and once when he came to see us in New York he walked away in a rainstorm, unwilling to hear of a taxi or even an umbrella, although he was at the time ninety years old.

allied to them was Gerry, devoting much time to swaying her father, and Joan dismissed all thought of the project and William was unwilling to interfere further.

The main objective of the mission, however, was to secure the return of Edward ; but this failed, mainly because Henry III's relations with the Hungarians were strained, and the emperor was unable or unwilling to help Ealdred.

A convention was called at Borja to develop a consensus, but there Peter so alienated his own partisans with perceived arrogance that they abandoned him, yet were unwilling to accept Ramiro.

However, the University of Washington was unwilling to let the fledgling league use Husky Stadium, probably due to the excessive wear and tear that would have caused to the facility's grass surface.

De ' Barbari was unwilling to explain everything he knew, so Dürer began his own studies, which would become a lifelong preoccupation.

Apollos and Paul were both in Ephesus at the time Paul wrote the letter ( 55 AD ); 16: 12 states Apollos was unwilling to go to Corinth yet at Paul's urging, but that he would later when he had an opportunity.

The Bastarnae host was still en route through Thrace, where it became embroiled in hostilities with the locals, who were unable ( or unwilling ) to provide them with sufficient food at affordable prices as they marched through.

Apple CEO Gil Amelio started negotiations to buy Be Inc., but negotiations stalled when Be CEO Jean-Louis Gassée wanted $ 200 million ; Apple was unwilling to offer any more than $ 125 million.

However, he was unwilling to accept that this could happen.

" For his part, Hughes was unwilling to construe individual rights so that they frustrated the government's efforts to achieve a legitimate regulatory goal.

What Babbage did not, or was unwilling to, recognize was that the government was interested in economically produced tables, not the engine itself.

Among the Ancient Greeks, Heraclitus conceived of a logos, a supreme rational principle, and said the wisdom " by which all things are steered through all things " was " both willing and unwilling to be called Zeus ( God )".

One theory, dating from 1872, indicates that cooping – in which unwilling citizens who were forced to vote for a particular candidate were occasionally killed – was the cause of Poe's death.

The EFTA was established on 3 May 1960 as a trade bloc-alternative for European states who were either unable or unwilling to join the then-European Economic Community ( EEC ) which has now become the EU.

As for all such expeditions, Elizabeth was unwilling to invest in the supplies and reinforcements requested by the commanders.

They believed that the Labour Party, which is partly funded by affiliated trade unions, was unable and unwilling to counter these developments and that Wilson was either a Soviet agent or at the very least a Communist sympathiser – claims Wilson strongly denied.

" Most of the other studios were unwilling to invest in the new sound technology, assuming it was a passing fad.

Following the conclusive naval victory off Drepana in 249 BC, Carthage ruled the seas as Rome was unwilling to finance the construction of yet another expensive fleet.

It seems clear, when one takes into consideration the exceedingly defective eyesight of the patient ( we shall describe it in detail in connection with our second question, the one concerning the psychical blindness of the patient ), that he had to rely on his sense of touch much more than the usual portfolio-maker and that consequently that faculty was most probably more sensitive to shape and size than that of a person with normal vision.

General Amasis, sent to meet them and quell the revolt, was proclaimed king by the rebels instead, and Apries, who had now to rely entirely on his mercenaries, was defeated.

Some Allied officers who were acquainted with the superior numbers of the enemy, and aware of their strong defensive position, ventured to remonstrate with Marlborough about the hazards of attacking ; but the Duke was resolute – " I know the danger, yet a battle is absolutely necessary, and I rely on the bravery and discipline of the troops, which will make amends for our disadvantages ".

" Whether Johnson's description was entirely truthful or embellished is unclear, but it seems likely that Teach understood the value of appearances ; better to strike fear into the heart of one's enemies, than rely on bluster alone.

Hitler proclaimed to rely on surprise alone was " criminal ", and that " we have to prepare for a long war along with surprise attack ".

All but the dot matrix printer rely on the use of formed characters, letterforms that represent each of the characters that the printer was capable of printing.

He was forced to rely on second-hand accounts when it came to Claudius ( with the exception of Augustus ' letters which had been gathered earlier ) and does not quote the Emperor.

" After the U. S. enforced the embargo, Nicaragua was isolated from the West, forcing the Sandinistas to rely more on Eastern bloc military and economic assistance even though Moscow declined to offer the quantity of aid it provided to close communist allies.

But one does not have to rely on the victims for stories of violence: Ted Patrick, one of the most notorious deprogrammers used by CAGs ( who has spent several terms in prison for his exploits ) openly boasts about some of the violence he employed ; in November 1987, Cyril Vosper, a Committee member of the British cult-awareness group, FAIR, was convicted in Munich of " causing bodily harm " in the course of one of his many deprogramming attempts ; and a number of similar convictions are on record for prominent members of CAGs elsewhere.

The only reference that historians rely on of Euclid having written the Elements was from Proclus, who briefly in his Commentary on the Elements ascribes Euclid as its author.

The term empirical was originally used to refer to certain ancient Greek practitioners of medicine who rejected adherence to the dogmatic doctrines of the day, preferring instead to rely on the observation of phenomena as perceived in experience.

However, ed was never modified, so he could rely on a consistent experience.

The term was used of the Empiric school of ancient Greek medical practitioners, who rejected the doctrines of the ( Dogmatic school ), preferring to rely on the observation of phenomena.

The military scout airplane was not expected to carry serious armament, but rather to rely on its speed to reach the scout or reconnoiter location and return quickly to report — essentially an aerial horse.

They were considered " passive " citizens ; forced to rely on men to determine what was best for them in the government.

Arbenz ’ government was attempting to be neutral ; however constant pressure eventually had led him to rely more heavily on more dedicated reformers in revolutionary organizations.

The gospel, however, appears to rely on several underlying sources, varying in form and in theology, and which tells against the tradition that the gospel was based on Peter's preaching.

For many reasons scholars today believe otherwise — for example, the gospel is based on Mark, and " it seems unlikely that an eyewitness of Jesus's ministry, such as Matthew, would need to rely on others for information about it "— and believe instead that it was written between about 80 – 90 AD by a highly educated Jew ( an " Israelite ", in the language of the gospel itself ), intimately familiar with the technical aspects of Jewish law, standing on the boundary between traditional and non-traditional Jewish values.

The experimental group of participants was informed about the nature and existence of the gambler's fallacy, and were explicitly instructed not to rely on " run dependency " to make their guesses.

* Though Fox used the Bible to support his views, Fox reasoned that, because God was within the faithful, believers could follow their own inner guide rather than rely on a strict reading of Scripture or the word of clerics.

However, Schliemann could not rely on the experience of others and was unaware of the damage his excavations could cause.

Such conspiracy theories rely on the fact that his body was never found.

This trend for the king to rely on his own men at the expense of the barons was exacerbated by the tradition of Angevin royal ira et malevolentia – " anger and ill-will " – and John's own personality.