Having improved itself it would become better at improving itself, potentially leading to an exponential increase in intelligence.

Having thus become the enemy of Persia, Athens was already in a position to support the Ionian cities when they began their revolt.

Having seen the supposed beauty of a woman's heavy breasts and her thin waist, do not become agitated and influenced with illusion, for these attractive features are simply transformations of fat, flesh & toxins.

Having become the established power in Italy, Callistus now returned back the conflict with Henry V over the issue of lay investiture.

Having become a thorn in the side of the equally anti-Semitic local authorities, Imi left his home, family and friends in 1940 on the last refugee ship to escape Europe.

Having thus preserved the Empire from extinction, Leo proceeded to consolidate its administration, which in the previous years of anarchy had become completely disorganized.

Having thus become a Privatdozent, Weber joined the University of Berlin's faculty, lecturing and consulting for the government.

Having been captured, not surrendered at the end of the war, she survived to become a war memorial at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago.

Having become king, Richard, together with Philip, agreed to go on the Third Crusade, since each feared that during his absence, the other might usurp his territories.

Having become monarchs with a claim to represent the entire nation and stand above factions, the House of Orange decided to break with the song which served them as heads of a faction, and the Wilhelmus was hence replaced by Hendrik Tollens ' song Wien Neêrlands bloed door d ' aderen vloeit, which was the official Dutch anthem from 1815 till 1932.

Having encountered Anderson at a Los Angeles party, Squire played him the Cinema demo tracks and subsequently inviting him to become the band's lead vocalist.

Having been accepted as Emperor by Syria, Palestine and Egypt, Cassius carried on his rebellion even after it had become obvious that Marcus was still alive.

Having become the second most important general in the Union army, he thus had come full circle to the city where he started his war-time service as colonel of a non-existent infantry regiment.

Having worked together as surgeons at University College Hospital they had become close friends, with Trotter taking the role of mentor and confidant to his younger colleague.

Having this simple but essential mathematical proportion at hand – which proved the overall impossible aforementioned role of the liver – Harvey went on to prove how the blood circulated in a circle by means of countless experiments initially done on serpents and fish: tying their veins and arteries in separate periods of time, Harvey noticed the modifications which occurred ; indeed, as he tied the veins, the heart would become empty, while as he did the same to the arteries, the organ would swell up.

Having spent the last six years championing to Hitler sea power as the only way in which Germany could become a world power, Raeder was anxious that the Kriegsmarine be seen as doing more than its share of the fighting to ensure that Hitler would reward the Navy by not cutting its budget after the war.

Having leapt into the 21st Century, The " Bull Upstairs " has become a hotspot for many Ambridge locals.

Having training aids may make it easier to become comfortable with riding a unicycle.

Having become chief after his brother moved west in 1809, Ahuludegi was known to the European Americans as John Jolly.

Having been a symbol of desolation, it's become a symbol of hope.

Having become a star, Shearer's new challenge was to remain one.

Having entered the Police Academy by age 24, Wiggum managed to work around his many shortcomings by providing superiors with wonderful back rubs using the handle of his gun, and finally become a full fledged officer and by 32, he had managed to work his way up to the position of Police Chief of Springfield.

Having already been linked to his sister Adele on stage, Astaire was initially very reluctant to become part of another dance team.

Having left the Glimmer Man job behind him, Cole-steeped in buddhism and not used to working with others-has become a detective with the Los Angeles Police Department.

Having become Sirdar of the Egyptian Army in 1892-with the rank of brigadier-general and then major-general in the British Army — in 1896 he led his British and Egyptian forces up the Nile, building a railway to supply arms and reinforcements, and defeating the Sudanese at the Battle of Omdurman on 2 September 1898, near Khartoum.

Having now seen for myself how he travelled across the pack ice, I am more convinced than ever that Peary did indeed discover the North Pole.

Having done much to damage the popular image and authority of constitutional nationalism, Healy after the Easter Rising was convinced that the IPP and Redmond were doomed and slowly withdrew from the forefront of politics, making it clear in 1917 that he was in general sympathy with Arthur Griffith's Sinn Féin movement, but not with physical force methods.

Having begun his literary career as an internationalist, Unamuno gradually became convinced of the universal values of Spanish culture, feeling that Spain's essential qualities would be destroyed if influenced too much by outside forces.

Having heard of Abdullah's plans, Winston Churchill invited Abdullah to a famous " tea party " where he convinced Abdullah to stay put and not attack Britain's allies, the French.

Having convinced Churchill of his case, Trenchard oversaw the founding of the RAF ( Cadet ) College at Cranwell as the world's first military air academy.

Having convinced DuPont that Brandt is the real traitor, Preston rushes home to destroy the evidence of his nonconformity, but finds that his son-who reveals that he has not taken Prozium since his mother Viviana died-has already removed his unused Prozium vials.

Having no mechanical experience, Jackson convinced a young mechanic and chauffeur, Sewall K. Crocker, to serve as his travel companion, mechanic, and backup driver.

Having loved her in silence for years but convinced of his unsuitability for her, Spode is nonetheless anxious to protect her from heartbreak or wrongdoing by any of her fiancés and eager to beat to a pulp any man who does not treat her properly.

Having convinced everyone that he is dead, he assumes the Fard identity, apparently out of a desire to reaffirm his Turkish roots.

Having convinced Nintendo to allow them to develop games for their video game console, Rare released their first title, Slalom, a skiing game that was originally released for the Nintendo Vs. System in 1986 and later for the NES in 1987.

Having been convinced of his integrity, in 1980 Mr. Jaworski aided former Nixon staffer Egil " Bud " Krogh, whom he had sent to prison in 1973, in his request to be reinstated to the Washington State Bar.

Having become convinced of the danger posed by the Nazis, Frankfurter kept an eye on Gustloff, head of the Foreign Section of the Nazi party in Switzerland, ( NSDAP ) who ordered the Protocols of the Elders of Zion to be published in Switzerland.

Having entered the Cistercian order, Otto convinced his father to found Heiligenkreuz Abbey in 1133, thus bringing literacy and sophisticated agriculture ( including wine making ) to the region that would become Vienna.

Having been convinced that the proposed Baltimore and Ohio Railroad would drive up prices for land in Maryland, Cooper used his profits to buy of land there in 1828 and began to develop them, draining swampland and flattening hills, during which he discovered iron ore on his property.

Having joined the Marines in 1917 at the age of 41, he also convinced his superiors to include boxing in Marine Corps recruit training.

Having originally conceived the story as a 6-minute animated sequence in Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, intended for placement at the end of Part V, Terry Gilliam convinced the other members of Monty Python to allow him to produce and direct it as a live-action piece instead.

" Having little patience for anything Squee says or does, he eventually becomes convinced that Squee is mentally unstable, and by the end of the series, has him committed to the " Defective Head Meat Institute.

Having little patience for anything Squee says or does, he eventually becomes convinced that Squee is mentally unstable, and by the end of the series, has him committed to the " Defective Head Meat Institute ".

Having convinced Thomas Jefferson to endorse two of his notes for $ 10, 000 each, he also plunged Jefferson into debt.

Having seen Shardik's enormous size the Ortelgans believe in his divine status, and led by a young baron called Ta-Kominion they set out to follow Shardik, convinced that he is leading them to victory over the Beklan empire.

Having convinced Rodney that the band is going nowhere, he finally quits leaving the remaining four to continue without him.

Having convinced themselves that slavery was justified, planters feared African Americans wouldn't work without coercion.

Having seen the alien herself, Mara is finally convinced and leads Kirk to Kang, who remains holed up in engineering.

Having already thought about this, Vakama reminds her that she convinced Sidorak to put him in charge of them ; he tells them that they are free.