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The ostensible reason for the French Directory to order the invasion of Switzerland was that the Confederation was maltreating the people of the Canton of Vaud. However, the real reason was most likely the desire for the French government to get its hands on the Swiss treasury at Bern . [ 2 ]
The format (live action, CGI, or traditional animation) is yet unknown. However, it was confirmed on Elfquest ' s official Facebook page that Warner Bros. ultimately canceled the project; the ostensible reason is that Warner Bros. didn't want the film competing with The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.
An American-style 15×15 crossword grid layout. A crossword (or crossword puzzle) is a word game consisting of a grid of black and white squares, into which solvers enter words or phrases ("entries") crossing each other horizontally ("across") and vertically ("down") according to a set of clues. Each white square is typically filled with one ...
The Spanish Civil War, which began in July 1936, was the ostensible reason for the radicalisation of the regime. Internally, the regime had to face a monarchist revolt in 1935, a threatened leftist coup in 1936 and several bombs and conspiracies in 1936 and 1937, including an attempt to assassinate Salazar in 1937.
The ostensible reason for this system of classification was the belief that a 'martial race' was typically brave and well-built for fighting, [1] while the 'non-martial races' were those races which the British considered unfit for battle because of their sedentary lifestyles. The British had a policy of recruiting the martial Indians from ...
That market was small, but at least it would give their salespeople an ostensible reason for talking to pediatricians and pediatric psychiatrists. Besides, under the law, a new indication that included children would extend the fast-expiring patent by six months for all sales of the drug.
Jay Leno is setting the record straight about his recent string of injuries.. The former Tonight Show host, 74, appeared on the Dec. 22 episode of Bill Maher's Club Random podcast to discuss ...
A long-standing territorial dispute was the ostensible reason for Iraq's invasion of Kuwait in 1990. In November 1990, the UN Security Council adopted Resolution 678 , permitting member states to use all necessary means, authorizing military action against the Iraqi forces occupying Kuwait and demanded a complete withdrawal by January 15, 1991.