It became the sole `` subject '' of `` international law '' ( a term which, it is pertinent to remember, was coined by Bentham ), a body of legal principle which by and large was made up of what Western nations could do in the world arena.

This was particularly true in the world arena, which was an anarchical battleground characterized by strife and avaricious competition for colonial empires.

The dreary camp at Valley Forge was turned into an arena of rejoicing.

His greatest achievement, surpassing many of these, was, perhaps, the establishment of a political and economic consensus about the governance of Britain that all parties, whether Labour, Conservative or Liberal subscribed to for three decades, fixing the arena of political discourse until the later 1970s.

Charles was the main host and presided over the arena in which teams of amateur engineers battled their home-made radio-controlled robots against each other, and against the house robots.

Once at some games at which he was presiding, he ordered his guards to throw an entire section of the crowd into the arena during intermission to be eaten by animals because there were no criminals to be prosecuted and he was bored.

It was officially opened on 28 April 1877 and for the first 28 years of its existence it was used almost exclusively by the London Athletics Club as an arena for athletics meetings and not at all for football.

His interest inside of McDonnell Douglas was focused on the enormous knowledge management and IT requirements involved in the lifecycle of an aerospace program, which served to strengthen Engelbart's resolve to motivate the information technology arena toward global interoperability and an open hyperdocument system.

The new softball field, Dartmouth Softball Park, was constructed in 2012, sharing parking facilities with Thompson arena.

Since no arena in Detroit was ready at the time, the Cougars played their first season in Windsor, Ontario at the Border Cities Arena.

The name East Coast Swing was coined initially to distinguish the dance from the street form and the new variant used in the competitive ballroom arena ( as well as separating the dance from West Coast Swing, which was developed in California ).

ELO had become successful in the United States at this point and the group was a star attraction on the stadium and arena circuit, as well as regularly appearing on The Midnight Special ( 1973, 1975, 1976 & 1977 ) more than any other band in that show's history with four appearances.

Garth's first weekend on shows in Vegas received positive reviews and was called the " antithesis of Vegas glitz and of the country singer's arena and stadium extravaganzas " by USA Today.

Modern customs and institutions offer few useful parallels to the legal and social context which defined the gladiatoria munera Under law, anyone condemned to the arena or the gladiator schools ( ad ludum ) was a servus poenae under sentence of death unless manumitted.

The body of a gladiator who had died well was placed on a couch of Libitina and removed from the arena with dignity.

Once in the arena morgue, the corpse would have been stripped of armour, and probably had its throat cut to prove that dead was dead.

The wastes of Gallifrey include the Death Zone, an area that was used as a gladiatorial arena by the first Time Lords, pitting various species kidnapped from their respective time zones against each other ( although Daleks and Cybermen were considered too dangerous to use ).

Europe in 16th and 17th century was an arena of conflict for domination in the continent between Sweden, the Polish – Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Ottoman Empire.

It was in the arena of corruption, however, that Magloire overstepped traditional bounds.

The most obvious change was in the political arena.

In his highly successful live shows, Brooks used a wireless headset microphone to free himself to run about the stage, adding energy and arena rock theatrics to spice up the normally staid country music approach to concerts.

Tertullian used it somewhat differently – all victims of the arena were sacrificial in his eyes – and expressed the paradox of the arenarii as a class, from a Christian viewpoint:

Kemerovo has the first indoor arena in Russia only used for bandy.

In the political arena, one measure of stagflation, termed the Misery Index ( derived by the simple addition of the inflation rate to the unemployment rate ), was used to swing presidential elections in the United States in 1976 and 1980.

The small arena is 20 m by 40 m ( 66x131 ft ), and is used for the lower levels of eventing in the dressage phase, as well as for the USDF Introductory tests and the USEF Training Level tests.

The standard arena is 20 m by 60 m ( 66x197 ft ), and is used for tests in both dressage ( USEF First Level and above ) and eventing.

The arena continued to be used for contests well into the 6th century, with gladiatorial fights last mentioned around 435.

Beneath the Colosseum, a network of subterranean passageways once used to transport wild animals and gladiators to the arena opened to the public in summer 2010.

Laibach's cover versions are often used to subvert the original message or intention of the song — a notable example being their version of the song " Live is Life " by Opus, an Austrian arena rock band.

The NFL's Houston Texans revived the name of the WFL's franchise for that city ; " Texans " has also been used by an NFL Dallas team in 1952 – the remnants of which became the Baltimore / Indianapolis Colts, by an AFL Dallas team in the early 1960s – who became the Kansas City Chiefs, by an arena football team in Dallas in the early 1990s, and by a CFL San Antonio team for one year in the 1990s.

The arena is also used for other special events, including tennis and circus events.

* The Expo Center ( formerly known as " The Rotunda "), which is used for trade shows, car shows, stamp shows, often in combination with the arena, banquets, and receptions.

It is still used today as a bull fighting and concert arena.

As the largest stadium / arena in Mohave County, it is frequently used for large events such as graduation ceremonies, circuses, indoor extreme motocross, monster truck rallies, and concerts.

The 2005 Red River Classic PRCA Rodeo to be hosted at the CenturyTel Center was cancelled due to the arena being used as a shelter for Hurricane Katrina evacuees.

This arena is used for events such as hockey games, circuses, rodeos, conventions, trade shows, and graduation ceremonies of many regional high schools, as well as daily overflow parking for county governmental employees, jurors, and visitors.

It is currently being used as an ice arena where the Soo Eagles and the Sault High Blue Devils play.

The Fulton War Memorial, a multipurpose group of buildings housing an exhibition hall / gymnasium and related ante-rooms as well as an adjacent covered arena ( used for ice skating and related sports in the winter and other events during warmer weather.

Including two malls, a museum, a family resort, an amusement park, three sports venues, and an arena and events center that can be used for multiple purposes for the entire county.

Recently, Crockett Park has added an indoor arena used for soccer, lacrosse, and flag football.

Steers used for roping are moved from a holding corral through a series of narrow runways that lead to the roping arena.

Puerto Ricans have popularized a nickname for the facility that integrates the Spanish word " coliseo " with the name of Don Cholito ; the arena is now commonly called " El Choliseo " by most locals, and the nickname is sometimes used in formal advertisements of events staged there.