Britain, in pursuit of its self-proclaimed Empire, was always on the lookout for strong armies.
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Serbia still considers Kosovo a province and has refused to recognize its self-declared status.
Repeated US assertion of its self-interests also gives the impression that all non-US-citizens are less important.
Its self-described "paranoia" it won't even say how many people work in sales irritates analysts.
Despite its self-aggrandisement, Dubai is not yet important enough to bring down the global financial system.
Failing that, India must show that its self-defence can be both ruthless and restricted.
He urged North Korea to end its self-imposed isolation and allow its citizens to use the internet.
After publication, the cabinet hoped to downplay the report, but was no match for its self-publicising author.
Its self-regulatory body, the Press Complaints Commission, promised a new look at the paparazzi after the princess's death.
Russia already had almost full control over South Ossetia and Abkhazia and dealt openly with its self-proclaimed presidents.
The MPAA cannot be blamed for its "take-no-prisoners" approach, he said, as it is only acting in its self-interest.
That will exacerbate its self-righteous warring posture and have chilling consequences for the grass-roots civil rights movement inside Iran.
The government has been able to bring forward, from 2010 to 2008, its self-imposed deadline for balancing its books.
Worse, as the failure of its self-build strategy became clearer, internal conflict grew.
Even when the French revolution finally came, its self-appointed guardians had no place for the philosophy of the true radicals.
Only very gradually has his successor, Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov, begun to make moves to release the country from its self-imposed, Soviet-style isolation.
Diminishing polling figures and the vicissitudes of popular thinking will likely not matter to al Qaeda, given its self-appointed transcendental mission.
Whatever road Bertelsmann chooses, it says there is no hurry - it is certain it will get there by its self-imposed deadline.
From August 15th India's independence day, and once an occasion for proclaiming its self-sufficiency long-distance telecoms, formally a public-sector monopoly, will be fully deregulated.
The war in Iraq was inconceivable deprived of its self-consciously historic character.
While North Korea has stated it will return to the six-party talks, it has done nothing to change its self-centered logic and actions.
The radicalization of the court is not a function of its independence but rather of the political homogeneity of its self-appointed leftist justices.
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Borders tends to try to capitalize on timing of current events for its self-publishing projects, such as music books tied to the Grammy Awards.
In 2006, the Nashville-based band released its self-titled debut on Thurston Moore's Ecstatic Peace label when its members were still in high school.
But for Sony to turn itself around - to become meaningful again in the lives of its consumers - it must shed its self-perception.
Google was awarded an autonomous car patent in 2011, and secured a Nevada driving licence for its self-drive car in May 2012.
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For its part, the administration appears stunned, still unable to believe that its self-abasement toward the Middle East didn't inaugurate the Age of Aquarius.
Now, they just need the software to enable its self-balancing functionality.
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Its self-consciously surreal libretto by Luisa Costa Gomes includes arias in Portuguese and a spoken part in English for the elegantly reserved dancer, Lucinda Childs.
Ireland has been rewarded for its self-discipline by lower borrowing costs.
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