" 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 tried unsuccessfully the White Rabbit and Pat begin throwing berries at her which turn into cakes that causes her to shrink back to size.

Having died from a respiratory disease that developed as a result of being held prisoner of war at sea during the Revolution, Kean died at 39 and Susan Livingston Kean remarried to Count Julian Niemcewicz, a Polish nobleman who fled Poland after fighting unsuccessfully for Polish independence from Russia but returned in the wake of Napoleon's successful campaigns.

Having tried unsuccessfully to regain the fortresses in 1485, he concluded a peace with the sultan and agreed to pay tribute to him.

Having unsuccessfully attempted to procure an abortion for Roberta, who expects him to marry her, Clyde procrastinates while his relationship with Sondra continues to mature.

Having unsuccessfully sought, at age 76, the PMDB presidential nomination in 2006, he backed Geraldo Alckmin against Lula, despite having been considered again, despite his advanced age, as a candidate for President in 2010.

Having unsuccessfully campaigned in European and Westminster parliamentary elections for UKIP since 1994, he gained a seat as an MEP for South East England in the 1999 European Parliament Election — the first year the regional list system was used — and was re-elected in 2004 and 2009.

Having unsuccessfully contested Bexhill and Battle in the 1983 general election, Pearson entered parliament for Dudley West in a by-election in December 1994, winning a Conservative seat left vacant by the death of John Blackburn in October of that year.

Having unsuccessfully worked for two London designers, including Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon, whom he sued for copying his designs without a credit, he opened his own business at 10 Bruton Street, Mayfair in 1923 with the help of his father and sister Phyllis.

Having unsuccessfully stood for Stirlingshire in both general elections of 1910, Horne was elected as Member of Parliament ( MP ) for Glasgow Hillhead in 1918.

Having unsuccessfully tried to get one of the planets orbiting the pulsar in the constellation Virgo named after Zappa, Scialli was lucky enough in early 1994 to find an enthusiastic supporter in the person of Dr. Brian Marsden at the Minor Planet Center near Boston, Massachusetts, who was involved in the IAU Committee for naming celestial objects.

Having joined the Young Conservatives in 1957, Alexander served on their National Advisory Committee in 1961 and fought his first elections in 1962 and 1963, standing ( unsuccessfully ) for Scunthorpe Town Council.

Having previously purchased the Pelham interest, he unsuccessfully contested the constituency against Charles Rose Ellis and Ellis's cousin, George Ellis, at the general election in May 1796.

Having returned from his extensive world travels abroad, in 1867, Jewell unsuccessfully ran for Connecticut state senator, having joined the Republican Party.

Having failed to make the rendezvous off the Maas, De Winter then turned to the northwest, cruising off Lowestoft in Suffolk and again unsuccessfully attempting to drive away Trollope's squadron.

Having been called to the Irish bar in 1860, Gibson was made an Irish Queen's Counsel in 1872 and three years later was elected Conservative Member of Parliament for Dublin University after unsuccessfully contesting for Waterford.

Having unsuccessfully contested the seats of West Aberdeenshire ( 1906 ), Aberdeen South ( 1907 and Jan 1910 ), and Kirkcudbrightshire ( Dec 1910 ), McNeill was elected as Unionist Member of Parliament for the St Augustine's division of Kent in 1911.

Having been found guilty despite his protests and sentenced to death, Franceschini then appeals — unsuccessfully — to Pope Innocent XII to overturn the conviction.

Having unsuccessfully tried to found a labour organisation during the 1790s, he helped organise the ' Hearts of Oak Benefit Society ' during a shipwrights ' strike in 1802 and was advocating workers ' rights in radical pamphlets such as Calumny Defeated, or A Complete Vindication of the Conduct of the Working Shipwrights ', during the late Disputes with their Employers ( 1802 ).

Having defeated his brother, Gille-Brighde unsuccessfully sought to become a direct vassal of Henry II, king of England.

Having done so, he began to experience all the frustrations of others who attempted to get along with Serenissimus and do a job at the same time.

Having achieved a breakthrough into the enemy's rear areas, German forces attempted to paralyze the enemy's ability to react.

Having had their initial effort to capture Port Moresby by a seaborne invasion disrupted by the U. S. Navy in the Battle of the Coral Sea, the Japanese attempted a landward invasion from the north via the Kokoda Trail.

Having set up a commando style group called the Dobermans he was able to survive various attempted coups.

Having already lost the presidential contest, Federalist Party Representatives in the lame duck House session seized upon the opportunity to embarrass their opposition and attempted to elect Burr over Jefferson.

Having narrowly avoided implication in Sir Thomas Seymour's attempted abduction of her sickly half-brother, the boy King Edward VI ; she becomes an unintentional figurehead for a Protestant rebellion led by Thomas Wyatt the Younger when her half-sister Queen Mary I of England, a devout Roman Catholic, succeeds to the throne.

Having served his sentence, he attempted to obtain a liquor license in Scranton.

Having successfully crossed the river, Napoleon attempted an early breakthrough and launched a series of violent, though ill-prepared evening attacks against the Austrian army.

Having bottomed out at 15 percent in the polls, the Dosanjh government attempted to capitalize on the new Premier's high personal approval rating with their remaining year in power.

Having delivered Our Secrets Are the Same to Chrysalis, Simple Minds then found themselves caught up in record company politics while Chrysalis, EMI and other companies attempted to merge with each other.

Having reluctantly agreed with Shorter that he would no longer use the band name, Zawinul attempted to reform the Sportin ' Life lineup ( minus Shorter but adding guitarist John Scofield ) under the new name Weather Update.

* 1597: O ' Donnell ( Hugh Roe, the son of Hugh, son of Manus ) ... Having reached the very centre of Hy-Many, he sent forth swift-moving marauding parties through the district of Caladh, and the upper part of the territory ; and they carried off many herds of cows and other preys to O ' Donnell, to the town of Athenry ; and though the warders of the town attempted to defend it, the effort was of no avail to them, for O ' Donnell's people applied fires and flames to the strongly-closed gates of the town, and carried to them great ladders, and, placing them against the walls, they recte, some of them ascended to the parapets of the wall.

Having built the Wright R-1820 under license during World War II, Studebaker also attempted to build what would perhaps have been the largest aircraft piston engine ever built.

Having in vain attempted to keep a school for girls at Tréguier, she departed and went to Paris as a teacher in a young ladies ' boarding-school.

Having quarreled with the father superior, he attempted to flee southward, but a tempest broke out and his boat was cast ashore on Kiy Island, where he would later establish a great monastery.

Having failed at Gaurisankar, the expedition attempted Cho Oyu, but was turned back by high winds at about 23000 feet .. Lambert returned again to Nepal in 1955 to make the first ascent with Eric Gauchat and Claude Kogan of Ganesh I ( 7, 429m ).

Having been held south of Romani, the German and Ottoman force attempted a further outflanking manoeuvre to the west, concentrating 2, 000 troops around Mount Royston another sand dune, south-west of Romani.

Having scored 36, 298 points in his career, the second most career points in NBA history, and holding the record for most free throws both attempted and made, Malone is generally considered one of the greatest NBA power forwards.

Having attempted suicide and having not responded to therapy following diagnosis of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder ( PTSD ), General Dallaire was medically dismissed from service.

Having had their initial effort to capture Port Moresby by a seaborne invasion disrupted by the U. S. Navy in the Battle of the Coral Sea, the Japanese attempted a landward invasion from the north via the Kokoda Track.

Having been hit hard by the split from the General Strike the British Fascists attempted to move gradually towards a more defined fascism, starting in 1927 by adopting a blue shirt and beret uniform in the style of similar movements in Europe.

Having finished construction of the fleet, rather than attack the Crusader army directly, Baibars attempted to land on Cyprus in 1271, hoping to draw Hugh III of Cyprus ( the nominal King of Jerusalem ) and his fleet out of Acre, with the objective of conquering the island and leaving Edward and the crusader army isolated in the Holy Land.

Having been arrested in early 1972, Marchwicki was charged with the murder of fourteen women and the attempted murder of another six, but one attempted murder charge was not proven.