Word: sovereignity
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Napoleon III had a taste for ostentation. On the ceiling of his gilded reception room in the Louvre is a fresco of the goateed sovereign himself, sitting on his throne and surrounded by puffy clouds and horn-blowing cherubs. . Flying toward him are two figures brandishing architectural plans and a model of the royal palace. The painting commemorates the Emperor's 1852 decision to expand the edifice by adding a new north wing, named after Cardinal Richelieu, to house his private apartments and expanding bureaucracy...
...right and represent many older Canadians. Nevertheless, one major difference exists between the two factions. While the avowed purpose of the Bloc Quebecois is increased independence for Quebec, the Reform Party represents a constituency that resents Quebec's existing special status and would rather see the province become a sovereign state than grant it more privileges...
...finding within them a "signal [sent] to the earth" by Allah. Omens in the forms of dreams are sought because "the interpretation of that dream, fallen like a stray spark into the brain of one out of millions of sleepers, may help to save the country or its Sovereign from disaster." Every week, a Master-Dream is sent to the Sultan, supposedly containing information crucial to the governing of the empire. The dynamics of the Palace are as mysterious as they are irrefutable, inducing terrible power struggles with no clear resolution. Mark-Alem's family has long been at odds...
...international scene, in the Middle East, in Israel were ripe to achieve two goals: peace and security, and changing the order of national priorities for the people of Israel -- not to look at the territories as the main issue. At least 96% of Israeli Jews live on sovereign Israeli soil, within the green lines, including united Jerusalem. The future of Israel depends much more on what that 96% of Jews and about 1 million non- Jewish Israeli citizens will achieve in their economy, social progress, cultural and scientific achievements...
...familiar indictment: You American Jews are not on the front line, so don't dare second-guess us. Perhaps it is not the business of American Jews--who, after all, are not on the front line--to fund obstructionists who aim to block the popularly elected government of a sovereign state...