The cession of vast amounts of land often goes to the victors of wars. From LearnThat.org.
Thus we are again brought round to our vital issue, that of the amount and kind of cession of sovereignty required for an effective. From Wordnik.com. [The Unity of Civilization] Reference
Although this act of "cession" was clearly unlawful, any objections were summarily ignored, overruled or dispatched by the bully power of the U.S. From Wordnik.com. [WHAT REALLY HAPPENED] Reference
So will the Great Re-cession end in an anti-climax?. From Wordnik.com. [A World as Irrational as Ever] Reference
For the above cession the United States for the benefit of the. From Wordnik.com. [Legends, Traditions, and Laws of the Iroquois, or Six Nations, and History of the Tuscarora Indians] Reference
Deed of cession of two acres of land at Cape Henry, in Princess. From Wordnik.com. [The Bounty of the Chesapeake Fishing in Colonial Virginia] Reference
England and France, Muravieff demanded the cession of the Amoor. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Russia] Reference
Lake Chad in the north; Nigeria initially rejected cession of the. From Wordnik.com. [The 2004 CIA World Factbook] Reference
Spanish relations involved in the cession of Florida to the United. From Wordnik.com. [Albert Gallatin American Statesmen Series, Vol. XIII] Reference
Sweden demanded the cession of the territory conquered by Peter the. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Russia] Reference
Greece does not want even to hear of the cession of Cavalla Drama and. From Wordnik.com. [The New York Times Current History, A Monthly Magazine The European War, March 1915] Reference
By the year 1837 many conditions called for the cession of these lands. From Wordnik.com. [Old Fort Snelling 1819-1858] Reference
The cession of the fortress of Pinerolo to the French by Victor Amadeus. From Wordnik.com. [The South of France—East Half] Reference
From the taking of Jamaica, by General Penn, in 1655, to the peaceful cession of. From Wordnik.com. [The Lost Ten Tribes, and 1882] Reference
Norwegians resisted the cession of their country to Sweden and adopted a new constitution. From Wordnik.com. [The 2004 CIA World Factbook] Reference
The preparation of the new bull of investiture, however, was delayed, and the cession of Cento and. From Wordnik.com. [Lucretia Borgia According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day] Reference
In 1814, Norwegians resisted the cession of their country to Sweden and adopted a new constitution. From Wordnik.com. [The 2004 CIA World Factbook] Reference
Japan demanded a money indemnity and the cession of the southern half of the island of Saghalien, which. From Wordnik.com. [Theodore Roosevelt and His Times] Reference
Raffles before the cession of Java to the Dutch in 1816, and carried on, aided by eminent archæologists. From Wordnik.com. [Travels in the Far East] Reference
The cession was accorded under a solemn promise not to trade thence with the Spanish colonies of South America. From Wordnik.com. [The Philippine Islands] Reference
'In 1858, the chiefs were taken to Washington, and agreed to treaties for the cession of all their reservations north of the. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 2, August, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy] Reference
A treaty with the new Republic, which guaranteed its independence and secured the cession of a zone ten miles wide across the. From Wordnik.com. [Theodore Roosevelt and His Times] Reference
Twenty-two countries have negotiated for European Union membership in its history, and all were ultimately offered ac-cession. From Wordnik.com. [Why Turkey Must Get In] Reference
Bakasi Peninsula, then agreed, but has yet to withdraw its forces while much of the indigenous population opposes cession; only. From Wordnik.com. [The 2005 CIA World Factbook] Reference
Peninsula, then agreed, but has yet to withdraw its forces while much of the indigenous population opposes cession; in 2004, some. From Wordnik.com. [The 2005 CIA World Factbook] Reference
By the cession of this island, all future attempts of the Chinese government to prevent the introduction of opium are frustrated. From Wordnik.com. [Kathay: A Cruise in the China Seas] Reference
The grant of a seigneury on the banks of the St. Lawrence previous to the cession of the colony had restored the decayed fortunes of the. From Wordnik.com. [The King's Warrant A Story of Old and New France] Reference
This cession was of great economic value to France, she increased her number of slaves and soon supplied all Europe with cotton and sugar. From Wordnik.com. [The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922] Reference
Soon after the cession of these lands, Governor Glen built a fort about three hundred miles from Charlestown, afterwards called Fort Prince. From Wordnik.com. [An Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of the Colonies of South Carolina and Georgia, Volume 2] Reference
Score: 84During the summer, McCain adviser Phil Gramm says the U.S. is "a nation of whiners" and we're in a "mental re cession," not an actual one. From Wordnik.com. [The Biggest Losers] Reference
A he-cession, a term that will undoubtedly lose that dash soon enough, is an economic downturn in which men are disproportionately impacted by unemployment. From Wordnik.com. [Buzzword: He-cession] Reference
And that's why Samsung's focus on women seemed anachronistic, especially considering that the number of stay-at-home dads might have grown during the he-cession. From Wordnik.com. [Samsung's 2010 product launch features new technology and old values] Reference
We first wrote about staycations in April 2008 and documented how the recession (or he-cession) prompted lifestyle changes like paycations, weisure, and unitasking. From Wordnik.com. [Consumer Reports' Top Buzzwords of 2009] Reference
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