Word: sovereignity
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...armed forces turned over to the militiamen an arsenal of U.S. weapons that had been destined for the country's moribund, ineffective army. Contemplating the grim fact that more than two dozen armed factions are now operating in Lebanon, Militia Leader Chamoun asked pointedly: "What is Lebanon - a sovereign state or a whorehouse...
...water resources. A Constitutional convention might even be called to reorganize America's rigid international boundaries. Says Byrom: "I dont think the state of Pennsylvania should exist. And the world is sufficiently interdependent that we will come to realize, maybe 50 years from now, that the concept of sovereign nation states is fallacious...
...Bank and Gaza. It is not a question of Arab sovereignty. It was a [British] mandate, and it was taken by force by the Jordanians and the Egyptians, and then it was retaken by force by us [in 1967]. So we do not accept their claim that it is sovereign Arab land...
Part of the awe Macbeth inspires in a playgoer is that of watching a voracious bird of prey. Sworn in honor to be a trusted host to Duncan, the King, Macbeth swoops on his sleeping sovereign and murders him. As the new King, he wheels on his best friend, Banquo. When a mettlesome foe, Macduff, threatens him, Macbeth's talons are unsheathed to mortally savage Macduff s wife and her entire brood. Finally, all Scotland falls bleeding prey to his gashing beak...
...custom, reinforced by a 1952 decree of King Abdul Aziz, every subject has the right of access to his ruler, whether the ruler is a tribal sheik, a governor or the monarch himself, to present petitions of complaint or pleas for help. Even the poorest Saudi can approach his sovereign to plead a cause; functionaries of the royal court found guilty of improperly turning aside a petitioner face severe punishment...