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Among the speakers was Canadian social activist and author Naomi Klein and Bolivian President Evo Morales, who firmly said in his talk, “ We are going to go to the UN to declare that water is a basic public need that must not be managed by private interests, but should be for all people, including people of rural areas .” The Forum was at first plagued with logistical problems, as a number of events had to be canceled at the last minute because of a lack of space, and a student strike against the policies of President Abdoulaye Wade in Diop University interrupted some scheduled plenaries.
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Among the Mayan languages, which are mostly non-tonal, Yucatec ( with the largest number of speakers ), Uspantek, and one dialect of Tzotzil have developed simple tone systems.
Among Spanish speakers, moro (" Moor ") came to have a broader meaning, applied to both Moros of Mindanao in the Philippines, and the moriscos of Granada.
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Among past guest speakers are Andrew Lloyd Webber, J. K. Rowling, Vivienne Westwood, Ian McKellen, Kevin Warwick, Boris Johnson, Rowan Atkinson, Ralph Fiennes, Terry Wogan, King Constantine II of Greece, Katie Price, Zoe Wanamaker, Boris Berezovsky and Kit Hesketh-Harvey.
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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.
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Among the speakers were Cobden and Bright, and the dinner is memorable as the first occasion on which the two future leaders appeared together on a Free Trade platform.
Among younger speakers, the Algonquin language has experienced strong word borrowings from the Cree language.
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Among Maya speakers Spanish is commonly spoken as a second or first language.
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Among stage performances was a starring role in `` Golden Arrow '' directed by Noel Coward.
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Among the proposed etymologies is the Hurrian and Hittite divinity, Aplu, who was widely invoked during the " plague years ".
Among other things, Moseley demonstrated that the lanthanide series ( from lanthanum to lutetium inclusive ) must have 15 members — no fewer and no more — which was far from obvious from the chemistry at that time.
Among his staff was Isham G. Harris, the Governor of Tennessee, who had ceased to make any real effort to function as governor after learning that Abraham Lincoln had appointed Andrew Johnson as military governor of Tennessee.
Among the Turkmen leaders the Ottomans emerged as great power under Osman and his son Orhan I. Smyrna was conquered in 1330 AD, and the last Byzantine possession, Philadélphia ( modern Alaşehir ), fell in 1390 AD.
Among a few kabbalists, it was posited that some human souls could end up being reincarnated into non-human bodies.
Among others, John Heath has observed, " The unalterable kernel of the tale was a hunter's transformation into a deer and his death in the jaws of his hunting dogs.
Among the victims of Messalina's intrigues were Agrippina's surviving sister Livilla, who was charged with having adultery with Seneca the Younger.
Among the Visigoths settled in Lower Moesia, the situation was ripe for rebellion.
Among the last of his labors was the defense of the orthodoxy of his former pupil, Thomas Aquinas, whose death in 1274 grieved Albertus ( the story that he travelled to Paris in person to defend the teachings of Aquinas can not be confirmed ).
Among these, Pindar was held by many ancient critics to be pre-eminent, but some gave precedence to Alcaeus instead.
Among these gifts was reputed to be a piece of the true cross, a true treasure for the devout Saxon king.
Among these was a raid taking place in Kent, an allied country in Southeast England, during the year 885, which was quite possibly the largest raid since the battles with Guthrum.
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