Its spokesmen insist that there has not been time enough to institute reforms in military and economic aid policies in the critical areas.

Its Jewish residents were expelled by the military order of Hadrian.

Its historic ties, its long military presence as well as its economic influence have also given it a political influence.

Its military capacity has been fading fast since the 1993 cease-fire between the PLO and Israel, which the DFLP respected despite its objections to the Oslo Accords.

Its creation was directly attributed to the launching of Sputnik and to U. S. realization that the Soviet Union had developed the capacity to rapidly exploit military technology.

Its 24, 135 soldiers are deployed in relation to its military doctrine.

Its mainstream military branch is al-Assifa.

Its position on the estuaries of the Stour and Orwell rivers and its usefulness to mariners as the only safe anchorage between the Thames and Humber led to a long period of maritime significance, both civil and military.

Its two most important members, Britain and France, were reluctant to use sanctions and even more reluctant to resort to military action on behalf of the League.

Its organisation has suffered from the incorporation of Tuareg irregular forces into the regular military following a 1992 agreement between the government and Tuareg rebel forces.

Its unity and operational efficiency was further weakened by the interference of civilians and politicians in military affairs, and the perception gap between the staff officers and field commanders.

Its Statement of Proclamation of the Organization declared "... the right of the Palestinian Arab people to its sacred homeland Palestine and affirming the inevitability of the battle to liberate the usurped part from it, and its determination to bring out its effective revolutionary entity and the mobilization of the capabilities and potentialities and its material, military and spiritual forces ".

Its role was last redefined by statute in 1987, and it probably came into being as a military branch in 1754 ; however, the unit also uses the name " Fortress Guards " which may be traced back to much earlier units of Sammarinese military.

Its chambers reserved the final decisions in legislation, taxation, budget, and treasury matters ( including military funding ), foreign affairs, and the confirment of nobility.

Its purpose was to eliminate food and supplies vital to the South's military operations, as well as to strike a blow at Southern civilian morale.

Its leaders were both bureaucrats and young military officers, crying for the national reform, including the first written constitution.

Its powers, outlined in the United Nations Charter, include the establishment of peacekeeping operations, the establishment of international sanctions, and the authorization of military action.

Its military expansion into eastern Asia and the Pacific Ocean culminated in a surprise attack on the United States, bringing it into World War II.

Its territory, acquired through the military campaigns of its early rulers, rivalled that of the Han Dynasty.

Its campaign against Yugoslav security forces and ethnic Serbs from Kosovo precipitated a major Yugoslav military crackdown which led to the Kosovo War of 1998 – 1999.

Its earliest non-experimental use came with military communication systems during World War II, its key advantage being that its light-based transmissions could not be intercepted by the enemy.

Its domestic market is much smaller, and almost all wartime production was devoted to fighter and bomber types, while the US was also building military transport aircraft, which could be easily adapted to the airliner role.

Its history of innovation began with its founding, when André-Gustave Citroën introduced the first industrial mass production of vehicles outside the United States, a technique he developed while mass-producing armaments for the French military in World War I.

Its professionalization led to an overall reduction of 30, 000 men on all three branches ; the Portuguese military holds the 72nd position in the international comparison in terms of manpower.

Its economy is primarily based on the service sector, encompassing a diverse range of creative industries, media corporations, and convention venues.

Its constitution argued for " the fostering of a strong public sector and a strong private sector without frequent frontier changes ".

Its industrial decline following the Second World War was particularly acute, but in recent decades the country has enjoyed something of a cultural and economic renaissance, fuelled in part by a resurgent financial services sector, the proceeds of North Sea oil and gas, and latterly a devolved parliament.

Its agricultural sector is highly vulnerable to variations in rainfall and changes in world commodity prices.

Its industrial sector began to grow in the mid-19th century, and had become the largest in Europe by the beginning of the 20th century.

Its energy sector accounts for more than 40 % of GDP and 80 % of exports, but only 5 % of employment.

Its industrial sector — exclusive of mining — accounts for only 9 % of GDP and contributes little to exports.

Its agriculture sector is also diversified into dairy farming, sheep farming and horticulture particularly viticulture.

Its tasks are, among others, applied research, technical support, technology transfer and the advanced technical education in the agro-industrial sector.

Its two main bases of support were the Asociación Peruana de Empresas Medias y Pequeñas ( APEMIPE ), an association of SMEs, and the informal sector workers who associated their cause with APEMIPE, and the Evangelical movement.

Its well known features include the historic rows ( narrow streets ) and the main tourist sector on the seafront.

Its primary employers are in the mining / energy, construction, retail trade, health care, social welfare, and the services sector.

Its shares had under-performed the food sector over the previous five years ; it had been pushed back into fourth position by Asda and it did not have enough stores of adequate size to offer a comprehensive non-food range.

Its main rival, in the business newspaper sector, is the London-based Financial Times, which also publishes several international editions.

Its stated objective was to open up markets to competition by removing regulatory barriers to entry: The conference report refers to the bill “ to provide for a pro-competitive, de-regulatory national policy framework designed to accelerate rapidly private sector deployment of advanced information technologies and services to all Americans by opening all telecommunications markets to competition ....” Congress attempted to create a regulatory framework for the transition from primarily monopoly provision to competitive provision of telecommunications services.

Its East Kilbride facility currently acts as a centre of excellence serving the UK utilities sector and as the call centre base responsible for handling all UK clients.

Its aim is to accelerate the drive for excellence and, working in partnership with all parts of the sector, builds on the sector ’ s own capacity to design, commission and deliver improvement and strategic change.

Its hundreds of thousands of member companies in over 130 countries have interests spanning every sector of private enterprise.

Its stay there was brief and soon it was accompanying the First and Second Divisions to the Somme sector.

Its membership from its foundation in 1990 to 1997 involved many elements of the social strata of Serbia, including: state administrators, including business management elites of state-owned enterprises ; employees in the state-owned sector ; less privileged groups farmers ; and dependants ( the unemployed and pensioners ).

Its large-scale manufacturing sector grew at a rate of over 18 %.

Its products continue to be widely used in that sector today, distributed and supported by CA Inc ..