On the death of Peter II in 1730, he declared openly in favour of Anna, duchess of Courland, in opposition to the aristocratic Dolgorukovs and Galitzines, and his determined attitude on behalf of autocracy was the chief cause of the failure of the proposed constitution, which would have ...
In his public persona, says Riasanovsky, "Nicholas I came to represent autocracy personified: infinitely majestic, determined and powerful, hard as stone, and relentless as fate." He was the younger brother of his predecessor, Alexander I. Nicholas inherited his brother's throne despite the ...
Of curse, by now Chavista readers are saying they were probably fired for incompetence, bad manners or whatever and nobody can prove they were fired for opposing Chavez’ autocracy. Except that Tal Cual got hold of a carefully elaborated list in which each employee of Sincor is judged accordin...
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Millions of Egyptians have demonstrated in Cairo's Tahrir Square to claim freedom after 30 years of oppression and autocracy, while Western commentators marvel about the timing and causes of what will soon be known as the Egyptian Revolution of 2011. With remarkable foresight, Zed authors Rabab ...
etc. Based on the original French of 1735, there were a number of English editions in various formats of this, one of the most influential books of its time on China and the Chinese, and Lust tells us that 'at least 10 editions were issued in 6 countries during the 18th cen- tury'....
In recent months a number of countries have been told they are subject to increased monitoring, a process which means that a country promises to rapidly spot problems and sort them out within an agreed timeframe, such as two years. The FATF said it has been flexible in imposing deadlines be...
Last year, Congress passed the TAIPEI Act, which states that the U.S. should "support Taiwan in strengthening its official diplomatic relationships... with countries in the Indo-Pacific and around the world." While the intentions are good, the law stinks of double standards. America has no ...
“There is an open and active discussion about which countries can be considered a tax haven. Most of the countries at the bottom of the list of Merchant Machine’s research are in a grey area, being considered proper tax havens by some and corporate tax havens only by others, due to th...
【例】His enemies accused him of establishing a dictatorship. 【近】tyranny, autocracy, totalitarianism 【形】dictate, dictator streamline/ˈstriːmlaɪn/ 【释】v. 使成流线型 【例】Streamlining cars increases the fuel efficiency. 【释】v. 组织,使简单化 ...