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Triple Alliance
Triple Alliance in European history, any of several coalitions. 1 The Triple Alliance of 1668 was formed by the Netherlands, England, and Sweden against France after Louis XIV had invaded the Spanish Netherlands in the War of Devolution . Largely because of the initiative of the Dutch statesman... Read more |
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Anglo-Japanese Alliance
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League of Augsburg
League of Augsburg defensive alliance formed (1686) by Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I with various German states, including Bavaria and the Palatinate, and with Sweden and Spain so far as their German interests were concerned. It was an acknowledgment of a community of German feeling against French... Read more |
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Triple Alliance and Triple Entente
Triple Alliance and Triple Entente , two international combinations of states that dominated the diplomatic history of Western Europe from 1882 until they came into armed conflict in World War I. Formation of the Triple Alliance In 1871 two new major states of Europe had been formed—the... Read more |
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Three Emperors League
Three Emperors' League informal alliance among Austria-Hungary, Germany, and Russia, announced officially in 1872 on the occasion of the meeting of emperors Francis Joseph, William I, and Alexander II. The chief architects of the alliance were Julius Andrássy, Otto von Bismarck, and Prince... Read more |
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Alliance Entertainment Corp
Alliance Entertainment Corp. 110 East 59th StreetNew York, New York 10022U.S.A.(212) 935-6662Fax: (212) 644-6493 Public CompanyIncorporated: 1990Employees: 1,426Sales: $720.3 million (1995)Stock Exchanges: New YorkSICs: 5099 Durable Goods, Not Elsewhere Classified; 6719 Holding Companies, Not... Read more |
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War of the Triple Alliance
War of the Triple Alliance 1865-70, fought between Paraguay on one side and an alliance of Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay on the other. Brazil's military reprisals for injuries to Brazilian subjects in Uruguay's civil war brought a declaration of war against Brazil from Francisco Solano ... Read more |
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War of Devolution
War of Devolution 1667-68, undertaken by Louis XIV for the conquest of the Spanish Netherlands. On her marriage to Louis, Marie Thérèse, daughter of Philip IV of Spain, had renounced her rights of inheritance in return for a large dowry. Blaming Spain for having failed to pay the... Read more |
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treaty of Dover
Dover, treaty of, 1670. Louis XIV's attack upon the Dutch in 1667 had been halted by the Triple Alliance of Holland, Sweden, and England. To prepare for a decisive victory, Louis needed to smash the alliance and in 1669 began negotiations with Charles II. The treaty of May 1670, signed by... Read more |
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Relations with Italy
ITALY, RELATIONS WITH From the time of Italy's unification in the mid-nineteenth century through the post-Soviet era, schizophrenic collaboration and competition in the Balkans and Danubian Europe has marked Italo-Russian relations, with national interests consistently trumping shifting ideologies... Read more |
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TRIPLE PLAYS HIT HOME THREE NEW ALLIANCES IMPACT DENVER MARKET.(Business)
...came in threes Monday as a triple play of alliances involved five local corporations...formed a $37.5 million alliance with Jato Communications Corp...also prompted the marketing alliance announced Monday between Rhythms...business to Rhythms, plus new customers they can obtain... |
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NEW TRIPLE ALLIANCE CAN REVIVE THE ARMS SPARK.(Sport)
...snap up the 9-4 being offered against Wales. But if a full-house once again makes the Arms Park an intimidating place, and Davies, Gibbs and Young do the business, the new dawn we've all been awaiting could at last become a reality. |
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Sustainable development of biodiversity resources in the eastern Caribbean:...
...regional associations, new impositions are resented...what I call, here, triple alliances among aid...SUSTAINABILITY AND TRIPLE ALLIANCES In recent years, significant...I call them triple alliances among local representatives...national politics, triple alliances ... |
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MERCOSUR: INTEGRATION MAY PROMPT RETHINK OF TRIPLE ALLIANCE WAR
...historyof the War of the Triple Alliance will have to be revised...and Uruguay signed the Triple Alliancetreaty with British...foreign intervention. A new edition of the book "The...Santos, co-author of a "New History of Brazil" in... |
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Triple Alliance; Online, catalog and bricks-and-mortar sales fuel hot growth...
...of Coldwater Creek Inc., a triple-channel retailer of women...identifying cities in which to open new stores is relatively straightforward...catalog or Internet customers of a new store in their area. Thus the...increases with each and every new store the company opens. If... |
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A Daunting Triple Alliance
...or know-how-to contain the triple-headed beast of Social Security...sweetening future tax reforms with new tax cuts. That view is reinforced...structure or to substitute a new revenue collection system. In...IRS will have to establish a new sales tax collection syste |
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A triple alliance for European jobs
A new alliance of Britain, France and Germany...over its demands for major new spending to promote growth...herald a dramatic shift in alliances, arguing that the Franco...Democrats, argued in favour of a new menage a trois, involving... |
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Fast chips are down for the triple alliance.
...five-year plan to develop a new type of superfast microprocessor...spokesman for Toshiba. The alliance aimed to take advantage of Toshiba...s vision of how to put the new chip to use in consumer products...recently announced plans to work on new technology that would shrink... |
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Triple alliance boosts buyout value for IFAs.(News: Sway...
...conference in Monaco last week, is part of a new investment outsourcing proposition from...migrating an existing book of assets to the new system will let IFAs streamline governance...drive up business volume from existing and new clients. Easter says: "This business... |
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Triple alliance.(Lawrence House )(Brief Article)
...lower-risk end of the fund of funds market so may not be suitable for investors who are looking for aggressive growth. As a new entrant to the market, it may need to notch up a track record to attract the IFA market it is aiming for. Copyright: Centaur... |
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