Sentences with phrase «colonial days when»

Bayonne was later claims by the Netherlands, back in the old colonial days when countries ran around claiming any piece of land they could for themselves.

Shrubs are drinks that date back to Colonial days when they were made with sweetened vinegar fruit syrups blended with rum or brandy.

«I only hope Nigeria is not being systematically returning to the colonial days when the law of sedition was used to jail many of those who fought for our independence or the era of Buhari's military regime, when the notorious Public Officers (Protection Against False Accusation) Decree 4 of 1984 was used to jail Tunde Thompson and Nduka Irabor, both of The Guardian newspapers for publishing what the government termed as false.

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A Colonial «cycle» is a five - day period when a sequence of all in - season products is pumped.

There are for Butler, quite properly, no colonial «good old days» when conventional religion of the Protestant or Christian or Judeo - Christian sort snatched America from the jaws of the Enlightenment and gave the nation a Christian birthing.

We in America have been haters of «different» religions since colonial days, when protestants who lived in most colonies would not allow catholics or quakers... and certainly no jews to live in their borders.

Laws governing abortion in America have changed over time, from no laws in Colonial days — when it was considered a medical issue — to the various state restrictions seen today.

He says the closure of the nursing homes would be a break in a tradition that dates back to colonial days, when local governments provided alms houses and early hospitals for the needy.

When oil came, we abandoned the old systems of tax collection that provided most of our infrastructure since colonial days.

I loved it, and I read it every day when I was a kid at a rural primary school, just a few years after independence from British colonial rule.

When director Mr. Joffé at last returns to the present - day hospital where the scuba diving scientist is flat - lining, the knife - throwing belly dancer from India shows up with the other half of the magic ring in time for him to spring back to life, mercifully minus his hilarious accent and colonial - rule ponytail.

An armed carjacker struck at a major intersection near downtown Orlando in the middle of the day, taking a woman's car but leaving her uninjured.The victim, a 27 - year - old Orlando woman, told police she was southbound on North Orange Blossom Trail, waiting at the Colonial Drive red light, when the gunmen ordered her out of the car at 1 p.m. Sunday.The car - a lime - green, 1979, two - door Buick Regal - was last seen heading south on South Orange Blossom Trail.

During early Colonial days in the United States families would set a fresh pineapple in the center of the table as a colorful centerpiece of festive meals, especially when visitors joined them in celebration.

For historical architecture lovers, Belize City is adorned with Caribbean and British colonial style homes, which speaks of the days when people knew Belize as British Honduras.

The erosion of this hegemony began in 1943, when the Colonial Government initiated the forerunner of the present day village council by appointing a small group of villagers to make recommendations on plans and projects for the caye.

Featuring exhibits documenting the full spectrum of the country's history, visitors can see artifacts from the long millennia of Maya rule, items from the early days when Belize was a pirate haven, cats o» nine tails and chain balls from colonial times when the building was a prison, and special displays about the distinct cultures and peoples in modern Belize.

Crystal Bridges is even more impressive when you consider that it spans four centuries - from the colonial era to the present day.

Removal of the Churchill bust evidently was a temper tantrum relating to Churchill's actions, or the British Government actions taken when President Obama's Mau mau terrorist ancestors went on a tribal rampage in Kenya; hacking innocent white civilians to death with machettes, in the night; back in Kenya's colonial days.

In 1873, when the French author Jules Verne published his famous novel, Around the World in Eighty Days, it perpetrated many colonial stereotypes and agendas.

Shingle style became popular following the 1876 centennial of Independence Day when architects updated Colonial homes for the 19th century.

Its quaint, colonial - style downtown recalls days gone by, when life was simple and slow.