Its first meeting was held at York in 1831 ; and Brewster, along with Babbage and Sir John F. W. Herschel, had the chief part in shaping its constitution.

Its chief distinguishing characteristics are its extremely long neck and legs, its horn-like ossicones and its distinctive coat patterns.

Its chief city is Poznań.

Its chief fundraiser was Luise Rainer, recipient of the best actress Oscar two years in a row ; and the entire group called themselves this time, History Today, Inc.

Its chief focus is the sound changes that take place in morphemes ( minimal meaningful units ) when they combine to form words.

Its structure is like that of the state and national governments, with an elected mayor as chief of the executive branch and an elected council that represents the various neighborhoods forming the legislative branch.

Its chief editor is the Chancellor Fang Xuanling, who dies in this year as well.

Its chief significance is perhaps that its author, Eric S. Raymond, used it as a model to discuss his theories of open source software development in a widely read and influential essay on software development methodologies, The Cathedral and the Bazaar.

Its chief agricultural products were oats and barley, from which the inhabitants brewed a kind of beer named sabaea.

Its chief rivers were the Dravus, Savus, and Arrabo, in addition to the Danuvius ( less correctly, Danubius ), into which the first three rivers flow.

Its object had originally been to keep the emperor in close touch with all the branches of the administration and to bring to his notice any abuses and irregularities, and for this purpose its chief was in constant personal intercourse with the sovereign.

Its officers were installed by the French and the chief of staff General Nguyễn Văn Hinh was a French citizen ; Hinh loathed Diệm and frequently disobeyed him.

Its artistic director and chief conductor is Maestro Alkis Baltas.

Its chief affluent is the Minjan, which Sir George Robertson found to be a considerable stream where it approaches the Hindu Kush close under the Dorab.

One of the Piasts ' chief cities, it was mentioned by 10th century A. D. sources as the capital of Piast Poland ( in Dagome Iudex ) however the first capital of Piast realm was most likely Giecz built around 840s A. D. Its Roman Catholic archbishop, the Archbishop of Gniezno, is the Primate of Poland.

Its chief use is in the enlivening of plain surfaces.

Its chief aims are to enshrine in law accountability, transparency, freedom of religion, freedom of the press, separation of governmental powers, the right to strike, universal suffrage ( at age 18 ) and independence of the judiciary.

Its chief commandment remains in the O. C.

Its importance and flourishing condition under the Roman Empire is sufficiently attested by existing remains and inscriptions ; it was at that period unquestionably the chief city of the Hirpini, and probably, next to Capua, the most populous and considerable city of southern Italy.

Its name is from a modified Ojibwa term meaning " southern ;" A Menominee chief named Sawanoh led a band that lived in the area.

Its first name honored Jean Baptiste Richardville, a chief of the Miami.

Its chief economic source is agriculture, particularly fruit and vegetable cultivation.

Its current chief is Chris Strohm.

Its name also referred to what became the colony's chief export commodity crop.

Its purpose was to find ways of offsetting the United States' declining balance of trade for 1958 and 1959.

Its placement between Attica and the Peloponnesus made it a center of trade even earlier, and its earliest inhabitants came from Asia Minor.

Its position as the Asia-Pacific gateway resulted in the settlement of the province by people of Asian descent, making it one of the most diverse and multicultural areas of Western North America, as well as helping start trade, cultural and diplomatic relations between Canada and the Asia-Pacific region.

Its trade deficit has been increasing at a large rate since 1997 ( See chart ) and increased by 49. 8 billion dollars between 2005 and 2006, setting a record high of 817. 3 billion dollars, up from 767. 5 billion dollars the previous year.

Its aim is to ensure that international trade in specimens of wild animals and plants does not threaten the survival of the species in the wild, and it accords varying degrees of protection to more than 33, 000 species of animals and plants.

Its trade covered, and it had 1, 500 contract employees.

Its major functions include facilitating trade negotiations and handling trade related matters, inter-government relations with foreign governments ; the promoting of investment in Hong Kong ; and liaising with the media and business community.

Its trade alliance with Lübeck in 1241 marks the origin and core of the powerful Hanseatic League of trading cities.

Its wealth came from controlling the trade in ivory from the Limpopo Valley, copper from the mountains of northern Transvaal, and gold from the Zimbabwe Plateau between the Limpopo and Zambezi rivers, with the Swahili merchants at Chibuene.

Its largest EU trade partners, in order of market share, are Germany ( 12. 9 %), France ( 11. 4 %), and Spain ( 7. 4 %).

Its location allowed it to benefit from the caravan trade to Aleppo and Baghdad, Shatt al-Arab trade, and from smuggling trade into Ottoman territory that high tariffs encouraged.

Its European peoples, of ethnic French, Spanish and Mexican descent, were largely Catholic ; in addition, there was a large population of enslaved Africans made up of a high proportion of recent arrivals from Africa, as Spain had continued the international slave trade.

Its location has often made it a buffer between more powerful neighboring states, as well as a crossroads for trade and communication.

Its people roamed the Mediterranean seas, skilled in trade and in art, and founded trading colonies.

Its core activities were 1 ) fostering equitable trade and decent work, 2 ) promoting the right to health and more humane migration policies, and 3 ) working to strengthen women's leadership and encourage corporate responsibility.

Its status can range from high ( the members even eventually achieving titles such as that of Merchant Prince or Nabob ) to low, as in Chinese culture, owing to the presumed distastefulness of profiting from " mere " trade rather than from labor or the labor of others as in agriculture and craftsmanship.

Its economy is diversified although the commodity exports is important, the trade and industry are centralized in Lima but the agricultural exports have created development in all the regions.

Its first published use is credited to Don Hoefler, a friend of Vaerst's, who used the phrase as the title of a series of articles in the weekly trade newspaper Electronic News.

Its restrictive trade regime and generally interventionist policies continue to have a negative effect on the economy.

Its tropical climate is moderated by southeast trade winds, and its natural resources include, hardwood forests, and fish.

Its location gives it control of the trade routes between western and eastern Transcaucasia.