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If threatened with a nuclear strike, this presents their owners with the ' use them or lose them ' predicament.
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If the Dominican Republic achieves free, democratic government, it will be due in large part to the U.S. show of force that enabled President Balaguer to prevent a threatened restoration of Trujillo dictatorship.
If they feel threatened or sense danger, they may try to escape by climbing a rock column or tree.
If Israel's very existence is threatened, some speculate that she would use a " Samson Option ," a " last resort " deterrence strategy of massive retaliation with nuclear weapons, may be initiated should the state of Israel be substantially damaged and / or near destruction.
If a player's king is threatened with capture, it is said to be in check, and the player must remove the threat of capture on the next move.
If it has not fought this action, then its existence will be threatened after the war ".
( He considered his Requiem his best work, however: " If I were threatened with the destruction of the whole of my works save one, I should crave mercy for the Messe des morts ".
If the Reichstag threatened to censure his ministers or revoke one of his decrees he could simply dissolve the body and be able to govern without its interference until elections had been held.
If threatened, the baby will open its mouth and quietly hiss until the threat is gone.
When President Bush's 2003 budget proposal threatened to cut education grants, she responded, " If he can run deficits for the military, then he can run deficits to educate our children.
If his land policies threatened the aristocracy, his tax policy was no more popular with the common people.
If emotion threatened to get the better of her she excused herself from the room and would, in Pliny's words, " give herself to sorrow ," then return to her husband with a calm demeanor.
If Africa was lost and the control over Western provinces was shaky, Anthemius ' power over Italy was threatened by internal opposition ; he was of Greek origin, had been chosen by the Eastern Emperor from among members of the Eastern court, and was suspected of being a pagan.
If Frederick did not comply by this date, Ferdinand threatened to use force to enforce his right as Holy Roman Emperor and rightful King of Bohemia to overthrow the usurper.
If a property can be arbitrarily threatened by the state, that power will inevitably be employed to intimidate those with divergent political and religious opinions.
In the sixth meeting of the B committee the US representative threatened that " If WHO activities relating to drugs failed to reinforce proven drug control approaches, funds for the relevant programmes should be curtailed ".
If he would be denied, Pyle threatened to start his own league.
If they feel further threatened, they may flee quickly or vibrate their tails in dead leaves ( a form of mimicry, which makes them sound like rattlesnakes ).
If a hobo spider is tending an egg sac, it may become aggressive if it perceives the egg sac as being threatened.
If the city was threatened with a typhoon, it would move close to shore, fill the pontoons with sea water and sit on the ocean floor for more stability.
If enacted, it would ban all abortions unless a doctor ruled the woman's life or health would be threatened.
If threatened, it would be preferable for a Muslim to migrate to a more peaceful place where a person may practice their faith openly, " since God's earth is wide.
Fellow guest Billy Connolly threatened, " If that bird comes anywhere near me, I'll break its neck and your bloody arm!
If the council did not organise their return, Henry threatened revenge on their pledges in England, and penalties on future captives.
If they are not able to properly care for the obelisk, he has threatened to " take the necessary steps to bring this precious artifact home and save it from ruin.
If and with
He said: `` If it's all right with you, Mr. Morgan, I'll sleep out here on the couch.
If we let them go, they won't stay away, they'll find men to ride with them and they'll be back.
He added, `` If this doesn't work out, the three of you barricade yourself in the house and talk terms with them ''.
If he showed signs of collecting his rifle and going back with his deputy to the ranch he would be shot down instantly.
If Franklin was an authentic genius, then Alexander Hamilton, with his exceptional precocity, consuming energy, and high ambition, was a political prodigy.
If his dancers are sometimes made to look as if they might be creatures from Mars, this is consistent with his intention of placing them in the orbit of another world, a world in which they are freed of their pedestrian identities.
If we look at recent art we find it preoccupied with form.
If we remove ourselves for a moment from our time and our infatuation with mental disease, isn't there something absurd about a hero in a novel who is defeated by his infantile neurosis??
If I now risk some comparisons with Sons And Lovers let it be clear that I am not comparing the two works or judging their merits ; ;
If he condemns the recent or the present, he condemns the past with no less force.
If his scholarship and formal musicianship were not all they might have been, Mercer demonstrated at an early age that he was gifted with a remarkable ear for rhythm and dialect.
If Jews are identified as a religious body in a controversy that comes before a national or international tribunal, it is obviously compatible with the goal of human dignity to protect freedom of worship.
If art is to release us from these postulated things ( things we must think symbolically about ) and bring us back to the ineffable beauty and richness of the aesthetic component of reality in its immediacy, it must sever its connection with these common sense entities ''.
If it is not one of his best books, it can only be considered unsatisfactory when compared with his own Garibaldi.
If Woodruff could not furnish a strong explanation, the governor insisted that he lower his prices in accord with the scale printed in The Advocate.
If he borrowed money from Shakespeare or with his help, he would now have been able to repay the loan.
If the manner of his passing moves the nations to act in the spirit of his dedication the sore issues that plague the world can yet be resolved with reason and justice.
If the party of Adenauer and Erhart, with 45 per cent of the vote, approaches the party of Willy Brandt, which won 36 per cent, the result would be a stiffening of the old resolve.
If you're lyin' out in the hammock at night, and it gets kinda cool -- you know -- you just take these sides with the fringe on -- see -- and wrap 'em right over you.
If he can bounce back with one of those 25 home runs years, the club will have to be better off offensively.
If he can't play with Mommy's magazines, he should have some old numbers of his own.
If only this could be done more often -- with such heartening results -- many of the earth's `` big problems '' would shrink to the insignificances they really are.
If he were to go with White, he would be out there two days, not just listening in the dark at some point between here and Papa-san, but moving ever deeper into enemy land -- behind Papa-san -- itself.
If he had any worries, it was only the small ones, about Mother in New York, and his daughter Edwina and what she might be doing at this hour, with her Aunt Asia, in Philadelphia.
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 ''.
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