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[ "`` Shire '' also refers , in a narrower sense , to ancient counties with names that ended in `` shire '' .", "It can also be used in a narrower sense , referring only to traditional counties ending in `` shire '' ." ]
[ "The only traditional Welsh county that never takes `` shire '' is Anglesey-in English : in Welsh it is referred to as ` Sir Fon ' .", "The only traditional Welsh county that never takes `` shire '' is Anglesey ." ]
[ "The shire in early days was governed by an Ealdorman and in the later Anglo-Saxon period by royal official known as a `` shire reeve '' or sheriff .", "Shires were controlled by a royal official known as a `` shire reeve '' or sheriff ." ]
[ "Shires in England bearing the '' - shire '' suffix include : Bedfordshire , Berkshire , Buckinghamshire , Cambridgeshire , Cheshire , Derbyshire , Gloucestershire , Hampshire , Herefordshire , Hertfordshire , Huntingdonshire , Lancashire , Lincolnshire , Leicestershire , Northamptonshire , Nottinghamshire , Oxford...
[ "Shires in Wales bearing the '' - shire '' suffix include : Brecknockshire ( or Breconshire ) , Caernarfonshire , Cardiganshire , Carmarthenshire , Denbighshire , Flintshire , Monmouthshire , Montgomeryshire , Pembrokeshire , and Radnorshire .", "Brecknockshire , Caernarvonshire , Cardiganshire , Carmarthenshire ...
[ "Santorini has a group of islands .", "Santorini is a Greek island ." ]
[ "The United States Secretary of Commerce is the head of the United States Department of Commerce .", "The United States Secretary of Commerce is the head of the United States Department of Commerce concerned with business and industry ; the Department states its mission to be `` to foster , promote , and develop ...
[ "It was December 21 , 69 , the year that had begun with Galba on the throne .", "It was 21 December 69 , the year that had begun with Galba on the throne ." ]
[ "Between June 68 and December of 69 , Rome witnessed the successive rise and fall of Galba , Otho and Vitellius until the final accession of Vespasian , first ruler of the Flavian dynasty , in July 69 .", "Between June of 68 and December of 69 , Rome witnessed the successive rise and fall of Galba , Otho and Vite...
[ "Like his predecessor , Galba had a fear of conspirators and executed many senators and equites without trial .", "Like Nero , Galba had a fear of conspirators and executed many senators and equites without trial ." ]
[ "These four emperors were Galba , Otho , Vitellius , and Vespasian .", "The four emperors were Galba , Otho , Vitellius , and Vespasian ." ]
[ "Moreover , in the start of the civil year of 69 on January 1 , the legions of Germania Inferior refused to swear allegiance and obedience to Galba .", "Moreover , in the start of the civil year of 69 on January 1 , the legions of Germania Inferior refused to swear allegiance and obedience to the new emperor ." ]
[ "When Galba heard about the coup d'état , he went to the streets in an attempt to stabilize the situation .", "When Galba heard about the coup d'état he went to the streets in an attempt to normalize the situation ." ]
[ "With the throne tightly secured , Vitellius engaged in a series of feasts , banquets ( Suetonius refers to three a day : morning , afternoon and night ) and triumphal parades that drove the imperial treasury close to bankruptcy .", "With the throne tightly secured , Vitellius engaged in a series of feasts , banq...
[ "Shortly afterwards , the Praetorian Guard killed him in the Forum along with Lucius .", "Shortly afterwards , the Praetorian Guard killed him in the Forum ." ]
[ "The Year of the Four Emperors was a year in the history of the Roman Empire , AD 69 , in which four emperors ruled in a remarkable succession .", "The Year of the Four Emperors was a year in the history of the Roman Empire , AD 69 , in which four emperors ruled in a remarkable turnover ." ]
[ "With financial affairs in a state of calamity , Vitellius took the initiative of killing citizens who named him as their heir , often together with any co-heirs .", "Vitellius took the step of killing citizens who named him as their heir , often together with any co-heirs ." ]
[ "Otho bribed the Praetorian Guard , already very unhappy with the emperor , to his side .", "Marcus Salvius Otho bribed the Praetorian Guard , already very unhappy with the emperor , to his side ." ]
[ "The city was left very skeptical when Vitellius chose the anniversary of the Battle of the Allia ( in 390 BC ) , a day of bad auspices according to Roman superstition , to accede to the office of Pontifex Maximus .", "The city was left very skeptical when Vitellius chose a day of bad auspices ( according to Roma...
[ "Otho was not keen to begin another civil war and sent emissaries to propose a peace and convey his offer to marry Vitellius ' daughter .", "Otho was not keen to begin another civil war and sent emissaries to propose a peace and inviting Vitellius to be his son-in-law ." ]
[ "Granted this recognition , Vitellius set out for Rome ; however , he faced problems from the start of his reign .", "Given this recognition , Vitellius set out for Rome ." ]
[ "These would prove to be the best arguments in his bid for power .", "These would prove to be his best arguments to gain power ." ]
[ "After his safe arrival in Rome , Galba refused to pay them the rewards that the prefect Nymphidius had promised them in the new emperor 's name .", "After his safe arrival in Rome , Galba refused to pay the rewards he had promised to soldiers who had supported him ." ]
[ "Vitellius had behind him the finest legions of the empire , composed of veterans of the Germanic Wars , such as I Germanica and XXI Rapax .", "Vitellius had behind him the finest elite legions of the empire , composed of veterans of the Germanic Wars ." ]
[ "Galba did not remain popular for long .", "Galba was recognized as emperor and welcomed into the city at the head of his legions Galba did not remain popular for long ." ]
[ "Otho 's legions : XIII Gemina and I Adiutrix Otho was recognized as emperor by the Senate that same day .", "Otho was recognized as emperor by the Senate that same day ." ]
[ "( The Jewish Revolt was already in progress . )", "The Jewish Revolt was already ongoing ." ]
[ "Vitellius ' legions : I Germanica , V Alaudae , I Italica , XV Primigenia , I Macriana liberatrix , III Augusta , and XXI Rapax Otho legions : I Adiutrix On the news of Otho 's suicide , Vitellius was recognized as emperor by the Senate .", "On the news of Otho 's suicide , Vitellius was recognized as emperor by...
[ "Jonathan David Emminger is an American professional wrestler , better known by his ring names Johnny Prime and Lucky Cannon .", "Jonathan David `` Jon '' Emminger is an American professional wrestler better known by the ring names Johnny Prime and Lucky Cannon ." ]
[ "On August 8 , 2011 , Emminger was released from his WWE contract .", "He was released from his WWE contract on August 8 , 2011 ." ]
[ "He is best known for his appearances for WWE , where he performed on the second and fifth seasons of NXT , while also working in the promotion 's developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling ( FCW ) , where he held the FCW Florida Heavyweight Championship .", "He is best known for working with the Worl...
[ "The US 7th Army commander , Lieutenant General George S. Patton Jr , had ordered the US 1st and 9th Infantry Divisions to be moved into the valley to attack the city of Troina .", "The U.S. 7th Army commander , Lieutenant General George S. Patton Jr , had ordered the U.S. 1st and 9th Infantry Divisions to attack...
[ "For the next two days the men on Monte Basilio were pinned down by artillery fire .", "For the next two days the men on Monte Basilio had to hide from Axis artillery fire ." ]
[ "Troina was considered one of the main anchors of the Etna Line .", "Troina was one of the main parts of the Etna Line ." ]
[ "The Battle of Troina began on 31 July , when the Germans repelled an advance by the 39th Infantry Regiment , a 9th Infantry Division formation temporarily attached to the 1st Division .", "The Battle of Troina began on 31 July , when the 39th Infantry Regiment advanced towards the Germans ." ]
[ "Taking maximum advantage of the constricting terrain and armed with a seemingly inexhaustible supply of mines , General Hube withdrew his XIV Panzer Corps in orderly phases toward Messina .", "General Hube withdrew his XIV Panzer Corps toward Messina ." ]
[ "The Axis forces , in deep trenches , had a clear view of the oncoming Allied soldiers , who had little cover .", "The Axis forces were in deep trenches ." ]
[ "It was defended by the 15th Panzer Grenadier Division commanded by Generalleutnant Eberhard Rodt and four battalions of General di Divisione Giacomo Romano 's 28 Infantry Division Aosta .", "It was also defended by four battalions of General di Divisione Giacomo Romano 's 28 Infantry Division Aosta ." ]
[ "The Germans evacuated Troina later that night .", "The Germans left Troina later that night ." ]
[ "Forces of the US II Corps , part of the US Seventh Army , engaged in fierce fighting around the town of Troina in the central portion of Sicily along the Caronie Mountains .", "Forces of the United States II Corps , part of the U.S. Seventh Army , had violent battles around the town of Troina ." ]
[ "The Battle of Troina took place between 31 July and 6 August 1943 , a part of the Allied invasion of Sicily during World War II .", "It was part of the Allied invasion of Sicily during World War II ." ]
[ "Bernard 's group proved too small to keep the Germans bottled up , and by the time Truscott linked up with the landing force , the bulk of the 29th Panzer Grenadier Division had escaped .", "Most of the 29th Panzer Grenadier Division escaped ." ]
[ "Patton made a second bid to trap the 29th Panzer Grenadier Division on 11 August , when he sent Colonel Bernard on another amphibious end run , this time at Brolo .", "Patton tried to attack the 29th Panzer Grenadier Division again on 11 August ." ]
[ "Hard pressed by American forces throughout the Troina sector and unable to dislodge the 26th Regiment from its position threatening his line of retreat , General Hube withdrew the badly damaged 15th Panzer Grenadier Division toward Randazzo .", "General Hube withdrew the damaged 15th Panzer Grenadier Division to...
[ "The battle focused around the numerous hills and mountains surrounding Troina which the Germans had heavily fortified and used as bases for direct and indirect fire .", "The battle was in the hills and mountains surrounding Troina ." ]
[ "As the 9th Infantry Division took up the pursuit , the 1st Division retired for a well-deserved rest .", "The 1st Infantry Division was put with troops from the 9th Division and a French Moroccan infantry battalion ." ]
[ "From here , the regiment would be positioned to cut the Axis line of retreat .", "From here , the regiment could stop the Axis troops from retreating ." ]
[ "On 29 July 1943 , after 20 days of combat , it was clear to both the Allied and German high commands that Sicily was lost and 80,000-100 ,000 American and British troops would break through the German and Italian Etna Line .", "The Allies had broken through the Etna Line ." ]
[ "In 1940 , he married Mary Grace Slattery .", "He married Mary Slattery in 1940 ." ]
[ "Arthur Asher Miller ( October 17 , 1915 - February 10 , 2005 ) was an American playwright and essayist .", "Arthur Miller ( October 17 , 1915 - February 10 , 2005 ) was an American playwright ." ]
[ "He was a prominent figure in American theater , writing dramas that include plays such as All My Sons ( 1947 ) , Death of a Salesman ( 1949 ) , The Crucible ( 1953 ) and A View from the Bridge ( one-act , 1955 ; revised two-act , 1956 ) , as well as the film The Misfits ( 1961 ) .", "His best known plays are All...
[ "In June 1956 , Miller left his first wife Mary Slattery and on June 25 he married Marilyn Monroe .", "In 1956 , Miller divorced Mary Slattery so he could marry the actress Marilyn Monroe ." ]
[ "In 1948 Miller built a small studio in Roxbury , Connecticut .", "Arthur Miller died in Roxbury , Connecticut in 2005 ." ]
[ "The play was commercially successful and critically acclaimed , winning a Tony Award for Best Author , the New York Drama Circle Critics ' Award , and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama .", "This play won the Pulitzer Prize for drama ." ]
[ "After the expulsion of the Germans in 1945 , the town was officially renamed Havlíčkův Brod ( Ford of Havlíček ) in honor of the 19th century writer Karel Havlíček Borovský .", "After The Second World War , the city was renamed to Havlíčkův Brod ( Ford of Havlíček ) , after Karel Havlíček Borovský , famous write...
[ "He led Kaiser-Frazer followed by Kaiser Motors , automobile companies known for the safety of their designs .", "He led Kaiser-Frazer followed by Kaiser Motors , automobile company known for the safety of their designs ." ]
[ "With his acquired wealth , he initiated the Kaiser Family Foundation , a nonprofit , non-partisan , charitable organization .", "With his great wealth , he initiated the Kaiser Family Foundation , a non-profit , non-partisan , charitable organization ." ]
[ "Kaiser was involved in large construction projects such as civic centers and dams , and invested in real estate .", "Kaiser was involved in large construction projects such as civic centers and dams ." ]
[ "Henry John Kaiser ( May 9 , 1882 - August 24 , 1967 ) was an American industrialist who became known as the father of modern American shipbuilding .", "Henry John Kaiser ( May 9 , 1882 - August 24 , 1967 ) was an American industrialist ." ]
[ "He established the Kaiser Shipyards , which built Liberty ships during World War II , after which he formed Kaiser Aluminum and Kaiser Steel .", "Kaiser started the Kaiser Shipyard which built Liberty ships during World War II ." ]
[ "The foreign relations with Iran , Saudi Arabia and China remains extremely important and based on the extensive cooperation in national security and economical interests in the Persian Gulf and wide-ranging bilateral relations with the United States and other Western countries .", "Pakistan has interest over the...
[ "Pakistan is the second largest Muslim country in terms of population ( after Indonesia ) , and its status as a declared nuclear power , being the only Islamic nation to have that status , plays a part in its international role .", "Pakistan is the second largest Muslim country in terms of population ( behind Ind...
[ "Pakistan is an important member of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ( OIC ) , is ranked by the US as a major non-NATO ally in the war against terrorism , and has a highly disciplined military , which is the world 's eighth-largest standing military force .", "Pakistan is also an important member of the Or...
[ "On 17 March 2009 the FIA officially agreed to the name change from Honda Racing F1 Team to Brawn GP .", "On 17 March 2009 the FIA agreed to change the name from Honda Racing F1 Team to Brawn GP ." ]
[ "Brawn GP Formula One Team , the trading name of Brawn GP Limited , was a Formula One motor racing team and constructor , created by a management buyout of Honda Racing F1 Team .", "Brawn GP Formula One Team , was a Formula One motor racing team ." ]
[ "Button won six of the first seven races of the season and on 18 October at the Brazilian Grand Prix , he secured the 2009 Drivers ' Championship and the team won the Constructors ' Championship .", "On 18 October 2009 , at the Brazilian Grand Prix , Button won the 2009 Drivers ' Title on his first season for Bra...
[ "With the loss of Honda 's engines , Ross Brawn stated that several manufacturers offered to supply the team 's engines , but it was the Mercedes-Benz engines that best fitted the car with Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello comprising the driver line-up .", "The team used Mercedes-Benz engines and its cars were...
[ "Brawn GP was formed on 6 March 2009 when it was confirmed that Ross Brawn , the former technical director for the Honda Racing F1 Team , Ferrari and Benetton teams , had bought the team from Honda in the wake of the Japanese marque 's withdrawal from the sport in December 2008 .", "Brawn GP started on the 6th of...
[ "This left Brawn just half a point from winning Constructors Championship .", "He and the other driver Barrichello got points to win Brawn the Constructors Championship on its first season ." ]
[ "On its racing debut , the season-opening 2009 Australian Grand Prix , the team took pole position and 2nd place in qualifying and went on to finish first and second in the race .", "The new team first raced at the 2009 Australian Grand Prix on 28 March 2009 , where they took 1st and 2nd place in qualifying ." ]
[ "It only competed in the 2009 Formula One World Championship , with drivers Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello .", "The team went on to win the top two positions in their debut Grand Prix race on 29 March 2009 , with Jenson Button winning the race and Rubens Barrichello coming in second ." ]
[ "Philippe also had several illegitimate children with several women , four of whom he acknowledged .", "Philippe also had several illegitimate children with several women , three of whom he acknowledged ." ]
[ "Philippe d'Orléans ( Philippe Charles ; 2 August 1674 - 2 December 1723 ) was a member of the royal family of France and served as Regent of the Kingdom from 1715 to 1723 .", "Philippe d'Orléans , Duke of Orléans , Grandson of France ( 2 August 1674 - 2 December 1723 ) was a member of the royal family of France ...
[ "It was reported by two children , Maximin Giraud and Melanie Calvat .", "The apparition was reported by two children , Maximin Giraud , and Melanie Calvat ." ]
[ "The following day the children 's account of the apparition was put into writing and signed by the visionaries and those who had heard the story .", "The following day the children 's account of the apparition was put into writing and signed by the children and those who had heard the story ." ]
[ "According to their account , she continued to weep even as she spoke to them-first in French , then in their own dialect of Occitan .", "According to their account , the Virgin Mary continued to weep as she spoke to them , first in French , then in their own dialect ." ]
[ "On September 19 1846 , Maximin Giraud and Melanie Calvat ( called Mathieu ) reported seeing the Virgin Mary on Mount Sous-Les Baisses , weeping bitterly .", "On 19 September 1846 , Maximin Giraud and Melanie Calvat reported seeing the Virgin Mary weeping on Mount Sous-les Baisses ." ]
[ "Our Lady of La Salette ( French : Notre-Dame de La Salette ) is a Marian apparition which occurred at La Salette-Fallavaux , France .", "Our Lady of La Salette is a title given to the Virgin Mary who is believed to have appeared at the village of La Salette , France ." ]
[ "Der Dativ ist dem Genitiv sein Tod ( German : The Dative is to the Genitive its death ) is a series of books by Bastian Sick which deal in an entertaining manner with areas of contention in grammar , orthography , and punctuation , and unappealing and clumsy uses of the German language .", "Der Dativ ist dem Gen...
[ "San Pedro de Macorís is a municipality ( municipio ) and the capital of the San Pedro de Macorís province in the Dominican Republic .", "The Dominican city of San Pedro de Macorís is the head municipality of the San Pedro de Macorís province , on the southeast of the country ." ]
[ "Saginaw Steering Gear constructed a working prototype designated as the T24 machine gun which could also be used on an M2 Tripod .", "Saginaw Steering Gear made a prototype and called it the T24 machine gun ." ]
[ "It also spawned the Swiss MG 51 , SIG MG 710-3 , Austrian MG 74 , and the Spanish 5.56 mm Ameli light machine gun , and lent many design elements to the American M60 and Belgian MAG .", "The Swiss MG 51 , SIG MG 710-3 , Austrian MG 74 , and the Spanish 5.56 mm Ameli light machine gun were all designed from the M...
[ "By doing so , the Yugoslavians retained the original weapon 's design features , making the M53 a nearly exact copy of the German MG 42 .", "By doing this , the M53 was nearly an exact copy of the German MG 42 ." ]
[ "It even became a primary defensive gun for the Luftwaffe , in its MG 81 form , and as secondary armament on tanks as the MG 34 Panzerlauf .", "It was also used as a second gun on tanks as the MG 34 Panzerlauf ." ]
[ "The MG 42 ( shortened from German : Maschinengewehr 42 , or `` machine gun 42 '' ) was a 7.92 × 57mm Mauser general purpose machine gun that was developed in Nazi Germany and entered service with the Wehrmacht in 1942 .", "The MG 42 ( shortened from German : Maschinengewehr 42 , or `` machine gun 42 '' ) was a g...
[ "Equipped with a quick-change barrel and fed with belts or large magazines , the MG 34 could fire for much longer periods of time than weapons such as the American Browning Automatic Rifle , Japanese Type 11 , British Bren and French Châtellerault LMG , while being much lighter than crew-served weapons like the Vic...
[ "One of the weapon 's most notable features was its comparatively high rate of fire of about 1,200 rounds per minute , twice the rate of the British Vickers machine gun and American Browning at 600 round\\/min .", "This was twice the rate of the British Vickers machine gun and American Browning ." ]
[ "Yugoslavia built the MG 42 reverse engineered clone at the state-owned Zavodi Crvena Zastava company as the M53 machine gun , retaining the 7.92 × 57mm Mauser caliber .", "Yugoslavia built the MG 42 at the Zavodi Crvena Zastava company as the M53 machine gun ." ]
[ "It supplemented , and , in some instances , replaced the MG 34 general-purpose machine gun in all branches of the German Armed Forces , though both weapons were manufactured and used until the end of the war .", "It was used with ( and sometimes replaced ) the MG 34 general-purpose machine gun in the German Arme...
[ "The resulting MG 39 remained similar to the earlier MG 34 overall , a deliberate decision made to maintain familiarity .", "It was similar to the MG 34 overall ." ]
[ "The final variant to date is the MG 74 , developed by Austria and since 1974 it is the standard machine gun of the Austrian Armed Forces .", "It has been the main machine gun of the Austrian Armed Forces since 1974 ." ]
[ "The MG 42 had one of the highest average rates of fire of any single-barreled man-portable machine gun : between 1,200 and 1,500 rpm , which results in a distinctive muzzle report .", "The MG 42 had a very high rate of fire ." ]
[ "Three companies were asked to submit designs : Metall und Lackierwarenfabrik Johannes Großfuß AG of Döbeln , Rheinmetall-Borsig of Sömmerda , and Stübgen of Erfurt .", "These were : Metall und Lackierwarenfabrik Johannes Großfuß AG , Rheinmetall-Borsig , and Stübgen ." ]
[ "However , the realization that the .30 -06 cartridge might be too long for the gun 's mechanism to easily cope with , and most notably a design flaw in the prototype , resulted in the discarding of the project .", "However , it was realized that the .30 -06 cartridge that the gun would fire might be too long ." ...
[ "During the 1930s the German Army introduced the MG 34 , considered to be the first modern general-purpose machine gun .", "During the 1930s , the German Army began using the MG 34 ." ]
[ "The weapon was officially accepted , and the main manufacturing of the production design began in 1942 , as the MG 42 , contracts going to Großfuß , Mauser-Werke , Gustloff-Werke and others .", "Großfuß , Mauser-Werke , Gustloff-Werke and some others were given contracts to make the MG 42 ." ]
[ "The MG 42 , with small modifications , resulted in the Beretta MG 42\\/59-still used by the Italian Army-and Rheinmetall MG 3 , which is the primary general-purpose machine gun of the modern German armed forces ( Bundeswehr ) .", "The MG 3 is used with the German armed forces ( Bundeswehr ) ." ]
[ "There were other automatic weapon designs with similar firepower , such as the French Darne , the Hungarian-Gebauer single-barreled tank MGs , the Russian 7.62 mm ShKAS aircraft gun and the British Vickers K machine gun .", "Some examples of these are the French Darne , the Hungarian-Gebauer , the Russian 7.62 m...
[ "It replaced from this year the MG 42 as the MG 74 of the Austrian Federal Army .", "The last type of MG 42 is called the MG 74 ." ]
[ "In the German Heavy Machine Gun ( HMG ) Platoon , each Platoon served four MG 34\\/MG 42 machine guns , used in the sustained fire mode mounted on tripods .", "During World War II , every German machine gun squad had an MG 42 ." ]