He is known for promoting the settlement of North America by the English through his works, notably Divers Voyages Touching the Discoverie of America (1582) and The Principal Navigations, Voiages, Traffiques and Discoueries of the English Nation (1589 1600).
For instance, Israel's ruling Likud party promotes settlement on Palestinian populated territories, namely, the West Bank.
In 1767, proprietors, who were expected to promote settlement, were awarded 64 of these lots by ballot, and for the next century absentee-landlord problems beset the colony.
Self-interest aside, attorneys for corporations and insurers say allowing parties to seal court records helps to promote settlements.
In the end an out-of-court settlement granted only £8600 for promoting the new alphabet, which is now called the Shavian alphabet.
Indeed, many employment lawyers say that without clear numerical benchmarks for promoting women and minorities -- a relatively common provision of discrimination settlements -- the Coke accord may not achieve the same results as some of the landmark cases before it.
Massachusetts, the only state still challenging Microsoft's antitrust settlement with the Bush administration, is investigating whether the company retaliated against a computer maker for promoting a rival operating system.
While nation-states may remain the right units for promoting comprehensive conceptions of social justice, they are increasingly inadequate for coping with cultural diversity emerging from temporary migration rather than settlement migration or territorial minority nationalisms.
The budget for promoting it grew from less than $6m in 2005 to $30m this year, thanks largely to a one-off infusion of cash from a tobacco settlement.
So much for promoting financial stability.
