Many historians trace modern Ethiopian foreign policy to the reign of Emperor Tewodros II, whose primary concerns were the security of Ethiopia's traditional borders, obtaining technology from Europe ( or modernization ), and to a lesser degree Ethiopian rights to the monastery of Dar-es-Sultan in the city of Jerusalem.

Many countries have growing electoral reform movements, which advocate systems such as approval voting, single transferable vote, instant runoff voting or a Condorcet method ; these methods are also gaining popularity for lesser elections in some countries where more important elections still use more traditional counting methods.

Many barons perceived the king's household as what Ralph Turner has characterised as a " narrow clique enjoying royal favour at barons ' expense " staffed by men of lesser status.

Many people have these fears but to a lesser degree than those who suffer from specific phobias.

Many other languages use red panda, or variations of shining / gold or lesser / small in their names for this species.

Many climbed through the ranks of royalty, serving as mistress to lesser nobles first, eventually reaching the role of mistress to a king or prince.

Many owners of the single-family mansions were forced to rent out rooms in their homes to temporary workers and those with lesser income.

Many forgeries of Napoleon's ( c. 1800 ) war orders exist ; he was so busy with battle concerns that he barely had enough time to sign promotion orders for generals, so his scribes applied his name to lesser documents.

Many of the inhabitants of Northumbria were Danes, who had enjoyed lesser taxation than in other parts of England.

Many people choose to move to Colts Neck due to its open space and proximity to the Jersey Shore, while still being within commuting distance of New York City and, to a lesser extent, Philadelphia.

Many countries recognize eminent domain to a much lesser extent than the English-speaking world or do not recognize it at all.

Many of the ideas of the physiocrats spread throughout Europe, and were adopted to a greater or lesser extent in Sweden, Tuscany, Spain, and after 1776 in the newly created United States.

Many lesser commanders welcomed these relatively predictable, static operations to mask their lack of military ability.

Many consider lesser known rappers like Jeremiah St. Clair ( originating from the early 90s ) as the last real hip hop mc's.

Many of the Anglo-Saxon nobles lost lands and titles ; the lesser thegns and others found themselves lower down the social order than previously.

Many well tried and tested techniques have been devised to achieve this, but all essentially operate to increase the rate ( and to a lesser extent efficiency ) of combustion in a given engine.

Many AACM members have recorded widely: in the early days on the Delmark Records Avant Garde Jazz series and later on the Black Saint / Soul Note and India Navigation labels, and to a lesser extent on the Arista Records and ECM labels.

Many of the president's ceremonial duties fall under provisions of the constitution which allow him or her to exercise powers " not explicitly defined " in the constitution, but allowed by a lesser law.

Many researchers have reacted to this limitation by studying lesser conflicts instead, since they have been far more common.

Many such prominent preachers in the second half of the twentieth century have put on record that to a lesser or greater extent they were persuaded of the importance of systematic exposition as a result of reading the works of A. W.

Many of their lesser known Top 40 hits, including " Neon Rainbow ", " I Met Her in Church ", and " Sweet Cream Ladies, Forward March ", are considered minor classics.

Many of the Sephardic Jews exiled from Spain resettled in greater or lesser numbers in many Arabic-speaking countries, such as Syria and Morocco.

Many thought they could save money by holding shows in lesser towns and smaller arenas with little to no televised exposure, leading to many shows being held only once a week or once a month in local towns.

Many of the planets are not only inhabitable but extremely pleasant to live on, and all are settled to a greater or lesser degree.

Many consequentialist theories may seem primarily concerned with human beings and their relationships with other human beings.

Many persons and beings have falsely pretended to be gods or demons during history ; in particular, none of the ones claiming to be major figures from Judeo-Christian beliefs has turned out to be the real article, although a number of angels have appeared in recent years, as well as an apparent true rebellion and expulsion of angels from a higher realm known as Paradise, proving that some form of Heaven and Hell do exist in this Universe, seemingly like those in keeping with common real world religious belief.

Many other people accept some of the basic principles of social justice, such as the idea that all human beings have a basic level of value, but disagree with the elaborate conclusions that may or may not follow from this.

Many secular philosophies also take a morally absolutist stance, arguing that absolute laws of morality are inherent in the nature of human beings, the nature of life in general, or the universe itself.

Many of the Irish tales of the Tuatha Dé Danann refer to these beings as fairies, though in more ancient times they were regarded as goddesses and gods.

Many beings who are described as deities in older tales are described as " fairies " in more recent writings.

Many of these taniwha are described as beings of lizard-like form, and the some of the stories say the huge beasts were cut up and eaten by the slayers.

" Many were shape changing, transformed from or into human beings or natural species, or into natural features such as rocks but all left something of their spiritual essence at the places noted in their stories.

Many plants are associated with ancestral beings.

Many attending the Kirtland Temple dedication in 1836 claimed to see multiple heavenly visions and appearances of heavenly beings, including deity.

Many writers have unjustly accused Cuvier of obstinately maintaining that fossil human beings could never be found.

Many studies have been performed to determine whether there is an actual presence of a VNO in adult human beings.

Many Victorian era poets saw them as magical beings.

Many of the later game supplements have optional rules suggesting how to handle interactions between different types of supernatural beings, and in some cases, present rules that attempt to allow discrepancies to exist between settings.

Many religious and cultural traditions hold that the economy exists to serve human beings, so all economic entities have an obligation to society ( see for example Economic Justice for All ).

Many Eskimo cultures had persons acting as mediator ( between human and beings of the belief system, among others ) — usually termed as " shamans " in the literature.

Many 19th century thinkers relied upon stereotypes in which human beings were either " healthy " or " degenerate ," " normal " or " abnormal ," " insiders " or " outsiders.

Many of the elders still have a belief in these beings, but younger generations tend not to believe in these stories.

Many scenes are laid in houses or plots of land which are under the power of malignant beings of various kinds, and where eating or drinking anything at all-even so much, in one case, as taking in a single drop of wine from a girl's lip in the act of kissing her-would place an unwary visitor under the owner's power.

Many of the legendary beings, with appearances motivated by local geography, have powers and influenced much in agriculture and worldview of Iquitos.

In the face of McCulloch's arguments that living beings are nothing but highly complex machines, Kroitor insists that there is something more: ' Many people feel that in the contemplation of nature and in communication with other living things, they become aware of some kind of force, or something, behind this apparent mask which we see in front of us, and they call it God.

Many conscious beings behave in ways that are contrary to the rules of logic.

Many aspects of exploration are shared among all beings, as all known terrestrial beings share similar aspects: limited size and a need to seek out food sources.