...d Type: self-governing until complete inde- pendence from the Netherlands is granted in 1996 Legal system: based on Dutch civil law system, with some ... ...ommunists: no overt Communist pres- ence Other political or pressure groups: Bud- dhist clergy, Indian merchant community, ethnic Nepalese organizatio... ...ts France, Kenya, Re- union Budget: domestic revenues, $11 million; external grants, $29 million; current ex- penditures, $14 million; capital expendi... ...ery, transport equipment Budget: estimated in percent of GDP revenues 30.7%, grants 4.0%, expenditures 45.7% (1986) Monetary conversion rate: 176.14 D... ...her Religion: 83.5% Hindu, 11.0% Muslim, 2.6% Christian, 2.0-2.5% Sikh, 0.7% Bud- dhist, 0.2% other Language: Hindi, English, and 14 other official la... ...apan, Middle East, US, Rwanda, Uganda Budget: as percent of GDP revenues and grants 24%; total expenditures and net lending - 28% (1985/86 est.) Exter... ... 4% Kazakh, 2% Chinese, 2% Russian, 2% other Religion: predominantly Tibetan Bud- dhist, about 4% Muslim, limited religious activity because of Commun... ...in world, although no sharp distinction be- tween many Hindu (about 88%) and Bud- dhist groups; small groups of Muslims and Christians Language: Nepal... ...nese, 14.9% Malay, 6.4% Indian, 2.3% other Religion: majority of Chinese are Bud- dhists or atheists; Malays nearly all Mus- lim; minorities include C...

...terrible wounds 217- 227 CHAPTER XX. Cortez Plucks the Flower Glory out of the bud Of defeat. -- Recruiting another expedition against Mexico -- Captu... ...etimes the spectres give an omen of approaching death, as in the story told by Grant: An officer of the English Navy was pacing the deck when his sist... ..., the Khan answered them, "Since you desire your reproach and shame, let it be granted you; go and do herein after your wont." The messenger returning... ...mperial lineage of Zingis-Khan, or of one family called Boriat, which had been granted this privilege for the great valor some member had shown upon a... ...corpses that were polluting the streets, they utilized the time which was thus granted in preparing for a secret removal of their Emperor to the main ... ... from London and Paris, and as they came they brought with them favorites, and grants dispossessing the original colonists, many of whom not obtaining...

... NO MY AIN HOUSE; I ken by the biggin’ o’t.” T wo recent books* one by Mr. Grant White on England, one on France by the diabolically clever Mr. Hilleb... ...is better than John Bull, but he is tarred with the English stick. For Mr. Grant White the States are the New England States and nothing more. He wond... ...untrymen un- bending to him as to a performing dog. But in the case of Mr. Grant White example were better than precept. Wyo- ming is, after all, more... ...ot always widely, but always trenchantly. Many particulars that struck Mr. Grant White, a Yankee, struck me, a Scot, no less forcibly; he and I felt o... ... And perhaps neither a court of love nor an assembly of divines would have granted their premisses or welcomed their conclusions. Conclusions, indeed,... ...es; and below and about, dearer tenfold to me! the plays themselves, those bud- gets of romance, lay tumbled one upon another. Long and often have I l...

...Excerpt: Chapter 1. The Foreigner At Home. ?This is no my ain house; I ken by the biggin? o?t.? Two recent books* one by Mr. Grant White on England, one on France by the diabolically clever Mr. Hillebrand, may well have set people thinking on the divisions of races and nations. Such thoughts should arise with particular congruity and force to inhab...