Having no choice, he plunged into it, anyway, holding onto the microphone for support.

Having no living legitimate children, Caesar had adopted his great-nephew Octavius as his son and main heir.

" Having unsuccessfully approached both the University of Oxford and Harvard University, Morris was able to talk his way into Princeton University, where he began studying the history of science, a topic in which he had " absolutely no background.

Having retired as a player in 1979, he had no VFL coaching experience and was regarded as something of a risk, although he had coached in the Australian Army whilst on national service.

Having no actual power, he rebelled, attempting suicide and accusing Ashikaga Yoshimitsu and his consort Itsuko of adultery.

Having noted the current use of many, often contradictory, definitions of feudalism, she argued that the word is only a construct with no basis in medieval reality, an invention of modern historians read back " tyrannically " into the historical record.

Having no children, he bequeathed much of his estate to Christian charities, especially those that helped the poor.

Having noted that the island was still uninhabited, he was presumably the less inclined to risk a landing when there was no British settlement there to report on.

There is no clear evidence that the United States actually exercised such a degree of control as to justify treating the contras as acting on its behalf ... Having reached the above conclusion, the Court takes the view that the Contras remain responsible for their acts, in particular the alleged violations by them of humanitarian law.

Having almost no natural resources and always suffering from overpopulation in its small territory, which deterred continued population growth and the formation of a large internal consumer market, South Korea adapted an export-oriented economic strategy to fuel its economy, and in 2010, South Korea was the seventh largest exporter and tenth largest importer in the world.

Having no opposition to contend with, he was able to power through much needed social reforms.

Having no other choice but to drink the poison, she died on the eve of Samhain, after which the festival came to be known as Mongfind's Feast, " wherefore women and the rabble make petitions to her on samain-eve.

Having no children left, he could not find anyone among his remaining relatives who was able to rule the country competently and be willing to maintain the Christian faith of the nation.

Having possessions on six continents, Britain had to defend all of its empire with a volunteer army, for it was the only power in Europe to have no conscription.

Having met with no success farming, the Grants left the St. Louis farm when their fourth and final child was born in 1858.

Having ruled Italy for over 40 years with no alternative other than the Italian Communist Party, DC members had ample opportunity to abuse their power, and some did.

The Chinese character s around the Taijitu symbol read: " Using no way as way " and " Having no limitation as limitation " The arrows represent the endless interaction between yang and yin.

Having made no major discoveries for a year, they were at the point of having to sell their furniture to pay the rent.

Having absolutely no idea what her key was, she sang regardless and got the job.

Having no previous acting experience, she started acting lessons after being cast.

Having its reputation at stake, Russia had no other choice but to declare war on the Ottomans in April 1877.

Having not once mentioned such gardens, Willey concludes that there is no sound evidence in favour of these fictitious legends.

Having exhibited this possibility, Frege's larger purpose was to defend the view that arithmetic is a branch of logic, a view known as logicism: unlike geometry, arithmetic was to be shown to have no basis in " intuition ", and no need for non-logical axioms.

Having borne only a female heir presumptive, it appeared that Ferdinand would be succeeded by his brother, Infante Carlos of Spain.

Having laid waste to much of the south east of England he was met by Edgar Aetheling ( the English heir to the throne ), the Archbishop Aldred, the Earl Edwin and the Earl Morcar.

Having been brought up under the instruction and guidance of various spiritual masters of the West, he now came into his own as a Muhammadan heir.

Having gained the support of other senior retainers, including Niwa Nagahide and Ikeda Tsuneoki, Sanpōshi was named heir and Hideyoshi appointed co-guardian.

Having never married or had children of her own, her chosen heir was her great nephew Robert Hornyold-Strickland.

Having submitted in London to the new King, James I, he was created Earl of Tyrconnell per letters patent of 4 September 1603, with the subsidiary title Baron of Donegal reserved for his heir apparent.

Having entered the clergy, Bek received several benefices and soon attracted the attention of Prince Edward, the heir of King Henry III of England.

Having died without heir his earldom passed to his brother, George.

Having lost thirteen provinces to compliment the overbearing prejudices of a king, shall we throw away half our empire to compliment the rash folly of an heir presumptive — are we never to grow wise, does experience work nothing in our favour?

Having gained her position through a palace coup, Catherine had no legal claim to the throne and wanted to represent herself as Peter's rightful heir.

Having married into the Gothic Amal royal line through his second wife Matasuntha and a distinguished service record, at the time of his sudden death, he was considered the probable heir to Emperor Justinian.

Having been adopted as his heir by the reformer Henry Balnaves, he inherited from him, at his death in 1579, the estate of Halhill in Fife ; and he retired there in 1603, refusing the request of James to accompany him to London on his accession to the English throne.

Having in mind the example of our fathers and discharging the duty of our pastoral office, we decree that churches and their possessions, as well as the persons connected with them, namely, clerics and monks and their servants ( conversi ), also the laborers and the things they use, shall remain safe and unmolested.

Having died without legitimate sons, much of his possessions were absorbed into the Royal Chamber.

Having killed Boniface and his company, the Frisian bandits ransacked their possessions and got drunk on the wine remaining among the provisions, and then started killing each other, arguing over the division of the booty.

Having established his right to levy a tonnage on wines in the mark, he issued in February 1473 the Dispositio Achillea, which decreed that the Margraviate of Brandenburg should descend in its entirety to the eldest son, while the younger sons should receive the Franconian possessions of the family.

Having recently consolidated the new Sikh Empire, Maharaja Ranjit Singh crossed the Sutlej in 1806 in his first expedition against the Cis-Sutlej states and stripped the Rais of all their possessions, including Ludhiana.

Having obtained a papal bull, he founded it by deed of 12 June 1458, converting the hospital into a college with a president and six fellows, to which college two days later Magdalen Hall surrendered itself and its possessions, its members being incorporated into the New College of St Mary Magdalen.

Having given all of his possessions to his wife, Julian begs for food but is shunned for his deeds.

Having made up his mind and accepted the money, Jed, his daughter, his mother-in-law Granny ( Cloris Leachman ), and his nephew, Jethro ( Diedrich Bader ), Pearl's son, load up Jethro's old, dilapidated truck with their possessions and move to Beverly Hills.

Having no time to take their possessions with them, the people rushed from their houses onto the street, still in their nightshirts.

Having increased its possessions the Leiningen family was divided about 1317 into two branches ; the elder of these, whose head was a landgrave, died out in 1467.