Abandoning previous ventures, Nintendo developed into a video game company, becoming one of the most influential in the industry and Japan's third most valuable listed company with a market value of over US $ 85 billion.

Abandoning his wife, Danglars flees to Italy with the Count's receipt, hoping to live in Vienna in anonymous prosperity.

Abandoning his position at Fromentières, where Marmont's infantry had just begun to irrupt, Blücher ordered the continuation of the retreat towards Champaubert and Étoges, with Kleist's Corps on the left, south of the road and Kapsevitch's Corps on the right, north of the road.

Abandoning his monumental life's work, he returned to die with his family, among whom he was regarded as a bum, artist, crazy or a genius.

Abandoning several signature musical features ( saxophone, assorted percussion and virtuoso keyboards ), Cardiacs ' live music shifted away from the wider instrumentation of the past and moved towards a more guitar-heavy, power-rock sound in line with the remaining quartet lineup.

Abandoning the siege of Beaucaire, Simon responded with a partial sacking of Toulouse, perhaps intended as punishment of the citizens.

Abandoning their weapons, equipment and vehicles, they disintegrated and began to stream south out of the mountains and through the valley, and by 23: 00 Chang was forced to admit that he had lost all communication with his units.

Abandoning the law, he devoted himself to sculpture, and after 1850 lived in Rome, whither he had first gone in 1848, and where he was intimate with the Brownings and with Walter Savage Landor.

Abandoning ambitious plans to go to the colonies, George decides instead to travel by train from Waterloo to a place he spots in an ABC guide called Rowland's Castle where he is sure he will be welcomed with open arms by the feudal inhabitants.

Abandoning his assault on the French colonial army after an 1857 failure to conquer Medina fort, Umar Tall struck out against the Bambara kingdoms with much greater success-first Kaarta and then Segou.

Abandoning much of the existing live set, the Cassidy brothers prepared for an upcoming European tour with backing tapes and an extra percussionist.

Abandoning the field, he was nearly caught and almost shot.

Abandoning the child she fled in shame, letting drop a " lump of flesh " which was born away by Gwydion and concealed in a chest.

* Abandoning Copyright: A Blessing for Artists, Art, and Society-opinion by Professor Jost Smiers

Abandoning this effort as fruitless, he became famous for his theory that behaviour is determined by an unconscious mind, of which the waking mind is unaware.

Abandoning that effort, he returned to Mexico City, where he claimed to have been kidnapped by members of the Mexican secret police and driven to the U. S. border, where he was arrested by U. S. forces.

Abandoning his idealism, he becomes a cynical saboteur, seeking revenge against the Spanish Philippine system responsible for his misfortunes by plotting a revolution.

Abandoning Jean's body, the Phoenix Force manifested a semi-physical form and attempted to force Cyclops to use his powers-his optic blasts fed the Phoenix Force-only to be intercepted by Emma Frost, who offered herself as a new host.

It also supports preserving Israel as a Jewish state by increasing Jewish immigration, limiting immigration by people who are not Jewish according to Halakha, and Jewish education in public schools, and is against territorial compromise, citing the stance of Rabbi Chaim Zimmerman, who wrote a halakhic discourse entitled " The Prohibition of Abandoning Land in Eretz Yisrael ".

Abandoning the old nickname of " Patriots ", which by then was best known for the New England Patriots of the NFL, the new club instead decided to adopt the nickname Greensboro Hornets.

Abandoning the Jeep and later circling back to watch his attackers salvage the Jeep from the water, Jeff is discovered and knocked out by Billy, an accomplice who had feigned mental impairment earlier.

Abandoning ship, fate places William in the same lifeboat as Gregor when they are attacked by a griffin and saved by Aren.

Abandoning this design after three years ' trial, he returned home and began his literary career by contributing articles to a local journal, La Abeja montañesa in 1858.

Abandoning the promises of the Berlin Conference in the late 1890s, the Free State government restricted foreign access and extorted forced labor from the natives.

Abandoning their lives in Vienna, they made their way from Hungary to Paris, where they settled.

Abandoning what remained of their heavy equipment, shattered remnants of the 7th Army escaped from the Falaise Pocket and retreated eastward to the German border.

Abandoning the motorcycle, a third individual drove them to the Msida Marina from where they most probably boarded a fast boat which took them out at sea and eventually to a large ship from where the whole operation was directed.

Abandoning caution, Alec leaped out of bed and groped for the light switch.

Abandoning the provocative policy of maintaining a British resident in Kabul, but having achieved all their other objectives, the British withdrew.

Abandoning the Tories, James looked to form a ' King's party ' as a counterweight to the Anglican Tories, so in 1687 James supported the policy of religious toleration and issued the Declaration of Indulgence.

Abandoning the official church, many of the people here began to attend illegal field assemblies, known as conventicles.

Abandoning the Marxist goals of educating the proletariat, the New Left turned to student activism as its reservoir of power.

Abandoning Hispania, Hasdrubal moved to bring his mercenary army into Italy to reinforce Hannibal.

Abandoning the deal he had just made, Stephen gathered his army again and sped north, but not quite fast enough — Ranulf escaped Lincoln and declared his support for the Empress, and Stephen was forced to place the castle under siege.

* A. Huffington, Third World America: How Our Politicians Are Abandoning the Middle Class and Betraying the American Dream.

Abandoning the car, eventually THX locates a route to the surface.

Abandoning the mundane parking lots and funeral homes, the refocused Kinney renamed itself in honor of its best-known holding, Warner Communications.

Abandoning the strikes on the ground and focusing on grappling techniques is one of the main weaknesses of grappling-based styles.

Abandoning the deal he had just made, Stephen gathered his army again and sped north, but not quite fast enough — Ranulf escaped Lincoln and declared his support for the Empress, and Stephen was forced to place the castle under siege.

Abandoning the hope of a regenerated Catholicism, Ochino and Vermigli left Italy.

Abandoning his position, he retreated to Isen, leaving Kienmayer to fend for himself.

Abandoning graduate study because of the Great Depression, he taught English at several universities, including Lafayette College, Pennsylvania State University, and Bennington College.

Abandoning his meal in a nearby cave, he ran to meet her.