In addition, there are many areas of the human situation besides the impact of science and technology which are examined, for science-fiction dystopias often extrapolate political, social, economic tendencies only indirectly related to science and technology.

The unstable political situation there represents one reason new plants shy away from the East Side.

While individual sportsmen are aware of this situation, too many of our political, social, educational and even religious leaders too often forget it.

The situation involved some political perils.

Pakistan was created in 1947 expressly as a Muslim state, but when the army took over eleven years later it did so on a wave of mass impatience which was directed in part against the inability of political and religious leaders to think their way through to the meaning of Islam for the modern political situation.

After some political maneuvering, the Dutch Calvinists were able to convince Prince Maurice of Nassau to deal with the situation.

Following his success against the Moors, Afonso III had to deal with a political situation arising from the borders with Castile.

Recently, Abandan has been the site of major labor activity as workers at the oil refineries in the city have staged walkouts and strikes to protest non-payment of wages and the political situation in the country.

His remaining secular works in this late period fall into three categories: first, large scale cantatas and one oratorio Habsburg written on patriotic themes or in response to the international political situation, pedagogical works written to aid his students in voice, and finally simple songs, rounds or canons written for home entertainment ; many with original poetry by the composer.

In 1940, as the European political situation worsened after the outbreak of World War II, Bartók was increasingly tempted to flee Hungary.

Chinese historians living in later periods were accustomed to the notion of one dynasty succeeding another, but the actual political situation in early China is known to have been much more complicated.

, two years after its implementation began, the security situation of inside Colombia has shown some measure of an improvement and the economy, while still fragile, has also shown some positive signs according to observers, but relatively little has yet to have been accomplished in structurally solving most of the country's other grave problems, possibly in part due to legislative and political conflicts between the administration and the Colombian Congress ( including those over the controversial project to eventually re-elect Uribe ), and a relative lack of freely allocated funds and credits.

The political situation in Comoros has been extremely fluid since the country's independence in 1975, subject to the volatility of coups and political insurrection.

The Extraordinary Commissions arose, usually in the areas during the moments of the greatest aggravation of political situation.

In the autumn of 1918, as consolidation of the political situation of the republic continued, a move toward elimination of Uyezd -, Raion -, and Volost-level Chekas, as well as the institution of Extraordinary Commissions was considered.

In 1968, Hall was 23 years old and carefully monitored the political situation in America, like the 1968 Democratic National Convention.

However, it is the Issas who presently dominate the government, civil service, and the ruling party, a situation that has bred resentment and political competition between the Somali Issas and the Afars.

In exchange for such cooperation with the rival political side, Harley paid some of Defoe's outstanding debts, improving his financial situation considerably.

Such policies provided the basis of conflicts that would shape the political situation of El Salvador in the years to come.

In addition to the formal structure of the ELDR Party, there are convened at least two Political Leaders ' Meetings a year in order to exchange views on the items on the agenda of the European Council and more general views on the European political situation.

He implemented these measures because he wanted to resolve serious economic problems and political inertia that clearly threatened to put the Soviet Union into a state of long − term stagnation.

Its provision, or threatened withdrawal, is sometimes used as a political tool to influence the policies of the destination country, a strategy known as food politics.

Goya lost faith in or became threatened by the restored Spanish monarchy's anti-liberal political and social stance and left Spain in May 1824 for Bordeaux and then Paris.

Moreover, internal security is also threatened as incidences of political parties instigating and leading violence between two opposing groups of people is a frequent occurrence.

Many of Tenniel's political cartoons expressed strong hostility to Irish Nationalism, with Fenians and Land leagues depicted as monstrous, ape-like brutes, while " Hibernia "— the personification of Ireland — was depicted as a beautiful, helpless young girl threatened by these " monsters " and turning for protection to " her elder sister ", the powerful armoured Britannia.

Because the threatened secession of Maryland would leave the Federal capital of Washington, D. C., an indefensible enclave within the Confederacy, Lincoln suspended the writ of habeas corpus and imposed martial law in Baltimore and portions of the state, ordering the imprisonment of pro-secession Maryland political leaders at Ft. McHenry and the stationing of Federal troops in Baltimore.

The Federalists also feared that the political power of the Atlantic seaboard states would be threatened by the new citizens of the west, bringing about a clash of western farmers with the merchants and bankers of New England.

While censorious political correctness threatened Punch and Judy performances in the UK and other English speaking countries for a time, the show is having one of its cyclical recurrences and can now be seen not only in England, Wales, and Ireland, but also in Canada, the United States ( including Puerto Rico ), Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.

In Renaissance Europe, the arrival of mechanical movable type printing introduced the era of mass communication which permanently altered the structure of society: The relatively unrestricted circulation of information and ( revolutionary ) ideas transcended borders, captured the masses in the Reformation and threatened the power of political and religious authorities ; the sharp increase in literacy broke the monopoly of the literate elite on education and learning and bolstered the emerging middle class.

Early in 1306, Clement V explained away those features of the Papal bull Clericis Laicos that might seem to apply to the king of France and essentially withdrew Unam Sanctam, the bull of Boniface VIII that asserted papal supremacy over secular rulers and threatened Philip's political plans.

Sixtus IV consented under political pressure from Ferdinand of Aragon, who threatened to withhold military support from his kingdom of Sicily.

In recent years, however, the shooting sports have become increasingly threatened by social and political reforms.

King Bhumibol — who has been on the throne since 1946 — commands enormous popular respect and moral authority, which he has used on occasion to attempt to resolve political crises that have threatened national stability.

The Tories preferred to preserve the economic, political, and social gains that they enjoyed as citizens of Mexico, and the revolution threatened to jeopardize the security of their world.

Werner Best, Reinhard Heydrich ’ s deputy, stated that the task of the police was " to root out all symptoms of disease and germs of destruction that threatened the political health of the nation … addition to Jews, most the germs were weak, unpopular and marginalized groups, such as gypsies, homosexuals, beggars, ' antisocials ', ' work-shy ', and ' habitual criminals '.

Lhendup Dorji had earlier threatened to kill Yanki — his sister's rival — and ordered her arrest when, fearing for her life and that of her 2-year-old son by the Druk Gyalpo, she sought refuge in India during the political crisis.

In 1792 he had to flee the country as he was threatened to be beheaded following some of his political papers.

The stated reasons were that he believed that political divisions between the white-controlled states " weakened them against the natives ", threatened an ethnic divide between British and Boer, and left the Cape vulnerable to interference from other European powers.

After the heady optimism of the 1920s, the 1930s brought with them an economic crisis, which helped spur a political crisis: both the left ( Communist ) and right ( anti-German and fascist ) parties radicalized and threatened the stability of the democracy.

For instance, Ye Xiaowen, Director of the Bureau of Religious Affairs of the State Council ( government ), said at a news conference on 4 November 1999 " Falun Gong had brainwashed and bilked followers, caused more than 1, 400 deaths, and threatened both social and political stability ".

The emergence of an independent-minded Afro-Guyanese peasant class, however, threatened the planters ' political power, inasmuch as the planters no longer held a near-monopoly on the colony's economic activity.

The aristocratic regimes which generally governed the poleis were threatened by the new-found wealth of merchants, who in turn desired political power.