The novel chronicles the continued struggles of the Bene Gesserit Sisterhood against the violent Honored Matres, who are succeeding in their bid to seize control of the universe and destroy the factions and planets that oppose them.

Parachutes were well-developed by 1918 having previously been used by balloonists, and were adopted by the German flying services during the course of that year ( the famous " Red Baron " was wearing one when he was killed ), but the allied command continued to oppose their use on various grounds.

Conflict broke out between the French and the indigenous islanders in November 1649 and fighting lasted for five years until 1654, when the last opposition to the French on Grenada was crushed-although the island continued for some time after to suffer raids by war canoe parties from St. Vincent, who had aided the local Grenadan islanders in their struggle and continued to oppose the French.

Since Greece, a maritime country, could not oppose the mighty British navy, and citing the need for a respite after two wars, King Constantine favored continued neutrality, while Venizelos actively sought Greek entry in the war on the Allied side.

As the head of the Fourth International, Trotsky continued in exile in Mexico to oppose the Stalinist bureaucracy in the Soviet Union.

According to Edmond Ludlow, " The Wallingford House party, as if infatuated by a superior power to procure their own destruction, continued obstinately to oppose the Parliament, and fixed in their resolution to call another ( that is a reformed Parliament more agreeable to their interests ).

He urged the separation of the High Lutheran party from Melanchthon ( 1557 ), got the Saxon dukes to oppose the Frankfurt Recess ( 1558 ) and continued to fight for the purity of Lutheran doctrine.

This occurred despite the fact that the breakaway Sandinista Renovation Movement continued to oppose the FSLN, running former Mayor of Managua Herty Lewites as its candidate for president.

Jefferson retired to Monticello, from where he continued to oppose the policies of Hamilton and Washington.

Both Dewey and Vandenberg also continued to oppose any aid to Britain that might lead to war with Germany.

The party also went into financial straits, and as the new coalition continued most of the former coalition's policies, it was hard for the LPF to oppose the government.

Sweyn continued to oppose Magnus in Denmark, although according to Heimskringla, they reached a settlement by which Sweyn became Earl of Denmark under Magnus.

Chen continued to oppose measures like " New Democracy " and the " Bloc of Four Classes " advocated by Mao Zedong.

The Observants, the other branch of the Franciscan Order at that time, continued to oppose the movement.

He was formally received into the Catholic Church in 1593, and was crowned at Chartres in 1594 as League members maintained control of the Cathedral of Rheims, and, sceptical of Henry's sincerity, continued to oppose him.

Hardline Northern unionists led by Ian Paisley continued to oppose any dealings with the Republic, and even moderate unionists felt the 50th Anniversary celebrations of Easter Rising in 1966 were insulting to them.

During his time as Archbishop he continued to oppose abortion.

Guesde, nevertheless, continued to oppose the reformist policy of Jean Jaurès, whom he denounced for supporting one " bourgeois " party against another.

As an application of these general principles, social conservatives in many countries generally: favor the pro-life position in opposing euthanasia, embryonic stem cell research, and abortion ; oppose both eugenics ( inheritable genetic modification ) and human enhancement ( transhumanism ) while supporting bioconservatism ; support abstinence-only education, school prayers, gun ownership and defining marriage as the union of one man and one woman ; support the continued prohibition of recreational or medically non-beneficial drugs ; oppose prostitution and brothels, polygamy, gay adoption, premarital sex, and non-marital sex ; and object to pornography and what they consider to be indecency and promiscuity.

The two were in agreement ( and in line with prevailing opinion throughout Britain ) that Germany's reoccupation of the Rhineland — its " own backyard "— would be difficult to oppose and should be welcomed insofar as it continued Germany's seeming progress towards normality after the tribulations of the post-World War I settlement.

Simultaneously, nationalist sentiment led many Sinhalese to oppose the continued Indian presence in Sri Lanka.

Additionally, they continued to oppose the " turn to industry ".

The Constitution of the Southern `` Confederation '' differed from that of the Federal Union only in two important respects: It openly, defiantly, recognized slavery -- an institution which the Southerners of 1787, even though they continued it, found so impossible to reconcile with freedom that they carefully avoided mentioning the word in the Federal Constitution.

The lives so many of them gave, to forestall what they believed would be a fatal encroachment by the Union on the powers reserved to their states have continued ever since to safeguard all Americans against freedom's other foe.

The Village office of Western Union with George Towsley as manager and telegrapher continued in Hard's drugstore until 1905.

Johnson continued to ingratiate himself with the North, the President-elect and his party, with his Unionist speeches in the Senate in early 1861: " I have an abiding confidence in the intelligence, the patriotism, and the integrity of the people, and I feel in my own heart that, if this subject could be got before them, they would settle the question and the Union of these States would be preserved.

However, both the Soviet Union and Iraq, at a minimum, secretly defied the treaty and continued research and production of offensive biological weapons, despite being signatories to it.

Despite his decision to decline the award, the Soviet Union of Writers continued to denounce Pasternak in the State owned press.

The continued difficulties in finding a settlement presented a potential obstacle to Cypriot entry to the European Union, for which the government had applied in 1997.

The Betancur administration in turn questioned the M-19's actions and its commitment to the peace process, as it continued to advance high profile negotiations with the FARC, which led to the creation of the Patriotic Union ( Colombia ) ( UP ), a legal and non-clandestine political organization.

This continued to be his preference despite the armistice with Korea, Throughout his terms Eisenhower took a hard-line attitude toward China, as demanded by conservative Republicans, with the goal of driving a wedge between China and the Soviet Union.

The last version of the Auto Union Combi / Pick-up ( DKW F1000 L ) launched in 1969, survives a few months and is bought out by IME which continued production until 1979.

It has continued to maintain close ties with North America, the European Union, Japan, Australia, India, China, Russia and the Greater Middle East as well as African nations.

By the 1860s, the Russian Empire – continued as the Soviet Union – became the largest contiguous state in the world, and the latter's main successor, Russia, continues to be so to this day.

While France continues to revere its rich history and independence, French leaders increasingly tie the future of France to the continued development of the European Union.

Hoxha and Shehu continued their harangue against the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia at the APL's Fourth Party Congress in February 1961.

Nazarbayev, however, continued to support him, persistently urging other republic leaders to sign the revised Union Treaty, which Gorbachev had put forward in a last attempt to hold the Soviet Union together.

Even after Chiang turned on the Soviet Union and massacred the Communists, he still continued anti merchant activities, and promoting revolutionary thought, accusing the merchants of being reactionaries and counterrevolutionaries.

Adolf Hitler and Mussolini continued to aid General Francisco Franco ’ s Nationalists, while the Soviet Union helped the Spanish Republic.

Simultaneously, institutional and legal adjustments were continued, resulting from the accession to the European Union.

Russia had established diplomatic relations with Burma at independence and these continued after the fall of the Soviet Union.

After negotiations during November 1940 on where to extend the USSR's sphere of influence, Hitler broke off talks and continued planning for the eventual attempts to invade the Soviet Union.

It was officially created after Lenin's death during the regime of Josef Stalin in the Soviet Union and continued to be the official ideology of the Soviet Communist Party after de-Stalinization.

China's new leaders Hua Guofeng and Deng Xiaoping both visited North Korea in 1978, although they failed to reach a common understanding on relations with the Soviet Union ( Beijing was not on friendly terms with Moscow during the 1970s, while Pyongyang continued its usual balancing act ).

Soviet aid and influence continued at a high level during the Korean war ; as mentioned, the Soviet Union was largely responsible for rebuilding North Korea's economy after the cessation of hostilities.