It is thus not an ancient title, as these things go, but the Herveys won royal favour and did well.

ECONOMIST: The Marquess of Bristol | The

Iain Strachan from Edinburgh Council outlined the difficulties his council had establishing which properties came under the common good category for registers, saying it had to pour over ancient title deeds that went back to the time of King David.

BBC: Justice Committee

Despite being an ancient historical title, it is sadly inaccurate.

ECONOMIST: Indonesia

In 1990, the Soviet republic of Kirghizia decided to change its official name to the Socialist Republic of Kyrgyzstan, a title recalling the ancient Turkic origins of many of its people.

CNN: Sunday,

Durang flings all kinds of references into his word processor: Angelina Jolie, Snow White, Maggie Smith, global warming, Norma Desmond, William Penn, "Peter Pan, " the HBO show "Entourage, " Lindsay Lohan, ancient Greek drama, voodoo and, as the title suggests, a big dollop of Anton Chekhov.

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