The WPE's Politburo, which replaced the COPWE's Executive Committee as Ethiopia's chief decision making body, had eleven members, seven of whom were drawn from the Derg and the remaining four being civilian ideologues and technocrats.

Amidst an armed insurrection, the end of Soviet support in 1990, and a concurrent move towards multi-party politics across Africa, the WPE's power began to unravel, and the party officially renounced Marxism and declared itself in favor of a mixed economy.

During his aggressive campaign to win his present position, Mr. Kennedy was vitriolic about this country's `` prestige '' abroad.

Brazil's foreign policy is a by-product of the country's unique position as a regional power in Latin America, a leader among developing countries, and an emerging world power.

If the current account is in surplus, the country's net international asset position increases correspondingly.

Services currently account for 25 % of GDP, largely because of the oversized government bureaucracy and high transportation costs arising from the country's landlocked position.

The country's international reserve position continued to be strong in 2000, at slightly over $ 1 billion.

These reforms not only increased investor confidence, but they were also supported by the IMF and the World Bank, however, they were not welcome widely by the Hungarians ; Bokros broke the negative record of popularity: 9 % of the population wanted to see him in an " important political position " and only 4 % were convinced that the reforms would " improve the country's finances in a big way "

In his final moments, Hamlet names Prince Fortinbras of Norway as the probable heir to the throne, since the Danish kingship is an elected position, with the country's nobles having the final say.

The country's strategic sea-lane position fostered inter-island and international trade ; trade has since fundamentally shaped Indonesian history.

The country's climate is influenced chiefly by the mountains, Kyrgyzstan's position near the middle of the Eurasian landmass, and the absence of any body of water large enough to influence weather patterns.

Marcel Achard was a French playwright and screenwriter whose popular sentimental comedies maintained his position as a highly-recognizable name in his country's theatrical and literary circles for five decades.

Robert Rex, ethnically part European, part native, was appointed the country's first premier, a position he held until his death 18 years later.

In a speech endorsing Kim Jong-il as NDC chairman, Kim Yong-nam made it clear that chairman of the NDC is the highest position in the country, in charge of all matters regarding the country's politics, economy, and military.

Following the revolution, Khomeini became the country's Supreme Leader, a position created in the constitution as the highest ranking political and religious authority of the nation, which he held until his death.

Due to the low level of demand, the country's existing transit potential and advantageous geographical position is not fully utilised.

The geography of Vatican City is unique due to the country's position as an urban, landlocked enclave of Rome, Italy.

Vanuatu former Foreign Affairs Minister and former chairman of the Vanuatu National Commission for UNESCO Joe Natuman expressed surprise at his country's position, saying it appeared to contradict Vanuatu's long-standing support for Palestine.

The presence of a large number of Sahrawi nationalists among the country's dominant Moorish population made the Mauritanian government's position yet more fragile, and thousands of Mauritanian Sahrawis defected to Polisario.

With his position in the Tanzanian government as head of the country's national park system, Bryceson was able to protect Goodall's research project and implement an embargo on tourism at Gombe while he was alive.

At the deliberations of the Congress of Vienna in 1814 and 1815, Frederick Augustus ' position was doomed by his country's difficult geographic position, the changing fortunes of war, a lack of assistance from Austria, and his own hesitant attitude.

The family's perhaps most prominent lineage comes from Norway, where at least three of his ancestors have been that country's leaders in a position comparable with a modern prime minister: in 16th century, his ancestor Nils Henriksson av Østråt ( Gyldenløve ) served as Lord High Steward of Norway and another ancestor, Vincents Vincentson Lunge, as Viceroy of the kingdom of Norway ; and then in 17th century, yet another ancestor, Jens Ovesonn Bjelke served as Lord High Chancellor of Norway, and was himself descended from king Haakon V of Norway ( the king and his forefathers thus also being Bildt's ancestors ) through his daughter Agnes Hakonardottir, Dame of Borgarsyssel.

" Rather, as legal subjects of the country's monarch, the Royal Family holds a unique position reflected in the confusion that sometimes arises around the awarding of honours to them.

Thus, the responsibility for instituting a new and comprehensive National Health Service, as well as tackling the country's severe post-war housing shortage, fell to the youngest member of Attlee's Cabinet in his first ministerial position.

Sri Lanka's Lanka Sama Samaja Party, then the country's leading workers ' party, took a middle position during this dispute.

The UK's General Osteopathic Council, a regulatory body set up under the country's Osteopaths Act 1993 has issued a position paper on European regulation of osteopathy.

The decline of the Cunard line from its position of dominance in Atlantic travel is a significant development in the history of transportation.

In the course of time and during their development, adhesives have gained a stable position in an increasing number of production processes.

Olav Hammer suggests that anthroposophy carries scientism " to lengths unparalleled in any other Esoteric position " due to its dependence upon claims of clairvoyant experience, its subsuming natural science under " spiritual science ", and its development of what Hammer calls " fringe " sciences such as anthroposophical medicine and biodynamic agriculture justified partly on the basis of the ethical and ecological values they promote, rather than purely on a scientific basis.

Because of the development of themes in the book of Malachi, most scholars assign it to a position between Haggai and Zechariah, slightly before Nehemiah came to Jerusalem in 445 BCE.

" Lomborg claims to have consistently supported the position that global warming exists, but cost benefit analyses, as calculated by the Copenhagen Consensus ranked climate mitigation initiatives low on a list of international development initiatives when first done in 2004.

Important constraints to economic development include the CAR's landlocked position, a poor transportation system, a largely unskilled work force, and a legacy of misdirected macroeconomic policies.

Now common in both IT / software and other technological fields as well, the focus on this position is typically overseeing the development of technology to be commercialized.

A dramaturge or dramaturg is a professional position within a theatre or opera company that deals mainly with research and development of plays or operas.

Epic: a long narrative poem in elevated style presenting characters of high position in adventures forming an organic whole through their relation to a central heroic figure and through their development of episodes important to the history of a nation or race.

OSI did not agree with the free software movement's position that non-free software is a social problem or that it is unethical, arguing instead that it is a superior model for software development.

Boles returned to his previous position as director of player development, and former Pittsburgh Pirates manager Jim Leyland was hired to lead the club in.

As a consequence of the unbalanced social development and the labour movement's continuous position in the political opposition, the Social Democratic Party had gained an absolute majority in the Parliament of Finland, in the general elections of 1916.

The development of doctrine, the position of orthodoxy, and the relationship between the various opinions is a matter of continuing academic debate.

" Hence although men had become less forebearing, and although natural pity had already undergone some alteration, this period of the development of human faculties, maintaining a middle position between the indolence of our primitive state and the petulant activity of our egocentrism, must have been the happiest and most durable epoch.

Tito in return rejected Stalinism and the Eastern bloc, forging a non-aligned position between East and West that developed into the Non-Aligned Movement and the development of an autonomous Marxist-Leninist ideology of Titoism.

Henry Maine in his analysis of the historical changes and development of human societies noted the key distinction between traditional societies defined as " status " societies based on the legal position of the Individual in regards to the rest of society, family association and functionally diffuse roles for individuals ; and modern " progressive " societies defined as " contract " societies where social relations are determined by contracts pursued by individuals to advance their interests.

The political position of Prime Minister was enhanced by the development of modern political parties, the introduction of mass communication ( inexpensive newspapers, radio, television and the internet ), and photography.

This was demonstrated in OMA's scheme for the development of " Euralille " ( 1990 – 94 ), a new centre for the city of Lille in France, a city returned to prominence by its position on the new rail route from Paris to London via the Channel Tunnel.

This position is disputed by those in power, who affirm their policy of concentrating on the quality of life, as evidenced by urban restoration, the development of public transport and cultural activities.

In his work as acting chief of the Special Operations Division, Olson was involved in the development of aerosolized delivery systems ; he had been present at Pont-Saint-Esprit in August, 1951 ; and several months before resigning his position he had witnessed a terminal interrogation conducted in Germany under Project ARTICHOKE.

In May 1959, Houphouët-Boigny reinforced his position as a dominant figure in West Africa by leading Côte d ' Ivoire, Niger, Upper Volta ( Burkina ), and Dahomey ( Benin ) into the Council of the Entente, a regional organization promoting economic development.

In the initial period of the subject's development, the LSE position of separating economic history from economics won out.

Xylem development occurs in a number of patterns, which vary in the relative position of the protoxylem and metaxylem, e. g. endarch in which the protoxylem is towards the centre of the stem or root, or exarch in which the metaxylem is towards the centre.

In the opening and middlegame, the king will rarely play an active role in the development of an offensive or defensive position.

He is known for intellectualism, the development of social teachings with his encyclical Rerum Novarum and his attempts to define the position of the Church with regard to modern thinking.