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Given the repeated failures and frustrations of workers ' revolutions and movements, Marx also sought to understand capitalism, and spent a great deal of time in the reading room of the British Museum studying and reflecting on the works of political economists and on economic data.
Given this sense of caution among key members of the British cabinet and of the army, it is even harder to understand why the British government went against the advice of its generals ( such as Wolsely ) to send substantial reinforcements to South Africa before war broke out.
Given as a series of linked short stories, the book is also interspersed with brief commentaries on contemporary British politics.
Given the shared nature of the Canadian monarch, most members of the Canadian Royal Family are also members of the British Royal Family, and thus the House of Windsor.
Given what is known of Cathróe's own background, this probably means that she was of British (" Cumbrian ") or Scottish descent.
Given the lack of concrete historical knowledge about one of the most potent figures in British mythology, it is unlikely that any definitive conclusions about the claims for these places will ever be established ; nevertheless it is both interesting and important to try to evaluate the body of evidence which does exist and examine it critically.
* Santa Cruz ( Indefatigable ) Island ( Galápagos ) – Given the name of the Holy Cross in Spanish, its English name derives from the British vessel HMS Indefatigable.
Given the general rule in British law that a wife automatically takes her husband's rank upon marriage, Mrs Simpson consequently should have been addressed, upon marriage to the duke, as Her Royal Highness.
Given intelligence that the rebels had been stockpiling weapons at Concord, Massachusetts, he ordered a troop of British regulars to march there on the night of 18 April to confiscate them.
Given their general lack of interest in the area, the British decided to abandon the Sudan in December 1883, holding only several northern towns and Red Sea ports, such as Khartoum, Kassala, Sannar, and Sawakin.
Given that it is impossible for civilians to visit the British Indian Ocean Territory, it is not clear whether the flag is actually used.
Given that the archaeological record demonstrates Irish settlement on the Llŷn Peninsula however and possible raids as far west as Wroxeter by the late 4th century, it is difficult to conceive of either Roman or allied British forces having presented an effective defence in Wales.
Given the strategic requirements of winning the war, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and U. S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt had no option but to accept the demands of their erstwhile ally, Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin, at Tehran, Yalta and Potsdam, argues retired diplomat Charles G. Stefan.
Given its unique cultural and economic development, and linguistic differences ( Greater Sylhet region was a part of Assam and Surma Valley State for much of the British Raj in comparison to the rest of Bangladesh ), and given that Sylhet has, for most of its recent history, been a region of a larger entity.
Given the nickname " Raging Bull ", he played in three Rugby World Cups, including as England captain in the 2007 tournament, and toured Australia and South Africa with the British and Irish Lions.
Given the British Railways power classification 9F, the locomotives were numbered in the 92xxx series, between 92000 and 92250.
Given that other Latin American countries and also Portugal were becoming easy prey to European ( mainly British ) greed, maintaining the monarchy with a monarch of European origin acted as a deterrent and allowed Brazil to ensure the predominance of its international interests.
However, in his Travels With Charley, Steinbeck mentions wearing a naval officer's cap, ' Given me by a British torpedo boat captain, a very gentle gentleman and a murderer ,' which phrase suggests that Steinbeck may well have observed action at first hand.
Given these problems, Percy resigned his command of the British Italian Legion in October 1855 in a state of total exasperation.
Given U. S. usage of the word ' joint ' meaning such activities, the British usage faded relatively quickly.
Given the tide of militant nationalism that swept through India and the resentment and revolts it inspired, it is arguable that its overarching aim: to germinate public resentment and revolts within the Indian forces of the British Indian Army to overthrow the Raj was ultimately successful.
Given that the Mughals had historically symbolized Indo-Persian culture to one degree or another, the overthrow of Bahadhur Shah Zafar and the institution of the British Raj in 1858 may be considered as marking the end of the Indo-Persian era, even if, after 1857, Persian would still retain an audience and even produce commendable literature such as the philosophical poetry of Muhammad Iqbal ( d. 1938 ).
Given the structure of the Canadian infantry platoon, the MCpl is roughly equivalent to the British rank of corporal, second in command of an infantry section.

Given and origins
Given these origins, there have been various suggestions over the years to rename the town ( for example, to " Invernevis ").
Given his generous notion of what constituted an Aryan race ( Evola was convinced of the Hyperborean origins of most Europeans, the indigenous peoples of North and South America, as well as those of the Indian subcontinent ), those candidate races Evola considered to be truly ' alien ' were never explicitly catalogued — except in terms of Semites and the deeply pigmented peoples of sub-Saharan Africa ( see Evola, ' Psicologia criminale ebraica ,' Difesa della Razza 2, no.
Given the origins of the cardinal tetra, namely blackwater rivers whose chemistry is characterised by an acidic pH, low mineral content and the presence of humic acids, the species is adaptable to a wide range of conditions in captivity, though deviation from the soft, acidic water chemistry of their native range will impact severely upon breeding and fecundity.
Given the sport's origins, Irish-bred and trained horses remain a dominant force in national hunt racing today.
Given here are the ethnic origins of Canadian residents ( citizens, landed immigrants, and non-citizen temporary residents ) as recorded by them on their 2006 census form.
Given the English origins of this alternative, it has traditionally been the version used in the Church of England ( including Canterbury Cathedral ) until modern times, and is the version printed in traditional Church of England liturgical sources including the English Hymnal and New English Hymnal.
Given its origins in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the name has gone through some transformations, mainly through Magyarization.
Given that there was no evidence that either the U. S. or the U. S. S. R. had anything remotely like the UFOs reported, Sign personnel gradually began considering extraterrestrial origins for the objects.

Given and majority
Given that the vast majority of all emeralds are treated as described above, and the fact that two stones that appear visually similar may actually be quite far apart in treatment level and therefore in value, a consumer considering a purchase of an expensive emerald is well advised to insist upon a treatment report from a reputable gemological laboratory.
Given the distances between the stars, the great majority of stellar systems in colliding galaxies will be unaffected.
Given the bad economy and infrastructure of the town ; the new trend is the majority of Turkish Cypriots moving to other places in the north part of Cyprus ( mainly Nicosia and Kyrenia ).
Given that the majority of autoinducer – synthase / receptor occurs in tandem in bacterial genomes, it is also rare that they switch partners and so pairs tend to co-evolve.
Given that no majority supported either a leader or a split, a registration campaign, enabling membership for only 20 euros, and a closed primary was organized, which Ségolène Royal won.
Given a case for which the class is unknown, guess that it belongs to the same class as the majority in its immediate neighborhood.
Given the mixed member proportional representation system used to elect its members, it is difficult for a single party to gain an overall majority of seats in the Scottish Parliament.
Given the wide expectation that the war was going to be a short one, the majority however supported the war effort and the call to restore the " freedom of small nations " on the European continent.
Given that the demographic majority of people in Hong Kong people are ethnically Chinese, they naturally lean towards eastern culture, but with a heavy western influence as well.
Given the size of the majorities in the legislature, the minorities law has to be applied to prevent the party from having a two-thirds majority.
Given the shift of people of color growing in size that trends indicate will make them a majority, some argue that Caucasian-Americans should no longer be considered the majority.
Given the serious concern about the integrity of the building's structure it was decided to use marquees for the majority of the function ; the lower floors were temporarily strengthened.
Given the fact that the vast majority of SUVs were rarely taken off-pavement by their owners, much less driven under serious off-road conditions, a new type of car-based " crossover SUV " was developed that was hoped would provide all the elements that customers actually wanted from their SUVs such as cargo carrying capacity, elevated seating height and the suggestion of an active outdoor lifestyle with less of the negative attributes typically associated with traditional SUVs such as poor gas mileage, uncomfortable ride, high step-in height, propensity to roll over, etc.
Given the fact that European powers controlled the majority of Earth's land surface at the time, such an event could have meant the end of capitalism not just in Europe, but everywhere.
Given little chance of winning, Tarver took a weight-drained Jones the distance and lost the fight and WBC title by a majority decision on November 8, 2003, in Las Vegas ( Tarver had relinquished the IBF title a few days earlier in anticipation of being unable to make a mandatory defense.
Given the two-party nature of the U. S. system, the majority leader is almost inevitably either a Republican or a Democrat.
Given that the vast majority of criminal sentencing is done at the state level, the American Law Institute and the American Bar Association have each recommended such systems for all the states, and nearly half the states presently have such systems, although significant variations exist among them.
Given the late signing, the Rangers will have to pay the majority of Rhodes ' salary, with the Cardinals only responsible for a pro-rated league minimum for the remainder of the year.
Given that the majority of the share of trade was made by Ottoman merchants, the Europeans, especially the British and the French, became irritated and unhappy with this trade arrangement and pushed for intervention and transformation of the economic policies of the Middle East.
Given the school's high GCSE pass rate, the majority of pupils proceed into the sixth form.
Given that the company's workers had become more mobile and that the majority of them now lived in these suburban areas, Brown & Sharpe saw an easy opportunity to relocate into a more practical facility.

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