" Swift extends the metaphor to get in a few jibes at England ’ s mistreatment of Ireland, noting that " For this kind of commodity will not bear exportation, and flesh being of too tender a consistence, to admit a long continuance in salt, although perhaps I could name a country, which would be glad to eat up our whole nation without it.

Its owner is parliament deputy Samvel Aleksanian ( a. k. a. " Lfik Samo ") a figure close to the country ’ s leadership.

According to the Central Bank of Armenia, in 2005, cash remittances from Armenians working abroad reached a record-high level of $ 1 billion, which is worth more than one fifth of the country ’ s 2005 Gross Domestic Product.

However, according to private tour operators and other individuals familiar with the country ’ s tourism industry, government claims that hundreds of thousands of foreign tourists visit Armenia each year are inflated.

During January – February 2007, Armenia ’ s trade with Russia and other former Soviet republics was $ 205. 6 million ( double the amount from the same period the previous year ), making them the country ’ s number one trading partner.

The transaction will also help finance ArmRosGazprom's acquisition of the Hrazdan electricity generating plant ’ s fifth power bloc ( Hrazdan-5 ), the leading unit in the country.

The largest abalone in South Africa, the perlemoen, Haliotis midae, occurs along approximately two-thirds of the country ’ s coastline.

In both countries, a so-called standard drink contains one unit of alcohol ( according to the country ’ s own definition ).

The family ’ s Tehran home and country houses were comfortable and beautifully decorated.

The Burkinabé financial system represents 30 % of the country ’ s GDP and is dominated by the banking sector, which accounts for 90 % of total financial system assets.

Burundi, of which the international airport in Bujumbura ( as of 2005 ) was the country ’ s primary and only paved airport.

The following day, at 01: 00, Marlborough dispatched Cadogan, his Quartermaster-General, with an advanced guard to reconnoitre the same dry ground that Villeroi ’ s army was now heading, country that was well known to the Duke from previous campaigns.

In 1942 Beech won its first Army-Navy ‘ E ’ Award production award and became one of the elite five percent of war contracting firms in the country to win five straight awards for production efficiency, mostly for the production of the Beechcraft 18 which remains in widespread use worldwide.

Helen Beatrix Potter ( 28 July 186622 December 1943 ) was an English author, illustrator, natural scientist and conservationist best known for her imaginative children ’ s books featuring animals such as those in The Tale of Peter Rabbit which celebrated the British landscape and country life.

Visiting Hill Top every chance she got, Potter ’ s books written during this period ( such as The Tale of Ginger and Pickles, about the local shop in Near Sawrey and The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse, a wood mouse ) reflect her increasing participation in village life and her delight in country living.

Potter ’ s country life and her farming has also been widely discussed in the work of Susan Denyer and by other authors in the publications of The National Trust.

Graham ’ s father-in-law, L. Nelson Bell, mailed a fiery ten-page letter to most members of the BJU faculty and student body ( as well as to thousands of pastors across the country ) accusing Jones of “ hatred, distortions, jealousies, envying, malice, false witnessing, and untruthfulness .”

Oxford classicist Edward Copleston said that classical education “ communicates to the mind … a high sense of honor, a disdain of death in a good cause, a passionate devotion to the welfare of one ’ s country ”, thus concurring with Cicero that: “ All literature, all philosophical treatises, all the voices of antiquity are full of examples for imitation, which would all lie unseen in darkness without the light of literature ”.

Déby won the country ’ s first multi-party presidential elections with support in the second round from opposition leader Kebzabo, defeating General Kamougue ( leader of the 1975 coup against Tombalbaye ).

Among the country ’ s five presidents since independence in 1960, three have been former army chiefs-of-staff, who have taken power through coups d ’ état.

The country ’ s first president, David Dacko was overthrown by his army chief-of-staff, Jean-Bédel Bokassa in 1966.

Due to failure to curb deepening unrest in the northern part of the country, Gambi was in July 2006 replaced with Bozizé ’ s old friend from the military academy, Jules Bernard Ouandé.

Chile ’ s extreme north-south orientation produces 7 different macro-regions distinguished by climate and geographical features, which allows the country itself to stagger harvests and results in extended harvesting seasons.

The Chilean forestry industry grew to comprise 13 % of the country ’ s total exports in 2005, making it one of the largest export sectors for Chile.

After the dictator Siad Barre ’ s ousting, conflicts between the General Farah Aidid's party and other clans in Somalia had led to famine and lawlessness throughout the country.

what they feared most was war or political instability in their own country.

after all, the large ( and probably unreliable ) Reader's Digest literature on the `` most unforgettable character I ever met '' deals with village grocers, country doctors, favorite if illiterate aunts, and so forth.

In the middle of the century, with a circulation of 90,000, the Post was one of the most popular weeklies in the country.

But Curtis poured over $1 million into it and in time it again became one of the most popular weeklies of the country.

Morrison points out that since our country is more urbanized than the Soviet Union or Red China, it is the most vulnerable of the great powers -- Europe of course must be written off out of hand.

But while the two men are riding into the country, where they are going to dinner, they are attacked in the dark of the forest by a band of thieves, who strip them of everything, including most of their clothes.

And this is meeting the world's need, too, since what the world most needs from this country is better understanding of the world.

And in this country Gustave Weigel's delineation of the line between the sacral and secular orders during the last presidential campaign served to provide a most impressive Roman Catholic defense of the practical autonomy of both church and state.

Referring to the above sketch of Spartan history, we find Agesilaus shining most in its first and last period, as commencing and surrendering a glorious career in Asia, and as, in extreme age, maintaining his prostrate country.

After this battle and the loss of one of Portugal's most remarkable infantes, the Duke of Braganza became the de facto ruler of the country.

After the American Civil War, the settlement of the western territories by migrants from the east led to dialect mixing and levelling, so that regional dialects are most strongly differentiated in the eastern parts of the country that were settled earlier.

With about 6 million native speakers in South Africa, or 13. 3 percent of the population, it is the third most spoken mother tongue in the country.

Medicinal herbs are common in the whole country ; among the most popular are: chamomile, lanceleaf, boldo, poleo, peperina, carqueja, thyme, canchalagua, rue ( macho and hembra, that is, " male " and " female "), mallow, rosemary, passion flower, bira bira, palán palán, muña muña, to mention only the main ones.

He succeeded in imposing an organized government upon the fiercest and most unruly population in Asia ; he availed himself of European inventions for strengthening his armament, while he sternly set his face against all innovations which, like Railways and Telegraphs, might give Europeans a foothold within his country.

The church later evolved into the Monastery of Alcobaça, one of the most magnificent gothic monuments in the country.

Some wards in Accrington rank amongst the most deprived in terms of healthcare and life expectancy in the country.

Phase II began in 2000, and affects most of the power plants in the country.

" They're the kind of twisted, instantly memorable characters one meets in John Ford's westerns, Jack Kerouac's road novels, but, most of all, in the blues and country songs of the 1920s, ' 30s and ' 40s.

It is the fourth most populous city in Turkey and equally one of the most industrialized metropolitan centers in the country.

The country is remote from moisture-laden air flows for most of the year.

The south of the country is most exposed to cold winds during the winter period ( early May to late August ) when average temperatures are around.

* most of the north and central region of the country is part of the Okavango inland drainage basin ;

Two cellular phone providers cover most of the country.

Command of the CML is still a coveted assignment, and the Military Village ( Vila Militar ), Rio de Janeiro's garrison or military community, is still considered one of the most important centers of military influence in the entire country.