We soon learn about the dwarven kingdom of Erebor, a.k.a The Lonely Mountain, and Thror, its King Under the Mountain.
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The exhibition at Leicester's Guildhall explains the story behind the search for the king under a council car park in the city.
Two years ago, the king, under pressure from the Cambodian government, pardoned Ieng Sary, who had once been Pol Pot's foreign minister, but had more recently become a useful go-between in arranging defections.
What this new American society could have looked like under King's leadership is unclear.
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But he was full of confidence for King of Kings under big race specialist Michael Kinane.
Cardinal Wolsey, who was Archbishop of York and Lord Chancellor, became hugely powerful under King Henry VIII.
Its government under King Abdullah is sympathetic to and anxious to collaborate with the West in combating terror.
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At the time the country was enjoying unprecedented prosperity under King Ugyen Wangchuck.
The drivers agree that under King Abdullah, Saudi women have made progress in terms of expanding educational opportunities and growing access to jobs.
In Morocco a similar party has served in coalition, albeit under the king's writ.
Somehow, all the actors find themselves under Bradley King's complicated and myriad lights perfectly in synch, even if that's in your startled lap.
This is an all-girls grammar school, founded in 1911, and one of five grammar schools of the King Edward Foundation now under threat in the city.
Afghanistan for centuries has been governed loosely through a social covenant between all the ethnic groups, under a sovereign king.
The alternative to St Pancras would have stretched under the main King's Cross building, the carriage entrance on its north-west side, and a gasworks to the north, he says.
But as we report in a survey, Saudi Arabia, the biggest producer, has for now seen off an al-Qaeda insurgency and looks poised for a period of prosperity and reform under a new king.
Tajiks, however, retained their influence, keeping the ministries of defence and foreign affairs, while the former king, a Pushtun, came under pressure to withdraw from the presidential race.
One hundred years later, Americans from all corners of the country, representing every race and religion, came together under the leadership of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to peacefully march through the streets of our capital and call for equality under the law for all citizens.
Under the Dutch Constitution the king or queen is head of state but politically neutral.
The conservative country has been moving toward change under Abdullah, who became king in 2005.
The Prize was created in 2005 and is placed under the patronage of HM King Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa of the Kingdom of Bahrain.
Under Bulgaria's former king, Simeon II, who was prime minister between 2001 and 2005, the country pressed ahead with market reforms designed to meet EU economic targets.
The ground-breaking ceremony for the SESAME building was held on 6 January 2003 under the auspices of the King of Jordan and with the participation of the Director-General of UNESCO.
He and his family obtained Bahraini nationality in 2001 under political reforms instituted by King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa, who also cleared the way for parliamentary elections in Bahrain - seen as the main democratic experiment in the Gulf.
On the platform, a solitary busker sings songs from The Lion King to bored passengers and a cat snoozes under a stack of luggage.
Legend has it that way up at King's Cross train station, somewhere under platform No. 9 or 10, lie the remains of the fearless Iceni warlordess Boudica, whom the Romans polished off with about 80, 000 of her kinsmen in A.D. 60.
Christ the King Centre for Learning in Huyton opened in 2009 under the government's Building Schools For the Future scheme.
Under a deal just signed with Burger King, which looks set to last, the fast-food giant has bought 88, 000 boxes of tomatoes.
King Solomon told us that there is nothing new under the sun.
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"With creative forces of Stephen King and Steven Spielberg's Amblin Television behind Under the Dome, we think our customers will love this new show and we're excited to be able to offer this highly-anticipated series at no additional cost to Prime members, " said Brad Beale, Director of Digital Video Content Acquisition for Amazon.
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