At the insistence of his own supervisor -- the president of the firm -- he enrolled in a course designed to develop leaders.

At the American publisher's insistence, Burgess allowed their editors to cut the redeeming final chapter from the U. S. version, so that the tale would end on a darker note, with Alex succumbing to his violent, reckless nature — an ending which the publisher insisted would be ' more realistic ' and appealing to a U. S. audience.

At the emperor's further insistence, and for their own protection they took refuge at the convent of Petrion, where eventually they were joined by Irene Doukaina's mother, Maria of Bulgaria.

At Sarah's insistence Ishmael and his mother Hagar are driven out into the wilderness, but God saves them and promises to make Ishmael a great nation.

At Nazarbayev's insistence, Moscow surrendered control of the republic's mineral resources in June 1991.

At the insistence of their superiors in the UK, EMI Australia signed The Saints.

At the insistence of Charles, Martin IV excommunicated the Roman Emperor Michael VIII Palaeologus, who stood in the way of Charles's plans to restore the Latin Empire of the East that had been established in the aftermath of the Fourth Crusade.

At the insistence of Gebhard, Bishop of Ratisbon, the 24-year-old Gebhard was appointed Bishop of Eichstätt.

At the insistence of the Ottoman leader Talat Pasha, all lands Russia had captured from the Ottoman Empire in the Russo-Turkish War ( 1877 – 1878 ), specifically Ardahan, Kars, and Batumi, were to be returned.

At Maecenas ' insistence ( according to the tradition ) Virgil spent the ensuing years ( perhaps 37 – 29 BC ) on the longer didactic hexameter poem called the Georgics ( from Greek, " On Working the Earth ") which he dedicated to Maecenas.

At the insistence of Cato the Younger, then quaestor, all men who had profited during the proscriptions were brought to trial.

At the insistence of Johnston and of Confederate President Jefferson Davis, Sherman conditionally agreed to generous terms that dealt with both political and military issues.

At his repeated insistence, new laws were passed against ‘ sodomy ’ ( which included male and female same sex relations ), adultery, public drunkenness, and other moral transgressions, while his lieutenant fra Silvestro Maruffi organized boys and young men to patrol the streets to curb immodest dress and behavior.

At the urging of several bishops, and at the personal insistence of King Louis XIV, Pope Alexander VII sent to France the apostolic constitution Regiminis Apostolici ( dated February 15, 1664 ) which required all French Catholics to subscribe to the following formulary:

At the insistence of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, Charles and his family left France three days later, on 17 July, along with several other courtiers, including Madame de Polignac, the Queen ’ s favourite.

At Hitchcock's insistence, the film was made in Paramount's VistaVision widescreen process, making it one of the few VistaVision films made at MGM.

At Brian's insistence, Capitol agreed to let The Beach Boys pay for their own outside recording sessions, to which Capitol would own all the rights, and in return the band would receive a higher royalty rate on their record sales.

At Yu Suzuki's insistence, the game's environment and culture adhere closely to this period.

At Shaw's insistence, she starred as Eliza Doolittle in the film Pygmalion ( 1938 ) with Leslie Howard as Professor Higgins.

At the insistence of William Few, the county was partitioned.

At her insistence, Jimmy wishes the dying girl out of existence.

At the insistence of the film company, Wise agreed to direct a " fill-in " project, The Sound of Music, a film that became one of the most popular and acclaimed films of the 1960s.

At one point the plant's smoke was removed from the city seal at the insistence of some residents due to environmental concerns.

At Stephen F. Austin ’ s insistence, the petition of the citizens to be attached to his colony was finally approved in August, 1828.

At the 1856 Republican National Convention, Lincoln placed second in the contest to become the party's candidate for vice president.

At its 1864 convention, the Republican Party selected Andrew Johnson, a War Democrat from the Southern state of Tennessee, as his running mate.

At the 2 November 2004 election Eni F. H. Faleomavaega of the Democratic Party ( United States ) defeated the Republican candidate and was re-elected.

In his journal for November 6, 1860, he wrote: " At Town House, and cast my vote for Lincoln and the Republican candidates generally — the first vote I ever cast for a President and State officers.

At the beginning of the Spanish Civil War the colony remained loyal to the Republican government.

At the 1888 Republican National Convention, Douglass became the first African American to receive a vote for President of the United States in a major party's roll call vote.

At the end of the year, concerned by Francisco Franco's Falangist uprising, ( supported by Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy ), Orwell decided to go to Spain to take part in the Spanish Civil War on the Republican side.

At several Republican National Conventions, Kemp has delivered speeches.

At the 1984 Republican National Convention, Kemp, along with allies such as Gingrich and Lott, added a plank to the party platform that put President Reagan on record as ruling out tax increases.

At the time, Spain was embroiled in a bloody civil war, triggered by the rebellion of Nationalist forces under General Francisco Franco against the socialist Republican government of President Manuel Azaña.

At about the same time that the Republican Party of Puerto Rico was organized under the U. S., Luis Muñoz-Rivera organized the Federal Party.

At the Federal level, the two U. S. Senators from Texas are Republicans John Cornyn and Kay Bailey Hutchison ; Paris is part of Texas ' US Congressional 4th District, which is currently represented by Republican Ralph M. Hall.

At the end of his second term, Roosevelt promoted his friend William Howard Taft for the 1908 Republican nomination.

At the Republican Convention in Chicago, despite being the incumbent, Taft's victory was not immediately assured.

At the federal level, each of the two major parties has a national committee ( See, Democratic National Committee, Republican National Committee ) that acts as the hub for much fund-raising and campaign activities, particularly in presidential campaigns.

At the time, Roosevelt was convinced that Taft was a genuine " progressive " and helped push through the nomination of his Secretary of War onto the Republican ticket on the first ballot at the party convention.

* July 16 – At the Republican National Convention in San Francisco, U. S. presidential nominee Barry Goldwater declares that " extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice ", and " moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue ".

* September 17 – At a small rally in Harlem, televangelist Pat Robertson announces his candidacy for the 1988 Republican presidential nomination.

At the 1968 Republican National Convention, Agnew's nomination was supported by many conservatives within the Republican Party, and by Nixon himself.

At the 1940 Republican National Convention itself, keynote speaker Harold Stassen, the Governor of Minnesota, announced his support for Willkie and became his official floor manager.

At the 1944 Republican National Convention in Chicago, Illinois, Dewey easily overcame Bricker and was nominated on the first ballot.

At the beginning of the Spanish Civil War he joined the Republican forces in Spain, serving in and helping to organize the small Spanish Republican Air Force.