In the 1920s he became a noted player of cricket, tennis and field hockey, participating in international competitions, and in 1931 he toured Canada with the Marylebone Cricket Club ; he was acknowledged as a master gamesman in Stephen Potter's book Gamesmanship.

There were intense discussions in the inner councils of the White House about the advisability of an early meeting, not because the international climate was improving, but precisely because it was deteriorating alarmingly.

The brand launched an online reality TV series called Bud House that followed the lives of 32 international football fans ( one representing each nation in the World Cup ) living together in a house in South Africa.

Originally active from 1985 to 1996, the band have had consistent commercial and critical success in Australia and New Zealand and international chart success in two phases, beginning with their self-titled debut album, Crowded House, which reached number twelve on the US Album Chart in 1987 and provided the Top Ten hits, " Don't Dream It's Over " and " Something So Strong ".

Crowded House has won several national and international awards.

" In addition, the United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs states as some of its jurisdictional goals: " export controls, including nonproliferation of nuclear technology and nuclear hardware ; measures to foster commercial intercourse with foreign nations and to safeguard American business abroad ; international commodity agreements ; international education ; and protection of American citizens abroad and expatriation.

Museums, Theaters and other Cultural Sites: Conservatoire de musique at Place Neuve 5, Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques, Fonds cantonal d ' art contemporain, Ile Rousseau and statue, Institute and Museum of Voltaire with Library and Archives, Mallet House and Museum international de la Réforme, Musée Ariana, Musée d ' Art et d ' Histoire, Museum d ' art moderne et contemporain, Museum d ' ethnographie, Museum of the International Red Cross, Musée Rath, Muséum d ' histoire naturelle, Salle communale de Plainpalais et théâtre Pitoëff, Villa Bartholoni et Museum d ' Histoire et Sciences

File: Musee Reforme. JPG | Mallet House and Museum international de la Réforme

Three years later, in 1960, Remey made a written announcement that his appointment as president of the international council represented an appointment by Shoghi Effendi as Guardian, because the appointed council was a precursor to the elected Universal House of Justice, which has the Guardian as its president.

In 1985, Nancy expanded the campaign to an international level by inviting the First Ladies of various nations to the White House for a conference on drug abuse.

During his first tenure as Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu " tried and failed to have Orient House shut down, amid warning from the international community that such a step would be regarded very negatively.

Freedom House, an international organisation funded by the United States, ranks Russia as " not free ", citing " carefully engineered elections " and " absence " of debate.

House had been retired from the music business for many years, and was unaware of the 1960s folk blues revival and international enthusiasm regarding his early recordings.

In 1951 when there were 9 national spiritual assemblies, Shoghi Effendi appointed members to the International Bahá ' í Council, and described it as an embryonic international House of Justice.

After Shoghi Effendi's unexpected death in 1957, the Hands of the Cause directed the affairs of the religion and announced that the election of the Universal House of Justice would occur in 1963 at the end of the Ten Year Crusade, an international teaching plan instituted by Shoghi Effendi.

Also noteworthy are the Kossou Dam, the Félix Houphouët-Boigny Foundation, the PDCI-RDA House, the various schools of the Félix-Houphouët-Boigny Polytechnic Institute, the international airport ( with an average of six hundred passengers and 36 flights in 1995, it is one of two airports in Africa ( with Gbadolite ) that could accommodate the Concorde ), the Town Hall, the Protestant Temple, the Mosque, and the Palace of Hosts.

Graceland, the former home of music legend Elvis Presley, is one of the most visited houses in the United States ( second only to the White House ), attracting over 600, 000 domestic and international visitors a year.

A US $ 15 million performing-arts program at the fair ranged from a boxing championship to an international twirling competition, but with no shortage of nationally and internationally famous performers, especially at the new Opera House and Playhouse.

** Bush House, London, a building in London used by the BBC for its international broadcasting service, the World Service

In 1917, like in 1848 influenced by the tense international situation, manhood suffrage was introduced combined with a system of proportional representation to elect the House of Representatives, the States-Provincial and the municipality councils.

In February 1974, as the Watergate crisis in the White House deepened, Laird resigned to become senior counselor for national and international affairs for Reader's Digest.

A new building, International House houses 200 international students, instructors and conference attendees.

* 7 Hills Hash House Harriers: The local chapter of an international group of non-competitive running, social and drinking clubs.

The Polis House is the international residence hall on campus.

In addition to international radio play, the song was also featured prominently in John Murtha's 2007 re-election campaign for the seat he held in the House of Representatives for almost 30 years.

The Anglican Communion is an international association of national and regional Anglican churches ( and a few other episcopal churches ) in full communion with the Church of England ( which is regarded as the mother church of the worldwide communion ) and specifically with its principal primate, the Archbishop of Canterbury.

* Aid to the Church in Need, international Catholic charity based in Königstein im Taunus, Germany

In the polity of the Church of God ( Cleveland, Tennessee ), the international leader is the Presiding Bishop, and the members of the Executive Committee are Executive Bishops.

This is a common scenario in conspiracy theories that focus on the alleged machinations of Jews, Freemasons, or the Catholic Church, as well as theories centered on Communism or international capitalists.

Most of the Anglican Communion does not approve of homosexual activity, with the exception of the Episcopal Church, which is facing a possible exclusion from international Anglican bodies over the issue.

The longest standing group for lesbian and gay Christians in the UK, founded in 1976, is the non-denominational Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement ; specifically aimed to meet the needs of lesbian and gay evangelicals, there is the Evangelical Fellowship for Lesbian and Gay Christians ; specifically working within the Church of England is Changing Attitude, which also takes an international focus in working for gay, lesbian, bisexual & transgender affirmation within the Anglican Communion.

Though all episcopal sees may be considered " holy ", the expression " the Holy See " ( without further specification ) is normally used in international relations ( and in the canon law of the Roman Catholic Church ) to refer to the See of Rome viewed as the central government of the Roman Catholic Church.

The Korean Methodist Church is also a strong Methodist Church for international mission, sending missionaries to 76 countries in the world.

The New International Version ( NIV ) project was started after a meeting in 1965 at Trinity Christian College in Palos Heights, Illinois, of the Christian Reformed Church, National Association of Evangelicals, and a group of international scholars.

It is the Holy See that conducts international relations ; for hundreds of years, the papal court ( the Roman Curia ) has functioned as the government of the Catholic Church.

The names " Holy See " and " Apostolic See " are ecclesiastical terminology for the ordinary jurisdiction of the Bishop of Rome ( including the Roman Curia ); the pope's various honors, powers, and privileges within the Catholic Church and the international community derive from his Episcopate of Rome in lineal succession from the Apostle Saint Peter ( see Apostolic Succession ).

Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor on 30 January 1933 and sought to gain international respectability and to remove internal opposition by representatives of the Church and the Catholic Centre Party.

Before becoming Pope, he spent time at the then very liberal and cosmopolitan University of Padua, which maintained considerable independence from the Church and had a very international character.

The most recent international dialogues include Pentecostal churches, Seventh-day Adventist, Orthodox Church in America, and others.

The Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace is a part of the Roman Curia dedicated to " action-oriented studies " for the international promotion of justice, peace, and human rights from the perspective of the Roman Catholic Church.

It was founded in 1982 by Unification Church founder Sun Myung Moon, and until 2010 was owned by News World Communications, an international media conglomerate associated with the church.

The Washington Times was founded in 1982 by News World Communications, an international media conglomerate associated with the Unification Church which also owns newspapers in South Korea, Japan, and South America, as well as the news agency United Press International.

He conducted a thriving ministry to 1937 and brought the Free Protestant Church into the international Unitarian Movement in 1921.

In 2003, on notification by the Secretary-General of the United Nations Kofi Annan, about 500 Christians, Muslims, Jews and other international and interfaith tourists joined the Unification Church Middle East Peace Initiative " to such a degree that the Old Gates were opened by the Israeli police near the Wailing Wall, and by the Muslim leadership at Al Aqsa, without incident ", as the official UN-report says.

Year later, 5 representatives of the Unification Church ( Universal Peace Federation ) attended an annual ( international ministerial-level ) session of UN-HABITAT in its headquarters.

The Unification Church has been noted for its political activities, especially its support for United States president Richard Nixon during the Watergate scandal, its support for anti-communism during the Cold War, and its ownership of various news media outlets through chinaNews World Communications, an international news media conglomerate which publishes The Washington Times newspaper in Washington, D. C., and newspapers in South Korea, Japan, and South America, which tend to support conservatism.

Therefore, the Church rejects war as an instrument of national foreign policy, to be employed only as a last resort in the prevention of such evils as genocide, brutal suppression of human rights, and unprovoked international aggression.

Consequently, the United Methodist Church endorses general and complete disarmament under strict and effective international control.