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Bulgaria–Republic of Macedonia relations

Rules for governing good neighbourly relations were agreed between Bulgaria and the Republic of Macedonia in the Joint Declaration of February 22, 1999 and reaffirmed by a joint memorandum signed on January 22, 2008 in Sofia.

CMOS

Frank Wanlass patented CMOS in 1963 (US patent 3,356,858).

Drumkilbo

"James Tyrie".

Five Holy Wounds

The examination of the wounds by "Doubting Thomas" the Apostle, reported only in the Gospel of John at John 20:24-29, was the focus of much commentary and often depicted in art (where the subject has the formal name of the Incredulity of Thomas.

George Kinnear

In 1911, shortly before his death, he published his own account of the events, which Bagley described as a "correct account of the whole anti-Chinese trouble", contrasting it to earlier "inaccurate accounts".

Full text online on Wikisource.

Gillis Valckenier

William Temple wrote in as Observations upon the United Provinces: The Turkish sultan was not as powerful in his country, than Valckenier in Amsterdam, (dressing and behaving like a shopkeeper).

Imperial Reform

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James Tyrie

On his return in December, Tyrie was sent to the University of Pont-à-Mousson, as professor of Scripture and head of the Scots College, and two years later, on the successive deaths of Fathers Edmund Hay and Paul Hoffaeus, he was again called to Rome (22 May, 1592), where he became Assistant for France and Germany, and played his part in the Sixth General Congregation of the Society of Jesus (1593).

Rare as it was to keep on good terms with adversaries in those days, Tyrie won praise from such men as David Buchanan, both for his ability and for his courtesy.

Livingstone's Turaco

The Livingstone's Turaco (Tauraco livingstonii) is a species of bird in the Musophagidae family, which was named for Charles Livingstone, the brother of David Livingstone.

Manasir

An insight into their culture and perception can be obtained by studying the Diwan of their recent poet Ibrahim 'Ali Salman.

Miran Hladnik

Hladnik has also adopted the web as his publishing platform and has been publishing his academic and teaching material under the Creative Commons license on Wikisource and Wikiversity, while encouraging his students and his colleagues to do so themselves, too.

Nootka Convention

Convention for the Mutual Abandonment of Nootka: January 11, 1794

Shiva Sutras of Vasugupta

A translation by Swami Shankarananda can be found on Wikisource s:Shiva Sutras of Vasugupta.

The Black-Man's Burdon

The title is a pun on The Black Man's Burden, an expression which refers to black slavery, used as the title of a book by E. D. Morel (1920) in response to the poem, "The White Man's Burden" (1899) by Rudyard Kipling, which refers to (and champions) American imperialism (including its history of slavery).

United States passport

The Travel Control Act of May 22, 1918, permitted the president, when the United States was at war, to proclaim a passport requirement, and President Wilson issued such a proclamation on August 18, 1918.


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