Sentences with phrase «which monarchs»

Illegal logging in the Mexican forests where they spend the winter, new climate patterns and the disappearance of milkweed — the only plant on which monarchs lay their eggs and on which their caterpillars feed — are being blamed for their shrinking numbers.

The Crown Jewels include three objects used during the crowning of every Scottish monarch (the crown, the sword, and the scepter) as well as the Stone of Destiny (the stone upon which the monarchs stood during their coronation).

If we start now, we can make the 21st century the era in which monarchs return to our landscapes.»

Hamm, now a data scientist at Monsanto in Woodland, California, also knew that taxonomists since Carl Linnaeus have struggled to distinguish species in Lepidoptera, the order of insects to which monarchs belong.

They measure — in centimeters because that's what scientists do — growth of tulips and milkweed, on which monarch larvae feed.

While monarch butterflies drink nectar for nourishment from thousands of different species of native and cultivated flowers, the foliage of milkweed is the only food source on which monarch caterpillars can feed.

Her Crittenden Sq. garden featured, among other things, two eight - year - old fragrant sumacs, some giant purple hyssops, and four varieties of milkweed plants, in which monarch butterflies had already laid eggs.

Her own garden included 150 species including two eight - year - old fragrant sumacs, some giant purple hyssops, and four varieties of milkweed plants, in which monarch butterflies had already laid eggs.

If a number of lawyers mature into rainmakers around the same time, there may be a coup in which the monarch is forced to retire or share the power.

Not exact matches

Who's the national leader in a country like England, which has both a monarch and a prime minister?

Similarly, I wanted to be a published author (not self - published, which to me is to being published as owning a home is to being a monarch), but once I was, I wanted to have 50 articles in print before I was 50, and so on.

Shadowplay highlights the wealth of contemporary allusion surrounding Portia's espousal to Bassanio, designed to remind the Queen of her allegorical flirtation with England» and before Jacobs ridicules the idea of a lost level of meaning in which Bassanio represents Elizabeth's subjects, a reviewer who professes to respect the «various forms and genres and techniques of literary writing» will be aware that poems and plays in the mid-sixteenth century regularly celebrated England's courtship of the monarch, and that literary characters representing England were commonplace, though disguised in order to subvert the ban on discussing contemporary politics and religion.

It means self - government of a given body of people, as contrasted with non-democratic political systems in which rule is in the hands of a hereditary monarch, of a dictator, of an aristocracy (noblemen or intellectuals), of a class (rich people, the proletariat, or priests), or of a limited party.

The seemingly innocent story of Abishag, who was to warm the aged David (I Kings 1:1 - 4), is suspiciously reminiscent of widespread practices in which the ebbing virility of the old monarch was put to the test, since in his person he embodied the vital forces of the nation.

But even more pernicious was the influence of the harem — that breeding - ground of seditions and knavery, as well as the source of the monarch's personal demoralization, in every oriental court through history — which was firmly established by David and much enlarged by Solomon.

This is the meaning of certain comments on the monarchs found in our Books of Kings; it is in large part the viewpoint of the Chronicler; it is freely expressed in the chapters added to the prophecies of Ezekiel in which the function of «the prince» is little more than one of leadership in ritual under the priests.

A «sensitive» production of William Shakespeare's Richard III will be held at Leicester Cathedral, the home of the monarch's remains, which were found under a council...

Christianity contributed both to the doctrine of the divine right of kings, which was used to buttress the absolute monarchies of the times, and to the theories which made for popular sovereignty and democracy and which limited the power of the monarchs.

Although there are particular ways in which the notion of God as divine monarch takes on a distinctive character with Israel, its roots can readily be traced throughout the ancient Near East, from Egypt to Babylonia.

The worldly church is usually a church which seeks to maintain the old order in society and with it the power of the monarchs and aristocrats, of the owners of property and of other vested rights.

Bowing to a monarch would seem to violate the spirit of the Revolution, which wasn't wildly favorable to displays of rank, as well as to run counter to our proclaimed self - evident truth of all persons being created equality.

One element of the policy of the Ottoman Sultans was their championship of Sunnism, which brought them into conflict with the monarchs of Persia who had adopted the creed of Imami Shi`ism as the religion of their government.

Whereas after A.D. 1815 a Tsar of Russia had proposed to his fellow monarchs of Europe that they govern their states and their relations with one another on the basis of Christian principles, after A.D. 1914 a regime came into power which seeks to extirpate Christianity and to which some of the leading Christian virtues are anathema.

The monarch butterfly, which winters in the forests of Michoacán (the state where many avocados are grown), could potentially be put at risk, along with other plants and animals in the habitat.

Power, speed and pitching are all present for a Monarchs team which began the year as the state's No. 1 team.

No, the surprise might have been that this Mitty team had to overcome some obstacles, not the least of which was St. Francis, which won the West Catholic Athletic League regular season championship and defeated the Monarchs twice.

The Monarchs followed that loss with a nine - game win streak in which they averaged 7.4 runs a game.

In the same game in which Watkins caught himself watching, he also helped the Padres beat Gordon and the Monarchs, 65 - 59.

Mater Dei had not been ranked in Krider's one - man poll until Dec. 6, following the Monarchs» 28 - 24 victory over the No. 8 team, Los Alamitos, which was riding a 26 - game winning streak.

That is the framework of current interpretation which will necessarily be disestablishmentarian, i.e. not part of the Establishment of church, monarch, and money.

The appointment which was conveyed to the new monarch through a statement signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Moshood Adeoti, said this followed the completion of the due process of selection conducted by the kingmakers of the ancient town.

While there is provision for atheist and agnostic MPs to affirm rather than invoking a deity they don't believe in, there is no provision to swear allegiance to an entity other than the British monarch, which Sinn Fein MPs refuse to do.

Against the image of Catholic Monarchy, he ranges images of the hermetic monarch: he is alluding to a specific kind of political view and mode of debating which might built a righteous republic.

There is only one circumstance under which these changes could begin to be justified, namely that any Realm or Territory may leave the family defined by our shared monarch unless they were given effect, though not otherwise.

In what is however known to be pronounced between the two monarchs is the battle of supremacy which has fuelled controversy over the years.

But because this rule potentially allows the sovereign significant discretion in choosing the formateur, which is at odds with the impartiality required of the monarch today, it is supplemented by the following convention: «If there is doubt, it is the responsibility of those involved in the political process, and in particular the parties represented in Parliament, to seek to determine and communicate clearly to the Sovereign who is best placed to be able to command the confidence of the House of Commons» (§ 2.9).

Left out of your mostly - thoroughgoing discussion of the topic is the monarch's legal position as the head of the Church of England, a position that prevents the monarch from ever marrying a Roman Catholic, let alone a HIndu or Muslim, all of which are minorities effectively marginalized by the monarchy.

Labour MP Paul Flynn is tabling an amendment to the succession to the crown bill which would allow the child of a monarch in a civil union to become heir to the throne — even if they do not share the same royal bloodline.

The meeting which was convened at the instance of the State Commissioner of Police, Chris Ezike, had in attendance, Imo monarchs, farmers, leaders of Miyetti Allah, herders and some government officials.

The monarch who attributed the myriads of challenges facing Nigerian people to what he described as palpable corruption which has eaten deep into the fabric of the nationhood, saying if corruption is totally eradicated, Nigeria will be the best place to be in the world.

However, the monarch's consent is required before Parliament may pass legislation removing such powers: this was seen when the second reading of the Military Action Against Iraq (Parliamentary Approval) Bill, which would have removed the monarch's ability to authorize military action without Parliamentary approval, had to be abandoned because the monarch (on the advice of her government) refused to grant such consent.

The group, as contained in its congratulatory letter to the new monarch in Iwo on Wednesday, said the emergence of Oba Akanbi heralded the beginning of a new phase in the history of the ancient city which the group however regretted is in dire need of rapid development.

He argues that prebendalism is the most appropriate conceptual notion for explaining Nigeria's politicians intense and persistent struggle to control and exploit the offices of the state and defines prebendalism in terms of «the historical association of the term «prebend» with the offices of certain feudal states which could be obtained through services rendered to a lord or monarch or through outright purchase by supplicants... the adjective «prebendal» will refer to patterns of political behaviour which rest on the justifying principle that such offices should be competed for and then utilised for the personal benefit of office holders as well as their reference or support group.

In 2007 the Beeb said sorry for «misrepresenting» the monarch in an advert for a documentary which appeared to show the Queen «storming out» of a photo shoot.

A country has a succession dispute in which two or more people claim the right to be the legitimate monarch of the country, and this is resolved in a national election, in order to prevent or end a civil war.

An «election» could, however, include a situation like that surrounding the adoption of the Magna Carta or the assembly of representatives of the various estates that was convened by the monarch shortly before the French Revolution in which the franchise is quite limited (e.g. limited only to aristocrats, or to elders, or to clergy, or to members of a political party, or to members of a particular tribe or caste, or to a council of leaders of tribes or castes) who are not all members of the incumbent's extended family and whose appointment was not primarily within the control of the incumbent as a practical matter.

A «contested election» does not include an election in which only members of the sitting monarch's extended family can vote (like the succession system of the Saudi Arabian monarchy or the Cambodian monarchy).

But the warnings are unlikely to upset the historic visit, which sees the Queen become the first reigning monarch to visit the country since 1911.

A state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives, and which has an elected or nominated president rather than a monarch.

An election ratifying a single candidate who has already been chosen before the election, for example, in the ratification of the constitution of an existing monarchy which is transitioning to a constitutional monarchy in which the new constitution identifies the existing monarch or dynasty by name, does not count as a «contested election».