He has gained only one thing -- he has exploded a 50-megaton bomb and he probably has rockets with sufficient thrust to lob it over the shorter intercontinental ranges.

The administrators of these servers gained sufficient influence in the otherwise anarchic Usenet community to be able to push through controversial changes, for instance the Great Renaming of Usenet newsgroups during the 1980s.

After two seasons, John Kent Cooke was unable to raise sufficient funds to permanently purchase the Redskins, and on May 25, 1999, Daniel Snyder gained unanimous approval ( 31 – 0 ) from league owners and bought the franchise for $ 800 million, a deal that was the most expensive team-purchasing deal in sporting history.

However, it was not until the advent of romantic nationalism in late 18th century Europe that nationalism gained sufficient prevalence for the phrase ' country of nationality ' to become practically meaningful, and for people crossing borders to be required to provide identification.

By 1910, " Miss Cavell ' felt that the profession of nursing had gained sufficient foothold in Belgium to warrant the publishing of a professional journal ,' and therefore launched the nursing journal, L ' infirmière.

Had von Braun's team been allowed to orbit a satellite in 1956, the Space Race might have been over before it gained sufficient momentum to yield real benefits.

The next day, the system gained sufficient organization to become a tropical depression.

Until he had gained sufficient knowledge of the law, he had no right to interpret it ; he pointed out that such knowledge " demanded mastery of an artificial reason ... which requires long study and experience, before that a man can attain to the cognizance of it ".

common law, it was not sufficient if the offender simply deprived the victim of possession ; the offender must have gained control over the property.

In the 2003 episode " Bend Her " of the animated comedy Futurama, Devil's Island is seen to have gained sufficient autonomy to enter the 3004 Olympics ; the athletes appear to be wearing striped prison uniforms.

Soon he had gained sufficient skill to make him decide to devote himself exclusively to painting.

Shipley gained sufficient support from these MPs to keep National in power.

On 28 October, Brash gained sufficient backing in Caucus to replace English as leader.

They found it expedient to do business with Negroes and so-called carpetbaggers ; but often they returned to the Democratic party as it gained sufficient strength to be a factor in Southern politics.

The KSČ had been one of over 20 political parties in the democratic First Republic, but it had never gained sufficient votes to unsettle the democratic government.

There are several deep valleys cut into this plateau such as Lamorna on the south coast, where sufficient shelter from the weather is gained for trees to establish and grow.

Most of the 290 seats were decided at that time but a runoff was held 2½ months later on May 7, 2004, for the remaining thirty-nine seats where no candidate gained sufficient votes in the first round.

Much to the surprise of the Chinese the new currency even gained in value against the gold yen, although Japanese businessmen claimed that it was not backed up by sufficient silver reserves.

She made an arrangement with Keely on 12 April 1890 to furnish him with an additional $ 2, 000 a month for his household and shop expenses and for instruments of research, which was to expire when he had gained sufficient control of his unknown force to enable him to resume his work under the direction of the management of the company upon a provisional engine.

The Alliance gained a sufficient number of votes for Harré to enter parliament.

By the time airplanes and automobiles had displaced the trains, it had gained sufficient renown to have a life of its own.

Though both initially vehemently denied any wrongdoing, when the controversy gained sufficient momentum, they defended the practice by claiming that they were not employed as journalists, but as " entertainers " and thus had no duty of disclosure or of journalistic integrity.

Great Western Railway had humble beginnings hauling hopper cars of grain for small producer loading sites, but as Great Western Railway gradually gained trackage rights over Red Coat Road & Rail and Fife Lake Railway, the railway required more motive power to provide sufficient customer service for their new customers.

However the nationalist parties contested the seat and Seamus Mallon of the SDLP gained sufficient votes to outpoll Nicholson and win the seat.

Later as these schools gained in popularity, more were started and some gained prestige.

As the hadith came to be better documented and the scholars who validated them gained prestige, the sunnah came often to be known mostly through the hadith, especially as variant or fictional biographies of Muhammad spread.

The reforming movement within the church, which advocated greater autonomy from royal authority for the clergy, had continued to grow, while new voices such as the Cistercians had gained additional prestige within the monastic orders, eclipsing older orders such as the Cluniacs.

Other subjects gained in independence and prestige, and questions were raised about the place in institutions that were increasingly understood to be devoted to independent reason of a discipline that seemed to involve commitment to the authority of particular religious traditions.

The monarchy owed its triumph to its championship of national interests, to the support of the municipalities and military orders, and to the prestige gained by the royal armies in the Moorish and Castilian wars.

The prestige of a credential may be as important as the knowledge gained in determining the value of an education.

It was disseminated around England by bureaucrats on official business, and slowly gained prestige.

The nobility of the region took part in various battles ( Marignano, Pavia ) and in doing so gained significant prestige.

As Christianity gained in popularity in the 4th and 5th centuries, Eleusis's prestige began to fade.

Meanwhile, the opposition Communist Party of the Russian Federation had already gained ground in parliamentary voting on December 17, 1995, and its candidate, Gennady Zyuganov, had a strong grassroots organization, especially in the rural areas and small towns, and appealed effectively to memories of the old days of Soviet prestige on the international stage and the socialist domestic order.

While garnering more substantial roles and prestige, he also gained a reputation as a ladies man, dating numerous women, some many years older, including Cher and Ellen Barkin.

Learning became essential to advancing in the ecclesiastical hierarchy, and teachers also gained prestige.

Counting on the popular discontent, on the disbandment of the imperial guard, and on the prestige gained through their victories, Ricimer and the comes domesticorum Majorian rebelled against Avitus ; the Emperor was obliged to leave Rome in early autumn and to move north.

San Ildefonso began as a prestigious Jesuit boarding school, and after the Reform War, it gained educational prestige again as National Preparatory School, which was closely linked to the founding of UNAM.

These military families gained prestige from connections to the imperial court and court-granted military titles and access to manpower.

Despite the prestige connected with the title of Governor-General, Bencoolen was a colonial backwater whose only real export was pepper and only the murder of a previous Resident, Thomas Parr, gained it any attention back home in Britain.

Carl Reichenbach later developed the theory of Odic force, a form of life-energy that permeated living things ; this concept never gained much support despite Reichenbach's prestige.

Many of the towns and villages that it passed through gained income and prestige as a result — such as Kingston upon Thames, Esher, Guildford, Godalming, Haslemere and Petersfield.

Simultaneously, creative individuals gained prestige, as they were now considered to be artists, not just craftsmen.

Elektra's entrance into pop gained the label considerable prestige on the music scene by being one of the first labels to sign up leading acts from the new wave of American psychedelic rock of 1966 – 67.

It was to be the defining act of King Faisal's career, and gained him lasting prestige among many Arabs and Muslims worldwide.

This began to change as the sport became increasingly regulated and generally gained in prestige.

The Federalists gained a great deal of prestige and advantage from the approval of George Washington, who had chaired the Constitutional Convention.