Fearing that this important stronghold might ultimately fall into the hands of the enemy, and enable them to make good their hold on the district, Sir Eustace dismantled the fortress, a service and sacrifice for which he was liberally rewarded by Robert Bruce.

Fearing for the good name of college, Skullion spends the night bursting the inflated condoms.

Fearing that Leatherhead would kill them, the ninjas tried to get on Leatherhead's good side by promising to aid him in creating his Transmat Device.

Fearing the king might normalize relations with the occupation, Abdullah was killed, but the 15-year-old Hussein survived.

Fearing Suetonius ' actions would provoke further rebellion, Nero replaced the governor with the more conciliatory Publius Petronius Turpilianus.

Fearing the loss of ownership rights, Groening decided to create something new and came up with a cartoon family, The Simpsons, and named the members after his own parents and sisters — while Bart was an anagram of the word brat.

Fearing that bidding wars over players would become the norm, greatly increasing labor costs, NFL owners, led by league Commissioner Pete Rozelle, obtained a merger with the AFL.

Fearing that stronger measures were needed to quell the unrest, Santa Anna ordered his brother-in-law, General Martín Perfecto de Cos to " repress with strong arm all those who, forgetting their duties to the nation which has adopted them as her children, are pushing forward with a desire to live at their own option without subjection to the laws ".

Fearing that there was a risk that the battle would end with the invention being declared unpatentable due to Heaviside's prior publication, they decided to desist from the challenge and buy an option on Pupin's patent for a yearly fee so that AT & T would control both patents.

Fearing possible anti-trust issues with the Eisenhower Administration Justice Department, Scripps and Hearst rushed the merger through with unusual speed and secrecy.

Fearing the local population would be hostile to Christians, da Gama impersonated a Muslim and gained audience with the Sultan of Mozambique.

Fearing that 1st Airborne Division might be in grave danger if it landed at Arnhem the chief intelligence officer of the division, Major Brian Urquhart, arranged a meeting with Browning and informed him of the armour present at Arnhem.

Fearing they would come under French influence, the British reopened the deerskin trade with the Lower Creeks, antagonizing the Yamasee, now allies of Spain.

Fearing the consequences of a war with Rome, the king agrees to comply with the ambassador's demands.

Fearing that he would be the one to kill Catreus, Althaemenes took Apemosyne and fled with her to Rhodes.

Fearing a revival of the war, Louis named the duc d ' Orléans joint President of a Regency Council, but one that would be packed with his enemies, reaching its decisions by a majority vote that was bound to go against him.

Fearing a rift between his family and al-Khatib's, Yassin initially told his family that he sustained his injuries while playing leapfrog during a sports lesson with his school friends on the beach.

Fearing for his life, he decided to move to New York City with his then-boyfriend Jed Root ( who sometimes posed as his manager ) to begin his career.

Fearing assassination on account of having discovered a trade secret of the glassmakers of Venice, he returned with Newton's help to London about the year 1725.

Fearing that the Americans, with the artillery out of the way, would move the rest of their troops across the river, Brock ordered an immediate attack on their position.

Fearing the outcome of this decision, viceroy Antonio María Bucareli y Ursúa entrusted the execution of the mandate in 1768 to two officers with a force of 500 troops.

Fearing for his personal safety, he surrounded himself with armed bodyguards at all times.

An attack on Fairhaven village itself was repelled by militia under the command of Major Israel Fearing, who had marched from Wareham, some away, with additional militiamen.

Philip gave Matilda of Portugal a dowry of a number of major Flemish towns, in an apparent slight to Baldwin V. Fearing that he would be surrounded by the royal domain of France and the County of Hainaut, Count Philip signed a peace treaty with Philip Augustus and Count Baldwin V on 10 March 1186, recognizing the cession of Vermandois to the king, although he was allowed to retain the title Count of Vermandois for the remainder of his life.

Fearing arrest the archbishop fled to Canterbury, and entered upon a violent war of words with the king, and by his firm conduct led to the establishment of the principle that peers were only to be tried in full parliament before their own order ( en pleyn parlement et devant les piers ).

Fearing the prospects of facing another powerful Indian army and exhausted by years of campaigning, his army mutinies at the Hyphasis River ( the modern Beas River ) and refuses to march further east, thus making this river mark the eastern-most extent of Alexander's conquests.

Fearing the prospects of facing other powerful Indian armies and exhausted by years of campaigning, his army mutinied at the Hyphasis River, refusing to march further east.

Fearing his aims, the Republics of Siena and Florence and the powerful cardinal Baldassarre Cossa allied against him.

Fearing what mankind could do with these powerful discoveries, Möbius chose not to reveal his work.

Fearing the advance of a powerful new empire in the south-east of Genabackis, the Pannion Domin, Dujek and his second-in-command, Whiskeyjack, forge an alliance with their former enemies-Anomander Rake and the Tiste Andii of Moon's Spawn, and the warlord Caladan Brood.

Festival headliners over the years have included The Levon Helm Band, Jim Cuddy, Feist, Kris Kristofferson, Rufus Wainwright, Valdy, David Wiffen, Murray McLauchlan, Quartette, Bruce Cockburn, The Sadies, Roy Forbes, Connie Kaldor, Broken Social Scene, Martin Sexton, Jerry Douglas, Jane Siberry, Blackie and the Rodeo Kings, Jorane, Jesse Cook, Odetta ( well remembered for a powerful acoustic performance from the CUPE Main Stage during a power outage ), Kate and Anna McGarrigle, John Prine, Stephen Fearing, Richard Thompson, Buffy Sainte-Marie, La Bottine Souriante, Emmylou Harris, Arlo Guthrie, Natalie MacMaster, Steve Earle, Sarah Harmer, and Ron Sexsmith.

Fearing the Dutch would attempt to re-establish their authority over Indonesia, the new Republican Government and its leaders moved quickly to strengthen the fledgling administration.

Fearing English and Dutch penetration into Siberia, Russia closed the Mangazeya seaway in 1619.

Fearing outright civil war, Henry II relinquished Otto III to the joint-regency of his mother and grandmother on June 29, 985.

Fearing the battle is a lost cause, Henry deserts his regiment.

Fearing treachery, he refused to visit the King at Gloucester in August 1233, and Henry declared him a traitor.

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Fearing further rebellion among the German aristocracy, Henry felt he had to have his excommunication lifted.

Fearing violence in Vientiane, the premier, Prince Somsanith Vongkotrattana, resigned, and the King named Souvanna Phouma prime minister.

Fearing a rebellion, including from that of the Muslim population which was outraged by the injustice done to the Prince, his sons and his close friend, ordered for the bodies to be thrown into the Bosporus.

Fearing an additional wave of Muslim violence, following the return of Ottoman rule in Syria in 1840, they enlisted assistance of priests from Catholic orders, including the Franciscans and the Capuchins.

Fearing that aid recipients would become dependent on their assistance, Oklahoma City administrators sparingly doled out federal and local relief funds ; city leaders initiated a campaign to discourage migration into the city ; local newspapers failed to print the location of soup lines ; voters rejected a bond issue to bolster relief funds ; and the city council declined to increase taxes to boost its depression relief budget.

Fearing that " France falls into the excessive debt ", she refuses " any new assistance plan in order to bail out one after the other the countries suffering because of the single currency ".