Facing possible bankruptcy, the church liquidated its high maintenance real estate properties, such as Ambassador College, and other auctionable inventory to pay for current headquarters expenditures.

Facing the threat of Red Grange's American Football League in 1926, the NFL was eager to get as many teams and players as possible into the fold to keep them away from the AFL.

Facing what he believed to be superior forces thanks to his enemy's cunning stratagems such as instructing the Native American warriors to make as much noise as possible around the fort, Hull surrendered Fort Detroit to Sir Isaac Brock on August 16, 1812.

Facing a possible trade or a considerable reduction in playing time, a player will usually opt to move to first base instead.

Facing a possible lengthy prison sentence, Jakeš was nevertheless acquitted of the charge of treason.

Facing a massive and unexpected budget deficit, Franklin slashed the number of government employees and increased taxes to balance the budget as quickly as possible.

Facing a possible " mud riot " were they to cancel, the festival allowed Motograter to continue performing.

Facing the problems of our world today and in the future, it is essential to mobilize as many intellectual resources as possible, which happens in LdL lessons in a special way.

Facing possible war with the British, the Creek looked to the French and Spanish as possible market sources.

Facing a possible death sentence, they were reprieved with the help of a Jewish official at the ministry of justice in Kiev who was sympathetic to Breslover Hasidim.

* Facing Death ( 1990 ) for saxophone quartet ( arrangement by Aurelia Saxophone Quartet )

* Facing the Truth ( 1999 ) by Bill Moyers.

Facing the desperate circumstance the king, with experienced Hunyadi fighting and breaking the Sipahi cavalry, decided to gamble and attack the very person of the sultan, protected by the guard cavalry and formidable Janissary infantry.

Facing annihilation, this last intact French army crossed the border and was disarmed and imprisoned by the neutral Swiss near Pontarlier ( 1 February ).

** Facing East from Indian Country: A Native History of Early America by Daniel K. Richter

Facing money problems and unable to continue at the Tome School, the Rouse family sought a way for him to attend college by appealing to his oldest sister, who had married a Navy officer stationed in Hawaii.

See also " Facing the Truths of History " by Jacob Schachter on the public disclosure of the relationship between these major Orthodox and Reform figures.

Facing the wrist-spin of Eric Hollies, Bradman pushed forward to the second ball that he faced, was deceived by a googly, and bowled between bat and pad for a duck.

Facing economic ruin, the nearly bankrupt area farmers were forced to diversify, planting peanuts and other crops in an effort to lessen the damage and recoup some of the losses inflicted upon them by the invading insect.

Facing tough competition, many went out of business or were absorbed by the larger companies, Alabama and Moretti-Harrah.

Facing a number of state violations, the city promised to remedy the situation permanently by outsourcing the elections process to a third party.

Facing a bankrupt kingdom, John II showed the initiative to solve the situation by creating an agile regime in which the Council of Scholars took a vital role.

Facing serious charges, suspended from the force and rejected by his friends and colleagues, including Roenick's widow, a frustrated Roman storms into Niebaum's office and, in the ensuing chaos, takes Niebaum and several others hostage, including Niebaum's administrative assistant Maggie ( Siobhan Fallon ), police commander Grant Frost ( Ron Rifkin ), and two-bit con man Rudy Timmons ( Paul Giamatti ).

* Facing Life Without Children When It Isn ’ t by Choice

* 1996: The Haunted Land: Facing Europe's Ghosts After Communism by Tina Rosenberg

Facing suspicions about his " Irish " roots and his association with New Licht theologian John Simson ( then under investigation by Scottish ecclesiastical courts ), a ministry in Scotland was unlikely to be a success, so he left the church, returning to Ireland to pursue a career in academia.

Facing the Plaza Building is the Radburn railroad station, built by the Radburn developers along the Erie Railroad line ( later Conrail ) and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Facing a general strike over wage arrears for civil servants in January 2008, Bozizé appointed a new government headed by Faustin-Archange Touadéra, an academic figure who was politically unknown.

Facing the second major attempt in as many years by House Republicans, including DeLay, to oust him as Speaker, Gingrich announced he would resign from Congress.

Facing stubborn resistance from the Crusader garrison, an Egyptian flotilla was sent by as-Salih Ayyub to aid in the siege and on October 24, Fakhr ad-Din's troops stormed through a breach in the walls and killed or captured the entire garrison.

Facing increasing scrutiny, in the summer of 1978, Jones also hired noted JFK assassination conspiracy theorists Mark Lane and Donald Freed to help make the case of a " grand conspiracy " by intelligence agencies against the Peoples Temple.

Another woman who was interviewed by Helen Watson, a sociologist, reported that, " Facing up to the crime and having to deal with it in public is probably worse than suffering in silence.

Facing onto Library Court from the Taylor Library is a large window decorated by an engraving by Lida Kindersley.

* Facing Identification Mark, bar code designed by the United States Postal Service to assist in the automated processing of mail

Facing the continued popularity of top-rated CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite, NBC Nightly News returned to a co-anchor format from June 7, 1976 until October 9, 1979 with Brinkley resuming his old role at the NBC Washington desk ; internal disputes within NBC management prompted the network to remove Brinkley from Nightly News, assigning him to occasional documentaries until his departure for ABC in 1981.

Facing Bob Barker's popular Truth or Consequences on NBC and local programming on ABC ( who had not programmed at 11: 30 in three years ), within six months Dotto became the highest-rated quiz program of the year and Narz achieved a popularity equal to that of Hal March on The $ 64, 000 Question.

Examples include the work of David R. Blumenthal, author of Facing the Abusing God ( 1993 ) and John K. Roth, whose essay " A Theodicy of Protest " is included in Encountering Evil: Live Options in Theodicy ( 1982 ):

Facing a separation from his wife, Happy becomes enamored of a brilliant geneticist, Dr Robyn Masterson ( Sigrid Thornton ) whose controversial experiments are in danger of being shut down.

Facing the forest now, she who had not dared to enter it before, walked between two trees at random and headed in what she believed was the direction of the pool.

Facing the danger of encirclement, Constantine realized that his army could no longer continue hostilities, agreed to Eleftherios Venizelos ' proposal and accepted the Bulgarian request for armistice as this had been communicated through Romania.

Facing the Columbus Crew who captured the MLS Supporter's Shield for the best record in the MLS, the Wizards had a strong showing, earning a 1 – 1 tie in Game 1 of the first round series.

Facing a dismal job market and limited chances of going abroad, intellectuals and students had a greater vested interest in political issues.

Facing each other in groups of six, the twelve wall paintings depict acts of valor or incidents of war that had occurred during the city ’ s history.

Facing the end of their way of life, the local population had little choice but to seek assistance from the missions and convert to Christianity.

Facing arrest and certain execution with their identities now revealed, the revolutionaries had no choice but to stage a coup.

Facing political concerns that the new fighters were not designed for the ground-attack role that had proven particularly useful in Iraq and Afghanistan, a plan to decommission the A-10 has been replaced with a plan to upgrade the existing aircraft with improved electronics, extending the service life of the planes until as late as 2028.

Facing the threat of the Arab invasion on the south and the Khazar offensive on the north, Javanshir had to recognize the caliph's suzerainty.

Facing the Anglo-French onslaught, the Dutch republic had delivered itself into the hands of the charismatic young stadtholder William III of Orange, Charles's own nephew.

Facing a city divided between occupying powers and with little resemblance to the mythic city it once was, which had harboured the then-shattered Austro-Hungarian Jewish community, he moved to Paris in 1948.

Facing the Boston Red Sox, the Cardinals won the 1946 World Series four games to three, as Musial had six hits and four RBI.

Facing death had become his drug.

Facing a murder conviction, Rupolo had decided to become a government witness.

Facing the 8th Army, LXXVI Panzer Corps had suffered 16, 000 casualties.

* Ida Craddock — Facing prison in 1902 for sending through the U. S. Mail sexually explicit marriage manuals she had authored, Craddock penned a lengthy public suicide note to her readers condemning Anthony Comstock, sponsor of the Comstock Act under which she was convicted.

Facing tough competition from French high-speed TGV trains, Air Inter had encouraged its pilots to fly at high speeds at low altitudes, and had not installed ground proximity warning systems on its airliners because such systems generated too many nuisance alarms during high-speed, low-altitude flight.

Facing destitution, James had no choice but to sell the Sancy to Cardinal Mazarin for the reported sum of £ 25, 000.

Facing a tour, the band recruited drummer, John DiTeodoro ( Johnny Dee ), who had been the drummer for the band Waysted.

Facing NBC's popular two-year-old Wheel of Fortune, it did not draw the audience Gambit had.

Facing an outraged student body, Lisa realizes that she has been used by the teaching staff and had been seduced by glamor and power.

Facing the British Empire forces were the Sixth Army under 73-year-old General von Falkenhausen and the Second Army under General von der Marwitz ( who was recovering from an illness he had contracted on the Eastern Front ).