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The guiding principle of Portuguese foreign policy since the founding of the monarchy in the 12th century has been the maintenance of Portugal's status first as an independent kingdom and, later, as a sovereign nation-state. For the first 800 years of its existence, Portuguese foreign policy and diplomacy sought to maintain the independence of the Portuguese monarchy, especially in relationship to the larger and more powerful Spanish monarchy. During this period, the Anglo- Portuguese Alliance, which began with a treaty of commerce and friendship signed between the kings of Portugal and England in 1386 (the Treaty of Windsor) and continued with the Methuen Treaty in 1703, sought to use England ( Great Britain after 1707) as a counterweight to its landward neighbor, Spain.As three invasions of Portugal by Napoleon's armies during the first decade of the 19th century proved, however, Spain was not the only threat to Portugal's independence and security. Portugal's ally, Britain, provided a counterweight also to a threatening France on more than one occasion between 1790 and 1830. During the 19th century, Portugal's foreign policy became largely subordinate to that of her oldest ally, Britain, and standard Portuguese histories describe Portugal's situation as that of a "protectorate" of Britain. In two key aspects during this time of international weakness and internal turmoil, Portugal's foreign policy was under great pressure from her ally, world power Britain: responses to European conflicts and to the situation of Portugal's scattered, largely impoverished overseas empire. Portugal's efforts to retain massive, resource-rich Brazil in her empire failed by 1822, when Brazil declared its independence. Britain's policy of favoring greater trade and commerce opportunities in an autonomous Brazil was at odds with Portugal's desperate efforts to hold Brazil.Following the loss of Brazil and a renewed interest in empire in tropical Africa, Portugal sought to regain a more independent initiative in her foreign policy and, especially after 1875, overseas imperial questions dominated foreign policy concerns. From this juncture, through the first Republic (1910-26) and during the Estado Novo, a primary purpose of Portuguese foreign policy was to maintain Portuguese India, Macau, and its colonies in Africa: Angola, Mozambique, and Guinea- Bissau. Under the direction of the dictator, Antônio de Oliveira Salazar, further efforts were made to reclaim a measure of independence of foreign policy, despite the tradition of British dominance. Salazar recognized the importance of an Atlantic orientation of the country's foreign policy. As Herbert Pell, U.S. Ambassador to Portugal (1937-41), observed in a June 1939 report to the U.S. Department of State, Portugal's leaders understood that Portugal must side with "that nation which dominates the Atlantic."During the 1930s, greater efforts were made in Lisbon in economic, financial, and foreign policy initiatives to assert a greater measure of flexibility in her dependence on ally Britain. German economic interests made inroads in an economy whose infrastructure in transportation, communication, and commerce had long been dominated by British commerce and investors. Portugal's foreign policy during World War II was challenged as both Allied and Axis powers tested the viability of Portugal's official policy of neutrality, qualified by a customary bow to the Anglo-Portuguese Alliance. Antônio de Oliveira Salazar, who served as minister of foreign affairs, as well as prime minister, during 1936-45, sought to sell his version of neutrality to both sides in the war and to do so in a way that would benefit Portugal's still weak economy and finance. Portugal's status as a neutral was keenly tested in several cases, including Portugal's agreeing to lease military bases to Britain and the United States in the Azores Islands and in the wolfram (tungsten ore) question. Portugal's foreign policy experienced severe pressures from the Allies in both cases, and Salazar made it clear to his British and American counterparts that Portugal sought to claim the right to make independent choices in policy, despite Portugal's military and economic weakness. In tense diplomatic negotiations with the Allies over Portugal's wolfram exports to Germany as of 1944, Salazar grew disheartened and briefly considered resigning over the wolfram question. Foreign policy pressure on this question diminished quickly on 6 June 1944, as Salazar decreed that wolfram mining, sales, and exports to both sides would cease for the remainder of the war. After the United States joined the Allies in the war and pursued an Atlantic strategy, Portugal discovered that her relationship with the dominant ally in the emerging United Nations was changing and that the U.S. would replace Britain as the key Atlantic ally during succeeding decades. Beginning in 1943-44, and continuing to 1949, when Portugal became, with the United States, a founding member of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Luso-American relations assumed center stage in her foreign policy.During the Cold War, Portuguese foreign policy was aligned with that of the United States and its allies in Western Europe. After the Revolution of 25 April 1974, the focus of Portuguese foreign policy shifted away from defending and maintaining the African colonies toward integration with Europe. Since Portugal became a member of the European Economic Community in 1986, and this evolved into the European Union (EU), all Portuguese governments have sought to align Portugal's foreign policy with that of the EU in general and to be more independent of the United States. Since 1986, Portugal's bilateral commercial and diplomatic relations with Britain, France, and Spain have strengthened, especially those with Spain, which are more open and mutually beneficial than at any other time in history.Within the EU, Portugal has sought to play a role in the promotion of democracy and human rights, while maintaining its security ties to NATO. 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5 I am a human being: I regard nothing of human concern as foreign to my interests
Латинский язык: Я человек, и ничто человеческое мне не чуждо (Merriam-Webster)Универсальный англо-русский словарь > I am a human being: I regard nothing of human concern as foreign to my interests
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Универсальный англо-русский словарь > activities of foreign economic interests
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7 in the national security and foreign policy interests
Внешняя политика: в интересах национальной безопасности и внешней политики (of... -... какого-л. государства)Универсальный англо-русский словарь > in the national security and foreign policy interests
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Language of the modern press. English-Russian Glossary of active vocabulary > activities of foreign economic interests
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9 insurance of foreign economic interests
деятельность страховщиков и перестраховщиков по предоставлению страховых услуг в связи с осуществлением экспортно-импортных операций, технологических обменов, ноу-хау, деятельностью совместных предприятий, покрытием валютных рисков, перевозками грузовАнгло-русский экономический словарь > insurance of foreign economic interests
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n1) интерес; заинтересованность2) обыкн. pl практическая заинтересованность, интересы; выгода; польза3) проценты, процентный доход; ссудный процент4) доля, пай, участие в чем-л.5) обыкн. pl группа лиц, объединенных общими интересами
- accrued interest
- accrued interest on customer deposits
- accrued interest on deposits with credit institutions
- accrued interest on loans to customers
- accrued interest payable
- accrued interest receivable
- accruing interest
- accumulated interest
- added interest
- advance interest
- annual interest
- anticipated interest
- apparent interest
- assurable interest
- average interest
- back interest
- baloon interest
- bank interest
- bank deposit interest
- banking interests
- basic interests
- beneficial interest
- bought interest
- business interests
- buyers' interest
- buying interest
- capital interest
- capitalized interest
- carried interest
- colliding interests
- commercial interests
- common interest
- compound interest
- conflicting interests
- considerable interest
- contending interests
- controlling interest
- conventional interest
- corporate interests
- credit interest
- current interest
- daily interest
- debit interest
- default interest
- defaulted interest
- deferred interest
- departmental interests
- direct interest
- due interest
- earned interest
- economic interest
- equity interest
- essential interests
- everyday interests
- exact interest
- excessive interest
- exorbitant interest
- explict interest
- financial interest
- financial interests
- fixed interest
- foreign interests
- fundamental interests
- general interest
- government interests
- gross interest
- high interest
- home mortgage interest
- hot interest
- illegal interest
- implicit interest
- imputed interest
- industrial interests
- insurable interest
- insured interest
- interim interest
- investment interest
- joint interest
- keen interest
- landed interests
- legal interest
- legitimate interest
- life interest
- loan interest
- long interest
- low interest
- main interest
- major interest
- majority interest
- minimum interest
- minority interest
- moneyed interests
- monopoly interests
- mortgage interest
- mutual interests
- national interests
- negative interest
- net interest
- nominal interest
- nontaxable interest
- open interest
- open policy interest
- opposing interests
- ordinary interest
- outstanding interest
- overdue interest
- overnight interest
- ownership interest
- paid interest
- particular interest
- partner's interest
- partnership interest
- past due interest
- pecuniary interest
- personal interest
- plus accrued interest
- potential interest
- prepaid interest
- primary interest
- private interests
- professional interest
- prolongation interest
- property interests
- proprietary interest
- public interest
- pure interest
- royalty interest
- running interest
- selfish interest
- semiannual interest
- senior interest
- short interest
- simple interest
- social interests
- specific interest
- state interests
- stated interest
- statutory interest
- sustained interest
- tax-exempt interest
- tiered interest
- trading interests
- true interest
- unpaid interest
- usurious interest
- vested interests
- vested interests
- vital interests
- interest for the credit granted
- interest for default
- interest in arrears
- interest in a business
- interests of monopolies
- interests of the state
- interest on an amount
- interest on arrears
- interest on bank credit
- interest on bank loans
- interest on bonds
- interest on capital
- interest on credit
- interest on credit balances
- interest on debenture
- interest on debit balances
- interest on debts
- interest on deposits
- interest on equities
- interest on finance leases
- interest on loan capital
- interest on loans
- interest on loans against bonds
- interest on long-term liabilities
- interest on losses
- interest on mortgage
- interest on overdue payment
- interest on principal
- interest on public loans
- interest on a refund claim
- interest on savings
- interest on savings deposits
- interest on securities
- interest on sight deposit
- interest on a sum
- interest on underpayment
- interest per annum
- capital and interest
- principal and interest
- interest due
- interest payable
- interest receivable
- interest to be collected
- as interest
- at interest
- cum interest
- in the interests of
- in common interest
- less interest
- with interest
- without interest
- bearing interest
- bearing no interest
- no charge for interest
- accumulate interest
- act for public interests
- act in the interests of smb
- add the interest to the capital
- affect the interests
- allow interest on deposits
- arouse interest
- assign interest
- be of interest
- bear interest
- borrow at interest
- calculate interest
- capitalize interest
- carry interest
- charge interest
- charge interest on accounts
- collect interest
- compute interest
- conflict with the interests
- damage interests
- debit interest
- declare an interest
- deduct interest
- defend interests
- draw interest
- earn interest
- express interest
- forfeit interest
- give interest
- harness the interests
- have an interest in smth
- hold financial interests in smth
- invest at interest
- lend at interest
- make interest on a loan
- pay interest
- pay interest on an account
- prejudice interests
- protect interests
- provoke interest
- receive interest
- recover interest
- represent the interests
- run counter the interests
- safeguard interests
- serve the interests
- show interest
- spur investor interest
- take an interest in smth
- uphold interests
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1) интерес; заинтересованность2) ссудный процент; проценты, доход с капитала3) доля, пай, участие в капитале•Interests diverge. — Интересы расходятся
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1. noun1) Interesse, das; Anliegen, das[just] for or out of interest — [nur] interessehalber
with interest — interessiert ( see also academic.ru/9982/c">c)
lose interest in somebody/something — das Interesse an jemandem/etwas verlieren
interest in life/food — Lust am Leben/Essen
be of interest — interessant od. von Interesse sein (to für)
act in one's own/somebody's interest[s] — im eigenen/in jemandes Interesse handeln
in the interest[s] of humanity — zum Wohle der Menschheit
2) (thing in which one is concerned) Angelegenheit, die; Belange Pl.3) (Finance) Zinsen Pl.at interest — gegen od. auf Zinsen
with interest — (fig.): (with increased force etc.) überreichlich; doppelt und dreifach (ugs.) (see also a)
declare an interest — seine Interessen darlegen
5) (legal concern) [Rechts]anspruch, der2. transitive verbinteressieren (in für)be interested in somebody/something — sich für jemanden/etwas interessieren
somebody is interested by somebody/something — jemand/etwas erregt jemandes Interesse; see also interested
* * *['intrəst, ]( American[) 'intərist] 1. noun1) (curiosity; attention: That newspaper story is bound to arouse interest.) das Interesse2) (a matter, activity etc that is of special concern to one: Gardening is one of my main interests.) das Interesse3) (money paid in return for borrowing a usually large sum of money: The (rate of) interest on this loan is eight per cent; ( also adjective) the interest rate.) die Zinsen (pl.); Zins-...4) ((a share in the ownership of) a business firm etc: He bought an interest in the night-club.) der Anteil5) (a group of connected businesses which act together to their own advantage: I suspect that the scheme will be opposed by the banking interest (= all the banks acting together).) Kreise(pl.)2. verb1) (to arouse the curiosity and attention of; to be of importance or concern to: Political arguments don't interest me at all.) interessieren•- interested- interesting
- interestingly
- in one's own interest
- in one's interest
- in the interests of
- in the interest of
- lose interest
- take an interest* * *in·ter·est[ˈɪntrəst, AM -trɪst]I. nshe looked about her with \interest sie sah sich interessiert umvested \interest eigennütziges Interesse, Eigennutz mto have [or take] an \interest in sth an etw dat Interesse haben, sich akk für etw akk interessierento lose \interest in sb/sth das Interesse an jdm/etw verlierento pursue one's own \interests seinen eigenen Interessen nachgehen, seine eigenen Interessen verfolgento show an \interest in sth an etw dat Interesse zeigento take no further \interest in sth das Interesse an etw dat verloren haben, kein Interesse mehr für etw akk zeigen▪ sth is in sb's \interest etw liegt in jds Interesse▪ \interests pl Interessen pl, Belange plin the \interests of safety, please do not smoke aus Sicherheitsgründen Rauchen verbotenI'm only acting in your best \interests ich tue das nur zu deinem BestenJane is acting in the \interests of her daughter Jane vertritt die Interessen ihrer Tochterin the \interests of humanity zum Wohle der Menschheitto look after the \interests of sb jds Interessen wahrnehmenbuildings of historical \interest historisch interessante Gebäudeto be of \interest to sb für jdn von Interesse seinto hold \interest for sb jdn interessierenat 5% \interest zu 5 % Zinsenwhat is the \interest on a loan these days? wie viel Zinsen zahlt man heutzutage für einen Kredit?rate of \interest [or \interest rate] Zinssatz m\interest on advance Vorauszahlungszins m\interest on arrears Verzugszinsen pl\interest on principal Kapitalverzinsung f\interest on savings deposits Sparzinsen plto earn/pay \interest Zinsen einbringen/zahlenhe earns \interest on his money sein Geld bringt ihm Zinsen [ein]the \interests of the company include steel and chemicals das Unternehmen ist auch in den Bereichen Stahl und Chemie aktiva legal \interest in a company ein gesetzlicher Anteil an einer Firmapowerful business \interests einflussreiche Kreise aus der Geschäftsweltforeign \interest ausländische Interessengruppenthe landed \interest[s] die Großgrundbesitzer(innen) m(f)II. vtmay I \interest you in this encyclopaedia? darf ich Ihnen diese Enzyklopädie vorstellen?don't suppose I can \interest you in a quick drink before lunch, can I? kann ich dich vor dem Mittagessen vielleicht noch zu einem kurzen Drink überreden?* * *['Intrɪst]1. n1) Interesse ntdo you have any interest in chess? — interessieren Sie sich für Schach?, haben Sie Interesse an Schach (dat)?
to take/feel an interest in sb/sth — sich für jdn/etw interessieren
after that he took no further interest in us/it — danach war er nicht mehr an uns (dat)/daran interessiert
to show (an) interest in sb/sth — Interesse für jdn/etw zeigen
just for interest — nur aus Interesse, nur interessehalber
he has lost interest — er hat das Interesse verloren
what are your interests? — was sind Ihre Interessen(gebiete)?
his interests are... — er interessiert sich für...
2) (= importance) Interesse nt (to für)matters of vital interest to the economy — Dinge pl von lebenswichtiger Bedeutung or lebenswichtigem Interesse für die Wirtschaft
3) (= advantage, welfare) Interesse ntto act in sb's/one's own (best) interest(s) — in jds/im eigenen Interesse handeln
in the interest(s) of sth — im Interesse einer Sache (gen)
to bear interest at 4% — 4% Zinsen tragen, mit 4% verzinst sein
the landed interest(s) — die Landbesitzer pl, die Gutsbesitzer pl
America has an interest in helping Russia with its economy — Amerika hat ein Interesse daran, Russland Wirtschaftshilfe zu geben
2. vtinteressieren (in für, an +dat)to interest sb in doing sth — jdn dafür interessieren, etw zu tun
to interest sb in politics etc — jds Interesse an or für Politik etc wecken, jdn für Politik etc interessieren
to interest oneself in sb/sth — sich für jdn/etw interessieren
* * *interest [ˈıntrıst; ˈıntərest]A sthere’s not much interest in es besteht kein großes Interesse an;lose interest das Interesse verlieren;she hasn’t got much interest in football Fußball interessiert sie nicht sehr;music is his only interest er interessiert sich nur für Musik2. Reiz m, Interesse n:be of interest (to) von Interesse sein (für), interessieren (akk), reizvoll sein (für);3. Wichtigkeit f, Bedeutung f, Interesse n:of great (little) interest von großer Wichtigkeit (von geringer Bedeutung);this question is of no interest at the moment diese Frage ist im Moment nicht aktuellin an dat):5. meist pl besonders WIRTSCH Geschäfte pl, Interessen pl, Belange pl:shipping interests Reedereigeschäfte, -betrieb m6. auch pl WIRTSCH Interessenten pl, Interessengruppe(n) f(pl), (die) beteiligten Kreise pl:the banking interest die Bankkreise;the business interests die Geschäftswelt;7. Interesse n, Vorteil m, Nutzen m, Gewinn m:in your (own) interest zu Ihrem (eigenen) Vorteil, in Ihrem (eigenen) Interesse;in the public interest im öffentlichen Interesse;study sb’s interest jemandes Vorteil im Auge haben; → lie2 Bes Redew8. Eigennutz m11. WIRTSCH Zinsen pl:a loan at 8% interest ein Darlehen zu 8% Zinsen;interest due fällige Zinsen;as interest zinsweise;ex interest ohne Zinsen;free of interest zinslos;interest on credit balances Habenzinsen;interest on debit balances Sollzinsen;interest on deposits Zinsen auf (Bank)Einlagen;interest on shares Stückzinsen;interest rate → A 12;invest money at interest Geld verzinslich anlegen;return a blow (an insult) with interest fig einen Schlag (eine Beleidigung) mit Zinsen oder mit Zins und Zinseszins zurückgeben;return sb’s kindness with interest fig sich für jemandes Freundlichkeit mehr als nur erkenntlich zeigen; → rate1 A 212. WIRTSCH Zinsfuß m, -satz mB v/t1. interessieren (in für), jemandes Interesse oder Teilnahme erwecken ( in sth an einer Sache; for sb für jemanden):interest o.s. in sich interessieren für2. angehen, betreffen:every citizen is interested in this law dieses Gesetz geht jeden Bürger an3. interessieren, fesseln, anziehen, reizenint. abk1. intelligence3. interim4. interior5. internal* * *1. noun1) Interesse, das; Anliegen, dastake or have an interest in somebody/something — sich für jemanden/etwas interessieren
[just] for or out of interest — [nur] interessehalber
lose interest in somebody/something — das Interesse an jemandem/etwas verlieren
interest in life/food — Lust am Leben/Essen
be of interest — interessant od. von Interesse sein (to für)
act in one's own/somebody's interest[s] — im eigenen/in jemandes Interesse handeln
in the interest[s] of humanity — zum Wohle der Menschheit
2) (thing in which one is concerned) Angelegenheit, die; Belange Pl.3) (Finance) Zinsen Pl.at interest — gegen od. auf Zinsen
with interest — (fig.): (with increased force etc.) überreichlich; doppelt und dreifach (ugs.) (see also a)
5) (legal concern) [Rechts]anspruch, der2. transitive verbinteressieren (in für)be interested in somebody/something — sich für jemanden/etwas interessieren
somebody is interested by somebody/something — jemand/etwas erregt jemandes Interesse; see also interested
* * *(in) n.Beteiligung f. (finance) n.Zinsen - m. n.Anteil -e m.Anteilnahme f.Bedeutung f.Interesse n.Vorteil -e m.Wichtigkeit f.Zins -en m. v.interessieren v. -
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сущ.сокр. Int1)а) общ. интерес, заинтересованностьto be of interest to smb. — представлять интерес для кого-л.
to hold interest — поддерживать [удерживать\] интерес
Syn:concern, curiositySee:б) общ. увлечение, интересыcommunity of interest — сообщество [группа\] по интересам, сообщество интересов
2) общ. выгода, польза, преимущество, интересto protect [defend, safeguard, guard\] smb.'s interests — защищать [отстаивать\] чьи-л. интересы
in smb's interests — в чьих-л. интересах
in (the) interest(s) of smb./smth. — в интересах кого-л./чего-л.
We are acting in the best interest of our customers. — Мы действуем в наилучших интересах наших клиентов.
Syn:See:3) общ., мн. круги (лица, объединенные общими деловыми или профессиональными интересами)moneyed interests — денежные [богатые, финансовые\] круги
wealthy interests — состоятельные [богатые\] круги
See:4)а) эк. доля, участие в собственности [прибыли\] (об участии во владении каким-л. имуществом или каким-л. предприятием; права собственности на какое-л. имущество или на часть в чем-л.)to buy [purchase, acquire\] a controlling interest — покупать [приобретать\] контрольный пакет акций [контрольную долю\]
to sell a controlling interest — продавать контрольный пакет акций [контрольную долю\]
to own an interest — иметь долю, владеть долей (напр. в бизнесе)
half interest — половинная доля, половина
She owned a half interest in the home. — Ей принадлежало право собственности на половину дома.
to hold interest — владеть долей (в чем-л.)
30% interest — 30-процентная доля
He holds a 30% interest in the gold mine. — Он владеет 30-процентной долей в золотой шахте.
Syn:See:director's interest 2), directors' interests, controlling interest, minority interest, majority interest, register of interests in shares, carried interest, interest policy 2), certificate of beneficial interest, long interest, open interest, put-to-call open interest, safeguarding interests, short interest, governmental interestб) эк., юр. имущественное право (право лица владеть, пользоваться и распоряжаться каким-л. имуществом в пределах, установленных законом)to disclaim [renounce\] interest — отказаться от права (собственности)
Interest may be a property right to land, but it's not a right to absolute ownership of land. — Имущественное право может быть правом собственности на землю, но оно не является абсолютным правом собственности на землю.
See:1), shifting interest, beneficial interest, certificate of beneficial interest, register of interests in shares, shifting interest, unit of beneficial interest, insurable interest, dual interest insurance, single interest insurance, interest in tail5)а) фин., банк. процент, процентный доход (доход, получаемый с вложенного капитала и измеряемый как доля от его величины)interest on deposits — процент по депозитам [вкладам\]
to bear [to yield, to carry, to produce\] interest — приносить процент [процентный доход\] ( о финансовом активе)
The loan will carry interest of LIBOR plus 3.8 percent. — Заем принесет процент по ставке ЛИБОР плюс 3,8%.
to invest at interest — вкладывать деньги [инвестировать\] под проценты
The interest accrued to our account. — На нашем счету накопились проценты.
This is a flexible account that allows you to accrue interest on your balance with limited check writing. — Это гибкий счет, который позволяет вам получать проценты на остаток средств при ограниченной выписке чеков.
See:after-tax interest, daily interest, and interest, interest coupon, interest in possession trust, interest income, interest period, interest return, interest yield, interest spread, interest warrant, interest-bearing, interest-free, interest-only strip, interest-paying, accreted interest, accrued interest, accumulated interest, added interest, annual interest, any-interest-date call, area of interest fund, bearing interest, bearing no interest, bond interest, broken period interest, carried interest, cash flow interest coverage ratio, cash interest coverage ratio, deferred interest bond, draw interest, earn interest, field of interest fund, foreign interest payment security, income from interest, liquidity preference theory of interest, separate trading of registered interest and principal of securitiesб) фин., банк. (ссудный) процент (стоимость использования заемных денег; выражается в виде процентной доли от величины займа за определенный период)Banks create money and lend it at interest. — Банки создают деньги и ссужают их под процент.
to pay [to pay out\] interests — платить [выплачивать\] проценты
to calculate [to compute\] interest — вычислять [рассчитывать, подсчитывать\] проценты
computation of interest, calculation of interest, interest calculation, interest computation — расчет процентов
date from which interest is computed — дата, с которой начисляются [рассчитываются\] проценты
interest payment, payment of interest — процентный платеж, процентная выплата, выплата процентов
And, until you attain age 59½, sever employment, die or become disabled, the loans will continue to accrue interest. — И, до тех пор, пока вы не достигнете возраста 59,5 лет, прекратите работать, умрете или станете нетрудоспособным, по кредитам будут продолжать начисляться проценты.
Under Late Payment Legislation, for business-to-business debts, you can recover interest at 4% above the base rate. — В соответствии с законодательством о просроченных платежах, для долговых операций между предприятиями вы можете взыскивать процент в размере базовой процентной ставки плюс 4%.
See:interest rate, bank interest, days of interest, deferred interest, interest on interest, interest amount, past due interest bond, interest on interest, interest policy 1), add-on interest, annual interest, balloon interest, Boston interest, compound interest, compound interest bond, compound interest formula, covered interest arbitrage, cum interest, discount interest, exact interest, exact day interest, ex-interest, future value interest factor, gross interest, imputed interest, net interest, net interest cost, New York interest, simple interest, simple interest formula, interest discountв) фин., банк. = interest rateSee:consumer interest 3), interest allowed, interest parity, interest risk, interest sensitive, interest-induced wealth effect, bank interest, base rate of interest, cross-currency interest rate swap, current interest, effective annual rate of interest, effective interest, fixed interest, Fixed Interest Savings Certificates, fixed interest security, illegal interest, loanable funds theory of interest, monetary theory of interest, nominal interestг) общ. избыток, излишек; навар ( о щедрой благодарности)to repay smb. with interest — отплатить кому-л. с лихвой
She returned our favour with interest. — Она щедро отблагодарила нас за оказанную ей любезность.
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interest; Int 1) процент: сумма, уплачиваемая должником кредитору за пользование деньгами последнего; стоимость использования денег; выражается в виде процентной ставки за определенный период, обычно год; 2) участие в капитале; капиталовложение; акция; титул собственности.* * *Проценты/участие (в капитале). Цена, выплачиваемая за получение денежного кредита. Выражается в виде процентной ставки на определенный период времени и отражает курс обмена текущего потребления на будущее потребление. Также: доля в собственности/право собственности . интерес; вещные права; имущественные права; пай Инвестиционная деятельность .* * *выражение главного содержания отношения данного лица к имуществу, которое является объектом страхования, права на него или обязательству к нему-----Банки/Банковские операциипроцент, процентный доходсм. - per cent -
14 protect
transitive verbprotect somebody against or from himself/herself — jemanden vor sich (Dat.) selbst schützen
protect one's/somebody's interests — seine/jemandes Interessen wahren
2) (preserve) unter [Natur]schutz stellen [Pflanze, Tier, Gebiet]protected plants/animals — geschützte Pflanzen/Tiere
3) (give legal immunity to) schützenthe law protects foreign diplomats — ausländische Diplomaten genießen den Schutz der Immunität
4) (Econ.) durch Protektionismus schützen* * *[prə'tekt](to guard or defend from danger; to keep safe: She protected the children from every danger; Which type of helmet protects the head best?; He wore a fur jacket to protect himself against the cold.) schützen- academic.ru/108638/protected">protected- protection
- protective
- protector* * *pro·tect[prəˈtekt]vt1. (safeguard)▪ to \protect sb/sth jdn/etw schützen▪ to \protect sb/sth against sb/sth jdn/etw gegen jdn/etw schützen▪ to \protect sb/sth from sb/sth jdn/etw vor jdm/etw schützen; from danger jdn/etw vor jdm/etw beschützento \protect one's interests seine Interessen wahrento \protect farmers/industry die Bauern/die Industrie durch Protektionismus schützen* * *[prə'tekt]1. vtschützen (against gegen, from vor +dat); (person, animal) sb, young beschützen (against gegen, from vor +dat); one's interests, rights schützen, wahren; (COMPUT) cell etc schützen2. vischützen (against vor +dat)* * *protect [prəˈtekt]A v/tprotected area Naturschutzgebiet n;protected by copyright urheberrechtlich geschützt;protected by letters patent patentrechtlich geschützt;2. WIRTSCH einen Industriezweig etc (durch Schutzzölle) schützenprotected switch Schutzschalter m5. schonen6. eine Schachfigur deckenB v/i sich schützen* * *transitive verbprotect somebody against or from himself/herself — jemanden vor sich (Dat.) selbst schützen
protect one's/somebody's interests — seine/jemandes Interessen wahren
2) (preserve) unter [Natur]schutz stellen [Pflanze, Tier, Gebiet]protected plants/animals — geschützte Pflanzen/Tiere
3) (give legal immunity to) schützen4) (Econ.) durch Protektionismus schützen* * *(from) v.beschützen v.schützen (vor) v.sichern v. v.sichern v.wahrnehmen (Interessen, Rechte) v. -
15 Anglo-Portuguese Alliance
The world's oldest diplomatic connection and alliance, an enduring arrangement between two very different nations and peoples, with important practical consequences in the domestic and foreign affairs of both Great Britain (England before 1707) and Portugal. The history of this remarkable alliance, which has had commercial and trade, political, foreign policy, cultural, and imperial aspects, can be outlined in part with a list of the main alliance treaties after the first treaty of commerce and friendship signed between the monarchs of England and Portugal in 1373. This was followed in 1386 by the Treaty of Windsor; then in 1654, 1661, 1703, the Methuen Treaty; and in 1810 and 1899 another treaty also signed at Windsor.Common interests in the defense of the nation and its overseas empire (in the case of Portugal, after 1415; in the case of England, after 1650) were partly based on characteristics and common enemies both countries shared. Even in the late Middle Ages, England and Portugal faced common enemies: large continental countries that threatened the interests and sovereignty of both, especially France and Spain. In this sense, the Anglo-Portuguese Alliance has always been a defensive alliance in which each ally would assist the other when necessary against its enemies. In the case of Portugal, that enemy invariably was Spain (or component states thereof, such as Castile and Leon) and sometimes France (i.e., when Napoleon's armies invaded and conquered Portugal as of late 1807). In the case of England, that foe was often France and sometimes Spain as well.Beginning in the late 14th century, England and Portugal forged this unusual relationship, formalized with several treaties that came into direct use during a series of dynastic, imperial, naval, and commercial conflicts between 1373 and 1961, the historic period when the Anglo-Portuguese Alliance had its most practical political significance. The relative world power and importance of each ally has varied over the centuries. During the period 1373-1580, the allies were similar in respective ranking in European affairs, and during the period 1480-1550, if anything, Portugal was a greater world power with a more important navy than England. During 1580-1810, Portugal fell to the status of a third-rank European power and, during 1810-1914, England was perhaps the premier world power. During 1914-61, England's world position slipped while Portugal made a slow recovery but remained a third- or fourth-rank power.The commercial elements of the alliance have always involved an exchange of goods between two seafaring, maritime peoples with different religions and political systems but complementary economies. The 1703 Methuen Treaty establ ished a trade link that endured for centuries and bore greater advantages for England than for Portugal, although Portugal derived benefits: English woolens for Portuguese wines, especially port, other agricultural produce, and fish. Since the signing of the Methuen Treaty, there has been a vigorous debate both in politics and in historical scholarship as to how much each nation benefited economically from the arrangement in which Portugal eventually became dependent upon England and the extent to which Portugal became a kind of economic colony of Britain during the period from 1703 to 1910.There is a vast literature on the Alliance, much of it in Portuguese and by Portuguese writers, which is one expression of the development of modern Portuguese nationalism. During the most active phase of the alliance, from 1650 to 1945, there is no doubt but that the core of the mutual interests of the allies amounted to the proposition that Portugal's independence as a nation in Iberia and the integrity of its overseas empire, the third largest among the colonial powers as of 1914, were defended by England, who in turn benefited from the use by the Royal Navy of Portugal's home and colonial ports in times of war and peace. A curious impact on Portuguese and popular usage had also come about and endured through the impact of dealings with the English allies. The idiom in Portuguese, "é para inglês ver," means literally "it is for the Englishman to see," but figuratively it really means, "it is merely for show."The practical defense side of the alliance was effectively dead by the end of World War II, but perhaps the most definitive indication of the end of the political significance of an alliance that still continues in other spheres occurred in December 1961, when the army of the Indian Union invaded Portugal's colonial enclaves in western India, Goa, Damão, and Diu. While both nations were now North Atlantic Treaty Organization allies, their interests clashed when it came to imperial and Commonwealth conflicts and policies. Portugal asked Britain for military assistance in the use of British bases against the army of Britain's largest former colony, India. But Portugal was, in effect, refused assistance by her oldest ally. If the alliance continues into the 21st century, its essence is historical, nostalgic, commercial, and cultural.See also Catherine of Braganza.Historical dictionary of Portugal > Anglo-Portuguese Alliance
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16 business
̈ɪˈbɪznɪs I
1. сущ. буквально означает "занятость", см. busy
1) какая-л. активность, деятельность а) дело, занятие;
то, чем кто-л. занят в данный момент, дело, задание;
"дело" (как противопоставленное "развлечению, отдыху") ;
"дело" (очень трудное занятие) What a business it is to run a government! ≈ Управлять правительством - целое дело. the business of the day/meeting ≈ повестка дня to mind one's (own) business ≈ заниматься своим делом bad business ≈ спад в делах dirty business ≈ грязные дела personal business ≈ личные дела unfinished business ≈ незавершенное дело business end ≈ практическая, наиболее важная сторона дела business hours ≈ приемные часы - to mean business funny business monkey business business executives on business б) профессия, сфера ответственности;
обязанность, должность;
право;
"дело" You had no business to do it ≈ Вы не имели права это делать One whose business it is to preach. ≈ Он профессиональный проповедник. make smth one's business в) дело, история( отрицательные коннотации) be sick of the whole business г) театр. действие, игра, мимика, жесты (в отличие от реплик) They give the literary composition the almost contemptuous title of "words", while they dignify the movements of the actors with the name of "business". ≈ Литературному произведению они дают презрительное наименование "слова", а движения актеров прославляют под именем "игра".
2) "дело" с большой буквы а) бизнес, коммерческая деятельность to set up in business ≈ начать торговое дело to be out of business ≈ обанкротиться to conduct, do, transact;
drum up business ≈ вести коммерческую деятельность to do business with smb. ≈ иметь с кем-л. дело to go into business ≈ заняться бизнесом to go out of business ≈ выйти из игры, уйти из делового мира big business ≈ большой бизнес small business ≈ малый бизнес mailorder business ≈ бизнес, занимающийся рассылкой товаров почтой show business ≈ управление развлекательными программами travel business ≈ туристический бизнес retail business ≈ розничные продажи wholesale business ≈ оптовые продажи to talk business ≈ вести деловые разговоры, говорить о делах business drops off ≈ бизнес угасает business picks up ≈ бизнес возобновляется business is brisk, booming, flourishing, thriving ≈ торговля идет оживленно, процветает, расширяется business is slack ≈ торговля идет вяло business is at a standstill ≈ торговля стоит на месте business as usual man of business business interests business index б) торговое предприятие, фирма to build up a business;
establish a business;
launch a business ≈ открыть торговое предприятие to manage, operate, run a business ≈ управлять торговым предприятием to buy into a business;
buy out a business ≈ купить предприятие to take over a business ≈ руководить предприятием в) сделка (обычно выгодная) ∙ everybody's business is nobody's business ≈ у семи нянек дитя без глазу mind you own business! ≈ не ваше дело! what is your business here? ≈ что вам здесь надо? to send smb. about his business ≈ прогонять, выпроваживать кого-л. to mean business ≈ говорить всерьез, искренне;
иметь серьезные намерения do one's business like nobody's business nobody's business
2. прил. адьективное употребление существительного business I
1. II сущ уст. то же, что busyness дело, постоянное занятие, специальность - your name? *? place of address? ваша фамилия? занятие /чем занимаетесь/? адрес? - what's his *? что он делает?, чем он занимается? - his * was that of a solicitor он был поверенным - his * is selling motor-cars он торгует машинами - to make a * of smth. превратить что-л. в профессию дело, работа - * address служебный адрес - * hours рабочие часы, часы работы( учреждения, предприятия и т. п.) - * letter деловое письмо - * correspondence коммерческая корреспонденция - * call /visit/ деловой визит - * meeting рабочее совещание - a man of * деловой человек - to go to * ходить на работу - to get /to come/ down to * взяться за дело, взяться за работу - you call it pleasure, I call it * вы называете это развлечением, я же считаю это работой - are you here on *? вы здесь по делу? - what is your * here? зачем вы сюда пришли?;
что вам здесь надо? - what's your * with him? зачем он вам нужен?, по какому вопросу вы хотите его видеть? - I asked him his * я спросил, что ему нужно /по какому делу он пришел/ - what a * it is! трудное это дело! повестка дня (тж. the * of the day, the * of the meeting) - (any) other * разное, прочие вопросы( в повестке дня) дело, обязанность, долг, назначение;
круг обязанностей - a doctor's * обязанности доктора - a soldier's * is to defend his country долг солдата- защищать свою страну - it is part of a professor's * это входит в обязанности преподавателя - to go about /to attend to/ one's * заниматься своим делом;
не вмешиваться в чужие дела - that's no * of yours это вас не касается, это не ваше дело - what * is that of yours? какое ваше дело?, что вы вмешиваетесь? - mind your own * занимайтесь своим делом6 не вмешивайтесь в чужие дела - to make it one's * считать( что-л.) своей святой обязанностью /своим кровным делом/ - you have (got) no * to be here вы не имеете права присутствовать здесь - it is nobody's * это никого не касается торговля, коммерческая деятельность, бизнес - retail * розничная торговля - * failure банкротство, крах - * relations деловые отношения;
торговые связи - * depression застой в торговле;
экономическая депрессия;
экономический кризис - * circles /quarters/ торговые /деловые, коммерческие/ круги - library * коммерческая библиотека - government and * правительство и деловые круги - a line of * торговая специальность или специализация - the general stagnation of * общий застой торговли - the * part of the town торговый центр города - not strict * не по правилам торговли - to be in the wool * торговать шерстью - to go into * заняться торговлей;
стать торговцем - to engage in * (американизм) заняться торговлей - to do * заниматься коммерцией, быть коммерсантом - to carry on * in coffee вести торговлю кофе - to transact one's * through a bank вести свои дела через банк - to be out of * обанкротиться - to be in the theatre * быть владельцем зрелищных предприятий торговое дело, коммерческое предприятие, фирма - banking * банкоское дело, банк - a partner in the * компаньон в торговом деле /в фирме/ - to buy a * купить торговое предприятие - to set up in * начать торговое дело торговая, коммерческая сделка - a good stroke /piece/ of * удачная сделка( разговорное) дело, вопрос, случай - a funny * странное дело - an ugly * безобразная история - a deplorable * прискорбный случай - a pretty *! хорошенькое дельце! - a pretty piece of *, isn't it! хорошенькая история - нечего сказать!, вот так история! - I'm tired of the whole *! мне все это надоело! (театроведение) игра, мимика - this part has a good deal of comic * as played by him он вносит комический элемент в исполнение этой роли актерские атрибуты, приспособления( устаревшее) отношения, связи( с кем-л.) (устаревшее) занятость;
усердие( американизм) клиентура, покупатели;
публика - to play to enormous * выступать перед огромной аудиторией (эвфмеизм) "серьезное дело" (дефекация) (эвфмеизм) "занятие", проституция > the * (американизм) (сленг) наказание;
взбучка > to give smb. the * избить /исколошматить/ кого-л. > big * крупный капитал > good *! здорово! > monkey * (американизм) (разговорное) валяние дурака;
бессмысленная работа;
шутливая выходка;
штучки, фокусы > no monkey *! без фокусов!, без глупостей! > * as usual замалчивание трудностей или проблем;
все в порядке > to know one's own * не вмешиваться в чужие дела > to mean * говорить серьезно, не шутить;
собираться решительно действовать;
не ограничиваться словами > "Any Other B." "Разное" (в повестке дня) > to do the * for разделаться с кем-л., отделаться от кого-л. раз и навсегда > that will do his * этого с него хватит;
это его доконает /погубит/ > to send smb. about his * прогнать /вытурить/ кого-л.;
отчитать кого-л.;
поставить кого-л. на место;
посылать кого-л. к черту > * before pleasure сперва работа, потом развлечения;
делу время, потехе час > * is * в торговле сантименты излишни;
на войне как на войне > everybody's * is nobody's * (пословица) у семи нянек дитя без глазу agency ~ агентский бизнес ailing ~ предприятие, испытывающее финансовые трудности any other ~ любой другой вид деятельности banking ~ банк banking ~ банковские операции banking ~ банковское дело banking ~ операции банка ~ дело, занятие;
the business of the day (или meeting) повестка дня;
on business по делу;
to be out of business обанкротиться brokerage ~ посредническая контора burgeoning ~ процветающая фирма ~ attr. практический, деловой;
the business end практическая, наиболее важная сторона дела ~ attr. практический, деловой;
the business end практическая, наиболее важная сторона дела ~ executives руководящий административный персонал;
"капитаны" промышленности executive: ~ амер. должностное лицо, руководитель, администратор (фирмы, компании) ;
business executives представители деловых кругов ~ hours часы торговли или приема hours: business ~ рабочие часы business ~ часы работы биржи business ~ часы работы предприятия business ~ часы торговли ~ in futures фьючерсные сделки ~ index индекс деловой активности ~ interests деловой мир, деловые круги ~ of one's own собственное дело ~ of one's own собственное предприятие ~ дело, занятие;
the business of the day (или meeting) повестка дня;
on business по делу;
to be out of business обанкротиться ~ of the day повестка дня business =busyness busyness: busyness занятость, деловитость commercial ~ сфера торгового предпринимательства commercial ~ торговля commercial ~ торговое предпринимательство commission ~ комиссионная торговля commission ~ посредническая контора commission ~ предпринимательство на комиссионной основе conduct a ~ руководить делом consumer ~ сделка с клиентом contango ~ бирж. сделка с отсрочкой расчета contract ~ контрактная сделка craftsman's ~ ремесленное предприятие credit ~ предоставление кредита custody ~ безопасное хранение ценностей клиентов в банке debt collecting ~ инкассаторская служба deposit-taking ~ депозитное учреждение direct ~ прямая сделка direct ~ торговая сделка без посредников do ~ вести торговые дела do ~ делать дела dollar conversion ~ контора по обмену долларов domestic ~ внутренний бизнес domestic ~ местное предприятие entrepreneurial ~ предпринимательская деятельность entrepreneurial ~ предпринимательство error regarding type of ~ ошибка в отношении типа дела established ~ существующее предприятие everybody's ~ is nobody's ~ = у семи нянек дитя без глазу;
mind you own business! не ваше дело!;
занимайтесь своим делом! export ~ экспорт export ~ экспортная деятельность foreign ~ иностранное предприятие foreign exchange ~ валютные операции foreign exchange ~ валютные сделки foreign exchange ~ компания, ведущая валютные операции forward ~ бирж. срочные сделки freelance ~ работа без контракта futures ~ бирж. сделки на срок futures ~ бирж. срочные сделки futures ~ бирж. срочные торговые операции ~ пренебр. дело, история;
I am sick of the whole business мне вся эта история надоела import ~ занятие импортом import ~ импортная сделка income from ~ доход от предпринимательства indirect ~ дополнительный вид деятельности insurance ~ страховое дело insurance ~ страховое предпринимательство insurance ~ страховой бизнес, страховое дело interest arbitrage ~ сделка с процентным арбитражем international ~ международная торговля it has done his ~ это его доконало joint ~ совместное предприятие lawful ~ законная сделка lending ~ кредитный бизнес lending ~ ссудный бизнес mail-order ~ предприятие посылочной торговли ~ обязанность;
право;
to make it one's business считать своей обязанностью;
you had no business to do it вы не имели основания, права это делать man of ~ агент, поверенный man of ~ деловой человек margin ~ спекулятивная сделка на разницу, сделка с маржей to mean ~ говорить всерьез;
иметь серьезные намерения;
браться( за что-л.) серьезно, решительно mean: to ~ business разг. браться (за что-л.) серьезно, решительно to ~ business разг. говорить всерьез everybody's ~ is nobody's ~ = у семи нянек дитя без глазу;
mind you own business! не ваше дело!;
занимайтесь своим делом! moneylending ~ операции по кредитованию mortgage credit ~ операции по ипотечному кредиту new ~ новая компания new ~ новая фирма off-balance sheet ~ внебалансовая сделка official ~ служебное дело oil ~ нефтяной бизнес old ~ выч. давно существующая компания ~ дело, занятие;
the business of the day (или meeting) повестка дня;
on business по делу;
to be out of business обанкротиться on-balance sheet ~ сбалансированная сделка one-man ~ индивидуальный бизнес one-man ~ предприятие с одним занятым own ~ собственное дело private ~ частное дело profitable ~ выгодное дело profitable ~ прибыльный бизнес prosperous ~ преуспевающее предприятие publishing ~ издательское дело real estate ~ сделка с недвижимостью real property ~ операции с недвижимостью real property ~ сделки с недвижимостью registration ~ регистрационная деятельность reinsurance ~ перестрахование rental ~ арендная сделка retail ~ розничная торговля retail ~ розничное предприятие seasonal ~ сезонное занятие security deposit ~ учреждение, принимающее на хранение ценные бумаги to send (smb.) about his ~ прогонять, выпроваживать ( кого-л.) ;
what is your business here? что вам здесь надо? service ~ предприятие сферы обслуживания set up ~ основывать дело ~ бизнес;
коммерческая деятельность;
to set up in business начать торговое дело shipowning ~ судоходная компания small ~ малое предприятие small ~ мелкий бизнес small ~ мелкое предпринимательство spot ~ кассовая сделка spot ~ сделка за наличные spot ~ сделка на наличный товар spot ~ сделка на реальный товар spot ~ сделка на товар с немедленной сдачей storage ~ складской бизнес thriving ~ преуспевающее предприятие timber ~ торговля лесоматериалами unitary ~ предприятие в единой системе налогообложения urban ~ деловая жизнь города volume banking ~ банковские услуги, предлагаемые широкому кругу клиентов warehousing ~ складское дело weekend ~ предприятие, работающее в выходные дни to send (smb.) about his ~ прогонять, выпроваживать (кого-л.) ;
what is your business here? что вам здесь надо? wholesale ~ оптовая торговля wholesale ~ оптовое предприятие ~ обязанность;
право;
to make it one's business считать своей обязанностью;
you had no business to do it вы не имели основания, права это делатьБольшой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > business
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17 interest
in·ter·est [ʼɪntrəst, Am -trɪst] nshe looked about her with \interest sie sah sich interessiert um;just out of \interest ( fam) nur interessehalber;vested \interest eigennütziges Interesse, Eigennutz m;to have [or take] an \interest in sth an etw dat Interesse haben, sich akk für etw akk interessieren;to lose \interest in sb/ sth das Interesse an jdm/etw verlieren;to pursue one's own \interests seinen eigenen Interessen nachgehen, seine eigenen Interessen verfolgen;to show an \interest in sth an etw dat Interesse zeigen;to take no further \interest in sth das Interesse an etw dat verloren haben, kein Interesse mehr für etw akk zeigen;sth is in sb's \interest etw liegt in jds Interesse2) (profit, advantage)\interests pl Interessen pl, Belange pl;in the \interests of safety, please do not smoke aus Sicherheitsgründen Rauchen verboten;I'm only acting in your best \interests ich tue das nur zu deinem Besten;Jane is acting in the \interests of her daughter Jane vertritt die Interessen ihrer Tochter;in the \interests of humanity zum Wohle der Menschheit;to look after the \interests of sb jds Interessen wahrnehmenbuildings of historical \interest historisch interessante Gebäude;to be of \interest to sb für jdn von Interesse sein;to hold \interest for sb jdn interessierenat 5% \interest zu 5% Zinsen;what is the \interest on a loan these days? wie viel Zinsen zahlt man heutzutage für einen Kredit?;rate of \interest [or \interest rate] Zinssatz m;to earn/pay \interest Zinsen einbringen/zahlen;he earns \interest on his money sein Geld bringt ihm Zinsen [ein];to return sb's kindness with \interest ( fig) jds Freundlichkeit um ein Vielfaches erwidern;the \interests of the company include steel and chemicals das Unternehmen ist auch in den Bereichen Stahl und Chemie aktiv;a legal \interest in a company ein gesetzlicher Anteil an einer Firma;powerful business \interests einflussreiche Kreise aus der Geschäftswelt;foreign \interest ausländische Interessengruppen;the landed \interest[s] die Großgrundbesitzer mpl vtmay I \interest you in this encyclopaedia? darf ich Ihnen diese Enzyklopädie vorstellen?;don't suppose I can \interest you in a quick drink before lunch, can I? kann ich dich vor dem Mittagessen vielleicht noch zu einem kurzen Drink überreden?; -
18 pool
̈ɪpu:l I сущ.
1) маленький пресноводный водоем а) лужа;
прудок Syn: puddle б) запруда( возникшая в результате постройки дамбы)
2) омут;
заводь;
водоем со стоячей водой Syn: creek, back-water
3) спорт (плавательный) бассейн indoor pool ≈ закрытый бассейн outdoor pool ≈ открытый бассейн paddling pool ≈ "лягушатник" (мелкая часть бассейна для детей) swimming pool ≈ плавательный бассейн wading pool ≈ бассейн для гребли Syn: swimming pool
4) перен. небольшое пятно, пространство( чего-л.) a pool of light ≈ островок света
5) гидр. бьеф
6) геол. нефтяная залежь II
1. сущ.
1) общий фонд;
объединенный резерв;
общий котел
2) а) пул (соглашение картельного типа между конкурентами) blind pool ≈ "слепой" пул (товарищество с ограниченной ответственностью, которое не дает предварительной информации о вкладываемых инвестициях) б) бюро, объединение a typing pool ≈ машинописное бюро в) спорт лига (совокупность команд определенного класса)
3) а) совокупность ставок (в картах, на скачках) б) карт. пулька
4) пул (род игры на бильярде)
2. гл.
1) объединять в общий фонд, складываться
2) австрал., разг. а) впутывать( кого-л. во что-л.) 'I got pooled into it,' he explained. ≈ 'Меня обманом вовлекли в это',- объяснил он. б) клеветать( на кого-л.), обманывать;
давать неверную информацию Unfortunately, he pooled the data, so that if any developmental trends were present, they were obscured in the analysis. ≈ К сожалению, он исказил данные, так что если и были какие-либо тенденции к развитию, то они были очень невнятно отражены в анализе. лужа;
лужица;
прудок;
озерцо - * of blood лужа крови заводь;
омут (the Pool) Пул (часть Темзы немного ниже Лондонского моста) (плавательный) бассейн - diving * бассейн для прыжков в воду - indoor * закрытый бассейн (гидрология) бьеф (геология) нефтяная площадь, залежь;
нефтяное месторождение( специальное) резервуар;
сборник;
отстойник;
грязевик сварочная ванна( горное) зарубать, подрубать общий фонд;
объединенные запасы;
общий котел - * of foreign exchange общий фонд иностранной валюты - dollar * объединенный долларовый фонд - wheat * пшеничный пул - a * of brilliant scientists резерв /кадры/ блестящих ученых - electric power * объединенная энергосистема пул, объединение (соглашение картельного типа между конкурентами) бюро, объединение - typewriting * машинописное бюро - car * гараж, автобаза( учреждения) ;
группа договорившихся по очереди обслуживать друг друга автомашиной (для доставки на станцию, в школу и т. п.) - secretarial * группа секретарш, работающих по очереди или по договоренности( военное) резерв имущества совокупность ставок (в картах, на скачках) - to scoop the * (разговорное) сорвать банк;
крупно выиграть( карточное) пулька (фехтование) пул (разновидность бильярда) - * table стол для игры в пул (медицина) наличие, запас чего-л. в организме (медицина) запас (плазмы, крови для переливания и т. п.) pl футбольный тотализатор (по почте;
тж. football *s) (компьютерное) пул, динамическая область, динамически распределяемая область объединять в общий фонд - to * resources объединять ресурсы - to * foreign exchange создать объединенный фонд иностранной валюты - to * interests действовать сообща - to * money /savings/ складываться объединяться в пул сводить воедино, суммировать - to * the results подытожить /свести воедино/ результаты buffer ~ вчт. буферный накопитель buffer ~ вчт. область буферов cash ~ общий фонд наличности high-order ~ вчт. старший разряд insurance ~ страховой пул investment ~ инвестиционный пул leftmost ~ вчт. крайний левый разряд loading pallet ~ запас грузовых поддонов low-order ~ вчт. младший разряд machine ~ станочный парк paddling ~ "лягушатник" (мелкая часть бассейна для детей) page ~ вчт. множество свободных страниц pool спорт. (плавательный) бассейн (тж. swimming pool) ~ гидр. бьеф ~ бюро, объединение;
a typing pool машинописное бюро ~ временное объединение компаний инвесторов ~ лужа;
прудок ~ геол. нефтяная залежь ~ общий фонд;
объединенный резерв;
общий котел ~ общий фонд, объединенный резерв ~ общий фонд ~ объединение финансовых ресурсов ~ объединенные запасы ~ объединять в общий фонд, складываться;
to pool interests действовать сообща ~ объединять в пул ~ омут;
заводь ~ портфель кредитов ~ портфель ценных бумаг ~ пул (род бильярдной игры) ~ пул (соглашение картельного типа между конкурентами) ;
stock market pool биржевое объединение ~ пул (соглашение картельного типа между конкурентами) ~ пул ~ совокупность ставок (в картах, на скачках), пулька (в карточной игре) ~ объединять в общий фонд, складываться;
to pool interests действовать сообща pulled ~ вчт. отжатое положение rightmost ~ вчт. крайний правый разряд run ~ вчт. рабочее положение secretarial ~ бюро секретарских услуг sign ~ вчт. разряд знака significant ~ вчт. значащий разряд specified ~ товарищество с ограниченной ответственностью, объявляющее объект своих инвестиций ~ пул (соглашение картельного типа между конкурентами) ;
stock market pool биржевое объединение storage ~ вчт. динамическая область памяти task ~ вчт. задачный накопитель ~ бюро, объединение;
a typing pool машинописное бюро typists' ~ машинописное бюро -
19 unite
1. Iworkers of the world, unite! пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь!; the two clubs (these countries, their families, etc.) united эти два клуба и т.д. объединились; oil and water will not unite вода и масло не соединяются; the two firms united эти две фирмы слились2. IIunite in some manner unite closely (morally, politically, strategically, practically, fraternally, etc.) тесно и т.д. объединяться3. IIIunite smth. unite all one's forces (two armies, two parties, two countries, two neighbouring portions of land, etc.) объединять все свои силы и т.д.; unite the hands of the betrothed соединять руки жениха и невесты; the outbreak of war united the nation война сплотила /объединила/ весь народ4. XIbe united in some manner be closely /firmly/ united тесно объединяться; public and private interests are closely united общественные и личные интересы неразрывно связаны; be united by smth. they were united by the ties of friendship (by mutual love, by common interests, etc.) их объединяла дружба и т.А; be united by marriage породниться посредством брака; be united in smth. they were united in wedlock их соединили узы брака; be united in one person соединяться в одном человеке; be united with smth. their names will be forever united with the story of the construction of the Canal их имена всегда будут связаны с историей строительства канала; be united against smb., smth. the two countries were united against the common enemy эти две страны объединились против общего врага; be united to do smth. several firms are united to form one company несколько фирм объединились в одну компанию; be united behind smb. believers were united behind spiritual leaders верующие сплотились вокруг своих духовных лидеров5. XVIunite in smth. unite in the fight for peace (in an attempt to do smth., etc.) объединяться в борьбе за мир и т.д.; unite in common interests быть объединенным общими интересами; unite in patriotic sentiment испытывать одни и те же патриотические чувства; unite in a crisis объединить свои усилия во время кризиса; unite in foreign policies проводить одну и ту же внешнюю политику; unite against smth. unite against a common enemy (against a former ally, against their bosses, etc.) объединяться против общего врага и т.д.; unite with smb. my family unites with me in wishing you success я и мои близкие желаем вам успеха; unite with smth. oil will not unite with water масло не соединяется с водой; unite on smth. they all unite on that subject в этом вопросе они все едины6. XVIIunite in doing smth. unite in fighting poverty and disease (in resisting foreign aggression, etc.) объединяться /объединять свои усилия/ в борьбе против нищеты и болезней и т.д.; we united in acknowledging their service мы были едины в признании их заслуг; they united in singing the hymns они присоединились к пению гимнов7. XXI1unite smth. with smth. unite two pieces of wood with glue (bricks and stones with cement, the parts with cement, etc.) соединять два куска дерева при помощи клея и т.д.; unite ability with diligence (idealism with practical common sense, beauty with wit, etc.) сочетать способности и усердие и т.д.; unite smb. by smth. unite two families by marriage объединять два рода посредством брака; unite smth. to smth. unite one country to another присоединять одну страну к другой; unite smth. in oneself unite two distinct persons in oneself соединять в себе два разных человека; unite smth. into smth. unite minor parties into one соединять небольшие группы в одну -
20 Historical Portugal
Before Romans described western Iberia or Hispania as "Lusitania," ancient Iberians inhabited the land. Phoenician and Greek trading settlements grew up in the Tagus estuary area and nearby coasts. Beginning around 202 BCE, Romans invaded what is today southern Portugal. With Rome's defeat of Carthage, Romans proceeded to conquer and rule the western region north of the Tagus, which they named Roman "Lusitania." In the fourth century CE, as Rome's rule weakened, the area experienced yet another invasion—Germanic tribes, principally the Suevi, who eventually were Christianized. During the sixth century CE, the Suevi kingdom was superseded by yet another Germanic tribe—the Christian Visigoths.A major turning point in Portugal's history came in 711, as Muslim armies from North Africa, consisting of both Arab and Berber elements, invaded the Iberian Peninsula from across the Straits of Gibraltar. They entered what is now Portugal in 714, and proceeded to conquer most of the country except for the far north. For the next half a millennium, Islam and Muslim presence in Portugal left a significant mark upon the politics, government, language, and culture of the country.Islam, Reconquest, and Portugal Created, 714-1140The long frontier struggle between Muslim invaders and Christian communities in the north of the Iberian peninsula was called the Reconquista (Reconquest). It was during this struggle that the first dynasty of Portuguese kings (Burgundian) emerged and the independent monarchy of Portugal was established. Christian forces moved south from what is now the extreme north of Portugal and gradually defeated Muslim forces, besieging and capturing towns under Muslim sway. In the ninth century, as Christian forces slowly made their way southward, Christian elements were dominant only in the area between Minho province and the Douro River; this region became known as "territorium Portu-calense."In the 11th century, the advance of the Reconquest quickened as local Christian armies were reinforced by crusading knights from what is now France and England. Christian forces took Montemor (1034), at the Mondego River; Lamego (1058); Viseu (1058); and Coimbra (1064). In 1095, the king of Castile and Léon granted the country of "Portu-cale," what became northern Portugal, to a Burgundian count who had emigrated from France. This was the foundation of Portugal. In 1139, a descendant of this count, Afonso Henriques, proclaimed himself "King of Portugal." He was Portugal's first monarch, the "Founder," and the first of the Burgundian dynasty, which ruled until 1385.The emergence of Portugal in the 12th century as a separate monarchy in Iberia occurred before the Christian Reconquest of the peninsula. In the 1140s, the pope in Rome recognized Afonso Henriques as king of Portugal. In 1147, after a long, bloody siege, Muslim-occupied Lisbon fell to Afonso Henriques's army. Lisbon was the greatest prize of the 500-year war. Assisting this effort were English crusaders on their way to the Holy Land; the first bishop of Lisbon was an Englishman. When the Portuguese captured Faro and Silves in the Algarve province in 1248-50, the Reconquest of the extreme western portion of the Iberian peninsula was complete—significantly, more than two centuries before the Spanish crown completed the Reconquest of the eastern portion by capturing Granada in 1492.Consolidation and Independence of Burgundian Portugal, 1140-1385Two main themes of Portugal's early existence as a monarchy are the consolidation of control over the realm and the defeat of a Castil-ian threat from the east to its independence. At the end of this period came the birth of a new royal dynasty (Aviz), which prepared to carry the Christian Reconquest beyond continental Portugal across the straits of Gibraltar to North Africa. There was a variety of motives behind these developments. Portugal's independent existence was imperiled by threats from neighboring Iberian kingdoms to the north and east. Politics were dominated not only by efforts against the Muslims inPortugal (until 1250) and in nearby southern Spain (until 1492), but also by internecine warfare among the kingdoms of Castile, Léon, Aragon, and Portugal. A final comeback of Muslim forces was defeated at the battle of Salado (1340) by allied Castilian and Portuguese forces. In the emerging Kingdom of Portugal, the monarch gradually gained power over and neutralized the nobility and the Church.The historic and commonplace Portuguese saying "From Spain, neither a good wind nor a good marriage" was literally played out in diplomacy and war in the late 14th-century struggles for mastery in the peninsula. Larger, more populous Castile was pitted against smaller Portugal. Castile's Juan I intended to force a union between Castile and Portugal during this era of confusion and conflict. In late 1383, Portugal's King Fernando, the last king of the Burgundian dynasty, suddenly died prematurely at age 38, and the Master of Aviz, Portugal's most powerful nobleman, took up the cause of independence and resistance against Castile's invasion. The Master of Aviz, who became King João I of Portugal, was able to obtain foreign assistance. With the aid of English archers, Joao's armies defeated the Castilians in the crucial battle of Aljubarrota, on 14 August 1385, a victory that assured the independence of the Portuguese monarchy from its Castilian nemesis for several centuries.Aviz Dynasty and Portugal's First Overseas Empire, 1385-1580The results of the victory at Aljubarrota, much celebrated in Portugal's art and monuments, and the rise of the Aviz dynasty also helped to establish a new merchant class in Lisbon and Oporto, Portugal's second city. This group supported King João I's program of carrying the Reconquest to North Africa, since it was interested in expanding Portugal's foreign commerce and tapping into Muslim trade routes and resources in Africa. With the Reconquest against the Muslims completed in Portugal and the threat from Castile thwarted for the moment, the Aviz dynasty launched an era of overseas conquest, exploration, and trade. These efforts dominated Portugal's 15th and 16th centuries.The overseas empire and age of Discoveries began with Portugal's bold conquest in 1415 of the Moroccan city of Ceuta. One royal member of the 1415 expedition was young, 21-year-old Prince Henry, later known in history as "Prince Henry the Navigator." His part in the capture of Ceuta won Henry his knighthood and began Portugal's "Marvelous Century," during which the small kingdom was counted as a European and world power of consequence. Henry was the son of King João I and his English queen, Philippa of Lancaster, but he did not inherit the throne. Instead, he spent most of his life and his fortune, and that of the wealthy military Order of Christ, on various imperial ventures and on voyages of exploration down the African coast and into the Atlantic. While mythology has surrounded Henry's controversial role in the Discoveries, and this role has been exaggerated, there is no doubt that he played a vital part in the initiation of Portugal's first overseas empire and in encouraging exploration. He was naturally curious, had a sense of mission for Portugal, and was a strong leader. He also had wealth to expend; at least a third of the African voyages of the time were under his sponsorship. If Prince Henry himself knew little science, significant scientific advances in navigation were made in his day.What were Portugal's motives for this new imperial effort? The well-worn historical cliche of "God, Glory, and Gold" can only partly explain the motivation of a small kingdom with few natural resources and barely 1 million people, which was greatly outnumbered by the other powers it confronted. Among Portuguese objectives were the desire to exploit known North African trade routes and resources (gold, wheat, leather, weaponry, and other goods that were scarce in Iberia); the need to outflank the Muslim world in the Mediterranean by sailing around Africa, attacking Muslims en route; and the wish to ally with Christian kingdoms beyond Africa. This enterprise also involved a strategy of breaking the Venetian spice monopoly by trading directly with the East by means of discovering and exploiting a sea route around Africa to Asia. Besides the commercial motives, Portugal nurtured a strong crusading sense of Christian mission, and various classes in the kingdom saw an opportunity for fame and gain.By the time of Prince Henry's death in 1460, Portugal had gained control of the Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores and Madeiras, begun to colonize the Cape Verde Islands, failed to conquer the Canary Islands from Castile, captured various cities on Morocco's coast, and explored as far as Senegal, West Africa, down the African coast. By 1488, Bar-tolomeu Dias had rounded the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa and thereby discovered the way to the Indian Ocean.Portugal's largely coastal African empire and later its fragile Asian empire brought unexpected wealth but were purchased at a high price. Costs included wars of conquest and defense against rival powers, manning the far-flung navel and trade fleets and scattered castle-fortresses, and staffing its small but fierce armies, all of which entailed a loss of skills and population to maintain a scattered empire. Always short of capital, the monarchy became indebted to bankers. There were many defeats beginning in the 16th century at the hands of the larger imperial European monarchies (Spain, France, England, and Holland) and many attacks on Portugal and its strung-out empire. Typically, there was also the conflict that arose when a tenuously held world empire that rarely if ever paid its way demanded finance and manpower Portugal itself lacked.The first 80 years of the glorious imperial era, the golden age of Portugal's imperial power and world influence, was an African phase. During 1415-88, Portuguese navigators and explorers in small ships, some of them caravelas (caravels), explored the treacherous, disease-ridden coasts of Africa from Morocco to South Africa beyond the Cape of Good Hope. By the 1470s, the Portuguese had reached the Gulf of Guinea and, in the early 1480s, what is now Angola. Bartolomeu Dias's extraordinary voyage of 1487-88 to South Africa's coast and the edge of the Indian Ocean convinced Portugal that the best route to Asia's spices and Christians lay south, around the tip of southern Africa. Between 1488 and 1495, there was a hiatus caused in part by domestic conflict in Portugal, discussion of resources available for further conquests beyond Africa in Asia, and serious questions as to Portugal's capacity to reach beyond Africa. In 1495, King Manuel and his council decided to strike for Asia, whatever the consequences. In 1497-99, Vasco da Gama, under royal orders, made the epic two-year voyage that discovered the sea route to western India (Asia), outflanked Islam and Venice, and began Portugal's Asian empire. Within 50 years, Portugal had discovered and begun the exploitation of its largest colony, Brazil, and set up forts and trading posts from the Middle East (Aden and Ormuz), India (Calicut, Goa, etc.), Malacca, and Indonesia to Macau in China.By the 1550s, parts of its largely coastal, maritime trading post empire from Morocco to the Moluccas were under siege from various hostile forces, including Muslims, Christians, and Hindi. Although Moroccan forces expelled the Portuguese from the major coastal cities by 1550, the rival European monarchies of Castile (Spain), England, France, and later Holland began to seize portions of her undermanned, outgunned maritime empire.In 1580, Phillip II of Spain, whose mother was a Portuguese princess and who had a strong claim to the Portuguese throne, invaded Portugal, claimed the throne, and assumed control over the realm and, by extension, its African, Asian, and American empires. Phillip II filled the power vacuum that appeared in Portugal following the loss of most of Portugal's army and its young, headstrong King Sebastião in a disastrous war in Morocco. Sebastiao's death in battle (1578) and the lack of a natural heir to succeed him, as well as the weak leadership of the cardinal who briefly assumed control in Lisbon, led to a crisis that Spain's strong monarch exploited. As a result, Portugal lost its independence to Spain for a period of 60 years.Portugal under Spanish Rule, 1580-1640Despite the disastrous nature of Portugal's experience under Spanish rule, "The Babylonian Captivity" gave birth to modern Portuguese nationalism, its second overseas empire, and its modern alliance system with England. Although Spain allowed Portugal's weakened empire some autonomy, Spanish rule in Portugal became increasingly burdensome and unacceptable. Spain's ambitious imperial efforts in Europe and overseas had an impact on the Portuguese as Spain made greater and greater demands on its smaller neighbor for manpower and money. Portugal's culture underwent a controversial Castilianization, while its empire became hostage to Spain's fortunes. New rival powers England, France, and Holland attacked and took parts of Spain's empire and at the same time attacked Portugal's empire, as well as the mother country.Portugal's empire bore the consequences of being attacked by Spain's bitter enemies in what was a form of world war. Portuguese losses were heavy. By 1640, Portugal had lost most of its Moroccan cities as well as Ceylon, the Moluccas, and sections of India. With this, Portugal's Asian empire was gravely weakened. Only Goa, Damão, Diu, Bombay, Timor, and Macau remained and, in Brazil, Dutch forces occupied the northeast.On 1 December 1640, long commemorated as a national holiday, Portuguese rebels led by the duke of Braganza overthrew Spanish domination and took advantage of Spanish weakness following a more serious rebellion in Catalonia. Portugal regained independence from Spain, but at a price: dependence on foreign assistance to maintain its independence in the form of the renewal of the alliance with England.Restoration and Second Empire, 1640-1822Foreign affairs and empire dominated the restoration era and aftermath, and Portugal again briefly enjoyed greater European power and prestige. The Anglo-Portuguese Alliance was renewed and strengthened in treaties of 1642, 1654, and 1661, and Portugal's independence from Spain was underwritten by English pledges and armed assistance. In a Luso-Spanish treaty of 1668, Spain recognized Portugal's independence. Portugal's alliance with England was a marriage of convenience and necessity between two monarchies with important religious, cultural, and social differences. In return for legal, diplomatic, and trade privileges, as well as the use during war and peace of Portugal's great Lisbon harbor and colonial ports for England's navy, England pledged to protect Portugal and its scattered empire from any attack. The previously cited 17th-century alliance treaties were renewed later in the Treaty of Windsor, signed in London in 1899. On at least 10 different occasions after 1640, and during the next two centuries, England was central in helping prevent or repel foreign invasions of its ally, Portugal.Portugal's second empire (1640-1822) was largely Brazil-oriented. Portuguese colonization, exploitation of wealth, and emigration focused on Portuguese America, and imperial revenues came chiefly from Brazil. Between 1670 and 1740, Portugal's royalty and nobility grew wealthier on funds derived from Brazilian gold, diamonds, sugar, tobacco, and other crops, an enterprise supported by the Atlantic slave trade and the supply of African slave labor from West Africa and Angola. Visitors today can see where much of that wealth was invested: Portugal's rich legacy of monumental architecture. Meanwhile, the African slave trade took a toll in Angola and West Africa.In continental Portugal, absolutist monarchy dominated politics and government, and there was a struggle for position and power between the monarchy and other institutions, such as the Church and nobility. King José I's chief minister, usually known in history as the marquis of Pombal (ruled 1750-77), sharply suppressed the nobility and theChurch (including the Inquisition, now a weak institution) and expelled the Jesuits. Pombal also made an effort to reduce economic dependence on England, Portugal's oldest ally. But his successes did not last much beyond his disputed time in office.Beginning in the late 18th century, the European-wide impact of the French Revolution and the rise of Napoleon placed Portugal in a vulnerable position. With the monarchy ineffectively led by an insane queen (Maria I) and her indecisive regent son (João VI), Portugal again became the focus of foreign ambition and aggression. With England unable to provide decisive assistance in time, France—with Spain's consent—invaded Portugal in 1807. As Napoleon's army under General Junot entered Lisbon meeting no resistance, Portugal's royal family fled on a British fleet to Brazil, where it remained in exile until 1821. In the meantime, Portugal's overseas empire was again under threat. There was a power vacuum as the monarch was absent, foreign armies were present, and new political notions of liberalism and constitutional monarchy were exciting various groups of citizens.Again England came to the rescue, this time in the form of the armies of the duke of Wellington. Three successive French invasions of Portugal were defeated and expelled, and Wellington succeeded in carrying the war against Napoleon across the Portuguese frontier into Spain. The presence of the English army, the new French-born liberal ideas, and the political vacuum combined to create revolutionary conditions. The French invasions and the peninsular wars, where Portuguese armed forces played a key role, marked the beginning of a new era in politics.Liberalism and Constitutional Monarchy, 1822-1910During 1807-22, foreign invasions, war, and civil strife over conflicting political ideas gravely damaged Portugal's commerce, economy, and novice industry. The next terrible blow was the loss of Brazil in 1822, the jewel in the imperial crown. Portugal's very independence seemed to be at risk. In vain, Portugal sought to resist Brazilian independence by force, but in 1825 it formally acknowledged Brazilian independence by treaty.Portugal's slow recovery from the destructive French invasions and the "war of independence" was complicated by civil strife over the form of constitutional monarchy that best suited Portugal. After struggles over these issues between 1820 and 1834, Portugal settled somewhat uncertainly into a moderate constitutional monarchy whose constitution (Charter of 1826) lent it strong political powers to exert a moderating influence between the executive and legislative branches of the government. It also featured a new upper middle class based on land ownership and commerce; a Catholic Church that, although still important, lived with reduced privileges and property; a largely African (third) empire to which Lisbon and Oporto devoted increasing spiritual and material resources, starting with the liberal imperial plans of 1836 and 1851, and continuing with the work of institutions like the Lisbon Society of Geography (established 1875); and a mass of rural peasants whose bonds to the land weakened after 1850 and who began to immigrate in increasing numbers to Brazil and North America.Chronic military intervention in national politics began in 19th-century Portugal. Such intervention, usually commencing with coups or pronunciamentos (military revolts), was a shortcut to the spoils of political office and could reflect popular discontent as well as the power of personalities. An early example of this was the 1817 golpe (coup) attempt of General Gomes Freire against British military rule in Portugal before the return of King João VI from Brazil. Except for a more stable period from 1851 to 1880, military intervention in politics, or the threat thereof, became a feature of the constitutional monarchy's political life, and it continued into the First Republic and the subsequent Estado Novo.Beginning with the Regeneration period (1851-80), Portugal experienced greater political stability and economic progress. Military intervention in politics virtually ceased; industrialization and construction of railroads, roads, and bridges proceeded; two political parties (Regenerators and Historicals) worked out a system of rotation in power; and leading intellectuals sparked a cultural revival in several fields. In 19th-century literature, there was a new golden age led by such figures as Alexandre Herculano (historian), Eça de Queirós (novelist), Almeida Garrett (playwright and essayist), Antero de Quental (poet), and Joaquim Oliveira Martins (historian and social scientist). In its third overseas empire, Portugal attempted to replace the slave trade and slavery with legitimate economic activities; to reform the administration; and to expand Portuguese holdings beyond coastal footholds deep into the African hinterlands in West, West Central, and East Africa. After 1841, to some extent, and especially after 1870, colonial affairs, combined with intense nationalism, pressures for economic profit in Africa, sentiment for national revival, and the drift of European affairs would make or break Lisbon governments.Beginning with the political crisis that arose out of the "English Ultimatum" affair of January 1890, the monarchy became discredtted and identified with the poorly functioning government, political parties splintered, and republicanism found more supporters. Portugal participated in the "Scramble for Africa," expanding its African holdings, but failed to annex territory connecting Angola and Mozambique. A growing foreign debt and state bankruptcy as of the early 1890s damaged the constitutional monarchy's reputation, despite the efforts of King Carlos in diplomacy, the renewal of the alliance in the Windsor Treaty of 1899, and the successful if bloody colonial wars in the empire (1880-97). Republicanism proclaimed that Portugal's weak economy and poor society were due to two historic institutions: the monarchy and the Catholic Church. A republic, its stalwarts claimed, would bring greater individual liberty; efficient, if more decentralized government; and a stronger colonial program while stripping the Church of its role in both society and education.As the monarchy lost support and republicans became more aggressive, violence increased in politics. King Carlos I and his heir Luís were murdered in Lisbon by anarchist-republicans on 1 February 1908. Following a military and civil insurrection and fighting between monarchist and republican forces, on 5 October 1910, King Manuel II fled Portugal and a republic was proclaimed.First Parliamentary Republic, 1910-26Portugal's first attempt at republican government was the most unstable, turbulent parliamentary republic in the history of 20th-century Western Europe. During a little under 16 years of the republic, there were 45 governments, a number of legislatures that did not complete normal terms, military coups, and only one president who completed his four-year term in office. Portuguese society was poorly prepared for this political experiment. Among the deadly legacies of the monarchy were a huge public debt; a largely rural, apolitical, and illiterate peasant population; conflict over the causes of the country's misfortunes; and lack of experience with a pluralist, democratic system.The republic had some talented leadership but lacked popular, institutional, and economic support. The 1911 republican constitution established only a limited democracy, as only a small portion of the adult male citizenry was eligible to vote. In a country where the majority was Catholic, the republic passed harshly anticlerical laws, and its institutions and supporters persecuted both the Church and its adherents. During its brief disjointed life, the First Republic drafted important reform plans in economic, social, and educational affairs; actively promoted development in the empire; and pursued a liberal, generous foreign policy. Following British requests for Portugal's assistance in World War I, Portugal entered the war on the Allied side in March 1916 and sent armies to Flanders and Portuguese Africa. Portugal's intervention in that conflict, however, was too costly in many respects, and the ultimate failure of the republic in part may be ascribed to Portugal's World War I activities.Unfortunately for the republic, its time coincided with new threats to Portugal's African possessions: World War I, social and political demands from various classes that could not be reconciled, excessive military intervention in politics, and, in particular, the worst economic and financial crisis Portugal had experienced since the 16th and 17th centuries. After the original Portuguese Republican Party (PRP, also known as the "Democrats") splintered into three warring groups in 1912, no true multiparty system emerged. The Democrats, except for only one or two elections, held an iron monopoly of electoral power, and political corruption became a major issue. As extreme right-wing dictatorships elsewhere in Europe began to take power in Italy (1922), neighboring Spain (1923), and Greece (1925), what scant popular support remained for the republic collapsed. Backed by a right-wing coalition of landowners from Alentejo, clergy, Coimbra University faculty and students, Catholic organizations, and big business, career military officers led by General Gomes da Costa executed a coup on 28 May 1926, turned out the last republican government, and established a military government.The Estado Novo (New State), 1926-74During the military phase (1926-32) of the Estado Novo, professional military officers, largely from the army, governed and administered Portugal and held key cabinet posts, but soon discovered that the military possessed no magic formula that could readily solve the problems inherited from the First Republic. Especially during the years 1926-31, the military dictatorship, even with its political repression of republican activities and institutions (military censorship of the press, political police action, and closure of the republic's rowdy parliament), was characterized by similar weaknesses: personalism and factionalism; military coups and political instability, including civil strife and loss of life; state debt and bankruptcy; and a weak economy. "Barracks parliamentarism" was not an acceptable alternative even to the "Nightmare Republic."Led by General Óscar Carmona, who had replaced and sent into exile General Gomes da Costa, the military dictatorship turned to a civilian expert in finance and economics to break the budget impasse and bring coherence to the disorganized system. Appointed minister of finance on 27 April 1928, the Coimbra University Law School professor of economics Antônio de Oliveira Salazar (1889-1970) first reformed finance, helped balance the budget, and then turned to other concerns as he garnered extraordinary governing powers. In 1930, he was appointed interim head of another key ministry (Colonies) and within a few years had become, in effect, a civilian dictator who, with the military hierarchy's support, provided the government with coherence, a program, and a set of policies.For nearly 40 years after he was appointed the first civilian prime minister in 1932, Salazar's personality dominated the government. Unlike extreme right-wing dictators elsewhere in Europe, Salazar was directly appointed by the army but was never endorsed by a popular political party, street militia, or voter base. The scholarly, reclusive former Coimbra University professor built up what became known after 1932 as the Estado Novo ("New State"), which at the time of its overthrow by another military coup in 1974, was the longest surviving authoritarian regime in Western Europe. The system of Salazar and the largely academic and technocratic ruling group he gathered in his cabinets was based on the central bureaucracy of the state, which was supported by the president of the republic—always a senior career military officer, General Óscar Carmona (1928-51), General Craveiro Lopes (1951-58), and Admiral Américo Tómaz (1958-74)—and the complicity of various institutions. These included a rubber-stamp legislature called the National Assembly (1935-74) and a political police known under various names: PVDE (1932-45), PIDE (1945-69),and DGS (1969-74). Other defenders of the Estado Novo security were paramilitary organizations such as the National Republican Guard (GNR); the Portuguese Legion (PL); and the Portuguese Youth [Movement]. In addition to censorship of the media, theater, and books, there was political repression and a deliberate policy of depoliticization. All political parties except for the approved movement of regime loyalists, the União Nacional or (National Union), were banned.The most vigorous and more popular period of the New State was 1932-44, when the basic structures were established. Never monolithic or entirely the work of one person (Salazar), the New State was constructed with the assistance of several dozen top associates who were mainly academics from law schools, some technocrats with specialized skills, and a handful of trusted career military officers. The 1933 Constitution declared Portugal to be a "unitary, corporative Republic," and pressures to restore the monarchy were resisted. Although some of the regime's followers were fascists and pseudofascists, many more were conservative Catholics, integralists, nationalists, and monarchists of different varieties, and even some reactionary republicans. If the New State was authoritarian, it was not totalitarian and, unlike fascism in Benito Mussolini's Italy or Adolf Hitler's Germany, it usually employed the minimum of violence necessary to defeat what remained a largely fractious, incoherent opposition.With the tumultuous Second Republic and the subsequent civil war in nearby Spain, the regime felt threatened and reinforced its defenses. During what Salazar rightly perceived as a time of foreign policy crisis for Portugal (1936-45), he assumed control of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From there, he pursued four basic foreign policy objectives: supporting the Nationalist rebels of General Francisco Franco in the Spanish Civil War (1936-39) and concluding defense treaties with a triumphant Franco; ensuring that General Franco in an exhausted Spain did not enter World War II on the Axis side; maintaining Portuguese neutrality in World War II with a post-1942 tilt toward the Allies, including granting Britain and the United States use of bases in the Azores Islands; and preserving and protecting Portugal's Atlantic Islands and its extensive, if poor, overseas empire in Africa and Asia.During the middle years of the New State (1944-58), many key Salazar associates in government either died or resigned, and there was greater social unrest in the form of unprecedented strikes and clandestine Communist activities, intensified opposition, and new threatening international pressures on Portugal's overseas empire. During the earlier phase of the Cold War (1947-60), Portugal became a steadfast, if weak, member of the US-dominated North Atlantic Treaty Organization alliance and, in 1955, with American support, Portugal joined the United Nations (UN). Colonial affairs remained a central concern of the regime. As of 1939, Portugal was the third largest colonial power in the world and possessed territories in tropical Africa (Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, and São Tomé and Príncipe Islands) and the remnants of its 16th-century empire in Asia (Goa, Damão, Diu, East Timor, and Macau). Beginning in the early 1950s, following the independence of India in 1947, Portugal resisted Indian pressures to decolonize Portuguese India and used police forces to discourage internal opposition in its Asian and African colonies.The later years of the New State (1958-68) witnessed the aging of the increasingly isolated but feared Salazar and new threats both at home and overseas. Although the regime easily overcame the brief oppositionist threat from rival presidential candidate General Humberto Delgado in the spring of 1958, new developments in the African and Asian empires imperiled the authoritarian system. In February 1961, oppositionists hijacked the Portuguese ocean liner Santa Maria and, in following weeks, African insurgents in northern Angola, although they failed to expel the Portuguese, gained worldwide media attention, discredited the New State, and began the 13-year colonial war. After thwarting a dissident military coup against his continued leadership, Salazar and his ruling group mobilized military repression in Angola and attempted to develop the African colonies at a faster pace in order to ensure Portuguese control. Meanwhile, the other European colonial powers (Britain, France, Belgium, and Spain) rapidly granted political independence to their African territories.At the time of Salazar's removal from power in September 1968, following a stroke, Portugal's efforts to maintain control over its colonies appeared to be successful. President Americo Tomás appointed Dr. Marcello Caetano as Salazar's successor as prime minister. While maintaining the New State's basic structures, and continuing the regime's essential colonial policy, Caetano attempted wider reforms in colonial administration and some devolution of power from Lisbon, as well as more freedom of expression in Lisbon. Still, a great deal of the budget was devoted to supporting the wars against the insurgencies in Africa. Meanwhile in Asia, Portuguese India had fallen when the Indian army invaded in December 1961. The loss of Goa was a psychological blow to the leadership of the New State, and of the Asian empire only East Timor and Macau remained.The Caetano years (1968-74) were but a hiatus between the waning Salazar era and a new regime. There was greater political freedom and rapid economic growth (5-6 percent annually to late 1973), but Caetano's government was unable to reform the old system thoroughly and refused to consider new methods either at home or in the empire. In the end, regime change came from junior officers of the professional military who organized the Armed Forces Movement (MFA) against the Caetano government. It was this group of several hundred officers, mainly in the army and navy, which engineered a largely bloodless coup in Lisbon on 25 April 1974. Their unexpected action brought down the 48-year-old New State and made possible the eventual establishment and consolidation of democratic governance in Portugal, as well as a reorientation of the country away from the Atlantic toward Europe.Revolution of Carnations, 1974-76Following successful military operations of the Armed Forces Movement against the Caetano government, Portugal experienced what became known as the "Revolution of Carnations." It so happened that during the rainy week of the military golpe, Lisbon flower shops were featuring carnations, and the revolutionaries and their supporters adopted the red carnation as the common symbol of the event, as well as of the new freedom from dictatorship. The MFA, whose leaders at first were mostly little-known majors and captains, proclaimed a three-fold program of change for the new Portugal: democracy; decolonization of the overseas empire, after ending the colonial wars; and developing a backward economy in the spirit of opportunity and equality. During the first 24 months after the coup, there was civil strife, some anarchy, and a power struggle. With the passing of the Estado Novo, public euphoria burst forth as the new provisional military government proclaimed the freedoms of speech, press, and assembly, and abolished censorship, the political police, the Portuguese Legion, Portuguese Youth, and other New State organizations, including the National Union. Scores of political parties were born and joined the senior political party, the Portuguese Community Party (PCP), and the Socialist Party (PS), founded shortly before the coup.Portugal's Revolution of Carnations went through several phases. There was an attempt to take control by radical leftists, including the PCP and its allies. This was thwarted by moderate officers in the army, as well as by the efforts of two political parties: the PS and the Social Democrats (PPD, later PSD). The first phase was from April to September 1974. Provisional president General Antonio Spínola, whose 1974 book Portugal and the Future had helped prepare public opinion for the coup, met irresistible leftist pressures. After Spinola's efforts to avoid rapid decolonization of the African empire failed, he resigned in September 1974. During the second phase, from September 1974 to March 1975, radical military officers gained control, but a coup attempt by General Spínola and his supporters in Lisbon in March 1975 failed and Spínola fled to Spain.In the third phase of the Revolution, March-November 1975, a strong leftist reaction followed. Farm workers occupied and "nationalized" 1.1 million hectares of farmland in the Alentejo province, and radical military officers in the provisional government ordered the nationalization of Portuguese banks (foreign banks were exempted), utilities, and major industries, or about 60 percent of the economic system. There were power struggles among various political parties — a total of 50 emerged—and in the streets there was civil strife among labor, military, and law enforcement groups. A constituent assembly, elected on 25 April 1975, in Portugal's first free elections since 1926, drafted a democratic constitution. The Council of the Revolution (CR), briefly a revolutionary military watchdog committee, was entrenched as part of the government under the constitution, until a later revision. During the chaotic year of 1975, about 30 persons were killed in political frays while unstable provisional governments came and went. On 25 November 1975, moderate military forces led by Colonel Ramalho Eanes, who later was twice elected president of the republic (1976 and 1981), defeated radical, leftist military groups' revolutionary conspiracies.In the meantime, Portugal's scattered overseas empire experienced a precipitous and unprepared decolonization. One by one, the former colonies were granted and accepted independence—Guinea-Bissau (September 1974), Cape Verde Islands (July 1975), and Mozambique (July 1975). Portugal offered to turn over Macau to the People's Republic of China, but the offer was refused then and later negotiations led to the establishment of a formal decolonization or hand-over date of 1999. But in two former colonies, the process of decolonization had tragic results.In Angola, decolonization negotiations were greatly complicated by the fact that there were three rival nationalist movements in a struggle for power. The January 1975 Alvor Agreement signed by Portugal and these three parties was not effectively implemented. A bloody civil war broke out in Angola in the spring of 1975 and, when Portuguese armed forces withdrew and declared that Angola was independent on 11 November 1975, the bloodshed only increased. Meanwhile, most of the white Portuguese settlers from Angola and Mozambique fled during the course of 1975. Together with African refugees, more than 600,000 of these retornados ("returned ones") went by ship and air to Portugal and thousands more to Namibia, South Africa, Brazil, Canada, and the United States.The second major decolonization disaster was in Portugal's colony of East Timor in the Indonesian archipelago. Portugal's capacity to supervise and control a peaceful transition to independence in this isolated, neglected colony was limited by the strength of giant Indonesia, distance from Lisbon, and Portugal's revolutionary disorder and inability to defend Timor. In early December 1975, before Portugal granted formal independence and as one party, FRETILIN, unilaterally declared East Timor's independence, Indonesia's armed forces invaded, conquered, and annexed East Timor. Indonesian occupation encountered East Timorese resistance, and a heavy loss of life followed. The East Timor question remained a contentious international issue in the UN, as well as in Lisbon and Jakarta, for more than 20 years following Indonesia's invasion and annexation of the former colony of Portugal. Major changes occurred, beginning in 1998, after Indonesia underwent a political revolution and allowed a referendum in East Timor to decide that territory's political future in August 1999. Most East Timorese chose independence, but Indonesian forces resisted that verdict untilUN intervention in September 1999. Following UN rule for several years, East Timor attained full independence on 20 May 2002.Consolidation of Democracy, 1976-2000After several free elections and record voter turnouts between 25 April 1975 and June 1976, civil war was averted and Portugal's second democratic republic began to stabilize. The MFA was dissolved, the military were returned to the barracks, and increasingly elected civilians took over the government of the country. The 1976 Constitution was revised several times beginning in 1982 and 1989, in order to reempha-size the principle of free enterprise in the economy while much of the large, nationalized sector was privatized. In June 1976, General Ram-alho Eanes was elected the first constitutional president of the republic (five-year term), and he appointed socialist leader Dr. Mário Soares as prime minister of the first constitutional government.From 1976 to 1985, Portugal's new system featured a weak economy and finances, labor unrest, and administrative and political instability. The difficult consolidation of democratic governance was eased in part by the strong currency and gold reserves inherited from the Estado Novo, but Lisbon seemed unable to cope with high unemployment, new debt, the complex impact of the refugees from Africa, world recession, and the agitation of political parties. Four major parties emerged from the maelstrom of 1974-75, except for the Communist Party, all newly founded. They were, from left to right, the Communists (PCP); the Socialists (PS), who managed to dominate governments and the legislature but not win a majority in the Assembly of the Republic; the Social Democrats (PSD); and the Christian Democrats (CDS). During this period, the annual growth rate was low (l-2 percent), and the nationalized sector of the economy stagnated.Enhanced economic growth, greater political stability, and more effective central government as of 1985, and especially 1987, were due to several developments. In 1977, Portugal applied for membership in the European Economic Community (EEC), now the European Union (EU) since 1993. In January 1986, with Spain, Portugal was granted membership, and economic and financial progress in the intervening years has been significantly influenced by the comparatively large investment, loans, technology, advice, and other assistance from the EEC. Low unemployment, high annual growth rates (5 percent), and moderate inflation have also been induced by the new political and administrative stability in Lisbon. Led by Prime Minister Cavaco Silva, an economist who was trained abroad, the PSD's strong organization, management, and electoral support since 1985 have assisted in encouraging economic recovery and development. In 1985, the PSD turned the PS out of office and won the general election, although they did not have an absolute majority of assembly seats. In 1986, Mário Soares was elected president of the republic, the first civilian to hold that office since the First Republic. In the elections of 1987 and 1991, however, the PSD was returned to power with clear majorities of over 50 percent of the vote.Although the PSD received 50.4 percent of the vote in the 1991 parliamentary elections and held a 42-seat majority in the Assembly of the Republic, the party began to lose public support following media revelations regarding corruption and complaints about Prime Minister Cavaco Silva's perceived arrogant leadership style. President Mário Soares voiced criticism of the PSD's seemingly untouchable majority and described a "tyranny of the majority." Economic growth slowed down. In the parliamentary elections of 1995 and the presidential election of 1996, the PSD's dominance ended for the time being. Prime Minister Antônio Guterres came to office when the PS won the October 1995 elections, and in the subsequent presidential contest, in January 1996, socialist Jorge Sampaio, the former mayor of Lisbon, was elected president of the republic, thus defeating Cavaco Silva's bid. Young and popular, Guterres moved the PS toward the center of the political spectrum. Under Guterres, the PS won the October 1999 parliamentary elections. The PS defeated the PSD but did not manage to win a clear, working majority of seats, and this made the PS dependent upon alliances with smaller parties, including the PCP.In the local elections in December 2001, the PSD's criticism of PS's heavy public spending allowed the PSD to take control of the key cities of Lisbon, Oporto, and Coimbra. Guterres resigned, and parliamentary elections were brought forward from 2004 to March 2002. The PSD won a narrow victory with 40 percent of the votes, and Jose Durão Barroso became prime minister. Having failed to win a majority of the seats in parliament forced the PSD to govern in coalition with the right-wing Popular Party (PP) led by Paulo Portas. Durão Barroso set about reducing government spending by cutting the budgets of local authorities, freezing civil service hiring, and reviving the economy by accelerating privatization of state-owned enterprises. These measures provoked a 24-hour strike by public-sector workers. Durão Barroso reacted with vows to press ahead with budget-cutting measures and imposed a wage freeze on all employees earning more than €1,000, which affected more than one-half of Portugal's work force.In June 2004, Durão Barroso was invited by Romano Prodi to succeed him as president of the European Commission. Durão Barroso accepted and resigned the prime ministership in July. Pedro Santana Lopes, the leader of the PSD, became prime minister. Already unpopular at the time of Durão Barroso's resignation, the PSD-led government became increasingly unpopular under Santana Lopes. A month-long delay in the start of the school year and confusion over his plan to cut taxes and raise public-sector salaries, eroded confidence even more. By November, Santana Lopes's government was so unpopular that President Jorge Sampaio was obliged to dissolve parliament and hold new elections, two years ahead of schedule.Parliamentary elections were held on 20 February 2005. The PS, which had promised the electorate disciplined and transparent governance, educational reform, the alleviation of poverty, and a boost in employment, won 45 percent of the vote and the majority of the seats in parliament. The leader of the PS, José Sôcrates became prime minister on 12 March 2005. In the regularly scheduled presidential elections held on 6 January 2006, the former leader of the PSD and prime minister, Aníbal Cavaco Silva, won a narrow victory and became president on 9 March 2006. With a mass protest, public teachers' strike, and street demonstrations in March 2008, Portugal's media, educational, and social systems experienced more severe pressures. With the spreading global recession beginning in September 2008, Portugal's economic and financial systems became more troubled.Owing to its geographic location on the southwestern most edge of continental Europe, Portugal has been historically in but not of Europe. Almost from the beginning of its existence in the 12th century as an independent monarchy, Portugal turned its back on Europe and oriented itself toward the Atlantic Ocean. After carving out a Christian kingdom on the western portion of the Iberian peninsula, Portuguese kings gradually built and maintained a vast seaborne global empire that became central to the way Portugal understood its individuality as a nation-state. While the creation of this empire allows Portugal to claim an unusual number of "firsts" or distinctions in world and Western history, it also retarded Portugal's economic, social, and political development. It can be reasonably argued that the Revolution of 25 April 1974 was the most decisive event in Portugal's long history because it finally ended Portugal's oceanic mission and view of itself as an imperial power. After the 1974 Revolution, Portugal turned away from its global mission and vigorously reoriented itself toward Europe. Contemporary Portugal is now both in and of Europe.The turn toward Europe began immediately after 25 April 1974. Portugal granted independence to its African colonies in 1975. It was admitted to the European Council and took the first steps toward accession to the European Economic Community (EEC) in 1976. On 28 March 1977, the Portuguese government officially applied for EEC membership. Because of Portugal's economic and social backwardness, which would require vast sums of EEC money to overcome, negotiations for membership were long and difficult. Finally, a treaty of accession was signed on 12 June 1985. Portugal officially joined the EEC (the European Union [EU] since 1993) on 1 January 1986. Since becoming a full-fledged member of the EU, Portugal has been steadily overcoming the economic and social underdevelopment caused by its imperial past and is becoming more like the rest of Europe.Membership in the EU has speeded up the structural transformation of Portugal's economy, which actually began during the Estado Novo. Investments made by the Estado Novo in Portugal's economy began to shift employment out of the agricultural sector, which, in 1950, accounted for 50 percent of Portugal's economically active population. Today, only 10 percent of the economically active population is employed in the agricultural sector (the highest among EU member states); 30 percent in the industrial sector (also the highest among EU member states); and 60 percent in the service sector (the lowest among EU member states). The economically active population numbers about 5,000,000 employed, 56 percent of whom are women. Women workers are the majority of the workforce in the agricultural and service sectors (the highest among the EU member states). The expansion of the service sector has been primarily in health care and education. Portugal has had the lowest unemployment rates among EU member states, with the overall rate never being more than 10 percent of the active population. Since joining the EU, the number of employers increased from 2.6 percent to 5.8 percent of the active population; self-employed from 16 to 19 percent; and employees from 65 to 70 percent. Twenty-six percent of the employers are women. Unemployment tends to hit younger workers in industry and transportation, women employed in domestic service, workers on short-term contracts, and poorly educated workers. Salaried workers earn only 63 percent of the EU average, and hourly workers only one-third to one-half of that earned by their EU counterparts. Despite having had the second highest growth of gross national product (GNP) per inhabitant (after Ireland) among EU member states, the above data suggest that while much has been accomplished in terms of modernizing the Portuguese economy, much remains to be done to bring Portugal's economy up to the level of the "average" EU member state.Membership in the EU has also speeded up changes in Portuguese society. Over the last 30 years, coastalization and urbanization have intensified. Fully 50 percent of Portuguese live in the coastal urban conurbations of Lisbon, Oporto, Braga, Aveiro, Coimbra, Viseu, Évora, and Faro. The Portuguese population is one of the oldest among EU member states (17.3 percent are 65 years of age or older) thanks to a considerable increase in life expectancy at birth (77.87 years for the total population, 74.6 years for men, 81.36 years for women) and one of the lowest birthrates (10.59 births/1,000) in Europe. Family size averages 2.8 persons per household, with the strict nuclear family (one or two generations) in which both parents work being typical. Common law marriages, cohabitating couples, and single-parent households are more and more common. The divorce rate has also increased. "Youth Culture" has developed. The young have their own meeting places, leisure-time activities, and nightlife (bars, clubs, and discos).All Portuguese citizens, whether they have contributed or not, have a right to an old-age pension, invalidity benefits, widowed persons' pension, as well as payments for disabilities, children, unemployment, and large families. There is a national minimum wage (€385 per month), which is low by EU standards. The rapid aging of Portugal's population has changed the ratio of contributors to pensioners to 1.7, the lowest in the EU. This has created deficits in Portugal's social security fund.The adult literacy rate is about 92 percent. Illiteracy is still found among the elderly. Although universal compulsory education up to grade 9 was achieved in 1980, only 21.2 percent of the population aged 25-64 had undergone secondary education, compared to an EU average of 65.7 percent. Portugal's higher education system currently consists of 14 state universities and 14 private universities, 15 state polytechnic institutions, one Catholic university, and one military academy. All in all, Portugal spends a greater percentage of its state budget on education than most EU member states. Despite this high level of expenditure, the troubled Portuguese education system does not perform well. Early leaving and repetition rates are among the highest among EU member states.After the Revolution of 25 April 1974, Portugal created a National Health Service, which today consists of 221 hospitals and 512 medical centers employing 33,751 doctors and 41,799 nurses. Like its education system, Portugal's medical system is inefficient. There are long waiting lists for appointments with specialists and for surgical procedures.Structural changes in Portugal's economy and society mean that social life in Portugal is not too different from that in other EU member states. A mass consumption society has been created. Televisions, telephones, refrigerators, cars, music equipment, mobile phones, and personal computers are commonplace. Sixty percent of Portuguese households possess at least one automobile, and 65 percent of Portuguese own their own home. Portuguese citizens are more aware of their legal rights than ever before. This has resulted in a trebling of the number of legal proceeding since 1960 and an eight-fold increase in the number of lawyers. In general, Portuguese society has become more permissive and secular; the Catholic Church and the armed forces are much less influential than in the past. Portugal's population is also much more culturally, religiously, and ethnically diverse, a consequence of the coming to Portugal of hundreds of thousands of immigrants, mainly from former African colonies.Portuguese are becoming more cosmopolitan and sophisticated through the impact of world media, the Internet, and the World Wide Web. A prime case in point came in the summer and early fall of 1999, with the extraordinary events in East Timor and the massive Portuguese popular responses. An internationally monitored referendum in East Timor, Portugal's former colony in the Indonesian archipelago and under Indonesian occupation from late 1975 to summer 1999, resulted in a vote of 78.5 percent for rejecting integration with Indonesia and for independence. When Indonesian prointegration gangs, aided by the Indonesian military, responded to the referendum with widespread brutality and threatened to reverse the verdict of the referendum, there was a spontaneous popular outpouring of protest in the cities and towns of Portugal. An avalanche of Portuguese e-mail fell on leaders and groups in the UN and in certain countries around the world as Portugal's diplomats, perhaps to compensate for the weak initial response to Indonesian armed aggression in 1975, called for the protection of East Timor as an independent state and for UN intervention to thwart Indonesian action. Using global communications networks, the Portuguese were able to mobilize UN and world public opinion against Indonesian actions and aided the eventual independence of East Timor on 20 May 2002.From the Revolution of 25 April 1974 until the 1990s, Portugal had a large number of political parties, one of the largest Communist parties in western Europe, frequent elections, and endemic cabinet instability. Since the 1990s, the number of political parties has been dramatically reduced and cabinet stability increased. Gradually, the Portuguese electorate has concentrated around two larger parties, the right-of-center Social Democrats (PSD) and the left-of-center Socialist (PS). In the 1980s, these two parties together garnered 65 percent of the vote and 70 percent of the seats in parliament. In 2005, these percentages had risen to 74 percent and 85 percent, respectively. In effect, Portugal is currently a two-party dominant system in which the two largest parties — PS and PSD—alternate in and out of power, not unlike the rotation of the two main political parties (the Regenerators and the Historicals) during the last decades (1850s to 1880s) of the liberal constitutional monarchy. As Portugal's democracy has consolidated, turnout rates for the eligible electorate have declined. In the 1970s, turnout was 85 percent. In Portugal's most recent parliamentary election (2005), turnout had fallen to 65 percent of the eligible electorate.Portugal has benefited greatly from membership in the EU, and whatever doubts remain about the price paid for membership, no Portuguese government in the near future can afford to sever this connection. The vast majority of Portuguese citizens see membership in the EU as a "good thing" and strongly believe that Portugal has benefited from membership. Only the Communist Party opposed membership because it reduces national sovereignty, serves the interests of capitalists not workers, and suffers from a democratic deficit. Despite the high level of support for the EU, Portuguese voters are increasingly not voting in elections for the European Parliament, however. Turnout for European Parliament elections fell from 40 percent of the eligible electorate in the 1999 elections to 38 percent in the 2004 elections.In sum, Portugal's turn toward Europe has done much to overcome its backwardness. However, despite the economic, social, and political progress made since 1986, Portugal has a long way to go before it can claim to be on a par with the level found even in Spain, much less the rest of western Europe. As Portugal struggles to move from underde-velopment, especially in the rural areas away from the coast, it must keep in mind the perils of too rapid modern development, which could damage two of its most precious assets: its scenery and environment. The growth and future prosperity of the economy will depend on the degree to which the government and the private sector will remain stewards of clean air, soil, water, and other finite resources on which the tourism industry depends and on which Portugal's world image as a unique place to visit rests. Currently, Portugal is investing heavily in renewable energy from solar, wind, and wave power in order to account for about 50 percent of its electricity needs by 2010. Portugal opened the world's largest solar power plant and the world's first commercial wave power farm in 2006.An American documentary film on Portugal produced in the 1970s described this little country as having "a Past in Search of a Future." In the years after the Revolution of 25 April 1974, it could be said that Portugal is now living in "a Present in Search of a Future." Increasingly, that future lies in Europe as an active and productive member of the EU.
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