A nuclear pacifier of these dimensions -- roughly some six and a half times bigger than anything the United States has triggered experimentally -- would certainly produce a bigger bang, and, just for kicks, Khrushchev might use it to propel the seminar of the house of delegates from St. Louis to the moon, where there wouldn't even be any beer to drink.

When the presidential election of 1856 approached, Johnson and supporters harbored a vague hope for the presidency, and he gave a speech to the Tennessee Democratic delegates reiterating his views ; some county conventions designated him a favorite son and the Nashville Union and American proposed his nomination.

So strong was Ambrose's hostility to some of the delegates that he described Basel as a western Babylon.

Free from many of the elements that accompany science fiction in general — whether that be space aliens, giant robots, or laser guns — the series delegates itself towards presenting a world that is quite similar to our own albeit showcasing some technological advances.

In such cases, it is not required ( or even possible ) that the members of the electorate be familiar with all of the eligible persons, though such systems may involve indirect elections at larger geographic levels to ensure that some first-hand familiarity among potential electees can exist at these levels ( i. e., among the elected delegates ).

This controversial step prompted some Israeli delegates to walk out.

He personally reviewed every frame used in his early films, though due to health concerns over the high workload he now delegates some of the workload to other Ghibli members.

Under the 1992 constitution, there are two parliamentary bodies, a unicameral People's Council or Halk Maslahaty ( supreme legislative body of up to 2, 500 delegates, some of whom are elected by popular vote and some of whom are appointed ; meets at least yearly ) and a unicameral Assembly or Mejlis ( 50 seats, scheduled to be increased to 65, whose members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms ).

India similarly delegates control of marriage and some other civil matters to the religious communities, in large part as a way of accommodating its Muslim minority.

When the Second Continental Congress convened at the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia in May 1775, some delegates hoped for eventual independence, but no one yet advocated declaring it.

At the meeting, BBC reporter Richard Black coined the phrase " climate tourists " to describe some delegates who attended " to see Africa, take snaps of the wildlife, the poor, dying African children and women ".

Harding was nominated for president on the tenth ballot, after some delegates shifted their allegiances.

His hopes rested on challenges to the credentials of some of the McGovern delegates.

Various circumstances including a detour necessitated by flooding as well as sickness and death of some of the delegates seriously delayed John of Antioch and his bishops.

However, some anarchists have, in turn, responded to his argument, by explaining that they do support a ( very limited ) amount of centralization, in the form of freely elected and recallable delegates.

The new Grooter Nederland-Actie ( Extended Netherlands Action ) send delegates to this conference, who noted Eurasians should be able to retain their culture and position ; some Eurasians mentioned New Guinea as a possible homeland for Eurasians.

It delegates some permitting, monitoring, and enforcement responsibility to U. S. states and Native American tribes.

However, now also some rural delegates were appointed to all States-Provincial ( first only true for Friesland ) and the city councils were appointed by electoral colleges which were in turn elected by a select group of male citizens of good standing and paying a certain amount of taxes, so very indirectly there was a modicum of democracy introduced to the system.

He then found himself abruptly dismissed from the chancellorship on charges of selling off some of his offices to delegates.

Despite differences in the positions of some of the delegates on some issues, the Quebec Conference, following so swiftly on the success of the Charlottetown Conference, was infused with a determinative sense of purpose and nationalism.

In September, 1864, some French delegates again visited London with the concrete aim of setting up a special committee for the exchange of information upon matters of interest to the workers of all lands.

Asking delegates if they did any hunting Cosgrave declared that "... some of these commentators and critics are now like mongrel foxes ; they are gone to ground but I'll dig them out, and the pack will chop them when they get them ".

A Lebanese Moslem told about its existence and application in the Islamic tradition as the `` divine law '', while a C.A.I.P. member who has been working in close association with delegates of the new U.N. nations told of its widespread recognition on the African continent.

Buchheister told delegates to the West Coast Audubon Convention that aerial spraying in Louisiana failed to destroy its target, the fire ant.

The tone of the 17th Party Congress was different than its predecessors ; several old oppositionists became delegates, and were re-elected to the Central Committee.

On the second ballot, Tammany threw its support behind Butler, but the rest of the delegates shifted to Cleveland, and he was nominated.

In February 1918, the third Inter-Allied Labour and Socialist Conference ( representing delegates from Great Britain, France, Belgium and Italy ) issued its report, advocating an international labour rights body, an end to secret diplomacy, and other goals.

In December 1779, the House of Delegates named Hanson as one of its delegates to the Second Continental Congress.

Since 1852 several conferences have been held between delegates of the European powers, with a view to uniform action in keeping out infection from the East and preventing its spread within Europe ; all but that of 1897 were occupied with cholera.

The board of trustees delegates its power by appointing a President to serve as the chief executive of the university.

The foundation of the Terror is centered on the April 1793 creation of the Committee of Public Safety and its militant Jacobin delegates.

Most of the delegates were members of the War Party and were adamant that Texas must declare its independence from Mexico.

New Mexico provides, by state law, that the members of its legislature be the delegates at such a state ratification convention.

Some were formal, written instructions for Congressional delegations, such as the Halifax Resolves of April 12, with which North Carolina became the first colony to explicitly authorize its delegates to vote for independence.

On June 14, the Connecticut Assembly instructed its delegates to propose independence, and the following day the legislatures of New Hampshire and Delaware authorized their delegates to declare independence.

On May 20, the Maryland Convention rejected Adams's preamble, instructing its delegates to remain against independence, but Samuel Chase went to Maryland and, thanks to local resolutions in favor of independence, was able to get the Maryland Convention to change its mind on June 28.

This meant that New York's delegates would not be authorized to declare independence until after Congress had made its decision.

The Libertarian Party is democratically governed by its members, with state affiliate parties each holding annual conventions at which delegates are elected to attend the party's national conventions, held every two years.

During the conference, the delegates voted to finalize the induction of the Methodist Church of the Ivory Coast and its 700, 000 members into the denomination.

The process gave the nobility a great deal of power over the king, but the sejms ( meetings of delegates ) to elect kings and conduct other business were in later years paralyzed by the institution of the Liberum Veto, which gave any individual in the sejm the power to negate its decisions.

On September 4, France openly declared its support for Leszczyński, who was elected king by a sejm of 12, 000 delegates on September 12.

The Board of Governors delegates most of its authority over daily matters such as lending and operations to the Board of Directors.