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

Facing certain banishment from baseball, he was forced to put the Cardinals up for sale.

Facing certain removal from office, Cubas resigned the presidency on March 28, fleeing the country and seeking and ultimately being granted political asylum in neighboring Brazil.

Facing almost certain liquidation, the railroad company was sold to the Finnish State Railways in 1875.

Facing almost certain imprisonment, he and his family were forced to emigrate from the Soviet Union in 1977.

Facing a prosecution which has demanded the death penalty, he said: ' I have participated in the war against Communism in Korea and at Dienbienphu, and I have helped in the evacuation of North Vietnamese to the free world.

Facing death, Tom Jr. declares his love for Phyllis in Tom Swift on the Phantom Satellite.

Facing the British firing squad, he refused to be blindfolded, saying " I have looked down the muzzles of too many guns in the South African war to fear death and now please carry out your sentence.

Facing these events, several Jews in Lyck decided to escape, some abroad, some to Berlin, others fled from Germany as far as Shanghai Of those Jews who remained, 80 were murdered in various German concentration and death camps.

Her fourth and final column, titled " Facing death in Sri Lanka and Thailand ", described her two near-death experiences in late 2004.

Facing death had become his drug.

Facing death from overexposure to solar radiation, Superman releases Kandor from its bottle on Mars, where they all become super-powered, but are far enough removed from Earth to neither pose a threat to, nor be culturally affected by, humanity.

Facing starvation, dehydration, cabin fever, and death, one of the group decides to stage a production of Shakespeare's King Lear and casts the others as characters.

Facing the death penalty, Alley was sentenced to ten years of hard labor at an open trial held on October 4.

Facing the final dissolution of self that comes with personal loss and the facing of death might bring anxiety and confusion to many who have not yet given up their sense of self-importance.

Facing this urgent condition, Anh Tông sent his mandarin Trần Khắc Chung to Champa to save Huyền Trân from an imminent death.

" Facing Hell was published shortly after his death and is largely autobiographical, though also containing a paper Wenham published in regard to the doctrines of conditional immortality and the limited temporal nature of hell.

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 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 criticism, she soon said she would no longer accept such loans.

Facing the other three, Marguerite brings her along next, but then she, too, turns into Paul and fades away.

Facing an inexperienced opponent from the Canadian Alliance, she was easily re-elected.

Facing opposition not only from student but also from university overseers and other faculty members, she was asked to withdraw her application.

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

Facing a field of ten opponents, Spencer made the runoff, which she won by a convincing 66 %– 34 % majority.

Facing a long spell in prison, a week of events led to Mel's escape: upon discovering that she was pregnant, Phil bailed her for £ 30, 000, but she then discovered that Lisa was responsible for shooting Phil and that both knew it had not been Steve despite her continued suspicions.

Facing an assault charge, Scott forces Dawn to lie for him-only to get his comeuppance a few days later when she retracts her statement.

Facing the 13 – 0 Colts on the road, the Chargers took a 16 – 0 lead into the third quarter of the game, but the Colts responded with 17 points of their own to take a one-point lead in the fourth quarter.

Facing many challenges early in his rule, Mobutu was able to turn most opposition into submission through patronage ; those he could not, he dealt with forcefully.

Facing a young gunfighter named Pete Grant, who rode into town looking for a duel, Denton downs his vial of the potion only to find his opponent holding an identical bottle.

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 up to 130 years in prison, Ressam began cooperating with investigators after his conviction pursuant to a June 23, 2001, cooperation agreement that he entered into with the U. S. government.

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 resurgent Liberal opposition and the threat of an internal party split, Balfour eventually took the Unionists into opposition in December 1905, and in the ensuing rout in the election of 1906, Austen Chamberlain found himself one of the few surviving Liberal Unionists in the House of Commons.

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 into his first General Election as party leader, Mulcahy drew up a list of 13 young candidates to contest seats for Fine Gael.

Facing forward in the passenger cabin of a CommutAir Beechcraft 1900D displaying the integral and remote field operationally friendly, airstair built into the forward exit of this type of airplane

Facing a severe loss against a stronger team, Wills ordered every player into the backline.

Facing the Allied air superiority, Germany in World War II invested considerable effort into missile research, using the R4M unguided rocket first and later the first guided rockets like the Ruhrstahl X-4.

Facing four other candidates in the Republican primary, Coverdell failed to win 50 % of the vote and was forced into a runoff against Bob Barr that he won by only 1, 600 votes.

File: Mikkeli railway station 2. jpg | Facing North along the railway track ( Russian broad gauge ) from Helsinki into Mikkeli.

Facing the problem of guidance in a cluttered environment, the Army decided to adapt the infrared AIM-9 Sidewinder missile into the MIM-72 Chaparral.

Facing third and long, a run by Dawson apparently sealed victory for the Chiefs, but as Dawson lay on the ground, he was speared by Raiders ’ defensive end Ben Davidson, who dove into Dawson with his helmet, provoking Chiefs ’ receiver Otis Taylor to attack Davidson.

Facing elimination in game six of the opening round against the Calgary Flames, Morrison scored there minutes into the contest's third overtime session to force a seventh game.

Facing Cincinnati Reds pitcher Si Johnson, Herman chopped a pitch into the back of home plate, which then bounced up and hit Herman in the back of the head, knocking him out.

Facing down the corrupt police officers about to kill them, Sarah and Samson were simultaneously struck by Energy X, fusing them together into a composite being.

Facing defeat, the Alliance placed its people in stasis and sent them to the Sirius system, where they settled and transformed the surrounding space ( the Sirius sector ) into a region of political intrigue and opportunity.

Facing off against the Replicator-controlled Marrick, Mitchell manages to find the kill-switch the IOA built into the Replicators, allowing Carter to deactivate them.

Facing continual threats from the Acrocanthosaurus, Red, her sister and the chicks are forced up into the mountains.

Facing a huge army, Napoleon organized his army into squares and used his artillery to disperse the Mameluke attacks.

Facing limited options, Commander Adama chose to have the Galactica defend the convoy while each ship jumped into deep space, away from the destroyed colonies.