1 | Both of the tiny, mountainous statelets remain virtual Russian dependencies with little trade or access to the outside world. | |
2 | I felt that the judge was making me an unwilling and unnecessary adjunct to the court system. | |
3 | During the Qing Dynasty, philology was a mere handmaid of classical studies. | |
4 | All great powers draw in the world's best and train the future leaders of their allies and vassal states. | |
5 | The term "third world" used to mean poor and dependent. |