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1 They have been pioneered in this country , the United States and Australia over the last few years mainly by individual schools and by some local education authorities .
2 The chamber will not , however , deal with two cases " out of a total of 11 pending " which are the subject of appeals made prior to its constitution : the question of compensation for Nauru for the effects of phosphate exploitation before its independence from Australia [ see separate item in this issue ] , and the dispute between Hungary and Slovakia over the Gabcikovo dam [ see EDs passim ] .
3 Tension between Hungary and Czechoslovakia over the Gabcikovo hydro-electric dam project increased during February , as Czechoslovakia prepared to resume work on the project , contrary to Hungarian wishes .
4 The controversy between Hungary and Czechoslovakia over the proposed dam on the Danube at Gabcikovo [ see ED 56 ] has intensified , with Hungary abrogating the 1977 treaty between the two countries under which the dam was originally planned .
5 The histories of Nicaragua and Mozambique over the past two decades have similarities .
6 Negotiations between Ukraine and Russia over the future of the Black Sea Fleet began in Odessa on April 29 , having twice been postponed .
7 The dispute between Russia and Ukraine over the Black Sea fleet worsened after more than 200 of the fleet 's ships , which are anchored in Ukrainian waters , hoisted the Russian ensign .
8 For all the criticisms which can be levelled against it , the work remains a successful attempt to make sense of the complicated relationship which existed between England and France over a period of more than a century at the end of the Middle Ages .
9 The Welsh skipper faces an operation on his hernia tomorrow and will miss Wales 's big international clashes with England and France over the next few weeks .
10 In 1324 war broke out between England and France over the destruction by the Seneschal of Gascony of the fortress of Saint Sardos on the border between Gascony and the Agenais , the building of which had been authorized by Charles IV of France in the previous year .
11 The number of people in England and Wales over the age of 75 has increased by 20 per cent since 1981 ; and those over 85 by almost 40 per cent , according to the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys .
12 We maintain a high level of capital expenditure to improve productivity and quality in production and packaging , exemplified by the investment of more than 200 million in Scotland and Spain over the next three years .
13 THE players ' union today distanced itself from Chelsea defender Paul Elliott 's plan to sue Dean Saunders and Liverpool over a career-threatening challenge .
14 CHELSEA defender Paul Elliott is to sue Dean Saunders and Liverpool over the tackle that left him with a severe knee injury .
15 PAUL ELLIOTT has started legal proceedings against Dean Saunders and Liverpool over the tackle which threatens to wreck his season .
16 In the decade 's final timetable , there is an express every 15 minutes ( plus one extra ) between Swindon and Paddington over a two-and-a-half-hour period in the morning rush .
17 The six-day separation from William and Harry over the traditional family holiday was the first time Diana had not seen her sons wake up to the excitement of Christmas Day .
18 It is a 15 inch gauge railway opened in 1990 and connects the two towns of Wroxham and Aylesham over a distance of some nine miles .
19 King 's Cross-Cambridge/Peterborough outer suburban services , a bodged combination of electric units to Hitchin and Royston , and DMUs and HSTs over the non-electric gap , was brought together at the end of the decade , courtesy of two collections of four-car 317s , a purpose-built second batch of twenty-five units , and thirteen of the earlier series .
20 The dispute between Czechoslovakia and Hungary over the damming of the Danube at Gabcikovo [ see ED 61 & 63 ] worsened in October as the Slovak authorities , apparently acting on their own initiative in advance of the imminent dissolution of the Czechoslovak federation , instructed contractors to begin the final stage of construction work to divert the river .
21 Trailed under the four-pointed flags by anxious English abbots , Pope Leo took time to ratify a bull defining the privileges of the great metropolitan church of Hamburg and Bremen over the Swedes , the Danes , the Finns , the Norwegians , and the Baltic Slavs , and over Orkney , Iceland , and Greenland , to take the place of the Pope in these regions , and to ordain bishops for them , as brought into the fold of Christ .
22 I particularly enjoyed reading about John Bolton 's early work on radio stars at Dover Heights , and the very fair account of the heated cosmological argument between Martin Ryle and Mills over the number of radio sources .
23 Toby continued : ‘ As for this Harley business , we now know that there has been a closer relationship between Martinez and Jefferson over the years than the normal one of agent and manufacturer .
24 Plenty of food for thought ahead to go with your pint of Whitbread Best Bitter , Flowers Original , Heineken or Courage over the bar !
25 But during our conversation even he was forced to concede that besides being unable to entertain he would also have to follow events at Hove and Edgbaston over the next few days through newspapers and television .
26 Negotiations between the UK and Spain over the political future of Gibraltar continued intermittently .
27 The withdrawal of the pound and the lira from the ERM was followed by a " war of words " between the UK and Germany over the role in particular of the Bundesbank .
28 The final obstacle was a disagreement between Shas and Mafdal over the distribution of funds to their client religious institutions .
29 The explicit conflict between Henderson and MacDonald over the meaning of ‘ democratic diplomacy ’ was ultimately less important than the implicit contradictions in Labour 's politics between liberal internationalism and socialist nationalism .
30 The intellectual challenge to Christianity in Western Europe and America over the last two hundred years has all too often tempted it to retreat into a ghetto ring-fenced by claims about the unassailable insights granted to those with faith .
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