The First Amendment (I amendment) provides that Congress make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting its free exercise. It protects freedom of speech, the press, assembly, and the right to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. So, no.
Anvil is a tool used by blacksmiths, and it is the surface on which the object is placed which is worked on with a hammer- stroked with a hammer.
von Bülow meant (in 1899) that Germany will either have to colonize others ( be the hammer) or it would have to risk being colonized itself (being the anvil), hence showing the need for Germany to participate in colonization.
Between 1808 and 1826 all of Latin America except the Spanish colonies of Cuba and Puerto Rico slipped ... Many Creoles (those of Spanish parentage but who were born in America) felt Bourbon policy to be an unfair ...
Murky —- water
Frostbitten —- fingers
Delicious —- fish
Measly —- ration packs
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