So I handed out lyrics by Allan Sherman, the shticky 1960s parody writer who my father revered and channeled to the end. |
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On 11 August 1943 Abbotsinch was handed over solely to the Royal Navy and it became a naval base. |
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He used a traditional recipe which had been handed down to local chef Nerys Roberts through her family. |
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Lefse, traditionally a Scandinavian flatbread, has been handed down to descendants for over a hundred years and is common on the table. |
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Northcote Parkinson, believed that ancient travellers on horseback or on foot generally kept to the left, since most people were right handed. |
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Richard had in fact been captured en route to England by the Duke of Austria and was handed over to Emperor Henry VI, who held him for ransom. |
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In 1941 hundreds of unemployed French Algerians and Moroccans were handed to the Germans by the Vichy government and sent to Jersey. |
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Around 2000 Spaniards who had taken refuge in France after the Spanish Civil War and who had been interned were handed over for forced labour. |
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The city was captured by France, in 1746, during the War of the Austrian Succession, but was handed back to Austria three years later. |
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The areas shown as Australia's and New Zealand's claims were British territory until they were handed over following the countries' independence. |
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In 1914 however, Stonehouse was handed over to the Plymouth Borough Police. |
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The British were handed all of mainland North America east of the Mississippi River. |
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McVitie was then held in a bearhug by the twins' cousin, Ronnie Hart, and Reggie Kray was handed a carving knife. |
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The Venetian territory was then handed over to Austria and briefly ruled as part of the Archduchy of Austria. |
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Under the conditions of the surrender, three hundred married women were to be handed over as Roman slaves. |
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On August 23, 1944, Marshal Ion Antonescu was arrested by King Michael, and later handed over to the Soviets. |
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One of Pompeius' naval commanders betrayed him and handed over Corsica and Sardinia to Octavian. |
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The Hervarar saga is believed to contain such traditions handed down from the 4th century. |
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Traditional stories handed down by the ancient Romans themselves explain the earliest history of their city in terms of legend and myth. |
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Thrasuco, his successor, led his men to conquest over the Nordalbingians and handed their leaders over to Charlemagne, who honoured him. |
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In 1517 King Manuel I of Portugal handed Lopo Homem a charter gaving him the privilege to certify and amend all compass needles in vessels. |
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In 1517 King Manuel I of Portugal handed Lopo Homem a charter giving him the privilege to certify and amend all compass needles in vessels. |
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The satrapies handed out by Perdiccas at the Partition of Babylon became power bases each general used to bid for power. |
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Khabul's successor was Ambaghai Khan, who was betrayed by the Tatars, handed over to the Jurchen, and executed. |
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Afonso demanded the fort be handed over with its artillery, ammunition and horses, and the deserters to be given up. |
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These land parcels were then handed to Dutch planters known as perkeniers of which 34 were on Lontar, 31 on Ai and 3 on Neira. |
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Philippine mythology has been handed down primarily through the traditional oral folk literature of the Filipino people. |
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The local folklore can be experienced at a multitude of festivals, through dances and traditions handed down from generation to generation. |
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The city's political institutions and the university were all handed over to the Huguenots. |
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These are commonly eaten in the Southeastern United States, foods handed down from Native Americans, who called the dish sagamite. |
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I hadn't pulled Mrs. Barstow's leg for any of that stuff, she had just handed it to me on a platter, and that wasn't my fault. |
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Sure enough, instead of the drop-back pass, the quarterback gave a pump-fake and then handed off to his fullback on the draw play. |
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He displaced a warm whimpering bundle of young dog from the fur robe and handed him to Minette. |
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In his years as an Associate Justice, he handed down opinions that stressed the necessity for the tightest adherence to the Tenth Amendment. |
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Peri handed Ptolemy his helmet. It had a crest on it, which she always thought looked quintessentially Roman. |
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According to Shils, tradition is anything which is transmitted or handed down from the past to the present. |
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Since a clear archetype for determining guilt does not exist, the criminal justice system must rely on rulings handed down by juries. |
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There is some disagreement as to the status of judgements handed down by courts during the Japanese Occupation. |
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As Singapore is a common law jurisdiction, judgements handed down by the courts are considered a source of law. |
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As they withdrew, they handed over control to local authorities, and locally raised police forces were charged with maintaining law and order. |
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Peerages were handed out not to honour the recipient but to give him a seat in the House of Lords. |
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The monarch is handed the speech by the prime minister who delivers the speech while all remain standing. |
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Once all the votes are tallied, the results are handed to the speaker who declares the result. |
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The manor, having been handed down to the eldest son, the rest of the valley was divided between the younger sons of the Gilpins for generations. |
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Secker agreed to release the rights, and Ransome handed Poe and Wilde over to Granville. |
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Words were exchanged in the Carthaginian Senate to the effect that Hannibal should be handed over to the Romans and his actions disavowed. |
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He opened the cashbox and counted out the money, and Martin handed it on to one of the ricers. |
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After the war the POWs were handed over to the Soviets, and after the POWs were transported to the USSR for forced labour. |
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The United States handed over 740,000 German prisoners to France, a signatory of the Geneva Convention. |
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The grand jury has handed down indictments against several mobsters. |
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Under present social arrangments accumulated property is handed on to heirs. |
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Alec and Rob handed her their leather bifolds containing their picture identification with their badges pinned inside. |
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West Brom enjoyed more possession as the half progressed and were handed a penalty of their own in the 21st minute in bizarre circumstances. |
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There is no gene for committeeing. Committee procedure is a meme which gets handed down the generations. |
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My collection of marbles consisted mainly of priceless connie agates handed down by Grandpa. |
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The stake now meant the winner got two hundred pounds, and the money was handed over the bar. |
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There was a lot of money in the wallet I found, but I did the right thing and handed it in. |
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Everyone's heart palpitated as Leo Dillon handed up the paper and everyone assumed an innocent face. |
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Their queen, Cartimandua was unable or unwilling to protect him however given her own truce with the Romans and handed him over to the invaders. |
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He fled north to the Brigantes, but their queen, Cartimandua, was loyal to the Romans and handed him over in chains. |
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After his final defeat he fled to the territory of Queen Cartimandua, who captured him and handed him over to the Romans. |
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Control of the province was handed over to the Emperor, while the Senate gained temporary control of Sardinia as compensation. |
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He handed Attalus over to Honorius's regime for mutilation, humiliation, and exile, and abandoned Attalus's supporters. |
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Its decrees were handed off to the two chief officers of the state, the consuls. |
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He handed the keys to the woman and pointed toward the corner of the lot where the impounds were stored. |
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This sophisticated medieval form of government was handed over to the Normans and was the foundation of further developments. |
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Before he became a monk, Simon handed his county of the Vexin over to King Philip. |
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This proved enough and Richard finally handed over the ducal castles in Aquitaine to Henry. |
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On 28 March 1193 Richard was brought to Speyer and handed over to Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor, who imprisoned him in Trifels Castle. |
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This problem was circumvented when the competitors agreed that the realm would be handed over to Edward until a rightful heir had been found. |
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Well aware of his own military inexperience, Henry handed command of his army to Oxford and retired to the rear with his bodyguards. |
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The marriage was the first of a series of errors of judgement by Mary that handed the victory to the Scottish Protestants and to Elizabeth. |
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Charles was eventually handed over to the English Parliament by the Scots and was imprisoned. |
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After his defeat in 1645, he surrendered to a Scottish force that eventually handed him over to the English Parliament. |
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Oliver seized a pen and scribbled out the order, and handed the pen to the second officer, Colonel Hacker who stooped to sign it. |
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He also held the office of Minister of Defence from October 1951 until 1 March 1952, when he handed the portfolio to Field Marshal Alexander. |
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The Mercury Music Prize is handed out every year to the best album from a British or Irish musician or group. |
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After incurring large losses and being unable to renegotiate the franchise contracts, the operations were handed back to the State Government. |
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Once an aircraft is established on its final approach, control is handed over to Heathrow Tower. |
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With the establishment of the provincial council system in the 1980s the central government handed control of most schools to local governments. |
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Sacred Tradition consists of those teachings believed by the Church to have been handed down since the time of the Apostles. |
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Cuthbert's tomb was destroyed on the orders of Henry VIII in 1538, and the monastery's wealth handed over to the king. |
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All these prayers were metrical, and were handed down from generation to generation with the utmost care. |
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Old English heroic poetry was handed down orally from generation to generation. |
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Sir Timothy Shelley had at first agreed to support his grandson, Percy Florence, only if he were handed over to an appointed guardian. |
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The King's Library, on the ground floor of the East Wing, was handed over in 1827, and was described as one of the finest rooms in London. |
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Cross handed putting is the idea that the dominant hand is on top of the grip where the weak hand is on the bottom. |
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The first set has to be handed back after forty minutes in the first practice session and one at the end. |
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For the other two practice sessions two sets have to be handed in at the end. |
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This set has to be handed in after qualifying, drivers knocked out in Q1 or Q2 can use this set for the race. |
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During the closing ceremony of the 2008 Olympics, the Olympic Flag was formally handed over from the Mayor of Beijing to the Mayor of London. |
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As of May 2012, Leat handed over the editorial reins and the name of ERE, the new site being Come on my Lovers. |
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The Golden Boot Award is a rugby league award handed out annually for achievements in rugby league by Rugby League World magazine. |
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On 23 November 2007 Joyon set off in IDEC 2 in an attempt to beat MacArthur's current world record for a single handed circumnavigation. |
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Several of those at the center said they attended only on the possibility that microgrants would be handed out at the end. |
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A young Faroese person is normally handed down a set of children's Faroese clothes that have passed from generation to generation. |
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The Norman warlords affirmed their loyalty to Henry and handed over the territory they had conquered to him. |
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In spite of a ban on vivisection, the Ministry of the Interior readily handed out permits for experiments on animals. |
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As such, Egyptian troops were ordered to don civilian clothes while guns were freely handed out to Egyptian civilians. |
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Social and cultural aspects of the Brussels Treaty were handed to the Council of Europe to avoid duplication of responsibilities within Europe. |
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The verdict is kept in the sealed envelope until court reconvenes and then handed to the judge. |
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In June 2013, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani became the Emir of Qatar after his father handed over power in a televised speech. |
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During that tour, both the PJCC and Basra Palace were handed back to Iraqi control. |
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In 1803, Walter handed ownership and editorship to his son of the same name. |
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In March 2011, the UN handed over operational control of the police force to the East Timor authorities. |
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In 734 Talorgan mac Congussa was handed over to the Picts by his brother and drowned by them. |
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The course choice process begins after the Christmas and New Year of S2, with the completed forms being handed in around the end of February. |
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In the top left quadrant are the arms of the burgh of Old Aberdeen, with the addition of a symbol of knowledge being handed down from above. |
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In 1937 he handed legendary English puncher Peter Kane his first loss by devastating knockout. |
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In June 1940 at night-time the air-raid siren went, my father was at the docs so my mother told my elder brother to go down the steps ready for me to be handed to him. |
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After his turn with the baton he handed it over to conductor Hans Richter and sat in a large arm chair on the corner of the stage for the rest of each concert. |
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He resigned and handed over to foreign secretary, Lord Rosebery. |
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In January 2014, Omani intelligence agents arrested a Bahraini actor and handed him over to the Bahraini authorities on the same day of his arrest. |
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Alexa climbed grudgingly into the back and their father said to just hold on now while we get ourselves combobulated and handed Alyssa a brimming cup of Dunkin' Donuts coffee. |
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Built in 1972, it was moved to Hull in 1982, before being handed over to the Jacinta Charitable Trust in 1995 when restoration work began on the trawler. |
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Certificates are handed out for covering different parts of the trail. |
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The games were officially closed and handed over to the Gold Coast for 2018, who began their own performance with Australian singer Jessica Mauboy. |
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The Adidas logo appears on either the left or right sleeve depending on which handed bat the player is, allowing it to face the camera when the player is on strike. |
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Wordlessly, Johanna handed me two E capsules from a little gold drageoir. |
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Councils and creeds recognized as authoritative are interpreted only as defining and more fully explicating the orthodox faith handed to the apostles, without adding to it. |
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Dan Menaker handed me a pair of Groucho glasses as I entered the room. |
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Joe handed Groucho glasses to each of them and then indicated the guns. |
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I found a wallet on the street, so I handed it in to the police. |
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It is not necessary to an intelligent comprehension of the Gospels, as they have been handed down to us, that they should possess an exact hemerology. |
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In 1241, he is recorded as having been handed over to Henry III of England as a hostage with his younger brother, Rhodri, as part of an agreement. |
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Kelley produced the pilot for an American version of the series for the ABC network, though he handed duties over to others for the series production. |
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Ironically this handed Nelson Piquet his 23rd and last F1 race win. |
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Awards excluding the Hall of Fame are handed out the following January. |
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In 1517, King Manuel I of Portugal handed Lopo Homem a charter entitling him the privilege of certifying and amending all compass needles in vessels. |
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The most recent decommissioning of the Union Flag came on 1 July 1997, when the former Dependent Territory of Hong Kong was handed over to the People's Republic of China. |
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On 1 October 1962, the Dutch handed over the territory to the United Nations Temporary Executive Authority, until 1 May 1963, when Indonesia took control. |
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This means that all poems and stories were handed down orally. |
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What's the matter with Roosevelt and his Plan? All the other reformers have them on the pan. Fattened them up with printer's ink. Then handed them the rinky dink. |
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It was brought back, beribboned and sealed, by the Clerk of the Commons himself, and handed to the Clerk of the Parliament to receive the Royal assent. |
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Firstly, John was handed back his estates in both England and France. |
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In 797, Barcelona, the greatest city of the region, fell to the Franks when Zeid, its governor, rebelled against Cordova and, failing, handed it to them. |
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The French forces easily handed the Peasants' rebellion in the Southern Netherlands, and were able to put down the revolting forces in under 2 months. |
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Something of a crisis arose when, in 1935 and 1936, the Supreme Court handed down twelve decisions voiding Acts of Congress relating to the New Deal. |
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While these were sometimes manufactured in bulk by factories owned by the individual host, families often handed down garments or made them within the household. |
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Campaigns were sometimes initiated by inexperienced governors, because in Spanish Colonial America, offices were bought or handed to relatives or cronies. |
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The Scots later handed over Charles to Parliament and he was imprisoned. |
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In October 2014, British forces handed over the last bases in Helmand to the Afghan military, officially ending their combat operations in the war. |
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On that day Britain handed over its last base in Afghanistan, Camp Bastion, while the United States handed over its last base, Camp Leatherneck, to Afghan forces. |
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As a result, the museum was handed to the British Museum in 1781 and the library was extended to two rooms, one of which was used for council meetings. |
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With only six players that Texas hold 'em game is short handed. |
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Terminal control is responsible for ensuring that aircraft are at an appropriate altitude when they are handed off, and that aircraft arrive at a suitable rate for landing. |
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Lieutenants were first appointed to a number of English counties by King Henry VIII in the 1540s, when the military functions of the sheriff were handed over to him. |
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In December 2002 National Express handed in its Victoria rail franchises having been unable to renegotiate financial terms with the State Government. |
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China felt betrayed as the German territory in China was handed to Japan. |
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The platform helps to store and administer data and output handed in by member states and agencies connected to the reporting requirements of the European Commission. |
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The facility was then handed to the USAAF where a number of improvements took place, including the building of a new control tower and expansion of the current runway. |
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Harper signed in with the rangemaster and handed him her gun. He reloaded it with six shells and handed it back, together with two sets of ear defenders. |
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In Spring of 1945, the war clearly at its climax in Europe, the school was derequisitioned by the military, who had been stationed there, and handed back to The Warden. |
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The rebellion thus quickly fizzled out, though no drastic action was taken against the Bruces after they had handed back the castles they had seized. |
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A final decision was handed down in 1667, confirming the findings of a commission in favour of the trust, and henceforth the school maintained a steady growth. |
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Some retained a role in local administration and became law courts, while others are still handed down in aristocratic families as hereditary seats. |
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Yet power was not handed back to Robert II but to Carrick's younger brother, Robert, earl of Fife which once again saw the king at the disposition of one of his sons. |
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He took the telegram, opened it and read it, then handed it to me, speaking only two words, namely, 'Very significant', and at once resumed his work. |
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