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Accounts of the Ethiopian artillery deployed at Adwa differ ; Russian advisor Leonid Artamonov wrote that it comprised 42 Russian mountain guns supported by a team of fifteen advisers, but British historians suggest that the Ethiopian guns were Hotchiss and Maxim pieces captured from the Egyptians or purchased from French and other European suppliers.
Accounts of English handfasting ceremonies suggest that though invariably each person held the other ’ s right hand while making their vow, cords or ribbons were not used.
Accounts were published by two survivors, William Strachey and Sylvester Jordain.
After their Defeat the Rebels retired to the Isle aux Noix, where they continued till lately, sending out some Parties, and many Emissaries, to debauch the Minds of the Canadians and Indians, in which they have proved too successful, and for which they were too well prepared by the Cabals and Intrigues of these two last years ; We knew of their being reinforced, and very considerably, I suppose, as they appeared in Numbers near St. John's last Sunday Evening ; where or when they landed, or the Particulars since, we have but very imperfect Accounts of, all Communications with the Forts of St. John's and Chambli, being, as far as I can find, entirely cut off.
ISAs were introduced on 6 April 1999, replacing the earlier Personal Equity Plans ( PEPs ) and Tax-Exempt Special Savings Accounts ( TESSAs ).
Accounts of wars therefore mention the Chauci on both sides of the conflict, though the actions of troops under treaty obligation were separate from the policies of the tribe.
Accounts vary on how exactly they were destroyed: by flood, or Zeus's thunderbolt, or Poseidon's trident, or else Apollo assumed the shape of a wolf to kill them.
Accounts at that time suggest that the IRA split roughly in half, with those loyal to the Cathal Goulding led " Official IRA " prominent in some areas while the Provisional IRA were prominent in other areas.
Accounts in Spain were kept in the copper real ( real de vellón ) of 34 maravedíes, while in Spanish America accounts continued in the silver real and eventually in pesos of eight reales.
Accounts of his life there were exaggerated and spread among Jews in Europe, Asia, and Africa.
Accounts differ as to whether or not Desmoulins was present at the Champs de Mars ; in the subsequent upheaval, warrants for the arrest of himself and Georges Danton were issued.
In 1645 during the English Civil War, Parliamentary troops were billeted in nearby Hanwell village for nine weeks and villagers petitioned the Warwickshire Committee of Accounts to pay for feeding them.
( Accounts of Kelley's finding the book and the powder in the ruins of Glastonbury Abbey were first published by Elias Ashmole, but are contradicted by Dee's diaries.
This system gradually lapsed and in 1780, Commissioners for Auditing the Public Accounts were appointed by statute.
Accounts vary as to whom this group included, but it is generally accepted that Todd McFarlane and Rob Liefeld were among its leaders.
Accounts of the defeat are scarce, due to the totality of the defeat, but one account tells of some Roman cavalry which abandoned the infantry they were supposed to be supporting and fled to the Rhine, but were intercepted by the Germanic tribesmen and killed.
Accounts of his whereabouts on that evening vary, but it is certain that Celan was not with his parents when they were taken from their home on June 21 and sent by train to an internment camp in Transnistria, where two-thirds of the deportees perished.
Accounts of the violence vary, but a Carlist rally ( where some attendants allegedly were shouting anti-Franco slogans ) was targeted by two grenades hurled by Falangists.
Accounts of what happened in 1996 were described in the books The Climb by Anatoli Boukreev and Gary DeWalt, Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer, Left for Dead by Beck Weathers, and Climbing High by Lene Gammelgaard.
Although things such as home ownership, pension plans, and Individual Retirement Accounts ( IRAs ) can be broadly considered " tax shelters ", insofar as funds in them are not taxed, provided that they are held within the Individual Retirement Account for the required amount of time, the term " tax shelter " was originally used to describe primarily certain investments made in the form of limited partnerships, some of which were deemed by the U. S. Internal Revenue Service to be abusive.
Accounts of what happened next differ, but it is presumed that, shortly after the four new participants were accepted, the performances became more daring, and the transition was made from Ball's Futurism to the virulent anti-art performances of Tzara and Richard Huelsenbeck.
Accounts of the dramatic event were sent via ship across the Pacific to San Francisco and then sped by Pony Express across the American West.
Accounts of life in the hut generally were not positive.

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Accounts written by the Spanish at time of their conquest ( the conquistadores ) and by indigenous chroniclers of the post-conquest period constitute the principal source of information regarding Mexico at the time of the Spanish Conquest.
* ' Venus Chiding Cupid for Learning to Cast Accounts ' by Sir Joshua Reynolds at the Lady Lever Art Gallery
Accounts of Fionn's death vary ; according to the most popular, he is not dead at all, rather, he sleeps in a cave somewhere beneath Ireland, surrounded by the rest of the Fianna.
* Privy Purse Expenses of Elizabeth of York: Wardrobe Accounts of Edward IV at the Richard III Society site, retrieved February 20, 2007
It could approve budgets, fix the amount of taxes, request the intervention of the Accounts Tribunal for advice concerning departmental finances or administration, and remove from officeat the request of the governor — members of nonelective local departmental boards.
Accounts by the Tlaxcaltecas, the primary enemy of the Aztecs at the time of the Spanish Conquest, show that at least some of them considered it an honor to be sacrificed.
Accounts differ on the circumstances of her first contract with Louis B. Mayer, at that time vice president and general manager of Metro Goldwyn Mayer ( MGM ).
* Natchez Library Institute Accounts ( MUM00328 ) at the University of Mississippi.
Humble is the site of a Confederate concentration camp in Harry Turtledove's alternate history novel Settling Accounts: In at the Death.
Accounts date the construction of the castle to the year 1421 when Sir John Wemyss decided to build a fortified castle to replace one destroyed by the Duke of Rothesay at Kilconquhar in 1402.
Accounts at different banks are insured separately.
( 2002 ) Gurkhas at War: Eyewitness Accounts from World War II to Iraq.
In November 2007, a Public Accounts Committee report criticised " amazingly high " levels of sick leave among staff at the DVLA, with employees having an average of three weeks a year sick leave.
Accounts at all U. S. banks are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, a corporation of the federal government, bringing bank robbery under federal jurisdiction and involving the FBI.
Accounts of the fight at Boulcott's Farm, following James Cowan, have highlighted the story of brave young bugler William Allen, hacked down as he attempted to warn his fellow soldiers of the attack.
* ' In Restraint of Usury: the Lending of Money at Interest ', Sir Harry Page, The Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accounts, London, 1985,
# Department of the Treasury Form 90-22. 1 Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (): Each person ( including a bank ) subject to the jurisdiction of the United States having an interest in, signature or other authority over, one or more bank, securities, or other financial accounts in a foreign country must file an FBAR if the aggregate value of such accounts at any point in a calendar year exceeds $ 10, 000.
Accounts of his remarkable growth vary, but all sources agree that he began a tremendous growth spurt at some time around the age of six or seven, and was over six feet ( 1. 82 m ) tall and nearly 300 pounds ( 136 kg ) by the time he was twelve or thirteen years old.
The Society's income in the year 2006-7 was £ 232, 149, as quoted in the Accounts submitted to the authorities at Companies House ( not available on public website ).

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