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Contemptuously calling Pompey Sulla's pupil, Sertorius proved himself more than a match for his adversaries: he razed Lauron, a city allied to Rome, after a battle in which Pompey's forces were ambushed and defeated ; he nearly captured Pompey at the battle of Sucro when Pompey decided to fight Sertorius without waiting for Metellus Pius ; but was indecisively beaten at Saguntum.
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This proved useful in the mid-1990s when claims about role-playing being detrimental to the mental health of youth and links to satanism gained a fair amount of media attention, calling for a ban on tabletop role-playing games or at the very least cut funding for Sverok.
When Ronald Reagan took office, Laxalt's close ties with Reagan proved useful, and Reagan canceled the new shelter system in 1981, calling it " a Rube Goldberg scheme ".
Rivadavia awarded the album four out of five stars, calling it an " irresistible force, but one could still make a confident point that Hell Awaits uniquely daunting compositions arguably proved just as influential to future extreme metal acts.
* According to the US-Israeli organisation MEMRI, in a speech aired on Al-Manar and Al-Jazeera in 2006, Nasrallah expressed support for alleged Holocaust denier Roger Garaudy calling him a " great French philosopher " who " proved ( sic ) that this Holocaust is a myth ".
The British separated Burma from India in 1937 and granted the colony a new constitution calling for a fully elected assembly, but this proved to be a divisive issue as some Burmese felt that this was a ploy to exclude them from any further Indian reforms whereas other Burmese saw any action that removed Burma from the control of India to be a positive step.
These facilities proved valuable in supporting the steamships that were soon calling at the harbour in increasing numbers.
Joseph Smith, Jr. referenced this process in saying, " When the Lord has thoroughly proved person, and finds that the is determined to serve Him at all hazards, then the will find his calling and election made sure ".
This tour proved very successful with Young's manager Elliot Roberts calling it " One of the greatest tours we ever had in our whole lives.
This tour proved very successful with Young's manager Elliot Roberts calling it " One of the greatest tours we ever had in our whole lives.
That position proved highly unpopular with the membership ; many locals had already endorsed FDR for a third term and several locals passed motions calling for Bridges to resign.
This tour proved very successful with Young's manager Elliot Roberts calling it " One of the greatest tours we ever had in our whole lives.
The defense rested without calling witnesses, stating simply that the prosecution had not proved its case.
" This tour proved very successful with Young's manager Elliot Roberts calling it " one of the greatest tours we ever had in our whole lives.
In June 2011, the ADC held a " Townhall Meeting " regarding the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel, calling it " a just and legal movement that has proved to be effective in showing not only support for the Palestinian people, but also in putting pressure on businesses, governments, educational institutions, and others, in re-thinking support for the Occupation of Palestine.
He worked his way into a managerial job, which proved to be his early calling.
This led him to investigate independently the activities of Nazi and other fascist groups in the U. S. This investigation proved to be of such significance that on January 3, 1934, the opening day of the second session of the 73rd Congress, Dickstein introduced a resolution calling for the formation of a special committee to probe un-American activities in the United States.
Although the Daily Breeze recommended the episode, they said it proved, " silliness and outrageousness continue to be this cartoon's calling card ".
But music proved a stronger calling.
Handsome and with a booming voice, Warwick trained to be an operatic singer, but acting proved to be his greater calling.
With Arizona calling for bimetallism and the Cleveland administration dominated by supporters of the gold standard, opposition to Arizona statehood proved too great to overcome.
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Later, rising ninety, he was beset by publishers for the story of his life and miracles, as he put it, but, calling himself the Needy Knife-grinder, he had spent his time writing short articles and long letters and could not get even a small popular book done.
For example, Jim Morrison used an anagram of his name in the Doors song L. A. Woman, calling himself " Mr. Mojo Risin ' ".
He calls himself a historian not an advocate, but writes in such a way that clearly presumes the guilt of the accused and adding insults e. g. calling Martha Carrier a rampant hag ( Wonders of the Invisible World ).
The writer of the letter of James identifies himself as “ a slave of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ ,” in much the same way as did Jude, who introduced the letter of Jude by calling himself “ a slave of Jesus Christ, but a brother of James .” ( Jas 1: 1 ; Jude 1 ) Furthermore, the salutation of James ’ letter includes the term “ Greetings !” in the same way as did the letter concerning circumcision that was sent to the congregations.
* The episode " Unholy Union " of the Anime Samurai Champloo features a villain claiming to be Francis Xavier's grandson, calling himself Francis Xavier III.
Now calling himself " Frosty ", he and the others are sent by Martinique to confront Scott Summers and Emma Frost.
Now going by Bob and calling himself Ice-Man, he becomes very bitter from his circumstances.
While delivering Lee's written surrender ultimatum to the leader of the group, who had been calling himself Isaac Smith, Stuart recognized " Old Ossawatomie Brown " from his days in Kansas.
Michinaga is popularly known as the Mido Kampaku, implying that he had usurped the full power of a kampaku without necessarily calling himself that, though he retained the title sesshō regent in a short term from 1016 till 1017.
There is no minimum size to militia, and a solitary act of defense, including self-defense, can be thought of as one person calling up himself to defend the community, represented by himself or others, and to enforce the law.
* 1971 – During a severe thunderstorm over Washington state, a hijacker calling himself Dan Cooper ( AKA D. B. Cooper ) parachutes from a Northwest Orient Airlines plane with $ 200, 000 in ransom money.
George Thompson, an English engineer who worked for the younger López ( he distinguished himself as a Paraguayan officer during the Paraguayan War, and later wrote a book about his experience ) had harsh words for his ex-employer and commander, calling him " a monster without parallel ".
As a better means of evaluating Urban's true motivations in calling for a crusade to the Holy Lands, there are four extant letters written by Pope Urban II himself: one to the Flemish ( dated December 1095 ); one to the Bolognese ( dated September 1096 ); one to Vallombrosa ( dated October 1096 ); and one to the counts of Catalonia ( dated either 1089 or 1096 – 1099 ).
However, Feynman himself remained unhappy about it, calling it a " dippy process ".
They gave themselves stage names ; Orbison chose his from his musical hero, calling himself " Lefty Wilbury " after Lefty Frizzell.
On April 30, 2012, King published an article in The Daily Beast calling for rich Americans, including himself, to pay more taxes, citing it as " a practical necessity and moral imperative that those who have received much should be obligated to pay ... in the same proportion ".
And sometimes he " darkly hinted " that he himself was Christ, calling himself the Standing One.
In some myths, he's disguised as King Solomon himself, while in more frequently heard versions he's disguised as a falcon, calling himself Gavyn ( Gavinn or Gavin ), one of King Solomon ’ s trusted friends.
In this last role, calling himself Sandy Locke, he becomes the lover of Ina Grierson, a top executive at Ground to Space Industries, a powerful " hypercorp " known to all as G2S.
An imposter calling himself Lurch Duck and claiming to be Scrooge's long-lost cousin attempts to defraud Scrooge of half his fortune.
An Army clerk accidentally transposed his first and middle names, and Willkie did not correct it, thereafter calling himself Wendell Lewis Willkie.
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