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House of Alireza Founded in 1845 by Zainal Alireza, the House of Alireza is reputed to be Saudi Arabia's oldest organized commercial enterprise. Initially a food importer with suppliers from the Indian sub-continent, the House of Alireza expanded their businesses to include agency rights for the shippers that delivered their cargo and joint ventures with construction & engineering companies with whom the made powerful contributions to the Kingdom's infrastructural development.
House of Alpin The House of Alpin is a dynasty of Scottish kings who ruled Pictland, later Alba, from 843 to 1034. Its name derives from the patronym of Kenneth MacAlpin (Cináed mac Ailpín), king of the Picts and first of the dynasty which created Alba.
House of America The "House of America" is the name given to a controversial proposal for a "fourth" branch of the United States government. The idea, founded by author and poet Justin Haskins(He wrote the book
House of Anansi Press House of Anansi Press is a Canadian publishing company, founded in 1967 by writers Dennis Lee and David Godfrey. The company specializes in finding and developing new Canadian writers of literary fiction, poetry, and non-fiction.
House of Angostura The House of Angostura (also known as Angostura Limited) is a Trinidad and Tobago company famous for the production of angostura bitters, invented by the company's founder. The company is also a distiller and is the major producer of rum in Trinidad and Tobago.
House of Assembly of Kiribati The House of Assembly of Kiribati (official constitutional name: Maneaba ni Maungatabu) has 42 members, 40 elected for a four year term in single-seat and multi-seat constituencies, 1 delegate from Banaba Island and 1 ex-officio member (the Attorney General).
House of Assembly of Papua and New Guinea House of Assembly of the Papua and New Guinea was the legislature of the territory of Papua and New Guinea from 1964 to 1972. Before 1964, the Legislative Council of Papua and New Guinea sat from 1951 to 1964 under the Papua and New Guinea Act 1949.
House of Avitnas According to the Talmud, The House of Avitnas was responsible for compounding the incense offered on the Inner Alter in the Temple of Jerusalem. The Talmud praised the Avitnas family for never permitting the family's female members to be seen wearing perfume, to avoid any possible suspicion that they might be appropriating Temple resources for their own personal use.
House of Barcelona The House of Barcelona was a medieval dynasty which ruled over various territories in the Western Mediterranean. It should not be confused with its senior branch, the Counts of Barcelona, who came to be kings of Aragon and Valencia as well, normally using the title of kings of Aragon as their main style because of its precedence to the title of mere counts of Barcelona.
House of Basarab The Basarabs were a family which had an important role in the establishing of the Principality of Wallachia, giving the country its first line of Princes, one closely related with the MuĹźatin rulers of Moldavia. Its status as a dynasty is rendered problematic by the official elective system, which implied that male members of the same family, including illegitimate offspring, were chosen to rule by a Council of boyars (more often than not, the election was conditioned by the military force exercised by candidates).
House of Bjelbo House of Bjelbo (also known as House of Bjälbo, bjälboätten in Swedish) was an Ostrogothian Swedish family that provided for several medieval Swedish bishops, jarls and kings. The house was later erroneously also refered to as the House of Folkung (folkungaätten).
House of Blues The House of Blues is a chain of music halls and restaurants founded in 1992 by Hard Rock Cafe founder Isaac Tigrett and his friend and investor Dan Aykroyd. It is a home for live music and southern-inspired cuisine, whose clubs celebrate African-American culture, specifically blues music and folk art.
House of Bogdan-MuĹźat The House of Bogdan, commonly referred to as the House of MuĹźat, was the ruling family which established the Principality of Moldova with Bogdan I, giving the country its first line of Princes, one closely related with the Basarab rulers of Wallachia. The MuĹźatins are named after Costea MuĹźat, who became Prince after marrying the daughter of Bogdan I.
House of Bosdari The Bosdari family (Bosdari is the Ragusan Dalmatian/Italian were an old noble family from Dubrovnik (Ragusa), “The tradition that this family is original of Ragusa bases on the fact, allegated from a biographer of George Scandeberg, than in a 1450 Bosdari it participated to the defense of Croia against the Turks. From documents it is proven that Michele Bosdari, merchant, to the principle of sec.
House of Boshko House of Boshko or Bošković was the name of several families of some renown in the Adriatic city of Dubrovnik between the 17th and 19th century. One of them was a noble family whose claimed ancestors were the Pokrajčić or Potkravić, a noble Bosnian (Serbian sources usually mention them as Serbian) family that migrated to Dubrovnik after the Turkish conquest of Bosnia.
House of Bove The House of Bove is an ancient noble patrician family of Ravello, Maritime Republic of Amalfi that held royal appointments in the Kingdom of Naples, and presided over feudal territories. After the dissolution of noble seats of the Kingdom of Naples in 1800 they were ascribed in the Libro d'Oro of Ravello.
House of Brutii Named after the Brutii (a non-fictional people), the House of Brutii, one of the factions of the computer game Rome: Total War, are situated in the south of the Italian Confederation, or Roman Republic. Marcus Junius Brutus is the most famous bearer of the Brutus name, although at the historical time the game takes place, he was not yet born.
House of Buggin' House of Buggin was a short-lived Latino-themed sketch comedy television show, which aired in 1995, starring John Leguizamo and Luis Guzman. It was aired on the FOX Network, but removed from broadcasting schedules before the completion of the first season.
House of Burgesses The House of Burgesses was the first elected legislative assembly in the New World established in the Colony of Virginia in 1619. Over time, the name came to represent the entire official legislative body of the Colony of Virginia, and later, after the American Revolution, the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
House of Bush, House of Saud House of Bush, House of Saud: The Secret Relationship Between the World's Two Most Powerful Dynasties is a 2004 book by Craig Unger that explores the relationship between the Saudi Royal Family and the Bush extended political family. Unger asserts that the groundwork for today's terrorist movements and the modern wars that have sprung up about them was laid more than 30 years ago with a series of business deals between the ruling Saudis and the powerful Bush family.
House of cards Building a house of cards (also known as a card tower) is a pastime involving the stacking of playing cards on top of each other in order to form a structure. The structures created using this method rely on nothing more than balance, or the compression weight of other playing cards, in order to stay upright.
House of Cards House of Cards was a political thriller novel written by Michael Dobbs, a former Chief of Staff at Conservative Party headquarters, which was set at the end of Margaret Thatcher's tenure as British Prime Minister. In 1990, it was televised in a critically and popularly acclaimed television drama serial by the BBC, for which it is probably better known.
House of Commons (Removal of Clergy Disqualification) Act 2001 The House of Commons (Removal of Clergy Disqualification) Act 2001 is an Act of Parliament of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The purpose of the Act was to remove the disqualifications for clergy in standing for election as Members of Parliament and sitting in the House of Commons.
House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 The House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 is an Act of the United Kingdom Parliament that prohibits certain groups of people from becoming members of the House of Commons. It was an updated version of similar older acts, including the House of Commons Disqualification Act 1957.
House of Commons Library The House of Commons Library is the library and information resource of the lower house of the British Parliament. It has adopted the phrase Contributing to a well-informed democracy as a summary of its mission statement.
House of Commons of Northern Ireland The House of Commons of Northern Ireland was the lower house of the Parliament of Northern Ireland created under the Government of Ireland Act, 1920. The upper house in the bicameral parliament was called the Senate.
House of Commons of Southern Ireland House of Commons of Southern Ireland was the lower house of the Irish parliament created by the Government of Ireland Act, passed in 1920, during the Irish War of Independence. The Act created two partitioned Irish states, Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland, each with their own two chamber assemblies, a House of Commons and a Senate.
House of Correction The House of Correction was a type of building built after the passing of the Elizabethan Poor Law (1601). Houses of correction were places where those who were unwilling to work including vagrants and beggars were set to work.
House of Crnojević The House of Crnoje was a dynasty ruling in the Medieval state of Zeta, first struggling with House of Balša for control over Zeta, and then succeeding them as Zeta's supreme overlords throughout the 14th and 15th century. Since the second half of the 15th century, they would play a crucial role in the survival of late Medieval Zeta.
House of D In House of D, which was David Duchovny's directorial debut, Duchovny plays an American artist, living in Paris, who reminisces about growing up in Greenwich Village during the 1970s. The "House of D" is the Greenwich Village New York Women's House of Detention, which frequently housed prostitutes.
House of Delegates of Palau Palau has bicameral legislature, the Palau National Congress (Olbiil era Kelulau), consisting of the House of Delegates and the Senate of Palau. The House of Delegates has 16 members, each serving four-year terms in single-seat constituencies.
House of Deputies In the Episcopal Church of the United States of America, one of two legislative houses in the denomination's General Convention. The Deputies, as its members are called, are elected from their dioceses and include both clergy and lay people.
House of Deréon House of Deréon is a couture fashion line introduced by Beyoncé Knowles and her mother Tina Knowles. It contains a mixture of three generations of women and the name was inspired by Beyoncé's grandmother, Agnéz Deréon.
House of Diabolique Based on the vogueing / drag queen / ballroom scene as documented by the film Paris Is Burning, the House of Diabolique emerged in 1996 and soon developed a cult following in New York's notoriously fickle underground dance community.
House of Diehl House of Diehl is the New York-based fashion partnership of Mary Jo Diehl and Roman Milišić. House of Diehl are one of those avant garde fashion labels whose clothes are more likely to be seen in an I-D editorial than a department store, but their clothes crop up occasionally on the red carpet and in music videos, on the likes of Naomi Watts and Eve (rapper).
House of Duras The House of Duras is a long-lasting family of treacherous and manipulative Klingons in the fictional Star Trek universe. The name "Duras" refers both to the family as a whole and to individual members.
House of Elders The House of Elders, also natively known as the Meshrano Jirga is the upper house of the bicameral National Assembly of Afghanistan, alongside the Wolesi Jirga ("people's assembly" or lower house, the main legislature).
House of Elzevir Elzevir is the name of a celebrated family of Dutch booksellers, publishers, and printers of the 17th and early 18th centuries. Although it appears the family was involved with the book trade as early as the 16th century, it is only known for its work in some detail beginning with Lodewijk Elzevir (also called Louis).
House of Erebus In the 1998 film Blade, the House of Erebus is a council that contains twelve pure blood vampire tribe leaders who use their vast wealth and knowledge to blend in with humanity and continue their discretion to the world. They descended with a common name and glyph design being particular to each.
House of Eric The dynasty of Eric or House of Erik was one of the two noble families, dynasties, which rivalled for the kingship of Sweden between 1150 and 1220. The first king of this dynasty was Eric IX of Sweden whom the later world has dubbed as Saint Erik.
House of Esterházy The House of Esterházy was a noble family in the Kingdom of Hungary since the Middle Ages. From the 17th century they belonged to the great landowner magnates of the Kingdom of Hungary, during the time it was part of the Habsburg Empire and later Austria-Hungary.
House of Fabergé The House of Fabergé was a jewellery firm founded by the Russian jeweller Gustav Fabergé in 1842 in the Imperial Russian capital of Saint Petersburg. His son Peter Carl Fabergé greatly developed the business, and opened a Moscow branch in 1886.
House of Festil (fictional) The House of Festil is a fictional royal family in the Deryni series of historical fantasy novels by Katherine Kurtz. Throughout the novels, various members of the family occasionally serve as primary and/or secondary antagonists of the plot, most notably in Camber of Culdi, Saint Camber, The Bastard Prince, Deryni Rising, and High Deryni.
House of Fools House of Fools or (Russian: Dom durakov, Дом дураков) is a 2002 Russian film about psychiatric patients during the Chechen war. It stars Yuliya Vysotskaya, Yevgeni Mironov and features a number of cameo appearances by Bryan Adams playing hallucinations of himself.
House of Fools (band) House of Fools is a rock band from Greensboro, North Carolina. Members include Josh King (vocals/acoustic guitar), David McLaughlin (guitar/backing vocals), Joel Kiser (guitar), Matt Bowers (keyboard), Jeff Linn (bass) and Phil Bell (drums).
House of Frankenstein (1944 film) House of Frankenstein was an American horror film produced in 1944 by Universal Studios as part of its ongoing series of monster films. It is the first of three "multi-monster" films produced by the studio in the waning years of the Universal Monsters series.
House of Frankenstein 1997 House of Frankenstein 1997 (also called simply House of Frankenstein in some advertisements) is a television mini-series that revives Universal's classic threesome, Dracula, Frankenstein's monster and the Wolf Man. This reinterpretation is set in late 1990s Los Angeles, with the action revolving around a nightclub named House of Frankenstein that is full of vampires.
House of Garmu According to the Talmud, The House of Garmu was responsible for baking the Showbread offered in the Temple of Jerusalem. The Talmud praised the Garmu family for never permitting their children to be seen eating white bread, to avoid any possible suspicion that they might be appropriating Temple resources for their own personal use.
House of Gondola/Gundulić The Gondola or Gundulić family (Gondola is the Ragusan Dalmatian/Italian rendition; Gundulić is the Croatian rendition) were an old noble family from Dubrovnik (Ragusa), with origins in southern Croatia and the Tyrol. They are considered as one of the most prestigious families of the Republic of Ragusa.
House of Grimaldi The House of Grimaldi is associated with the history of the Republic of Genoa and of the Principality of Monaco. The Grimaldi family descends from Grimaldo, a Genovese statesman at the time of the first Crusades.
House of Hauteville The family of the Hauteville (French: Maison de Hauteville, Italian: Casa d'Altavilla) was a petty baronial Norman family from the Cotentin which rose to prominence in Europe, Asia, and Africa through its conquests in the Mediterranean, especially Southern Italy and Sicily. They also participated in the Norman Conquest of England.
House of Hell House of Hell (ISBN 1-84046-417-8) is a single-player roleplaying gamebook written by Steve Jackson, illustrated by Tim Sell and originally published in 1984. It forms part of Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone's Fighting Fantasy series.
House of Horrors House of Horrors (1946) was a low-budget horror film released by Universal Pictures, starring Rondo Hatton as a madman, named "The Creeper." It was also known as Murder Mansion and in the United Kingdom as Joan Medford is Missing.
House of Humour and Satire The House of Humour and Satire (; Dom na Humora i Satirata) in Gabrovo, Bulgaria, is an exposition of traditional local humour art, including cartoons, photographs, paintings, sculptures, and verbal humour. The House combines features of a museum and an art gallery.
House of chiefs A House of chiefs is an assembly, either legislative or advisory, that is neither representative (by general elections) nor simply appointed and/or filled ex-officio, but consists of all or part of the traditional leaders, known as chiefs, of a country or polity.
House of Chiefs (Fiji) The term House of Chiefs is a collective term used to refer to the Fijian nobility, which consists of about seventy chiefs of various ranks. It is not a formal political body and should not be confused with the Great Council of Chiefs, which is a political body with a prescribed constitutional role.
House of Isenburg The House of Isenburg was an old aristocratic family of medieval Germany, named after the castle of Isenburg in North Rhine-Westphalia. Occassionally referred to as the House of Rommersdorf before the 12th Century, the house originated in the Hessian comitatus of the Niederlahngau in the 10th Century.
House of Julii The House of Julii, one of the factions of the computer game Rome: Total War, are situated in the north of the Italian Confederation, or Roman Republic. From the beginning of the game, they control the provinces of Etruria (the city of Arretium) and Umbria (the city of Ariminum).
House of Kalākaua The House of Kalākaua, or the Kalākaua Dynasty, was the reigning family of the Kingdom of Hawai'i between the assumption of David Kalākaua to the throne in 1874 and the overthrow of Lili'uokalani in 1893. (Liliuokalani died in 1917, leaving only cousins.
House of Kamehameha The House of Kamehameha, or the Kamehameha Dynasty, was the reigning family of the Kingdom of Hawaii between the unification of the islands by Kamehameha the Great in 1810 and the death of Kamehameha V in 1872. Their most important contributions were the institution of a constitutional form of government, abolition of ancient Hawaiian kapu systems in favor of westernized laws, proclamation of the Edict of Toleration giving all Hawaiians freedom of religion and the promulgation of the Great mahele, appropriating lands to native Hawaiians who could for the first time in history own private property.
House of Karađorđević The House of Karađorđević (Serbian: Карађорђевићи; English: House of Karageorgevich) was a Serbian ruling dynasty descended from Karađorđe (George Petrović). The family had a long feud with the Obrenović dynasty.
House of Kayus The Kayusid or House of Kayus (also Kâvos) or Kâvusakân(226-380) was a semi-independent Kurdish kingdom in central and southern Kurdistan established in 226 CE. The House of Kayus was established after an agreement between Kurdish principalities and kingdoms and the Persian Empire, following a two-year war between the Empire and the local kingdoms.
House of Kotromanić The Kotromanić dynasty ruled various regions in Bosnia and the surroundings from the 13th century as Bans until the crowning with the Bosnian and Serbian crown in 1377 and then as Kings until the Ottoman conquest of Bosnia in 1463.
House of Kulinić The Kulinić dynasty was a Medieval Bosnian ruling family from the second half of the 12th century to the first half of the 13th century. It's founder, Kulin, was made Bosnia's Ban by the Eastern Roman Emperor Manuel I Comnenus in 1180, but he was present in Bosnia since its takeover by the Byzantines from the Hungarians in 1163.
House of Lancaster The House of Lancaster was a branch of the English royal House of Plantagenet, English kings. It was one of the opposing factions involved in the Wars of the Roses, an intermittent civil war which affected England and Wales during the 15th century.
House of Lords The House of Lords is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and is also commonly referred to as "the Lords". The Sovereign, the House of Commons (which is the lower house of Parliament and referred to as "the Commons"), and the Lords together comprise the Parliament.
House of Lords Act 1999 The House of Lords Act 1999, an Act of Parliament passed by the British Parliament, was a major constitutional enactment as it reformed greatly one of the chambers of Parliament, the House of Lords (see Lords Reform). For centuries, the House of Lords had included several hundred members who inherited their seats; the Act removed such a right.
House of Love (RuPaul song) House of Love was the third major label single (and fifth single) to be released by dance music singer and drag queen RuPaul. Technically it was released as the b-side to her dual-titled first single Supermodel (You Better Work), though not all versions of that single were dual.
House of Lucari The Lucari or Lukarić family (Lucari is the Ragusan Dalmatian/Italian rendition; Lukarić is the Croatian rendition) were an old noble family from Dubrovnik (Ragusa). They are considered as one of the most prestigious families of the Republic of Ragusa.
House of mirrors A house of mirrors or hall of mirrors is a traditional attraction at funfairs (carnivals) and amusement parks. The basic concept behind a house of mirrors is to be a maze-like puzzle, but in addition to confounding the spatial senses with a labyrinth element, the visual senses are also confounded by the construction of the walls of the maze of optically reflective material, most often glass mirrors.
House of M House of M was an eight-part comic book crossover storyline published by Marvel Comics in 2005. Written by Brian Michael Bendis, and illustrated by Olivier Coipel, its first issue debuted in June 2005, as a follow-up to the events of the Avengers Disassembled storyline, in which the mutant superhero Scarlet Witch suffered a mental breakdown and tried to alter the fabric of reality to recreate her lost children.
House of M (characters) House of M was an eight-part comic book crossover storyline published by Marvel Comics in 2005. Written by Brian Michael Bendis, and illustrated by Olivier Coipel, its first issue debuted in June 2005, as a follow-up to the events of the Avengers Disassembled storyline, in which the mutant superhero Scarlet Witch suffered a mental breakdown and altered the fabric of reality.
House of Miracles The House of Miracles was a series of Christian communal houses established during the early Jesus Movement under the auspices of Pastor Chuck Smith and Calvary Chapel in Costa Mesa, CA. The House of Miracles was very historically important as it was the group from which sprang the largest (and one of the longest lasting) of the Jesus People communal groups, Shiloh Youth Revival Centers, which had 100,000 members and 175 communal houses spread across the USA and Canada during its lifespan.
House of Moray The so-called House of Moray is a historiographical and genealogical construct to illustrate the succession of rulers whose base was at the region of Moray and who ruled sometimes a larger kingdom. It is much the same as Cenél Loairn (although not necessarily exactly), an originally Celtic concept to express one of the two rivalling leader clans of early medieval Scotland.
House of Mrnjavčević The House of Mrnjavčević was a Serbian dynasty ruling from Prilep in the region of Macedonia from 1366 to 1395, having ceded from the crumbling Serbian Empire after Stefan Dušan's death. There are only two known rulers from the House, Vukašin Mrnjavčević (the founder) and his son, Marko Kraljević.
House of Munsö The House of Munsö is the Scandinavian semi-legendary dynasty which is descended from Björn Ironside, one of the sons of Ragnar Lodbrok. According to Saxo Grammaticus, it was a branch of the House of Yngling.
House of Obrenović The House of Obrenović (Serbian: Обреновићи/Obrenovići) ruled Serbia from 1815 to 1842, and again from 1858 to 1903. They came to power through their progenitor's leadership in the First and Second Serbian uprisings against the Ottoman Empire, which led to the formation of the State of Serbia.
House of Orange-Nassau The House of Orange-Nassau (in Dutch: Huis van Oranje-Nassau), a branch of the House of Nassau, has played a central role in the political life of the Netherlands since William I of Orange (also known as "William the Silent" and "Father of the Fatherland") organized the Dutch revolt against Spanish rule, which after the Eighty Years' War led to an independent Dutch state.
House of Osman House of Osman is the name to the administrative structure of the Ottoman Dynasty, which is part of state organization of the Ottoman Empire, however directly linked to dynasty. The house has three distinct parts, servants (advisers, book keepers, bureaucrats) to Sultan which is more permeable to outside, Imperial Harem which is closed to the outsiders but highly effective ruling system with hundreds of female servants, and Palace School which educates, in a sense shapes, the future policy makers of the Empire.
House of Pain House of Pain was an Irish-styled American hip-hop group who released three albums in the early to mid 90's before lead rapper Everlast decided to pursue his solo career again. The group is best known for its 1992 hit single "Jump Around".
House of People's Representatives The Federal Parliamentary Assembly of Ethiopia has two chambers. The lower house is the Council of People's Representatives (Amharic የሕዝብ ተወካዮች ምክር ቤትYehizbtewekayoch Mekir Bet) with 547 members (22 seats are reserved for representatives of minority Nationalities and Peoples), elected for five-year terms in single-seat constituencies.
House of Peoples of Bosnia and Herzegovina The House Of Peoples of Bosnia And Herzegovina (Bosnian language:Dom Naroda Bosne i Hercegovine) is one of the two chambers of the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with the other chamber being the House of Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
House of Perkūnas House of Perkūnas in Kaunas is one of the most original and archaic Gothic secular buildings in Lithuania. Originally built by Hanseatic merchants in the late 15th century, it was sold in the 16th century to Jesuits, who had established a chapel there in 1643.
House of Pozza The Pozza (di Zagorie) or Pucić family (Pozza is the Ragusan Dalmatian/Italian rendition; Pucić is the Croatian/Serbian rendition) were an old noble family from Dubrovnik (Ragusa), with origins in Dalmatia and Italy, the emperor Leopold I, gave in 1684 the title of Count and predicat Di Zagorie . They are considered as one of the most prestigious families of the Republic of Ragusa.
House of Prince (band) House Of Prince is an electronica and dance music duo consisting of vocalist Oezlem Cetin and producer Gerret Frerichs. In 1998 they hit #1 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart with the song "Perfect Love.
House of Quality House of Quality is a graphic tool for defining the relationship between customer desires and the firm/product capabilities. It is a part of the Quality Function Deployment (QFD) and it utilizes a planning matrix to relate customer wants to how a firm (that produce the products) is going to meet those wants.
House of Reesti The Reesti or Restić family (Reesti is the Ragusan Dalmatian/Italian rendition; Restić is the Croatian/Serbian rendition) were an old noble family from Dubrovnik (Ragusa), with origins in Dalmatia and Italy. They are considered as one of the most prestigious families of the Republic of Ragusa.
House of Refuge at Gilbert's Bar The House of Refuge at Gilbert's Bar (also known as Gilbert`s Bar House of Refuge) is a historic site near Stuart, Florida, United States. It is located north of Bathtub Beach on Hutchinson Island, east of Stuart.
House of Representatives House of Representatives is a name used for legislative bodies in many countries. Often, the House of Representatives is the lower house of a bicameral legislature, with the corresponding upper house often called a "senate".
House of Representatives (Fiji) The House of Representatives is the lower chamber of Fiji's Parliament. It is the more powerful of the two chambers; it alone has the power to initiate legislation (the Senate, by contrast, can amend or veto most legislation, but cannot initiate it).
House of Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina The House of Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosnian: Predstavnički Dom, Croatian: Zastupnički Dom and Serbian: Представнички Дом, is one of the two chambers of the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with the other being the House of Peoples of Bosnia and Herzegovina
House of Representatives of Cyprus The House of Representatives (Greek: Βουλή των Αντιπροσώπων; Vouli ton Antiprosópon;Turkish:Temsilciler Meclisi) is the parliament of Cyprus. It has 59 members elected for a five year term, 56 members by proportional representation and 3 observer members representing the Maronite, Latin and Armenian minorities.
House of Representatives of Malta The Parliament of Malta, the House of Representatives (Il-Kamra tar-RappreĹĽentanti), has 65 members, elected for a five year term in 13 5-seat constituencies with a possibility of rewarding bonus members for the popular largest party which doesn't succeed in getting absolute majority in parliament. The president is elected for a five year term by the parliament.
House of Representatives of Puerto Rico The House of Representatives of Puerto Rico (Cámara de Representantes de Puerto Rico) is the lower house of the Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico, larger than the Senate. Together, they compose the legislative branch of the government of Puerto Rico.
House of Responsibility After the FPÖ (Austrian Freedom Party) took part in the government under Jörg Haider, the “Braunauer Rundschau” (Braunau review) started to collect signatures under the slogan “Braunau setzt ein Zeichen” (Braunau sets a sign). Dr.
House of Rock House of Rock is a satirical animation that aired on the UK's Channel 4 from 2000 to 2002. It revolved around the afterlives of some of the world's most famous dead rock stars, including Freddie Mercury, John Denver, The Notorious B.
House of Saud The House of Saud ( ) is the royal family of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The modern nation of Saudi Arabia was established in 1932, though the roots and influence for the House of Saud had been planted in the Arabian peninsula several centuries earlier.
House of Savoy The House of Savoy (; ) is a dynasty of nobles who traditionally had their domain in Kingdom of Sardinia, a state which, in 1860, became the Kingdom of Italy. Thus, the house was the Italian reigning house until 1946.
House of Shammai The House of Shammai (or Beit Shammai, beit is Hebrew for house) was the school of thought of Judaism founded by Shammai, a Jewish scholar of the 1st century. A non literal translation that perhaps gives a better flavour of the expression would be The Academy of Shammai.
House of Schwarzenberg Schwarzenberg ("ze Ĺ varzenberka" in Czech) is the name of a Frankish and Bohemian aristocratic family which was first mentioned in 1172. Erkinger I of Seinshein acquired in 1405/21 the Frankish duchy of Schwarzenberg, the castle Schwarzenberg and the title Baron of Schwarzenberg.

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