Acting quickly before all parliamentarians became aware of the change of government, Fraser and his allies were able to secure passage of the appropriation bills, and the Governor-General dissolved Parliament for a double dissolution election.

Acting quickly before all ALP parliamentarians became aware of the change of government, Fraser and his allies were able to secure passage of the appropriation bills, and Kerr dissolved Parliament for a double dissolution election.

Acting quickly, a delegation representing the Ancients, Moderns and the Grand Lodge of Scotland arranged a meeting with the Prime Minister.

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 as both adapter and producer, Wilson created one of the BBC ’ s most popular and successful drama serials of all time, which was a huge hit on its eventual screening on BBC Two in 1967, and was quickly repeated on BBC One.

Acting quickly and on little notice, the American military reversed the post-WWII trend of reduction-in-forces and several subordinate commands stationed at NAS Brunswick were re-commissioned.

Acting quickly after the En ' Tarans tricked him into bringing them to Rann, Adam Strange feigned insanity and had the Justice League brought to Rann to provide back up and help him with a desperate gamble.

Acting quickly, Vader kills Sidious and declares himself ruler of the galaxy.

Acting on Delita's advice, Goltanna quickly changes his political stance.

He ran against three other major contenders: Acting Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell who was appointed Managing Director by Mufi Hannemann and became the Acting Mayor when Hannemann resigned to run for Governor, UH Professor and former Mayoral candidate Panos Prevedouros, and City Councilmember Rod Tam.

Acting on the constitutional principle that the king's right to convene did not interfere with the church's independent right to hold assemblies, they sat till 20 December, deposed all the Scottish bishops, excommunicated a number of them, repealed all acts favoring episcopacy, and reconstituted the Scottish Kirk on thorough Presbyterian principles.

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

* July 7 – Acting on instructions from Washington, DC, Commodore John Drake Sloat orders his troops to occupy Monterey and Yerba Buena thus beginning the United States annexation of California.

# Acting within local laws and obeying the local authority within reason ( presumably, the Guardians ' orders can overrule this when necessary ).

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.

Acting without orders, François decided to take his forces to Stallupönen where one of the Russian divisions was resting.

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

Acting without orders, he moved his small garrison from Fort Moultrie, which was indefensible, to the more modern, more defensible, Fort Sumter in the middle of Charleston Harbor.

Acting on orders, Wilkes remained in port for nearly a week aboard his flagship the Wachusett, violating the British rule that allowed American naval vessels ( of either side ) to remain in port for only a single day.

Acting under United Nations orders, the Tropic Lightning Division moved from its base in Japan to Korea between 5 – 18 July 1950.

Acting on orders from the Tal Shiar, Admiral Sela's mission over the course of the campaign is to acquire the highly unstable but extremely powerful Omega particle and bring it to Romulus.

Acting on Napoleon's orders, in early 1811 Marshal Soult led a French expedition from Andalusia into Extremadura in a bid to draw Allied forces away from the Lines and ease Masséna's plight.

The court also directed the office not to take any further orders for constituting benches from the chief justice ( under restraint ) and orders regarding day-to-day working and dministration of the court should be obtained from Justice Ajmal Mian till the appointment of Acting Chief Justice.

* Deep Six by Clive Cussler ( 1984 ): After the presidential yacht, the Eagle, goes missing with the President, Vice President Vincent Margolin, Speaker of the House Alan Moran and President of the Senate pro tempore Marcus Larimer on board, Secretary of State ( and now Acting President ) Douglas Oates orders a cover-up, with actors playing the President and Vice President while Oates executed executive powers.

Acting without orders and heedless of his exposure to enemy fire, he climbed over the parapet and went to the rescue of his sergeant.

Acting orders of characters are determined by a d20 die roll for all participants, which determines the earliest phase in which a character can act.

Acting precisely upon the orders of a superior officer about how to operate in the face of superior numbers, Jackson's forces resisted General Robert Patterson's Union forces briefly and then slowly retreated over several miles.

Acting against orders, General Sickles moved the corps from its assigned defensive position on Cemetery Ridge to an indefensible position about a mile forward, centered on the Peach Orchard.

Acting on orders from Charles III, Tanucci revived a law from 1751 banning Freemasonry in response to the discovery of a masonic lodge among the royal regiment.

Acting on orders that came directly from SS-Reichfuhrer Heinrich Himmler, Kaminsky's and Dirlewanger's hired killers were given a free hand to rape, loot, torture and butcher.

Acting against the orders of his superior Chen Jie ( 陳介 ), the ROC ambassador to Berlin, Ho started to issue visas to Shanghai for humanitarian reasons.

In reviewing The Best TV Shows That Never Were, the New York Post ranked Acting Sheriff along the lines of the pilot for a " mellow John Denver cast against type as a two-fisted FBI agent in the mountain adventure Higher Ground " and the pilot where Tom Selleck and Robert Urich co-starred in the cop drama Bun-co.

In 1991, Goulet starred, with John Putch and Hillary Bailey Smith, in the unsold television series pilot Acting Sheriff.

His technical assignments have included: backup T-38 chase pilot for STS-1 ; support crew and backup entry spacecraft communicator ( CAPCOM ) for STS-2 ; support crew and primary entry CAPCOM for STS-3 ; software verification at the Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory ( SAIL ) and the Flight Simulation Laboratory ( FSL ); representing the Astronaut Office in the development of a crew escape system for the Space Shuttle ; Acting Chief of the Astronaut Office.

Since her graduation, Katrina has been involved in several projects including filming on location in North Carolina, a starring role in the film “ Sisters .” Her next project was a lead role in a sketch comedy pilot, “ Acting Out .”

Tergesen began his career with a bit role in the 1991 prime-time aired pilot, Acting Sheriff.

The appointment of U Thant of Burma as the U.N.'s Acting Secretary General -- at this writing, the choice appears to be certain -- offers further proof that in politics it is more important to have no influential enemies than to have influential friends.

Acting Administrator Andrew F. Juras said that because of Field's unique position and knowledge in the program, the agency now would be seriously handicapped if he was not continued for a period.

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.

However, in reality this also would not be true, because of the aforementioned standard of which the claim can be made, making every Vice President an Acting President.

Acting as an NMDA antagonist may be one mechanism by which methadone decreases craving for opioids and tolerance, and has been proposed as a possible mechanism for its distinguished efficacy regarding the treatment of neuropathic pain.

* 1967 – Vietnam War: Acting on optimistic reports that he had been given on November 13, U. S. President Lyndon B. Johnson tells the nation that, while much remained to be done, " We are inflicting greater losses than we're taking ... We are making progress.

Acting as commander-in-chief of the territory, Mason appointed Brigadier-General Joseph W. Brown of the Third U. S. Brigade to head the state militia, with the instructions to be ready to act against Ohio trespassers.

** Vietnam War: Acting on optimistic reports he was given on November 13, U. S. President Lyndon B. Johnson tells his nation that, while much remained to be done, " We are inflicting greater losses than we're taking ... We are making progress.

Hanks told New York magazine in 1986: " Acting classes looked like the best place for a guy who liked to make a lot of noise and be rather flamboyant ... I spent a lot of time going to plays.

In fact, most post-1930 acting philosophies have been strongly influenced by Method acting, and it continues to be taught at schools around the world, including the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York and Los Angeles, the Actors Studio Drama School in New York, the Stella Adler Studio of Acting in New York and Los Angeles, the Edgemar Center for the Arts in Santa Monica, Calif., HB Studio in New York, Le Studio Jack Garfein in Paris and American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco.

Their proposal specified the process by which a President could be declared disabled, thereby making the Vice President an Acting President, and how the President could regain the powers of his office.

Upon this finding by the Congress, Section 4 states that the Vice President would " continue " to be Acting President.

That declaration could be responded to by the Acting President and the Cabinet in the same way as stated earlier.

Raymond Edwards, Limbless Association Acting CEO, was the first amputee to be fitted with the i-LIMB by the National Health Service in the UK.

In some jurisdictions, the mayor's successor is not considered to be an acting mayor but rather fully mayor in his or her own right, much in the manner that the Vice President of the United States is not styled or considered to be Acting President following the death or resignation of the President, but rather President in every sense.

Soong Ching-ling, the widow of Sun Yat-sen and PRC Acting President twice ( from 1968 to 1975 and 1976 to 1978 ) and former Vice-President ( the first woman to hold this position ), was named to be the Honorary President of the PRC before the passage of the Constitution of 1982.

Acting to humiliate yourself may be linked to a personal belief ( as with mortification of the flesh, with some religions ), or it can be part of erotic humiliation where the belittling activity provides emotional and / or sexual arousal or heightened sensation.

The above texts raised many questions regarding the status of a Vice President upon the death or resignation of the elected President, and whether he would be an " Acting President ," which raised the following questions:

An Acting Secretary would, likely, face the same test: to countersign the Presidential order or be relieved from office.

This potential cycling of Acting Secretaries of Defense could be reminiscent of the 1973 Saturday Night Massacre at the Department of Justice.

Legally speaking, any " interim " Prime Minister appointed by the Governor General would not merely be an " Acting Prime Minister ," and would have the full powers and prerogatives of any other prime minister.