Word: sovereignities
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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March 26 begins the three hundred and twenty ninth annual New England battle of man against the longshot, which sees the sovereign state of Rhode Island and generally shifty-eyed guys in sharkskins as the only sure winners...
...might be said (and undoubtedly would be) that this was only a "moral" commitment. But since there exists no supranational agency capable of enforcing commitments by sovereign states, all treaties rest on moral commitments. The European nations seemed to be satisfied-and that was the main point...
Viewing the necessary common bases for a North Atlantic community, Brinton emphasized the necessity of outside pressure in order to start any alliance or federation of sovereign states. He claimed that the fear of Germany and Japan was instrumental in forming the United Nations and that fear of Russia may cause an all-powerful third state in Europe...
According to Lionel ("The Toy") Train ocC, chief promoter and engineer, ceremonies are set to take place, and because they will be held on the grounds of the "sovereign State of Lampoon," police cannot legally interfere...
...earliest, probably written when he was only 15,* Proust practices the mincing tones of flattery: "Madame, you are pretty, extremely pretty." He signed a note to one creature: "The most respectful servant of your Sovereign Indifference." He feigned passion, and strained for it, but could seldom find it. Later he was to admit that "I only know how to tell women I admire and love them when I feel neither one nor the other." Perhaps he remembered the letter he had written to a Creole courtesan, a friend of his great-uncle: "I should far rather make a slip with...