Winthrop's sermon gave rise to the common belief in American folklore that the United States of America has a special status in the world as God's Country.

The region in which Basque is spoken today has contracted over centuries and is thus smaller than what is known as the Basque Country, or Euskal Herria in Basque.

Basque has no official standing in the Northern Basque Country of France and French citizens are barred from officially using Basque in a French court of law.

It has been an Orioles tradition since 1975 to play John Denver's " Thank God I'm a Country Boy " during the seventh inning stretch.

Both the Nationals and Liberals receive Country Liberal Party delegations, and the party president has full voting rights with the National Party and observer status with the Liberal Party.

The name " Cheddar cheese " is widely used and has no Protected Designation of Origin ( PDO ) within the European Union, but only Cheddar produced from local milk within four counties of South West England may use the name " West Country Farmhouse Cheddar.

The name " Cheddar " is not protected by the European Union, though the name " West Country Farmhouse Cheddar " has an EU Protected Designation of Origin, and may only be produced in Somerset, Devon, Dorset, and Cornwall, using milk sourced from those counties.

According to the World Bank Country Classification, Egypt has been promoted from the low income category to lower middle income category.

* Felpham & Middleton Country Dance Club has written a history from 1933 – 1994, just about one of the oldest extant English Country Dance clubs in England.

Barclays Bank ( Ghana ) limited has become the first Bank in Ghana to be awarded the General Banking license in the Country.

Country of origin has sometimes been difficult to determine, due to the constant discovery of new source locations.

Radley Balko has written that " Parsons may be the most influential artist yet to be inducted to either the Rock and Roll or Country Music Hall ( s ) of Fame.

Kiribati has Least Developed Country Status and its interests rarely extend beyond the region.

Lately, many high-end developments has mushroomed in Kajang such as Twin Palms, Sri Banyan, Country Heights, Jade Hills and Prima Paramount.

Lindisfarne also has the small Lindisfarne Castle, based on a Tudor fort, which was refurbished in the Arts and Crafts style by Sir Edwin Lutyens for the editor of Country Life, Edward Hudson.

Due to its particularly severe violations of religious freedom, the United States has designated Burma a Country of Particular Concern ( CPC ) under the International Religious Freedom Act.

The Justice Department on January 11, 2010 initiated the Indian Country Law Enforcement Initiative which recognizes problems with law enforcement on reservations and assigns top priority to solving existing problems. The Department of Justice recognizes the unique legal relationship that the United States has with federally recognized tribes.

As one aspect of this relationship, in much of Indian Country, the Justice Department alone has the authority to seek a conviction that carries an appropriate potential sentence when a serious crime has been committed.

Since the 1970s, the city has experienced tremendous growth, particularly during the economic boom of the 1990s under the leadership of then-Mayor and later-Tennessee Governor, Phil Bredesen, who made urban renewal a priority, and fostered the construction or renovation of several city landmarks, including the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, the downtown Nashville Public Library, the Bridgestone Arena, and LP Field.

Cruz has volunteered in Uganda and India, where she spent one week working for Mother Teresa ; she donated her salary from The Hi-Lo Country to help fund the late nun's mission.

A number of Blues musicians have also used proverbs extensively., The frequent use of proverbs in Country music has led to published studies of proverbs in this genre., The Reggae artist Jahdan Blakkamoore has recorded a piece titled Proverbs Remix.

The Mondragon Corporation based out of the Basque Country in the region of Spain and France, was founded by a Catholic priest, Father José María Arizmendiarrieta, who seems to have been influenced by the same Catholic social and economic teachings that inspired Belloc, Chesterton, McNabb and the other founders of distributism.

Queen Elizabeth I of England is noted to have been entertained by " Country Dancing ," although the relationship of the dances she saw to the surviving dances of the mid-17th century is disputed.

The musical numbers " Ah, But Underneath " ( replacing " The Story of Lucy and Jessie "), " Country House ", " Make the Most of Your Music " ( replacing " Live, Laugh, Love "), " Social Dancing " and a new version of " Loveland " have been incorporated into various productions.

The ( green painted ) country buses and Green Line Coaches had been passed in 1969 to a new company, London Country Bus Services, which in 1970 became part of the National Bus Company.

An investigation by The Denver Post in 2007 found that crimes in Indian Country have been a low priority both with the FBI and most federal prosecutors.

In British oval racing, the term Production car racing has been used as an alternative for hot rods, as run in the West Country during the late 1960s to the mid 1970s, and a Production car world championship race was held twice in the 1970s, won by Spence Morgan in 1974 and Ralph Sanders in 1975, both driving Ford Anglias.

Melnick was a big fan of The Westerner and Ride the High Country, and had heard Peckinpah had been unfairly fired from The Cincinnati Kid.

CBC Radio One's flagship national talk program is the weekend Cross Country Checkup, which has been broadcast since 1965.

The story of these Khotanese monks is recorded the Li yul lung-btsan-pa or ' Prophecy of the Li Country ', a Buddhist history of Khotan which has been preserved as part of the Tibetan Tanjur.

Tarriffs had been a point of difference between the Country Party and United Australia Party.

The Country Health Intelligence Portal ( CHIP ), has also been developed to provide an access point to information about the health services that are available in different countries.

This gave the British control of the Ohio Country, which had been the principal cause of the war.

Albion have a number of long-standing rivalries with other Midlands clubs ; their traditional rivals have always been Aston Villa, but more recently their major rivalry has been with Wolverhampton Wanderers, with whom they contest the Black Country derby.

Cross country running has its own discrete global championships – the IAAF World Cross Country Championships – which has been held annually since 1973.

Since the late 1960s other songwriter's award has been presented for genre-specific categories including Grammy Award for Best Country Song, Grammy Award for Best Rock Song, Grammy Award for Best R & B Song and most recently in Grammy Award for Best Rap Song and Grammy Award for Best Gospel Song.

Traditionally a popular source of food in some countries, such as Norway, in the United Kingdom it has previously been largely consumed as a cheaper and versatile alternative to cod and haddock in the West Country, elsewhere being known mostly for its traditional use as " Pollack for puss / coley for the cat.

Walpole, a polarising figure, had many opponents, the most important of whom were in the Country Party, such as Lord Bolingbroke ( who had been his political enemy since the days of Queen Anne ) and William Pulteney ( a capable Whig statesman who felt snubbed when Walpole failed to include him in the Cabinet ).

Gorton ( middle ) in 1951Although Gorton had been a member of the Country Party before the war, in 1949 he was elected to the Senate for the Liberal Party.

Indeed, since the Coalition's formation in 1923, the major non-Labor party had only been able to govern alone once, during Joseph Lyons ' first ministry -- and even then, Lyons ' United Australia Party had come up four seats short of a majority and needed confidence and supply support from the Country Party to govern.

Subtitled A Farmwife's Almanac Of Country Living, this is a gentle and nostalgic chronicle of the changing seasons seen through the clear, humorous eye of a Hoosier housewife and popular columnist.

His albums also became more popular, and he was featured on ABC-TV's The Eddy Arnold Show during the summer of 1956 ; as well as on Country Music Jubilee in 1957 and 58 ( by then renamed Jubilee USA ).

English Country Dance ( ECD ) was popular well into the Baroque and Regency eras.

English Country Dance was also popular in France.

Richard S. " Kinky " Friedman ( born November 1, 1944 ) is an American Texas Country singer, songwriter, novelist, humorist, politician and former columnist for Texas Monthly who styles himself in the mold of popular American satirists Will Rogers and Mark Twain.

Two other " near " downtown neighborhoods that are very popular and have unique appeal are the Country Club Plaza ( or simply the " Plaza "), south Plaza and nearby Brookside.

While stereotyped as rural music, the Country music format is common and popular throughout the United States and in some other countries ( particularly Canada and Australia, both of which share much of the same Anglo-Saxon and Celtic roots as the United States ).

As the city's name itself is a metonym for the country music industry, many popular tourist sites involve country music, including the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, Belcourt Theatre, and Ryman Auditorium.

Romulan ale is a fictional popular blue alcoholic beverage which was illegal because of a Federation trade embargo in the late 23rd century ( per Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan and Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country ) through the late 24th century ( per Star Trek Nemesis ).

* Country song " Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses " made popular in 1987 by singer / song writer Kathy Mattea

Ski country runs through Cattaraugus County ; two ski resorts, popular with Canadians, lie in the town of Ellicottville ; in addition, several snowmobile trails cross the county, including the Pat McGee Trail, a flagship for the county's trail system, and the North Country Trail.

Square dances such as “ Newcastle ”, one of those original eight, are still very popular today, and countless new dances have been written in the Playford style, or English Country Dance ( ECD ) style as it is known in America.

Other popular Wyler films include Funny Girl ( 1968 ), How to Steal a Million ( 1966 ), The Big Country ( 1958 ), Roman Holiday ( 1953 ), The Heiress ( 1949 ), The Letter ( 1940 ), The Westerner ( 1940 ), Wuthering Heights ( 1939 ), Jezebel ( 1938 ), Dodsworth ( 1936 ), and Hell's Heroes ( 1930 ).

Dedicated Cross Country ski resorts are located at Lake Mountain, Mount Stirling and Mount St Gwinear in Victoria and popular areas for back country skiing and ski touring in the Alpine National Park, Yarra Ranges National Park and the Baw Baw National Park include: Mount Bogong, Mount Feathertop, Bogong High Plains, Mount Howitt, Mount Reynard and Snowy Plains.

The party has never condemned any attack by ETA and its leaders have referred sometimes to the ETA members as ' Basque soldiers ', and justified their actions: " ETA does not use the armed struggle as a mean to defend this or that political project but to give < nowiki > Basque Country </ nowiki > democratic channels that enable the popular will to be expressed in full freedom.

Paradise, like Intercourse, is a popular site in Pennsylvania Dutch Country for tourists who like the name of the town ; they are together often named in lists of " delightfully-named towns " in Pennsylvania Dutchland, along with Blue Ball, Lititz, Intercourse, Bareville, Bird-in-Hand, and Mount Joy .< ref > Mencken ( 1963 ) p. 653 quote: It was the setting of the 1994 comedy film Trapped in Paradise.

Country rock was a particularly popular style in the California music scene of the late 1960s, and was adopted by bands including Hearts and Flowers, Poco ( formed by Richie Furay and Jim Messina, formerly of the Buffalo Springfield ) and New Riders of the Purple Sage.

Kentish Town is also home to The Forum ( formerly known as the Town and Country club ), for many years well into the 1950s one of Kentish Town's most popular and comfortable cinemas, and now a popular live music venue.

Much of the area was developed in the last decades of the nineteenth century by Solomon Barnett, who named many of the streets after places in the West Country ( e. g. Torbay ) or after popular poets of the day ( e. g. Tennyson ) in honour of his wife.

The town enjoyed some notoriety as the location of the popular John McPhee book Coming into the Country, which was first published in 1977.

In recent times it has fallen somewhat out of favor, as the term " Rim Country " has become more popular among locals.