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 the insistence of Republican Representative Richard Armey, the Act had a number of sunset provisions built in, which were originally set to expire on December 31, 2005.

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 Media, US 1 again becomes a freeway — the Media Bypass — ending just beyond Interstate 476.

At, Exit 3, a partial cloverleaf interchange brings together U. S. Route 22, New Jersey Route 122 and New Jersey Route 173 with Interstate 78 in Phillipsburg.

At exit 29, Interstate 287, U. S. Route 202 and U. S. Route 206 interchange with I-78 in Bedminster.

At Exits 57 and 58, New Jersey Route 21, U. S. Route 1, U. S. Route 9 and U. S. Route 22 intersect Interstate 78.

At the intersection with Centennial Avenue, Route 18 will turn off Hoes and follow Centennial to Possumtown Road, where it will terminate at Interstate 287 ( interchange 8 ).

At the curve ( The Durango Curve ) southwest of downtown, between the 19th Avenue and Buckeye Road interchanges, it picks up the designation Maricopa Freeway all the way to the southern terminus at the second Interstate 10 junction.

At Kankakee it heads northward largely parallel to the now decommissioned route of old US 54 ( since renumbered largely as Illinois 50 ) into greater Chicago, meeting Interstate 80 in Chicago suburbs and feeding Interstate 94 on Chicago's South Side.

At that point, it changed the company name back to Interstate.

At the end of the film Cast Away, Chuck Nolan ( Tom Hanks ) is seen on US Route 83 near Interstate 40, the real-life location of Shamrock.

At this juncture the Columbia River is nearly a mile wide ; vehicular traffic flows across the Columbia via the Interstate Bridge on I-5 and the Glenn Jackson Bridge on I-205.

At the federal level, one the earliest institutions was the Interstate Commerce Commission which had its roots in earlier state-based regulatory commissions and agencies.

At the Tonnele Circle, the route has ramps to both directions of U. S. Route 1 / 9 as well as to U. S. Route 1 / 9 Truck, which connects to Route 7 and Interstate 280.

At exit 159, the Parkway interchanges with Interstate 80 in Saddle Brook.

At the same time a temporary shorthand name was needed for discussions with the Interstate Commerce Commission.

At the end of the season, Labonte departed to drive the # 18 Interstate Batteries Chevrolet for Joe Gibbs Racing.

At its southern terminus with Interstate 37 in Corpus Christi, TX, US 181 traverses as a freeway in the northeast direction across Harbor Bridge and the Nueces Bay Causeway, before entering Portland, TX.

At one point just to the west of Clinton, Route 173 runs concurrent with Interstate 78 and U. S. Route 22.

At this point, eastbound Route 173 crosses over Interstate 78 / U. S. Route 22 and makes a left turn to merge onto eastbound Interstate 78 / U. S. Route 22.

At the I-5 interchange, which is also located along the widest freeway in the Interstate Highway System, SR 56 is accessible via Local Bypass.

At Vicksburg, US 80 runs along Clay Street as a four-lane highway to its intersection with Interstate 20.

At the intersection of Benson Highway it headed southeast where it now merges with Interstate 10 at Valencia Rd.

At Junction, Texas, it meets both Interstate 10 and US 83.