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Kipling penned this ode to imperialism as a tribute to the US annexation of the Philippines.
Their annexation of the most coveted trophy in Gaelic football unleashed a frenzy of unconfined joy.
Seemingly the entire world agreed that Iraq's invasion and annexation of Kuwait should be reversed.
But officials were so keen to preserve friendly relations with Indonesia that they made it clear they would not oppose any annexation.
Only a small part of the conquered territories suffered outright annexation.
There were senators calling for the conquest and annexation of the whole of Mexico.
Bukey's interpretation of Austria's annexation to Germany largely follows the prevailing view.
The annexation of Eritrea by Ethiopia in 1962 started off a bitter 30-year war of independence.
In Wales the threat of English invasion and annexation did not impose unity.
Lorraine, an independent duchy embedded in French territory and occupied and exploited by the French ever since 1670 in the hope of ultimate annexation, had to be given up.
When the annexation of Belgium was decreed on 1 October 1795 the mover of the proposal, Merlin de Douai, also recommended the annexation of the entire left bank of the Rhine.
Britain's colonial policy, which resulted in the annexation of NZ in 1840, was also shaped by a desire to limit the evil effects of the felonry on Maori.
This annexation, similar to the de facto annexation of broad tracts of land, constitutes a flagrant breach of the right of the people to self-determination.
Oh, and beyond the psychological impacts, Russia is likely to face significant costs as a result of the Crimea annexation.
Last April, shortly after annexation, the Duma voted for the law allowing gaming zones in Crimea.
It was on 1 September 1977 that South Africa reimposed direct rule over the enclave and reasserted its claim to sovereignty based on the original annexation.
Under Benito Mussolini annexation of Corsica had become one of the main goals of Italy's imperialist policy.
The claim was initially protested by the United Kingdom, on the basis of Norris's landing and annexation.
The Indian Empire in 1893 after the annexation of Upper Burma and incorporation of Baluchistan.
On the lower Danube, which was given priority over the upper Danube, this required the annexation of Moesia.
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What they do regard it as, is a menace to their independence, and a prelude to annexation.
At first, as was only natural, the inhabitants could not realize the annexation.
Babcock negotiated a treaty for the annexation of the Dominican Republic, and another for the lease of Samana bay.
He intimated that there was jobbery in some of the enthusiasm for the annexation.
The latifundia were themselves effects of the policy of conquest and annexation.
The richness of its natural resources indeed made Togoland almost immediately after annexation financially independent.
His great achievement was the complete subjection and annexation of Northumbria.
The annexation of Canada was contemplated by these hordes of semi-barbarians, the offscouring of society, bred in bar-rooms.
His name was walk-off, and his object was the annexation of fish for Muscovite consumption.
He wished to complete the annexation of the kingdoms which pul had subjugated.
Their annexation by Austria meant to Serbia that there could now be no rearrangement.
There is a good deal of talk in the newspapers about the annexation of Cuba.
The Germans, as a Frenchman wittily remarked, are born with the mania of annexation.
The decision was as momentous in its results as the annexation of Basutoland.
England, too, had great interests at stake, and was determined to prevent the annexation of the Belgic provinces by France.
The proposal for annexation was made by the President of the Dominican Republic.
The annexation feeling is reviving in some portions of Lower Canada.
The ruin of its trade dates from its annexation to the Papal States.
Russian railroads in Manchuria were the well-selected tool for the russification and final annexation of the province.
The first breach was the annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina by Austria.
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