The idea was not even suggested because political expediency prevailed over wisdom.

Eisenhower then designed a bombing plan in France in advance of Overlord and argued with Churchill over the latter's concern with civilian casualties ; de Gaulle interjected that the casualties were justified in shedding the yoke of the Germans, and Eisenhower prevailed.

In the cavalry battle that followed, the Helvetii prevailed over Caesar ’ s Aedui allies under Dumnorix ’ command, and continued their journey, while Caesar ’ s army was being detained by delays in his grain supplies, caused by the Aedui on the instigations of Dumnorix, who had married Orgetorix ’ daughter.

Independent candidates won most of the seats, suggesting that personalities prevailed over ideologies.

Independent candidates won most of the seats, suggesting that personalities prevailed over ideologies.

Within a decade his short stories and novels prevailed over his historical non-fiction works, though historical themes continued to imbue his fiction.

On 21 September 967 the Polish-Bohemian troops prevailed in the decisive battle against the Wolinians led by Wichmann the Younger, which gave Mieszko the control over the mouth of the Odra River.

After a long struggle, the party of Boris Godunov prevailed over the Romanovs, and the former was elected new Tsar in 1599.

ARVN prevailed after over two month of continuous fighting.

In Scotland, barely affected by the Norman conquest of England, the word " shire " prevailed over " county " until the 19th century.

The papal will prevailed, and Methodius secured his freedom and his archiepiscopal authority over both Great Moravia and Pannonia, though the use of Slavonic for the mass was still denied to him.

Goebel, who had prevailed in a dispute over the winner of the election in November 1899, had been sworn in on his deathbed.

Confusion prevailed over landing priorities and the chain of command.

Outnumbered 5 to 1, the extraordinary élan of the Prussians prevailed over gross indecision by the French.

This may have had background in an important battle in 1716 that was fought in the town square in Moss in which Norwegian troops commanded by Vincent Budde prevailed over invading Swedish forces, sent by Charles XII to capture Akershus Fortress.

After Stephen's death on 26 April 757, Paul prevailed over a faction that wanted to place the Archdeacon Theophylact on the Holy See and was chosen his brother's successor by the majority that wished a continuation of the late pope's policy.

Westinghouse's system, which used alternating current based on the extensive research by Nikola Tesla, ultimately prevailed over Edison's insistence on direct current.

Eventually, however, the undesirability of breaking with tradition for temporary reasons, and thus severing the one official link between literature and the state, prevailed over the protests against allowing anyone of inferior genius to follow Tennyson.

As Soviet forces prevailed over the German Army on the Eastern Front during the Second World War, the Soviet Union supported the creation of communist governments in Eastern Europe.

In the self-created Indonesian army, Japanese-trained Indonesian officers prevailed over those trained by the Dutch.

They prevailed over the Portland Trail Blazers and Clyde Drexler in six games.

In the Civil Wars ( 49-45 BC ) Dolabella at first took the side of Pompey, but afterwards went over to Julius Caesar, and was present when Caesar prevailed at the Battle of Pharsalus ( 48 BC ).

Rober's version of the game used a ball 12 inches ( 305 mm ) in circumference, rather than the 16-inch ( 406 mm ) ball used by the Farragut club, and eventually the Minneapolis ball prevailed, although the dimensions of the Minneapolis diamond were passed over in favor of the dimensions of the Chicago one.

At close quarters the longer Roman sword and heavier shield easily prevailed over the short sword ( little more than a dagger ) and lighter armor of the Macedonians.

I insisted on takeing the field and prevailed -- thinking that I had better die by rebel bullets than ( by ) Union quackery ''.

A good feeling prevailed on the SMU coaching staff Monday, but attention quickly turned from Saturday's victory to next week's problem: Rice University.

Eventually the Eastern dialects prevailed and in 1899 the Ministry of Education officially codified a standard Bulgarian language based on the Drinov-Ivanchev orthography.

An additional reason for his departure was the fact that the arms of Thierry had prevailed against Theodebert, and thus the country on the banks of the Upper Rhine had become the property of his enemy.

Abbot's studies were chiefly in Oriental languages and textual criticism of the New Testament, though his work as a bibliographer showed such results as the exhaustive list of writings ( 5300 in all ) on the doctrine of the future life, appended to W. R. Alger's History of the Doctrine of a Future Life, as it has prevailed in all Nations and Ages ( 1862 ), and published separately in 1864.

Trench warfare prevailed on the Western Front from September 1914 until March 1918.

In June 1982, Saddam Hussein ordered most of the Iraqi units to withdraw from Iranian territory ; after that time, the Baathist government tried to obtain a cease-fire based on a return of all armed personnel to the international borders that prevailed as of September 21, 1979.

The other defendants in that case ( Grokster and MusicCity, makers of the Morpheus file-sharing software ) initially prevailed against the plaintiffs on summary judgment ( Sharman joined the case too late to take advantage of that ruling ).

Although continuity prevailed on the political level, the war caused social upheaval, which laid the foundation for the first trades union in Luxembourg.

Escher " in the United States was opposed, but the Dutch company prevailed in the courts on the grounds that an artist or his heirs have a right to trademark his name.

Vitellius ' commanders now resolved to bring on a decisive battle, the Battle of Bedriacum, and their designs were assisted by the divided and irresolute counsels which prevailed in Otho's camp.

Celebration of Easter on a Sunday, as insisted on by the pope, is the system that has prevailed ( see computus ).

Eventually, however, Markham's view prevailed ; Scott was given overall command, and was promoted to the rank of commander before Discovery sailed for the Antarctic on 31 July 1901.

Roving bands of hunter-gatherers and even fairly sizable and complex tribal societies based on herding or agriculture have existed without any full-time specialized state organization, and these " stateless " forms of political organization have in fact prevailed for all of the prehistory and much of the history of the human species and civilization.

After surveys and analyses in Egypt and discussions in Paris on various aspects of the canal, where many of Negrelli's ideas prevailed, the commission produced a final unanimous report in December 1856 containing a detailed description of the canal complete with plans and profiles.

Two great cities, Osaka and Sakaii, have been burned to the ground, each one almost as big as London, and not one house left standing, and it is reported above 300, 000 men have lost their lives, “ yet the old Emperor Ogusho Same hath prevailed and Fidaia Same either been slain or fled secretly away, that no news is to be heard of him .” Jesuits, priests, and friars are banished by the emperor and their churches and monasteries pulled down ; they put the fault on the arrival of the English ; it is said if Fidaia Same had prevailed against the emperor, he promised them entrance again, when without doubt all the English would have been driven out of Japan.

Scientists prevailed in explaining intellectual freedom ; humans took their first steps on the Moon during the 20th century ; and new technology was developed by governments, industry, and academia across the world, with education shared by many international conferences and journals.

His father prevailed on his relative Innocent VIII to name him cardinal-deacon of Santa Maria in Domnica on 8 March 1489, although he was not allowed to wear the insignia or share in the deliberations of the college until three years later.

He added: " We are in some danger of resting our position too exclusively upon the existence, the nature and the wishes of the inhabitants of the Falkland Islands ... if the population of the Falkland Islands did not desire to be British, the principle that the Queen wishes no unwilling subjects would long ago have prevailed ; but we should create great difficulties for ourselves in other contexts, as well as in this context, if we rested our action purely and exclusively on the notion of restoring tolerable, acceptable conditions and self-determination to our fellow Britons on the Falkland Islands ....