Mary Jane might not be the most intelligent woman, but she was one of the most determined.

But although Mary greatly admired and respected Madison, she had determined to stay single — the only way a woman of her intelligence and accomplishments could hope to pursue her interests and remain independent in that era.

" She was the first woman to successfully claim the throne of England, despite competing claims and determined opposition, and enjoyed popular support and sympathy during the earliest parts of her reign, especially from the Roman Catholic population.

Becky is portrayed as a strong-willed and cunning young woman determined to make her way in society, and Amelia Sedley as a good-natured, lovable though simple-minded young girl.

Montmartre was the setting of the film La Môme, ( La vie en rose ) which elaborates on the life of famous French singer Edith Piaf and her times in the slums of Paris, and of Amélie, the story of a young Parisian woman determined to help the lives of others and find her true love, is set in an exaggeratedly quaint version of contemporary Montmartre.

However, Conway's younger brother George, and Maria, another beautiful young woman they find there, are determined to leave.

Hina is mostly described as a very attractive, smart, beautiful, determined young woman pursued by men and other creatures.

Anne Marie was a gifted artist .... She was also a strong-willed and modern-minded woman, determined to forge her own career.

From that moment on Philip Arrhidaeus was to be under the sway of his bride, a proud and determined woman bent on substantiating her husband's power.

It jokes about a small obsessive world where a determined snobbish middle class woman desperately and continually looks for opportunities to climb the social ladder, despite being wedged between a working-class background and upper-class aspirations, along with having siblings who are better and worse off respectively.

She was determined to look like an actress on the skids, and insisted Orry-Kelly design costumes appropriate for a woman who had seen better days.

Both men are determined to bed the young woman, but they quickly discover Patty is more interested in engaging in spirited discussions about the pressing moral and sexual issues of the day than surrendering her virginity to either one of them.

In 2004, she starred in and co-directed Howard Barker's play Victory, as a Puritan woman determined to locate her husband's dismembered corpse.

Chief Hauraki Tanganui replied, saying they were determined to fight to the last man, woman and child, although by 3: 30pm the same day they ran.

Since the matter has not been determined by the Supreme Court of Canada, it is still possible that a woman could be convicted elsewhere in Canada, but interpretation of moral law in Canada has become increasingly liberalised.

Similarly, if the plaintiff was a woman, above 60 years of age, a minor, or if he were lame or blind, he could decline the challenge, and the case would be determined by a jury.

Forensic experts found the bones were indeed a hundred years old and those of a young woman around twenty, but since part of the skull was missing, it could not be determined if there had ever been a bullet hole present or not.

Dedicated to proving that she is more than just a woman who inherited money, she is determined to make the Montecito a success.

The bill, known as the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1968-69, was passed on May 14, 1969, and provided for abortions when the health of the woman was in danger as determined by a three-doctor hospital committee.

In Morgentaler, the court had determined that, while the state has an interest in protecting the fetus " at some point ", this interest cannot override that of the pregnant woman because: " the right to security of the person of a pregnant woman was infringed more than was required to achieve the objective of protecting the fetus, and the means were not reasonable.

Rosamund Shane, one of the nieces, is a beautiful but determined woman who seems to have something to hide ( which turns out to be her husband ’ s infidelity and her own pregnancy ).

As a girl and young woman, hair, body, and color were society's trinity in determining female beauty and identity, the cultural and value-laden gang of three that formed the boundaries and determined the extent of women's visibility, influence, and importance.

Apparently Shipley made no secret of the fact to her colleagues that she was determined to appoint a woman as chief justice although no one in the legal profession disputes that Elias is up to the job.

The Neanderthal society-shown mainly from the point of view of an assertive tribal woman determined to prove herself the equal of the male hunters / warriors-is faced with the existential crisis of the appearance of a completely different, competing kind of human beings-the Cro-Magnons.

He was a political maverick, a reformer with his own program, determined to bulldoze it through or to blazon the infamy of those who balked him.

But because the governor was determined that friendship should not influence him one way or the other, he looked for a printer with a knowledge of the law ( which Woodruff did not have ), and awarded the contract to a lawyer named John Steele who had started a newspaper in Helena the year before.

There are hordes of nubile young women there who, prodded by their impatient mothers, are determined to marry.

For example, in 1693 the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends declared that its members should emancipate their slaves and in 1776 it determined to exclude from membership all who did not comply.

Alexandre Livshitz repeated a fantastic technical bit from the closing number, `` Taras Bulba '', but even then there was a substantial number of diehards who seemed determined not to go home at all.

Research upon adolescents who as infants had been highly apprehensive, vigilant, and fearful finds that their nucleus accumbens is more sensitive than that in other people when deciding to make an action that determined whether they received a reward.

A member who accepts a service position or an organizing role is a " trusted servant " with terms rotating and limited, typically lasting three months to two years and determined by group vote and the nature of the position.

It also means that in the case of an irregularity or dispute over a hand before the cards are returned to the board, they can be reviewed and it can be determined who played which cards in what order.

Nothhelm, a correspondent of Bede's who assisted him by finding documents for him in Rome, is known to have visited Bede, though the date cannot be determined beyond the fact that it was after Nothhelm's visit to Rome.

Strategies based on maneuver have the inherent danger of the attacking force overextending its supply lines, and can be defeated by a determined foe who is willing and able to sacrifice territory for time in which to regroup and rearm, as the Soviets did on the Eastern Front ( as opposed to, for example, the Dutch who had no territory to sacrifice ).

Legal and not punishable crime are all acts in self-defense or otherwise determined by the illegal or criminal conduct of others that happened in the first place ( or omission adequate to protect the staff member who is a victim of illegal crime ).

The prophet has a vision of the angel Gabriel, who tells him, " Seventy weeks are determined for your people and for your holy city ( i. e., Israel and Jerusalem ).

And on the wing of abominations will be one who makes desolate, even until the consummation which is determined is poured out on the desolate. 9: 26-27

Having unified the Franks under his banner, Charles was determined to punish the Saxons who had invaded Austrasia.

On the return trip to Spain, the two brethren met with a group of papal legates who were determined to triumph over the Manichean menace.

Hoxby, who has researched the systemic effects of school choice, determined that areas with greater residential school choice have consistently higher test scores at a lower per-pupil cost than areas with very few school districts ( see Hoxby, 1998 ).

After more than three years of drought and famine, God tells Elijah to return to Ahab and announce the end of the drought: not occasioned by repentance in Israel but by the command of the Lord, who had determined to reveal himself again to his people.

However, that figure was reduced in later years when it was determined the survey also included people who play NCAA bracket pools, which are not exactly fantasy sports ( where you pick individual players ).

These ranged from Royalists who wished to place King Charles II on the throne, to men like Oliver Cromwell, who wished to govern with a Parliament voted in by an electorate determined by property ownership, similar to that enfranchised before the civil war, to the Levellers, influenced by the writings of John Lilburne, who wanted parliamentary government based on an electorate constituted of every head of household ( normally though not necessarily male as was acknowledged in the Putney Debates ), through to other groups with smaller followings like the Fifth Monarchists, Gerrard Winstanley and the Diggers, the Ranters, and the Society of Friends ( Quakers ).

Kings often employed bishops in administrative affairs and often determined who would be appointed to ecclesiastical offices.

The reform-minded Pope Gregory VII was determined to oppose such practices, leading to the Investiture Controversy with King Henry IV ( r. 1056 – 1106 ), who repudiated the Pope's interference and persuaded his bishops to excommunicate the Pope, whom he famously addressed by his born name " Hildebrand ", rather than his divine name " Pope Gregory VII ".

However, General López Gutiérrez, who now effectively controlled the military situation, made it clear that he was determined to be the next president.