By refusing to swear, he felt that he could bear witness to the value of truth in everyday life, as well as to God, who he associated with truth and the inner light.

By staying on the move and refusing to halt as normal, the APCs were difficult to target.

" In 1994, the Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy offered a wider definition: " By analogy with racism and sexism, the improper stance of refusing respect to the lives, dignity, or needs of animals of other than the human species.

By refusing to vote on a motion, the minority could ensure that a quorum would not be achieved, and that the result would be invalid.

By refusing to cooperate with authorities, Castellano enhanced his reputation for mob loyalty.

By April, the Republic regime was in general disarray, with FANK troops refusing to fight and looting their own capital, and the CPNLAF advancing in many areas of the country.

By refusing to grant independence to its overseas territories in Africa, the Portuguese ruling regime of Estado Novo was criticized by most of the international community, and its leaders Salazar and Caetano were accused of being blind to the so-called " winds of change ".

By the time Hitchcock sold her contract to Universal and she was fired for refusing work on one of its television shows, Hedren's career had stalled after just two films.

By around 150 A. D. provincials had made up their minds that the Christians by refusing to worship the Gods were responsible for all manner of ills such as famine, plague and earthquakes and of practices such as cannibalism and black magic.

By refusing to ratify this treaty, the United States Senate has done a lot to undermine the arms control agenda that the international community, including Australia, has been working on.

By refusing to admit segregation existed in city schools and by declaring that children were the " pawns " of racial politics, she came to personify the discord that existed between some working class Irish-Americans and African-Americans.

By early July 1939, Bonnet grew increasingly irritated over what he regarded as British foot-dragging in the talks with the Soviets and Polish refusing to grant transit rights to the Red Army.

He explained: " By refusing to place before our eyes Ty Cobb's haunted ferocity as a baseball player, it succeeds in making him look even worse than he was.

By 15: 00, all three masts had been brought down, obstructing the fire of the starboard battery, while De Winter was the only officer who remained uninjured, standing on his wrecked quarterdeck and still refusing to lower his colours.

By refusing battle, Leslie withstood a siege at Edinburgh and when the English were forced to retreat in August 1650 he pursued them down the east coast, eventually trapping 11, 000 English soldiers south of Dunbar with an army of 14, 000 Scottish.

By 1950, the Bird Commission awarded $ 1. 3 million in claims to 1, 434 Japanese Canadians ; however, it accepted only claims based on loss of property, refusing to compensate for wrongdoing in terms of civil rights, damages due to loss of earnings, disruption of education or other issues.

Sixth: By the military commandant of Anahuac advising and procuring servants to quit the service of their masters, and offering them protection ; causing them to labor for his benefits, and refusing to compensate them for the same.

By the end of 2004, and after refusing all Benfica's contract renewal proposals, Šokota was relegated to Benfica B, the club's reserve squad, where he eventually played for the rest of the 2004-05 season.

" By refusing to return evil for evil, by living in peace, sharing goods, and doing deeds of charity as opportunities arise, the church witnesses, says Yoder, to the fact that an alternative to a society based on violence or the threat of violence has been made possible by the life, death, resurrection and teachings of Jesus.

By banding together into " unions " and refusing to work, or “ striking ,” workers would halt production at a plant or in a mine, forcing management to meet their demands.

By refusing what he considered a disastrous order on Langner's part, Kasparek avoided becoming, like the officers who obeyed it, a victim of the Katyn massacres.

By contrast to the original series, Randall on this occasion is a far more moral individual, refusing to become involved with Jeannie after Marty's death despite being significantly tempted, and displaying little real interest in other women even when they make their attraction clear.

After refusing an offer to sing a song for A. R. Rahman's album Blue, Akhtar acted in, and produced his sister Zoya's directorial and written debut, Luck By Chance which had Hrithik Roshan and Konkona Sen Sharma in the lead roles.

By refusing to actually supply the magic to the spell, the power of life and the power of the underworld come together and strike the beast, driving it away for the time being.

When they came to Mr. Jack's photograph, twenty by twelve inches in a curly silver frame, Miss Ada said, `` By rights I ought to leave that, seeing he won't take my clotheshorse ''.

By the story's end the Emperor personality is dominant, and the Daleks agree to follow him and leave Earth.

By the time of the 19th Dynasty some workers enjoyed such benefits as medical insurance, pensions and sick leave.

By the end of 1984, Chernenko could hardly leave the Central Clinical Hospital, a heavily guarded facility in west Moscow, and the Politburo was affixing a facsimile of his signature to all letters, as Chernenko had done with Andropov's when he was dying.

By staying on the island while it is cut off by the tide tourists can experience the island in a much quieter state, as most day trippers leave before the tide rises.

By the end of the summer, Davis had persuaded Wayne Shorter to leave Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers and join the quintet.

" He later clarifies: " By the name Rationals I beg leave to understand, as well God as Man ; and I do it upon the Authority of Cicero.

By then he was determined to leave Russia, at least temporarily.

By the mid 20th century, humans had achieved a mastery of technology sufficient to leave the atmosphere of the Earth for the first time and space exploration | explore space.

By controlling the number of electrons that can leave the base, the number of electrons entering the collector can be controlled.

By 1933, when Brecht and Weill were forced to leave Germany by Hitler's Machtergreifung, the play had been translated into 18 languages and performed more than 10, 000 times on European stages.

By becoming President under current terms, Grant would at best leave the office at age 56 with no income, assuming he served two terms.

By 1893, he was annoyed by his mistreatment in the streets and wrote an angry poem threatening to leave Dundee.

By May 1959, Wright wanted to leave Paris and live in London.

By October, they leave New England waters, heading south.

By the 1930s the colonial presence had extended to all parts of British Somaliland, and the development of trade and eventually towns caused some pastoralists to leave the pastoral economy and settle on the land.

By February 2008, the power output from the RTG, which is generated by heat from the radioactive decay of plutonium-238, had decreased enough to leave insufficient power for internal heaters to keep the spacecraft's attitude control hydrazine fuel from freezing.

By 3pm there were still over 100 cars in the Whakapapa car park and those who had not been able to leave by that point were told to settle in for the night.

By fall 1559, France had definitely leave Savoy, Piedmont ( except for the 5 locations agreed upon ), Tuscany and Corsica.

Indignant, Thomas retorted, " By God's precious soul, I mean no evil, and I will not leave it!

By the time Harold had finished school and was preparing to leave for university, he had been responsible for over 27, 000 quotations that later appeared in the OED.

By definition, the selection of poorer houses for dissolution in the First Act minimised the potential release of funds to other purposes ; and once pensions had been committed to former superiors, cash rewards paid to those wishing to leave, and appropriate funding allocated for refounded houses receiving transferred monks and nuns, it is unlikely that there was much if any profit at this stage.

By this term Nielsen meant an aesthetic approach wherein the instruments, or the players operating them, are given leave to assert their individual intentions, as interpreted by the composer.

By the time the ship was ready to leave there were about 300 people on board although some had disembarked before the ship sailed due to the excessive drinking.

By convention, this panel never explains why it grants or refuses leave in any particular case, but the court typically hears cases of national importance or where the case allows the court to settle an important issue of law.