But since last fall the United States has been moving toward a pro-neutralist position and now is ready to back the British plan for a cease-fire patrolled by outside observers and followed by a conference of interested powers.

The last roof boards are covered with blocks from outside the shelter.

`` All I know is that you were outside the bubbles last night, and you were the only sentient being who came in or out of our alarm web.

* 1945 – World War II: The Captain class frigate HMS Goodall K479 is torpedoed by U-286 outside the Kola Inlet becoming the last ship of the Royal Navy sunk in the European theatre of World War II.

The last major structural additions were made in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, including the East front which contains the well-known balcony on which the royal family traditionally congregates to greet crowds outside.

Over the last few years the post has been held by people from outside the university, chosen from industry top levels, in order to strengthen the ties between the university and industrial partners.

On each of the last three of these missions, astronauts also performed deep-space EVAs on the return to Earth, to retrieve film canisters from the outside of the spacecraft.

The first six bars also form all or part of the Vice Regal Salute in some Commonwealth realms outside the UK ( e. g., in Canada, governors general and lieutenant governors at official events are saluted with the first six bars of " God Save the Queen " followed by the first four and last four bars of " O Canada "), as well as the salute given to governors of British overseas territories.

The last 15 – 20 years has also seen Hobart's wine industry thrive as many vineyards have developed in countryside areas outside of the city in the Coal River Wine Region and D ' Entrecasteaux Channel, including Moorilla Estate at Berriedale one of the most awarded vineyards in Australia.

He found that, while it could not survive outside a host for long, anthrax built persisting endospores that could last a long time.

* Shevi ' i shel Pesach or Aḥaron shel Pesach (" last days of Passover ") are also a holiday commemorating K ' riat Yam Suf ( the Passage of the Red Sea ): 21 ( and outside Israel 22 ) Nisan

The last match of the tour was against a Victorian XXII at the MCG after which the English team planted an elm tree outside the ground.

In modern one-day tactics, batsmen take few risks outside the first and last few overs, thus diminishing the claimed excitement.

The British House of Lords, as the court of last appeal outside Scotland before the creation of the UK Supreme Court, was not strictly bound to always follow its own decisions until the case London Street Tramways v London County Council AC 375.

He was the last Pope to be elected from outside the College of Cardinals.

In 1955, Ruth Ellis, the last woman executed in the United Kingdom, shot David Blakely as he emerged from The Magdala in South Hill Park, Hampstead, the bullet holes can still be seen in the walls outside.

Scott wrote that Oates ' last words were " I am just going outside and may be some time ".

Ruby has been described as a multi-paradigm programming language: it allows procedural programming ( defining functions / variables outside classes makes them part of the root, ' self ' Object ), with object orientation ( everything is an object ) or functional programming ( it has anonymous functions, closures, and continuations ; statements all have values, and functions return the last evaluation ).

While protected, anyone outside of settlements is required to carry a rifle to kill polar bears in self defense, as a last resort, should they attack.

Spain has suffered catastrophic events during the last century, such as the Spanish Civil War and the 40 year long Francisco Franco fascist dictatorship, which allowed this breed to be kept relatively unknown both inside and outside of its native country, at least until democracy led to greater social and cultural equality and development.

As the jets approach, Darrow is killed when Goodspeed fires the last disarmed rocket into him, launching the Marine outside where he falls and is impaled on a fencepost.

In the last chapter the novel's hero Oskar Matzerath and his friend Gottfried von Vittlar steal a tram late at night from outside Unterrath depot on the northern edge of Düsseldorf.

The Stems then toured nationally to promote the new album, playing their first shows outside Australia last year, including European dates and a successful U. S visit which included the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas.

This last estimate may conflict with the fossil record depending on whether the genus Kayentachelys, whose fossils date to around, is the earliest known member of Cryptodira or lies outside the least inclusive clade containing Cryptodira and Pleurodira.

This wood left outside can be expected to last no more than 12 – 18 months depending on the type of climate it is exposed to.

During his reign, Spain lost its last colonies in the Americas ( Cuba and Puerto Rico ) and the Philippines ; fought and, after several setbacks, won a war in Morocco ; witnessed the start of the Spanish Generation of 1927, and endured the dictatorship of Miguel Primo de Rivera.

* 1946 – Manuel Roxas is elected the last President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines.

Nationalist movements emerged in the last significant remnants of the old empire ( Cuba and the Philippines ) which led to a brief war with the United States ( 1898 ) and the loss of the remaining old colonies at the end of the century.

The reign of Alfonso XIII ( 1886 – 1931 ) saw the Spanish-American War of 1898, culminating in the loss of the Philippines plus Spain's last colonies in the Americas, Cuba and Puerto Rico ; the " Great War " in Europe ( now known as World War I, 1914 – 1918 ), although Spain maintained neutrality throughout the conflict ; the influenza pandemic nicknamed the Spanish Flu ( 1918 – 1919 ); and the Rif War in Morocco ( 1920 – 1926 ).

* 1976 – Japan completes its last reparation to the Philippines for war crimes committed during the imperial Japan's conquest of the country in the Second World War

* 1942 – World War II: On Corregidor, the last American forces in the Philippines surrender to the Japanese.

In the last decade, the Philippines has been hit severely by natural disasters.

* May 6 – WWII: On Corregidor, the last American and Filipino forces in the Philippines surrender to the Japanese.

The majority Catholic Philippines is the last officially secular country that does not have civil divorce for the whole population ; Muslims, however, are granted divorce rights as per their religion.

This execution method was created by employees of Thomas Edison, and has been used only in the United States and, for a period of several decades, in the Philippines ( its first use there in 1924 under American occupation, last in 1976 ).

He came back to Menudo to complete a tour in Brazil, their 1987 Summer in the Streets tour after Robby Rosa quit the group to introduce new member Ruben Gomez and for their last tour in the Philippines when Ralphy Rodriguez was pulled out of the group by his parents late that year.

Among the last of the prominent patients who sought treatment for tuberculosis was Manuel Luis Quezon y Molina, the first Filipino president of the Commonwealth of the Philippines, who died in Saranac Lake of the disease on August 1, 1944.

In 1961, he defeated Turman again by decision in Manila, Philippines before defending his Lineal World Light Heavyweight Championship for what would be the last time, beating Rinaldi by a 15 round decision to retain the belt.

Good Friday in the Philippines is commemorated with street processions, the Way of the Cross, the commemoration of Jesus ' Seven last words ( Siete Palabras ) and a Passion play called the Sinakulo.

It is also the Top 10 Richest Province in the Philippines last 2011, being the only province of Northern Luzon to be included in the list.

It is the Top 10 richest province in the Philippines last 2011, being the only province of Northern Luzon to be included in the list.

In its last few years of operation, Canadian Airlines extended its international route network in Asia, with the most recent expansion of service to Malaysia and the Philippines, which gave it eight destinations in Asia.

The movement was at its strongest in the 1830s but had a revival following Spain's defeat in the Spanish-American War in 1898, when Spain lost its last remaining significant colonies, Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Philippines.

In 1898, Spain lost its last colonial possessions in Cuba and the Philippines, a fact that not only involved an important crisis of confidence, but also gave an impulse to political Catalanism.

The main objective of the program is to win the 1986 Asian Basketball Confederation crown ( now known as the FIBA Asia Cup ) which was last won by the Philippines in 1973.

Under the NCC program, Caidic led the Philippines in capturing the 1985 South East Asian Games Gold Medal and in 1986, he led the last all-amateur national team to capture the FIBA Asia Championship gold medal and scored 22 points in an 82-72 win over China in the finals.

In the late 1960s, Ōoka revisited the subject of the Pacific War and the Japanese defeat in the Philippines to produce one of his last books, the detailed historical novel Reite senki (" A Record of the Battle of Leyte ").

These would be the last new aircraft received in the Philippines until 1937 due to funding shortages caused by the Great Depression.

Intelligence officer Hiroo Onoda, who surrendered on Lubang Island in the Philippines in March 1974, and Teruo Nakamura, who surrendered on the Indonesian island of Morotai in December 1974, appear to have been the last confirmed holdouts.