest lake in Minnesota at over 450 feet, according to the most recent Minnesota DNR data. The 121-acre man-made lake is a former iron mining pit in the Cuyuna Range that has since filled with water.
Portsmouth Point Portsmouth Point, or "Spice Island", is part of Old Portsmouth in Portsmouth, Hampshire, on the southern coast of England. The name Spice Island comes from the areas involvement in the trade of Caribbean spices.
Portsmouth Public Library Portsmouth Public Library is public library located near downtown Portsmouth in Portsmouth, Ohio and has served the city since 1879 and has branch locations in Lucasville, New Boston, Northwest, South Webster, and Wheelersburg.
Portsmouth Saturday Football League The Portsmouth League is a football competition based in Hampshire, England. It has a total of three divisions including the Portsmouth League Premier Division, which sits at level 13 of the English football league system.
Portsmouth Sinfonia The Portsmouth Sinfonia was an orchestra founded by a group of students at Portsmouth School of Art in Portsmouth, England, in 1970. Among the founding members was one of their teachers - English composer Gavin Bryars.
Portsmouth Square Portsmouth Square is the first public square established in the community of Yerba Buena, on the peninsula that became the city of San Francisco, California, before the gold rush of 1848. The square is a block long open space bounded by Kearny Street on the east, Washington street on the north, Clay Street on the south and Walter Lum Place on the west.
Portsmouth West (UK Parliament constituency) Portsmouth West was a parliamentary constituency in Portsmouth. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.
Portsmouth yardstick The Portsmouth yardstick (PY) or Portsmouth handicap scheme is a system of handicapping used in yacht racing. The yardstick numbers allow different classes of boats to be raced against each other: the aim is to cancel out the inherent advantages and disadvantages of each class of boats, and provide a common time that represents the skill of the crew.
Portsmouth, Dominica Portsmouth is the former capital and, with 2,977 inhabitants,Commonwealth of Dominica, Population and Housing Census — 2001. Roseau, Dominica: Central Statistical Office, Ministry of Finance and Planning, Kennedy Avenue, 2001.
Portsmouth, New Hampshire Portsmouth, New Hampshire is a city in Rockingham County, New Hampshire in the United States of America. It is the fourth-largest community in the county, with a population of 20,784 as of the 2000 census (see noteThe Rockingham County towns (not cities) of Derry (34,021), Salem (28,112), and Londonderry (23,236) had greater populations as of the 2000 census.
Portstewart Portstewart (Irish: Port na Binne Uaine or Port StĂ­obhaird) is a town in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland and had a population of 7,803 people in the 2001 Census. It is a seaside resort, seen by residents as a grander version of neighbouring Portrush.
Portstewart Golf Club Portstewart Golf Club consists of three 18-hole courses situated in the town of Portstewart on the north coast of Northern Ireland. The strand course at Portstewart is a championship course and considered one of the best in Ireland.
Portstewart Strand Portstewart Strand is a sandy beach in Portstewart, Northern Ireland and is situated on the northern coast of the island of Ireland. It is owned and managed by the National Trust and is a European Blue Flag beach.
Portuñol Portuñol or Portunhol is a portmanteau of the words Português/Portugués (Portuguese) and Español/Espanhol (Spanish). It refers to various types of language contact between Spanish and Portuguese which have occurred in regions where the two languages coexist.
Portugal Channel Portugal Channel is a proposed English-language channel based in the Algarve, Portugal broadcasted by satellite or cable to Europe that will feature how-to shows related to travel and leisure around Portugal, with some foccus also on local economy. The channel is being developed by Tele 7.
Portugal in the Age of Discovery Portugal in the period of discoveries (1415-1499) discovered an eastern route to India that doubled the Cape of Good Hope. Along with colonizing select areas of Africa, the Portuguese established trading routes throughout most of southern Asia.
Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 The Portuguese entry, "Amar" (To Love) by 2B was selected internally by RTP (Portugal). The Portuguese National Final was broadcasted on March 31st during a televised show called Gala de Aniversário RTP.
Portugal in the Great War Despite its old alliance with Britain, Portugal did not form a part of the system of alliances which became enemies in World War I and thus kept its neutrality during the first years of war. Portugal suffered from the German U-Boat warfare which sought to blockade the United Kingdom — at the time the most important market for Portuguese products.
Portugal Masters The Portugal Masters is a European Tour men's professional golf tournament which will be played for the first time on 18-21 October 2007. It will have a prize fund of €3 million, making it the richest golf tournament in the country, and comfortably in the top half of European Tour events.
Portugal Village, Toronto Portugal Village is a colourful inner city neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is bounded by Bathurst Street, Dundas, and Queen Street West, and by Trinity Bellwoods Park, around which the community is centred.
Portugalete Portugalete is a port city lying to the west of Bilbao (Basque: Bilbo) in the province of Biscay in the autonomous community of Basque Country, in the North of Spain. The town has 50,000 inhabitants and it's part of Bilbao's metropolitan area.
Portugália Portugália (Companhia Portuguesa de Transportes Aereos SA) is a regional airline based in Lisbon, Portugal. The airline operates scheduled international and domestic flights from Lisbon and Porto, together with charters to Spain, France, Italy, Germany, United Kingdom and Belgium.
Portugees-Israëlitisch Kerkgenootschap The Portugees-Israëlitisch Kerkgenootschap (PIK) (Portuguese Israelite Religious Community) is the community for Sephardic Jews in the Netherlands. Sephardic Jews have been living in the Netherlands since the 16th century with the forced relocation of Spanish but above all Portuguese Jews from their homecountries due to the Inquisition.
Portugis language Portugis is a language that was spoken by the Christians of mixed Portuguese and Malay ancestry in the islands of Ambon and Ternate in the Moluccas (Indonesia), from the 16th century to the middle of the 20th century.
Portuguese abortion referendum, 1998 On 8 June 1998 a referendum on a new abortion law was carried out in Portugal; it was the first national referendum in the Portuguese history. The law project was made by the Communist Party and it decriminalized abortion before the 10 weeks of pregnancy and was considered by the left as the only way to put an end to the estimated 50.
Portuguese Air Force Academy The Air Force Academy (AFA - Academia da Força Aérea) is a Portuguese military higher education institution whose aim is to provide all its students with the training and the experience that will enable them to graduate having gained the knowledge and the character qualities that are essential for leadership, and the motivation to become Air Force officers. It comprises both university and non-university (polytechnic) courses.
Portuguese Army The Portuguese Army (Portuguese:Exército Português) is the ground branch of the Portuguese Armed Forces which, in cooperation with the other branches of the Portuguese military, is charged with the defence of Portugal.
Portuguese Association for Person Centred Psychotherapy and Counselling The Portuguese Association for Person Centred Psychotherapy and Counselling (Associação Portuguesa de Psicoterapia Centrada na Pessoa e de Counselling) is constituted by a group of associates, coming from diversified professional scopes, such as teachers, social workers, psychologists, general physicians and psychiatrists.
Portuguese Basketball League (LCB) The Portuguese Basketball League is the top men’s professional basketball league in Portugal, which is also called (Portuguese: "Liga Clubes de Basquetebol" or "Liga Uzo"). There is also a Portuguese Second Basketball League("ProLiga") organized by the Federation
Portuguese Basketball SuperCup The Portuguese Basketball SuperCup is a men’s professional basketball competition in Portugal, which is also called (Portuguese: "SuperTaça de Portugal de Basquetebol") and it is played by the Champion of the Liga TMN and the wiiner of the Portuguese Cup.
Portuguese cuisine Portuguese cuisine is characterised by rich, filling and full-flavoured dishes and is a prime example of Mediterranean diet. The influence of Portugal's former colonial possessions is clear, especially in the wide variety of spices used.
Portuguese Colonial War The Portuguese Colonial War, Ultramar War ("Overseas War") or, among some guerrilla sympathizers, Guinea-Bissauan Revolution, was fought between Portugal's military and the emerging nationalist movements in Portugal's African colonies between 1961 and 1974. During the 1960s various armed independence movements, mostly led by communist parties and cooperating under the CONCP umbrella, became active in these areas, most notably in Angola, Mozambique, and Portuguese Guinea.
Portuguese Communist Youth The Portuguese Communist Youth (Portuguese: Juventude Comunista Portuguesa or JCP) is the youth organization of the Portuguese Communist Party and was founded in November 10 of 1979, after the unification of the Young Communist League (Portuguese: UniĂŁo dos Jovens Comunistas or UJC) and the Communist Students League (UniĂŁo dos Estudantes Comunistas or UEC).
Portuguese Constituent Assembly election, 1975 An election of a Constituent Assembly was carried out in Portugal on April 25 of 1975, exactly one year after the Carnation Revolution and was the first free election in fifty years, the first in the new democratic regime created after the revolution which made the turnout the highest ever.
Portuguese Constitution of 1976 Portugal is governed under the constitution of 1976 whose preliminary drafting was largely completed in 1975, then finished and officially promulgated in early 1976. At the time the constitution was being drafted, a democratic outcome was still uncertain in the midst of the revolution.
Portuguese Council of State The Council of State (Conselho de Estado, pron. or ) is an organ established by the Constitution of Portugal to advise the President of the Republic of Portugal in the exercise of many of his discretionary, reserve powers.
Portuguese dialects The Portuguese dialects are variants of the Portuguese language that are shared by a substantial number of speakers over several generations, but are not sufficiently distinct from the official norms to be considered a separate language. This definition therefore excludes the numerous Portuguese-based creole languages that differ radically from the norm in fundamental grammatical features.
Portuguese diplomatic missions Portugal's diplomatic network reflects the country's scattered seafaring past. The choice of cities of which Portugal has a presence in demonstrates that the country puts a high premium on relations with members of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries.
Portuguese dogfish The Portuguese dogfish, Centroscymnus coelolepis, is a sleeper shark of the family Dalatiidae, found circumglobally on continental slopes and abyssal plains between latitudes 64° N and 48° S, at depths of between 150 and 3,700 m. It reaches a length of 1.
Portuguese Democratic Labour Party Portuguese Democratic Labour Party (in Portuguese: Partido Trabalhista Democrático Português) was a centre-left political party in Portugal. PTDP was founded on May 3 1974, the first political party to be formed after the Carnation Revolution.
Portuguese Democratic Movement The Portuguese Democratic Movement / Democratic Electoral Commissions (Portuguese: Movimento Democrático Português / Comissões Democráticas Eleitorais or MDP/CDE or just MDP) was one of the most important organizations of the democratic opposition to the Portuguese fascist regime. It was founded in 1969 as an electoral coalition meant to run in the non-democratic and widely manipulated parliamentary election.
Portuguese euro coins Portuguese euro coins show three different designs for each of the three series of coins. However, they are quite similar in that all contain old royal mints and seals within a circle of seven castles and five coats of arms and the word "Portugal".
Portuguese exonyms Below is list of Portuguese language exonyms for places in non-Portuguese-speaking areas of Europe. Some of them are used exclusively in European Portuguese (marked PT) while others appear just in Brazilian Portuguese (marked BR):
Portuguese European Constitution referendum On March 12, 2005, the prime minister of Portugal, José Sócrates said that he would seek to have the Constitution of Portugal amended to allow that a referendum on the proposed Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe be held on October 2005 alongside the municipal elections taking place at that time. The agreement between the two main parties was made on June 1] [[2005.
Portuguese First Republic The Portuguese First Republic (Portuguese: Primeira RepĂşblica) spans a complex 16 year period in the history of Portugal, between the end of the Constitutional Monarchy marked by the October 5th revolution of 1910, and the 28 May coup d'Ă©tat of 1926. The last movement would instaure a military dictatorship known as Ditadura Nacional (National Dictatorship) that would be followed by the quasi-fascist Estado Novo (New State) regime of AntĂłnio de Oliveira Salazar.
Portuguese Flat, California Portuguese Flat, California, was a mining camp of the early 1850s during the California Gold Rush, consisting largely of Portuguese miners, located about 35 miles north of Redding, California, USA), and was near the present development known as Pollard Flat.
Portuguese grammar Portuguese grammar, the morphology and syntax of the Portuguese language, is similar to the grammar of most other Romance languages — especially Galician and the other languages of Iberian Peninsula. It is a synthetic, fusional language.
Portuguese Handball First Division Portuguese Handball First Division or "Campeonato Nacional 1a DivisĂŁo" is the third handball league in Portugal. The best teams get promoted to DivisĂŁo de Elite and the worsts relegated to Portuguese Handball Second Division
Portuguese Handball Second Division Portuguese Handball Second Division or "2a DivisĂŁo Portuguese" is the fourth handball league in Portugal. The best teams get promoted to Portuguese Handball First Division and the worsts relegated to Portuguese Handball Third Division
Portuguese Handball SuperCup Portuguese Handball SuperCup or "SuperTaça de Portugal de Andebol" is a professional handball competition, played between the Champion of the Liga Portuguesa de Andebol and the winner of the Cup or against the finalist of the Cup if the same team win both competitions
Portuguese Historical Museum The Portuguese Historical Museum in San Jose, California, USA opened in 1997, and is a replica of the first permanent império (religious and cultural buildings primarily in the Azores) built in San Jose circa 1915. It is one of the featured attractions within History Park at Kelley Park.
Portuguese immigrants in Guyana After the abolition of slavery in 1807, the planters of the then-British Guiana sought alternative sources of labour. They were eager to recruit white labourers in order to bolster the proportion of white to coloured residents in the colony.
Portuguese Ibex The Portuguese Ibex Capra pyrenaica lusitanica (an extinct subspecies of Spanish Ibex) was a species of mountain goat that inhabited the north mountainous zones of Portugal, Galicia, Asturias and western Cantabria. In size and colouration it was much like the Spanish animals, though inclining towards brown rather than black markings.
Portuguese India Portuguese India ( or Estado da ĂŤndia) was the aggregate of Portugal's colonial holdings in India. At the time of India's independence in 1947, Portuguese India included a number of enclaves on India's western coast, including Goa proper, as well as the coastal enclaves of Daman (Port: DamĂŁo) and Diu, and the enclaves of Dadra and Nagar Haveli, which lie inland from Daman.
Portuguese Irregular Verbs Portuguese Irregular Verbs is both the name of a book by Scottish author and academic Alexander McCall Smith, and the name of a fictional book - "the seminal work on Romance philology" and "a lengthy book of some twelve hundred pages" - by the main character, Professor Dr Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld.
Portuguese language Portuguese (, also língua portuguesa) is a Romance language that originated in what is today Galicia (Spain) and northern Portugal. It is the official language of Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal and São Tomé and Príncipe, and co-official with Chinese in the Chinese S.
Portuguese legal system The Portuguese legal system is part of the civil law or continental family of legal systems. Up to the end of the 19th century French law was the main influence, but since then the major influence has been German law.
Portuguese legislative election, 1976 The Portuguese legislative election of 1976 took place on April 25, exactly one year after the previous election, and two years after the Carnation Revolution. With a new Constitution approved, the country's main aim was the economical recovery and the strengthen of the democratic conquests.
Portuguese legislative election, 1979 The Portuguese legislative election of 1979 took place on December 2. The last election, three and a half years before, in April 1976, was won by the Socialist Party under the lead of Mário Soares, who became the Prime-Minister of the 1st Constitutional government after the revolution.
Portuguese legislative election, 1983 The Portuguese legislative election of 1983 took place on April 25. The last election, in October 1980 had been won by a right-wing coalition, the Democratic Alliance and Francisco Sá Carneiro had retained office as Prime Minister with an increased majority.
Portuguese legislative election, 1985 The Portuguese legislative election of 1985 took place on October 6. In June of the same year, the former Prime-Minister, Mário Soares, had resigned from the job due to the lack of parliamentary support, the government was composed by a coalition of the two major parties, the center-right Social Democratic and the center-left Socialist, in what was called the Central Bloc, however this was an unstable balance of forces and several members of each party opposed such alliance.
Portuguese legislative election, 1987 The Portuguese legislative election of 1987 took place on July 19. In the last election, in 1985, the Social Democratic Party had achieved a relative majority, thing that made its government very weak, managing to survive in coalition with the Democratic Social Center and the Democratic Renovator Party, and after the approval of a no confidence resolution from the left-wing parties, with the aid of the Democratic Renovator Party, the government fell and Mário Soares, the President at the time, called for a new election.

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