Concerned about stability in Central Africa and the potential for intervention, Gabon has been directly involved with mediation efforts in Chad, Central African Republic, Congo-Brazzaville, Angola, and former Zaire.

Concerned about the continuing turmoil in Russia, Euler left St. Petersburg on 19 June 1741 to take up a post at the Berlin Academy, which he had been offered by Frederick the Great of Prussia.

* 1941 – World War II: Concerned that Reza Pahlavi the Shah of Persia is about to ally his petroleum-rich empire with Nazi Germany, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union invade Iran in late August and force the Shah to abdicate in favor of his son, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.

Concerned about her husband's dependence on the drug, Partridge's wife threw his tablets away — without seeking medical advice — just before the Paris concert.

Concerned about her financial situation, her old friend William Buckland persuaded the British Association for the Advancement of Science and the British government to award her an annuity, known as a civil list pension, in return for her many contributions to the science of geology.

* August 21 – Concerned about the wintry weather, the Parliament of England holds an intercessary fast.

Concerned over rumours that Alexander III was about to enter into an alliance with the Byzantine Emperor Manuel I, in October 1166, he embarked on his fourth Italian campaign, hoping as well to secure the claim of Paschal III, and the coronation of his wife Beatrice as Holy Roman Empress.

Concerned about her infant son's future, Liriope consulted the seer Teiresias.

Concerned about the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and the Soviet superiority regarding missiles in Central Europe, Schmidt issued proposals resulting in the NATO Double-Track Decision concerning the deployment of medium-range nuclear missiles in Western Europe should the Soviets not disarm.

Concerned that the authorities would not grant permission to shoot a horror film in these places, especially the Mission, Stevens concocted a cover story that the film was actually called Religious Leaders of Old Monterey, and showed the script, in Esperanto, but with stage directions and descriptions about monks and farmers.

Concerned about the plantations ' shrinking labor pool and the potential decline of the sugar sector, British authorities, like their counterparts in Dutch Guiana, began to contract for the services of poorly paid indentured workers from India.

Concerned about this possible flanking maneuver, Ludendorff issued an order to François ' now-deployed I Corps to initiate the attack on Samsonov's left wing at Usdau on 25 August.

Concerned about the loss of jazz venues in the African-American community, Juneteenth leaders established " June Is Black Music Month!

* Concerned that Hamilcar Barca's leniency in pardoning those who he has captured who have participated in the Mercenary War will encourage others to defect, Mathos and Spendius order the mutilation and execution of " about seven hundred " Carthaginian prisoners, including Gesco.

Concerned that the United Nations force sent to help restore order was not helping to crush the secessionists, Lumumba turned to the Soviet Union for assistance, receiving massive military aid and about a thousand Soviet technical advisers in six weeks.

Concerned about making the holiday season, Atari again rushed the game to market quickly, after a mere six weeks of development time.

Concerned about Brown's health, and angered over his alleged pursuit of other jobs during the season, the Pistons bought out his contract soon after the 2005 NBA Finals.

* Concerned about the revival of Athenian imperialist ambitions, the Persian King Artaxerxes II and King Agesilaus II of Sparta enter into an alliance.

Concerned about the political situation regarding the Federal presence at Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor, Davis selected Beauregard to take command of Charleston's defenses.

Concerned about the plight of Native Americans in southern California and elsewhere, and inspired by her friend Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel Uncle Tom's Cabin, Helen Hunt Jackson's novel Ramona was published in November 1884.

Concerned about their overland supply lines to Quebec, they first raided the British fishing port of Canso on May 23, and then organized an attack on Annapolis Royal, then the capital of Nova Scotia.

Concerned about the increased Soviet and Cuban influence in the Sandinista regime of Nicaragua and the delay of free elections, Spadafora joined the Sandino Revolutionary Front ( FRS ) alongside Edén Pastora (" Comandante Zero "), hero of the August 1978 seizure of Somoza's palace.

Concerned about the possibility of a rebellion, he halted work on the reconstruction of the temple until work resumed at the decree of Darius I (, ).

Concerned about his daughter, Tentei arranged for her to meet ( also referred to as ) who lived and worked on the other side of the Amanogawa.

In 1995, the Union of Concerned Scientists launched the Sound Science Initiative, a national network of scientists committed to debunking junk science through media outreach, lobbying, and developing joint strategies to participate in town meetings or public hearings.

In late 1960s and early 1970s, student and faculty activists protested against the Vietnam War and MIT's defense research .< ref > The Union of Concerned Scientists was founded on March 4, 1969 during a meeting of faculty members and students seeking to shift the emphasis on military research towards environmental and social problems.

* Union of Concerned Scientists, Concerns re: US nuclear reactor program

Launched in 2006 by the United Steelworkers and the Sierra Club, BGA has since grown to include the Communications Workers of America ( CWA ), Natural Resources Defense Council ( NRDC ), Service Employees International Union ( SEIU ), National Wildlife Federation ( NWF ), Utility Workers Union of America ( UWUA ), Union of Concerned Scientists ( UCS ), American Federation of Teachers ( AFT ), Amalgamated Transit Union ( ATU ), United Auto Workers ( UAW ), and the United Food and Commercial Workers ( UFCW ).

* Union of Concerned Scientists ( UCS ) -- founded in 1969 by faculty and students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

The Union of Concerned Scientists advocacy group points out that, at the Nevada Test Site, the depth required to contain fallout from an average-yield nuclear test was over 100 meters, depending upon the weapon's yield.

* Earth Penetrating Weapons, Lisbeth Gronlund, David Wright and Robert Nelson, Union of Concerned Scientists, May 2005

Concerned that if Lorenzo was successful in breaking the IAM he would do the same to the pilots ' and flight attendants ' unions, the pilots represented by Air Line Pilots Association ( ALPA ) and flight attendants represented by the Transport Workers Union ( TWU ) called a sympathy strike.

Some observers have criticized the Commission as an example of regulatory capture and the NRC has been accused of doing an inadequate job by the Union of Concerned Scientists.

On March 17, 2011, the Union of Concerned Scientists ( UCS ) released a study critical of the NRC's 2010 performance as a regulator.

" Its 72 Nobel laureates include 49 who also signed the " World Scientists ' Warning to Humanity ", which was circulated that same year by the Union of Concerned Scientists ( UCS ) and attracted the majority of the world's living Nobel laureates in science along with some 1, 700 other leading scientists.

* Union of Concerned Scientists, a nonprofit advocacy organisation

Concerned Confederate slave holders had worried since before the war started that its eventual goal would become the abolition of slavery and they reacted strongly to the Union effort to emancipate Confederate slaves.

In a catalog listing known launches up to July 2009, the Union of Concerned Scientists listed 902 operational satellites.

Also in 2004, the scientific advocacy group Union of Concerned Scientists issued a report, Scientific Integrity in Policymaking: An Investigation into the Bush Administration's Misuse of Science which charged the following: " A growing number of scientists, policy makers, and technical specialists both inside and outside the government allege that the current Bush administration has suppressed or distorted the scientific analyses of federal agencies to bring these results in line with administration policy.

The same year, Francesca Grifo, executive director of the Union of Concerned Scientists ' Scientific Integrity Program, stated " We have reports that stay in draft form and don't get out to the public.

In July 2006 the Union of Concerned Scientists ( UCS ) released survey results that demonstrate pervasive political influence of science at the Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ).

* Scientific Integrity in Policy Making: Investigation of the Bush administration's abuse of science Union of Concerned Scientists ( 2004 ).

The decision, seen as supporting academic freedom, was welcomed by the Union of Concerned Scientists.