The present issue in Atlantica -- whether to transform an alliance of sovereign nations into a federal union of sovereign citizens -- resembles the American one of 1787-89 rather than the one that was resolved by Civil War.

When, in March, 1640, the two towns were united under Coddington, Gorton claimed the union was irregular and illegally constituted and that it had never been sanctioned by the majority of freeholders.

The solution reached in the agreement was more acceptable to the railroad than that originally included in a series of union demands.

The issue was sufficiently potent in 1935 to spark secession from the American Federation of Labor of its industrial union members.

Can you consider restricting any additional employee benefits to those paid for by profit-sharing money, such as was done in the union contract recently signed by American Motors Corporation??

It was an interesting fraternisation of ex-convicts, union racketeers, ward heelers, sold-out officials, and gunmen.

The NLRB said that of 11 potentially eligible voters eight voted against the union, two voted for it, and one vote was challenged.

In the famous Danbury Hatters case, a suit was brought against the union by the Loewe Company for monopolistic practices, e.g., trying to persuade consumers not to purchase the product of the struck manufacturer.

The suit against the union was successful and many workers lost their homes to pay off the judgment.

Early Chinese anchoritism was theoretically aimed at a mystic pantheist union with the divine, personal salvation being achieved when the mystical recluse united with divine essence.

Thus, the Mahayana metaphysic of mystical union for salvation was distilled down to a bare self-seeking, and for this reason, the mystic in Asia did not long remain in isolated contemplation.

It was only fitting that we seek out whatever joy our union might bring.

The projected union initially aroused great opposition: he did not consult with his father, who had been on vacation in Karlovy Vary and making arrangements to secure the hand of a German princess for his son, or his Prime Minister Dr. Vladan Đorđević, who was visiting the Paris Universal Exhibition at the time of the announcement.

The first-born of this union, Infanta Maria of Portugal, married King Alfonso XI of Castile in 1328, at the same time that Afonso IV's heir, Peter I of Portugal, was promised to another Castilian infanta, Constance of Peñafiel.

A Serene Highness by birth, Ena, as she was known, was raised to Royal Highness status a month before her wedding to prevent the union from being viewed as unequal.

" The result of the crisis produced by the result of Alfonso I's will was a major reorientation of the peninsula's kingdoms: the separation of Aragon and Navarre, the union of Aragon and Catalonia and — a moot point but stressed particularly by some Castilian historians — the affirmation of ' Castilian hegemony ' in Spain " by the rendering of homage for Zaragoza by Alfonso's eventual heir, Ramon Berenguer IV of Barcelona.

* 1980 – After two weeks of nationwide strikes, the Polish government was forced to sign the Gdańsk Agreement, allowing for the creation of the trade union Solidarity.

But in this Council, and later, in that of Florence, Ambrose, by his efforts and charity toward some poor Greek bishops, greatly helped to bring about a union of the two Churches, the decree for which, 6 July 1439, he was called on to draw up.

The union was confirmed by Pope Paul V in 1606, at which time the congregation added the name of St. Barnabas to its title, adopted new constitutions, divided its houses into four provinces, two of them, St Clement's and St Pancras's, being in Rome.

Sole emperor from 1282, Andronikos II immediately repudiated his father's unpopular Church union with the Papacy ( which he had been forced to support while his father was still alive ), but was unable to resolve the related schism within the Orthodox clergy until 1310.

The Act of Settlement was, in many ways, the major cause of the union of Scotland with England and Wales to form the Kingdom of Great Britain.

Stemming from this, the Parliament of England decided that, to ensure the stability and future prosperity of Great Britain, full union of the two parliaments and nations was essential before Anne's death and used a combination of exclusionary legislation ( the Alien Act of 1705 ), politics, and bribery to achieve it within three years under the Act of Union 1707.

This was in marked contrast to the four attempts at political union between 1606 and 1689, which all failed owing to a lack of political will in both kingdoms.

Although the nation's rail network links seven of the country's 10 major cities, very little of it has been used regularly because of security concerns, lack of maintenance, and the power of the road transport union.

Drop kicks are most importantly used as a method of restarting play and scoring points in rugby union and rugby league.

In rugby union, a drop kick is used for the kick-off and restarts and to score a drop goal ( sometimes called a field goal ).

The usage of drop kicks in rugby sevens is the same as in rugby union, except that drop kicks are used for all conversion attempts and for penalty kicks, both of which must be taken within 40 seconds of the try being scored or the award of the penalty.

The Scotland national rugby union team plays at Murrayfield Stadium, which is owned by the Scottish Rugby Union and is also used as a venue for other events, including music concerts.

Thus, he used " rare " rather than " strange " to represent the Spanish " raro ", and " syndicate " rather than " trade union " for the Spanish " sindicato ".

In installations where copper pipe has been fitted to replace a section of corroded galvanized pipe, a special dielectric fitting called a " union " must be used to join the two types of pipes ; otherwise the presence of water in contact with differing metals creates an electrical current that can cause " galvanic corrosion ".

In this case, a prerogative Order in Council had been used by the prime minister ( who is the Minister for the Civil Service ) to ban trade union activities by civil servants working at GCHQ.

With economic stagnation since the late 17th century, which was particularly acute in 1704 ; the country depended more and more heavily on sales of cattle and linen to England, who used this to create pressure for a union.

Offshore corporate funds are used for non-US investors, which would otherwise be subject to more complex tax issues by investing in a tax-transparent entity such as a partnership, and US entities that do not pay tax such as state, corporate, private and union pension funds, which would otherwise be subject to unrelated business income tax in the United States.

It has often been assumed that, in England, jumping over the broom ( or sometimes walking over a broom ), always indicated an irregular or non-church union ( as in the expressions " Married over the besom ", " living over the brush "), but there are examples of the phrase being used in the context of legal weddings, both religious and civil.

In America the phrase could be used as slang describing the act of getting married legally, rather than as one specifying an informal union not recognised by church or state.

The National Stadium, which was used by Wales national rugby union team, was officially opened on 7 April 1984, however in 1997 it was demolished to make way for the Millennium Stadium in 1999, which hosted the 1999 Rugby World Cup and became the national stadium of Wales.

At that stage, the cricket ground to the north was still being used by Glamorgan County Cricket Club, and the rugby union ground to the south was used by the national Wales team and Cardiff RFC.

Cardiff Arms Park is best known as a rugby union stadium, however Cardiff Athletic Bowls Club ( CABC ) was established in 1923, and ever since then, the club has used the Arms Park as its bowling club.

Note that the set-theoretic union, in some contexts closely related to logical disjunction ( or ), is used here for sets of statements in such a way that it is more related to logical conjunction ( and ).

Unlike many other rugby union competitions the bonus point system is not used.

The decision to let the currency trade freely as part of the IMF rescue package means that Seychelles is the smallest country in the world that has a completely independent currency-one that is neither pegged, nor an adopted foreign currency, nor a common currency used within a larger monetary union.

The song has been used by as a National Anthem by the Scotland national rugby union team, ever since the winger, Billy Steele, encouraged his team-mates to sing it on the victorious Lions tour of South Africa in 1974.

Torture was effectively used to gather information needed to break up the MLN and also against trade union officers, members of the Communist Party and even to regular citizens.

The melody was first used in Luxembourg ( at the time in personal union with the Kingdom of the United Netherlands ) on the occasion of the visit of the Dutch King and Grand Duke of Luxembourg William III in 1883.

Following the 1707 union between the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland, Newton used his previous experience to direct the 1707 – 1710 Scottish recoinage, resulting in a common currency for the new Kingdom of Great Britain.

Another whistle that is widely used for games such as touch football, rugby league and rugby union is called the " Thunderer 58. 5 ", and it is made by the Acme Whistles company.