During the Cold War, the Soviet Union vetoed more than a hundred decisions of the Security Council. The Soviet Union vetoed more decisions than all the other members. When the seat of Free China was given to Communist China, vetoes from Communist powers increased.

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The occurrence of sheet lightning in a particular district did not necessarily involve that a thunderstorm was experienced there, for it frequently happened that the storm was a long way off.

They were cheerful optimists; indomitable grapplers with forest and flood, who did almost incredible things with ax and saw and giant-powder.