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Winston Churchill didn't want any Indian independence and so it was probably as well for India that he was defeated by Attlee's Labor Party in 1945.
Winston Churchill opposed Indian independence, though luckily for India, he was defeated in 1945.

In California, two petition drives for next year's election are " essentially finished, " says David Schmidt, author of " Citizen Lawmakers. "
Two petition drives in California for next year are done says David Schmidt.

By 1868 and the enactment of the Fourteenth Amendment, we were perched on the threshold of a constitutional revolution. An entirely new legal order was yearning to work its way clear from the turmoil of the 1860s.
By 1868 we were perchedf on the threshold of a constitutional revolution. A new legal order was to work its way clear from the turmoil of the 1860s.