The country completely recovered from WW2 and achieved a very high GDP and economic growth rate, significantly higher than the present-day Republic.

Just after independence was achieved, Paraguay was governed from 1814 by the dictator José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia, who closed the borders of the country and prohibited trade or any relation with the exterior until his death in 1840.

Ignoring his suppression of the opposition and continued factionalism within KANU the imposition of one-party rule allowed Mzee (" Old Man ") Kenyatta, who had led the country since independence, claimed he achieved " political stability.

He achieved his first country award winning for Best Wide Open Country Video for " All Summer Long " at the 2009 CMT Awards.

Since 2003 the country has made efforts to normalize its ties with the European Union and the United States and has even coined the catchphrase, ' The Libya Model ', an example intended to show the world what can be achieved through negotiation, rather than force, when there is goodwill on both sides.

The country also achieved a cult following among international tourists, because there was nowhere else in the world like a closed-off and bizarre society and culture like North Korea.

The mining left an ecological and economic disaster for Nauru to handle when the country achieved independence in 1968.

Peru has signed a number of free trade agreements, including the 2007 United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement, and agreements with Chile, Canada, Singapore, Thailand and China. Under President Alan Garcia administration Peru achieved a bilateral Trade agreement with U. S. since 2010 to improve exports for its country and reach in August 2011 its pick in exports of more than 4, 700 MM.

The Pixies achieved relatively modest commercial success in their home country, but were significantly more successful in the United Kingdom and mainland Europe.

The country, based in Salisbury, was considered a de facto successor state to the former British colony of Southern Rhodesia ( which had achieved responsible government in 1923 ).

Grundy's Prisoner began screening in the United States in 1979 and achieved high ratings in many regions there, however only the first three years of the series would be screened in that country.

Nonetheless, self-government was achieved in January 1976 and after July 1976, Sir Peter Kenilorea became the Chief Minister who would lead the country to independence.

Barton then achieved widespread recognition by delivering lectures around the country about her war experiences.

After Napoleon ’ s visit in 1798, the country achieved equality with the city.

However, in the northern mountains, urban centers ( such as Gigia ) were practically nonexistent and the submission of the country had to be achieved valley by valley.

By the time independence was achieved, the country was enjoying economic growth and relative domestic peace.

After being in America he discovered that he had already achieved " international stature ", writes Cogniat, although he felt ill-suited in this new role in a foreign country whose language he could not yet speak.

The economic history of Argentina is one of the most studied, owing to the " Argentine paradox ", its unique condition as a country which had achieved advanced development in the early 20th century but experienced a reversal, which inspired a wealth of literature and analyses on the causes of this decline.

Australian country artists including Olivia Newton-John and Keith Urban have achieved considerable success in the USA.

After graduating that year, he won a silver medal at the International Math Olympiad in Yugoslavia ( the U. S. team achieved the most points per country that year ).

After Belize achieved independence in 1981 the United Kingdom maintained a deterrent force ( British Forces Belize ) in the country to protect it from invasion by Guatemala ( see Guatemalan claim to Belizean territory ).

The leading conservative Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten argued in an editorial that Ossietzky was a criminal who had attacked his country " with the use of methods that violated the law long before Hitler came into power " and that " lasting peace between peoples and nations can only be achieved by respecting the existing laws ".

On the other hand, English crime writer Edgar Wallace, who was immensely popular with the English readership during the early decades of the 20th century ( and who achieved fame in German-speaking countries due to the many B movies made in the 1950s, 60s, and 70s that were based on his novels ), had almost been forgotten in his home country until House of Stratus eventually started republishing many of his 170 books around the turn of the millennium.

Physical disability need not necessarily be a barrier – in Victoria a 19-year old with cerebral palsy has achieved the national Level 2 accreditation, is umpiring in a country competition, has umpired a statewide carnival, and has been recognised for his achievement by Cricket Victoria.

The country also has several airlines, of which the most notable is Croatia Airlines.

In a notable exception, over 1, 000 local groups from around the country united for a single day of action as part of the Step It Up 2007 campaign for real solutions to global warming.

Prospect Cemetery is located in Glasnevin, although better known as Glasnevin Cemetery, the most historically notable burial place in the country and the last resting place, among a host of historical figures, of Michael Collins, Eamon DeValera, Charles Stewart Parnell and also Arthur Griffith.

The post-war decades were relatively stable ( with the notable exception of an armed independence movement in the Basque Country ), and the country experienced rapid economic growth in the 1960s and early 1970s.

However, a few harps exist, the most notable being Burma's saung-gauk, which is considered the national instrument in that country.

One notable country excluded from the early IUPAC was Germany.

The king, who drew Jewish settlers from across Europe to his country, built several castles along western border of Lesser Poland, with the most notable ones in Skawina, Pieskowa Skała, Będzin, Lanckorona, Olkusz, Lelów, Bobolice, Krzepice, Ogrodzieniec, Ojców, Olsztyn, Bobolice, Mirów ( see also Eagle Nests Trail ).

One of the more notable groups on the roster of SST Records ( who released most of their albums ), the Meat Puppets started as a punk rock band, but like most of their SST peers, the Meat Puppets established their own unique style, blending punk with country and psychedelic rock, and featuring Curt's warbling vocals.

In France, the most notable potato dish is the Hachis Parmentier, named after Antoine-Augustin Parmentier, a French pharmacist, nutritionist, and agronomist who, in the late 18th century, was instrumental in the acceptance of the potato as an edible crop in the country.

It began on 5 January 1968, when reformist Alexander Dubček was elected the First Secretary of Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, and continued until 21 August when the Soviet Union and all members of the Warsaw Pact, with the notable exception of Romania, invaded the country to halt the reforms.

In the College of Arts and Sciences, Seattle University's graduate program in psychology is notable as one of the few schools in the country to focus on existential phenomenology as a therapeutic method.

While not observed nationally throughout the United States, a number of traditionally ethnic French cities and regions in the country have notable celebrations.

The regiment is notable for being one of only two air combat units from an Allied western European country to participate on the Eastern Front during World War II, the other being the British No. 151 Wing RAF, and the only one to fight together with the Soviets until the end of the war in Europe.

James's support began to dissolve almost immediately upon William's arrival ; Protestant officers defected from the English army ( the most notable of whom was Lord Churchill of Eyemouth, James's most able commander ), and influential noblemen across the country declared their support for the invader.

With a more diverse educational background and higher level of English proficiency, international Chinese students also value American degrees, as it gives them a notable advantage over their college-educated counterparts in China by the time they return to their native country to seek employment.

Most notable among them the preferential treatment for rice imports initiated by the government in late 2004 when responding to a production shortfall in the country.

He was offered a notable position as a commissar of visual arts for the country, but preferred something less political, and instead accepted a job as commissar of arts for Vitebsk.

In recent years local contemporary country music, featuring much crossover with popular music, has enjoyed considerable popularity in Australia ; notable musicians of this genre include David Hudson, John Williamson, Gina Jeffreys, Lee Kernaghan, Troy Cassar-Daley, Sara Storer, Felicity Urquhart and Kasey Chambers.

Another notable cliffhanger was the " Moldavian Massacre " on Dynasty in 1985, which fueled speculation throughout the summer months regarding who lived or died when almost all the characters attended a wedding in the country of Moldavia, only to have revolutionaries topple the government and machine-gun the entire wedding party.

A notable exception came in Fox's own constituency of Westminster which contained one of the largest electorates in the country.

The survivors of Operation Frankton, notable for their daring raid by canoe on the German U-boat base at Bordeaux, made their escape across country to a safe house at Ruffec just north of Angoulême.

Lima is home to the highest concentration of museums of the country, the most notable of which are the Museo Nacional de Arqueología Antropología e Historia del Perú, Museum of Art of Lima, the Museum of Natural History, the Museum of the Nation, The Sala Museo Oro del Perú Larcomar, the Museum of Italian Art, and the Museum of Gold, and the Larco Museum.

Other notable characters include: Lionel's father, Rocky ( Frank Middlemass ), who owns a large country house in Hampshire, which he later gives to Lionel ; the housekeeper, Mrs. Bale ( Janet Henfrey ), who has an unusual interest in the Shipping Forecast, and the gardener, Lol Ferris ( Tim Wylton ).

Nevertheless, the religious houses of England and Wales – with the notable exceptions of those of the Carthusians, the Observant Franciscans, and the Bridgettine nuns and monks – had long ceased to play a leading role in the spiritual life of the country, and other than in these three orders, observance of strict monastic rules was partial at best.