In order to bolster the defences of the kingdom against the growing strength of the Muslims, Baldwin III made the first direct alliance with the Byzantine Empire, by marrying Theodora Comnena, a niece of emperor Manuel ; Manuel married Baldwin's cousin Maria.

There were allegations that the dossier was " sexed up " prior to publication in order to bolster the case for military action.

As a rule, during that era, news programming during prime time lost money ; networks mainly scheduled public affairs programs in prime time in order to bolster the prestige of their news departments, and thus boost ratings for the regular evening newscasts, which were seen by far more people than documentaries and the like.

Germany and Austria realized they needed Bulgaria's help in order to defeat Serbia militarily, and thereby open supply lines from Germany to Turkey, and bolster the Eastern Front against Russia.

In 1790, Clementi made the decision to give up his performing career, possibly in order to bolster his reputation as a composer.

In 1996, Stang and Steve Bevilacqua, owner of the Flying Lemur Bookstore in Cleveland, Ohio, worked together to manage the corporate entity of the church, the SubGenius Foundation Inc. Their efforts helped to bolster the church's revival through the late 1990s and early 2000s, until Bevilacqua had to retire from church management in order to support his wife, Rachel Bevilacqua.

It maintained its embassy in Jerusalem until August 2006, when it finally relocated to Tel Aviv in order to bolster its ties with the Arab world.

For example, during the confusion and high casualty rates of both the Normandy landings and the Battle of the Bulge, in order to bolster the strength of a depleted infantry regiment, companies and even battalions were moved around as necessary.

The law is intended to in this way help bolster and maintain investor confidence in order to support the market.

In order to bolster support for a republic, the voting age for Whites was lowered from twenty-one to eighteen, benefiting younger Afrikaans speakers, who were more likely to favour a republic, and the franchise was extended to whites in South West Africa, most of whom were German or Afrikaans speakers.

The court of Ferdinand and Isabella was constantly on the move, in order to bolster local support for the crown from local feudal lords.

Taking a $ 1. 4 million pay cut from the Canucks ' original yearly offer, Sundin reportedly decreased his contract willingly in order to give the Canucks added salary cap space to potentially bolster their lineup before the end of the season .< ref >

" The BBC reported that he was daring law enforcement to react to his actions of fortifying the Golden Temple in order to bolster support.

Yahweh then performs various demonstrative miracles in order to bolster Moses's credibility.

Although the details of capturing images are complex ( e. g., the oddities of various copy protection technologies applied to removable media ), image formats have proliferated beyond reason-mainly because producers of image-creating software often like to create a new format with touted properties in order to bolster market share.

The immensity of significance in Korea has led to the creation of the term " surrogate website ", often referred to rival communities in order to bolster its image.

Furthermore, the Soviet raid on Tatsinskaya managed to destroy the airfield and several dozen aircraft being used by the Luftwaffe to resupply forces inside the Stalingrad pocket, forcing Manstein to order the 48th Panzer Corps on the defensive, instead of reserving it to bolster his forces directed toward the breakthrough to Stalingrad.

Critics of the Bush administration accused them of damaging national security by the deliberate " outing " of an undercover operative for political reasons, i. e. in order to bolster claims of terrorist threats in August 2004 and win support in the upcoming election.

The giant neon sign has been revised on several occasions in order to celebrate events such as the World Cup and to bolster team spirit for Osaka's baseball team, the Hanshin Tigers.

In what would become a signature trait of Hamer's activist career, she began singing Christian hymns, such as " Go Tell It on the Mountain " and " This Little Light of Mine ", to the group in order to bolster their resolve.

Some critics have suggested that the site rates albums from particular music scenes or artists more favorably in order to bolster its influence when the music becomes popular.

The original Fort Ontario was erected in 1755, during the French and Indian War in order to bolster defenses already in place at Fort Oswego on the opposite side of the river.

In order to bolster his position with the government in London, Leisler on August 15 dispatched Jost Stoll and Matthew Clarkson to England.

In 1248, in order to bolster her claims, the 22-year-old Duchess married Herman VI, Margrave of Baden.

The case is famous for Lincoln's use of a fact established by judicial notice in order to challenge the credibility of an eyewitness.

Coercion may involve the actual infliction of physical pain / injury or psychological harm in order to enhance the credibility of a threat.

The mounting criticism of the historical styles gained substantial cultural credibility after World War I, a disaster widely seen as a failure of the old world order of imperial leadership of Europe.

In order to maintain his credibility, it was decided that ( or one of his agents ) should forewarn the Germans of the timing and some details of the actual invasion of Normandy, although sending it too late for them to take effective action.

These unknowns, indeterminacy and ignorance, that exist in science are often “ transformed ” into uncertainty when reported to the public in order to make issues more manageable, since scientific indeterminacy and ignorance are difficult concepts for scientists to convey without losing credibility.

In order to maintain credibility in the Arab world and maintain stability at home, on 30 May 1967, King Hussein signed a mutual defense treaty with Egypt, and handed over command of the Jordanian military to Egyptian generals.

In order to secure the credibility of the kroon, the Bank of Estonia exchanged kroon for foreign currency.

Leadership authors Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner advise mentors to look for " teachable moments " in order to " expand or realize the potentialities of the people in the organizations they lead " and underline that personal credibility is as essential to quality mentoring as skill.

This information was transmitted at the behest of the British High Command in order to increase his credibility to the Germans and was done at a time when it was too late to fortify Normandy.

The court suggested that the administration was now manipulating the federal court system with " intentional mooting " in order to avoid Supreme Court review, and recognized " shifting tactics in the case threatens government's credibility with the courts.

It is a very common belief among KMT supporters that President Lee Teng-hui was secretly supporting Chen Shui-bian, and purposely supported the less popular Lien in order to split the Kuomintang, and this belief was given a great deal of credibility after the 2000 election with Lee's defection to the Pan-Green coalition, though Lee's defection came only after his humiliating expulsion by the KMT.

Despite his disapproval of his fellow military top brass, Naguib remained in the army in order for the Free Officers not to lose their highest-ranking officer and most influential member, although many today argue that his position on the top was merely a figurehead leader to the revolutionary Free Officers Movement to lend credibility to the group.

In order to maintain credibility amongst our team members, new curators come join through recommendations of existing curators.

Frequently, the emperor embellished his ancestry and his early life in order to enhance his credibility or the right to the throne.

Since December 2006 Royal has been travelling abroad extensively in order to enhance her international profile and credibility, but her efforts have been set back by a series of blunders, which her political opponents at UMP have been quick to jump on.

" If we compromise, we weaken the UN and our own credibility in building this new world order ," I said.

In order to earn credibility as a league, the PCHA lured players from the NHA, and in 1912, the Millionaires acquired the highly-touted Cyclone Taylor, who would play for and star in Vancouver for the following ten seasons — the remainder of his career.

Upon achieving some progress in the disinflation process, a two-stage monetary reform was launched in order to emphasize the Bank ’ s determination in its efforts, to enhance the credibility of the Turkish currency, and to eliminate various problems arising from high denomination.

In order to build up Munn ’ s credibility, the Trio booked him to successfully defend the title against Zbyszko on April 15, 1925 ; however, Zbyszko had secretly accepted a payoff from Tony Stecher ( Joe ’ s brother / manager ) to switch to their company.

It was decided that the series would focus on the FBI in order to avoid something Carter had seen as a failing in Kolchak, whereby mysterious events would continually occur in one locale and be accidentally uncovered by the same character — by creating a fictional FBI unit which actively uncovered these paranormal cases, it was felt that the series would be " sustainable week after week without stretching the parameters of credibility ".

Although Interscope marketed Dr. Dre as Eminem's major producer in order to boost his credibility as a white rapper in the hip-hop community, the Bass Brothers have in fact produced more individual tracks for the rapper than Dre.

Nosenko was allowed to defect, although his credibility was immediately in question because the CIA was unable to verify a KGB recall order.

Stephen finally arrived in Normandy in 1137 and restored order, but he had lost much of credibility in the eyes of his supporter Robert of Gloucester.