As a result, these first releases were followed by further distributions across much of the region, although their effectiveness on other crops, such as cabbages, has been questioned ; when the toads were released at Wau, the cabbages provided insufficient shelter and the toads rapidly left the immediate area for the superior shelter offered by the forest.

It offered the immediate political message of the privileged sections of society continuing to bar capable men from other classes from advancement until war would force a need to employ those most able, rather than the traditional upper classes, as leaders.

The Helvetii then offered their immediate surrender and agreed both to providing hostages and to giving up their weapons the next day.

Monroe was not particularly interested in legal theory or practice, but chose to take it up because he thought that it offered " the most immediate rewards " and could ease his path to wealth, social standing, and political influence.

A no-contest plea, while not technically a guilty plea, has the same immediate effect as a guilty plea, and is often offered as a part of a plea bargain.

As a last resort, enrollment of the child in a course of catechetical instruction on reaching school age, can be offered in lieu of immediate celebration of baptism.

Because the western end of Lake Erie offered the shortest overland route to the frontiers of Indiana and Illinois, Maumee Harbor was seen as a site of immediate importance and great value.

In March, Najibullah offered his government's immediate resignation, and following an agreement with the United Nations ( UN ), his government was replaced by an interim government.

The French general Alfred Dodds offered the throne to every one of the immediate royal family, in return for a signature on a treaty establishing a French protectorate over the Kingdom ; all refused.

In a development that offered more immediate causality for the myth, Aristaeus discerned that the Ceans ' troubles arose from murderers hiding in their midst, the killers of Icarius in fact.

Some US broadcasters had been offered incentives to vacate this channel early, permitting its immediate mobile use.

Read's etymology gained immediate acceptance, and is now offered without reservation in most dictionaries.

* an Initial Public Offering ( IPO ) – shares of the company are offered to the public, typically providing a partial immediate realization to the financial sponsor as well as a public market into which it can later sell additional shares ;

On June 21, 1791, following an attempt by the royal family to flee Paris, the Cordeliers moved to draft a petition which offered the National Assembly a choice between the immediate deposition of Louis XVI or a national referendum on the future of the monarchy.

In 1911, Arnold applied for transfer to the Ordnance Department because it offered an immediate promotion to First Lieutenant.

Towards the end of negotiations, Lloyd George threatened, " immediate and terrible war " if the Irish did not accept the terms offered.

In the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina several registered users also offered their direct services donating and transporting goods to the hardest hit, inviting contributions from other readers.

Hunter, a Republican, offered this resolution calling for an immediate withdrawal of U. S. forces in Iraq in place of John Murtha's H. J. Res.

Mlle Blin de Bourdon, who had received spiritual guidance from Julie for many years, offered to defray the immediate expenses of founding the Congregation.

The land plan offered more immediate promise of help than the Charter with its long-range promises.

The board and backroom staff also offered to stay unpaid for the immediate future.

Firstly, he felt it was in the future interest of an All-Ireland Home Rule settlement to support the British war cause, joining together with the Ulster Volunteers who offered immediate support by enlisting in the 36th ( Ulster ) Division.

Form S-3 issuers may use shelf-registration to register securities that will be offered on an immediate, continuous or delayed basis.

These demands infuriated the Admiralty, which offered nothing except a pardon ( and the concessions already made at Spithead ) in return for an immediate return to duty.

A payment plan was also offered.

Before departing for Bennington with the news, Allen was visited by Duane, who offered Allen payments which Duane described in his diary as payment " for going among the people to quiet them ".

The protection offered by a liability insurance policy is twofold: a legal defense in the event of a lawsuit commenced against the policyholder and indemnification ( payment on behalf of the insured ) with respect to a settlement or court verdict.

When the talent agency Music Corporation of America ( better known as MCA ), then wielding major influence on Paramount policy, offered $ 50 million for 750 features released prior to December 1, 1949 ( with payment to be spread over many years ), a cash-strapped Paramount thought it had made the best possible deal.

After Vandergriff offered a multi-million dollar down payment, Short decided make the move to Arlington.

They were offered payment, the Danegeld, which lasted from 1012 to 1066 and stopped Viking raids for almost twenty years.

He was offered a token payment but would not accept, wanting the credit for his work.

Llywelyn responded by invading his lands, first threatening Brecon, where the burgesses offered hostages for the payment of 100 marks, then heading for Swansea where Reginald de Braose met him to offer submission and to surrender the town.

He then continued westwards to threaten Haverfordwest where the burgesses offered hostages for their submission to his rule or the payment of a fine of 1, 000 marks.

Because the 2003 payment formulas overpay plans by 12 percent or more compared to traditional Medicare, in 2006 enrollees in Medicare Advantage Private Fee-for-Service plans were offered a net extra benefit value ( the value of the additional benefits minus any additional premium ) of $ 55. 92 a month more than the traditional Medicare benefit package ; enrollees in other Medicare Advantage plans were offered a net extra benefit value of $ 71. 22 a month more.

It was written more than thirty years after the stories of the original Foundation trilogy, due to years of pressure by fans and editors on Asimov to write another, and, according to Asimov himself, the amount of the payment offered by the publisher.

The wizard had lost one of the knight's horses, and needed to replace it, and so he offered the farmer many rich jewels, taken from a secret store of treasure under the Edge, in payment for his horse. Philip 1981. p. 23.

Gronw offered Lleu land or money as payment, but Lleu would only accept one resolution: that he throw a spear at Gronw in the same way that he had been attacked.

They took full blame for Stone ’ s death, and offered Governor Roger Ludlow payment for his death.

His plans were approved, and the Adventurers offered to give him land covering nearly in payment for the work.

Many North American and European nightclubs feature a " ladies ' night " in which women are offered discount or free drinks, or are absolved from payment of cover charges.

The British ruling council offered them payment in return for federati service defending the realm in the north from the incursions of Picts and Scots.

At this time, rovers were offered rations at police stations as an early form of the dole payment.

The remaining twenty-nine paintings ( one, a Degas, was taken by Renoir in payment for his services as executor ) were offered to the French government twice more, in 1904 and 1908, and were both times refused.

This consisted of, of which was offered on a deferred payment basis.

Likewise, the bid price or buying price is the quantity of payment offered by a buyer of goods or services, although this meaning is more common in asset or financial markets than in consumer markets.

On 15 December 2005, following Brazil's initiative, Kirchner announced the cancellation of Argentina's debt to the IMF in full and offered a single payment, in a historic decision that generated controversy at the time ( see Argentine debt restructuring ).

Traditionally, general stores have offered credit to their customers, a system of payment that works on trust rather than modern credit cards.