I can now better see just what processes provoked certain actions from me in the past.

Catherine the Great extended Russian political control over the Polish – Lithuanian Commonwealth with actions including the support of the Targowica Confederation, although the cost of her campaigns, on top of the oppressive social system that required lords ' serfs to spend almost all of their time laboring on the lords ' land, provoked a major peasant uprising in 1773, after Catherine legalized the selling of serfs separate from land.

Allowing assumption that a deity exists, further debate may be provoked that said deity is consciously taking actions.

The Lords did not traditionally interfere with finance bills and their actions thus provoked a constitutional crisis.

The decision provoked strong criticism from Mahmoud Ahmadinejad while Iranian officials alleged that the actions of the Bahraini match delegate had been politically motivated.

The bull provoked the English government into taking more repressive actions against the Jesuits, whom they feared to be acting in the interests of Spain and the papacy.

The later chronicles of Raphael Holinshed and John Stow, in addition to detailing the ' confession ', repeat a story, originating in the 15th century account of Richard Fox, that Jack Straw, alias John Tyler, was provoked into his actions by an assault perpetrated on his daughter by a tax collector.

On 16 October 1971, Lon Nol took action to strip the National Assembly of legislative power, and ordered it to write a new constitution, claiming that these actions were necessary to prevent anarchy ; this provoked a protest by In Tam and 400 Buddhist monks.

Bremer's actions inspired the screenplay ( 1972 ) for the 1976 movie Taxi Driver which in turn provoked the 1981 assassination attempt on the life of President Reagan by John Hinckley, Jr ..

Hamilton's and Greer's withdrawal of their libel actions provoked an avalanche of condemnation of the two men in the British Press, led by The Guardian.

According to Ted Blackman, Canadian fans were basically understanding of Team Canada's actions as being provoked while the team was under duress.

This provoked a fierce debate within the ALP on the relative merits of siding with national opinion ( in favour of the Government's actions ) or standing on party principle ( opposing ).

Presiding Judge Iain Bonomy was imposing sentence said that " deliberate actions of these forces during the campaign provoked the departure of at least 700, 000 ethnic Albanians from Kosovo in the short period from late March to early June 1999.

Despite his cautious approach to the presidency, some of his actions nevertheless provoked tensions in the community.

The SPC's actions provoked a backlash among the Winnipeg trade unions, and increased Dixon's popularity in the city.

Clark's actions later provoked Sheridan and a number of others in Earthforce to go to war against Clark.

Throughout his reign, Ernest had been known for his extravagance and womanizing ; as he grew older, Ernest enjoyed gossip and was " now a thoroughly disreputable old roué who enjoyed the outrage provoked by his actions ", leading Vicky to declare that her uncle " was his own enemy ".

* Provocation ( legal ), a type of legal defense in court which claims the " victim " provoked the accused's actions

The Iraq invasion is often used as one of the key incidents that provoked major states to rethink their own security and resort to soft balancing against the unipole since it proved not simply a strategy aimed at stopping proliferation of nuclear weapons by rogue states but rather a challenge to the norm of territorial integrity – an aggressive U. S. intervention into a region outside of its own that demonstrated the U. S. commitment to taking any necessary actions to assure that their superiority and primacy is not challenged by anyone.

It had become known for carrying out a number of awe-inspiring actions that provoked conflicting feelings of amazement and anger among the different sectors of Colombian public opinion.

While white militia had provoked the attack, frontier settlers and US officials became more alarmed about the Red Sticks ' actions on the frontier.

In his decision, he suggested that the teenage victim provoked her assailant by the way she dressed and the accused's actions were " far less criminal than hormonal " or that the victim could have stopped the assault with a " well-chosen expletive, a slap in the face or, if necessary, a well-directed knee.

It was also the most controversial as some of the lyrics provoked Bulgarian Ministry of Culture to mull legal actions against the band for obscenity.

These actions provoked opposition even from Philopoemen ’ s supporters in Sparta.

Depending on their actions, and the laws of the prevailing jurisdiction, those engaged in an affray may also render themselves liable to prosecution for assault, unlawful assembly, or riot ; if so, it is for one of these offences that they are usually charged.

Capital punishment, actions taken against armed civilians during mob action or riot, and the deaths of noncombatants killed during attacks on military targets so long as the primary target is military, are not considered democide.

In the 20th and 21st century, shields have been used by military and police units that specialize in anti-terrorist actions, hostage rescue, riot control and siege-breaking.

Back in Arrakeen, Paul ( as the Preacher ) speaks out against Alia to the crowd outside Alia's Temple ; his words and the actions of Leto cause a riot.

His actions caused a riot in the Temple and led to a brief civil war that ended with a bloody repression of the Pharisees, although at his deathbed the king called for a reconciliation between the two parties.

His actions caused a riot in the Temple and led to a brief civil war that ended with a bloody repression of the Pharisees, although at his deathbed the king called for a reconciliation between the two parties.

As their intentions were ultimately peaceful and unrelated to the cause of inciting riot, the court found their actions to be within the limits of the law.

Wood's actions in rebuilding the police force, investigating the riot and arresting the ring leaders showed a greater appreciation of the situation.

Nevertheless, they became most notably known for an infamy gained in their brutal and sometimes lethal actions of quelling civil rights protests and riot control.

The OMON units were initially used as the riot police used to control and stop demonstrations and hooliganism, as well as other emergency situations, but later became accustomed to a wider range of police operations, including cordon and street patrol actions, and even paramilitary and military-style operations.

The actions of the police were later described as a police riot by the Walker Report to the US National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence.

Due to the reduced power of riot control rounds, there is insufficient energy to cycle the actions of gas operated and recoil operated firearms, so riot shotguns are manually operated, usually pump action.

Some anarchists, especially the high-profile Class War organisation and those from the Anarchist 121 Bookshop in Brixton were happy to defend the actions of the crowd in response to the police, and were joined by other sections of the libertarian left in condoning the riot as legitimate self-defence against police attack.

The riot scenes in which police with batons and shields beat back protestors closely mirrored actions of police and protestors four years later during the 1981 South African National Rugby team-the Springboks ' - tour in New Zealand, which sparked anti-apartheid protests.

Although riot police units were near the entrance of the building alongside the intruders, they allegedly did not attempt to stop their actions.

Examples of such techniques are actions that disturb the normal activities of society such as demonstrations, general strike action, riot, terrorism, civil disobedience, and even revolution or insurrection.

In its place is a passionate consciousness grasped and molded to feelings of positive or negative values even as the actions of one's life are determined by constellations of process in which one is caught.

It seems to me now, in a long backward glance, that many of the Hetman's conceits and odd actions -- together with his grim posture when brandishing the hatchet in the name of Mr. Hearst -- were keyed with the tragedy which was to close over him one day.

regarded from the inside, it is the carrying into action of a certain thought The historian's business is to penetrate to the inside of the actions with which he is dealing and reconstruct or rather rethink the thoughts which constituted them.

In Greek tragedy as in Shakespeare, mortal actions are encompassed by forces which transcend man.

efforts, as I see it, which are being directed, by the way, toward support for future actions, not for those already past.

Thus in Mary wrote an account of the trip first strong stress on Mary marks Mary as the first in a series of people who wrote accounts of the trip, strong stress on wrote marks the writing as the first of a series of actions of Mary's concerned with an account of her trip ( about which she may later have made speeches, for example ), and strong stress on trip makes the trip the first of a series of subjects about which Mary wrote accounts.

However, the monetary authorities will continue to be required to pay attention to the consequences of their actions with respect to our international balance of payments position and the outflow of gold, as well as with regard to avoiding the creation of excessive liquidity in the economy, which would delay the effectiveness of monetary policy measures in the next expansion phase of the business cycle.

Not only should this provision be enforced but other economic and political actions might be taken which, this author believes, `` must surely be supported by every American who values the freedom that has been won for him and whose conscience is not so dominated by the lines in his account books that he can willingly and knowingly contribute to the enslavement of another nation ''.

Yet there were other motivations and actions which the Belgians took after independence for which history may not find them guiltless.

On April 15, Lincoln called on all the states to send detachments totaling 75, 000 troops to recapture forts, protect Washington, and " preserve the Union ", which, in his view, still existed intact despite the actions of the seceding states.

In the context of larger ethical discussions on moral action and judgment, Buddhism is characterized by the belief that negative ( unhappy ) consequences of our actions derive not from punishment or correction based on moral judgment, but from the law of karma, which functions like a natural law of cause and effect.

In Ancient Greece, " hubris " referred to actions which, intentionally or not, shamed and humiliated the victim, and frequently the perpetrator as well.

This feud dated back to Agrippina's mother's actions against Tiberius after the death of Germanicus, actions which Tiberius had gladly punished.

Basic operations of an AVL tree involve carrying out the same actions as would be carried out on an unbalanced binary search tree, but modifications are preceded or followed by one or more operations called tree rotations, which help to restore the height balance of the subtrees.

Opioids have agonist actions on the intestinal opioid receptors, which when activated cause constipation.

While most Anabaptists adhered to a literal interpretation of the Sermon on the Mount which precluded taking oaths, participating in military actions, and participating in civil government, some who practiced re-baptism felt contrariwise.

Their actions sometimes have extreme consequences, but often for others, for which they themselves show no remorse whatsoever.

The Amiga Skyline BBS software was the first in 1987 featuring a script markup language communication protocol called Skypix which was capable to give the user a complete graphical interface, featuring rich graphic content, changeable fonts, mouse-controlled actions, animations and sound.

Prophetic gestures, also known as sign-acts or symbolic actions, was a form of communication in which a message was delivered by performing symbolic actions.