The delegations from the more prominent nations argued that they should sit closest to the Pope, and there were also disputes over who was to have the finest chairs and who was to have their chairs on mats.

Jamaica also chairs the Working Group on smaller Economies.

Cannon also reserved to himself the right to appoint not only the chairs of the various House committees, but also all of the committees ' members, and ( despite the seniority system that had begun to develop ) used that power to appoint his allies and proteges to leadership positions while punishing those who opposed his legislation.

The prayer hall, also known as the musallah, rarely has furniture ; chairs and pews are generally absent from the prayer hall so as to allow as many worshipers as possible to line the room.

" Playing musical chairs " is also a metaphorical way of describing any activity where items or people are repeatedly and usually pointlessly shuffled among various locations.

" Musical chairs " is or was formerly also known as " Going to Jerusalem ".

A political party is typically led by a party leader ( the most powerful member and spokesperson representing the party ), a party secretary ( who maintains the daily work and records of party meetings ), party treasurer ( who is responsible for membership dues ) and party chair ( who forms strategies for recruiting and retaining party members, and also chairs party meetings ).

TfL is controlled by a board whose members are appointed by the Mayor of London, a position held by Boris Johnson who also chairs the Board.

Changes in design of these chairs ranges from cushioned detached arms, lengthening of the cushioned back ( also known as " hammerhead ") and a loose seat cushion.

The Chinese also gradually adopted the foreign concept of stools and chairs as seating, whereas the Chinese beforehand always sat on mats placed on the floor.

Athletics at the Paralympic Games also include wheelchair racing where athletes compete in lightweight racing chairs.

Currently, the council has 35 members: the premier, one executive vice premier, three vice premiers, five state councilors ( of whom two are also ministers ), and 25 additional ministers and chairs of major agencies.

A large table served as a workbench ; there were at least as many chairs as there were servants, for the table in the kitchen also doubled as the eating place for the servants.

Furthermore, as the president pro tempore is now usually the most senior senator of the majority party, he or she most likely also chairs a major Senate committee and has other significant demands on his or her time.

They also construct armoires, chairs, and tables.

The chancellor also chairs the National Defense Council, which has as its members a vice chairman, the minister for national defense, an appointee of this minister, the general troop inspector of the armed forces, and a parliamentary representative.

Willow wood is also used in the manufacture of boxes, brooms, cricket bats ( grown from certain strains of white willow ), cradle boards, chairs and other furniture, dolls, flutes, poles, sweat lodges, toys, turnery, tool handles, veneer, wands and whistles.

Simon also chairs the William E. Simon Foundation.

The Director also chairs the Military Intelligence Board, which coordinates activities of the defense intelligence community.

She became a member of the Committee for Ethnic Minority Women ’ s Participation, has a seat on the board of governors of the Chair on the Management of Diversity and Integration at the Free University of Amsterdam, she ( along with her husband ) is a patron of the Orange Fund ( established to promote social welfare and cohesion in the Netherlands ), and she also chairs the Board of Trustees of the Prince Claus Chair of the University of Utrecht.

Medical instruments image at the Temple of Kom Ombo, showing also prescriptions and two goddesses sitting on birthing chairs.

In the early years, Walter fashioned chairs by hand, also using a foot lathe.

The supervisor also serves as a full voting member of ( and chairs ) the Town Board.

Deane Beman, the National Amateur champion, and all the metropolitan district champions, including Bob Gardner, the amateur title-holder, also will receive awards.

The title refers to the nickname given his wife by the composer, who is also a member of the National Film Board of Canada.

The unicameral parliament ( also called the National Assembly ) is dominated by a coalition, called " Unity " ( Miasnutyun ), between the Republican and Peoples Parties and the Agro-Technical Peoples Union, aided by numerous independents.

A new party, the Republic Party, is headed by ex-Prime Minister Aram Sargsyan, brother of Vazgen Sargsyan, and has become the primary voice of the opposition, which also includes the Armenian Communist Party, the National Unity party of Artashes Geghamyan, and elements of the former Ter-Petrosyan government.

Apart from the city of Canberra, the Australian Capital Territory also contains agricultural land ( sheep, dairy cattle, vineyards and small amounts of crops ) and a large area of national park ( Namadgi National Park ), much of it mountainous and forested.

During the 1920s, the ACLU expanded its scope to also include protecting the free speech rights of artists and striking workers, and working with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People ( NAACP ) to combat racism.

* 1941 – World War II: The Communist Party of Slovenia, the Slovene Christian Socialists, the left-wing Slovene Sokols ( also known as " National Democrats ") and a group of progressive intellectuals establish the Liberation Front of the Slovenian People.

Aberfoyle is also part of the Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park.

In addition to his public service work for charitable organizations for the handicapped, Capp also served on the National Reading Council, which was organized to combat illiteracy.

The program also takes part in the Space Activities National Program ( PNAE ) which objective is to lead the country toward the autonomy of this technology, vital in a path to sustainable development.

Many statistics are also available from outside of Major League Baseball, from leagues such as the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players and the Negro Leagues.

The site also houses the National Codes Centre.

This body + chassis approach has continued with modern specialist manufacturers, although there also exist integral designs such as the Leyland National where the two are practically inseparable.

Hill Top Farm was opened to the public by the National Trust in 1946 ; her artwork was displayed there until 1985 when it was moved to William Heelis ’ s former law offices in Hawkshead, also owned by the National Trust as the Beatrix Potter Gallery.

Potter ’ s country life and her farming has also been widely discussed in the work of Susan Denyer and by other authors in the publications of The National Trust.

In doing so the bulk of Liberals remained supporting the government, but two distinct Liberal groups had emerged within this bulk – the Liberal Nationals ( officially the " National Liberals " after 1947 ) led by Simon, also known as " Simonites ", and the " Samuelites " or " official Liberals ", led by Samuel who remained as the official party.

When the idea and reality of the National Debt came about during the 18th century this was also managed by the bank.

Retrospectives of his work were presented that year at The National Film Theatre in London, the Munich Stadtmuseum and the Museum of Modern Art in New York, which also dedicated a gallery exhibition, Chaplin: A Centennial Celebration, to him.

See, e. g., Clearfield Trust Co. v. United States, ( giving federal courts the authority to fashion common law rules with respect to issues of federal power, in this case negotiable instruments backed by the federal government ); see also International News Service v. Associated Press, 248 U. S. 215 ( 1918 ) ( creating a cause of action for misappropriation of " hot news " that lacks any statutory grounding, but that is one of the handful of federal common law actions that survives today ); National Basketball Association v. Motorola, Inc., 105 F. 3d 841, 843-44, 853 ( 2d Cir.

Agreements also were struck with rebels from the National Front of Chad ( FNT ) and Movement for Social Justice and Democracy in October 1997.

Cameroon also faces a complaint filed with the African Commission on Human Rights by the Southern Cameroons National Council ( SCNC ) and the Southern Cameroons Peoples Organisation ( SCAPO ) against the Government of the Republic of Cameroon, in which the complainants allege that the Republic of Cameroon is illegally occupying the territory of Southern Cameroons.

The National Anthem of Chile () is also known as Canción Nacional ( National Song ).

Costa Rica also hosted several rounds of negotiations between the Salvadoran Government and the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front ( FMLN ), aiding El Salvador's efforts to emerge from civil war and culminating in that country's 1994 free and fair elections.