Major foreign-owned banks, such as Barclays, Standard Chartered and Grindlays Bank, successfully resisted takeover.

Major domestic privatization programs have been undertaken, as well as fostering of foreign direct investment through international tender of the oil distribution company, a leading cashmere wool company, and banks.

Major banks and companies pressured the president, Rutherford B. Hayes, against the Act, and he vetoed it, but Congress overrode the veto.

Major General John Sullivan's division extended northward along the Brandywine's east banks, covering the high ground north of Chadds Ford along with Major General Adam Stephen's division and Major General Lord Stirling's divisions.

Major New York banks were on the verge of bankruptcy and there was no mechanism to rescue them until Morgan stepped in personally and took charge, resolving the crisis.

Many urged Portillo to run against Major, and he set up a potential campaign headquarters with banks of telephone lines.

Major water courses cut the island in the north, such as the Rio de São Jorge ( St. George River ), which suffers from the problems of pollution and silting due to the occupation of its banks by slums.

Major banks include Allied Bank, Rural Bank of Puerto Galera, Maxbank, and other microfinance bank.

His initial sketches were of the camp, commanders, and army of the famous Union officer, Major General George B. McClellan, at the banks of the Potomac River in October, 1861.

However, during its 13 years back in government, the Labour Party made few changes to the union reforms passed by the Thatcher and Major Conservative governments and the only nationalisations which took place during that time were of several leading banks facing collapse in the recession of 2008 and 2009.

Major military contractors, oil companies, banks ( including the Federal Reserve ), utilities ( including nuclear power ) and national media ( broadcast and print ) have high-ranking officials as club members or guests.

Major investment and commercial banks such as JP Morgan Chase, Bank of America Securities and Citigroup make markets in swaptions in the major currencies, and these banks trade amongst themselves in the swaption interbank market.

Major flooding in Emerald occurred a few days after as the Nogoa River broke its banks.

Major centre of the Southern Downs with a population of 11, 000, Warwick is set in rolling pastoral country on the banks of the Condamine River.

Major military contractors, oil companies, banks ( including the Federal Reserve ), utilities, and national media have high-ranking officials as club members or guests.

Major dams in the river are the Setumo Dam and the Disaneng Dam, both located near the city of Mafikeng, South Africa, which lies on the banks of the river.

To provide more power Gnome once again turned to the two-row solution, using two banks of 7 cylinders, delivering the 625 hp ( 460 kW ) Gnome-Rhône 14K Mistral Major in 1929.

Batman also used the company's radiation stamping technology to lightly irradiate a large quantity of dollar bills for Gotham Police Department's Major Crimes Unit detectives to use to track the mobs ' money and identify which banks in the city are aiding them.

Under the modified plan for Dracula, the Indian 26th Division under Major General Henry Chambers would establish beachheads on both banks of the Rangoon River.

Major offshore-licensed banks in the Cook Islands include Australia and New Zealand Banking Group ( ANZ ) and Capital Security Bank.

Major banks and multinational corporations admit to employing Feng Shui consultants to advise them on the organization of their offices.

Major monopolies in Armenia include:

Major successes include Absurd Person Singular ( 1975 ), The Norman Conquests trilogy ( 1973 ), Bedroom Farce ( 1975 ), Just Between Ourselves ( 1976 ), A Chorus of Disapproval ( 1984 ), Woman in Mind ( 1985 ), A Small Family Business ( 1987 ), Man Of The Moment ( 1988 ), House & Garden ( 1999 ) and Private Fears in Public Places ( 2004 ).

They include two concertos for pianoforte, one in C major and one in B flat major, ( both 1773 ); a concerto for organ in C Major in two movements, ( the middle movement is missing from the autograph score, or perhaps, it was an improvised organ solo ) ( also 1773 ); two concertante works: a concerto for oboe, violin and cello in D major ( 1770 ), and a flute and oboe concerto in C major ( 1774 ).

Major movements in modern a cappella over the past century include Barbershop and doo wop.

Major bodies of water of Southeast Alaska include Glacier Bay, Lynn Canal, Icy Strait, Chatham Strait, Stephens Passage, Frederick Sound, Sumner Strait, and Clarence Strait.

Major industries in Southeast Alaska include commercial fishing and tourism ( primarily the cruise ship industry ).

Major mines and mining areas in the outback include opals at Coober Pedy, Lightning Ridge and White Cliffs, metals at Broken Hill, Tennant Creek, Olympic Dam and the remote Challenger Mine.

Major research efforts in the field include sequence alignment, gene finding, genome assembly, drug design, drug discovery, protein structure alignment, protein structure prediction, prediction of gene expression and protein – protein interactions, genome-wide association studies and the modeling of evolution.

Major roles of clinical engineers include training and supervising biomedical equipment technicians ( BMETs ), selecting technological products / services and logistically managing their implementation, working with governmental regulators on inspections / audits, and serving as technological consultants for other hospital staff ( e. g. physicians, administrators, I. T., etc .).

Major roads include:

Major established companies that fly to Croatia include the domestic Croatia Airlines ( member of the Star Alliance ), Air France, Lufthansa and British Airways.

Major traditions include Anhui, Cantonese, Fujian, Hunan, Jiangsu, Shandong, Szechuan, and Zhejiang cuisines.

Major manufacturers include Four Winns, AAR Manufacturing, Avon Rubber and Plastics, FIAMM Technologies, Michigan Rubber Products and Rexair.

Major movements within American conservatism include support for tradition, law-and-order, Christianity, anti-communism, and a defense of " Western civilization from the challenges of modernist culture and totalitarian governments.

Its hierarchies include: Brazil ( Country ), Major Regions, States, Macro-regions, micro-regions, municipalities, districts, sub-districts, Neighborhoods and census tracts.

Examples include Geena Davis, Morley Safer, Ashley Judd, Gordon Elliott, former Major League pitcher Bill Lee, and astronaut John Grunsfeld calling from the Space Shuttle.

Historically, one of the most important protagonists of the movement was Walter Martin ( 1928 – 89 ), whose numerous books include the 1955 The Rise of the Cults: An Introductory Guide to the Non-Christian Cults and the 1965 The Kingdom of the Cults: An Analysis of Major Cult Systems in the Present Christian Era, which continues to be influential.

Major types of dance competitions include:

Major roads include N1 west from Djibouti 246 km via Ouê ' a and Mouloud to Dikhil, then north via Yoboki to Ethiopia, designated part of the Ndjamena-Djibouti Trans-Africa Highway 6 ;

Major foreign investors in Eritrea include China, South Korea, Italy, South Africa, and Germany, as well as the World Bank.

Major roads include:

On the more sinister side, famous criminals from Edinburgh's history include Deacon Brodie, pillar of society by day and burglar by night, who is said to have influenced Robert Louis Stevenson's story, the Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, the murderers Burke and Hare who provided fresh corpses for anatomical dissection by the famous surgeon Robert Knox and Major Weir a notorious warlock.

Additional theater credits include Mister Roberts, The Teahouse of the August Moon, Camino Real, Major Barbara, Luv, and Staircase, co-starring Milo O ' Shea, which was a serious depiction of an aging homosexual couple.

Major influences on food production include international organizations ( e. g. the World Trade Organization and Common Agricultural Policy ), national government policy ( or law ), and war.

Major airports include: