" Charles Martel could have pursued the wars against the Saxons — but he was determined to prepare for what he thought was a greater danger.

Much as 19th century science is often treated as the inventor of conceptions of evolution and race which had serious negative political and social consequences, many 19th century historians pursued what they intended as reasonably objective research projects in the history of their own and other regions either to end by themselves using the results to support nationalistic goals or to see their work used that way by others.

Although Orestes ’ actions were what the god Apollo had commanded him to do, Orestes had still committed matricide and because of this, he was pursued by the terrible Erinyes.

On Moore's view, " intuitions " revealed not the rightness or wrongness of specific actions, but only what things were good in themselves, as ends to be pursued.

In the nineteenth century, Charles Sanders Peirce defined what he termed " semiotic " ( which he sometimes spelled as " semeiotic ") as the " quasi-necessary, or formal doctrine of signs ", which abstracts " what must be the characters of all signs used by ... an intelligence capable of learning by experience ", and which is philosophical logic pursued in terms of signs and sign processes.

In what proved to be a temporary retirement, Gibbs pursued an interest in NASCAR by founding Joe Gibbs Racing.

The Socialist Republic of Vietnam pursued market-oriented reforms in 1986, resulting in what is officially called a " Socialist-oriented market economy ", a system that utilizes market forces to distribute consumer goods produced by state-run, collectively owned and privately owned enterprises.

In January 1538, Cromwell pursued an extensive campaign against what was termed " idolatry " by the followers of the new religion.

He pursued what became known as " McEwenism " – a policy of high tariff protection for the manufacturing industry, so that industry would not challenge the continuing high tariffs on imported raw materials, which benefitted farmers but pushed up industry's costs.

During the Warring States Period, King Wuling ( 340 – 295 BC ) of the state of Zhao based in what is now Hebei and Shanxi provinces pursued an expansionist policy towards the region.

The southern part of Indian Country ( what eventually became the State of Oklahoma ) served as the destination for the policy of Indian Removal, a policy pursued intermittently by American presidents early in the 19th century, but aggressively pursued by President Andrew Jackson after the passage of the Indian Removal Act of 1830.

Since 1945, the ÖGB has pursued a moderate, consensus-oriented wage policy, cooperating with industry, agriculture, and the government on a broad range of social and economic issues in what is known as Austria's " social partnership ".

In the novel Labyrinth of Evil, Gunray returns to his home on Cato Neimoidia to plunder what wealth he can, while being pursued by Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi.

Licinius kept himself busy with a campaign against the Sarmatians in 318, but temperatures rose again in 321 when Constantine pursued some Sarmatians, who had been ravaging some territory in his realm, across the Danube into what was technically Licinius ’ s territory.

In these he pursued his political policies, fought verbal vendettas, and opposed what he saw as Rome's moral decline.

When he discovered what had been done, Tereus tried to kill the sisters ; they fled and he pursued but, in the end, all three were changed by the Olympian Gods into birds.

Wyatt Earp, concluding that legal justice was out of reach, led a posse that pursued and killed four of the men they held responsible on what became known as the Earp Vendetta Ride.

After being pursued from Illinois, Black Hawk ’ s band took a stand against the militia just south of the Wisconsin River, in what is today the Town of Roxbury.

Al-Rodhan argues that justice in international affairs and as part of states ’ foreign policies should not be pursued for altruistic reasons or out of a desire to do what is right, but rather, it should be pursued because it is the only sustainable way for states to promote progress and stability in a globalized world.

The divisional cavalry squadrons did their best, but each pursued on its own account, and the results in prisoners and guns taken fell far short of what the opportunity offered.

There is debate on what effects specific policies have, which goals should be pursued, the relative weights that should be placed on different goals, and which trade-offs should be made.

In his 1835 history of Nantucket Island, Obed Macy wrote that in the early pre-1672 colony a whale of the kind called " scragg " entered the harbor and was pursued and killed by the settlers.

In his 1835 history of Nantucket Island, Obed Macy wrote that in the early pre-1672 colony, a whale of the kind called " scragg " entered the harbor and was pursued and killed by the settlers.

Whether or not particular forms of " work " can be called child labour depends on the child's age, the type and hours of work performed, the conditions under which it is performed and the objectives pursued by individual countries.

Until the late 19th or early 20th century, those who pursued science were called " natural philosophers " or " men of science ".

On his release from prison, probably effected by the influence of Geoffrey of Anjou, the king still pursued him, and called a synod to meet in Paris in October 1051.

Some of the Norman forces pursued the English but were ambushed and destroyed in the dusk when they ran afoul of steep ground, called, in later ( 12th century ) sources, " the Malfosse ", or " bad ditch ".

Seeking an alternative to the isolationist policies pursued after World War I, the United States defined a new policy called containment to oppose the spread of communism.

At the Conservative Party conference in October 1970, he made a notable speech commending the government for attempting to curb trade union power, and called for state aid to strikers ' families to be reduced or stopped altogether, a policy which the Thatcher government pursued over a decade later.

Commenting on this first edition of The United Irishman, Lord Stanley in the House of Lords, on 24 February 1848, maintained that the paper pursued " the purpose of exciting sedition and rebellion among her Majesty's subjects in Ireland … it is language used in no common way, and for this reason I have called the attention of her Majesty's Government to it.

Reaching India shortly after the suppression of the frontier risings of 1897 – 1898, he paid special attention to the independent tribes of the north-west frontier, inaugurated a new province called the North West Frontier Province, and pursued a policy of forceful control mingled with conciliation.

" We pursued about 300 yards, and then called off with much difficulty, the gunners opened on them, and gave them a fine peppering.

Before that, lawyers in Quebec, like in the United States, did not need a law degree and typically pursued five-year apprenticeships to be called to the bar.

In February 1971 demonstrators pursued by the police took refuge in the Basilica and called upon their radical comrades to join them in occupying a church " built upon the bodies of communards in order to efface that red flag that had for too long floated over Paris " as their leaflets expressed it.

The Union of Myanmar ( the official name of Burma ) has regularly conducted limited low-intensity military campaigns against the independence movement of the Karen people in an area of southeast Burma ( roughly corresponding to a Burmese administrative region called the Kayin State ), which has actively pursued independence since January 1949.

He pursued a policy of what he called fiscal responsibility, a balanced budget, states ' rights, and reduced taxation.

Its full Irish name means " O ' Donovan's Leap " and is derived from the story of a chieftain called O ' Donovan, who was pursued by English soldiers, but escaped them by jumping across a ravine at the bottom of the village.

During the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, the government of the Kingdom pursued a linguistic Serbisation policy towards the Macedonians in Macedonia, then called " Southern Serbia " ( unofficially ) or " Vardar Banovina " ( officially ).

He pursued a comprehensive nuclear disarmament initiative called START I and policy toward Europe continued to emphasize a NATO-based defensive approach.

She pursued an early interest in comedy during high school ; she attended McAteer High School in San Francisco, which had a special program called McAteer School of the Arts, where she attended improv and theater classes.

Secchia pursued the man on foot and forced him to the ground, then called out to passersby to call police.

The original plan called for the capture of Mal Tepe, halfway across the peninsula, on the first day but only if the landing was successful would this objective be pursued by the main force ; the Australian 1st Brigade and the two brigades of the New Zealand and Australian Division.

Although he also pursued a political career, he began full-time work for the church when he was called to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in 1941.

His pursued his professional studies first at New Inn, afterwards at the Middle Temple, where he was admitted on 2 March 1593, called to the bar in August 1600, elected bencher in Hilary term 1618 – 19, and reader in the following August.