The Vytis, strongly advocated by Jonas Basanavičius, was not chosen for three reasons: the first was that as part of the drive for national identity, the Seimas wished to distance itself somewhat from the flag of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, which also encompassed now-distinct nations such as Belarus, and Ukraine.
This is an alternative political bloc meant to encompass now-independent Soviet republics, with Moscow rather than Brussels as the dominant pole.
The changes are so all encompassing now.
The narrative opens in Ctesiphon, not far from Baghdad, and encompasses places now in modern Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Afghanistan, most of which the West now sees largely as areas of violence and strife.
They aren't concerned with the somewhat parochial thinking about what an art practice can or should encompass right now.
"Throw It Away" "perfectly encompasses the now of things in my life," she explained in her introduction.
But more and more my here and now encompassed an awareness of things missing.
Anti-liberal thought has now encompassed the collapse of communism, hitherto its greatest embarrassment.
Greeks settled in the city's central third ward, which encompassed High Street (now Martin Luther King Boulevard), West Market Street, Springfield Avenue and Roseville Avenue.
The area, which encompassed what is now northwestern Pakistan and a sliver of Afghanistan, was a crossroads for international traffic.
"Liberty and justice for all" was still intact, though it was unclear whether "all" now encompassed towheaded little Master Atheist and pigtailed little Miss Agnostic.
