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Party

Definition: Party

Party

Adjective

1. Based upon or representing political parties; "party politics"; "party leaders".

Noun

1. An organization to gain political power; "in 1992 Perot tried to organize a third party at the national level".

2. An occasion on which people can assemble for social interaction and entertainment; "he planned a party to celebrate Bastille Day".

3. A band of people associated temporarily in some activity; "they organized a party to search for food"; "the company of cooks walked into the kitchen".

4. A group of people gathered together for pleasure; "she joined the party after dinner".

5. A person involved in legal proceedings; "the party of the first part".

Verb

1. Have a party; "The students were partying all night before the exam".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "party" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: Party

DomainDefinition

Computing

@-party /at'par`tee/ n. [from the @-sign in an Internet address] (alt. `@-sign party' /at'si:n par`tee/) A semi-closed party thrown for hackers at a science-fiction convention (esp. the annual World Science Fiction Convention or "Worldcon"); one must have a network address to get in, or at least be in company with someone who does. One of the most reliable opportunities for hackers to meet face to face with people who might otherwise be represented by mere phosphor dots on their screens. Compare boink. The first recorded @-party was held at the Westercon (a U.S. western regional SF convention) over the July 4th weekend in 1980. It is not clear exactly when the canonical @-party venue shifted to the Worldcon but it had certainly become established by Constellation in 1983. Sadly, the @-party tradition has been in decline since about 1996, mainly because having an @-address no longer functions as an effective lodge pin. We are informed, however, that rec.skydiving members have maintained a tradition of formation jumps in the shape of an @; picture at `http://www.birdwalk.com/DevilsWorkshop/favorites/source/6.html'. = A =. Source: Jargon File.

Dream Interpretation

To dream of an unknown party of men assaulting you for your money or valuables, denotes that you will have enemies banded together against you. If you escape uninjured, you will overcome any opposition, either in business or love.
To dream of attending a party of any kind for pleasure, you will find that life has much good, unless the party is an inharmonious one. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted ....

Literature

Party Person or persons under consideration. "This is the next party, your worship"- i.e. the next case to be examined. "This is the party that stole the things"- the person or persons accused. (French, partie, a person.)
"If an evil spirit trouble any, one must make a smoke ... and the party shall be no more vexed."- Tobit vi. 7. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Multilingual Slang

French (fete, teuf), Hungarian (buli), Swiss German (fuer). (references)

Tips from 1870

Usage: Party, Person. "Is she the party of whom you spoke?" "No; she is the person."
One man may be a party to a contract or agreement. Several men may form a party. When no contract is implied, one man or woman must be spoken of as a person, not as a party. Source: Slips of Speech.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Communist party

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

A communist party refers to a party which advocates Communism. A Communist Party is one which formally uses the term "Communist" in its official name. Communist Parties began to be established in various countries across the world after the establishment of the Communist International by the Russian Bolsheviks. In the late 20th century, during a period known as the Cold War, communist parties held power in many nations of the world. With the collapse of the Soviet Union, communist parties lost power in Eastern Europe and Russia. In many places communist parties re-organized themselves as leftist socialist parties. Communist parties have remained in power in mainland China, Vietnam, North Korea, and Cuba. In the People's Republic of China and to a lesser extent Vietnam, Communist parties have altered their ideology to embrace market economics, while maintaining the absolute political authority of the party.

Most Communist Parties arose in the 1920's as a result of a split among socialist parties over whether revolution was necessary to achieve their ends and whether the socialist parties should accept the leadership of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Parties which renounced revolution and the leadership of the CPSU became supporters of social democracy while parties which remained committed to revolution and CPSU leadership became communist parties.

During the Cold War, communist parties in many nations emulated a structure copied from the organisation of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union as designed by Lenin. In theory a party congress would elect a central committee, which elected a Politburo. In practice, the Politburo was self perpetuating and tended to control the central committee which controlled the party congresses. In most nations where communist parties gained power, opposition parties were banned or assimilated into socialist united fronts.

Members of communist parties were often persecuted in the early Cold War hysteria which swept through much of the West following World War II, especially in the United States. US Senator Joseph McCarthy claimed to have a long list of secret communists who were holding posts in the United States government, and was appointed chairman of the Permanent Investigating Subcommittee of the Senate Committee on Government Operations.

McCarthy subpoenaed numerous government officials, Hollywood producers and stars, politicians, and others, and grilled them at televised hearings on what connections, if any, they had with communist organizations. More and more people increasingly characterized the effort as a witch hunt, and many successful careers were destroyed by allegations of being a communist spy which ultimately proved completely baseless. The hysteria abated somewhat when McCarthy accused several high level members of the US Army of being communists, and Army lawyer Joseph Welch publicly denounced McCarthy during a hearing by asking him, "Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you no sense of decency?"

In the third world, communist parties became popular in some areas because they promised an overthrow of a governmental structure that many considered oppressive. However, the civil wars which resulted often became emeshed into the Cold War with usually the Soviet Union supported the Communist forces and the United States supporting the anti-communist ones.

Among the splits within Communist parties were the split between Stalin and Trotsky in the 1920's and then the split between the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China in the early 1960's.

Communist parties also gained strong electoral and organisational support in France and in Italy, where they and developed a variant ideology known as Eurocommunism. While these parties advocated radical restructuring of the economy, they also eventually accepted the legitimacy of multi-party elections.

Communists parties have had various fates after the collapse of the Berlin Wall. Many parties Eastern Europe and Italy have attempted, with varying degrees of success, to transform themselves into democratic leftist parties, often changing their many in the process. Examples of these parties are the Party of Democratic Socialism in Germany. In Russia, the Communist Party exists as an opposition force with declining membership.

Communist parties remain in power in the People's Republic of China. Cuba, and North Korea. In the case of the Communist Party of China, the party has reinterpreted Marxism to allow for economic reform and markets in the context of an authoritarian state. Cuba and North Korea however have remained organized along Stalinist lines.

Communist parties around the world have mostly disappeared after the fall of the Berlin Wall. However, in Brazil at least, different parties claimed (or claim yet) to be communist, each according to its own version of communism.

See also:

Famous Communists

List of communist parties

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Communist Party of China

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

zh-cn:中国共产党 zh-tw:中國共產黨

The Communist Party of China (中国共产党, pinyin: Zhōnggúo Gòngchăndăng) is the ruling party of the People's Republic of China. The party was founded in 1921, and fought the Kuomintang during the Chinese Civil War.

The more than 63 million-member Communist Party of China (CPC or CCP) is the largest political party in the world. Authoritarian in structure and ideology, it continues to dominate the government. In periods of relative liberalization, the influence of people and organizations outside the formal party structure has tended to increase, particularly in the economic realm. This phenomenon is apparent today in the rapidly developing coastal region. Nevertheless, in all important governmental institutions in the PRC, party committees work to see that party and state policy guidance is followed and that non-party members do not create autonomous organizations that could challenge party rule. Party control is tightest in government offices and in urban economic, industrial, and cultural settings; it is considerably looser in the rural areas, where the majority of the people live.

Organization

The party's organizational structure was destroyed during the Cultural Revolution and rebuilt afterwards by Deng Xiaoping.

Theoretically, the party's highest body is the National Congress of the Communist Party of China, which meets at least once every 5 years. The primary organs of power in the Communist Party which are listed in the party constitution include:

Other central organizations include Also important are "leading small groups," which are committees of high ranking party members within state agencies. These can be extremely powerful, particularly in the area of foreign policy.

Every five years, the Chinese Communist Party holds a National Congress. Formally, the Congress serves two functions: to approve changes to the Party constitution and to elect a Central Committee, about 300 strong. The Central Committee in turn elects the Politburo. In practice, positions within the Central Committee and Politburo are determined before a Party Congress, and the main purpose of the Congress is to announce the party policies and vision for the direction of China in the following few years.

The party's central locus of power is the Politburo Standing Committee. The process for selecting Standing Committee members, as well as Politburo members, occurs behind the scenes in a process parallel to the National Congress. The new power structure is announced obliquely through the positioning of portraits in the People's Daily, the official newspaper of the Party. The number of Standing Committee members varies and has tended to increase over time. The Committee was expanded to nine at the 16th Party National Congress in 2002.

There are two other key organs of political power in the People's Republic of China: the formal government and the People's Liberation Army.

There are, in addition to decision-making roles, advisory committees, including the People's Political Consultative Conference. During the 1980s and 1990s there was a Central Advisory Commission established by Deng Xiaoping which consisted of senior retired leaders, but with their passing this has been abolished.

Policies

In the 16th National Congress in November, 2002, President of the People's Republic of China and General Secretary Jiang Zemin announced several important policy changes as part of the his theory of the Three represents. China would remain "a people's democratic dictatorship" under the control of the Communist Party; however, entrepreneurs and people in unconventional occupations would have a voice in making Party decisions.

Members of the Central Committee

The members of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China are (as of 2003):

Members of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central committee:

Wang Lequan, Wang Zhaoguo, Hui Liangyu, Liu Qi, Liu Yunshan, Li Changchun, Wu Yi, Wu Bangguo, Wu Guanzheng, Zhang Lichang, Zhang Dejiang, Chen Liangyu, Luo Gan, Zhou Yongkang, Hu Jintao, Yu Zhengsheng, He Guoqiang, Jia Qinglin, Guo Boxiong, Huang Ju, Cao Gangchuan, Zeng Qinghong]], Zeng Peiyan, Wen Jiabao.

Alternate member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee: Wang Gang

Members of Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee: Zeng Qinghong, Liu Yunshan, Zhou Yongkang, He Guoqiang, Wang Gang, Xu Caihou, He Yong.

Leaders of the Communist Party of China

List of Chairmen of the CPC Central Committee

List of General Secretaries

The post of Chairman was abolished in 1982. Previously, the General Secretary served more of a bureucratic role subordinate to the chairman. With the abolition of the post of Chairman, the General Secretary has become the most powerful position within the party.

Criticism and support

Much of the criticism of the CPC centers on the origins of China's problems in the 20th century. The critics could be loosely divided into three groups:

Western human rights activists tend to see Chinese events as examples of state oppression, whereas most Chinese (including many of those who are anti-government or anti-CPC) tend to see China's troubles as stemming from anarchy and the lack of social institutions that would defend China from outsiders or prevent one person from forming a cult of personality.

Supporters of Tibetan nationalism and Taiwan independence, extreme right wing politicians, along with anti-trade and protectionist forces on the left, in the United States and Japan, are among the groups which have perceived the CPC government as a totalitarian regime. They refer to events of the Cultural Revolution, Chinese famine of 1958-1961, and Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 as examples. They suggest that the CPC has been responsible for the deaths of very large numbers of people, with figures cited in millions. These accusations are dealt with in more detail in the article History of the People's Republic of China.

Among Chinese, opponents of the Party within the Chinese democracy movement have tend not to argue that a strong Chinese state is inherently bad, but rather have tended to argue that the Communist leadership is corrupt.

Supporters of the Communist Party have argued that the worst of the abuses took place decades ago, and that the current leadership is not only unconnected with them, but were actually victims of that era. They have also argued that while the Communist Party may be flawed, it is comparatively better, with respect to improving the general standard of living, than any other government that has governed China in the past century and can be put in more favorable light against most governments of the developing nations. Finally, it has been argued that despite its flaws, the Communist Party is better than its alternatives, and that a sudden forced transition to democracy would result in the economic and political collapse that occurred in Russia in the 1990s.

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Communist Party of the Soviet Union

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

The Communist Party of the Soviet Union was the name used by the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party following the Russian Revolution. The party had split into two factions, the Bolsheviks and the Mensheviks, primarily over the issue of party membership. Bolsheviks favored a closed membership of strictly full time professional revolutionaries; whereas the Mensheviks favored open party membership. The Bolsheviks seized power in October of 1917 (by the Julian calendar still in use in Russia at that time). Soon after, they banned the Mensheviks (and all other opposition political organizations) and changed their own name to the "Communist Party".

A name change had been first mooted in Lenin's April Theses, which articulated Lenin's sense that the term Social-Democracy had become devalued, a notion he articulated in his pamphlet Socialism and War (1915) where he talked of the pro-war Social-Democrats as Social-Chauvinists.

The Marxist-Leninist structure of the CPSU was copied by many other Communist parties (c.f.).

In February of 1990, the CPSU called for the end of its constitutional guarantee of power. In March, the Congress of Peoples Deputies repealed Article Six of the Soviet Constitution, which had guaranteed monopoly political power for the party.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the organization became known as the Communist Party of the Russian Federation.

See also: Organization of the Communist Party of the USSR, Communist Party

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Communist Party of the Soviet Union."

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Litigant

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

A party involved in a lawsuit, a litigant is a person suing or being sued, or otherwise calling upon the judicial process to determine the outcome of a suit. This does not include witnesses or other persons who may be called to court during a trial - just the parties themselves.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Litigant."

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Party

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

This article is about a party as a celebration. For the political usage of the term, see political party.

A party is a gathering intended primarily for celebration and recreation. While having some things in common with religious and seasonal festivals, the term "party" usually denotes a smaller gathering for a personal, rather than cultural occasion, even when the occasion is simply that of enjoyment.

Reasons for parties, and the style in which they are held, are as diverse as the activities which people find enjoyable. Some are held to mark a particular joyous occasion, such as a birthday, wedding or coming of age. Such parties are usually associated with family and close friends. A holiday often provides the pretext for smaller parties as well as the broader festival activities.

Some parties, such as the traditional English tea party or the modern cocktail party, are social gatherings within a fairly formal, or at least stylized, atmosphere. At the other end of the spectrum are such events as the rave party, which are generally counter-cultural in nature and tend to challenge concepts of what is "proper."

Some varieties of party emphaize a particular form of entertainment, such as the bridge party, which is focused around the card game of bridge; or the costume party, an offshoot of the masquerade ball, where the costumes of the participants provide the theme for the event.

Parties provide numerous opportunities for social interaction of various kinds, depending on the participants and their understanding of the accepted behavior for a given occasion. As a result, they tend to reenforce cultural and counter-cultural standards, though sometimes this is simply by providing a semi-acceptable social context for violating some of those standards.

See also: party game

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Party."

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Political party

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

A political party is a political organization subscribing to a certain ideology or formed around special issues. In party-list proportional representation, parties (and sometimes multi-party cartels) can play a functional role in the voting system.

Single-party, two-party, and multi-party governments

In single-party states, only one political party is allowed. This party is not, however, identical to the government, although sometimes positions within the party may be in fact more important than positions within the government.

Two-party systems are states, such as the United States, in which there are two dominant political parties, with extreme difficulty for anybody to achieve electoral success under the banner of any other party. The relationship between the voting system used and the two-party system was described by Maurice Duverger and is known as Duverger's Law.

Multi-party systems encourage diversity in the political offer.

Parties and directions

Political parties are often considered on a political spectrum. One typical spectrum has the Left associated with radical or progressive policies and the Right with conservative or reactionary policies. Other analyses include other dimensions such as the political parties' acceptance of parliamentary democracy as opposed to authoritarian or totalitarian attitudes, and economic policies, the Left favoring social-democracy, socialism or communism, while the Right tends to favor laissez-faire economics.

Colors and emblems for parties

Generally speaking, over the world, political parties associate themselves with colors, primarily for identification, especially for voter recognition during elections. Red usually signifies leftist, communist or socialist parties; pink sometimes signifies socialist. Conservative and Christian democratic parties generally use blue. Yellow is often used for liberalism. Green is the color for green parties and Islamic parties.

There are notable exceptions and variations:

Color associations are useful for mnemonics when voter illiteracy is significant. Another use case is when it is not desirable to make rigorous links to parties, particularly when coalitions and alliances are formed between political parties and other organizations, for example: Red-Green Alliance, Blue-Green Alliance, Pan-green coalition, and Pan-blue coalition.

The emblem of Socialist Parties is often a red rose held in a fist.

International organizations of political parties

During the 20th century, many national political parties organized themselves into international organizations along similar policy lines. Notable examples are the International Workingmen's Association, the Socialist International (both red), the Liberal International (yellow), the International Democrat Union (blue), and the Worldwide green parties (green). The Socialist International, the Liberal International, and the International Democrat Union are all based in London.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Party

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField
PAPEnglishPeople's Action PartyPolitics & International Affaires

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms: Party

Synonyms: party(a) (adj), company (n), political party (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Party

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Amusement

Festivity, merrymaking; party; (social gathering); blowout, hullabaloo, hoedown, bat, bum, bust, clambake, donation party, fish fry, jamboree, kantikoy, nautch, randy, squantum, tear, Turnerfest, yule log; fete, festival, gala, ridotto; revels, revelry, reveling; carnival, brawl, saturnalia, high jinks; feast, banquet; (food); regale, symposium, wassail; carouse, carousal; jollification, junket, wake, Irish wake, picnic, fete champetre, regatta, field day; treat.

Assemblage

Crowd, throng, group; flood, rush, deluge; rabble, mob, press, crush, cohue, horde, body, tribe; crew, gang, knot, squad, band, party; swarm, shoal, school, covey, flock, herd, drove; atajo; bunch, drive, force, mulada; remuda; roundup; array, bevy, galaxy; corps, company, troop, troupe, task force; army, regiment; (combatants); host;crowd, throng, group; flood, rush, deluge; rabble, mob, press, crush, cohue, horde, body, tribe; crew, gang, knot, squad, band, party; swarm, shoal, school, covey, flock, herd, drove; atajo; bunch, drive, force, mulada; remuda; roundup; array, bevy, galaxy; corps, company, troop, troupe, task force; army, regiment; (combatants); host; (multitude); populousness.

Mankind

Human being; person, personage; individual, creature, fellow creature, mortal, body, somebody; one; such a one, some one; soul, living soul; earthling; party, head, hand; dramatis personae; quidam.

Speciality

Adjective: special, particular, individual, specific, proper, personal, original, private, respective, definite, determinate, especial, certain, esoteric, endemic, partial, party, peculiar, appropriate, several, characteristic, diagnostic, exclusive; singular; (exceptional); idiomatic; idiotypical; typical.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Party

English words defined with "party": American Federalist Party, American Labor Party, American Party, Anti-Masonic Party ♦ bachelor party, birthday party, Bull Moose Party ♦ cocktail party, Communist Party, Conservative Party, Constitutional Union Party, Court party ♦ Democratic-Republican Party, dinner party, Donation party ♦ Farmer-Labor Party, Fatigue party, Federal Party, Federalist Party, Foraging party, Free Soil Party ♦ garden party, Green Party, Greenback Party ♦ hen party, house party ♦ Innocent party ♦ Know-Nothing Party ♦ Labor Party, Labour Party, lawn party, Liberal Party, Liberty Party ♦ Marooning party ♦ Nazi Party ♦ Party appellant, party boss, party favor, party favour, party game, party line, party liner, party man, Party spirit, party to the action, party to the transaction, party whip, People's Party, political party, Populist Party, prevailing party, Progressive Party, Prohibition Party ♦ Republican Party, rescue party ♦ search party, slumber party, Social Democratic Party, Socialist Labor Party, Socialist Party, stag party, States' Rights Democratic Party, Storming party, stretcher party, Surprise party ♦ tea party, third party ♦ wedding party, Whig Party. (references)
Specialty definitions using "party": Account Party ♦ Bill to Party, Billing Third Party, Bill-To Party ♦ CHIEF OF PARTY ♦ demolition firing party ♦ First Party DMA ♦ Grand National Party ♦ instructing party, insuring party ♦ LAN party ♦ MANAGER, FIELD PARTY, GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING ♦ Notify Party ♦ party foreman, party manager, party thinker, prosecuting party ♦ reimbursement party, Revolutionary Surrealist Vandal Party ♦ SALESPERSON-DEMONSTRATOR, PARTY PLAN ♦ trusted third party ♦ Ultramontane Party. (references)
Etymologies containing "party": symposium. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Party" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Afrikaan (a lot of, celebration, festival, many, much, party, plenty, plenty of), German (outing, party), Hungarian (blast), Swedish (bash, do, rave).

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Modern Usage: Party

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Can I state very clearly that I can't be party to anything illegal (The American President; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin.)

Hello, Sorry about the door, Is the party over (Batman & Robin; writing credit: Akiva Goldsman)

All I did was party and get laid (American Beauty; writing credit: Alan Ball)

I'm sorry I had to fight in the middle of your Black Panther party. (Forrest Gump; writing credit: Eric Roth)

Who's ready to party on the big boat besides me (Speed 2: Cruise Control; writing credit: Graham Yost; Jan de Bont)

Lyrics

But I never missed a single day's party (Pacific Coast Party; performing artist: Smash Mouth)

Me and my girls gonna hit a party (No Matta What (Party All Night); performing artist: Toya)

We like, we like to party (We Like to Party; performing artist: VENGABOYS)

I'VE BEEN WATCHIN YOU AND I KNOW YOU LIKE TO PARTY BABY (I Know Where It's At; performing artist: All Saints)

Come on Barbie, let's go party! (Barbie Girl; performing artist: Aqua)

Clever

You are an engineer if people groan at the party when you pick out the music. (references; author: unknown)

40% of all people who come to a party in your home do this? Snoop in your medicine cabinet. (references; author: unknown)

How to act insane: Five days in advance, tell your friends you can't attend their party because you're not in the mood. (references; author: unknown)

Movie/TV Titles

Party Monster (2003)

Adult Party Pack (1998)

The Fishing Party (1974)

Masquerade Party (1974)

Pinocchio's Birthday Party (1974)

Song Titles

Party at the End of the Universe (performing artist: Honey Would You Be Meshuga Tonite?)

Where's the Party At (performing artist: Jagged Edge)

It's My Party (performing artist: Lesley Gore)

Cold Rock A Party (performing artist: MC Lyte)

Get The Party Started (performing artist: Pink)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Party

DomainTitle

Books

  • Lyle and the Birthday Party (reference)

  • Claudia's Big Party (Baby-Sitters Club, 123) (reference)

  • My Very 1st Tea Party (reference)

  • Survey of acrylonitrile and methacrylonitrile levels in food contact materials and in foods : the sixth report of the Steering Group on Food Surveillance, the Working Party on Acrylonitrile and Methacrylonitrile (reference)

  • Political Change on Taiwan: A Study of Ruling Party Adaptability (reference)

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Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  

Music

  

High Tech

  

Consumer Goods

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Party

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Photo Album: Party

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Early mechanized level party with hand-velocipede Observer riding ahead Level party of W.H. Burger. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Early level crew - taking the back sight Umbrella shading instrument, recorder writing down observations and computing Level party of W.H. Burger. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

"The Southern Party on Board the Nimrod. Left to right - Wild, Shackleton, Marshall, Adams. In: "The Heart of the Antarctic", Volume I, by E. H. Shackleton, 1909. P. 364. Library Call Number G149 S52. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Hydrographic signal-building party on Fire Island - 9 miles southwest Anchorage Latitude 61 09 N; Longitude 150 12 W. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Party boats go out for a 1/2 day of fishing from the Getaway Marina. Credit: Fisheries.

Bell UH-1M N57RF supporting scientific party. Helicopter pilot Budd Christman took time out to collect glass Japanese fishing floats on beach. Credit: Flying With NOAA.

Launching party of DAVID STARR JORDAN at Christy Shipyards. Bob Wolf of BCF in center of photo (tallest) and F. E. Carbine, Regional Director of BCF Great Lakes on far right. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Science party from Aerosols cruise (RB-99-02) sailing on NOAA Ship RONALD H. BROWN from Norfolk, Virginia, to Capetown, South Africa. This was the beginning of the 1999 RONALD H. BROWN around the world cruise. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

A historical boulder on the beach at Isla Cocos having carvings of names and dates of past visitors to the island. Observed by crew and scientific party of NOAA Ship McARTHUR during stopover while conducting STAR 2000 project. Credit: Small World.

Special forces tactical air control party.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: Party
 

"Party Boats" by Tomaz Jug
Commentary: "We had a great time in Grece back in 2002. Can you imagine 300 students on 2 boats with lots of music & alcohol? :)."		"Barcelona´s party 1" by Matias Kriando
Commentary: "Party in barcelona."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Sounds Captioned with "Party".

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Conversations at a party.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Party

AuthorQuotation

Alexis De Tocqueville

The last thing a political party gives up is its vocabulary.

Author Unknown

Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of the party.

Benjamin Disraeli

Damn your principals. Stick to your Party!

Edmund Burke

The Democratic Party is like a mule -- without pride of ancestry or hope of posterity.

Grover Cleveland

Party honesty is party expedience.

President Ronald Reagan

We're the party that wants to see an America in which people can still get rich.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

A sect or party is an incognito devised to save man from the vexation of thinking.

Senator John F. Kennedy.

Sometimes party loyalty asks too much.

Thomas Jefferson

If I could not go to heaven but with a party (political) I would not go at all.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: Party

AuthorDateQuotation

John Locke

1690

'Tis not a change from the present state, which perhaps corruption or decay has introduced, that makes an inroad upon the government, but the tendency of it to injure or oppress the people, and to set up one part or party, with a distinction from, and an unequal subjection of the rest. (Second Treatise of Government)

US Constitution

1791

Clause 2: In all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, and those in which a State shall be Party, the supreme Court shall have original Jurisdiction. (reference)

Amendment to US Constitution

1795-2004

Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction. (reference)

Marbury v. Madison

1803

In the distribution of this power it is declared that "the Supreme Court shall have original jurisdiction in all cases affecting ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls, and those in which a state shall be a party. (reference)

Communist Manifesto

1848

This organisation of the proletarians into a class, and consequently into a political party, is continually being upset again by the competition between the workers themselves. (reference)

Treaty of Versailles

1919

This fee shall, unless the Tribunal directs otherwise, be borne by the unsuccessful party. (reference)

Winston S. Churchill

1946

The power of the State is exercised without restraint, either by dictators or by compact oligarchies operating through a privileged party and a political police. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

John F. Kennedy

1961

We observe today not a victory of party but a celebration of freedom-- symbolizing an end as well as a beginning--signifying renewal as well as change. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Party

TitleAuthorQuote

Emma

Austen, Jane

In so large a party it was not necessary that Emma should approach her.

Sylvie and Bruno

Carroll, Lewis

And she led him out of the room, unnoticed by the rest of the party, who were wholly absorbed in watching the old Beggar

A Christmas Carol

Dickens, Charles

We have never had any quarrel, to which I have been a party.

Life, the Universe and Everything

Douglas Adams

I don't want to know, I don't want to see, I don't want to hear, he yelled as he ran, "this is not my planet, I didn't choose to be here, I don't want to get involved, just get me out of here, and get me to a party, with people I can relate to!

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Another sign of that time was anarchy mingled with governmentalism (barbarous name of the correct party)

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

The old restless moodiness had again filled his breast as it had done on the night of the party but had not found an outlet in verse

Gulliver's Travels

Swift, Jonathan

I computed the number of our people, by reckoning how many millions there might be of each religious sect, or political party among us.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Party

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

These current practices have been shown to be of value in other disorders and may in the future be shown to be so in panic disorder as well. As with many other treatable disorders, access to effective care is at times limited by regulatory decisions, lack of financial resources, inadequate third party coverage, and stigma. (references)

Business

Therefore, third party organizations are used to execute a purchase. (references)

The purchasing party will commonly require technical support and training. (references)

Major decisions are still made by key leaders of the Chinese Communist party. (references)

Children

Pakistan

The Shabab-i-Milli, the youth wing of the Jaamat-i-Islami party, launched a campaign in May 2000 to combat child prostitution by raising public awareness of the problem. (references)

India

All these factors have impact on social development and on survival, development and protection of children." In February 2000, the Committee on the Rights of the Child of the UNHRC expressed concern "at the prevailing poor situation in the state party with respect to education, which is characterized by a general lack of infrastructure, facilities and equipment, insufficient numbers of qualified teachers and a drastic shortage of textbooks and other relevant learning materials. (references)

Korea

The UNCRC also expressed concern over de facto discrimination against children with disabilities and at the insufficient measures taken by the state party to ensure that these children have effective access to health, education, and social services, and to facilitate their full integration into society. (references)

Civil Liberties

Venezuela

The Court also ruled that it is "restrictive of true and impartial information" if a majority of a medium's writers of editorial articles express the same ideological tendency, unless that medium openly declares itself to be a party to those views. (references)

Congo

Upon assuming power in 1997, Laurent Kabila suspended political party activities but not political parties themselves. (references)

Congo

In 1999 Laurent Kabila issued Decree No. 194 that partially lifted the ban on political party activities; however, the decree allows the Interior Minister to ban parties arbitrarily, and requires that legally recognized parties have members from all provinces, a requirement that could not be satisfied under war conditions. (references)

Discrimination

Syria

Certain prominent positions, such as that of provincial governor, are reserved solely for Ba'th Party members. (references)

Syria

In practice membership in the Ba'th Party or close familial relations with a prominent party member or powerful government official can be important for economic, social, or educational advancement. (references)

Syria

Party or government connections can pave the way for entrance into better elementary and secondary schools, access to lucrative employment, and greater power within the Government, the military, and the security services. (references)

Economic History

China

During the 15th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party that met in September 1997, President Jiang Zemin announced plans to sell, merge, or close the vast majority of SOEs in his call for increased "non-public ownership." The 9th National People's Congress endorsed the plans at its March 1998 session. (references)

El Salvador

Divisions between "orthodox" and "reformist" wings of the FMLN crippled the party in the 1999 elections. (references)

China

The 14th Party Congress later in the year backed Deng's renewed push for market reforms, stating that China's key task in the 1990s was to create a "socialist market economy." The 10-year development plan for the 1990s stressed continuity in the political system with bolder reform of the economic system. (references)

Human Rights

Zimbabwe

On October 2, a newly constituted Supreme Court, with justices considered more sympathetic to the ruling party, granted the Government an interim relief order that allowed it to proceed with its controversial land acquisition program. (references)

Lesotho

These deaths resulted from gunshot wounds and fatal beatings sustained during enforcement actions and during violent clashes between political party supporters. (references)

Zambia

No one was deported during the year; however, Majid Ticklay, who was deported by the Government in 2000 after he wrote a letter that was published in the Post newspaper publicly urging the Asian community to unite behind one political party, remained under a deportation order. (references)

Indigenous People

Namibia

In 1999 a San was nominated by the SWAPO party for the National Assembly and won the election. (references)

Canada

These legal challenges include one from the Liberal Party that contends that the treaty should have been submitted to a referendum and one from the Gitanyow, an indigenous group located near the Nisga'a, who contend that the treaty awarded more than 85 percent of their traditional tribal lands to the Nisga'a. (references)

Minorities

India

In late January, in the Sarguja district of Chhattisgarh, there was a mass reconversion of 360 tribals back to Hinduism, which was managed by a Sangh Parivar offshoot and attended by local Congress Party leaders and a BJP member of Parliament. (references)

Political Economy

Ireland

Labour is the oldest Irish party, dating back to 1912. Since that time, Labour has played a significant role in modernizing Irish politics. (references)

Guyana

The PNC remains the major opposition party, but three other parties, Rise, Organize and Rebuild (ROAR), Guyana Action Party/Working People Alliance (GAP/WPA) and TUF also have representation in parliament. (references)

India

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) came to power in March 1998 on promises of better governance and business-friendly policies. (references)

Political Rights

Benin

The 1999 parliamentary elections, which were free, fair, and transparent, resulted in significant gains by the opposition, notably the party of former President Soglo, which gained 27 seats in Parliament. (references)

Mexico

The PRD's membership is 48 percent female; its leadership is 22 percent female, 26 percent of its representatives and 12 percent of its senators are female, and it has a female party president. (references)

Mexico

Some utilized quotas requiring that a certain percentage of candidates on a party list are female. (references)

Trade

Nepal

Direct negotiations with the WTO working party began in Geneva in May 2000, and Nepal has initiated bilateral and multilateral negotiations with other countries. (references)

Hungary

Hungary is a party to CEFTA, along with Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Bulgaria and Romania. (references)

Colombia

The Colombian bank is the obligor under these facilities and the party responsible for repayment to the U.S. bank. (references)

Travel

Vietnam

If it is not possible to have a third party introduce you, self-introductions should start with an explanation of what led you to contact this particular organization. (references)

Saudi Arabia

If you are invited to the home of a Saudi for a party or reception, a meal is normally served at the end of the evening, and guests will not linger long after finishing. (references)

Cote D'ivoire

During 2000, there were several violent events including a two-day military mutiny over pay issues; a brutally suppressed demonstration staged by the opposition party; an assassination attempt against the military junta leader; a popular uprising following the October elections that ousted the military junta leader and then turned into armed conflict between ethnic groups; and a political demonstration that turned violent. (references)

Women

Malaysia

State governments in Kelantan and Terrengganu, which are controlled by the Islamic opposition party, made efforts to restrict Muslim women's dress in 2000, but there were no reports of additional restrictions on dress or punitive action against women not adhering to the dress code during the year. (references)

Portugal

Parliament also changed the Penal Code to grant any interested party the ability to file charges in domestic violence cases. (references)

Kenya

Maendeleo Ya Wanawake, the nation's best known women's rights and welfare organization, was established as a nonpolitical NGO during the colonial era, but is aligned closely with the ruling party. (references)

Worker Rights

China

During 1999 the TAR Religious Affairs Bureau confirmed that its officers are members of the Communist Party and that members are required to be atheists; a large percentage of the members of the religious affairs bureaus are non-Tibetans. (references)

India

Central unions have stressed their independence and in some cases are attempting to sever previously tight party control. (references)

Morocco

The CDT is affiliated with the ruling Socialist Union of Popular Forces of Prime Minister Youssoufi and the UGTM with the Istiqlal party, the second partner in the ruling coalition. (references)

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

ROUNDHEAD, n. A member of the Parliamentarian party in the English civil war -- so called from his habit of wearing his hair short, whereas his enemy, the Cavalier, wore his long. There were other points of difference between them, but the fashion in hair was the fundamental cause of quarrel. The Cavaliers were royalists because the king, an indolent fellow, found it more convenient to let his hair grow than to wash his neck. This the Roundheads, who were mostly barbers and soap-boilers, deemed an injury to trade, and the royal neck was therefore the object of their particular indignation. Descendants of the belligerents now wear their hair all alike, but the fires of animosity enkindled in that ancient strife smoulder to this day beneath the snows of British civility.

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Party

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Ann Richards

So my own party, they don't take after this guy. And I think the sensitivity is that they're scared to death that they'll appear unpatriotic in a very sensitive war time. And that's the White House still keeps talking war.

Dennis Miller

I'm pretty sure the Donner party wasn't even that misguided.

Dennis Quaid

Very similar, I got to say. My son's my best friend. And that's what I brought to the party. Jim is that way, too. The guy I play. He's that kind of dad. Then they also had the relationship between him and his own father, which is not so great.

Ed McMahon

That was quite a moment. I mean, we were all, you know, right on the verge of tears. We knew there was a party we were going to afterward. But for that particular moment, that really took us, you know, all apart.

House Minority Whip David Bonior

That's not personal. It's taking on the Republican Party and their policies. And, you know, Bush and Cheney are oil folks and, I mean, I think that's a fair thing to go after.

John McCain

We are reformers, Republican reformers who can make our party bigger and change politics in this country for generations. Don't fear this campaign, my fellow Republicans. Join it. Join it.

Mark Shields

Intense Republican tactic is blowing, basically, from the Democrat success in demonizing and villainizing Newt Gingrich, the speaker of the House, making him the face of the Republican Party.

Robert Novak

Mr. Vice President, I'd like to tur