Like Titian before him, Tiepolo was an international star, treasured by royalty far afield for his ability to depict glory in fresco.

Like Nite-Owl, Ozymandias ' costume was changed extensively from the purple and gilt of the graphic novel, so as to further emphasize his fascination with Egyptian royalty and to reference and parody superhero films such as Batman & Robin.

Like any other district area, South Ribble ( including its ward of Lostock Hall ), has a local mayor and mayoress, who is known as the first citizen of the borough and has precedence within the borough boundaries over all except royalty and the Lord Lieutenant.

Like the German Navy, the German Army used Zeppelins as airships for bombing military and civilian targets in France and Belgium as well as the United Kingdom.

Like Lenin, he admitted that the old Russian military, inherited from the monarchy and the Provisional Government and in advanced stages of decomposition, was unable to fight:

Like Stroessner, Somoza had run a regime based on the military and a political party that had been noted for its stability and its apparent imperviousness to change.

Like Heinlein in " Solution Unsatisfactory ", Anderson assumed that the imposition of an American military rule over the rest of the world would necessarily entail the destruction of American democracy and the imposition of a harsh tyrannical rule over the United States ' own citizens.

The story that sandals were discarded to toughen the feet of Zulu warriors has been noted in various military accounts such as " The Washing of the Spears ," " Like Lions They Fought " and " Anatomy of the Zulu Army.

Like many weapons from feudal times, maces have been used in heraldic military blazons as either a charge on the shield or as external ornamentation.

Like the emperors of the Sui Dynasty before him, Taizong established a military campaign in 644 against the Korean kingdom of Goguryeo in the Goguryeo-Tang War ; however, this led to its withdrawal in the first campaign because they failed to overcome the successful defense led by General Yeon Gaesomun.

Like money, financial instruments may be " backed " by state military fiat, credit ( i. e. social capital held by banks and their depositors ), or commodity resources.

Like his brothers, he was carefully educated and inclined toward literature, but eventually took up a military career.

Like many others, Stauffenberg was impressed by the overwhelming military success, which was attributed to Hitler.

Like her older sister Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia, she nursed wounded soldiers in a military hospital from 1914 to 1917, until the family was arrested following the first Russian Revolution of 1917.

Like citizens, they had to perform military service and, if wealthy enough, were subject to the special tax contributions ( eisphora ) and tax services (" liturgies ", for example, paying for a warship or funding a tragic chorus ) contributed by wealthy Athenians.

Like Colonel Imboden, William Page also served as a mayor of Ansted for 10 years, although his title of " Colonel " was honorific and did not result from technically attaining that rank in military service, although he was active in the West Virginia State Militia.

Like any dictatorship, a military dictatorship may be official or unofficial, and as a result may not actually qualify as stratocratic.

Like the others before him, Duncan is appalled at what Atreides rule has become, but Leto appoints him as the head of his otherwise all-female military, the Fish Speakers.

Like the challenge of the Cold War, this one cannot be met by military power alone.

Like its French counterpart, it was mainly used for military purposes.

Like most members of his family, Michael was enrolled in the military.

Like many of the forts it included such apparently anachronistic features as a drawbridge and machicolation, which were still common in military architecture of the period.

Like many players of his era, he missed three seasons due to military service.

Like many other Latin American nations, Brazil faces the challenge of having to overcome a long history of involvement by the military and their related intelligence arms in domestic politics.

Like most British Empire political and military leaders in World War I, Smuts thought the American Expeditionary Forces lacked the proper leadership and experience to be effective quickly.

Like other ordinaries, a single saltire is throughout — extending to the edges of the field — as in the coat of Anderson, Canada ( Or on a saltire engrailed Azure two quill pens in saltire Argent enfiling a Loyalist military coronet Or ); unless it is blazoned as couped ( cut off ), as in the coat of

Like their civilian counterpart, these senior officers also possess the authority to make crucial decisions affecting the direction of such organizations, and are also a resource in decision-making, policy setting, and oversight of the military and civilian staff supporting the general officer, flag officer or civilian official.

Like the rest of the American military establishment, the Air Force was in no way prepared for battle at the western rim of the Pacific.

Like email on the internet, the top application on mobile is also a personal messaging service, but SMS text messaging is used by over 2. 4 billion people.

Like the radio services of the NBC, the television service tries to cater to all the linguistic audiences in Namibia, although the dominant language is English ( Namibia's official language )

Like a growing number of aristocrats in the late 4th and early 5th centuries who were entering the clergy rather than taking up the more usual administrative careers in the imperial service, Paulinus spent a great deal of his money on his chosen church and city.

Like IPS, a purpose-built system, such as the well-known Top Layer IPS products, can detect and block denial of service attacks at much nearer line speed than a software based system.

Like analog modems, DSL transceivers constantly monitor the quality of each channel and will add or remove them from service depending on whether they are usable.

Like the previous Sui Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty maintained a civil service system by drafting officials through standardized examinations and recommendations to office.

Like Stepashin, Putin had a background in the secret police, having made his career in the foreign intelligence service and later as head of the FSB.

Like its news and information service, MPR's classical music service originates from KSJN ( 99. 5 FM ) in the Twin Cities.

He edited Rashtradharma ( a Hindi monthly ), Panchjanya ( a Hindi weekly ) and the dailies Swadesh and Veer Arjun. Like other full-time workers of the Sangh, Vajpayee never married and decided to dedicate his entire life for the service of the nation.

Like many smaller municipalities across Ohio, Oberlin used to be served by railroads, but currently has no railroad service.

Like the eleven Swiss regiments of line infantry in French service, the Gardes suisses wore red coats.

Like Titan, 33 are intended to reach service.

" Like the Special Achievement Award, the Special Award and Honorary Award have been used to reward significant achievements of the year that did not fit in existing categories, subsequently leading the Academy to establish several new categories, and to honor exceptional career achievements, contributions to the motion picture industry, and service to the Academy.

Like Friedrich Christoph Dahlmann, he placed his historical learning at the service of the estates of Schleswig and Holstein and composed the address of 1844, in which the estates protested against the claim of King Christian VIII of Denmark to alter the law of succession in the duchies, an issue diplomatically negotiated through the London Protocol of 1852, and ultimately resolved in a war between Denmark and allied forces from Austria and Prussia in the Second Schleswig War.

Like L2TP, L2TPv3 provides a ‘ pseudo-wire ’ service, but scaled to fit carrier requirements.

Like dwellings, they yield a consumption service that can continue for years.

Like the armed forces, local assets of the former Moldavian KGB were transferred to the new government along with those personnel who wished to enter the service of the new government.

Like the lunch wagon, a stationary diner allowed one to set up a food service business quickly using pre-assembled constructs and equipment.

Like WAP, i-mode delivers only those services that are specifically converted for the service, or are converted through gateways.

Like the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, the television service has, according to the State Services Commission, an unusual status in that it is ' a stand alone agency within the State sector that does not fall under any State sector category '.

Like all other municipalities in British Columbia, Coquitlam's ambulance service is run by the British Columbia Ambulance Service.