Thus, when the Winter War broke out, Finland was left alone to resist the Soviet attack.

Thus Finland had to face its big neighbour on its own, without any greater power's protection.

Thus, in places such as Switzerland, Finland, Thailand, and India, citizens may purchase special fare tickets for public transportation that are available only to citizens.

Thus they aimed to annex these territories as well as to obtain a buffer zone from Finland in 1939-40 ( see Soviet-Finnish War ).

Thus since the late 19th century Finnish has been a co-official language of administration in Finland.

Thus countries with favorable conditions, such as Canada, Finland, Sweden and Switzerland, are trying to attract cloud computing data centers.

Thus many common "- ish " forms have irregular demonyms, e. g. Britain / British / Briton ; Denmark / Danish / Dane ; England / English / Englishman ; Finland / Finnish / Finn ; Flanders / Flemish / Fleming ; Ireland / Irish / Irishman ; Kurdistan / Kurdish / Kurd ; Poland / Polish / Pole ; Scotland / Scottish / Scot ; Spain / Spanish / Spaniard ; Sweden / Swedish / Swede ; Turkey / Turkish / Turk.

Thus Finland had to hand over 75 locomotives, 2, 000 railroad cars, a number of cars, trucks and ships.

Thus several historians have suggested that Kvens or kainulaiset actually lived in South Finland, although they regularly travelled in northern Fennoscandia as long-range wilderness utilisators, raiders, traders and tribute exactors, perhaps settling permanently there in some cases.

Thus the possibility of re-incorporating Portugal ( up to then Southern Galicia ) into a Kingdom of Portugal and Galicia as before was eliminated and Afonso became sole ruler ( Duke of Portugal ) after demands for independence from the county's church and nobles.

Thus in the spring of 1912, consultations between the various Christian Balkan nations resulted in a network of military alliances which became known as the Balkan League.

Thus permanent building societies quickly became mortgage banks and in such institutions there always existed a conflict of interest between borrowers and savers.

Thus, Octavian's victory at the Battle of Actium gave him sole and uncontested control of " Mare Nostrum " ( Our Sea i. e. the Roman Mediterannean ) and he became " Augustus Caesar " and the " first citizen " of Rome.

Thus, southern Germany once more became part of the Frankish kingdom, as had northern Germany during the first years of the reign.

Thus the " Cabal Ministry " never really unified in its members ' aims and sympathies, and fell apart by 1672 ; Lord Ashley, who became Earl of Shaftesbury, later became one of Charles II's fiercest opponents.

Thus she became a bear and gave birth to a son called Arcas.

Thus literary criticism became highly theoretical and some of those practicing it began referring to the theoretical dimension of their work as " critical theory "-a philosophically inspired theory of literary criticism.

Thus the Oracle fell in decay and the surrounding area became impoverished.

Thus, the long bay became a lake.

Thus, the remnants of the Springfield Presbytery became the Christian Church.

Thus the Eastern First Council of Constantinople became ecumenical only when its decrees were accepted in the West also.

Thus Zheng became Qin Shi Huang, abolishing the system where the huang / di titles were reserved to dead and / or mythological rulers.

Thus Galen summarised and synthesised the work of his predecessors, and it is in Galen's words ( Galenism ) that Greek medicine was handed down to subsequent generations, such that Galenism became the means by which Greek medicine was known to the world.

Thus, Gaius became an opponent of senatorial influence.

Thus Lord Aberdeen, a Peelite, became Prime Minister and headed a coalition ministry of Whigs and Peelites.

Thus, the camps became a mechanism for social and racial engineering.

Thus, even when tin became available again, iron was cheaper, stronger, and lighter, and forged iron implements superseded cast bronze tools permanently.

Thus, Jainism became a vital force under the Mauryan Rule.

Thus ( Gaius ) Julius Caesar adopted his sister's grandson, Gaius Octavius, who became a Julius, eventually named Imperator Caesar Augustus, normally called in English Augustus, the founder of the Empire.

Thus Jacob's herds increased and he became very wealthy.

Thus he became distinguished as the man " who made Israel to sin.

Thus 3 KAR, 5 KAR, and 11 KAR became 3 Kenya Rifles, 5 Kenya Rifles, and 11 Kenya Rifles respectively.

Thus, favoring M to some extent became identified as alignment with InterSystems.

Thus the chief magistrate of the republic at Genoa was called.

Thus, Brutus was the heroic defender of the republic, at the cost of his own family.

Thus the party supported nearly all social liberalizations that have been implemented in the federal republic.

Thus, Rome had developed a very sophisticated legal system and a refined legal culture when the Roman republic was replaced by the monarchical system of the principate in 27 BC.

Thus, Afghanistan's foreign minister commented that Afghanistan was a democratic but not yet socialist republic, while a member of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan's Politburo predicted that " Afghanistan will not see socialism in my lifetime " in an interview with a British journalist in 1981.

However, the structural changes associated with the later stages of industrial capitalism, including " increased centralization of production ... declining wages ... expanding ... labor pool ... intensifying competition, and ... he loss of competence and independence experienced by skilled labor " meant that " a critique that referred to all work as slavery and avoided demands for wage concessions in favor of supporting the creation of the producerist republic ( by diverting strike funds towards funding ... co-operatives, for example ) was far less compelling than one that identified the specific conditions of slavery as low wages ..." Thus, " wage slavery " was gradually replaced by the more pragmatic term " wage work " towards the end of the 19th century.

Thus, the " republic " never exercised any real authority, and it was never recognized by any nation.

Thus, as in the third republic, this regime was characterized by ministerial instability.

Thus, the Central Committee appealed to the " respected citizens of Russia “ to defend the Soviet republic against a Polish usurpation.

Thus, on 15 March 1961, ostensibly to save Britain an awkward decision and causing a split within the Commonwealth, but more likely to avoid further condemnation and embarrassment, Verwoerd withdrew his application and announced that South Africa would become a republic outside the Commonwealth.

Thus, the Constitution establishes one of the possible procedures to resolve a political crisis in a parliamentary republic by entitling the President, an otherwise largely ceremonial figure, to initiate the dissolution of parliament, but at the potential cost of his own office, should his initiative be rejected by popular vote.

Thus for his time Marten was unusual in his political stance, being unashamedly in favour not of reforming the monarchy but of replacing it with a republic.

Thus the treaty can be viewed as a compromised between the different groups within the Bolshevik camp, to on on hand satisfy the aspirations of large minorities ( the named examples of Georgia and Ukraine ), to allow for potential expansion, Bylorussia was the smallest republic, yet its official languages included in addition to Russian and Belarusian, Polish and Yiddish, to undermine the authority of the neighbouring Second Polish Republic and to use its sizeable Jewish minority, as well as the Belarusians and Ukrainians in Poland as a future fifth column.

Thus the United States is sometimes called a classical republic.

Thus they abandoned the parliament and all other institutions, beating the drum and accusing the other side that " they have thrown us out of the republic " ( to this day, the seats reserved for the Turks are still empty in the Assembly of Republic of Cyprus ).