Major metropolitan areas in most European countries are usually served by extensive commuter / suburban rail systems.

Major European orchestras generally use basses with a fifth string, tuned to B three octaves and a semitone below middle C. Players with standard double basses ( E-A-D-G ) typically play the notes below " E " an octave higher.

Victims of their campaign against the Egyptian state in the 1990s included the head of the counter-terrorism police ( Major General Raouf Khayrat ), a parliamentary speaker ( Rifaat al-Mahgoub ), dozens of European tourists and Egyptian bystanders, and over 100 Egyptian police.

In June 1990, Major suggested that the proposed Single European Currency should be a " hard ecu ", competing for use against existing national currencies ; this idea was not in the end adopted.

On becoming Prime Minister Major had promised to keep Britain " at the very heart of Europe ", and claimed to have won " game, set and match for Britain " – by negotiating the social chapter and single currency opt-outs from the Maastricht Treaty, and by ensuring that there was no overt mention of a " Federal " Europe and that foreign and defence policy were kept as matters of inter-governmental cooperation, in separate " pillars " from the supranational European Union.

Early in 1994 Major vetoed the Belgian politician Jean-Luc Dehaene as President of the European Commission ( in succession to Jacques Delors ) for being excessively federalist, only to find that he had to accept a Luxembourg politician of similar views, Jacques Santer, instead.

Around this time Major – who in an unfortunate phrase denounced the Labour Leader John Smith as " Monsieur Oui, the poodle of Brussels " – tried to demand an increase in the Qualified Majority needed for voting in the newly-enlarged European Union ( i. e. making it easier for Britain, in alliance with other countries, to block federalist measures ).

Major never succeeded in reconciling the " Euro-rebels " among his MPs to his European policy, who although relatively few in number-in spite of the fact that their views were much more widely supported amongst Conservative activists and voters-wielded great influence because of his small majority, and episodes such as the Maastricht Rebellion inflicted serious political damage on him and his government.

Major European Prairie Dog Associations, such as AICDP, remain against import from the US, due to the high death rate of wild captures and.

Powell's opinion of Thatcher had declined after she endorsed John Major at the 1992 election, which he believed to be a repudiation of her fight against European integration after the Bruges speech.

Major slave trading regions of Africa, 15th – 19th centuriesAfricans themselves played a role in the slave trade, by selling their captive or prisoners of war to European buyers.

Major European examples of stock exchanges include the Amsterdam Stock Exchange, London Stock Exchange, Paris Bourse, and the Deutsche Börse ( Frankfurt Stock Exchange ).

The Governor of New South Wales, William Bligh, was deposed by the New South Wales Corps under the command of Major George Johnston, working closely with John Macarthur, on 26 January 1808, 20 years to the day after Arthur Phillip founded European settlement in Australia.

Major European institutions such as The College of Physicians and Surgeons considered delivering babies ungentlemanly work and refused to have anything to do with childbirth as a whole.

Major named enemy countries include the " European People's Republic " and the " Eastern European Republic ".

By 1944, the British divisions were grouped into the 1st Airborne Corps under General Frederick Browning, while US divisions in the European Theatre ( the 17th, 82nd, and 101st ) were organized into the XVIII Airborne Corps under US Major General Matthew Ridgway.

Major roads include European routes E70 to Bucharest and E87 to Istanbul and Constanta, Romania ; national motorways A-2 ( Hemus motorway ) to Sofia and A-5 ( Cherno More motorway ) to Burgas.

The first European to penetrate the mythical barrier was A. C. Gregory from the north in March 1858 ; later the same year, an expedition under B. H. Babbage and Major Warburton in the north-west also crossed the non-existent barrier near modern Marree.

It was first settled by European colonists in 1683, as part of a tract of land purchased from William Penn by Major Jasper Farmar.

The first European to visit the area was the then Surveyor General of New South Wales, Major Thomas Mitchell, in 1841.

It was named for its first permanent settler of European descent, Major Moses Winters, who had settled in the area before 1799.

Major disruptions to air travel in the 21st century included the closing of U. S. airspace due to the September 11 attacks, and the closing of most of European airspace after the 2010 eruption of Eyjafjallajökull.

On succeeding Thatcher, the Major government had to decide its position on the negotiations on European Economic and Monetary Union ( EMU ) which would lead to the Maastricht Treaty.

Major cities are Juneau, Ketchikan, and Sitka.

Major cities in Australia have suburban railway systems in their metropolitan areas.

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Major cities along the lake include Buffalo, New York ; Erie, Pennsylvania ; Toledo, Ohio ; Port Stanley, Ontario ; Monroe, Michigan ; Sandusky, Ohio ; and Cleveland, Ohio.

Major cities, such as Ur and Uruk, took root on tributaries of the Euphrates, while others, notably Lagash, were built on branches of the Tigris.

The biggest happenings however took place in the years 1987 through 1989, with the " orange " wave spilling over Poland into cities such as Warsaw, Łódź, Lublin and Tomaszów Mazowiecki following Major Fydrych's arrest on 8 March 1988.

Major Temple cities: Puri, which hosts a major Vaishnava Jagannath temple and Rath Yatra celebration ; Katra, home to the Vaishno Devi temple ; Three comparatively recent temples of fame and huge pilgrimage are Shirdi, home to Sai Baba of Shirdi, Tirumala-Tirupati, home to the Tirumala Venkateswara Temple ; and Sabarimala, where Swami Ayyappan is worshipped.

* Major cities ( over 100, 000 inhabitants )-2002 data ( 2003 for Podgorica ):

In February 1998, a local company took cuttings from the Major Oak and began cultivating clones of the famous tree with the intention of sending saplings to be planted in major cities around the world.

Major industrial cities of Northern Siberia, such as Norilsk and Magadan, were originally camps built by prisoners and run by ex-prisoners.

Major cities with a Green presence were spread throughout the country and included Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Cleveland, Oklahoma City, and Washington, DC.

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Major cities include Rostock, Schwerin, Neubrandenburg, Stralsund, Greifswald and Wismar.

Major cities are linked with new single carriageways or with well maintained roads inherited from communism.

Major tourist destinations in the region include the historic, cultural and artistic cities of Milan ( which is Italy's second top tourist destination ), Brescia, Mantua, Pavia, Como, Cremona, Bergamo, Sondrio, Lecco, Lodi, Varese, Monza, and the lakes of Garda, Como, Maggiore, and Iseo.

Major cities and towns, even Rome itself, had not needed fortifications for many centuries ; many now surrounded themselves with thick walls.

Major modern highways that connect cities in populous developed and developing countries usually incorporate features intended to enhance the road's capacity, efficiency, and safety to various degrees.

Major cities along the present course of the Yellow River include ( from west to east ) Lanzhou, Yinchuan, Wuhai, Baotou, Luoyang, Zhengzhou, Kaifeng, and Jinan.

Major cities along the Yellow River

Major cities have immune systems made up of aerostatic defensive micromachines, and public matter compilers provide basic food, blankets, and water for free to anyone who requests them.

Major cities also have an extra tier of local government named Circoscrizione di Decentramento Comunale or, in some cities ( e. g. Rome ) Municipio.

Major cities include Sapporo and Asahikawa in the central region and the port of Hakodate facing Honshu.

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