While the new ex-colonial states appeared to follow the blueprint of the idealized state-centralized government, territory enclosed by defined borders, and citizenry with defined rights -, as well as accessories such as a national flag, an anthem, a seat at the United Nations and an official economic policy, they were in actuality far weaker than the Western states they were modeled after.

While normally the national flag takes precedence over the European flag in the national context, meetings between EU leaders sometimes differ.

While consultation on new guidelines is under way, the decision to fly the flag may be made by each government department.

While other parties ( Kach, Herut ) have advocated transfer, Moledet is the party most associated with this notion in Israel, due to its almost lack of any other element in its platform, and due to Ze ' evi's success in bringing together opposing elements ( in particular, both secular and religious ) under the transfer flag.

While the arms are horizontally centered, their vertical position on the flag is defined by the location of the center of the cross on top of the crown: at 1 / 8 of the flag's length.

While riding into town, reportedly under a white flag, they skirmished with Union soldiers, and Jesse James was severely wounded.

While in Warwick Township the American flag that was designed by Betsy Ross was presented to General Washington and Warwick Township was the site where the American flag was first flown.

While Fretilin had sought the return of the Portuguese Governor, pointedly flying the Portuguese flag from government offices, the deteriorating situation meant that it had to make an appeal to the world for international support, independently of Portugal.

While Langlois and his colonists sheltered from unfavourable winds at Pigeon Bay on the other side of the peninsula, the British raised their flag at Greens Point between Akaroa and Takapuneke and courts of law convened to assert British sovereignty over the South Island.

While Dutch propaganda tried to paint the battle as a Dutch victory or a " glorious defeat " and the populace publicly rejoiced at the heroism shown, Admiral Tromp and the other flag officers knew better, all coming home in an extremely dark mood.

While most settlers who lived in the western Cape ( later known as the Cape Dutch ) did not trek eastward, a small number did. The flag of Cape Colony in South Africa ( 1875-1910 )

While Spriggs and Roberts used the same name for their flags, their flag designs were quite different, suggesting that already " Jolly Roger " was a generic term for black pirate flags rather than a name for any single specific design.

While pirates used the red, or bloody, flag as well as black flags, there was a distinction between the two.

" While the constitution only mentioned the use of the flag, anthem and arms as national symbols, each symbol had to be defined by law.

While serving as the color bearer for the Colorados crew and Marines, USS Colorado Carpenter Cyrus Hayden planted the US flag on the ramparts under heavy enemy fire.

While the Banovina of Croatia existed within the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, it had a similar flag without the modern crown above the chequy.

While the Lone Star remained the de facto state flag, from 1879 until 1933 there was no official state flag.

While many of the depicted symbols and layouts on some of the flags have inspired the national flag, there is no direct relationship.

While the Chinese media portrayed the launch as a triumph for Chinese science and technology and a milestone for Chinese nationalism, it has also been pointed out in both Chinese and Western media that Yang Liwei showed the flag of the United Nations in addition to the flag of the People's Republic of China.

While it is always possible that the Supreme Court could overturn this holding, the more likely reemergence of the broadcast flag is in legislation of the United States Congress granting such authority to the FCC.

While Robarts insisted that he supported the new national flag, he felt the Ensign was an important symbol that reflected Ontario's British heritage and the sacrifices made by Canadian troops under the Red Ensign.

While the proposed amendment is most frequently referred to colloquially in terms of " flag burning ," the language would permit the prohibition of all forms of flag desecration, which may take forms other than burning, such as using the flag for clothing or napkins.

While my memory holds with relentless tenacity, as I cannot too often stress, to my wrongs, when it comes to my shames, it gestures and jokes and toys with chronology like a prestidigitator in the hope of distracting me from them.

While S.K. did not like Dylan Thomas, I liked his poems very much, but I made the mistake of telling Dylan Thomas so, whereupon he said to me, `` I suppose you think you know all about me ''.

While I respect his sincere concern for peace, he made four points that I would like to question.

While the sun is similarly described as being aflame, it is not composed of rarefied air like the stars but rather of earth like the moon ; its burning comes not from its composition but rather from its rapid motion .< ref > Kirk, G. S., J. E.

While there was a ban on using Aristotle's works as teaching texts, theologians like Alexander continued to exploit his ideas in their theology.

While most casts have five toes — like all known apes — some casts of alleged Bigfoot tracks have had numbers ranging from two to six.

While a throwing stick can also be shaped overall like a returning boomerang, it is designed to travel as straight as possible so that it can be aimed and thrown with great force to bring down game.

While following the tradition that she lived in Italy, he comments wryly that there are now many more temptresses like her to lead men astray.

While it may seem like a break time or a dance, the chamada is actually both a trap and a test, as the caller is just watching to see if the opponent will let his guard down so she can perform a takedown or a strike.

While most scholars agree that one or more of these terms refer to handheld mechanical weapons, there exist disagreement whether these were flexion bows or torsion powered like the recent Xanten find.

While some are dark skinned and insist on their own customs, others are of the same color and are Christians or Muslim like the communities they live in.

( While the use of Hindu-Arabic numerals is occasionally seen, such as in the game Pop-O-Matic Trouble, the ambigrammatic properties of the digits ( for instance, 6 can look like a 9 upside down ) make such dice uncommon.

While the draugr certainly preferred to be active during the night, it did not appear to be vulnerable to sunlight like some other revenants.

While filming The Madwoman of Chaillot in France, he phoned home to ask his family if they would like to eat at " Ying's Thing " that evening ; Kaye then flew home for dinner.

While there are other European countries like Estonia with a birthrate that is at less than replacement levels, Estonia lacks the immigration found, for example, in Germany.

While there are other European countries like Estonia with a birthrate that is below replacement levels, Estonia lacks immigration to compensate for the negative natural growth.

While the CSU attempted to portray them as " misinterpreted ", Stoiber created further controversy when he claimed that " if it was like Bavaria everywhere, there wouldn't be any problems.

While the resource inputs are generally controlled by external processes like climate and parent material, the availability of these resources within the ecosystem is controlled by internal factors like decomposition, root competition or shading.

While the resource inputs are generally controlled by external processes like climate and parent material, the availability of these resources within the ecosystem is controlled by internal factors like decomposition, root competition or shading.

While a slight bow to the overall developer community to allow something looking like direct access ( e. g. thereby breaking the Information Hiding Principle ), the practice is dangerous as it hides or obfuscates the reality of a " setter " being used.

While the Scandinavian tradition preserves some evidence of the álfar as skillful supernatural beings with positive connotations, much like the æsir or " gods ", the elves of Anglo-Saxon and continental tradition are almost exclusively presented as mischievous or malevolent beings responsible for misfortune or illness.

While in the case of 1 Corinthians, the love ' does not ' statements like boasting remind one of the criticisms of the Corinthians earlier in the book, Colossians is different.