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The very citadel of spoils politics, the hitherto impregnable fortress that had existed unshaken since it was erected on the foundation laid by Andrew Jackson, was tottering to its fall under the assaults of this audacious and irrepressible young man .... Whatever may have been the feelings of the ( fellow Republican party ) President ( Harrison ) — and there is little doubt that he had no idea when he appointed Roosevelt that he would prove to be so veritable a bull in a china shop — he refused to remove him and stood by him firmly till the end of his term.
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In 870 an army led by the Viking chiefs known in Irish as Amlaíb Conung and Ímar laid siege to Alt Clut, a siege which lasted some four months and led to the destruction of the citadel and the taking of a very large number of captives.
The site of the old town is about 250 m above the sea, while a very steep and almost isolated rock, crowned by a Saracen castle, rises about 150 m higher: this is undoubtedly the site of the ancient Arx or citadel, the inaccessible position of which is repeatedly alluded to by ancient writers.
Four hundred and seventy Mamelukes entered the citadel ; and of these very few, if any, escaped.
* According to researcher Flavius Josephus, heredium was a name given to a costly citadel in memory of Herod's great actions, as Herod " adorned it with the most costly palaces, and erected very strong fortifications " ( The Genuine Works of Flavius Josephus, page 48 ).
The citadel is very small and has a rectangular shape, with only six towers, two of which are pierced by the gates.
He also constructed, on commission of pope Clement VII, the very deep ( 53 m ) and ingenious Pozzo di San Patrizio at Orvieto, formed with a double spiral staircase, like the Well of Saladin in the citadel of Cairo.
After climbing the rock patch from the Tolar Khind, follow the usual trek route going ahead and at one point, you will encounter two ways one to the right goes to the temple through seven hills and the straight one goes below the balekilla ( citadel ) through very dense forests ( the trees are very dense that you can't even view the sky above your head ) and this route reaches to the seventh mountain directly.
He has left for us an account, in which he describes Bijapur was a great city ... in its large suburbs many goldsmiths and jewelers dwelt ... the king's palace ( Arkillah or citadel ) was vast, but ill-built and the access to it was very dangerous as the ditch with which it was girt was full of crocodiles ,.
It was on this site that Xerxes, as tradition tells, built this very palace, as well as the citadel of Celaenae itself, on his retreat from Hellas, after he had lost the famous battle.
very and spoils
By 1900, most federal jobs were handled through civil service and the spoils system was limited only to very senior positions.
And thus very great spoils were taken from his army, as well of horses and arms and raiment as of very many other things ".
They are very durable, but their response is anisotropic ( which spoils energy resolution when the source is not collimated ), and they cannot be easily machined, nor can they be grown in large sizes ; hence they are not very often used.
These votes would be repaid with favors back from the government once that candidate was elected ; and very often candidates were selected based on their willingness to play along with the spoils system.
Their full dress uniform is very similar to that of the Foot Guards regiments of the British Army: a scarlet or blue tunic ; blue trousers ; and a bearskin with the regiment's cap badge ( the Sun and Royal Coat of Arms ); together with the symbolic infantry sabre, which is part of the spoils from the First Schleswig War 1848-1850 and originally a French infantry sabre.
With military victory came the spoils of war-a very draconian pummeling of Germany into submission, via the Treaty of Versailles.
Nevertheless Orujo is a product made from the spoils of wine production, Pisco, in the other hand, uses fresh grapes very much as wine does.
Food that has been offered to the toyol and “ eaten ” by it, supposedly spoils very quickly.
very and politics
From the very beginning the electoral discussions raised fundamental issues in Moroccan politics, precisely the type of questions that were most difficult to resolve in the new government.
and by deriving legitimate decision backward from whatever may conceivably or possibly or probably result, whether by anyone's doing or by accident, it finds itself driven to inaction, to non-political action in politics and non-military action in military affairs, and to the not very surprising discovery that there are now no distinctions on which the defense of justice can possibly be based.
He had a very good memory and had a good knowledge of the genealogy of the Arab tribes, their stories and their politics.
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi | Gandhi promoted the principle of ahimsa very successfully by applying it to all spheres of life, particularly to politics.
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi promoted the principle of ahimsa very successfully by applying it to all spheres of life, particularly to politics ( Swaraj ).
" Though apparent to very few historians at the time, these defeats were the beginning of the decline of Europe as the center of world politics.
Clausewitz had many aphorisms, of which the most famous is that " War is the continuation of Politik by other means " ( Politik being variously translated as ' policy ' or ' politics ,' terms with very different implications ), a description that has won wide acceptance.
The City University of New York boasts some very prominent alumni, whose professions range from politics to medicine.
Speaking in Carlow in June 2010, Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government and Green Party leader John Gormley said the Labour Party is coming very close to being the " Father Ted of Irish politics " because, according to Gormley, they have no policies.
But Lippmann turned against what he called the " collectivism " of the Progressive movement he encouraged with its de-emphasis on the foundations of American politics and government and ultimately wrote a work, " The Public Philosophy " ( 1955 ), which came very close to a return to the principles of the American founders.
Theodora would become very influential in the politics of the Empire, and later emperors would follow Justinian's precedent in marrying outside the aristocratic class.
She's a very stoic, hardy person full of joy and excitement for life ... She is not without opinions on politics and political types these days ... She is, as most of her friends described her, a pistol.
You may find a story which ignores love or any other subject, but not politics ; it is the very axis of our thinking ".
He wrote in his memoirs that he found this period very useful later on, when he entered politics, and that senior civil servant Norman Robertson tried unsuccessfully to persuade him to stay on.
Menzies was very bitter about what he saw as this betrayal by his colleagues, and almost left politics before being persuaded to become Minister for Defence Co-ordination in the Fadden government.
Also, Willis, although very much a part of early radical feminism and continuing to hold that it played a necessary role in placing feminism on the political agenda, later criticised its inability " to integrate a feminist perspective with an overall radical politics ," while viewing this limitation as inevitable in the historical context of the times.
The juxtaposition of his commentary on politics and national events, alongside the very personal, can be seen from the beginning.
Though he " had been brought up by a Marxist father ", he stated that his father's politics were " very different " from his own.
Domestic as well as international politics played a very important role in this.
These clubs were rumoured to be the meeting places of " persons of quality " who wished to take part in immoral acts, and the members were often very involved in politics.
Despite his nominal retirement, Jardine was still very much active in business and politics and built a townhouse in 6 Upper Belgrave Street, then a new upscale residential district in London near Buckingham Palace.
Despite his illness, Jardine was still very active in keeping an eye on business, politics and current affairs.
Since a very early age, Mazzini showed good learning qualities ( as well as a precocious interest towards politics and literature ), and was admitted to the University at only 14, graduating in law in 1826, initially practicing as a " poor man's lawyer ".
At the age of 41, Chirac stood out as the very model of the jeunes loups (" young wolves ") of French politics, but he was faced with the hostility of the " Barons of Gaullism " who considered him a traitor for his role during the previous presidential campaign.
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