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# Molierissimo

Molierissimo is a French animated television series in 26 25-minute episodes, produced by DIHR and broadcast October 1989 in Cabou Cadin 1 on Canal+. It was rebroadcast from 7 January 1992 in Amuse 3 on FR3.

## Synopsis

A young boy of ten named Quentin joins troop Molière one day, and journeys through the kingdom of France.

## Episodes

* The mask and sword
* The children in the family
* The illustrious theater
* Medea dress
* The traveling theater
* The stunned
* The fight for Paris
* The Prince de Conti
* The removal
* The vagaries of a large
* Mr. King's brother
* The big day
* The La Grange book
* The precious ridiculous
* The mare
* The arrest
* The bombshell
* The Royal Palace Theatre
* Fugue
* Vaux le Vicomte
* Exile
* The robbers
* Night harlequins
* Two young drums
* Women's school
* The pleasures of the enchanted island

## Cast

* Claude Giraud: Molière
* Tania Torrens: Madeleine Béjart
* Damien Boisseau: Quentin
* François Chaumette: Bonaventure
* Albert Augier: Cardinal Mazarin
* Vincent Ropion: Louis XIV
* Danièle Douet: Genevieve Bejart
* Jean-Pierre Delage: Molière's Father
* Paul Bisciglia: Pouillard (sidekick Marchenoir)
* Maurice Sarfati: Narrator, The Chassieux (sidekick Marchenoir)
* Maria Tamar: Anne of Austria
* Jean-Pierre Leroux: Mr. King's brother
* Anne Jarry: Clarisse Marquise de St Julien
* Nicole Hiss: Louise Verville
* Régis Lang: Comte de Verville
* Jean-Luc Kayser: D'Artagnan (first voice), Cyrano de Bergerac (second voice)
* Michel Le Royer: Cyrano de Bergerac (first voice)
* Jean-Paul Solal: D'Artagnan (second voice)
* Patrick Prejean: Scaramouche
* Roger Carel: the head of the Court of Miracles
* Claude Rollet: Comte de Rambouillet
# Long Beach Boulevard

Long Beach Boulevard may refer to:
* Long Beach Boulevard (California), a north–south thoroughfare in Los Angeles County
* Long Beach Boulevard (New Jersey), County Route 607 in Ocean County, New Jersey
# How to Cut and Paste Mix Tape Vol.1
## Track listing

* Intro – Various Artists
* It's a Stickup – Drummond, Willus
* Irritating Dove – DJ Yoda & Cymande/Bob James
* Eye on the Gold Chain – Ugly Duckling (2)
* Gotta Rock – Stupid Poo & Treacherous 3/Kool Moe Dee
* Scratch Skit – DJ Plus One
* Mexican Policemen At The Alien Mardi Gras – DJ Yoda & Bob James
* Yoda Meets the Thunderbirds – DJ Yoda
* Roll With The Yaggfu – Yaggfu Front
* Dunes And Sounds – DJ Yoda & Bob James
* Scratch Skit 2 – DJ Benny G
* Delta Ebonics – DJ Yoda
* Give It To Y'all – Rock, Pete & Rocky Marciano/Trife
* Perverted Disturbances – DJ Yoda & Cymande/Rimshots/Bob James
* Salvation Barmy – Barman, MC Paul
* Scratch Skit 3 – A-Trak
* Sesame Sex – DJ Yoda
* Global Warming – Nextmen & Kerosene
* Jiving Question Remains – DJ Yoda & Bob James
* Something For The People – Nigo & Biz Markie
* Sugarhill Commercial – Various Artists
* Scratch Skit 4 – DJ Spinbad
* Dizzy Gillespie Plays The Sax – DJ Yoda & Dizzy Gillespie/Cymande/Parliament
* Balti Taxi – DJ Yoda & Bob James
* Astronaut – Quasimoto
* Yoda Meets Dr Who – DJ Yoda
* On The Reggae – Lar & Dennis Alcapone/Desmond Dekker/Harry J Allstars/Sly &The Revolutionaries/Roots Radics
* Back Up – King Tee & Phil The Agony
* Golf Food And Scratching – DJ Yoda & Fatback Band/Mother Freedom Band/Cymande
* Mic Manipulator – Edan
* French Collection – DJ Yoda & Bob James
* Goin' To See My Baby – Car Trouble & William De Vaughan/Fatback Band
* Automobile – Parliament
* Scratch Skit 5 – DJ Yoda
* Outro – Various Artists

## Reception

Rick Anderson of All Music Guide described How to Cut and Paste Vol.1 as a master class in Dj technique while still keep the humour that DJ Yoda is known for.
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# Rahaly Castle

Rahaly Castle is a 13th-century tower house, located approximately 3 miles east of Gort, County Galway. It is undergoing restoration.
# Gerhard vom Berge

Gerhard vom Berge or von Berg, also known as Gerhard of Schalksberg (died 15 November 1398), was a member of the vom Berge family, seated at Minden, and until 1397 the holders of the Vogtei rights over the bishopric of Minden. He was precentor and then dean in Minden Cathedral. He became Bishop of Verden from 1363 to 1365 and Bishop of Hildesheim from 1365 to his death on 15 November 1398.
In 1367 after winning the battle of Dinklar against Magnus I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1345–1373), Gerhard built the imposing palas (residential structure including a great hall) at Burg Poppenburg (in the present Burgstemmen in Nordstemmen). He also founded Hildesheim Charterhouse in 1388.
Gerhard became involved in the War of the Lüneburg Succession (1371–1388), as a result of which the Welfs were obliged in 1380 to cede Burg Koldingen to him. Under his direction the fortress, situated on the left bank of the River Leine, became the seat of the newly created Amt Koldingen within the territory of the bishopric of Hildesheim.
# Transcription of Russian

The transcription of the spoken Russian language is usually done in the Cyrillic script.
This literal Russian is taken as base for transcription and transliteration into different scripts, most prominently the roman.
# William O'Meara

William O'Meara may refer to:
* William O'Meara (bishop), 18th-century Irish Catholic bishop
* William O'Meara (hurler) (born 1998), Irish hurler
# License to Dream

License to Dream is the third album by American New York City based Kleeer.

## Reception

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Released in 1981, this album reached number thirteen on the Billboard Top Soul Albums chart, and the single "Get Tough" charted at number five on the Dance chart and number fifteen on the Soul Singles chart.

## Track listing

* "De Kleeer Ting" (Norman Durham, Woody Cunningham) 4:41
* "Running Back To You" (Woody Cunningham) 7:22
* "Sippin' & Kissin'" (Norman Durham, Woody Cunningham) 4:15
* "Hypnotized" (Richard Lee, Woody Cunningham) 3:40
* "License to Dream" (Norman Durham, Woody Cunningham) 4:45
* "Get Tough" (Norman Durham, Woody Cunningham) 8:17
* "Say You Love Me" (Paul Crutchfield, Woody Cunningham) 4:41
* "Where Would I Be (Without Your Love)" (Paul Crutchfield ) 4:22

## Personnel

* Norman Durham - Arp strings, bass, Clavinet, impersonations, percussion, vocals
* Woody Cunningham - vongos, cowbell, drums, impersonations, Oberheim, percussion, timbales, vocals
* Paul Crutchfield - congas, acoustic guitar, percussion, vocals
* Terry Dolphin - Fender Rhodes, piano, vibraphone
* Richard Lee - guitar
* Eric Rohrbaugh - Clavinet, Mini-Moog, sound effects
* Isabelle Coles, Yvette Flowers - lead vocals and backing vocals
* Carole Sylvan, Janice Pendarvis, Melanie Moore, Dennis King - backing vocals

## Charts

| Chart (1981) | Peak position |
| Billboard Pop Albums | 81 |
| Billboard Top Soul Albums | 13 |

### Singles

| Year | Single | Chart positions | Chart positions |
| Year | Single | US R&B | US Dance |
| 1981 | "Get Tough'" | 15 | 5 |
| 1981 | "Running Back to You" | 69 | - |
# Prunus grisea

Prunus grisea is a species of plant in the family Rosaceae. It is found in Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Taiwan.
It was published and described by Cornelis Kalkman in 'Blumea' vol.13 on page 56 in 1965.
# Monomorium pergandei

Monomorium pergandei is a species of ant in the genus Monomorium. It is native to the United States. The species is named after the American myrmecologist Theodore Pergande.
# Lophomilia

Lophomilia is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was described by Warren in 1913.

## Species

* Lophomilia albicosta Yoshimoto, 1995
* Lophomilia albistria Yoshimoto, 1993
* Lophomilia diehli Kononenko & Behounek, 2009
* Lophomilia flaviplaga (Warren, 1912)
* Lophomilia fusca Sohn & Ronkay, 2011
* Lophomilia hoenei Berio, 1977
* Lophomilia kobesi Kononenko & Behounek, 2009
* Lophomilia kogii Sugi, 1977
* Lophomilia nekrasovi Kononenko & Behounek, 2009
* Lophomilia polybapta (Butler, 1879)
* Lophomilia posteburna Sohn & Ronkay, 2011
* Lophomilia rustica Kononenko & Behounek, 2009
* Lophomilia striatipurpurea Holloway, 1976
* Lophomilia takao Sugi, 1962
* Lophomilia violescens Yoshimoto, 1993
# Samrat Ashok International Convention Centre

The Samrat Ashok Convention Centre is a convention centre on North Gandhi Maidan Marg, Patna, Bihar with an estimated budget of ₹490 crore. The foundation stone of the centre was laid by Nitish Kumar, the chief minister of Bihar on 8 February 2014. An expected, around 16,500 metric tonnes of steel is used in construction, which is more than the volume of steel used in raising Eiffel Tower and Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi. The capacity of the main auditorium is around 5000. The Samrat Ashoka Convention centre has three major signature buildings- 1) Bapu Sabahagaar, an auditorium of 5000 seating capacity, 2) Gyan Bhawan with 800 capacity auditorium (lecture theater type), multipurpose hall and other conference halls of various capacities; and 3) Sabhyata Dwar (Civilization Gate). The centre was completed by April 2017 and has Gyan Bhawan, Bapu Sabhagaar, Multipurpose Hall, Plenary Hall, Modular Meeting Rooms with Basement Parking, Sabhyta Park With Sabhyata Dwar & food plaza. In February 2018, Samrat Ashoka Convention Kendra Patna won the 10th CIDC Vishwakarma Achievement Award for best construction projects in India.
# Raheens GAA

Raheens /ræˈhiːnz/ is a Gaelic football club based in Caragh, County Kildare, Ireland, winner of the Leinster senior club championship in 1981, 10 county senior football championships, first winners of the Kildare club of the year in 1973 and winners again in 1976. The separate hurling club, formerly known as Éire Óg, has now amalgamated to become Éire Óg-Corrachoill.

## History

Raheens won the first of ten Kildare titles in 1935 with a massive 6-3 to 1-0 win over Kildare St. Brigid's. They won their second in 1936. They climbed back onto the winner's podium with the help of Pat Dunny in 1964. A 1981 win led to Leinster club championship honours. In 2017, Raheens beat Kilcock to win the Intermediate Championship Final. Feather Thompson is a renowned figure within the club - Known for speed & technical ability on the field, he now spends his time praising the vast majority of the current senior team.

## Camogie

Geraldine Dwyer, Teresa Lynch, Nuala Malone, Eileen Reilly and Marianne Johnson were selected on the Kildare camogie team of the century in 2000.

## Honours Raheens

* Leinster Senior Club Football Championship: Winners 1981
* Kildare Senior Football Championship: Winners (10) 1935, 1936, 1943, 1964, 1968, 1973, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1981
* Kildare Intermediate Football Championship: Winners (2) 1958, 2017
* Kildare Junior Football Championship: Winners (2) 1928, 1974* (1974 Won Junior B Championship and defeated Junior A Championship winners)

## Honours Éire Óg

* Kildare Senior Hurling Championship Winners (8) 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972

## Honours Prosperous

* Kildare Senor Camogie Championship (8) 1954, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1981
* Kildare Junior Camogie Championship (1) 1939
* Kildare Senor Camogie League (8) 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1986
* Kildare Senior Football Championship Finalists 1901
# Princeton High School

Princeton High School may refer to:
* Princeton High School (Illinois), Princeton, Illinois
* Princeton Community High School, Princeton, Indiana
* Princeton High School (Minnesota), Princeton, Minnesota
* Princeton Junior-Senior High School, Princeton, Missouri
* Princeton High School (North Carolina), Princeton, North Carolina
* Princeton High School (New Jersey), Princeton, New Jersey
* Princeton High School (Sharonville, Ohio)
* Princeton High School (Texas), Princeton, Texas
* Princeton High School (West Virginia), Princeton, West Virginia
* Princeton High School (Wisconsin), Princeton, Wisconsin
# Matrilin

Matrilins are proteoglycan-associated proteins that are major components of extracellular matrix of various tissues. They include:
* Matrilin-1
* Matrilin-2
* Matrilin-3
* Matrilin-4
Matrilin-1 and -3 are expressed near exclusively in skeletal tissues. Matrilin-2 and -4 have a much broader distribution and are also found in loose connective tissue.
# William Smith (Somerset cricketer)

William Robert Rutherford Smith (23 April 1871 – 23 December 1946) played first-class cricket for Somerset between 1895 and 1898 and for the MCC in 1901 and 1902. He also played Minor Counties cricket for Wiltshire from 1899 to 1913 and for Worcestershire in minor matches before Worcestershire achieved first-class status in 1899. From 1919 to 1930, Smith stood as an umpire in first-class cricket matches.
Smith was born at Batley, West Yorkshire and died at Ewell, Surrey.
# Libertus Houthem

Libertus Houthem (died 1584) was an educator and Neo-Latin author from the prince-bishopric of Liège who died as court chaplain to Holy Roman Emperor Rudolph II.

## Life

Houthem was a member of the Brethren of the Common Life and taught Latin in the congregation's school in Liège. He also wrote Latin verse and drama for educational purposes.
In 1577 he transferred to Brussels, where he was elected head of the congregation's house. After the Calvinist coup in Brussels he was imprisoned. In 1579 he escaped the city and made his way to Mons. There he was appointed head of a local school by the city council, and censor of books by the Privy Council.
In 1583 Houthem was appointed chaplain to the imperial court of Rudolph II. He died in Prague in 1584, and his final work was published there posthumously.

## Works

* Absoluta conficiendorum versuum methodus (Liège, Gauthier Morberius, 1572). Available on Google Books.
** Reprinted Leuven, Rutger Velpius, 1576. Available on Google Books.
* Theatrum humanae vitae, comoedia nova (Liège, Gauthier Morberius, 1574). Available on Google Books.
* Gedeon. Tragico-comoedia sacra (Liège, Gauthier Morberius, 1575). Available on Google Books.
* Ethica vitae ratio, seu moralia vitae instituendae (Liège, Gauthier Morberius, 1577). Available on Google Books.
* Kakoseitnia seu mala vicinia, libellus, vicinos malos (Mons, Rutger Velpius, 1580). Available on Google Books.
* Demonstration, par laquelle clairement s'aperçoit qu'on ne se doit nullement transporter à la nouvelle pretendue religion (Mons, Rutger Velpius, 1580).
* Ficulneorum Auriaci principis auxiliorum, quibus hereticae factionis urbes temere nituntur, demonstratio (Mons, Rutger Velpius, 1583). Available on Google Books.
* De Politici Magistratus Officijs, edited for posthumous publication by Jacob Chimarrhaeus (Prague, G. Nigrini, 1585). Available on Google Books.
# Monomorium hospitum

Monomorium hospitum is a species of ant in the genus Monomorium. It is native to Singapore.
# Long Goodbye: A Tribute to Don Pullen

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Long Goodbye: A Tribute to Don Pullen is an album by David Murray, released on the Japanese DIW label. Recorded in 1996 and released in 1998, the album contains performances by Murray, pianist D.D. Jackson, bassist Santi Debriano, and drummer J. T. Lewis, in tribute to Don Pullen. The liner notes were penned by Jackson.

## Critical reception

The Village Voice wrote that "despite some rousing passages, this is becalming and elegiac, a fitting companion to Pullen’s own Ode to Life."

## Track listing

All compositions by Don Pullen except where noted.
* "Gratitude" – 7:52
* "Resting on the Road" – 10:29
* "Out of a Storm" (Jackson) – 8:38
* "El Matador" – 4:32
* "Easy Alice" (Jackson) – 8:10
* "Long Goodbye" (Morris) – 8:00
* "Common Ground" – 7:54

## Personnel

* David Murray – tenor saxophone, bass clarinet
* D. D. Jackson – piano
* Santi Debriano – bass
* J. T. Lewis – drums
# Howard Tate (album)

Howard Tate is an album by the American musician Howard Tate, released in 1972. The first single was "Keep Cool (Don't Be a Fool)". The album was a commercial failure, due to the mediocrity of some of the songs, as well as Jerry Wexler's departure from Atlantic Records.
It was Tate's last album until 2003; his close friends and associates were often unsure of his whereabouts during the intervening decades.

## Production

The album was produced by Jerry Ragovoy, who also wrote or cowrote the majority of the songs. The producer later regretted the song selection, conceding that some were too pop. "Jemima Surrender" is a cover of the song by the Band.

## Critical reception

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| The Buffalo Evening News | C+ |
| Robert Christgau | A− |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | |
Robert Christgau praised "Tate's amazing vocal and emotional range—as cocksure as Wilson Pickett one moment, as sweet and hurting as B.B. King the next, and as corny as Joe Tex to top it off." The Buffalo Evening News noted "Tate's mellow elastic voice and some neatly turned tunes." The Courier News opined that "the soulful Ragovoy pieces are made to order for the warm, understanding feeling that Tate unleashes." The Boston Globe considered Howard Tate to be one of the best R&B albums of 1972.
AllMusic wrote that "the arrangements are staid period soul, and while the musicians back Tate with confidence and energy, it's difficult for them to open up within such constrained charts." In 2018, The Independent listed "Girl of the North Country" as the sixth best Bob Dylan cover song, writing that, "given the full Atlantic Records treatment with booming horns and Tate's soaring voice, it shouldn't really work but the resulting celebratory air is a perfect counterpoint to the sombre and regretful mood of the original."
# Rainieria calceata

Rainieria calceata is a species of stilt-legged flies belonging to the family Micropezidae.

## Distribution and habitat

This species is present in Central and Western Europe (Albania, Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland) and in the Near East. These stilt-legged flies are usually found in old forests. They are mainly associated with beech deciduous forests.

## Description

Rainieria calceata can reach a body length of about 5–10 millimetres (0.20–0.39 in). These stilt-legged flies have a very elongate, parallel-sided, slender black bodies. The head is small and rounded, with short antennae. The abdomen is black, long and narrow. They show characteristic long thin legs. The fore legs are markedly smaller than the other pairs. Femora are black at base. The tarsal segments of the first and third legs are white. The narrow wings are infuscated, with a dark tip and some darker markings.

## Biology

This species breeds and develops in moist organic debris and rotting wood in hollow tree-trunks.
# Matterhorn Ultraks

The Matterhorn Ultraks is an international skyrunning competition held for the first time in 1982. It runs every year in Zermatt (Switzerland) in August, race valid for the Skyrunner World Series till 2010.

## Winners

| Year | Distance | Men's winner | Time | Women's winner | Time |
| 1982 | | Peter Haid | | Katharina Beck | |
| 1983 | | Peter Haid | | Martine Oppliger | |
| 1984 | | Stephan Gmünder | | Olivia Grüner | |
| 1985 | | Robin Bryson | | Olivia Grüner | |
| 1986 | | Mike Short | | Elisabeth Franzis | |
| 1987 | | Mike Short | | Fabiola Rueda | |
| 1988 | | Wolfgang Münzel | | Sally Goldsmith | |
| 1989 | | Jairo Correa | | Sally Goldsmith | |
| 1990 | | Jairo Correa | | Sally Goldsmith | |
| 1991 | | | | | |
| 1992 | | Norbert Moulin | | Fabiola Rueda Oppliger | |
| 1993 | | Woody Schoch | | Louise Fairfax | |
| 1994 | | José Guerrero | | Carolina Reiber | |
| 1995 | | German Fernandez | | Isabella Moretti | |
| 1996 | | Francisco Sánchez | | Isabella Moretti | |
| 1997 | | Haile Koricho | | Anne Buckley | |
| 1998 | | Martin Cox | | Heather Heasman | |
| 1999 | | Jonathan Wyatt | | Tamrat Gete | |
| 2000 | | Billy Burns | 1:04:36.9 | Angela Mudge | 1:17:20.3 |
| 2001 | | Jonathan Wyatt | 1:02:41.6 | Izabela Zatorska | 1:16:44.3 |
| 2002 | | Jonathan Wyatt | 1:02:27,6 | Melissa Moon | 1:18:07,2 |
| 2003 | | Jonathan Wyatt | 1:01:59,2 | Izabela Zatorska | 1:15:52,7 |
| 2004 | | Billy Burns | 1:05:31,5 | Daniela Gassmann | 1:18:35,8 |
| 2005 | | Sébastien Epiney | 1:07:40,4 | Angéline Flückiger-Joly | 1:18:27,7 |
| 2006 | | Ben Du Bois | 57:17,7 | Anna Pichrtová | 1:05:21,6 |
| 2007 | | Timo Zeiler | 57:28,1 | Anna Pichrtová | 1:05:41,4 |
| 2008 | | Timo Zeiler | 55:33,8 | Daniela Gassmann | 1:06:44,5 |
| 2009 | | Michael Mehari | 59:50,0 | Daniela Gassmann | 1:09:23,1 |
| 2010 | | Joseph Gray | 57:35,7 | Daniela Gassmann Bahr | 1:07:53,2 |
| 2011 | | Yohannes Tesfay | 58:51.0 | Sarah Tunstall | 1:11.29,1 |
| 2012 | | Oquibit Berhane | 57:41.7 | Daniela Gassmann Bahr | 1:10.17,8 |
| 2013 | 46 K | Kilian Jornet | 4:43.05,9 | Emelie Forsberg | 5:41.16,3 |
| 2013 | 30 K | Stephan Wenk | 2:45.19,5 | Tessa Hill | 3:32.52,8 |
| 2013 | 16 K | Oquibit Berhane | 1:25.50,6 | Laetitia Roux | 1:44.07,3 |
| 2014 | 46 K | Zaid Ait Malek | 4:45.01,2 | Stevie Kremer | 5:18.43,6 |
| 2014 | 30 K | Benjamin Petitjean | 2:52.33,9 | Mey Romy | 3:37.40,6 |
| 2014 | 16 K | Rémi Bonnet | 1:25.22,3 | Claudia Stettler | 1:48.56,1 |
| 2015 | 46 K | Martin Anthamatten | 4:45:11.53 | Elisa Desco | 5:23:46.29 |
| 2015 | 30 K | Daniel Green | 2:53:04.50 | Bettina Gruber | 3:22:58.31 |
| 2015 | 16 K | Paul Mathou | 1:27:57.22 | Katrine Villumsen | 1:47:38.56 |
| 2016 | 46 K | Marc Lauenstein | 4:47:01.05 | Megan Kimmel | 5:23:15.15 |
| 2016 | 30 K | Etienne Rodriguez | 3:04:38.91 | Ruth Croft | 3:22:30.84 |
| 2016 | 16 K | Alexandre Jodidio | 1:23:12.41 | Katrine Villumsen | 1:39:27.06 |
| 2017 | 46 K | Marco De Gasperi | 4:42:32 | Ragna Debats | 5:52:06 |
| 2017 | 30 K | Stephan Wenk | 2:47:07 | Ruth Croft | 3:15:14 |
| 2017 | 16 K | Cesar Costa | 1:37:05 | Victoria Kreuzer | 1:55:23 |
# Transitional Executive Council

The Transitional Executive Council (TEC) was a multiparty body in South Africa that was established by law to facilitate the transition to democracy, in the lead-up to the country's first non-racial election in April 1994.
As part of the multi-party negotiations that ended apartheid, the African National Congress (ANC) pushed for the creation of a body that would ensure a level playing field, arguing that the governing National Party would not be impartial, as it would also be contesting the election.
The TEC was created by the Transitional Executive Council Act, 1993, and consisted of one member of each of the parties that participated in the negotiations, with the notable exceptions of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC); and the Freedom Alliance, an alliance of right-wing and black groups such as the Inkatha Freedom Party who had abandoned the negotiation process.
The TEC consisted of 19 people, one each from the 19 groups that participated in the negotiations, and it had a number of subcouncils. The subcouncils focused on particular areas, such as stability and security, intelligence, and law and order, with members appointed because of specific expertise, and they received instructions from the TEC. TEC subcouncils had the power to curtail government actions, to access information relevant to their purposes, and to review and reject legislation passed by the Tricameral Parliament of South Africa, and the Bantustans if it deemed that these laws would hamper the attainment of democratic elections.
Although State President F. W. De Klerk downplayed the role of the TEC after its first sitting on 7 December 1993, Cyril Ramaphosa, who represented the ANC on the body, said that it marked the end of minority rule in South Africa. The TEC was the first time that black South Africans played a major role in the governance of the country, and among its actions was the dismissal of the Ciskei government, after its collapse in March 1994, and the appointment of two administrators for the territory, and it took control of Boputhatswana, along with the South African government, after the government of Lucas Mangope refused to give assurances that it would permit free and fair elections in the territory.