Party
A party is a gathering of people who have been invited by a host for the purposes of socializing, conversation, or recreation. A party will typically feature food and beverages, and often music and dancing as well.
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... Walter Frederick "Fritz" Mondale (born January 5, 1928) is an American Democratic Party politician who served as the 42nd Vice President of the United States (1977–1981) under President ... He was the Democratic Party's presidential candidate in the United States presidential election of 1984 ... late 1964 as a member of the Democratic Party upon the resignation of Hubert Humphrey, and held that post until 1976 ...
... in England and Wales, they adopted the name Unionist Party in Scotland ... Various organisations, including the Independent Labour Party, joined to make the British Labour Party in 1906, with Keir Hardie as its first chairman ...
... The organisation of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was based on the principles of democratic centralism ... The governing body of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) was the Party Congress which initially met annually but whose meetings became less frequent, particularly under Joseph Stalin ... Party Congresses would elect a Central Committee which, in turn, would elect a Politburo ...
... At lower levels, the organizational hierarchy was managed by Party Committees, or partkoms (партком) ... The bottom level of the Party was the primary party organization (первичная партийная организация) or party cell (партийная ячейка) ... The management of a cell was called party bureau/partbureau (партийное бюро, партбюро) ...
... After World War I the Liberal Party began to disintegrate and Labour emerged as the party of progressive politics in Scotland, gaining a solid following among working classes of the urban lowlands. 1922 to 1923 and another Scot, Ramsey MacDonald, would be the Labour Party's first Prime Minister in 1924 and again from 1929-35 ... began to emerge, including the National Party of Scotland in 1928 and Scottish Party in 1930 ...
More definitions of "party":
- (verb): Have or participate in a party.
Example: "The students were partying all night before the exam"
- (noun): An occasion on which people can assemble for social interaction and entertainment.
Example: "He planned a party to celebrate Bastille Day"
- (noun): A group of people gathered together for pleasure.
Example: "She joined the party after dinner"
- (noun): A band of people associated temporarily in some activity.
Example: "They organized a party to search for food"
Synonyms: company
- (noun): An organization to gain political power.
Example: "In 1992 Perot tried to organize a third party at the national level"
Synonyms: political party
Famous quotes containing the word party:
“I recommend to you, in my last, an innocent piece of art: that of flattering people behind their backs, in presence of those who, to make their own court, much more than for your sake, will not fail to repeat, and even amplify, the praise to the party concerned. This is of all flattery the most pleasing, and consequently the most effectual.”
—Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl Chesterfield (1694–1773)
“It is well-known what a middleman is: he is a man who bamboozles one party and plunders the other.”
—Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881)
“I did not enter the Labour Party forty-seven years ago to have our manifesto written by Dr. Mori, Dr. Gallup and Mr. Harris.”
—Tony Benn (b. 1925)