" He chose to make The Great Dictator — a " satirical attack on fascism " and his " most overtly political film ".

Also, many early buyers of the C128 chose to temporarily make do with a 1541 drive, perhaps owned as part of a previous C64 setup, until the 1571 became more widely available.

De Rancon however chose to march further, deciding in concert with the Count of Maurienne ( Louis ´ uncle ) that a nearby plateau would make a better camp: such disobedience was reportedly common in the army, due to the lack of command from the King.

The studio tested several Hollywood veterans for the Duke Mantee role, and chose Edward G. Robinson, who had first-rank star appeal and was due to make a film to fulfill his expensive contract.

Furthermore, he tried to make Catholic property fall to the state, but when this caused too much protest from the Eastern Roman Emperor, he chose to banish a number of Catholics to a faraway province instead.

Whale chose Frankenstein, mostly because none of Universal's other properties particularly interested him and he wanted to make something other than a war picture.

She left Poland and apparently chose not to make any Nazi-related movies after this, however.

Though his absence from the 1958 conclave did not make him ineligible – under Canon Law any Catholic male may be elected – the College of Cardinals usually chose the new Pope from among themselves.

Rodríguez chose to resign from the DGA, stating, " It was easier for me to quietly resign before shooting because otherwise I'd be forced to make compromises I was unwilling to make or set a precedent that might hurt the guild later on.

When Santosh Sivan, a well-known cinematographer, wanted to make a film on terrorism and about a terrorist, he chose the above events as the inspiration for his story.

Stevens and producer Anthony M. Taylor wanted a device to make the film unique, and, to this end, chose Esperanto as the film's language.

He chose to make his headquarters with the Army of the Potomac, although Meade retained formal command of that army.

He chose to make his headquarters with the Army of the Potomac, although Maj. Gen. George G. Meade remained the actual commander of that army.

Maxentius chose to make his stand in front of the Milvian Bridge, a stone bridge that carries the Via Flaminia road across the Tiber River into Rome ( the bridge stands today at the same site, somewhat remodelled, named in Italian Ponte Milvio or sometimes Ponte Molle, soft bridge ).

For example, Chris Heimerdinger, a popular LDS novelist, chose to make cureloms mammoths in his time-traveling adventure Tennis Shoes and the Feathered Serpent.

He chose the name Caine reputedly because at the precise instant he needed to decide upon his new stage name, he saw a cinema marquee for the then-current movie The Caine Mutiny and thought that it would make a good last name in conjunction with Michael.

They chose to wear Army uniforms during the raid to make it appear as if the Army were behind the crackdown.

Castellaneta chose a recording of what he believed was his best belch and told the producers to make that the standard.

The historical parallels in the succession of Richard II may not have been intended as political comment on the contemporary situation, with the weak Richard II analogous to Queen Elizabeth and an implicit argument in favour of her replacement by a monarch capable of creating a stable dynasty, but lawyers investigating John Hayward's historical work, The First Part of the Life and Raigne of King Henrie IV, a book partly derived from Shakespeare's Richard II, chose to make this connection.

The Union forces were not able to land their full forces, but still outnumbered the Confederates, who chose to make their stand at a place where the St Marks River goes underground — the " Natural Bridge ' referred to.

Brown's actions prior to the Civil War as an abolitionist, and the tactics he chose, still make him a controversial figure today.

The King chose to make an assault on London with his army at full strength, as he too was awaiting the arrival of more soldiers from around the country.

One of the most prolific users of client states was Republican Rome ( e. g., Demetrius of Pharos ) which, instead of conquering and then absorbing into an empire, chose to make client states out of those it defeated, a policy which was continued up until the 1st century BC when imperial power took over.

Neville Chamberlain's European Policy in 1939 was based upon creating a " peace front " of alliances linking Western and Eastern European states to serve as a " tripwire " meant to deter any act of German aggression The new “ containment ” strategy adopted in March 1939 comprised giving firm warnings to Berlin, increasing the pace of British rearmament and attempting to form an interlocking network of alliances that would block German aggression anywhere in Europe by creating such a formidable deterrence to aggression that Hitler could not rationally chose that option.

They chose peace.

Several short-lived interim presidents came and went, until Congress finally chose Eduardo Duhalde of the Justicialist Party ( Peronist ) to rule until some sort of social and economic peace could be restored.

In 2006, the Committee recommended and the City Commission chose the City of Dobřichovice as its partner city, and in April of that year then-Mayor Ed Klimek signed the Partner Cities Agreement, declaring that the two cities would thereafter engage each other in sharing cultural, educational, youth and civic understanding, and friendship, and further endeavor to promote and strengthen the peace among the two cities, their homelands, and the global community.

Yet the genrō made collectively the most important decisions, such as peace and war and foreign policy, and when a cabinet resigned they chose the new prime minister.

After the war, the United States government negotiated only with the loyal Seminole, requiring the tribe to make a new peace treaty to cover those who allied with the Confederacy, to emancipate their slaves, and to extend tribal citizenship to those freedmen who chose to stay in Seminole territory.

However parliament chose to interpret the threat of peace to the kingdom to include the holding of public office by non Anglicans.

They returned to Redwall, and Martin allegedly chose to put down his sword and live a life of peace.

According to most mainstream Roman accounts, including Livy, Lars Porsena attacked and besieged Rome, but was sufficiently impressed by particular acts of Roman bravery in defending the city that he chose to make peace.

Although its ICTS Mark I trains are capable of driving themselves, the TTC chose to run them semi-automatically with operators on board in order to keep peace with their main union.

Crito informs Socrates that it is indeed early and that he, Crito, chose to let Socrates sleep in peace, especially given Socrates ' current distressful circumstance of awaiting his own execution.

He was killed during the war for the Shard of the Palace, when he chose to fight the peace hounds to the last on a burning bridge, rather than fleeing in time.

When Peter II died, there were multiple candidates for the throne including Peter I ’ s first wife, Yevdokiya, and Peter I ’ s daughter, Elizabeth However, Alexis Dolgoruky and his allies chose Anna Ivanonva, the daughter of Peter I ’ s half brother Ivan, because the Supreme Privy Council wanted a ruler that would not impose on the powers of the Council, allowing them to continue to virtually rule the empire The Supreme Privy Council offered her the throne with “ Konditsii ” or Conditions These included the inability of the empress to marry, designate a successor, declare war or peace, raise taxes, or spend state revenue without the consent of the Council Many other nobles saw this as an aristocratic grab for power and told the would-be empress so as soon as she arrived in Moscow Ultimately, Anna invalidated the conditions, abolished the Council and sent many members who advocated the conditions into exile.

He chose to form a new government with the DUP, and approved the SPLA / DUP peace plan.

During the peace, Smith chose to travel to France and first became involved with intelligence matters while observing the construction of the new naval port at Cherbourg.

However, their problems were compounded when Trịnh Sam chose to end the 100-year peace and exploit the turmoil in the south by sending his army to attack Phú Xuân ( modern day Huế ), the Nguyễn capital.

After two decades of guerrilla warfare, Cochise, one of the leaders of the Chiricahua band, chose to make peace with the US.

After the decisive defeat in the Battle of Pfaffenhofen on April 15, Maximilian Joseph chose for peace.

Following the peace agreement ending the Second Sudanese Civil War, the Sudanese People's Liberation Movement chose Rumbek to serve as the temporary administrative center of the Government of Southern Sudan.

As noted above, after disagreements with Captain John Mason and later Thomas Hooker about how to treat the native population ( Pynchon was a man of peace and Springfield's natives were friendly, whereas Hartford's natives were warlike and thus Connecticut's settlers chose to treat them as enemies rather than friends.

Cambodia's pathway to peace proved to be difficult, as Khmer Rouge leaders decided not to participate in the general elections, but instead they chose to disrupt the electoral process by launching military attacks on UN peacekeepers and killing ethnic Vietnamese migrants.

Trajan defeated a Dacian army at the Battle of Tapae, and in 102 Decebalus chose to make peace after some additional minor conflicts.

William Blount, governor the Southwest Territory ( created in 1790 ), chose the fort as the Territory's capital, and appointed White justice of the peace and a major in the Hawkins County militia.

Though not technically part of the previous comics, the tech spec for the BotCon 2006 exclusive Laserbeak figure gives Ravage's reformatting into a Predacon as part of an arrangement with Decepticon Predacon sub-group member Divebomb alongside fellow cassettes Laserbeak and Buzzsaw, in exchange for his loyalty in a secret project to overthrow and destroy the Maximal / Autobot rule and the Decepticons / Predacons who chose to accept the current peace instead of fighting against it.