If this was the case, then the Antigonid strategy would have been for Demetrius to take his cavalry and attack the rear of the allied phalanx ; or alternatively, return to station on the right wing and protect the Antigonid phalanx's flank.

“ Prof. Lefler later recounts: “ If there had been no Loyal League in North Carolina, there would have been no Ku Klux Klan, or clubbing together of the white people there … Still the negroes operate upon each other, so that one dare not depart from the ranks ; they are arrayed yet in a solid phalanx …” He later quotes from a Congressional investigation into the origins of the KKK in North Carolina: “ It was at a time when the republican party had three secret organizations in operation in the state, the Union League, the Heroes of America, and the Red Strings.

If they did catch up, despite being unable to properly deploy in phalanx formation due to the terrain, and not being trained or equipped properly for individual hand to hand combat, they would still have managed to turn the battle easily with their sheer numbers.

If the phalanx lost its shape as it approached the enemy it would be rendered useless.

If the hoplites of the phalanx were to pick up speed toward the latter part of the advance it would have been for the purpose of gaining momentum against the enemy in the initial collision.

If rotation of the third phalanx continues, its tip can eventually penetrate the sole of the foot.

If the bluff failed and they ran into trouble, Brannon had told the others, they would withdraw -- and he would come after his son another time.

If this capacity had not failed them, they would see that their enemy has made a disastrous miscalculation.

If he failed to reach the riverbank in five minutes, say, then the skiffs would pull away and leave him groping in the mud.

If, however, the figure to be discerned were complicated, composed of several interlocking subfigures, and so on, even the tracing process failed him, and he could not focus even relatively simple shapes among its parts.

If it failed on occasion to elect its candidates for general state offices by majorities, the failure was due to a lingering remnant of the Know-Nothing party, which called itself the American Republican party.

If, however, a layer of paper remains stuck to the surface, the adhesive has not failed.

If a rebellion failed to quickly seize the capital and control of the military for itself, it was normally doomed to a quick destruction.

If a dive is performed which is as submitted but not as ( incorrectly ) announced, it is declared failed and scores zero according to a strict reading of the FINA law.

If Matthew's prime concern was to preserve the Jewish character of the church, he failed: Christianity became a Gentile religion, and Christianity and Judaism came to view each other as opposites.

If the British failed to meet the deadline, the Congress would call upon all Indians to fight for complete independence.

If he claimed the throne, he would throw the country into yet another series of wars, and if he failed, he would be sacrificing everyone and everything he knew.

If all else failed, a besieger could claim the booty of his conquest undamaged, and retain his men and equipment intact, for the price of a well-placed bribe to a disgruntled gate-keeper.

If the number of dies — the integrated circuits that will eventually become chips — etched on a wafer exceeds a failure threshold ( i. e. too many failed dies on one wafer ), the wafer is scrapped rather than investing in further processing.

If the CSM failed, the spacecraft and Saturn IB for the next Skylab mission would have been launched with two astronauts to retrieve the crew ; given Skylab's ample supplies, its residents would have been able to wait up to several weeks for the rescue mission.

If the crew had failed to repair Skylab in time, the plastic insulation inside the station would have melted, releasing poisonous gas and making Skylab completely uninhabitable.

One of Edison's famous quotations about his attempts to make the light globe suggest that perhaps Tesla was right about Edison's methods of working: " If I find 10, 000 ways something won't work, I haven't failed.

If his plans failed, it was almost always out of luck on behalf of the other characters.

Albert Shaw, editor of The Review of Reviews, stated that after Bryan's nomination, many easterners professed not to have heard of him but: " If, indeed, they had not heard of Mr. Bryan before, they had failed to follow closely the course of American politics in the past eight years.

If those boards failed to agree then there was a central board.

In an interview conducted by Nick Spark, George Nichols, another engineer who was present, stated that Murphy blamed the failure on his assistant after the failed test, saying, " If that guy has any way of making a mistake, he will.

If they failed to live up to their obligations, the Admiralty Courts could and did revoke the Letter of Marque, refuse to award prize money, forfeit bonds, even award tort ( personal injury ) damages against the privateer's officers and crew.

If they failed, the provincial government could carry out the necessary measures and charge the costs to the landowner or municipality.

If the champion failed to start the car, it was not eliminated from the round, but was available again if the champion returned the next day.

If the crop failed, payment was deferred, and no interest could be charged for that year.

If the adopted child failed to carry out the filial duty, the contract was annulled in the law courts.

If it were not for an old professor who made me read the classics I would have been stymied on what to do, and now I understand why they are classics ; ;

If I even hint at it do you think it will matter that you are his nephew -- and not even a blood nephew ''??

If one dancer slaps another, the victim may do a pirouette, sit down, or offer his assailant a fork and spoon.

If these people were denied a voice ( do they have a moral right to a voice??

If the detective insists upon retaining his personal standards, he must now do so in conscious defiance of his society.

If Mrs. Wright doesn't accept the terms in the morning, I'll go either to Tokyo or to Holland, to do what I can.

If Robinson was a liar and a slanderer, he was also a very canny gentleman, for nothing that Pike could do would pry so much as a single word out of him.

If man is actually the product of his environment and if science can discover the laws of human nature and the ways in which environment determines what people do, then someone -- a someone probably standing outside traditional systems of values -- can turn around and develop completely efficient means for controlling people.

If they do as well as they did in 1960 there can be no complaint.

If he snatches a toy, she says, `` Caroline wants her own truck just as you do ''.

If they do meet and recognize one another, slap backs and embrace, the moment soon is done.

If they also defeat the school bill, the GOP task force won't have much research to do.

If one follows the reports of the Congress, one finds that there still seems considerable uncertainty in the minds of the leaders themselves about what exactly to do in this matter.

If we want to preserve our sovereignty, this is the way to do it ; ;

If I hafta do this to stay alive by God I'll do it.

If we cluster together, the redcoats can make an advantage out of it, but there's not a blessed thing they can do with two or three of us except chase us, and we can outrun them ''.

If only Simms Purdew could do that, whatever the thing he remembered and told.

If and when Hino decided to tell him about his experiences, he would do so unasked.

If there is anything which we can do in the executive branch of the Government to speed up the processes by which we come to decisions on matters on which we must act promptly, that in itself would be a major contribution to the conduct of our affairs.

If you elect to use the Standard Deduction or the Tax Table, and later find you should have itemized your deductions, you may do so by filing an amended return within the time prescribed for filing a claim for refund.

If you do use a cold frame be sure that its ventilation is adequate.

If the superintendents do not receive more cooperation from Handlers, it has been suggested that licensed Judges also be qualified to judge this Class.

If the house you plan to buy or build won't have big overhangs, you can still do a fair job of keeping the sun off walls and windows with properly designed trellises, fences and awnings.

If, in a certain part of the range, it starts life 1 foot longer than do any of the other ( relatively large ) giants, and reaches maturity at, let us guess, 18 inches longer than the others, a quadrupling of the maturity length would result in a maximum of ( nearly ) 40 feet.