Mike tested the leg and found that he was able to hobble around on it.

Visibility continued to be limited, and Greg was never able to get above a thousand feet.

She was just not able to break the spell.

Social Darwinism was able to stave off the incipient socialist movement until well into the present century.

In his native Cologne, where his mother taught him to play the piano, he was able to read notes before he learned the alphabet.

He was not enthusiastic over the newly acquired Claude Lorrain, but reminisced with pleasure over a Poussin exhibit he had been able to see in Paris a year ago.

If an automobile were approaching him, he would know what was required of him, even though he might not be able to act quickly enough.

It was nice to be able to isolate it.

The point is that the reactionary, for whatever motive, perceives himself to have been part or a partner of something that extended beyond himself, something which, consequently, he was not able to accept or reject on the basis of subjective preference.

Copernicus, by placing the sun at the center of the planetary universe, was able to reduce the number of epicycles from eighty-three to seventeen.

He said that his information was so secret that he would not be able to confide in me the origin of his pipeline tip.

In his absence, the rifle regiment was under the command of Major Thomas Posey, another able Virginian.

It is doubtful if Morgan was able to take home much money to his wife and children, for his pay, as shown by the War Department Abstracts of early 1778 was $75 a month as a colonel, and that apt to be delayed.

Krim was able to get an advance for a novel, and time and opportunity to write at Yaddo, but it was no good.

The promoter who wanted to sign him up for the circus asked him how he was able to do it.

He was able, now, to sit for hours in a chair in the living room and stare out at the bleak yard without moving.

Since ordinary breakfast-table conversation was impossible, it was at least something that they were able to offer Eugene the sugar bowl with their sugar in it, and the plate of bread and butter, and that Eugene could return the pitcher of hot milk to them handle first.

He was able to discern the body lines of the Roman women under their robes.

No, Kayabashi was bringing his associates here for a specific purpose and Rector would not be able to fathom it until they arrived.

He was an ardent champion of the Brown & Sharpe Apprentice Program and personal counselor to countless able men who first developed their industrial talents with the company.

In spite of the fact that our largest market, the textile industry, was affected substantially by the current decline in business activity, we have been able to produce and deliver our machines throughout the year 1960 at a rate materially higher than during 1959.

There was a time when, if a man wanted to purchase a boat, it was necessary for him to be able to produce a sizeable amount of cash before he could touch the tiller or wheel.

Bligh promised that on the tour to Australia in 1882 – 83, which he was to captain, he would regain " the ashes ".

Their goal was to regain access to Eden by finding the correct formula for perfect living, following specific rules governing agriculture, diet, and reproduction.

Being the ever-wary politician, Abd al-Rahman acted quickly to regain Yemeni support, and rode to a Yemeni chief who was mounted on a mule named " Lightning ".

This compromise was a pragmatic measure to regain power, but also the result of the early successes of central planning and state ownership forming a cross-party consensus.

Later, however, the Sultan changed his orders and had Fakhr-al-Din and his family killed on 13 April 1635 in Istanbul, bringing an end to an era in the history of Lebanon, which would not regain its current boundaries until it was proclaimed a mandate state and republic in 1920.

At the Potsdam Conference, Germany was divided into four military occupation zones by the Allies and did not regain independence until 1949.

Communist successes in 1947 – 1948 enabled them to move freely over much of mainland Greece, but with extensive reorganization, the deportation of rural populations and American material support, the National Army was slowly able to regain control over most of the countryside.

These obstacles weakened the movement and it was not until the rise of the Internet that it began to regain momentum.

* 2001 – Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, the last Tsar of Bulgaria when he was a child, is sworn in as Prime Minister of Bulgaria, becoming the first monarch in history to regain political power through democratic election to a different office.

After James II was deposed in 1688 and replaced by his daughter Mary II, ruling jointly with her husband and first cousin ( James's nephew ) William III, the Stuarts lived in exile, occasionally attempting to regain the throne.

Finally, on 22 January 1555, the council announced the decision of the Swiss churches: the original Ordonnances were to be kept and the Consistory was to regain its official powers.

While the southern kingdom made no serious effort to militarily regain power over the north, there was a long-lasting boundary dispute, fighting over which lasted during the reigns of several kings on both sides before being finally settled.

Richard's policy on the continent was to attempt to regain the castles he had lost to Philip II whilst on crusade through steady, limited campaigns.

Israel was divided in accepting the money. The agreement was condemned by some Israelis as simply an expedient whereby Germany would buy off Jewish survivors to regain credibility on the international stage, and Adenauer was criticised for being too lenient towards politically compromised individuals whose past treatment of Jews was at best questionable.

Frederick's presence alone was sufficient to regain Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Nazareth, and a number of surrounding castles without a fight: these were recovered in February 1229, in return for a ten-year truce with the Ayyubids and freedom of worship for Jerusalem's Muslim inhabitants.

This Act was created to promote employment of older persons based on their ability rather than age ; to prohibit arbitrary age discrimination in employment ; to help employers and workers find ways of meeting problems arising from the impact of age on employment because in the face of rising productivity and affluence, older workers find themselves disadvantaged in their efforts to retain employment, and especially to regain employment when displaced from jobs ; the setting of arbitrary age limits regardless of potential for job performance has become a common practice, and certain otherwise desirable practices may work to the disadvantage of older persons ; the incidence of unemployment, especially long-term unemployment with resultant deterioration of skill, morale, and employer acceptability is, relative to the younger ages, high among older workers ; their numbers are great and growing ; and their employment problems grave ; and the existence in industries affecting commerce, of arbitrary discrimination in employment because of age, burdens commerce and the free flow of goods in commerce.

During the latter half of the century, there was a retrenchment movement in Mormonism in which Mormons became more conservative, attempting to regain their status as a " peculiar people ".

In 2009 Al-Fayed revealed that he was a supporter of Scottish independence from the United Kingdom, announcing to the Scots that " It's time for you to waken up and detach yourselves from the English and their terrible politicians ... whatever help is needed for Scotland to regain its independence, I will provide it ... when you Scots regain your freedom, I am ready to be your

An additional problem was a dynastic crisis: Mieszko II's brothers continue their attempts to regain power with the help of foreign forces.

The earliest clear description of the use of opium as a recreational drug in China came from Xu Boling, who wrote in 1483 that opium was " mainly used to aid masculinity, strengthen sperm and regain vigor ," and that it " enhances the art of alchemists, sex and court

To regain Acadia, Ramezay was sent from Quebec to the region to join forces with the Duc d ' Anville Expedition.