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Acting and under
-- Acting hastily under White House pressure, the Senate tonight confirmed Robert C. Weaver as the nation's federal housing chief.
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.
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 and orders
* 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 without orders, François decided to take his forces to Stallupönen where one of the Russian divisions was resting.
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.
Acting quickly, Kirk orders the pilot to be transported aboard the Enterprise.
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.

Acting and from
He sucked in his breath and kept quiet while Killpath laid down the sheet again, wound the gold-wire stems of his glasses around his ears and then, eying the report as it lay before him on the desk, intoned, `` Acting Lieutenant Gunnar Matson one failed to see that the station keeper was properly relieved two absented himself throughout the entire watch without checking on the station's activities or the whereabouts of his section sergeants three permitted members of the Homicide Detail of the Inspector's Bureau to arrogate for their own convenience a patrolman who was thereby prevented from carrying on his proper assignment four failed to notify the station commander Acting Captain O. T. Killpath of a homicide occurring in the district five frequented extralegal establishments known as after-hours spots for purposes of an unofficial and purportedly social nature and six '' -- he leaned back and peeled off his glasses `` -- failed to co-operate with the Acting Captain by returning promptly when so ordered.
In May 2000, he later had surgery to repair a leaking heart valve, and was forced to take a three month break from Parliament, with Deputy First Minister, Jim Wallace taking over as Acting First Minister.
* 1985 – Vice President George Bush becomes the Acting President for the day when President Ronald Reagan undergoes surgery to remove polyps from his colon.
Acting on this advice, Orhan selected a thousand of the finest boys from conquered Christian families.
According to Israeli law, if a Prime Minister is temporarily incapacitated rather than dies ( as was the case following Ariel Sharon's stroke in early 2006 ), power is transferred to the Acting Prime Minister, until the prime minister recovers ( Ehud Olmert took over from Sharon ), for up to 100 days.
Cutler served as Acting Premier at times when Askin was suffering from illness, having suffered two heart attacks in 1969 and 1973.
He served as Acting Prime Minister, Vice Prime Minister and Minister without portfolio from May to July 2012.
For her performance in The Simpsons Movie, Kavner was nominated for " Best Voice Acting in an Animated Feature " at the 2007 Annie Awards, but lost to Ian Holm from Ratatouille.
* May 30 – Hubertus van Mook, Acting Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies from 1942 to 1948 ( d. 1965 )
* May 23 – Jamestown, Virginia: Acting as temporary Governor, Thomas Gates, along with John Rolfe, Captain Ralph Hamor, Sir George Somers, and other survivors from the Sea Venture ( wrecked at Bermuda ) arrive at Jamestown ; they find that 60 have survived the " starving time " ( winter ), the fort palizadoes and gates have been torn down, and empty houses have been used for firewood, in fear of attacks by natives outside the fort area.
In December 1864 he resigned from the Army to join the Navy, serving as Acting Third Assistant Engineer on the USS Muscoota through the end of the war.
Had the President died, resigned or been removed from office during those times, the President pro tempore of the Senate would have become the Acting President:
* 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.
Had the President died, resigned or been removed from office, the Secretary of State would have become Acting President:
* William Nelson Runyon ( 1871 – 1931 ), Acting Governor of New Jersey from 1919 to 1920.
In the fourth-season episode " Brother from the Same Planet ", Nelson's father is the children's soccer coach who awards Nelson with a free trip to Pele's Soccer and Acting Camp.
It supersedes the ambiguous wording of Article II, Section 1, Clause 6 of the Constitution, which does not expressly state whether the Vice President becomes the President, as opposed to an Acting President, if the President dies, resigns, is removed from office or is otherwise unable to discharge the powers of the presidency.
Straight Acting: Popular Gay Drama from Wilde to Rattigan.
" Acting on account of ignorance seems different from acting while being ignorant ".

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