Shortly afterwards, her 1988 album Watermark propelled her to further international fame and she became known for her distinctive sound, characterised by voice-layering, folk melodies, synthesised backdrops and ethereal reverberations.

Airports have played major roles in films and television programs due to its very nature as a transport and international hub, and sometimes because of distinctive architectural features of particular airports.

Australian hip hop began in the early 1980s, primarily influenced by overseas works, but by the 1990s a distinctive local style had emerged, with groups such as the Hilltop Hoods achieving international acclaim for their work.

In 1922 the Chicago Tribune hosted an international design competition for its new headquarters, and offered $ 100, 000 in prize money with a $ 50, 000 1st prize for " the most beautiful and distinctive office building in the world ".

Although Nielsen came to compose mainly at the piano, he only composed directly for it occasionally over a period of 40 years, creating five major works and several others, often with a distinctive style which slowed their international acceptance.

Today, approximately 23, 000 people live in proximity to the Takoma / Langley Crossroads, including immigrants from an estimated 120 different countries, turning the area into one of the region ’ s most distinctive and broadly representative international communities.

The Colony brought the actors into the richly creative worlds of sculptors, poets, painters, musicians, dancers, and writers, and gave the founders an opportunity to make this distinctive world open to a local, rural community that had never experienced this type of serious, engaging, international art up close.

British blues is a form of music derived from American blues that originated in the late 1950s and which reached its height of mainstream popularity in the 1960s, when it developed a distinctive and influential style dominated by electric guitar and made international stars of several proponents of the genre including The Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, Fleetwood Mac and Led Zeppelin.

Zhejiang University is a comprehensive research university with distinctive features and a national as well as international impact.

This process was completed when the ICL / WSL fusion broke, as Socialist Organiser re-evaluated many of its international policies and developed its own distinctive " third camp " position.

According to Hasia R. Diner, in The Jews of the United States, 1654 to 2000, " For the Jews, the Damascus affair launched modern Jewish politics on an international scale, and for American Jews it represented their first effort at creating a distinctive political agenda.

Some Esperantists maintain that Esperanto does have an international culture, or interculture, developed over the past century, which includes among other things a significant original literature that provides the Esperanto community with a common background — a distinctive feature of any cultural community.

It was felt by many in Jersey that the flag was insufficiently distinctive to represent the island, that there was too much confusion with the cross of St. Patrick as an Irish symbol, and that the red saltire had been taken as one of the international maritime signal flags.

The distinctive feature of many BITs is that they allow for an alternative dispute resolution mechanism, whereby an investor whose rights under the BIT have been violated could have recourse to international arbitration, often under the auspices of the ICSID ( International Center for the Settlement of Investment Disputes ), rather than suing the host State in its own courts.

Instructs the Conciliation Commission to present to the fourth regular session of the General Assembly detailed proposals for a permanent international regime for the Jerusalem area which will provide for the maximum local autonomy for distinctive groups consistent with the special international status of the Jerusalem area ;

Furthermore, the CBJ has a distinctive role in the regular consultations between Jordanian authorities and international financial organizations, in particular, those related to economic and structural adjustment programs adopted since 1989.

This merger has been referred to as the " penguin wedding ," with distinctive advertisements of penguins in different international settings created by Joel Veitch.

Initially led by purist blues followers such as Alexis Korner and Cyril Davies, it reached its height of mainstream popularity in the 1960s, when it developed a distinctive and influential style dominated by electric guitar and made international stars of several proponents of the genre including The Rolling Stones, The Yardbirds, Eric Clapton, Fleetwood Mac and Led Zeppelin.

Exposure to international rugby developed the country's game and they began to form their own distinctive style of play, built around giant, bruising packs.

The history of the magazine can be divided into two distinctive eras: the years before the death of Herbert W. Armstrong in 1986 and the years following his death. Under Herbert W. Armstrong, the Plain Truth was a popular international magazine with an ever-increasing circultion.

The Terminal building is conceived as a distinctive roofline, making reference to the recognisable form of kites associated with an international festival held in the city.

Each of the major areas of CIRG furnishes distinctive operational assistance and training to FBI field offices as well as state, local and international law enforcement agencies.

The resulting design was quite different from and more modern-looking than its progenitor ; only the bonnet and tailgate were shared, and the car was given a distinctive front end in Chrysler / Talbot " international " style.

* 1971 – Eighty-seven countries, including the US, UK, and USSR, sign the Seabed Treaty outlawing nuclear weapons on the ocean floor in international waters.

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The United Kingdom now issues " Letters of Entrustment " to the Jersey government, which delegate power to Jersey to negotiate international agreements on its own behalf and sign treaties in Jersey's own name rather than through the United Kingdom.

* 1911 – The United States, Great Britain, Japan, and Russia sign the North Pacific Fur Seal Convention of 1911 banning open-water seal hunting, the first international treaty to address wildlife preservation issues.

Eliezer Zamenhof street in Tel Aviv: the street sign in Hebrew and Esperanto states he is the creator of the international language Esperanto.

Ministers sign international treaties in the President's name.

As a sign of their independence from national ties, judges were given full diplomatic immunity when engaged in Court business The only requirements for a judge were " high moral character " and that they have " the qualifications required in their respective countries the highest judicial offices " or be " jurisconsults of recognized competence in international law ".

Also in 2009 Crowe persuaded young England international forward Sam Burgess to sign with the Rabbitohs over other clubs that were competing for his signature, after inviting Burgess and his mother to the set of Robin Hood, which he was filming in England at the time.

In telecommunication, call-sign allocation plan is the table of allocation of international call sign series contained in the current edition of the International Telecommunication Union ( ITU ) Radio Regulations.

The need to standardise an international sign system was discussed at the first World Deaf Congress in 1951, when the WFD was formed.

International sign: The creation of an international deaf community and sign language.

" The grammar of international sign: A new look at pidgin languages.

Negation in international sign.

Similar to other nations, The United States of America needed an official symbol of sovereignty to formalize and seal ( or sign ) international treaties and transactions.

Usual responsibilities of this level of government are maintaining national security and exercising international diplomacy, including the right to sign binding treaties.

The origin of the band's name has been variously described as being inspired by a sign in a lift in a very tall building in the US ; the top level of the biggest car-park in the world, in Japan ; the floor on which Jonathan Pryce's character resides in the film Brazil ( which was released long after the band gained international recognition ); or after Tower 42 ( also known as the NatWest Tower ) formerly the tallest building in the City of London.

The original version ( ISO 646 IRV ) differed from ASCII only in that in code point 0024, ASCII's dollar sign ($) was replaced by the international currency symbol (¤).

Polisario's Abdelaziz has repeatedly stated that the Moroccan withdrawal from the 1991 Settlement Plan and refusal to sign the 2003 Baker Plan would logically lead to war from its perspective if the international community does not step in.

In a much misinterpreted photo, Ian Smith looks to be giving the international community V sign # V sign as an insult | two fingers in this photograph from a 1975 RF poster.

The dualist approach in international law contained in the Irish Constitution allows the state to sign and ratify treaties without incorporating them into domestic law.

This was problematic, because " relative isolation in a body like the United Nations is a sign of impotence ," especially given the ability of the United Nations to shape international attitudes.