Acting under a charter sanctioned by the Dutch government, the Dutch East India Company ( VOC ) defeated Portuguese forces and established itself in the Moluccan Islands in order to profit from the European demand for spices.

As President pro tempore, and therefore Acting Vice President, under the presidential succession law in place at the time, Atchison was believed by some to be Acting President.

Acting under orders from Trask, the Sentinels rescued Senator Kelly from Magneto, but Master Mold then declared that he was " giving the orders now.

In 1917, the Chinese Acting President Feng Kuo-Chang declared war on Germany in the hope of recovering its lost province Shandong, then under Japanese control.

* Acting under duress

He would later attend the Embassy School of Acting at Swiss Cottage, under Eileen Thorndike.

:: If, at the time when under subsection ( a ) of this section a Speaker is to begin the discharge of the powers and duties of the office of President, there is no Speaker, or the Speaker fails to qualify as Acting President, then the President pro tempore of the Senate shall, upon his resignation as President pro tempore and as Senator, act as President.

Acting under Frank's influence, he floods his school by damaging a water main.

After assassination, the talks between the warring parties began under the supervision of the Acting Mediator, Ralph Bunche.

Acting as Stein's confidante, lover, cook, secretary, muse, editor, critic, and general organizer, Toklas remained a background figure, chiefly living in the shadow of Stein, until Stein published her memoirs in 1933 under the teasing title The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas.

* George Hyde Clarke, grandson to the Acting Governor of New York from 1736-1743 ( under British rule )

" Bud " Brown Jr .-held a seat in the United States House of Representatives, and served as Deputy and Acting Secretary of Commerce under President Ronald Reagan.

Acting upon the advice of Dr John Philip, the superintendent of the London Missionary Society's stations in South Africa, a treaty was concluded in 1843 with Moshoeshoe, placing him under British protection.

* Northwest African Tactical Air Force ( NATAF ) under Acting Air Marshal Sir Arthur Coningham.

Acting under Prevost's orders, Sheaffe had concluded an armistice with Colonel Van Rensselaer on 20 August, and had even gone further than Prevost's orders by voluntarily restricting the movement of British troops and supplies.

Had Nixon resigned without a sitting Vice President to succeed him, Albert would have become Acting President under the Presidential Succession Act of 1947, which would have forced Albert to resign from the office of Speaker as well as the House.

Acting under the authority of the new Republic, Chinese troops would be able to resist the Japanese in Taiwan without technically breaching the terms of the treaty, and if they were successful Taiwan could return to Chinese rule at some future date.

Acting under his own initiative, Pelopidas quickly led the Sacred Band ahead of the Theban left wing to intercept the Spartan maneuver before it could be completed.

Acting under the direct orders of the shogunate, Matsudaira Katamori of Aizu undertook supervision of these men.

In the " Punitive Expedition ", a 1, 200 strong British force, under the command of Admiral Sir Harry Rawson, conquered and razed the city after all but two men from a previous British expeditionary force led by Acting Consul General Philips were killed.

The Benin Expedition of 1897 was a punitive expedition by a United Kingdom force of 1, 200 under Admiral Sir Harry Rawson in response to the defeat of a previous British-led invasion force under Acting Consul General James Philips ( which had left all but two men dead ).

Sailing on, under the command of Acting Lieutenant Charles Robbins, the party entered Port Phillip on 20 January 1803.

Acting as a lens focused on a racist society, The Great White Hope explores how segregation and prejudice created the demand for a " great white hope " who would defeat Johnson and how this, in turn, affected the boxer's life and career.

" Nevertheless, having been brought to the White House by limousine and sworn in as Acting Attorney General, Bork wrote the letter firing Cox.

In the 1920 New Year Honours, as a reward for his service as Acting Prime Minister, White was appointed to the Imperial Privy Council, allowing him to use the honorific " The Right Honourable ".

* John Webster: The White Devil ( 1976 ), " Acting Edition " for Michael Lindsay-Hogg

* Bemidji Area: Acting Director, Jenny Jenkins, White Earth Band of Chippewa Indians

White Oaks has been known to win many awards of Merit and Excellence in Acting, in Directing, Stage Management, and for the Ensemble in the Ontario Sears Drama Festival.

Sanford Meisner on Acting New York: Random House.

* In 1868, after President Andrew Johnson was impeached by the House of Representatives, the Senate came one vote short of removing him from office ; if Johnson had been removed, President pro tempore Benjamin Wade would have become Acting President.

The Act is also controversial because it provides that if a cabinet officer becomes Acting President, he serves only until a new Speaker of the House or a new President Pro Tempore of the Senate is chosen, who would then replace him as Acting President.

Section 3 provides that when the President transmits a written declaration to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, stating that he is unable to discharge the powers and duties of the Presidency, and until the President sends another written declaration to the aforementioned officers declaring himself able to resume discharging those powers and duties, the Vice President serves as Acting President.

House of Representatives, July 2, 2001 .< p > This Bill having been returned by the Lieutenant-Governor, Acting Governor with her objections thereto in writing ( see House 4281 ) has been passed by the House of Representatives, notwithstanding said objections, two-thirds of the House ( 137 yeas to 15 nays ) having agreed to pass the same .< p > Sent to the Senate for its action.

The Vice President would then become Acting President until the President submits a declaration to the Speaker of the House and the President pro tempore of the Senate that affirms his ability to discharge his duties.

He later stated that if he had become Acting President by succession that it would be in the national interest to resign immediately after the House and Senate had confirmed a Republican Vice President.

Xenophon Overton Pindall ( 21 August 1873-2 January 1935 ) was a member of the Arkansas House of Representatives, Arkansas State Senate and Acting Governor of the U. S. state of Arkansas.

The Speaker's principal duty is to preside over the House, although he is assisted in this by the Deputy Speakers and a panel of Acting Speakers, who usually preside during routine debates.

Acting on that committee's final recommendations, the full House voted 109-5 to expel Wright on March 20, 2008.

Pawlu " Paul " Xuereb ( 21 July 1923 – 6 September 1994 ), was the Speaker of the House of Representatives of Malta July, 1986 – February, 1987 and Acting President of Malta between February 16, 1987 – April 4, 1989.

He represented Massachusetts in the United States House of Representatives and served two terms as 16th and 18th Governor of Massachusetts, as well as a portion of an unexpired term in 1825, as Acting Governor.

House Secretary Cristino Bernazard, who normally would have presided over the House only until it elected its new Speaker in its inaugural session, became the first unelected Acting Speaker of the House.

The conflict caused much controversy in the British House of Commons, but Acting Vice Admiral Augustus Leopold Kuper's conduct was eventually commended by the House.