domestic strife

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• DOMESTIC PEACE — (Heb. שְׁלוֹם בַּיִת, shelom bayit). The Jewish tradition visualizes God as seeking peace: in the heavenly spheres, between the nations on earth, and especially between husband and wife . Since every man is considered a king in his own household …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Domestic drama — expresses and focuses on the realistic everyday lives of middle or lower classes in a certain society, generally referring to the post Renaissance eras. According to the English Communications Syllabus, domestic drama refers to a dramatic story… …   Wikipedia

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• domestic — adj. Domestic is used with these nouns: ↑affair, ↑agenda, ↑airline, ↑airport, ↑animal, ↑appliance, ↑architecture, ↑arena, ↑arrangement, ↑assault, ↑banking, ↑ …   Collocations dictionary

• Finland's language strife — The language strife was one of the major conflicts of Finland s national history and domestic politics. It revolved around the question of what status Swedish the minority language which since the Middle Ages had been the main language of… …   Wikipedia

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• United Kingdom — a kingdom in NW Europe, consisting of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: formerly comprising Great Britain and Ireland 1801 1922. 58,610,182; 94,242 sq. mi. (244,100 sq. km). Cap.: London. Abbr.: U.K. Official name, United Kingdom of Great… …   Universalium

• international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …   Universalium

• Diversionary foreign policy — A diversionary foreign policy, or a diversionary war, is an International Relations term that identifies a war instigated by a country s leader in order to distract its population from their own domestic strife. The concept stems from the… …   Wikipedia

• Liberia — Liberian, adj., n. /luy bear ee euh/, n. a republic in W Africa: founded by freed American slaves 1822. 2,602,068; ab. 43,000 sq. mi. (111,000 sq. km). Cap.: Monrovia. * * * Liberia Introduction Liberia Background: Seven years of civil strife… …   Universalium