The visit was designed to bolster Anglo-French solidarity in the face of aggression from Nazi Germany.

The Fashoda incident of 1898 represented the worst Anglo-French crisis in decades, but France's buckling in the face of British demands foreshadowed improved relations as the two countries set about resolving their overseas claims.

With Rod on his way and Matilda visiting with Mrs. Jackson while they searched out familiar names on the face of the cliff, Harmony settled on the edge of the grub box, to ease the pressure of her swollen body on her bone-weary legs, and worried about all that might have happened to Sally.

The face of one block contained a hole 1/16'' '' in diameter which led to a manometer for the measurement of the normal pressure.

From this and the force of deformation it should be possible to calculate the elastic energy of deformation which should be equal to the Af calculated from the pressure normal to the shearing face.

Few business groups in recent years have come under heavier pressure to face these realities than real estate brokers and home builders.

The black Fudo seemed to stare rigidly back at him and Richard's eyes were caught by the Fudo's in fascination, and then Richard was shocked as, all at once, flames shot out from the sharp features of Fudo's face and there was a terrible metallic scraping sound, as if the large statue were about to burst from some pressure within it.

It has been hypothesized that the portion of the brain responsible for processing stimulation from amputated limbs, being deprived of input, expands into the surrounding brain, ( Phantoms in the Brain: V. S. Ramachandran and Sandra Blakeslee ) such that an individual who has had an arm amputated will experience unexplained pressure or movement on his face or head.

The pressure of the wind on its face is balanced by a spring.

James Lind's anemometer of 1775 consisted simply of a glass U tube containing a liquid manometer ( pressure gauge ), with one end bent in a horizontal direction to face the wind and the other vertical end remains parallel to the wind flow.

" Roger Bate asserts, " many countries have been coming under pressure from international health and environment agencies to give up DDT or face losing aid grants: Belize and Bolivia are on record admitting they gave in to pressure on this issue from.

In the face of this pressure, Serrano fled the country.

Tie-backs are steel tendons drilled into the face of the wall which extend beyond the soil which is applying pressure to the wall, to provide additional lateral resistance to the wall.

The Netherlands tried to reestablish their rule, but a bitter armed and diplomatic struggle ended in December 1949, when in the face of international pressure, the Dutch formally recognised Indonesian independence.

In the face of international pressure, the French released the government officials on November 22, 1943 and accepted the independence of Lebanon.

Under international pressure, President Sirleaf requested in March 2006 that Nigeria extradite Charles Taylor, who was then brought before an international tribunal in Sierra Leone to face charges of crimes against humanity, arising from events during the Sierra Leone civil war ( his trial was later transferred to The Hague for security purposes ).

Tapping on the face of the gauge is not recommended as it will tend to falsify actual readings initially presented by the gauge. The Bourdon tube is separate from the face of the gauge and thus has no effect on the actual reading of pressure.

In the following illustrations the transparent cover face of the pictured combination pressure and vacuum gauge has been removed and the mechanism removed from the case.

* the right portion of the face is used to measure fuel pump pressure and is calibrated in fractions of 1 kgf / cm² on its inner scale and pounds per square inch on its outer scale.

The reference face can be open to atmosphere to measure gauge pressure, open to a second port to measure differential pressure, or can be sealed against a vacuum or other fixed reference pressure to measure absolute pressure.

Though he had to face strong pressure on the part of the ambassadors of the Bourbon courts Clement XIII always refused to yield to their demands to have the Society of Jesus suppressed.

The increased pressure leads to compression and traction of the cranial nerves, a group of nerves that arise from the brain stem and supply the face and neck.

In his fictional historical essay " The Hyborian Age ", Howard describes how the people of Atlantis — the land where his character King Kull originated — had to move east after a great cataclysm changed the face of the world and sank their island, settling where Ireland and Scotland would eventually be located, Thus they are ( in Howard's work ) the ancestors of the Irish and Scottish ( the Celtic Gaels ) and not the Picts, the other ancestor of modern Scots who also appear in Howard's work.

But neither the soldiers nor King Saul himself had the courage to face the Phillistine adversary.

To incarnate the role ’ s “ intense, tragic face ”, Fellini ’ s first choice had been Humphrey Bogart but after learning of the actor ’ s lung cancer, chose Crawford after seeing his face on the theatrical poster of All the King ’ s Men ( 1949 ).

In Chronicles, Macbeth is portrayed as struggling to support the kingdom in the face of King Duncan's ineptitude.

He wrote on this problem: " The originality of the problem is due to the White King being placed in absolute safety, and yet coming out on a reckless career, with no immediate threat and in the face of innumerable checks ".

King Henry ( Homer Simpson ) is depicted as a gluttonous slob who stuffs his face while singing " I'm Henery the Eighth, I am ".

The knights will awake and under the command of St. Wenceslaus and bring aid to the Czech people when they face ultimate danger ( see also King in the mountain legends ).

* July 21 – Battle of Shrewsbury: King Henry IV of England defeats a rebel army led by " Hotspur " Percy, who is killed in the battle by an arrow in his face.

Glycerius took up residence at Salona, which in 475 saw the arrival of Julius Nepos, who had retreated to Dalmatia in the face of a coup by Magister militum Orestes ; he was still in Salona when, in 476 Orestes ' son, the usurper Romulus Augustus, was deposed by Odoacer, King of the Heruli.

Maximilian also gave a bizarre jousting helmet as a gift to King Henry VIII – the helmet's visor featured a human face, with eyes, nose and a grinning mouth, and was modeled after the appearance of Maximilian himself.

" The two brothers of the King were found near him and Harold himself, stripped of all badges of honour, could not be identified by his face but only by certain marks on his body.

Unfortunately for King Henry, the bullion value of the coins is about 20 % higher than the nominal face value, leading to poor circulation as coins are melted down by individuals for their gold content.

The first player lays down his top card face up, and the opponent plays his top card on it, and this goes on alternately as long as no ace or face card ( King, Queen, or Jack ) appears.

In August 1791, Frederick Augustus arranged a meeting with Holy Roman Emperor Leopold II and King Friedrich Wilhelm II of Prussia at Pillnitz Castle that was intended partly to offer support for the French monarchy in the face of revolutionary agitation in France.

As King Edward made his way south to face Warwick, he realised that Warwick's brother John, Marquess of Montagu, who had up till then remained loyal to Edward, had defected at the head of a large army in the North of England.

For example, Henry Irving's 1892 King Lear offered spectacles such as Lear's death beneath a cliff at Dover, his face lit by the red glow of a setting sun ; at the expense of cutting 46 % of the text, including the blinding of Gloucester.

In Hart's absence after WrestleMania XII, Steve Austin became the new face of the company, starting with his Austin 3: 16 speech, shortly after defeating Jake Roberts in the tournament finals at the 1996 King of the Ring pay-per-view.

Their rivalry has not always been peaceful — on May 21, 2004, following a dinner held by King Juan Carlos I of Spain on the eve of the wedding of his son Felipe, Prince of Asturias, Vittorio Emanuele punched Amedeo twice in the face.

Curio marched to face Pompey's ally King Juba of Numidia, but was defeated and killed, along with all his men, on the Bagradas River.

Guy's son Count Robert III ( 1305 – 1322 ) nevertheless granted further city rights to Dunkirk, his successor Count Louis I ( 1322 – 1346 ) had to face the Peasant revolt of 1323 – 1328, which was crushed by King Philip VI of France at the 1328 Battle of Cassel, whereafter the Dunkirkers again were affected by the repressive measures of their lord-paramount.

The chronicler further claimed that when Thomas FitzStephen came to the surface after the sinking and learned that William Adelin had not survived, he let himself drown rather than face the King.

' Then King Henry recognized him and hit him in the face with a knife and they.

Earlier interpretations of this event focused on Rupert's concern for his honour in the face of his initial dismissal by the King ; later works have highlighted the practical importance of the courts martial to Rupert's future employability as a mercenary in Europe, given that Rupert knew that the war by this point was effectively lost.