Return to Parliament, the Brexit referendum, and failed pursuit of the Conservative leadership Johnson returned to Parliament in 2015, winning the west London seat of Uxbridge and South Ruislip, in an election that saw the Conservative Party capture its first clear majority since the 1990s. He re...
He succeeded Jens Stoltenberg, who had held the post for a decade. In the capacity of secretary-general, Rutte serves as the organization’s top civil servant, chair of all major committees, and leader of the international staff. The initial term is four years, but it is renewable; ...
and in such event it would be our duty to go into the army, if unable in any legal and proper manner to obtain exemption, but it would not be our duty to volunteer. ... There could be nothing against our conscience in going into the army. Wherever we would go we could take the L...
Unfortunately, under Alphatian law any mundaner with less than 10,000 crowns to his or her name cannot be a freeman, and must therefore be a member of the servant class, in which case they must find a master. Many craftspeople despaired of their change of social status, yet accepted it...
“I know Tulsi will bring the fearless spirit that has defined her illustrious carreer to our Intelligence Community,” Trump said in a statement. Gabbard, who has served in the Army National Guard for more than two decades, deploying to Iraq and Kuwait, would come to the role as somewhat ...
While the angry men recognised that they were only commoners, they were still freemen, and therefore felt they should be given more consideration than that given to a servant or a slave. Furious, they sneaked into Olmorrad's laboratory, and tried to destroy the hated glass golems. While ...
The bosom of America is open to receive not only the opulent and respectable stranger, but the oppressed and persecuted of all nations and religions. Advertisement - Continue Reading Below U.S. Presidents Donald Trump President Joe Biden’s Life in Photos ...
But the borderlands of this area were unclear and prone to dispute between the two countries. Washington showed early signs of natural leadership and shortly after Lawrence's death, Virginia's Lieutenant Governor, Robert Dinwiddie, appointed Washington adjutant with a rank of major in the Virginia...
A little more than a year after theJapaneseinvasion ofSoutheast Asia, Bose left Germany, traveling by German and Japanesesubmarinesand byplane, and arrived in May 1943 inTokyo. On July 4 he assumed leadership of the Indian Independence Movement inEast Asiaand proceeded, with Japanese aid and in...
“servant of the servants of God.” Despite Maurice’s commands to desist, Gregory protested the title (though he continued to have relations with the patriarch), fearing that a decline in Rome’sprestigemight mean further neglect of Rome and the West by Constantinople. By ignoring Gregory’s...