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Colson's and efforts
Colson's voice, from archives from April 1969, is heard in the 2004 movie Going Upriver deprecating the anti-war efforts of John Kerry.

Colson's and .
Specifically, the President was told that one of Colson's people had gone to Wisconsin and tried to talk to the prosecutors.
In 1976, Watergate conspirator Chuck Colson's book Born Again gained international notice.
Charles Colson's conversion to Christianity resulted from his reading this book, as did the conversions of Francis Collins, Josh Caterer and the philosopher C. E. M. Joad.
Anson County granted a permit for Colson's Ordinary in the mid-18th century, at that time Stanly County was part of Anson.
During the Revolutionary War Colson's land was the site of a patriot victory over local Tory forces.
This is sometimes referred to as the Battle of Colson's Mill, the Battle of Colson's Ordinary or the Fight at Colson's.
Colson's mid-life conversion to Christianity sparked a radical life change that led to the founding of his non-profit ministry Prison Fellowship and to a focus on Christian worldview teaching and training.
He was the founder and chairman of The Chuck Colson Center for Christian Worldview, which is " a research, study, and networking center for growing in a Christian worldview ", and while he was alive included Colson's daily radio commentary, BreakPoint, which was heard in its original format on more than 1, 400 outlets across the United States.
Colson's staff broadened the White House lines of communication with organized constituencies by arranging presidential meetings and sending White House news releases of interest to the groups.
In addition to his liaison and political duties, Colson's responsibilities included: performing special assignments for the president, such as drafting legal briefs on particular issues, reviewing presidential appointments, and suggesting names for White House guest lists.
Colson's orders were to " destroy the young demagogue before he becomes another Ralph Nader.
Born Again, Colson's personal memoir reflecting on his religious conversion and prison term, was made into a 1978 dramatic film starring Dean Jones as Colson, Anne Francis as his wife Patty, and Harold Hughes as himself.
In 2000, Florida Governor Jeb Bush reinstated the rights taken away by Colson's felony conviction, including the right to vote.
" For nearly four decades, Chuck Colson's life and example have been a constant and necessary reminder to those of us in and out of public office of the seductions of power and the rewards of service.
* In June, 2006, U. S. District Judge Robert W. Pratt ruled that a faith based-program called InnerChange at a Newton, Iowa prison, operated by Charles Colson's Prison Fellowship Ministries, unconstitutionally used tax money for a religious program that gave special privileges to inmates who accepted its evangelical Christian teachings and terms.

efforts and failed
And his efforts to get a performance for his Gallant Muses invariably failed.
After efforts to secure a peaceful withdrawal failed, Claudius forced the Alemanni to battle at the Battle of Lake Benacus in November.
The moderates ' efforts to compromise with Johnson failed, and a political war ensued between the Republicans ( both radical and moderate ) on one side, and on the other, Johnson and his allies in the Democratic Party in the North and the conservative groupings in the South.
His efforts failed and he witnessed the destruction of everything he knew, the exile of the Israelite elite to Babylonia, and the fleeing of the remainder to Egypt.
His failed apocalyptic predictions and unsuccessful efforts to reestablish the Guardianship and the administration were apparent by his death in 1996.
Its efforts ultimately failed, and the PLO became embroiled what was in effect a Palestinian civil war.
Although his reign ended abruptly, he achieved some notable successes, and his efforts failed as much due to the centrifugal forces of tribal Afghanistan and the machinations of Russia and Britain as to any political folly on his part.
The concluding episodes of the fourth season, " The Stolen Earth "/" Journey's End ", reveal that Davros was thought to have died during the first year of the Time War, when his command ship " flew into the jaws of the Nightmare Child " at the Gates of Elysium, despite the Doctor's failed efforts to save him.
However, centuries of efforts failed to find a solution to this problem, until Pierre Wantzel published a proof in 1837 that such a construction was impossible.
However, subsequent experimental efforts failed to detect the presence of the aether.
Having failed once, Watson and Crick were now somewhat reluctant to try again and for a while they were forbidden to make further efforts to find a molecular model of DNA.
Despite those efforts, he failed to gain control over Hungary and Bohemia in the Bohemian War ( 1468-1478 ) and was even defeated in the Austrian-Hungarian War ( 1477-1488 ) by the Hungarian King Matthias Corvinus in 1485, who managed to maintain residence in Vienna until his death five years later ( see Siege of Vienna ( 1485 )).
Another reason for the efforts ' failures was the Gracchi's idealism ; they were deaf to the baser notes of human nature and failed to recognize how corrupt and selfish all sections of Roman society had become.
The early efforts failed because of complex geology, and, more importantly, because the refining techniques then available could not manufacture high-quality kerosene from California crude oil, which differed chemically from Pennsylvania crude oil.
This parliament, known as the Panhellenion, failed despite spirited efforts to foster cooperation among the Hellenes.
Many attempts to popularize Western classical music in India have failed in the past due to disinterest and lack of sustained efforts.
His diplomatic efforts failed to gain recognition from any foreign country, and he paid little attention to the collapsing Confederate economy, printing more and more paper money to cover the war's expenses.
A successful land reform was introduced that abolished giant landholdings, but efforts to redistribute land by placing limits on landownership failed.
The veterans did escape democracy and taxation in Britain, but they failed in their efforts to gain control of the colony.
The combined efforts of Kaunda and Nkumbula failed to mobilize native African peoples against the European-dominated Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland.
Meanwhile, on the political front, Prime Minister Rashid Karami, head of a government of national unity set up after the failed peace efforts of 1984, was assassinated on June 1, 1987.
The sincerity of the good faith efforts of the Libyan government may be questionable since Moroccan Foreign Minister Taieb Fassi Fihri, told a U. S. diplomat in 2009 that the Libyans were willing to host wounded Guinean junta leader Captain Moussa Dadis Camara after a failed assassination attempt in 2009.
Diplomatic efforts, including pleas by German ambassador Jürgen Chrobog and German Member of Parliament Claudia Roth, and the recommendation of Arizona's clemency board, failed to sway Arizona Governor Jane Dee Hull, who insisted that the executions be carried out.
These efforts had important effects, but they lacked any central organization and planning, and failed to meet many of Europe's more fundamental needs.

efforts and however
The full implementation of these noble words, however, has taken the efforts of five sessions of the Legislature.
Perier's efforts, however, were on the whole ineffective in winning back the tribes of the Mobile district, and he decided to send troops into the troubled country.
p53 prevents the cell from replicating by stopping the cell cycle at G1, or interphase, to give the cell time to repair, however it will induce apoptosis if damage is extensive and repair efforts fail.
His first real efforts, however, did not come until 1832, during the great crisis over the Reform Bill, when he contributed to an anti-Whig pamphlet edited by John Wilson Croker and published by Murray entitled England and France: or a cure for Ministerial Gallomania.
Following the efforts of some figures of the National awakening of Bulgaria ( the most notable among them being Neofit Rilski and Ivan Bogorov ), there had been many attempts to codify a standard Bulgarian language ; however, there was much argument surrounding the choice of norms.
According to Mike Dash, a Welsh historian, few scientists doubt there are thousands of unknown animals, particularly invertebrates, awaiting discovery ; however, cryptozoologists are largely uninterested in researching and cataloging newly-discovered species of ants or beetles, instead focusing their efforts towards " more elusive " creatures that have often defied decades of work aimed at confirming their existence.
In practice, however, it is extremely rare for this type of work to yield a counterexample and such efforts are generally regarded as mere displays of computing power, rather than meaningful contributions to formal mathematics.
Bishop Christian asked the new Pope Honorius III for the consent to start another Crusade, however a first campaign in 1217 proved a failure and even the joint efforts by Duke Konrad with the Polish High Duke Leszek I the White and Duke Henry I the Bearded of Silesia in 122 / 23 only led to the reconquest of Chełmno Land but did not stop the Prussian invasions.
For his film, however, Vertov had been hired by Mezhrabpomfilm, a Soviet studio that produced mainly propaganda efforts.
Tewodros ' diplomatic efforts, however, ended disastrously with the British expedition of 1868 which concluded with his death.
He has, however, argued that political efforts to reduce the causes of climate change distract from other global problems that should take priority:
The further back in time language reconstruction efforts go, however, the less confidence there can be in the outcome.
In the end, however, his efforts proved fruitless, and the only thing the council did was to forbid Telemann to appear on the operatic stage.
A forty-two-day strike at the Tela Railroad Company ( owned by Chiquita Brands International — formerly United Brands and United Fruit Company ) was unsuccessful, however, and that defeat temporarily ended union efforts at direct confrontation.
West African affairs, however, by no means exhausted Lord Aberdare's energies, and it was principally through his efforts that a charter was in 1894 obtained for the Cardiff University.
Conversely, Salinger is reported to have considered the story a " high point of his writing " and made tentative steps to have it reprinted ; these efforts came to nothing however.
Santa Anna's efforts, however, were in vain, as Generals Taylor and Winfield Scott destroyed all resistance.
These efforts, however, were not entirely successful ; the working class largely remained unreconciled with Bismarck's conservative government.
Should, however, the efforts of the two Governments remain fruitless, this would demonstrate the fact that England and France are responsible for the continuation of the war, whereupon, in case of the continuation of the war, the Governments of Germany and of the U. S. S. R. shall engage in mutual consultations with regard to necessary measures.
Overall, however, Meccan efforts to annihilate Islam failed and proved to be very costly and ultimately unsuccessful.
These efforts, however, were hampered by reactionary movements, partly from the religious leadership, but primarily from the Janissary corps, who had become anarchic and ineffectual.
Polish patriots continued to form societies ( such as the Central Economic Society for the Grand Duchy of Poznań ), and a Polish theatre ( Teatr Polski, still functioning ) opened in 1875 ; however the authorities made efforts to Germanize the region, particularly through the Prussian Settlement Commission ( founded 1886 ).
Until recently electrical energy has not been converted and stored on a major scale, however new efforts to that effect began in the 21st century.
Management of chronic pain, however, is much more difficult and may require the coordinated efforts of a pain management team, which typically includes medical practitioners, clinical psychologists, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners .< ref > Thienhaus, O ; Cole, BE ( 2002 ).

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