Dictionaries, as we have seen, still cite this government, along with the Articles of Confederation of 1781, as an example of a confederacy.

The vote still gives citizens a voice in the operation of their government and their party.

Some government scientists say privately that the figure probably is closer to 80 megatons, and that the full 50-megaton bomb that Khrushchev mentioned may still be detonated.

This is important because, despite all the efforts of the French government, an appreciable segment of France's export trade in wines is still tainted with a misrepresentation approaching downright dishonesty, and there are many too many negociants who would rather turn a sou than amass a creditable reputation overseas.

As he had in the past, Johnson steadfastly objected to unnecessary spending by the government, including the military and internal improvements ; he demonstrated he still had no desire to please the conservatives in his party or the opposition.

The many important independent agencies of the United States government created by statutes enacted by Congress exist outside of the federal executive departments but are still part of the executive branch.

Lloyd George still claimed to be leading a Liberal government, but he was increasingly under the influence of the rejuvenated Conservative party.

Hussein learned of the agreement when it was leaked by the new Russian government in December 1917, but was satisfied by two disingenuous telegrams from Sir Reginald Wingate, High Commissioner of Egypt, assuring him that the British government's commitments to the Arabs were still valid and that the Sykes-Picot Agreement was not a formal treaty.

At certain times, London has had no overall city government and boroughs were the main unit of local government for Londoners ; in Tokyo, they are known as wards or cities, and have city status, but these still form parts of a larger municipal government which has merged with that of the prefecture.

On November 26, 2006, the Chadian government claimed to have recaptured both towns, although rebels still claimed control of Biltine.

The Cuban government supported and still supports the Republican cause, but opposed the attacks which took place on civilian targets by Sinn Féin's military ally, the Provisional Irish Republican Army and of course attacks on civilians by their loyalist enemies such as the Ulster Volunteer Force and Ulster Defence Association.

This constitution is still in force, though there is no Turkish Cypriot presence in the Cypriot government.

In 1958, while still in Singapore, Parkinson published his most famous work Parkinson's Law, a book that expanded upon a humorous article that he had first published in the Economist magazine in November 1955, satirizing government bureaucracies.

Yet the banknotes issued were still regionally valid and temporary ; it was not until the mid 13th century that a standard and uniform government issue of paper money was made into an acceptable nationwide currency.

Nevertheless, the LDS Church still wielded significant political power in the Utah Territory as part of a shadow government.

In semi-presidential systems such as France, where the president formally appoints a prime minister but the government itself must still maintain the confidence of parliament, coalition governments occur quite regularly.

His reputation underwent a renaissance during the Ronald Reagan Administration, but the ultimate assessment of his presidency is still divided between those who approve of his reduction of the size of government programs and those who believe the federal government should be more involved in regulating and controlling the economy.

As soon as he had seen his new order thus consolidated he gave up the government of it to a certain Robert, and retired once again to a still more remote solitude to give himself up more entirely to solitary penance and prayer.

Chiang opposed Li's plan of defense because it would have placed most of the troops still loyal to Chiang under the control of Li and Chiang's other opponents in the central government.

Conservatives were still dominant in both central government and local government.

Newfoundland never ratified the statute, so it was still subject to imperial authority when its entire system of government and economy collapsed in the mid-1930s.

The rail network is also state-owned and operated, while the government currently still owns the main airports.

The Omani government owns 70 % of Omantel after 30 % was listed for the public in 2005.

The Paraguayan government owns Petróleos Paraguayos, which is responsible for all distribution of oil products.

( The local state government of Lower Saxony owns 20. 1 % of the shares.

Although foreign banks operate branches in Seychelles, the government owns the two local banks — the Development Bank of Seychelles, which mobilizes resources to fund development programs, and the Seychelles Saving Bank, a bank for savings and current accounts.

* Financial repression: Government policies such as interest rate caps on government debt, financial regulations such as reserve requirements and capital controls, and barriers to entry in markets where the government owns or controls businesses.

The government also owns parts of other companies operating under private law like the National Airline Carrier PLUNA and others owned totally or partially by the CND National Development Corporation.

After the bonds are paid off the road typically reverts to the government agency that authorized the road and owns the land it was built on.

The U. S. government owns the majority of the land within the county boundaries, with the Bureau of Land Management owning 28 % of the lands within the county boundaries, most of which are Oregon and California Railroad lands, and the Forest Service owning 39 %.

Carlos Ghosn is the current chairman and CEO and the French government owns a 15 percent share of Renault.

Although this may be so, it is not likely that the government of a specific area owns it, rather the community itself.

The tunnel was used by 34, 698, 000 vehicles in 2007, according to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the bi-state government agency that owns and operates the Holland Tunnel.

In May 2005, the federal government, which owns the land, announced it was cutting rent costs by 54 %.

Some basic funding for the Fraunhofer Society is provided by the state ( the German public, through federal government together with the German Länder, “ owns ” the Fraunhofer Society ), but more than 70 % of the funding is earned through contract work, either for government sponsored projects or from industry.

While NTT is listed on Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka, Sapporo, New York, and London stock exchanges, the Japanese government still owns roughly one-third of NTT's shares, regulated by the NTT Law.

The term government-linked company ( GLC ) is sometimes used to refer to corporate entities that may be private or public ( listed on a stock exchange ) where an existing government owns a stake using a holding company.

There are two main definitions of GLCs are dependent on the proportion of the corporate entity a government owns.

One definition purports that a company is classified as a GLC if a government owns an effective controlling interest (> 50 %), while the second definition suggests that any corporate entity that has a government as a shareholder is a GLC.

The Saudi government also owns and operates Saudi Arabian Airlines, and owns 70 % of SABIC, as well as many other companies.

A person with two roles — an individual who owns stock and is also a government official, for example — may experience situations where those two roles conflict.