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Royal National Theatre of Great Britain
Royal National Theatre of Great Britain. See International Theatre Companies Visiting America.... Read more |
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Britain
Britain , alternate term for Great Britain, comprised of England, Scotland, and Wales. Often used synonymously with the United Kingdom, the name Britain is derived from Britannia, given by the Romans to the portion of the island of Great Britain that they occupied. It has sometimes been used to... Read more |
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Statute of Westminster
Statute of Westminster 1931, in British imperial history, an act of the British Parliament that gave formal recognition to the autonomy of the dominions of the British Empire and was in effect the founding charter of the British Commonwealth of Nations . It declared that the Commonwealth was a... Read more |
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Alexandra
Alexandra 1844-1925, queen consort of Edward VII of Great Britain, whom she married in 1863. She was the daughter of Christian IX of Denmark.... Read more |
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Great Britain
Great Britain officially United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, constitutional monarchy (2005 est. pop. 60,441,000), 94,226 sq mi (244,044 sq km), on the British Isles, off W Europe. The country is often referred to simply as Britain. Technically, Great Britain comprises England... Read more |
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Commonwealth of Nations
Commonwealth of Nations voluntary association of Great Britain and its dependencies, certain former British dependencies that are now sovereign states and their dependencies, and the associated states (states with full internal government but whose external relations are governed by Britain). At... Read more |
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prime minister
prime minister or premier, chief member of the cabinet in a parliamentary system of government. The prime minister is head of the government, in contrast with the head of state, who may be a constitutional monarch, as in Great Britain, or an elected official, as in the case of the president... Read more |
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Relations with Great Britain
GREAT BRITAIN, RELATIONS WITH GREAT BRITAIN, RELATIONS WITH. The United Kingdom and the United States have shared a faith in commercial and geographic expansion and in rights guaranteed by written laws, commonalities of religion and language, and a belief that each was a chosen people destined to... Read more |
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Independents
Independents in religion, those bodies of Christians who claim freedom from ecclesiastical and civil authority for their individual churches. They hold that each congregation should have control of its own affairs. In a historic sense, it is ordinarily applied to churches in Great Britain now known... Read more |
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John Speed
John Speed 1552?-1629, English historian and cartographer. He abandoned his trade as a tailor to engage in mapmaking. Many of his maps of parts of England and Wales were published in The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britain (1611). His major work, The History of Great Britain, and his ... Read more |
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Boer wars
...foreign policy. Britain accepted this...controlled it. In 1899 Britain went to war again against the Boers...mere cupidity.Britain had other reasons...withdrawal from the Commonwealth in 1961. In Britain...while, and a ... |
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Nigeria
...the foot of the great plateau of Nigeria...war. In 1807, Britain renounced the slave...practice. In 1861, Britain seized Lagos, ostensibly...trade. By 1885, Britain controlled all of...military seized power again. Between 1960 ... |
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Copyright in a Dramatic Work
...Dramatic Work. 1. Great Britain. By the beginning of...entertainment’, again for a limited period...essential that Great Britain should keep abreast of international...state as in Great Britain, and a report ... |
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Cyprus
...British rule in 1955. Britain was eager to retain...and membership of the Commonwealth instead of union with...1960. It entered the Commonwealth in 1961, and the UK...a desperate bid for greater domestic popularity, the...confirmed in office ... |
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Canada
...Nations not represented by Britain, but in its own right. Canada...exposed, however, by the Great Depression, which hit it almost...the growth of the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation, Mackenzie King...in which conscription once again became the most ... |
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Commonwealth Conference Ends in Discord; Britain Alone Opposes Sanctions...
...biennial meeting of Commonwealth countries ended...discord, with Britain once again isolated from...has long divided Britain from its former...territories in the Commonwealth. But this year...of encouraging greater changes. ... |
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Britain wants Pakistan back into Commonwealth- Jack Straw.
...Nazir Ahmed has again raised re-admission...Pakistan into the Commonwealth by writing a letter...the family of the Commonwealth because President...whose negotiation Britain played a leading...contribution too. Again, that economic...there ... |
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ALAIN JUPPE'S PRESS CONFERENCE IN LONDON VISIT TO LONDON - STATEMENTS BY...
...the same terms. It's a great opportunity, because this great people's liberation movement...G20, and to pay tribute again to the work Britain and her Prime Minister are...will say it's that of Britain; in any case it's the... |
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Commonwealth Games 2002: BADMINTON: Hope springs from Vaughan's bronze;...
...ANDREA MORGAN BRITAIN and Wales's No...bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games in Manchester...But it's really great to get a bronze...represented Great Britain at the Olympic...it felt weak again. I went for a...assured of ... |
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COMMONWEALTH: DEMOCRACY, DEVELOPMENT - AND ZIMBABWE
...The bi-annual Commonwealth Heads ofGovernment...The head of the Commonwealth, Britain's Queen Elizabeth...struck by the Commonwealth exampleof multilateralism...Underdevelopment is the greatest threat to democracy...in Zimbabwe is ... |
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The Commonwealth
...association of Great Britain and most of her...population, find the Commonwealth an invaluable forum...geographic scope, the Commonwealth is the world...Canada resisted Britain's attempts to...and South Africa again combined ... |
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Thatcher's Imprint on Commonwealth; Briton Steers Vancouver Session Away From...
...new, toothless Commonwealth position on South...They are making a great deal of noise...junta from the Commonwealth, not because of...expulsion. But, again at the urging of...The refusal of Britain, South Africa...is more to the ... |
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What are Commonwealth values? Traditional ones, against aggression and...
...have criticized the Commonwealth for failing to secure...Consultation provides for greater mutual understanding...states, may be the Commonwealth's greatest contribution to world...Suez crisis of 1956, Britain's consultation with other ... |
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G8 SUMMIT: COMMONWEALTH CHIEF ASKS ACTION ON AID FOR POOR NATIONS
...Empire. Of the Commonwealth members, Britain and Canada arealso...demands from the Commonwealth to the G8 summitto...Japan, Russia, Britain, France, Germany...need to create greater economic opportunity...bankrupt and stand up ... |
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Fiji faces possible suspension from Commonwealth
...suspended from the Commonwealth bloc, New Zealand...the 53-nation Commonwealth group of Britain and its current...suspension from the Commonwealth imminent at some...go opening any great doors for them...coups of 1987 and ... |
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