The sociological breakdown of the competition was, roughly, one side engaged mostly in commerce, trade and industry, and the other side associated with landowning aristocracy or military aristocracy ( the Junker ) in Prussia, the Habsburg monarchy in Austria, and the conservative notables of the small princely states and city-states in Germany.

Nevertheless, landownership was controlled by a small European monopoly, thwarting the evolution of a Creole landowning class from the former slaves.

The class structure of a typical semi-colony features a large mass of peasants and unemployed, a relatively small urban working class and middle class, a strong landowning class, and an urban comprador bourgeoisie.

When Parr's machine collapsed soon after his death, Duval County's small white large landowning minority attempted to retain control of the county politically but was unable to halt the take-over of the county Democratic party by the now overwhelmingly large Mexican-American population.

The deghans were small land owning citizens of the Sassanian Empire and were considered lower nobility.

The small half-heartedly tended fields of men who'd spent more time rustling cattle than farming were lying fallow.

The bars were marked as Walter had marked them in a small black book kept in a nearly secret drawer.

The sun was not yet high and all of them were in the small area of shade cast by the boulder.

Actually, two flags were used at the mansion -- a small one on rainy days, and a big one on bright days.

That exchange was not only possible but commonplace last week in Manhattan, as more and more New Yorkers were discovering 29th Street and Eighth Avenue, where half a dozen small nightclubs with names like Arabian Nights, Grecian Palace and Egyptian Gardens are the American inpost of belly dancing.

Even at this short distance they were only vague shapes, setting up the machine gun on a small knoll so that it could fire above the heads of the rest of the patrol.

The other patrons were taxi drivers and art students and small shopkeepers.

Her quarters were on the right as you walked into the building, and her small front room was clogged with heavy furniture -- a big, round, oak dining table and chairs, a buffet, with a row of unclaimed letters inserted between the mirror and its frame.

The portwatchers were retired longshoremen and small time seafarers off towboats and barges who acted as watchmen on the wharves.

Acorns from the great oaks fed the small black pigs ( akin to Berkshires ), whose `` carcass sweepstakes '' were renowned.

Several years ago headlines were made by a small radio transmitter capsule which could be swallowed by the patient and which would then radio internal pressure data to external receivers.

Grazie had a small, slick head and her hair and skin were the color of golden toast.

Two of the fluids showed a high-positive normal pressure when undergoing shear, and two showed small negative pressures which were negligible in comparison with the amount of the positive pressures generated by the other two.

The two fluids which gave the small negative pressures were polybutenes with molecular weights which were stated to be 520 and 300.

Macrophages laden with brown pigment were seen in some of the alveoli, and the intima of some of the small arteries was thickened by fibrous tissue.

Some of the sinusoids contained large numbers of nucleated red cells, and cells of the granulocytic series were found in small numbers.

The small and large intestines were filled with gas, and the jejunum was dilated to about 2 times its normal circumference.

Some of the small vessels were filled with fibrin thrombi, and there was extensive interstitial hemorrhage.

In addition, there were 2 small papillary adenomas in the right kidney.

Individual nuclei were usually oval to round, though occasionally elongated, and frequently small and somewhat pyknotic.

Occasionally there were small basophilic fibers that were devoid of myofibrillae and contained many vesicular nuclei with prominent nucleoli ( Fig. 5 ).

In all of the sections examined, the arterioles and small arteries were essentially normal.

Thus if E is sufficiently small, there can be only one intersection of C and Af near Q, for if there were more than one intersection for every E then the difference between C and Af near Q would not be a monotone function.

First, there were those Congolese ( among them Joseph Kasavubu ) who favored splitting the country into small independent states, Balkanizing it.

Because of their small size and limited projectile penetration compared to high-power rifle rounds, submachine guns are commonly favored by military, paramilitary and police forces for close-quarters engagements such as inside buildings, in urban areas or in trench complexes.

The game is also played extensively in the small town of Peebles in the Scottish Borders, mainly in the local primary school playground, where it is favored to more traditional childhood past-times such as ' British bulldogs ' and ' Kiss, Cuddle and Torture '.

The New Jersey Plan generally favored the small population states, using the philosophy of English Whigs such as Edmund Burke to rely on received procedure, and William Blackstone emphasizing sovereignty of the legislature.

If nucleation is favored too much, a shower of small crystallites will form in the droplet, rather than one large crystal ; if favored too little, no crystal will form whatsoever.

Rice or birdseed, signifying abundance, may be thrown at the departing couple, with birdseed preferred by facility managers, since it requires less clean up work than rice, and new, mess-free substitutes, such as blowing soap bubbles or ringing small bells being even more favored by the cleaning staff.

The Maquis heavily relied on airdrops of weapons and explosives from the British SOE, SOE parachuted agents in with wireless sets ( for radio communication ) and dropping containers with various munitions including, but not limited to Sten guns, Pencil detonators, plastic explosives, Welrod pistols ( a silenced specialized assassination weapon favored by covert operatives ) and assorted small arms ( pistols, rifles and sub-machine guns ).

In 2001, the government began taking steps to amend Bermuda's constitution in order to abolish the island's system of parish-based, dual-seat constituencies which favored voters in parishes of small, predominantly white populations.

Delegates from the small states generally favored the Electoral College out of concern that the large states would otherwise control presidential elections.

On December 5, Vilsack announced that he favored withdrawing most of the U. S. forces from Iraq and leaving a small force in the Northern region for a limited period.

Military commanders favored specialized small units for speed and mobility, to gain valuable information about the terrain and enemy before sending the main ( or majority ) troops into the area, screening, covering force, pursuit and exploitation roles.

:* The parent who would be more favored in a ruling to receive payments ( such as when a father's small contribution would be pointless to a wealthy mother ).

American architect William Phelps Eno favored small traffic circles.

Though King Sisavang Vong thought Laos was too small for independence he had proclaimed the end of the French protectorate status though he favored the French return.

The very next season, on a now fabled team known as " The Miracle of Richfield ", and led by team captain Carr, scoring small forward Campy Russell, shooting guard Bobby " Bingo " Smith, and a supporting cast of largely unknown players such as starting center Jim Chones, and an aging Nate Thurmond, Fitch coached the overachieving Cavs to its first winning season, an almost unexpected playoff berth and the Central Division title with a record of 49 – 33, advancing to the Eastern Conference Finals against a heavily favored Boston Celtics team led by future Hall of Famers Dave Cowens, shooting guard John Havlicek, and All-Star point guard Jo Jo White.

Because they are extremely small and lightweight, this type of stove tends to be favored by ultralight backpackers as well as those seeking to minimize weight and bulk, particularly for extended backpacking trips.

" Soft " ( i. e. paper or credit ) currency, in his opinion, favored rich urban Easterners at the expense of the small farmers and tradespeople of the West.

Because of their small size and easy availability, Deringers sometimes had the dubious reputation of being a favored tool of assassins.

" They argue that energy was diverted from biological reproduction during a period when climate irregularities favored small families.

Also supplementing the diet are small birds, with passerines such as swallows, sparrows, kinglets and chickadees favored.

She scored a small role in the critically favored thriller film Dark City ( 1998 ).

" He also favored a small " BI " distinctive logo and small titles.