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 vast oil reserves gives it a prominent voice in global economic forums and organizations like the OPEC.

Its prosperity ( and that of neighboring Aruba ) was restored in the early 20th century with the construction of oil refineries to service the newly discovered Venezuelan oil fields.

Its fruit, also called the olive, is of major agricultural importance in the Mediterranean region as the source of olive oil.

Its essential oil did not show any evidence of mutagenicity in the Ames test.

Its extensive coastlines on the Persian Gulf and Red Sea provide great leverage on shipping ( especially crude oil ) through the Persian Gulf and Suez Canal.

Its usage as a pigment in oil paint ended in the early 19th century when a chemically identical synthetic variety, often called French ultramarine, became available.

Its fruits and seeds are the source of neem oil.

Its absorbency makes it work with all painting media, including water-based media, different types of tempera, and oil paint.

Its high oil levels and protein are fattening for stock.

Its sacred grove furnished the olive oil that was distributed as prizes in the Panathenaic Games and contained in the finely decorated Panathenaic amphorae presented to the winners.

Its seeds are used to produce edible oil suitable for consumption by humans and livestock.

Its twelve storeys were completed in 1997 after 4 years of work and house offices for the bank and for divisions of several other companies, including insurance and oil companies.

Its only business is AKB oil, once known as the Blue Jay Junction.

Its main source of revenue is revenue from property tax, sales tax, and revenue from the oil and gas industry.

Its facilities include grain elevator storage, molasses, sugar, oil and coffee terminals.

Its history, however, is primarily that of an oil boomtown.

Its fortunes rose with oil, but its population decreased when the railroad was built away from the town.

Its expense registers in the use of thin sheets of real gold leaf in all parts of the panel that are not covered with paint, a visual analogue not only to the costly sheaths that medieval goldsmiths used to decorate altars, but also a means of surrounding the image of the Madonna with illumination from oil lamps and candles.

Its industrial use as a solvent in industrialized nations has largely been replaced by the much cheaper turpentine substitutes distilled from crude oil.

Iran's Great Weakness May Be Its Oil, by Thomas Friedman, challenges and debates conflicts about oil.

Its impact has included economic, physical, and social repercussions running the gamut from life in small towns to the global oil market.

Its stated object is: to preserve the marine environment through the complete elimination of pollution by oil and other harmful substances and the minimization of accidental discharge of such substances.

Its refrain was: `` let us return to the individualistic democracy of our forefathers for our salvation ''.

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

Its ground for this recommendation was that, while petitioner claimed before the local board August 17, 1956 ( as evidenced by its memorandum in his file of that date ), that he was devoting 100 hours per month to actual preaching, the headquarters of the Jehovah's Witnesses reported that he was no longer doing so and, on the contrary, had relinquished both his Pioneer and Bible Student Servant positions.

Its initial expenses will be paid from appropriations currently available for our foreign aid program.

Its early morning patrons were coachmen, who fortified themselves for the day with that delicacy.

Its building was first proposed in 1791, when a group of citizens, mostly Newburyport men, petitioned the General Court for an act of incorporation.

Its folklore and legend, usually disguised as history, are allowed to account for group actions, to provide a focal point for group loyalty, and to become a cohesive force for national identification.

Its staff makes a preliminary determination of the epicenter of the quake and alerts tide stations near the epicenter for a tsunami.

Its entire complement of non-commissioned officers on the platoon level had departed as cadre for another unit, and its vehicles were still those used in the drive across Luzon in World War 2.

Its contents are another matter, for they reveal the kinds of interests pursued by the congregation.

Its other main uses are for bituminous waterproofing products, including production of roofing felt and for sealing flat roofs.

Its drafting by the Continental Congress began in mid 1776, and an approved version was sent to the states for ratification in late 1777.

Its name is Latin for " water-carrier " or " cup-carrier ", and its symbol is 20px (), a representation of water.

Its domain is the powerset of A ( with the empty set removed ), and so makes sense for any set A, whereas with the definition used elsewhere in this article, the domain of a choice function on a collection of sets is that collection, and so only makes sense for sets of sets.

Its current applications include a neutron source and an agent for radiation therapy targeting cancer cells in the body.

Its intent was to provide the basis for discussions of reunion with the Roman Catholic and Orthodox Churches, but it had the ancillary effect of establishing parameters of Anglican identity.

Its widespread usage led to the gradual adoption of the Aramaic alphabet for writing the Hebrew language.

Its significance for archaeology lies in the possibility to understand the rich and sophisticated cultural expression of Ancestral Pueblo societies.

Its pearls have also been collected for centuries.

Its founders were often away as well ; in the middle of harvesting, they left for a lecture tour through Providence, Rhode Island, New York City, and New Haven, Connecticut.