One of these, called the Westphalian camp, presented a most beautiful scene. From Wordnik.com. [Recollections of the private life of Napoleon]
Near its end, the Pennsylvanian Period went through a transition from a sub-period known as the Westphalian to one called the Stephanian. From Wordnik.com. [Analog Science Fiction and Fact]
Westphalian hog, as to the person of his antagonist. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom] Reference
Similarly the daily output of coal of the Rhenish Westphalian. From Wordnik.com. [The World in Chains Some Aspects of War and Trade] Reference
This is where Porta Westphalica i.e. the Westphalian Gateway is situated. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-03-01] Reference
Van Creveld's pre-Westphalian vision of worldwide low-intensity conflict is not. From Wordnik.com. [The Coming Anarchy] Reference
In our current Westphalian system a similar statement can be made about nations. From Wordnik.com. [Eric C. Anderson: Sino-U.S. Relations: Reconsider the Fundamentals] Reference
But something happened at the transition from the Westphalian to the Stephanian. From Wordnik.com. [Analog Science Fiction and Fact]
In the Westphalian system, the balance of power could generally be upset only by conquest. From Wordnik.com. [AMERICA'S ASSIGNMENT] Reference
The author betrays his historical ignorance when he speaks of the Westphalian state system. From Wordnik.com. [Tony Blair: The Next Labour Prime Minister?] Reference
In 1734 the war was renewed; and Theodore, a Westphalian baron, then appeared upon the stage. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson]
Goodcastle now replaced the Westphalian ring and the other items in the safe and counted the cash inside. From Wordnik.com. [Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine]
The Westphalian group of high-grade steel industries centred at Essen is about two hundred miles from Nancy. From Wordnik.com. [Night Bombing with the Bedouins] Reference
This is a reformulation of Westphalian Realism, which holds that what goes on a state is that state's business. From Wordnik.com. [Taiwan: the Tail that Wags Dogs] Reference
China, of course, is a leading member of this old, Westphalian club of nation-states that stresses nationalism. From Wordnik.com. [Taiwan, NGO: Talk Amongst Yourselves] Reference
One set of guards was withdrawn to bring a Westphalian regiment to fighting strength and proceeded to the front. From Wordnik.com. [Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben] Reference
I am against prosecuting heads of state for matters of state on philosophical; it is against Westphalian Principles. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Justice for War Criminals?] Reference
GEHLEN ORGANIZATION GEHLEN came from an old Westphalian family but the family motto - Laat vaaren niet - was Flemish. From Wordnik.com. [Funeral In Berlin]
How good is this Westphalian/Weberian approach in a society that looks to local-level authorities for its basic needs?. From Wordnik.com. [What's Wrong With Weak States?] Reference
So, where does the hungry group figure in the maze of geo-political realities and the Westphalian garb of sovereignty?. From Wordnik.com. [Betwa Sharma: Another Hunger Strike? Is Anyone Listening to The Iranians?] Reference
Classic canapes of: salmon caviar; lumpfish caviar; smoked salmon; smoked trout pate; venison terrine; Westphalian ham. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-02-01] Reference
But the ‘Westphalian’ conception of absolute state sovereignty is falling by the wayside even in international law. From Wordnik.com. [Justin Raimondo Discusses South Ossetia on al-Jazeera « Antiwar.com Blog] Reference
If your business is big, you get behind him and find a prognathous Westphalian with a retreating brow and the manners of a hog. From Wordnik.com. [The Thirty-Nine Steps] Reference
Thus, we identify governance from the perspective of the Westphalian international system and a Weberian bureaucratic structure. From Wordnik.com. [What's Wrong With Weak States?] Reference
Westphalian troops would joyously open the gates of the fortress, and declare against King Jerome, who had been forced upon them. From Wordnik.com. [Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia] Reference
Westphalian count, Dutch officer, and English knight, were not excepted from the particular regard and attention of our adventurer. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom] Reference
To consolidate the movement, representatives of these organizations formed the Rhine-Westphalian Alliance of Evangelical Young Men's. From Wordnik.com. [Pursuit of an 'Unparalleled Opportunity': The American YMCA and Prisoner of War Diplomacy among the Central Power Nations during World War I] Reference
But the bailouts of WestLB, the North Rhine-Westphalian Landesbank, and Bavaria's BayernLB have put some early progress into reverse. From Wordnik.com. [Germany may miss great chance] Reference
During the Westphalian, the coal seams revealed forty-eight plant species, of which thirty were trees and eighteen were ground-cover. From Wordnik.com. [Analog Science Fiction and Fact]
Even more significantly, more than half of the species present in the Westphalian swamps weren't among those in the Stephanian swamps. From Wordnik.com. [Analog Science Fiction and Fact]
In the same manner we ask, which is the poorest? and thirty contending nations present themselves — the Westphalian, Limousin, Basque. From Wordnik.com. [A Philosophical Dictionary] Reference
At its best, that unconventional “empire” paid deference to the norms of Westphalian sovereignty even while artfully modifying them. From Wordnik.com. [What Would Wilson Do?] Reference
Apparently, Wing says, the tropics had become drier, perhaps developing a longer, harsher dry season than was seen during the Westphalian. From Wordnik.com. [Analog Science Fiction and Fact]
Schmitt is a Westphalian Catholic with notorious and even racist disdain for Prussia, a curious background for a Prussian State Councillor. From Wordnik.com. [Balkinization] Reference
Westphalian peasant districts; upon separate farms the finest houses are built, which are planned and completed in the most elegant fashion. From Wordnik.com. [The Campaign of 1776 around New York and Brooklyn] Reference
In Berlin itself a giant Westphalian accosted me, as he wanted to make the acquaintance of “one of these terrible fellows who mean to smash up Germany.”. From Wordnik.com. [The Better Germany in War Time Being some Facts towards Fellowship] Reference
His biography couldn't be more unspectacular — born to working-class parents in a Westphalian village, trained as a lawyer, a career serving others in the bureaucracy. From Wordnik.com. [The New Low Lights On The Left] Reference
The inhabited regions resemble the Westphalian peasant districts, upon separate farms the finest houses are built, which are planned and completed in the most elegant fashion. From Wordnik.com. [The Campaign of 1776 around New York and Brooklyn] Reference
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