The river was named after the Lord of De La Warr, Sir Thomas West, the first governor of the Virginia colony. The Illinois River Runs southwest from where the Des Plaines and Kankakee rivers meet near Joliet, Illinois. Flows into the Mississippi River on the Illinois-Missouri border. The I...
Others agree, and the face scrub, along with hundreds of other products, including toothpastes, may not be long for this world. On 10 September, the California Legislature sent a bill (AB 888) to the state’s governor, Jerry Brown, that would ban the inclusion of spheres of polyethylene,...
is a critical agreement governing the water distribution of the Indus River system. Under this treaty, India was granted control over the waters of three major rivers of Punjab — Sutlej, Beas, and Ravi — while Pakistan retained control over the Indus River and its two key tributaries, the ...
A title originally conferred by the Mikado on the military governor of the eastern provinces of Japan. By gradual usurpation of power the Shoguns (known to foreigners as Tycoons) became finally the virtual rulers of Japan. The title was abolished in 1867. shotgun noun (n.) A light, smooth...
One who has power and authority; a master; a ruler; a governor; a prince; a proprietor, as of a manor. noun (n.) A titled nobleman., whether a peer of the realm or not; a bishop, as a member of the House of Lords; by courtesy; the son of a duke or marquis, or the ...
The Jewish elite, consequently, requested from their Roman governor to keep their own population terrified and thus subdued and calm. They seem to have argued that without fear to control it, their own population would spin out of control. And although they have been condemned for this for ...
Clodius Albinus was Governor of Britain upon the death of the emperor Pertinax in the second century. Albinus attempted to seize the throne but ended up in alliance with another imperial contender, Septimius Severus. After Severus defeated two other rivals (Voldemort and... maybe Slytherin?), ...
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rectoraladjective(a.) Pertaining to a rector or governor. rectorialadjective(a.) Pertaining to a rector or a rectory; rectoral. rectovaginaladjective(a.) Of or pertaining to both the rectum and the vagina. recurvirostraladjective(a.) Having the beak bent upwards. ...
sherifnoun(n.) A member of an Arab princely family descended from Mohammed through his son-in-law Ali and daughter Fatima. The Grand Shereef is the governor of Mecca. sheriatnoun(n.) The sacred law of the Turkish empire. sheriffnoun(n.) The chief officer of a shire or county, to wh...