The RAF was Britain's weapon of attrition, and flying a fighter plane was the way her sons could serve her best at this point in the war.

Britain's plans to press Russia for a definite cease-fire timetable was announced in London by Foreign Secretary Lord Home.

Not only was his Belgian nationality interesting because of Belgium's occupation by Germany ( which provided a valid explanation of why such a skilled detective would be out of work and available to solve mysteries at an English country house ), but also at the time of Christie's writing, it was considered patriotic to express sympathy with the Belgians, since the invasion of their country had constituted Britain's casus belli for entering World War I, and British wartime propaganda emphasized the " Rape of Belgium ".

Although his father had him baptised to Anglicanism at age 12, he was nonetheless Britain's first and thus far only Jewish Prime Minister.

In Europe, the major source for tin was Great Britain's deposits of ore in Cornwall, which were traded as far as Phoenicia in the Eastern Mediterranean.

Also in the 2004 TV poll to find " Britain's Best Sitcom ", Blackadder was voted the second-best British sitcom of all time, topped by Only Fools and Horses.

The 17th-century rise of Britain's American colonies and the rapid 18th-century expansion of the Atlantic slave trade had made Bristol an important international sea port, and Teach was most likely raised in what was the second-largest city in England.

It was labelled Britain's busiest cul-de-sac.

Perhaps best known among these pioneers was Britain's Melusine Wood, who published several books on historical dancing in the 1950s.

Accordingly the army's strength was further reduced, in recognition of Britain's reduced role in world affairs, outlined in the 1957 Defence White Paper.

Beef extract was eventually reintroduced as a key Bovril ingredient in 2006, after the European Commission lifted its ban on the export of Britain's beef products ; it was only at this point that the manufacturer stated explicitly that this had been the main reason for beef's removal.

The period was established by Adam Sedgwick, who named it after Cambria, the Latin name for Wales, where Britain's Cambrian rocks are best exposed.

This led to disappointment in Britain, as many believed that Florida was a poor return for Cuba and Britain's other gains in the war.

The London Cartoon Strip was created by 15 of Britain's best known cartoonists and depicts the history of London.

In January, 1947, fear of Soviet and American intentions led to a secret meeting of senior cabinet ministers, where it was decided to press ahead with the development of Britain's independent nuclear deterrent, an issue which later caused a split in the Labour Party.

Christopher Soames, Britain's Ambassador to France during the government of Edward Heath and cabinet minister under Margaret Thatcher, remarked that " Mrs. Thatcher was not really running a team.

Britain's oldest complete human skeleton, Cheddar Man, estimated to be 9, 000 years old, was found in 1903.

The conversion of the Conservative Party into a modern mass organisation was accelerated by the concept of Tory Democracy attributed to Lord Randolph Churchill, father of Britain's wartime Prime Minister Winston Churchill.

There was increasing tension between the superpowers following the deployment of American Pershing missiles in Western Europe, SS20s in the Soviet Bloc countries and Britain's replacement of the Polaris armed submarine fleet with Trident missiles.

Hughes was a professor in the 1890s, a staunch supporter of Britain's New Liberalism, an important leader of the progressive movement of the 20th century, a leading diplomat and New York lawyer in the days of Harding and Coolidge, and was known for being a swing voter when dealing with cases related to the New Deal in the 1930s.

It is worth noting that the world record by a male putter of by Randy Barnes was completed with the spin technique, while the second-best all-time put of by Ulf Timmermann was completed with the glide technique.

It was positioned by QS World University Rankings as the best Polish university among the world's top 500 and the ARWU as second-best Polish higher-level institution.

Cechmanek was traded to Los Angeles for a 2004 second round draft pick during the off-season despite having the second-best goals-against average in the league over his three years in Philadelphia.

This was good enough for the second-best record in the league, behind the New York Knicks.

As of 2012, no-one has matched or exceeded 974 runs or three double centuries in one Test series ; the record of 974 runs exceeds the second-best performance by 69 runs and was achieved in two fewer innings.

Naperville is a city in DuPage and Will counties in the U. S. state of Illinois ; it was voted the second-best place to live in the United States by Money magazine in 2006.

First established in 1955, a new dual international / domestic terminal was opened in 2005 which has received numerous awards, including being named the world's second-best international airport ( 5 – 15 million passengers ) in 2006.

The song was ranked as the second-best Beatles ’ song by Mojo, after " A Day in the Life ".

Laputa was the second-best selling DVD from Studio Ghibli distributed by Disney in the year of its release ( after Spirited Away and ahead of Kiki's Delivery Service ).

At the time, this was the second-best streak of winning seasons behind Tiger Woods and he made the top ten in the Official World Golf Ranking.

In 2003 her portrayal of Molly was voted the second-best screen mother ever, behind Julia Roberts ' Erin Brokovich.

At the time it was the second-best performance in league history ( to Joe Fulks ' 63 point score in 1949 ), and Mikan's output more than doubled that of his teammates, whose output that game totaled 30 points.

The Progressive Conservative Party was re-elected, but McGuinty was able to rally his party in the election's closing days and drew 40 % of the popular vote for the Liberals, the party's second-best performance in fifty years.

He also had the best all-time career on base percentage of all Angels (. 393 ), the second-best batting average (. 314 ), and was sixth in both intentional walks ( 45 ) and sacrifice hits ( 60 ).

This was the second-best by-election result recorded by UKIP out of 25 results, and the first time since the Liverpool Walton by-election in 1991 that a party in government had been pushed into fourth place in a parliamentary by-election on mainland Britain.

Burrell was named the Phillies ' top prospect and the second-best prospect in baseball by Baseball America in 2000.

The Cutlass was also the second-best selling car line in the U. S. in 1975, with only the full-sized Chevrolet Impala / Caprice outpacing it.

In Gastonia, it was joked that he was the best lawyer in town when sober, and the second-best lawyer in town when drunk.

Having led the NHL in 2007 – 08 with a plus-minus of 41 and 144 takeaways ( 58 more than Mike Modano second-best total of 86 ), Datsyuk was awarded the Frank J. Selke Trophy as the league's best defensive forward.

Nevertheless, many times the decision to walk Bonds was a futile strategy, as the San Francisco Giants still had the National League's second-best offense in 2004, scoring 820 runs.

The objective of the study was to determine the opinions and practices of small firms selling to defense programs.

It was compiled as a control sample to determine if the opinions and practices of companies on the lists submitted by the members of the Aerospace Industries Association were materially different from those of other small firms selling to defense programs.

If Mrs. Black was who he thought she was, Mr. Black's Peerless selling days might well be over.

Both of those have had dynamic run-ups in price on the market in recent months, both were selling at higher price-earnings and yield bases than Morton was coming to market at, and everyone who knew anything about it expected the Morton stock to have a fast run-up.

It was one of the most popular and influential games of the Golden Age of Arcade Games, selling 70, 000 arcade cabinets.

Asteroids was a hit in the United States and became Atari's best selling game of all time.

" Walker's collection was enormously popular, selling about 600, 000 copies all over the U. S. when the total population was just over 20 million.

At the height of the French Revolution, he was accused by Jean-Paul Marat of selling adulterated tobacco, and of other crimes and was eventually guillotined a year after Marat's death.

The best selling model, the Amiga 500, was introduced in 1987 and became the leading home computer of the late 1980s and early 1990s in much of Western Europe.

At its peak, the Electron was the third best selling micro in the United Kingdom, and total lifetime game sales for the Electron exceeded those of the BBC Micro.

The director of the company was interested in Microprocessor technology and noticed there was a market for selling kits to computer building amateurs, so they started selling electronic kits to hobbyists, and employed four persons at that time.

After selling a few kits, MCP became convinced there was a much bigger market for an improved model sold as a completed working system.

Omari obtained a fake United States ID card from All Services Plus in Passaic County, New Jersey, which was in the business of selling fake documents, including another to Khalid al-Mihdhar.

Co-currently with no selling profit on the player, Roma net loss was enlarged to € 30, 589, 137 (€ 30. 778 million as a group ) and the new owner already planned a re-capitalization after the mandatory bid on the shares.

He then began to study law and was admitted to the bar in 1837, selling the Advocate the same year.

In May 2007 the executor of his widow's estate, French foreign minister Roland Dumas, was convicted of illegally selling Giacometti's works to a top auctioneer.

The Cuttle Cart II was a success by homebrew standards, selling out both production runs and commanding high prices on eBay.

Because the difference was small, a large amount of money had to be borrowed to make the buying and selling profitable.

Despite selling off all of those farms that were at Ballynally, " there was barely enough to keep up New Park and pay for the blasted summer holiday " ( i. e., at New Park ).