The term took on its present meaning from a group of ministers of King Charles II of England ( Sir Thomas Clifford, Lord Arlington, the Duke of Buckingham, Lord Ashley, and Lord Lauderdale ), whose initial letters coincidentally spelled CABAL, and who were the signatories of the public Treaty of Dover that allied England to France in a prospective war against the Netherlands.

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has often mailed its application decision letters to prospective students for delivery on Pi Day.

To overcome the difficulties, both practical and in terms of public relations, of a prospective King of England addressing his subjects from enemy territory, Monck advised Charles to relocate himself to the United Netherlands, and to date his letters as if they were posted from Breda.

Other form letters are used to notify candidates as part of an application process, such as acceptance or rejection letters from publishing companies, colleges or prospective employers.

Narmour ( 1990, 6 ) considers these symbols to be representative of cognitive structures: " As symbological tokens, all sixteen prospective and retrospective letters purport to represent the listener's encoding of many of the basic structures of melody.

In 1969 Yale disciplined him by demotion for sending out unauthorized admission letters to prospective students, following an unresolved departmental dispute.

Hundreds of evangelicals attended, and the newly launched society quickly began receiving letters of financial support, and interest from prospective missionaries.

" This is the only piece of regalia that prospective members are allowed to wear — all other jewelry is restricted to initiated members, and even the coat of arms and letters ( usually worn in the form of embroidered or ironed-on blocked letters ) are restricted unless there is a clear indication that the wearer is a prospective member or colony member.

* Sherman at War, edited by Joseph H. Ewing ( Dayton, OH: Morningside, 1992 ) – approximately thirty war time letters to Sherman's father-in-law, Thomas Ewing, and one of his brothers-in-law, Philemon B. Ewing.

In 1744 Susannah became David Garrick's leading lady at Drury Lane, the theatre managed by her father-in-law, and their partnership and friendship ( reflected in letters ) continued until her death.

In 1788 Lord Buckingham also succeeded his father-in-law as second Earl Nugent according to a special remainder in the letters patent.

In 1665 he succeeded his father-in-law as second Viscount Massereene according to a special remainder in the letters patent.

In 1653 he had succeeded his father-in-law Francis Leigh, 1st Earl of Chichester as second Earl of Chichester according to a special remainder in the letters patent.

Louis XV thereupon recreated the title of Valentinois by letters patent, signed in December 1715 and registered on 2 September 1716, for Jacques, who was to succeed his father-in-law Antoine as Prince Jacques I ; like the previous creation, its inheritance was restricted to male heirs.

In 1692, the early letters were shown to the newly appointed Elector Ernest Augustus ( Sophia Dorothea's father-in-law ).

In both letters, the author expressed hope that he would be passed over by the Nobel Committee in favour of Alberto Moravia.

In the United States, Enlightenment philosophy ( which itself was heavily inspired by deist ideals ) played a major role in creating the principle of religious freedom, expressed in Thomas Jefferson's letters and included in the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.

All of this is reasonably normal for a mainframe language of the era, but looks a little surreal when expressed without letters.

His character as a munificent patron of literature-which has made his name a household word-is gratefully acknowledged by the recipients of it and attested by the regrets of the men of letters of a later age, expressed by Martial and Juvenal.

Rowing events use a systematic nomenclature for the naming of events, so that age, gender, ability and size of boat can all be expressed in a few numbers and letters.

After the bombing, he would come to have some ambivalence about his act, as expressed in letters to his hometown newspaper that he sometimes wished he had carried out a series of assassinations against police and government officials instead.

To her, the pain expressed in viewers ' letters was a logical reaction to the lack of realistic lesbian role models on television.

In his 1946-47 essay " The Mariner and the Albatross ", George Whalley suggests that the Ancient Mariner is an autobiographical portrait of Coleridge himself, comparing the Mariner's loneliness with Coleridge's own feelings of loneliness expressed in his letters and journals.

At the time he appears to have believed that the new emperor, Michael II ( r. 820 – 829 ), would adopt a pro-icons policy, and he expressed this hope in two letters to Michael.

In contrast to the attitude expressed in these writings and to his Enlightenment background, he used insulting terms expressing prejudices against Poles in his private letters during his stay in Vilnius and in a diary from the journey through Poland, but he never published any manifestation of this attitude.

The significance of Leo's pontificate lies in his assertion of the universal jurisdiction of the Roman bishop, as expressed in his letters, and still more in his 96 extant orations.

He expressed a less charitable view, however, in private letters to his wife after his mother's death: " My sadness was mixed with incredulity that any mother could have been so hard and cruel towards her eldest son for so many years and yet so demanding at the end without relenting a scrap.

The letters she sent to him shortly before their marriage expressed her eagerness to see him ; his letters, on the other hand, were stereotyped and formal.

Bukharin also wrote series of very emotional letters to Stalin protesting his innocence and professing his love for Stalin, which contrasts with his critical opinion of Stalin and his policies expressed to others and his conduct in the trial.

) Oskar Alfred-Berger's letters, Stauffenberg had commented openly on the ill-treatment of the Jews when he " expressed outrage and shock on this subject to fellow officers in General Staff Headquarters in Vinnitsa ( Ukraine ) during the summer of 1942.

* Secretive behavior, such as stockpiling resentments that are expressed behind people's backs, giving the silent treatment or under the breath mutterings, avoiding eye contact, putting people down, gossiping, anonymous complaints, poison pen letters, stealing, and conning.

Pittsburgh citizens helped diffuse the threat by banishing three men whose intercepted letters had given offense to the rebels, and by sending a delegation to Braddock's Field that expressed support for the gathering.

This part, and that of Desdemona, were among her great impersonations ; in both she was considered by some critics superior to Sarah Siddons, who expressed her fear of her in one of her letters.

Note that the quantities V, the volume, and r the radius are expressed as single letters.

Similar concerns were expressed by the Alaska Outdoor Council in letters to Senators Murkowski and Begich and Governor Parnell.

In 1960, letters from readers in The Ladder appeared that expressed exasperation with the emphasis on conformity in the DOB.

" The state parole board received approximately 20 letters, the majority of which expressed their sympathy and support for Biechele, some going as far as to describe him as a " scapegoat " with limited responsibility.

In these letters and speeches, people expressed their sentiments about the unveiling of the LaFontaine Monument and it is clear they saw him as a great man.

While his stories appeared in the pages of prominent pulp magazines such as Weird Tales ( eliciting letters of outrage as often as letters of praise from regular readers of the magazines ), not many people knew his name.

Even still, the story was greeted with outrage by British reviewers, some of whom suggested that Wilde should be prosecuted on moral grounds, leading Wilde to defend the novel aggressively in letters to the British press.

Quite what the real James Hogg made of this is mostly unknown, although some of his letters to Blackwood and others express outrage and anguish.

Private letters critical of the provincial government that Bernard had written were published in 1769 to great outrage.

Bowdoin's opposition to British policies continued during the Hutchinson administration, and when letters by Hutchinson were published to outrage similar to the Bernard letters affair, Bowdoin again penned works highly critical of the governor and calling for his removal.

A firestorm of letters and calls from all over the country and the world came into The Daily Illini expressing both support and outrage.

Her letters home are celebrated for their humor, her outrage at the ruling Ottomans, and many personal stories gleaned from the people around her.

" On 8 November 1989, Parliament expressed outrage at Maathai's actions, complaining of her letters to foreign organizations and calling the Green Belt Movement a bogus organization and its members " a bunch of divorcees ".

Unlike Moore's other books, the contents consist almost completely of letters and e-mail that Moore has received from people in the military and their families, many expressing outrage at George W. Bush for sending them to Iraq, descriptions of the horrors of war, remorse about the killing and destruction wrought on Iraqi civilians, worry about loved ones, and disillusionment with the military and politics.

As a result of his whiny persona and lack of due slapstick punishment against him ( the cornerstone of Stooge humor ), Joe has been less popular with contemporary Stooge fans, so much so, that " Stooge-a-Polooza " TV host Rich Koz has even apologized on the air before showing Besser shorts ; during the show's tenure he received more than a few letters from fans expressing their outrage over his airing them.

Here Larson shows his cartoons that have provoked controversy, even outrage, and he reprints some of the indignant letters of protest.

Some of those opponents alleged that it was all a political trick that had been devised by the President to cause war with Great Britain, and the Henry letters did indeed help create the outrage which led to the declaration of the War of 1812 on June 12.