Starostin's ( 1991 ) lexicostatistical research claimed that the proposed Altaic groups shared about 15 – 20 % of potential cognates within a 110-word Swadesh-Yakhontov list ( e. g. Turkic – Mongolic 20 %, Turkic – Tungusic 18 %, Turkic – Korean 17 %, Mongolic – Tungusic 22 %, Mongolic – Korean 16 %, Tungusic – Korean 21 %).

The Azeri armed forces took a series of devastating defeats by Armenian forces during the 1992 – 1994 Nagorno-Karabakh War, which resulted in the loss of control of Nagorno-Karabakh proper and seven surrounding rayons, comprising roughly 16 % of the territory of Azerbaijan.

16. 78 %

Australia 36. 6 %, New Zealand 20. 3 %, South Korea 16. 3 %, Mauritius 4. 9 % ( 2002 )

16 % of the population is under 6 years of age.

A survey of children with pervasive developmental disorder found that 16. 5 % were taking an antipsychotic drug, most commonly to alleviate mood and behavioral disturbances characterized by irritability, aggression, and agitation.

Red brass is also an alternative name for copper alloy C23000, which is composed of 14 – 16 % zinc, 0. 05 % iron and lead, and the remainder copper.

* According to a 2006 survey of 1, 500 adults by Satio, a third of Belarusians use the Internet — 38 % of the urban population and 16 % of the rural population.

The preferred parties are PMDB ( which accounts for 16. 6 % of affiliated voters ), the Workers ' Party ( 10. 0 % of affiliated voters ), and PP ( 9. 8 % of affiliated voters ).

Bulgaria also has the lowest personal and corporate income tax rates in the EU, as well as the second lowest public debt of all European Union member states at 16. 2 % of GDP in 2010.

The percentage of fluent speakers turns out to be even higher if those under 16 are also taken into account, given that the proportion of bilinguals is particularly high in this age group ( 76. 7 % of those aged between 10 and 14 and 72. 4 % of those aged 5 – 9 ): 37. 5 % of the population aged 6 and above in the whole Basque Autonomous Community, 25. 0 % in Álava, 31. 3 % in Biscay and 53. 3 % in Gipuzkoa.

In the tertiary sector ; 12, 880 or 13. 2 % were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 11, 959 or 12. 2 % were in the movement and storage of goods, 6, 120 or 6. 3 % were in a hotel or restaurant, 4, 186 or 4. 3 % were in the information industry, 10, 752 or 11. 0 % were the insurance or financial industry, 13, 695 or 14. 0 % were technical professionals or scientists, 6, 983 or 7. 1 % were in education and 16, 060 or 16. 4 % were in health care.

I would like to add one more practical reform to those mentioned by Russell Kirk ( Dec. 16 ).

These three installment dates would be: October 26, January 26, and April 25 ( Providence ) and November 15, February 16 and May 15 ( Cranston ).

The plan calls for dividing the project into 16 sectors which would be barred to vehicular traffic.

On August 16, 1837, Lincoln wrote Mary a letter suggesting he would not blame her if she ended the relationship.

This would make it a language family about as old as Indo-European ( 4000 to 7, 000 BC according to several hypotheses cited in Mallory 1997: 106 ) but considerably younger than Afroasiatic ( c. 10, 000 BC according to Diakonoff 1988: 33n, 11, 000 to 16, 000 BC according to Ehret 2002: 35 – 36 ).

They had hoped that scientific output from the Apollo 16 mission would confirm their suspicion.

In preparation for their mission, the Apollo 16 astronauts participated in an extensive training program that included, among other things, several field geology trips to introduce the astronauts to concepts and techniques they would eventually use on the lunar surface.

Apollo 16 would spend one less day in lunar orbit after surface exploration had been completed to afford the crew contingency time to compensate for any further problems and to conserve expendables.

If Acorn had thought to include this small modification in the original Electron design it is likely the machine would have had a much greater impact as it would have nearly doubled the amount of motion possible in games and saved modes 0 – 3 ( including the only 16 colour mode ) from being nearly useless due to contended memory timings.

The lack of RAM expansion offered by this solution was solved by a service in which the 16 KB RAM chips inside the base unit would be replaced by 64 KB RAM chips.

On her way to Burgundy to support her nephew Rudolf III against a rebellion, she died at Selz Abbey on December 16, 999, days short of the millennium she thought would bring the Second Coming of Christ.

Apollos and Paul were both in Ephesus at the time Paul wrote the letter ( 55 AD ); 16: 12 states Apollos was unwilling to go to Corinth yet at Paul's urging, but that he would later when he had an opportunity.

The Allied commanders agreed that Marlborough would command 36, 000 troops and attack Tallard's force of 33, 000 on the left ( including capturing the village of Blenheim ), whilst Eugene, commanding 16, 000 men would attack the Elector and Marsin's combined forces of 23, 000 troops on the right wing ; if this attack was pressed hard the Elector and Marsin would have no troops to send to aid Tallard on their right.

The presidency would be determined by an alternating conservative and liberal president every 4 years for 16 years ; the two parties would have parity in all other elective offices.

In a pivotal swing game that would either see the Rockies leave San Francisco with a 1. 5 game lead or a 3. 5 game lead, Colorado once again built a large lead against Matt Cain in the finale of the series on September 16.

A survey in the United States of more than 10, 000 physicians came to the result that approximately 16 % of physicians would ever consider halting life-sustaining therapy because the family demands it, even if believed that it was premature.

In standard state or STP, with the pressure at 1 atm and temperature at being 273. 16 K, the volume occupied by a mole of an ideal gas would be equal to 22. 414 L.

On 16 August the Cabinet finalized the decision, banning all imports of Vanuatu kava for six months, after which the ban would be reviewed.

The Sixth General Assembly of the Fatah Movement, nearly 16 years after the Oslo Conference and 20 years since the last Fatah convention began on 4 August 2009, in Bethlehem, West Bank after being repeatedly postponed over conflicts ranging from who would be represented, to what venue would be acceptable.

On December 16, 2006 he was transferred by the highly specialized, ICU equipped, Swiss Air Ambulance Bombardier Challenger Jet http :// www. rega. ch /, reportedly made possible and organized in a bold and daring action by the Swiss banker, Pascal Najadi, who was able to convince the REGA Flight Operations over the phone from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, ( perhaps because he was an active patron of the REGA Swiss Air Ambulance ) to swiftly approve the decision to fly without any payment guarantees and assemble at highest possible speed within 48 hours the necessary flight plan, specialized doctors, logistics and Vietnam airspace ( Northern Sector ) entry clearances for the Jet to take off from Zurich HQ, via Lahore to Hanoi, then to proceed with the critical patient in full ICU care of specialized Swiss Doctors and immediate family on board, via Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky and Edmonton to Boston, Massachusetts, where the plane was met by US Customs ( thanks to the help of Senator John Kerry ).

* March 16 – Mississippi ratifies the Thirteenth Amendment, becoming the last state to approve the abolition of slavery.

As Birch was 16 at the time she made the film, and thus classified as a minor in the United States, her parents had to approve her brief topless scene in the movie.

In 1762 he again accepted the leadership of the House, with a seat in the Cabinet, under Lord Bute, and managed to induce the House of Commons to approve of the Treaty of Paris ; as a reward, he was raised to the House of Lords as Baron Holland, of Foxley in the County of Wilts, on 16 April 1763.

* October 16 – China becomes the first country to approve the commercial production of a gene therapy.

In the Caribbean nation of Trinidad and Tobago, the Corporal Punishment Act 1953 allows the High Court to order males, in addition to another punishment ( often concurrent with a prison term ), to undergo corporal punishment in the form of either a ' flogging ' with a knotted cat o ' nine tails ( made of cords, as in the Royal Navy tradition ) or a ' whipping ' with a ' rod ' switch of tamarind, birch or other switches, and allows the President to approve other instruments ; in 2000, the minimum age was raised from 16 to 18, the legal threshold of adulthood.

* United Telecommunications prospectus dated August 16, 1978 and Calma Company proxy statement for special shareholder meeting August 31, 1978 to approve merger of Calma with UTI

On 16 June, the Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Natural Resources, advised Beamer to approve Liverpool City Council's proposed variation to its LEP that would have retrospectively validated the planning approval for the shopping centre.

After trying and failing to persuade NASCAR to approve the addition of the AT & T globe logo to the rear of the car, AT & T filed a lawsuit against NASCAR on March 16, 2007.

On May 16, 2006, voters approved the Ethics Board ballot question with 81 % voting to approve it, and was installed November 27, 2006 .< ref >

On 16 May 2011, the chairman and chief executive officer ( CEO ) of Wynn Resorts, Steve Wynn, is expecting the Macau government to approve its application for a Cotai site shortly.

On October 16, 1979, Municipal District of Rocky View No. 44 councillors voted 6 to 1 approve the Flintstone Fun Park, the opposing vote coming from the Springbank councillor.

The FCC accepted the WLVM license transfer application on July 10, 2012, and changed its call sign to WABD on July 16, 2012, but, had yet to approve the sale of the station.