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Local German peasants, angry at French plundering, compounded Tallard's problems, leading Mérode-Westerloo to bemoan – " the enraged peasantry killed several thousand of our men before the army was clear of the Black Forest.
Local officials and nobles often exploited both peasants and Wu Hu herdsmen for personal gain and in order to bribe officials for higher posts.
Local officials in the countryside competed to over-report the levels of production that their communes had achieved in response to the new economic organisation, and thus local peasants were left with a much reduced residue.
Local peasants were subjects to the timariot.
Local revolts subsequently took place by Hutu peasants against several Tutsi leaders in northern Burundi ; these Hutu militias killed hundreds of Tutsi families in the process.
Local peasants were taught the basics of machine operation and were put under the plow.
Local landowners saw the organization of the peasants as a threat to their power.
Local and believed
Since the time of Bussard's original proposal, it has been discovered that the region surrounding the sun has a much lower density of interstellar hydrogen than was believed at that time ( see Local Interstellar Cloud ).
O ' Connor, a leader in the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America Local 608 who was later convicted of racketeering himself, was believed to have ordered an attack on a Gambino-associated restaurant that had snubbed the union and was subsequently shot and wounded by the Westies.
Local residents believed the soil to be fertile and the weather enviable and moderate … such that almost any fruit or vegetable could be grown.
Local Asian youths mistakenly believed that a concert featuring the Oi!
To Anangu ( Local Indigenous People ), Uluru is a place name and this " Rock " has a number of different landmarks where many Ancestral beings have interacted with the landscape and / or each other on their journey across central Australia, some even believed to still reside here.
As Nation " cleaned out " a number of local spots, it is believed that Perryville became the first location in the United States to exercise Local Option laws.
Local residents believed there were two tornados striking the town, as two funnels were claimed to have been seen.
Local tradition held that the events took place in the vicinity of Newark Castle, although Scott himself believed that the old tower at Hangingshaw, a seat of the Philiphaugh family near Yarrowford, was the correct location.
Swedish newspaper, The Local quoted Gösta Hultén, the author of a book on Ghezali, who said that Ghezali's father believed he was on a religious pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia.
Local population: The militias, and the political parties they served, believed they had legitimate moral authority to raise taxes to defend their communities.
Local African-American leaders believed the pace was too slow, and William Lawson, a youth minister, asked Wheatley High School students to boycott school.
* The logo is a symbol of a Local Government Unit in the Philippines, and is believed to be significant.
Local references to this part of the town as " Borgerokko " are believed to derive from the higher proportion of residents from north Africa, many being of Moroccan descent.
Local ironstone was used in the construction of the church, and it is believed that the Bernay Monks were involved in the work, importing their own stonemason from France to complete the work.
Local people believed that there was only one male per roost, which may indicate that the sexes roosted separately and that the large roosts were maternity colonies.
Local historians report an enlargement of the existing house under John Walter in the 1630s, and a later extension around 1700 is believed to have been the work of William Talman, also responsible for Chatsworth House.
It's also believed that it helps prevent fungus forming on the eggs of the fish .. Local hobbyists also use it for conditioning the betta's water for breeding and hardening of the scales.
Local attractions include trinity falls, darkview falls, and rock carvings which are an archaeological find and are believed to have been left by Carib Indians.
Local historians indicate that a small boy was traditionally put in the oven of the Flying Bull Inn, as the parish boundary was believed to pass through the kitchen of the inn.
Local sights include Lahor, where Pāṇini is believed to have composed the Sanskrit grammar, and near which Alexander the Great and his Greek army crossed the Indus on his way to India, Shabaz Ghari famous for the Ashoka inscriptions and Takht Bhai, the site of one of the best preserved Buddhist monasteries.
Local people in Phan Thiết regularly practice a ceremony to a whale god, which is believed to give good luck in nautical pursuits.
Local myth remembers the Outrages to have been enacted by " The Wyrley Gang ", although Conan Doyle believed that they were the work of a single person, a local butcher's boy and sometime sailor called Royden Sharp.
Local traditions take the history of this basilica to the dawn of Christianity in Spain attributing to an apparition to Saint James the Great, the apostle who is believed by tradition to have brought Christianity to the country.
Local people believed this to be a spirit named Noatch ( literally meaning " dead body " or " corpse ").
Local and they
Local groups increasingly find that they benefit from collaboration, e. g. on consensus decision making methods, or making simultaneous policy, or relying on common legal resources, or even sometimes a common glossary.
Speaking in Carlow in June 2010, Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government and Green Party leader John Gormley said the Labour Party is coming very close to being the " Father Ted of Irish politics " because, according to Gormley, they have no policies.
Local politicians campaigned to get the title of the film changed because they argued that it would show the town in an unfair way, and even undermine the town as an economic centre.
The following year they won their first election when Marcus Counihan was elected to Killarney Urban District Council during the 1985 Local Elections.
Local Internet registries get assigned at least / 32 blocks, which they divide among ISPs.
Local deposits of metal-bearing ores were difficult to process because they were low grade.
Local Afro-Portuguese often acted as middlemen, the Europeans advancing them goods and they trading them to the local people, most often for ivory.
Once the new changes went into effect, they affiliated with the Western Federation of Miners, and became Local 19.
* Local autonomy or site autonomy — a department can control the data about them ( as they are the ones familiar with it.
Local German citizens claimed that they didn't know what was going on, though at least a few admitted to knowing of the atrocities but insisted they had been powerless to stop it.
Local authorities could declare ‘ general improvement areas ’ in which they would be able to buy up land and houses, and spend environmental improvement grants.
Successful Local Currencies such as the Wörgl experiment attract hostility from the Central Governments, as they reduce the bureaucracy's control over an important power centre.
Local authorities had installed a set of lights but before they became operational the lights were removed.
Local politicians and activists have long denounced the refineries for the amount of air pollution they generate, but in recent years these protests have been muted as the Port of Los Angeles has become the region's dominant polluter.
Local media outlets are: KDFW-TV, KXAS-TV, WFAA-TV, KTVT-TV, KERA-TV, KTXA-TV, KDFI-TV, KDAF-TV, KFWD-TV, and KDTX-TV Other nearby stations that provide coverage for Kaufman County come from the Tyler / Longview / Jacksonville market and they include: KLTV-TV, KYTX-TV, KFXK-TV, KCEB-TV, and KETK-TV.
Local media outlets are: KDFW-TV, KXAS-TV, WFAA-TV, KTVT-TV, KERA-TV, KTXA-TV, KDFI-TV, KDAF-TV, KFWD-TV, and KDTX-TV Other nearby stations that provide coverage for Hunt County come from the Tyler / Longview / Jacksonville market and they include: KLTV-TV, KYTX-TV, KFXK-TV, KCEB-TV, and KETK-TV.
The Coalition Government has now begun to consult on these policies and has released Local Decisions: A Fairer Future for Social Housing for consultation and following this they will most likely soon be presented to Parliament in a housing bill.
Local tour guide companies offer custom " they drive you " trips into Yosemite Valley, and local White Water Rafting companies offer trips on the Tuolumne River nearby.
Local farmers grow pumpkins that are delivered to primary school youth who decorate the pumpkins and submit them for display on the courthouse lawn where they are judged in one of five competitive categories.
Local soils are a rich and varied blend, with deposits of gravels, sands, and rock flour, ground up and tilled by the glaciers, and left behind as they receded to the north.
Local musicians recently received national attention when they appeared performing in the movie Nights in Rodanthe.
* Blackwell Uncovered Local Interest Group they don't want you to here.
As Texas Peace Officers they are empowered to enforce all Federal, State, and Local Ordinances.
Local residents were interested in facilitating the public services which municipal government provides, and they were particularly interested in building a culinary water system.
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