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Among those perks were shopping at well-stocked stores, access to foreign merchandise, preference in obtaining housing, access to dachas and holiday resorts, being allowed to travel abroad, sending their children to prestigious universities, and obtaining prestigious jobs ( as well as party membership itself ) for their children.
Among the distinguished foreign officers given commissions in the 60th ( Royal Americans ) was Henri Bouquet, a Swiss citizen, whose ideas on tactics, training and man-management ( including the unofficial introduction of the rifle and ' battle-dress `) would become universal in the British Army some 150 years later.
Among these were the killing of CEO of MTU Aero Engines, a German engineering company, Ernst Zimmermann ; another bombing at the US Air Force's Rhein-Main Air Base ( near Frankfurt ), which targeted the base commander and killed two bystanders ; the car bomb attack that killed Siemens executive Karl-Heinz Beckurts and his driver ; and the shooting of Gerold von Braunmühl, a leading official at Germany's foreign ministry.
Among these are the power to lay and collect taxes and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States ; to borrow money on the credit of the United States, to regulate interstate, foreign, and Indian commerce ; ( 5 ) To coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights and measures ; and to create courts inferior to the Supreme Court among many others.
Among the private think tanks the most important are: the Center for Social and Economic Research ( CASE ) and Institute for Structural Research ( IBS ) on economic policy, The Casimir Pulaski Foundation on foreign policy, demosEUROPA on EU affairs, the Institute of Public Affairs ( ISP ) on social policy, the Center for International Affairs ( CSM ) and The Sobieski Institute.
" Among his accomplishments were accelerating the process of economic modernization to give Taiwan a 13 % growth rate, $ 4, 600 per capita income, and the world's second largest foreign exchange reserves.
Among foreign studios, the National Film Board of Canada has the most wins in this category, with six Oscars.
Among its permanent or temporary commissions are those in charge of issues concerning the economy, the sugar industry, industries, transportation and communications, constructions, foreign affairs, public health, defense and interior order.
Among foreign visitors welcomed by Sauvé were King Carl XVI Gustav of Sweden, Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, King Hussein of Jordan, Pope John Paul II, Secretary-General of the United Nations Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, French president François Mitterrand, Chinese president Li Xiannian, Romanian president Nicolae Ceauşescu, Mother Teresa, and, eventually, President Reagan.
Among prominent foreign figures who participated in the French Résistance was the political scientist and later Iranian Prime Minister Shapour Bakhtiar.
Among Henry's first measures were to expel the remaining foreign mercenaries and continue the process of demolishing the unauthorised castles.
Among the other 25 % a small number were foreign born: 246 in Ireland, 78 in Wales, 53 in England, 49 in Scotland and 37 in Germany.
Among the questions on which Chinese nationalists have disagreed is what policies would lead to a strong China, what is the structure of the state and its goal, what the relationship should be between China and foreign powers, and what should be the relationships between the majority Han Chinese, minority groups, and overseas Chinese.
Among the early foreign companies that located their offices on Beach Street were the Netherlands Trading Society, the Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation ( HSBC ), the Chartered Bank, Boustead & Co., Guthne & Co., Caldbeck & Macgregor, Behn Meyer, Sandilands & Buttery, G. H.
Among the requirements are a first year seminar course, two semesters of a foreign language, three philosophy courses, and two religious studies courses.
Among the school's alumni are a US Supreme Court Justice, several state Supreme Court Justices and supreme court justices of foreign countries, as well as several founders of law firms, university presidents and deans, business entrepreneurs and politicians.
Among these was Sigrid Schultz, the first accomplished female foreign correspondent to appear on American news radio.
Among other things, it prohibited foreign ownership of Iraqi businesses, ran most large industries as state-owned enterprises, and imposed large tariffs to keep out foreign goods.
Among English speakers, the use of umlaut marks and other diacritics with a blackletter style typeface is a form of foreign branding intended to give a band's logo a Teutonic quality — denoting stereotypes of boldness and strength commonly attributed to ancient northern European peoples, such as the Vikings and Goths.
Among foreign species, American larch can be found in Köler avenue and Douglas fir in Uus street.
Among foreign musicians at the festival, some were quite renowned, including Inti-Illimani ( Chile ), Billy Bragg ( England ), Dick Gaughan ( Scotland ), Mercedes Sosa ( Argentina ) and Pete Seeger ( United States ), while German performers included, from both East and West, Oktoberclub, Wacholder and Hannes Wader.
Among the more important legislative changes with which he was principally connected were a reform of the Navigation Acts, admitting other nations to a full equality and reciprocity of shipping duties ; the repeal of the labor laws ; the introduction of a new sinking fund ; the reduction of the duties on manufactures and on the importation of foreign goods, and the repeal of the quarantine duties.

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Among his many philanthropic efforts, the establishment of public libraries throughout the United States, the United Kingdom, and other English-speaking countries was especially prominent.
Among countries with a per capita GDP of at least US $ 4, 600, net deforestation rates have ceased to increase.
Among Spanish speaking countries the Dominican International Film Festival is held annually in Puerto Plata, DR, the Valdivia International Film Festival is held annually in the city of Valdivia.
Among western countries, the number of volunteers varied from a high of 50, 000 from the Netherlands to 300 each from Sweden and Switzerland.
Among the first were the Central Commission for Navigation on the Rhine, initiated in the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars, and the future International Telegraph Union, which was founded by the signing of the International Telegraph Convention by 20 countries in May 1865.
Among his written works there are Siete años enterrado vivo en una de las mazmorras de Gomezuela: Horripilante relato de un resucitado ( 1932 ) and Mis prisiones, mis destierros y mi vida ( 1929 ) which talk about his many adventures while living his life as an adventurer, activist and vagabond, as well as his thought and the many times he was imprisoned in different countries.
Among these countries, Iran is seen by some as being considerably more intolerant.
Among his diplomatic achievements were treaties of reciprocity with a number of nations, including Denmark, Mexico, the Hanseatic League, the Scandinavian countries, Prussia and Austria.
Among other things, limited scope of the EITI involving disparity in terms of knowledge of the industry and negotiation skills, thus far flexibility of the policy ( e. g. liberty of the countries to expand beyond the minimum requirements and adapt it to their needs ), creates another risk of unsuccessful implementation.
Among the English-speaking countries, this process is known either as licensure as in the United States, or as registration in the United Kingdom, other Commonwealth countries, and Ireland.
Among the territorial infringements cited was the Chinese occupation in January 1974 of the Paracel Islands, claimed by both countries in a dispute left unresolved in the 1980s.
Among the NAM countries Zambia was especially close to Yugoslavia.
Among the World Bank Group's credit enhancement and guarantee products, the IBRD offers policy-based guarantees to cover countries ' sovereign default risk, partial credit guarantees to cover the credit risk of a sovereign government or subnational entity, and partial risk guarantees to private projects to cover a government's failure to meet its contractual obligations.
Among the former communist countries only the Czech Republic has graduated within EBRD so far ( this happened in 2007 ) and gained the status of the only ex-communist country that is a shareholder within EBRD and not a borrower any more.
Among all boarding secondary schools in Canada, Columbia International College is the largest, with around 1, 400 international students from 66 countries.
Among these 12 countries as well, only the United States has criminal law that specifically mentions gender identity, and even then only in 11 states and the District of Colombia.
Among several countries, the German political system provides one of the purest forms of a bottom-up approach.
Among the anti-Communists in South Vietnam or exiled in other countries, no one has sufficient political assets and abilities to cause others to obey.
Among other uses, PPP rates facilitate international comparisons of income, as market exchange rates are often volatile, are affected by political and financial factors that do not lead to immediate changes in income and tend to systematically understate the standard of living in poor countries, due to the Balassa – Samuelson effect.
Among the countries that have diplomatic facilities in Ulan Bator are Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, India, Japan, Kazakhstan, Laos, Russia, Slovakia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Vietnam.
Among European countries, the Golden Eagle was the model for the aquila, the most prominent symbol of the Roman legions and more generally the Roman civilization that had such a powerful impact on Western culture ; furthermore, some Roman traditions were carried on by the Byzantine Empire in the Southern and Eastern of Europe and the Holy Roman Empire in Central and Western Europe, transmitting the use of the Golden Eagle to several modern states.
Among various countries or cultures, males are expected and / or encouraged to want to engage in sexual activity, and to be more sexually-experienced.
Among the artists represented in the collection are, from Italy, De Chirico ( The Red Tower, The Nostalgia of the Poet ) and Severini ( Sea Dancer ); from France, Braque ( The Clarinet ), Duchamp ( Sad Young Man on a Train ), Léger ( Study of a Nude ), Picabia ( Very Rare Picture on Earth ); from Spain, Dalí ( Birth of Liquid Desires ), Miró ( Seated Woman II ) and Picasso ( The Poet, On the Beach ); from other European countries, Brâncuşi ( including a sculpture from the Bird in Space series ), Max Ernst ( The Kiss, Attirement of the Bride ), Giacometti ( Woman with Her Throat Cut, Woman Walking ), Gorky ( Untitled ), Kandinsky ( Landscape with Red Spots, No. 2, White Cross ), Klee ( Magic Garden ), Magritte ( Empire of Light ) and Mondrian ( Composition No. 1 with Grey and Red 1938, Composition with Red 1939 ); and from the US, Calder ( Arc of Petals ) and Pollock ( The Moon Woman, Alchemy ).

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