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  • political power that he dominated the government. When Injong attempted ... aristocrats for positions in the central government. Injong commissioned the ...
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  • 8 on Forbes Magazine's list of the World's 100 Most Powerful ... overthrown and succeeded by a military government led by Suharto. Sukarno ...
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  • In 1979, Independence Hall was designated a UNESCO World Heritage ... was initially inhabited by the colonial government of Pennsylvania as their ...
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  • to comparable office elsewhere in the world, so as the first ever women ... on the list of the 100 most powerful women in the world. ...
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  • efforts brought what is now Yukon to the world's attention. ... #039;s expedition alarmed the Canadian government, who then sent an expedition ...
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  • it may be necessary in order to persuade government officials to approve any ... Though widely condemned in the modern western world, actions that ...
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  • publishing legally, although subject to government censorship, until it was ... especially considering its audience and government harassment. Another difference ...
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  • Montesquieu defined three forms of government: republics, monarchies ... assumption in modern discussions of government and has been implemented ...
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  • Korea stems from the 1945 Allied victory in World War II, ending Japan's ... today. North Korea's communist government has presided over a state ...
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  • of spiritual community, and where no government infrastructure exists, ... community decisions were in line with government policy. The Christian Church ...
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  • his work on committees, advising government bodies, and campaigns for ... During World War I, Tawney served in the British army, as a sergeant ...
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  • During the Second World War, while Burma was occupied by Japanese ... year he was appointed secretary to the government of Burma in the Ministry ...
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  • part of the majority of countries in the world to prevent wrongdoers from ... can abduct a person from anywhere in the world and render him to a friendly ...
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  • criticism and hostility from the British government and media, she succeeded ... Hobhouse was an avid opponent of the World War I and protested vigorously ...
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  • a conflict fought between the Ethiopian government and Eritrean separatists ... Eritrea was made a British protectorate from the end of World War ...
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  • of the worst humanitarian disasters in the world. The African Union, as well ... tribes rose up in rebellion. The British government revitalized their presence ...
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  • the third highest GDP per capita in the world, following Luxembourg and ... yet retain the traditional forms of government. This has allowed a distinct ...
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  • would have guaranteed him a career in government. His plans were disrupted ... on the present rather than the past. Government, he argued, should benefit ...
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  • of a Spartan-sponsored oligarchic government known as the rule of the ... Lysander meet resistance; the democratic government there, fiercely loyal to ...
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  • parliament. With the defeat of Germany in World War I, the monarchy was abandoned ... the Russian reaction. When Lenin's government recognized Finland's ...
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  • Welfare, and Sports and remained in government until narrowly losing the ... Although her period as head of government has been short, her successful ...
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  • 1931. He was arrested by the British during World War II, accused of profiteering ... in overthrowing a democratically elected government to support a pro-Western ...
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  • his leadership The Economist became one of world’s leading business and political ... contrasts between British and American government. Bagehot revealed how the ...
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  • The Ancient City of Polonnaruwa, designated a World Heritage Site ... the fourteenth century, and the seat of government for the Sinhalese kings ...
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  • of becoming the first female head of government of an Islamic state in ... resignation. It was President Zia's government that was responsible for ...
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  • percent of NPR's funding comes from government grants and programs (chiefly ... only to money contributed by the federal government directly to NPR. Additional ...
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  • outstanding work for the Red Cross during World War I, bringing the organization ... the New York Journal, New York Times, and New York World. ...
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  • became an itinerant ambassador for his government. Her highly combative speech ... U.S federal prosecutors alleged that the government of Venezuelan President ...
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  • race-traced-in-dna-study-1677113.html World's most ancient race ... migrated to other lands and populated the world—"they may be descendents ...
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  • A few years after Nicéphore Niépce produced the world's first ... #039;s patent was acquired by the French Government, and, on August 19, 1839 ...
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  • Jejudo has a UNESCO Natural World Heritage Site: Jeju Volcanic Island ... (with the hyphen) Jeju-do refers to the government administrative unit. (No ...
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  • he established a provisional dictatorial government and, on June 12, 1898, ... Philippine President, though his government failed to obtain any foreign ...
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  • was considered the religious center of the world, and many Yoruba believed ... The king was regarded as a representative of the spirit world. As ...
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  • books introducing Korean culture to the western world. ==Preparation ... attempt to overthrow King Gojong's government. During the fighting, ...
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  • Tang dynasty, and though he passed the government examinations and held many ... Han Yu advocated a more centralized government and a return to Confucian ...
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  • remains a contentious issue throughout the world today. ... to express their own conclusions about the world based on reason and empirical ...
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  • of Polynesia," it is one of the world's largest coral islands ... are only exercised at the request of the government of Niue; Niue has no regular ...
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  • advice on issues of worship, doctrine, government, and discipline of the ... Today, various churches around the world have adopted the confession ...
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  • study of indigenous peoples throughout the world. Europeans have explored ... Railways of India which UNESCO designated a World Heritage Site. Two eco-regions ...
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  • were then fighting against Nicaraguan government forces. tragedy of those people's lives to the world, hoping to lessen their suffering ...
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  • institutions of higher learning, the world's largest female educational ... on August 15, 1945, the college received government permission to become a ...
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  • and as Churchill's deputy during World War II. The Labour Party ... The government he led put in place the post-war consensus, based upon ...
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  • There are two powers, august Emperor, by which this world is chiefly ... In the English-speaking world, the theory of Divine Right is largely ...
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  • Great Stupa containing relics of Buddha, a World Heritage Site. The monuments ... work began. Between 1912 and 1919, the government restored the structures ...
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  • a major producer of war supplies in both World War I and World War II. New ... of not just the U.S., but ultimately the world. Like Alfred Nobel, he chose ...
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  • rental value of a house) to fund local government was in the manifesto of ... practices accelerated following World War II. By the 1940s, some ...
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  • Following the Sioux Wars, the government placed the Minneconjou on ... this was also the time when the government decided to cut rations ...
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  • then a large measure of self-government. In 1958, Niger became ... associations sprang up. A transition government was installed in 1991. ...
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  • of the young students that the Japanese government sent to China. Most of ... Baghdad as one of the largest cities of the world, with a population of one ...
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  • Nazi fugitives fleeing prosecution after World War II. ==Childhood ... which time he became familiar with the government of Benito Mussolini and ...
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  • information. Even before there was a World Wide Web, the Library was ... site is one of the most popular in the federal government. ...
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  • Rwanda Patriotic Front. Following, the government made efforts to bring the ... city's four ridges, with the main government area on another. There ...
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  • the law. Black markets develop when the government places restrictions on ... As a result of an increase in government restrictions, black market ...
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  • Mali is one of the poorest nations of the world, and most of its people engage ... At 478,734 square miles (1,240,000 square kilometers), Mali is the ...
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  • marked by a period of confusion and weak government, as the Military Revolutionary ... chief under French colonial rule. Following World War II, he became the Interior ...
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  • V who died four months before the end of World War I, he succeeded to the ... which argued that the Sultan and the government not the Turkish people ...
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  • was in command of the Kriegsmarine during World War II and was President ... was a breakthrough to navies throughout the world. He was a great admirer of ...
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  • in the federal parliament to the Balewa government from 1960 to 1963. Imprisoned ... just systems while also ensuring that government is vested in all the people ...
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  • Greece. He successfully lobbied the government to begin excavations there ... of Zeus (one of the Seven Wonders of the World), and the original location ...
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  • " while espionage in the corporate world is termed "industrial ... wrote the Arthashastra, a treatise on government well known for its discussion ...
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  • major group of writers who appeared after World War II. ... Endo was exempted from military duty during World War II because of poor health ...
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  • towns, and so forth) is regulated by government or quasi-government agencies ... In some parts of the world, however, the plumbing trade remains virtually ...
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  • This article deals with the government-funded school provided for ... and most commonly administered by government or local government agencies ...
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  • to establish an organized system of government. This political reformation ... good, has a natural ambition to rise in the world. (This social theory differs ...
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  • Bowring Treaty" with the British government, opening a new era of international ... Bowring Treaty") with the Siamese Government in 1855. The Bowring Treaty ...
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  • In 1889, he followed his brother to Kharkov, where he became a government ... From Home," "To the Edge of the World," "Antonov Apples ...
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  • prominent positions both in and out of government. From March 2003 until ... himself in his mind. Sharansky beat the world chess champion Garry Kasparov ...
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  • International Airlines, beginning as a government-run airline. Bangladesh ... who submitted a proposal to the government on December 31, 1971 following ...
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  • and failure to protect England from World War II, and for not standing ... (MP) for Bewdley. During the First World War he became Parliamentary ...
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  • as the home to more than 30 percent of the world's highly endangered ... to support the Pandas, the Chinese government has established the China ...
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  • his proximity to war crimes during World War II, which cast a shadow ... Waldheim's truthfulness regarding his World War II service. ...
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  • cover a wide range of topics including government, economics, education, ... his energies to bringing them before the world. In 1808, he began to write ...
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  • autonomy to allow for the possibility of government intervention in monetary ... The first central bank in the world is the Bank of Sweden, which was ...
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  • remains one of the poorest countries in the world, but its economy has grown ... Monetary Fund over the issue of Third World debt, and created "a ...
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  • ING was the ninth-largest company in the world. Based on its market value ... The Postbank was founded in 1881 by the national government of the ...
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  • it may and often does receive both government and corporate funds. Regardless ... as the recognition of the limitations of government programs in addressing ...
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  • of America. He joined the U.S. Navy during World War II and was elected to ... involved in the Industrial Workers of the World and were founding members ...
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  • His authoritarian government during this period generated opposition ... Growing resistance to his government included most of the coalition ...
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  • Communist Pathet Lao and the Royal Lao Government in which both the political ... bombs on Laos than on Germany and Japan in World War II. The complex internal ...
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  • establishment of a Korean provisional government in Shanghai, China later ... Failing to gain assistance from the Chinese government in containing ...
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  • in developing the ensemble into one of the world’s most renown orchestras ... of the era, his reputation suffered after World War II for his failure to ...
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  • coup d'etat against the Provisional Government he wrote and organized ... of the Zemstvo, the system of local self-government in Imperial Russia. He ...
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  • early missionary pioneers in the blossoming world-wide missionary movement ... has also been confirmed by the Bengal Government Act IV of 1918. ...
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  • ), were an essential part of the Chinese government administration ... to train officials in the principles of Confucian government. ...
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  • A non-profit corporation is a corporation created by statute, government ... Not-for-profit—Which Are You?] Nonprofit World, Volume 18. Action Without ...
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  • * Nelson, Sarah M. 1993. The archaeology of Korea. Cambridge world archaeology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521404433 ...
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  • number of less significant positions in government, business, and education ... Scottish Rifles soon found him serving in World War I. He suffered an injury ...
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  • in the capital, operating the central government in his father's absence ... Lesser Northerners, out of the government. At last in 1613 the Greater ...
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  • a power to be reckoned with. The Meiji government's radical reforms ... that shaped the history of Asia, and indeed the world. ==Overview== ...
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  • Hawke's government floated the Australian dollar, deregulated ... notoriety he achieved as the holder of a world record for the fastest consumption ...
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  • opposition and disastrous defeats in World War I, Tsar Nicholas II abdicated ... a coup to overthrow the Provisional Government, presenting the takeover ...
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  • some of the best tropical beaches in the world, making it a premier beach ... agent. They drew up regulations for good government, but the Bahamian governor ...
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  • of the Soviet-backed Czechoslovakian government. The movement took its ... of these links the Czech communist government did not allow Havel to ...
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  • name and maintain parallel structures in the Arab world. ... Aflaq had little connection to the government that took power in Syria ...
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  • toll is one of the highest of any war since World War II and was marked by ... against the northern, Arab-dominated government. Kingdoms and great powers ...
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  • institutionalist, a leading proponent of government involvement in solving ... particularly among those who regarded government spending as more part of ...
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  • frameworks or boundaries, many local government shires use the term to ... which are leased from the federal government. The outback is also home ...
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  • Russia to Bishkek and other areas during World War II. The city prospered ... state and the prime minister is head of government, and of a multi-party system ...
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  • of the Abbott's Booby that remains in the world. The endemic Christmas ... During World War II, many of the European residents of Christmas Island ...
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  • War against the illegal white-minority government that had declared unilateral ... ZAPU's 20. Nkomo joined a coalition government as Minister for Home Affairs ...
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