As small nations acquired independence from 19th-century empires, a new cultural confidence took root.
Pro-democracy movements in Central Asia, by contrast, had barely begun when these states acquired independence suddenly and without demanding it in 1991.
Since acquiring independence in 1821, Honduras has constitutionally been a democratic, representative, unitary state with power divided among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches.
African countries advanced in boxing after acquiring independence in the 1950s and '60s, and by the end of the 20th century Nigeria, Ghana, Tanzania, Egypt, and South Africa had excellent amateur boxing programs.
Meanwhile, Uruguay struggled with a long-running civil war which started after acquiring independence from Brazil in 1828.
British territories in the Pacific acquired independence in the 1970s beginning with Fiji in 1970 and ending with Vanuatu in 1980.
Because of high mortality rates, widowhood was a relatively common state, and some women acquired independence and status, but others were forced into a marginal existence; remarriage was common.
Because of high mortality rates widowhood was a relatively common state, and some women acquired independence and status, but others were forced into a marginal existence and remarriage was common.
He told the story of his long journey from a war child to a refugee to a Hollywood actor and a model, and the story of his return to South Sudan, to vote for the first time and celebrate the country's newly acquired independence on July 9 , 2011
We observed that oncogene-transformed MCF10A cells acquired independence of the mitogenic signal originating from the IGF-IR and unlike nontransformed cells no longer required insulin for proliferation in serum-free culture conditions.
(Rukmal, 32 years, divorced) Migrant women workers' acquired independence and self-confidence was somehow admired.
