There had been something sinister about him that warned me against him, -- I had never felt that way about any other boy, -- but when he uttered his name on the telephone I had forgotten this and I was glad to do what he asked of me.

Mr. Richard Preston, executive director of the New Hampshire State Planning and Development Commission, in his remarks to the Governors Conference on Industrial Development at Providence on October 8, 1960, warned against the fallacy of attempting to attract industry solely to reduce the tax rate or to underwrite municipal services such as schools when he said: `` If this is the fundamental reason for a community's interest or if this is the basic approach, success if any will be difficult to obtain ''.

I had been warned against trying to protect myself, and against letting my courage get in the way of my good sense.

These facts were used as an argument against his succession, an oracle having warned Sparta against a " lame reign.

They said that there is no scientific foundation for the tenets of astrology and warned the public against accepting astrological advice without question.

Rav loved the Book of Ecclesiasticus ( Sirach ), and warned his disciple Hamnuna against unjustifiable asceticism by quoting advice contained therein — that, considering the transitoriness of human life ( Eruvin 54a ), one should not despise the good things of this world.

In 2002, Clinton warned that pre-emptive military action against Iraq would have unwelcome consequences.

* Threats against the prophet ( 2: 6 – 11 ): The prophet is warned not to prophesy.

Associates warned him against making a comedy about the war, but he recalled: " Dangerous or not, the idea excited me.

One of the few socialists to endorse the ERA, she warned that protective legislation for women would mean only discrimination against women.

He described the Cold War: " We face a hostile ideology global in scope, atheistic in character, ruthless in purpose and insidious in method ..." and warned about what he saw as unjustified government spending proposals and continued with a warning that " we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military – industrial complex.

He therefore warned his fellow philosophers against an overemphasis on mathematics and against the blind optimism that sees in the growth of physical knowledge an automatic social and human progress.

Epicurus explicitly warned against overindulgence because it often leads to pain.

For instance, Epicurus warned against pursuing love too ardently.

Orwell was considerably taller than the Spanish fighters and had been warned against standing against the trench parapet.

Washington's public political address warned against foreign influence in domestic affairs and American meddling in European affairs.

He warned against " permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world ", saying the United States must concentrate primarily on American interests.

He counseled friendship and commerce with all nations, but warned against involvement in European wars and entering into long-term " entangling " alliances.

In 2010, Hezbollah claimed that the Dalit and Tamar gas field, discovered by Noble Energy roughly west of Haifa in Israeli exclusive economic zone, belong to Lebanon, and warned Israel against extracting gas from them.

Perceval, who had been warned against talking too much, remains silent through all of this, and wakes up the next morning alone.

An editorial in The Lancet warned against increasing one ’ s intake of dark chocolate to improve health because the beneficial compounds are sometimes removed due to their bitter taste without an indication on the label.

In 1998, there was regret that rugby league had been so badly damaged, Harry Edgar, a rugby league writer, warned, " there can be no place for politics or individuals seeking personal glorification " as the " international game picks up the pieces after three years of bitter fall-out ".

Rowan in particular warned Snow for his short-pitched bowling and Snow thought this was partisanship as Alan Thomson was not called to book when he bowled bouncers at Snow and six in one eight-ball over against Ray Illingworth.

While reiterating China's commitment to peaceful development and its focus in increasing domestic demand in the face of external pressures during the global financial crisis, Li also warned against protectionism, saying " opening up can be both bilateral and multilateral ... in this sense, one plus one is more often than not bigger than two.

It coordinated the release of war news for domestic use, and, using posters and radio broadcasts, worked to promote patriotism, warned about foreign spies and attempted to recruit women into war work.

Bruce Kent was warned by Cardinal Basil Hume not to become too involved in politics.

Other pamphlets and movement periodicals warned students not to get into discussions with their teachers about politics, since professors were part of the academic establishment attempting to oppress the student.

He saw himself as a left-wing democrat and pacifist and warned against anti-democratic tendencies – above all in politics, the military and justice – and the threat of National Socialism.

There is no dispute that Blanchot was nevertheless the author of a series of violently polemical articles attacking the government of the day and its confidence in the politics of the League of Nations, and warned persistently against the threat to peace in Europe posed by Nazi Germany.

The PPA denounced the role of Catholics and French-Canadians in politics, and warned Protestants that Catholics were attempting to take over Ontario.

President Arthur on his deathbed warned his son not to go into politics.

At the meeting, Gus Dur was warned to avoid unacceptable political conduct, and told that if he insisted in involving himself in politics, rather than confining himself to religious matters, he should express support for a further presidential term for Suharto.

He polarized Australian politics in 1935 when he denounced Hitler's Nazi government and warned of war and concentration camps.

Religious leaders, however, were warned not to meddle in politics.

Cicero urged his son Marcus to follow nature and wisdom, as well as politics, and warned against pleasure and indolence.

When a state legislator warned in 1912 that " Get women into the arena of politics with its alliances and distressing contests -- the delicacy is gone, the charm is gone, and you emasculize women ", Schneiderman replied:

Archbishop Yong later suspended them from their preaching duties and warned the clergy not to mix politics and religion.

Having been warned in a dream, he withdrew to the district of Galilee, and he went and lived in a town called Nazareth.

Hermes warned Odysseus about Circe and gave Odysseus a drug called moly which gave him resistance to Circe ’ s magic.

He also warned the jury not to judge the merit of the law ( which would become the focus of the trial ) but on the violation of the act, which he called a ' high misdemeanor.

" He also wrote Kennedy a highly critical public letter in which he warned that the development was liable " to arouse doubts about the ability of the three Powers to react and their determination " and he called the situation " a state of accomplished extortion ".

Henry warned that civil war was threatened because Virginia, " had quit the sphere in which she had been placed by the Constitution, and, in daring to pronounce upon the validity of federal laws, had gone out of her jurisdiction in a manner not warranted by any authority, and in the highest degree alarming to every considerate man ; that such opposition, on the part of Virginia, to the acts of the general government, must beget their enforcement by military power ; that this would probably produce civil war, civil war foreign alliances, and that foreign alliances must necessarily end in subjugation to the powers called in.

The Olympians called upon the aid of Heracles after a prophecy warned them that he was required to defeat the Giants, for the aid of a mortal was needed.

During the runup to the 2003 invasion of Iraq he warned of a possible " Tonkin Gulf scenario " that could be used to justify going to war, and called on government " insiders " to go public with information to counter the Bush administration's pro-war propaganda campaign, praising Scott Ritter for his efforts in that regard.

Irving claimed on the basis of what he called the index books that, " Because the experts can look at a tattoo and say ' Oh yes, 181, 219 that means you entered Auschwitz in March 1943 " and he warned Auschwitz survivors " If you want to go and have a tattoo put on your arm, as a lot of them do, I am afraid to say, and claim subsequently that you were in Auschwitz, you have to make sure a ) that it fits in with the month you said you went to Auschwitz and b ) it is not a number which anyone used before ".

Mackinder warned that any single power dominating Eurasia, " the World Island ", as he called it, would have the potential to dominate the world, including the United States.

Belmas called the security desk and warned them of the explosion, giving instructions on exactly what to do and where the danger area was.

To Luciano's shock, they warned him against working with Costello, whom they called " the dirty Calabrian.

In a truculent farewell speech to the BSPP Party Congress, he warned that if the " disturbances " continued the " army would have to be called and I would like to declare from here that if the army shoots it has no tradition of shooting into the air.

By 1984, however, Walter Wriston concluded “ the bank of the future already exists, and it ’ s called Merrill Lynch .” In 1986 when major bank holding companies threatened to stop operating commercial banks in order to obtain the “ competitive advantages ” enjoyed by Sears and Merrill Lynch, FDIC Chairman William Seidman warned that could create “ chaos .”

The Party attacked striking militants as ' Trotskyist agents '; William Wainwright's pamphlet Clear out Trotsky's Agents warned: You must train yourself to round up these other more cunning enemies ... they are called Trotskyists '.

Contrary to the revolutionary spirit of the time however, he called for the educated classes to reform the corrupt system of government and warned against revolution, democracy, and mob rule.

As Wauchope warned of an impending military campaign and simultaneously offered to dispatch a Royal Commission of Inquiry to hear the Arab complaints, the Arab Higher Committee called off the strike on 11 October.

Bishops in Micronesia called for the boards to be banned and warned congregations that they were talking to demons and devils when using the boards.

Instead, he called for a natural literature, regardless of country, caste, or race, and warned against provincialism which might " put farther off the hope of one great brotherhood.

* In 2009, David Van Dyke, a photojournalist with Metro News Canada, called into Coast-to-Coast ( guest hosted by Art Bell that night ) and warned listeners that Toronto would become a testing ground for police tactics and subverting citizens at a soon to be announced global summit.

Jordan's King Abdullah II and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak warned on July 14 of the risk of " the region being dragged into adventurism that does not serve Arab interests ," while the Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal called the Hezbollah attacks " unexpected, inappropriate and irresponsible acts.

When Northern Methodist leader Thomas Bond called for missionaries to be sent to the South, Brownlow warned that such missionaries would be lynched.

He warned Virginia's Governor, James Monroe, who called out the state militia.

Renouncing his former nationalism, Hamilton warned the people that, “ Your task-master must soon become a tyrant, from the very abuses and corruption of the system, without the bowels of compassion, or a jot of human sympathy .” He called for implementation of Mr. Jefferson ’ s “ rightful remedy ” of nullification.