Korean nationalists have virulently reacted against China's application to UNESCO of Goguryeo tombs in Chinese territory: the absolute independence of Goguryeo is a central aspect of Korean identity, because according to Korean legend, it was comparatively independent from China and Japan, in contrast to subordinate states like the Joseon Dynasty and the Korean Empire.

The adherents of Nichiren-Buddhism who made this aspect of Nichiren teachings a central pillar of their belief were the followers of the so called Fuju-fuse lineage.

A central aspect of biodynamics is that the farm as a whole is seen as an organism, and therefore should be a largely self-sustaining system, producing its own manure and animal feed.

He called this devotion to inner beauty, fervor of spirit, and spiritual desire inner necessity ; it was a central aspect of his art.

* Eric Scerri The reduction of chemistry to physics has become a central aspect of the philosophy of chemistry.

A common aspect of many policies following the second approach is that they avoid presenting any specific ethnic, religious, or cultural community values as central.

' Nominal rigidities ', that is, sticky prices and wages, are a central aspect of all New Keynesian models.

Blodeuwedd or Blodeuedd, ( Middle Welsh composite name from blodeu ' flowers, blossoms ' + gwedd ' face, aspect, appearance ': " flower face "), is the wife of Lleu Llaw Gyffes in Welsh mythology, made from the flowers of broom, meadowsweet and the oak by the magicians Math and Gwydion, and is a central figure in the fourth branch of the Mabinogi.

Huehueteotl is frequently considered to overlap with, or be another aspect of, a central Mexican / Aztec deity associated with fire, Xiuhtecuhtli.

The most aspect of the piazza that makes this most immediately apparent is the central statue, with the paving pattern directing the visitors ’ eyes to its base.

The tradition of Promming remains an important aspect of the festival, with over 1000 standing places available for each concert, either in the central arena ( rather like the groundlings in the pit at Shakespeare's Globe ) or high in the hall's gallery.

As an aspect of governance, it has been central to discussions related to problems in the public sector, nonprofit and private ( corporate ) worlds.

A central aspect of the game are the three coexisting varieties called “ suit game ”, “ Grand ” and “ Null ”, that are differing in suit order, scoring and even overall goal to achieve.

If one of these halves is larger than the other as decided by the central placement of the head line or in this case the single transverse palmar crease it shows greater development of that aspect of the nature.

However, this aspect of ontology is not the most central to the distinction that Avicenna established between essence and existence.

Chrono Trigger has time travel as a central aspect of its game-play.

The central part played by young children in the celebration emphasize the procreation aspect of the celebration.

This family-oriented sense of duty is a particularly central aspect to the teachings of Confucius, and is known as xiao, or filial piety.

Stephen Jay Gould wrote that late 19th century evolutionists " re-read Lamarck, cast aside the guts of it ... and elevated one aspect of the mechanics-inheritance of acquired characters-to a central focus it never had for Lamarck himself.

Sensory information arriving at the lateral aspect of the amygdala is processed and conveyed to the central nucleus, which projects to several parts of the brain involved in responses to fear.

In 1997 Braid ’ s part in developing hypnosis for therapeutic purposes was recognized and commemorated by the creation of the James Braid Society, a discussion group for those “ involved or concerned in the ethical uses of hypnosis .” The society meets once a month in central London, usually for a presentation on some aspect of hypnotherapy.

From a facial aspect, maxillary canines are approximately 1mm narrower than the central incisor.

Snowfall is the most notable aspect of the area's climate, which is typical of central Upstate New York in the vicinity of Syracuse.

Libation was a central and vital aspect of ancient Greek religion, and one of the simplest and most common forms of religious practice.

The People's Bank of China evolved its role as a central bank starting in about 1979 with the introduction of market reforms, which accelerated in 1989 when the country adopted a generally capitalist approach to its export economy.

Philip made reforms in government, and strengthened the central authorities relative to the provinces.

The Ottoman rulers of the 19th century struggled to shore up central authority, introducing reforms aimed at harnessing unruly pashas and checking the spread of nationalist ideas.

The Netherlands is a member of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, which recently initiated economic reforms in central Europe.

Gorbachev's extension of regional autonomy only fueled existing ethnic / regional tension, while Deng's reforms did not alter the tight grip of the central government on any autonomous regions.

Pope Innocent was central in supporting the Catholic Church's reforms of ecclesiastical affairs through his decretals and the Fourth Lateran Council.

This system substituted Yugoslavia's Soviet-type central planning with a decentralized, self-managed system after reforms in 1953.

In practice, the USSR was a highly centralised entity from its creation in 1922 until the mid-1980s when political forces unleashed by reforms undertaken by Mikhail Gorbachev resulted in the loosening of central control and its ultimate dissolution.

In 2012 that percentage is expected to lower to 5. 3 % due to a set of tough reforms in the autonomous regions and central government, they begin to meet the objectives.

Jigme Dorji Wangchuck's reforms, however, although lessening the authority of the absolute monarchy, also curbed the traditional decentralization of political authority among regional leaders and strengthened the role of the central government in economic and social programs.

Since the administrative reforms of 1996, the régions of Senegal, which until then were merely local administrative structures of the central state, have been turned into full-fledged political units, with democratically elected regional councils, and regional presidents.

The partial results of liberalization ( lifting price controls ) included worsening already apparent hyperinflation, initially due to monetary overhang and exacerbated after the central bank, an organ under parliament, which was skeptical of Yeltsin's reforms, was short of revenue and printed money to finance its debt.

From an earlier position ( in the 1980s ) of central government control of the economy, Mozambique has initiated rapid reforms in recent years, accelerating the implementation of market-based economic policies, and committing to a policy of fiscal and monetary discipline.

Pope Gregory and Cardinal Lambruschini opposed basic technological innovations such as gas lighting and railways, believing that they would promote commerce and increase the power of the bourgeoisie, leading to demands for liberal reforms which would undermine the monarchical power of the Pope over central Italy.

American women assumed a central role in the reforms that affected the lives of Japanese women: they educated Japanese about Western ideals of democracy, and it was an American woman who wrote the Japanese Equal Rights Amendment for the new constitution.

The subsequent reforms resulted in the rise of a bureaucratic state at the expense of the great noble families, strengthening the central government and the power of the Shahanshah.

With a goal of establishing a uniform legal framework to replace heterogeneous traditional structures, the reforms were guided at least implicitly by the principles of freedom and equality and were based on a conception of the state's central legislative authority.

The failure of the KAU to attain any significant reforms or redress of grievances from the colonial authorities shifted the political initiative to younger and more militant figures within the African trade union movement, among the squatters on the settler estates in the Rift Valley and in KAU branches in Nairobi and the Kikuyu districts of central province The Agikuyu soldiers who had come back from the second world war as King African Rifles ( KAR ), having gained military skills resulted to war to liberate Agikuyu from British oppression and colonisation.

NEP economic reforms aimed to take a step back from central planning and allowing the economy to become more independent.

Among others reforms, they made the central bank independent, cut tariffs, privatized the state-controlled pension system, state industries, and banks, and reduced taxes.

Edward Thring of Uppingham School introduced major reforms, focusing on the importance of the individual and competition, as well as the need for a ' total curriculum ' with academia, music, sport and drama being central to education.

Derviş also strengthened the independence of the central bank and pushed through deep structural reforms in agriculture, energy and the budget process.

Political corruption was a central issue, which reformers hoped to solve through civil service reforms at the national, state and local level, replacing political hacks with professionals.

Lee's reforms included printing banknotes from the Central Bank rather than the Provincial Bank of Taiwan and " freezing " the Taiwan Provincial Government ( i. e., stripping the provincial government of much of its powers and merging those powers into either the central government's powers or local governments ' powers without abolishing the provincial government altogether ).