The first sentence of an article in The New York Times from 1968 describes the Manual as " a major bid to encourage Americans to evade military conscription ".

Initially, they sold 49. 98 % of their Class A shares to Shaw, 49. 98 % to the Allard family, and 0. 04 % to CanWest, in order to evade the coat-tail provision while Shaw completed a takeover bid for the non-voting shares.

In a bid to stimulate development in Dumfries town centre, both economically and in a social context, several strategies have been proposed by the controlling authorities.

During the Elián González controversy in 2000, Penelas vowed that he would do nothing to assist the Clinton administration and federal authorities in their bid to return the six-year-old boy to Cuba.

Osaka City was defeated in a bid to draw the Second National Commercial College ( the winner was Kobe City ), so the city authorities decided to establish a municipal commercial college without any aid from the national budget.

When Alistaire Stuart and a near comatose Rachel Summers are threatened by the authorities, Illyana grants them sanctuary ; however, she merely intends to use her guests to ensure her success in a bid for dominance over the world.

Travel bans have been imposed on key players, and Kenyan authorities will start freezing the assets of individuals suspected of being involved in corruption in a bid to recover looted state funds

Soon the jailer, who was the servant of the Eleven, entered and stood by him, saying: " To you, Socrates, whom I know to be the noblest and gentlest and best of all who ever came to this place, I will not impute the angry feelings of other men, who rage and swear at me, when, in obedience to the authorities, I bid them drink the poison -- indeed, I am sure that you will not be angry with me ; for others, as you are aware, and not I, are to blame.

The takeover bid was barred by regulatory authorities.

The takeover bid was barred by regulatory authorities.

In retaliation, Georgia ’ s central authorities imposed partial economic sanctions against its defiant region in a bid " to exhaust Adjaran regime's resources ".

The authorities were shocked when they opened the bids on the proposed tower portion, as there was only a single bid and it was considerably more expensive ( US $ 1. 4 billion ) than their estimate ($ 780 million ), partially because of a rise in the cost of steel and concrete.

Ibn Tumart condemned the subtle reasoning of Maliki scholars as " innovations " ( bid ' ah ), obscurantist, perverse and possibly heretical ( a charge previously made by Ibn Hazm and al-Ghazali, and the main reason why their works were proscribed by Almoravid authorities .).

The IOC also confirmed that the attacks would not affect London's successful Olympic bid for the 2012 Summer Olympic Games, stating " Security is one of the 17 themes of evaluating the Olympics and we have full confidence in the London authorities for a secure Olympic Games ".

To ease the transition, the 3rd Tank Army gave two rifle divisions to the 69th Army, and attacked south in a bid to destroy the SS Panzer Corps.

In a bid to trap the city's defenders in the center, the 1st Battalion of the 1st SS Panzergrenadier Regiment re-entered the city using the Volchansk exit road.

* 1487 – The ten-year-old Lambert Simnel is crowned in Christ Church Cathedral in Dublin, Ireland with the name of Edward VI in a bid to threaten King Henry VII's reign.

* Joint bid from the Republic of Ireland, Scotland and Wales

Following the election of Barack Obama it was rumored that Doyle, an early supporter of Obama's bid for President, was being offered a cabinet post, an ambassadorship to Ireland, or a job as head of the Peace Corps.

In February 2002, Scotland joined forces with the Republic of Ireland in a bid to host the 2008 European Football Championship.

Austria and Switzerland jointly bid to host the games, and faced major competition from Greece / Turkey, Scotland / Republic of Ireland, Russia, Hungary, Croatia / Bosnia-Herzegovina and a 4-way Nordic bid from Norway / Sweden / Denmark / Finland.

In 2008, Boxer announced that it had put in a bid to operate three of the four multiplexes of the DTT service for Ireland, in conjunction with Irish company Communicorp.

Ireland played a significant role in the brief 2004 presidential bid of former Senator Carol Moseley Braun.

The name Esat, said to be an abbreviation of " Éireann Satellite " and connected to O ' Briens bid for Ireland's communications satellite licence under the 1977 ITU frequency plans, would become much more associated with telcommunications in Ireland, however.

In 2002, during the joint bid by Scotland and Ireland to host the UEFA Euro 2008 tournament, First Minister of Scotland Jack McConnell cited the " worldwide reputation " of the Tartan Army as a strength of the bid, stating that other countries welcome their arrival " with open arms ".

At Clontarf Earl Sigurd the Stout of Orkney made a bid to become High King of Ireland, in battle with Brian Boru, the established High King.

TCM purchased its own slot throughout England, Scotland and Northern Ireland from the multiplex owner, SDN, but rents from Sit-up Ltd in Wales, timesharing with bid tv.

The booklet's title is a reference to the banner of Sigurd Hlodvirsson, Earl of Orkney ( Sigurd the Stout ), who died at Clontarf in 1014 in a bid to become High King of Ireland.

On December 1, 2006, IGRAB announced the success of the bid of Emerald Warriors to host the 2008 competition in Dublin Ireland.

Major League Soccer was founded in 1993 as part of the United States ' bid to host the 1994 FIFA World Cup.

Bucklin was named after Major Bucklin, Chief Engineer of the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad, in a failed bid to get the railroad division point.

Major League Soccer was founded in 1993 as part of the United States ' bid to host the 1994 FIFA World Cup.

He also finished second in the National League in at bats with 640, earned his only bid to the Major League Baseball All-Star Game, and also won his third Gold Glove at third base ( the first by a Brave third baseman since Clete Boyer in 1969 ) en route to the Braves making their second World Series appearance in a row.

There was speculation about whether the Bulldogs would qualify for a BCS bid, something then unprecedented for a ' Mid Major ' conference team.

While her bid for godhood is disrupted, she nonetheless acquires magical might to enslave the Earth by infusing an already powerful supervillain team with the might of the Major Arcana of the Tarot, giving them a measure of control over reality.

By cue bidding a minor you are showing a good holding in the corresponding Major while a bid of the Major shows a weaker holding.

** Splinter bid ; Ingberman Convention: In this case, Monroe Ingberman uses a Three No Trump Response to force a Major Raise.

The historian Ammianus Marcellinus described it as a barbarica conspiratio that capitalized on a depleted military force in the province brought about by Magnentius ' losses of the Battle of Mursa Major after his unsuccessful bid to become emperor.

A character's ability scores are purchased during character creation in an auction ; players get 100 character points, and bid on each attribute in turn.

It was purchased by Clodius himself, who, not wishing his name to appear in the matter, had someone else place the bid for him.

In January 2008, Acer announced that it had acquired a 75 % controlling share in the parent company of Packard Bell due to ownership rights that it had acquired when it purchased Gateway the year before, enabling Acer to counter offer any third party bid on Packard Bell.

Stock market makers also receive liquidity rebates from electronic communication networks ( ECN ) for each share that is sold to or purchased from each posted bid or offer.

Some of these teams were purchased by private owners and relocated — at the same time the league's name was changed — in the summer of 2005, in a bid to appeal to more fans nationwide.

By the end of the 1997 – 98 season, the bid was withdrawn and Wembley was purchased by the Football Association in July 1998.

In 2002 Alistair MacDonald of Glencoe made a successful eleventh-hour bid, and purchased the remaining lands of Lord Strathcona from his descendants.

In 1988, the Austereo group purchased the station from Hoyts, intending to use it as a vehicle to bid for an FM conversion licence.

The consortium that Turner was a part of ultimately did not make a successful bid for the club however, and the club was instead purchased by Milan Mandarić in December 2010.

Sotheby ’ s planned to auction off the flower watercolors one-by-one, but Arader created one of his sydicates and, in a remarkable coup, purchased the whole group with a single, unchallenged bid of five million dollars.

Jack, however, had secretly organized a syndicate, headed by Boston banker Serge Semenenko, who purchased 90 % ( 800, 000 shares ) of the company's stock ; Harry had at first rejected Semenenko's earlier offer to purchase his stock in February 1956, but later accepted the offer after Semenenko increased his bid and agreed to make Simon Fabian-the head of Fabian Enterprises who had also become a friend of the Warners-the new Warner Bros. President.

Depending of the commodity being purchased and the organization the bid may specify a weighted evaluation criterion.

The company did not prevail in its bid and GM will assemble packs with cells purchased from Compact Power.

Babcock International, who had bought out Thorn's share of the original Babcock Thorn consortium, was the only company to submit a bid and after protracted negotiations purchased the yard in January 1997.

The company was owned by two Brazilian conglomerates which built up stakes in February 2010 in order to thwart a € 3. 9 billion takeover bid from steel maker Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional ( CSN ): Camargo Corrêa holds 32. 9 % and the Votorantim Group 21. 2 % ( of which 17. 3 % was purchased from Lafarge and 3. 7 % from Cinveste ).

In fact the C & DC lost out in its bid for approval for its line, and the London & South Western company itself purchased the Bodmin & Wadebridge line for the same £ 35, 000 from the C & DC company.

The SEC alleged that the couple purchased 415, 000 shares through a Merrill Lynch Hong Kong account between from 13 April until 30 April, and had reaped a US $ 8. 2 million profit on disposal following announcement of the bid.