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...past 30 years, most Caribbean nations have been independent and, having thrown off the yoke of colonialism, have moved into attempts at economic self-sufficiency...
Serbia remained under the Ottoman yoke until the end of the 19th century. Then, during the First Balkan War in 1912, Serbia and Greece banded together with several other small states in the area to drive the Turks back to the gates of Constantinople. The victors' rush to divide the spoils led to the Second Balkan War. The great powers of Europe stepped in and redrew...
...Alving's books and her underlying individuality conflict with the pastor's faith in the divine; he considers the yoke of duty as the primary characteristic for a wife and refuses even to listen to her contrary opinions...
...camp was surrounded by barbed wire. Guards with machine guns were posted at watchtowers, with orders to shoot anyone who tried to escape. Our own government put a yoke of disloyalty around our shoulders. But throughout our ordeal, we cooperated with the government because we felt that in the long run, we could prove our citizenship...
...Yoke of Disloyalty...