Several of Scotland's gold medallists turned into ambassadors, expressing how much they'd like the Games to come to Scotland in eight years. |
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Modern athletes Pat Rafter and Andrew Gaze are ambassadors for their sport and Australia, and yet so humble. |
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Prior to the amendment, the president had the prerogative to appoint ambassadors or accept foreign envoys. |
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Aceh's sultans sent ambassadors to Europe, and made treaties with some of these European powers. |
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He also indicated that various foreign ambassadors and high commissioners had expressed similar sentiments. |
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Even more emphatic diplomatic gestures, like the summoning of ambassadors, have so far been ignored. |
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The whole point of the ceremony, now more than 500 years old, was to show off to foreign ambassadors, mostly from Europe. |
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The role of the ambassadors was a voluntary one and was basically to boost support in London itself for the Olympics bid. |
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It's important that all of us become very big ambassadors for our own industry. |
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Both teams and sets of supporters can be very proud of their respective ambassadors this year. |
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This will provide an opportunity for our players not only to be ambassadors of sport but also to promote goodwill and trade. |
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I have been approached to be one of the ambassadors for an anti-smoking campaign. |
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He is considered by many as the sportsman supreme and is one of the greatest living ambassadors for Gaelic Sport. |
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Yet it also throws light on our own mission as Christ's followers and ambassadors today. |
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These provide an extremely valuable pool of ambassadors for UK programs and institutions in Taiwan. |
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The first goal is promoting our profession to the public as ambassadors of the environment and community. |
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They were ambassadors from the school to the homes and were supported whole heartedly by the parents. |
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At the time, the Arab ambassadors expressed their interest in fostering more business links with Scottish companies. |
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She is the newest addition to the long list of star ambassadors preaching the benefits of healthy living. |
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Both ambassadors nodded assent, as did the Council President as he looked around the room. |
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Our three ambassadors of lovers rock came out personally to greet the audience before starting their performance and the audience loved this. |
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The US ambassador yelled authoritatively, slamming the gavel repeatedly, trying to silence the ambassadors who were shouting at each other. |
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Somewhere even the dictators and autocrats who send ambassadors to dialogue with ambassadors from free states know that to be true. |
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Instead, ambassadors, ministers and diplomats are picking over the bones of what was a growing community working to create a better Europe. |
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The Durban Summit drew more than 5000 ministers, ambassadors and delegates. |
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The ministry, bombed and then looted during the US-led war on Iraq, was re-opened without a minister, ambassadors or diplomatic muscle. |
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These ambassadors took ship for Norway immediately after the court scene, on 2 November. |
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If you forget that you are ambassadors, your work will be feeble, listless and inefficient, because nerveless and sinewless. |
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Last week saw a visit from a group of ambassadors for the Slovenian spa and ski resort Zrece. |
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It has invited various professions and organisations to put forward ambassadors who are prepared to champion its cause. |
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The help desk and IT support staff will act as ambassadors for your intranet initiative, so the sooner you garner their support the better. |
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The Helvetii, compelled by the want of every thing, sent ambassadors to him about a surrender. |
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Incoming ambassadors and high commissioners from Germany, America, Sudan, Mauritius and Brazil presented the president with their credentials. |
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Those included in the program are 10 ambassadors, one charge d' affaires, six consul generals and seven deputy chefs de mission. |
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As such, he is and remains one of the most important ambassadors for classical music. |
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Most British ambassadors would have huffed and puffed in private, and said nothing in public. |
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Forced to accept, he continued to insist that the ambassadors must perform the kowtow. |
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Assistant commissars of foreign affairs, as well as ambassadors, plenipotentiaries, and consul-generals, also perished. |
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Meanwhile ambassadors of five countries presented their credentials to the Bulgarian President. |
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The ambassadors returned to Damascus and Saladin decided to punish the Franks himself. |
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The virtual ambassadors are currently featured in the University's Christmas e-card which involves an animated snowball fight. |
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Lynn responded both by a retaliation against Danes in the town and by sending ambassadors to treat with the king of Denmark. |
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William III, after 1688, had twelve resident ambassadors as well as envoys and agents. |
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Perry had come upstairs after a meeting with ambassadors from Texas and about 75 New York businesspeople considering a move. |
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The basketball sneaker has a long and lucrative history, especially for the sportsmen who become the brands' ambassadors. |
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An alternative opposition government must include an opposition Cabinet, envoys and ambassadors in every sphere of diplomatic activity and relations and an alternative budget. |
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The obverse of the medal shows the portrait of King Louis XIV and the reverse shows the Thai ambassadors showing their respect during the audience with the King. |
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Politicians and ambassadors placed garlands of flowers in front of it. |
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Mr Ferris said criers were ambassadors of goodwill for their communities. |
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We have an army of ambassadors and advocates for the hungry of this world. |
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He is not only one of the finest players, and coaches, in the history of Australian Rules, he is also one of its most constructive thinkers and finest ambassadors. |
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Cultural ambassadors act as envoys for what's best in America. |
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Going up towards the altar, on the north side standing room is railed off for the rest of the Council who are not lords, and on the south side for the ambassadors. |
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The response will be to get more security, to constrain how freely ambassadors move around. |
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They went to Wales as ambassadors and ambassadresses of their city. |
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We believe you will find our best ambassadors are the boys and girls. |
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Venezuela and Mexico are recalling their ambassadors to each other's countries over disparaging remarks about the Mexican president from the president of Venezuela. |
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Some fear the tough policy will deter people from coming to the city, while others argue ambassadors must take a hard line on those who break the rules. |
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The Taizong Shilu 23 October, 1407, entry recorded that the Yongle Emperor summoned the Javanese ambassadors. |
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Henry II of France and Philip II of Spain were in reality absent, and the peace was signed by their ambassadors. |
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Among these varied groups of farmers and menials, there are a chosen few set aside as ambassadors to spiritdom, or shamans, known as bhagats. |
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Sheikh Sabah Al-Khalid met with the ambassadors of Belgium Damien Angelet, Indonesia Ferry Adamhar, Spain Angel Losada and Sri Lanka Fiji Ratna. |
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The ambassadors were welcomed by members of the GUtech rectorate and briefed by Prof. |
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It was cumbersome, and the SEG ambassadors really didn't want to take the take to follow through. |
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They take the staff there annually and have become informal ambassadors of Friulian culture. |
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Vatican ambassadors are referred to as nuncios and a Vatican embassy is known as a nunziatura apostolica or apostolic nunciature. |
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The ambassadors could then hope to recoup that money through bribes from merchants desperate to be included in the cafila. |
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Sportsmen are ambassadors of their nations and to act in an unruly and unsporting manner is not cricket. |
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Philip sent ambassadors to Hannibal's camp in Italy, to negotiate an alliance as common enemies of Rome. |
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By then, ambassadors from some of the British states, warned by merchants of the impending invasion, had arrived promising their submission. |
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In response, he sent ambassadors to Rome, offering political recognition to Maxentius in exchange for a military support. |
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In 1414 while he held court at Leicester, he received ambassadors from Burgundy. |
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Numerous suitors from nearly all European nations sent ambassadors to English court to put forward their suit. |
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The musical ambassadors finished their performance, and the local musicians in turn played for them a traditional ballad. |
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For example, when engaging bilaterally with one another, Commonwealth governments exchange high commissioners instead of ambassadors. |
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For example, foreign ambassadors are accredited to the Court of St James's, and the Palace is the site of the meeting of the Accession Council. |
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Both Jon Snow and Barbara Windsor are patrons for the charity, and ambassadors include Keira Chaplin and Mica Paris. |
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Before any foreign ambassadors reached the Senate, they met with the consuls. |
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The consul would introduce ambassadors to the Senate, and they alone carried on the negotiations between the Senate and foreign states. |
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Ariovistus sent ambassadors to Caesar agreeing, because Caesar had come to him, to a conference. |
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Adrian sent ambassadors to Charlemagne in autumn requesting he enforce the policies of his father, Pepin. |
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They brought back many foreign ambassadors whose kings and rulers were willing to declare themselves tributaries of China. |
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Early in 1570, Ivan's ambassadors concluded a treaty at Constantinople that restored friendly relations between the Sultan and the Tsar. |
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Admiral Zheng He and other unnamed people had received orders to escort the ambassadors back home. |
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The Mingshi account about Lasa states that ambassadors from Lasa, Aden, and Brava traveled with Zheng He to China. |
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Khagan Kublai dined with a large court every day, and met with many ambassadors and foreign merchants. |
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They were received at the courts of sultans, kings, and princes, and often were employed as ambassadors, envoys, or agents. |
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In early 1514, Afonso sent ambassadors to Gujarat's Sultan Muzaffar Shah II, ruler of Cambay, to seek permission to build a fort on Diu, India. |
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In 1513, at Cannanore, Afonso was visited by a Persian ambassador from Shah Ismail I, who had sent ambassadors to Gujarat, Ormuz and Bijapur. |
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In 1524 the Chinese sent the Malay ambassadors Tuan Mohammed and Cojacao back to Bintang with messages for the Portuguese. |
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The ambassadors from each state were ranked by complex levels of precedence that were much disputed. |
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Outside was the palace of Moctezuma with 100 rooms, each with its own bath, for the lords and ambassadors of allies and conquered people. |
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At the same time ambassadors were to be sent to France with a proposed treaty for the French king. |
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Besides the artists' names, the labels on the boxes contained the names of ambassadors in nonaligned countries. |
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The two alleged ambassadors spiced their jokes with foul language. |
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Seychelles A new group of 35 Seychellois has been appointed as tourism ambassadors, bringing the total to 95 members in 30 countries worldwide now representing Seychelles. |
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He also announced to appoint WAPDA sportspersons as its brand ambassadors to raise awareness about water and electricity conservation in the country. |
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Then in 1306, 30 Ethiopian ambassadors from Emperor Wedem Arad came to Europe, and Prester John was mentioned as the patriarch of their church in a record of their visit. |
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The King of Cochin received special treatment, because he had sent tribute since 1411 and later also sent ambassadors to request the patent of investiture and a seal. |
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A statement by the Ministry of Information said Sheikh Salman met separately with the ambassadors of China, United Mexican States, and Kingdom of Bhutan to Kuwait. |
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Hiroshima city authorities said Monday they plan to invite ambassadors of seven nuclear powers to a memorial peace event in August showcasing the city's antinuke policy. |
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For at night, into the back of our stores and restful suburbs come these quiet, switchbladed ambassadors to remind us that the boundary issues are not yet settled. |
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Potential ambassadors from Los Angeles to Florida lined up Thursday in safari jackets to suits, in hip casuals to office getups, hoping to turn a bit part into the Big Time. |
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The Yongle Emperor strenuously tried to extend China's influence beyond its borders by demanding other rulers send ambassadors to China to present tribute. |
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Caesar sent ambassadors to summon Ariovistus to a conference. |
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Strict standards developed for ambassadors, requiring they have large residences, host lavish parties, and play an important role in the court life of their host nation. |
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While Uryankhadai travelled along the lakeside from the north, Kublai took the capital city of Dali and spared the residents despite the slaying of his ambassadors. |
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Desiderius sent his own ambassadors denying the pope's charges. |
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The ambassadors met at Thionville, and Charlemagne upheld the pope's side. |
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Memorial plate in Lopburi showing King Narai with French ambassadors. |
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Her love of sweets and fear of dentists contributed to severe tooth decay and loss to such an extent that foreign ambassadors had a hard time understanding her speech. |
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As the empire grew, any merchants or ambassadors with proper documentation and authorization received protection and sanctuary as they traveled through Mongol realms. |
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On 19 November, a grand ceremony was held where the Yongle Emperor bestowed gifts to princes, civil officials, military officers, and the ambassadors of 18 countries. |
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On 19 December, the eighteen ambassadors were received at the Ming court. |
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It is as head of the Holy See, not as head of Vatican City State, that the pope receives ambassadors of states and sends them his own diplomatic representatives. |
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May and Taylor spent time at Mandela's home, discussing how Africa's problems might be approached, and two years later the band was made ambassadors for the 46664 cause. |
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When the ambassadors withdrew, the GCC was reportedly on the verge of a crisis linked to the emergence of distinct political blocs with conflicting interests. |
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That day, the Yongle Emperor ordered the undertaking of fifth voyage, which had the avowed objective to return the 18 ambassadors and to reward their kings. |
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Instead, the Guise brothers sent ambassadors to negotiate a settlement. |
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