about keeping warm, about keeping well, about meeting the minor emergencies that came up once, twice, fifty times a day.

However, during times of emergencies when the Roman Republic declared a dictatorship ( dictatura ), lictors attending to the dictator kept the axe-blades even inside the Pomerium — a sign that the dictator had the ultimate power in his own hands.

However, the power of the dictator was so absolute that Ancient Romans were hesitant in electing one, reserving this decision only to times of severe emergencies.

Vostrikov orders a series of diving maneuvers during which he directs Polenin to simulate a number of emergencies including fires and flooding while he times the crew's response.

Gertrude and Alice then volunteered to drive supplies to French hospitals, in the Ford they named Auntie, " after Gertrude's aunt Pauline, ' who always behaved admirably in emergencies and behaved fairly well most times if she was flattered.

The third route of the Eastern Railway is in parts the southern border of the park, on the southern side of the Avon River, and provides-at times of bushfires and other emergencies a track and point of access.

In some communities a fire apparatus, often a paramedic engine, will be used to carry first responder firefighters, paramedics or EMTs to medical emergencies because of their faster response times due to forward staging in the city compared to ambulances coming from hospitals Fire departments may also have lifeguards in places such as Los Angeles County, California.

Southern tickets to Redhill can be used in emergencies, as the train stops there during such times.

This provision was much abused during dictatorships, with long-lasting states of siege giving the government a free hand to suppress opposition ( state of emergencies had been declared 52 times by democratic and dictatorial governments, starting in 1854 shortly after the constitution came into force ).

Additional long-range airlift aircraft are available during national emergencies through the Civil Reserve Air Fleet, a fleet of commercial aircraft committed to support the transportation of military forces and material in times of crisis.

The festival goes on rain or shine, though at times it is susceptible to local emergencies: Event planners cancelled carnaval in 2007 due to a major dengue outbreak that afflicted all of Limón, and again in 2008 due to an epidemic trash-removal problem that has since been resolved.

The primary function of the agent was to remain at all times in close proximity to the President in the event of such emergencies.

After the reign of Frederik IV, Rosenborg was used as a royal residence only twice, and both these times were during emergencies.

In Tudor times mail was sent from London to Portsmouth via Southampton and the route through Liphook only used in emergencies, such as the Armada of 1588.

Most mobile telephone networks operate close to capacity during normal times, and large spikes in call volumes caused by widespread emergencies often overload the systems when they are needed most.

In the past with fewer radios, no EPIRBS, poor boater education and slower response times more breakdowns may have resulted in emergencies.

The Ohio Military Reserve ( OHMR ) is a military force which supports the State of Ohio along with the Ohio Army National Guard and Ohio Air National Guard in times of natural disaster and state and national emergencies.

Additional long-range airlift aircraft are available during national emergencies through the Civil Reserve Air Fleet, a fleet of commercial aircraft committed to support the transportation of military forces and material in times of crisis.

It has been used in emergencies several times since.

It has reduced response times and assisted in the recovery process during emergencies.

These reservoirs were built specifically to preserve water during times of drought, and are in place for emergencies uses such as earthquake, floods or other events.

" We learn that in ancient times there have been cases of troops being asked for and assistance requested: to render help in emergencies, and to restore that which has been interrupted, is a manifestation of ordinary principles of right.

In more recent times, it has been suggested that the Senate may have pushed for the marriage between Agrippina and Claudius to end the feud between the Julian and Claudian branches.

It has been suggested in recent times that the Senate may have pushed for the marriage to end the feud between the Julian and Claudian branches.

Thereafter, he ran for governor in 1971 and the United States Senate in 1978, both times as an Independent candidate.

The word originated as the title of a magistrate in ancient Rome appointed by the Senate to rule the republic in times of emergency ( see Roman dictator and justitium ).

In modern times, the Vice President usually presides over the Senate only when a tie in the voting is anticipated.

When there is a vacancy in the office of Secretary of State, the duties are exercised either by another member of the cabinet, or, in more recent times, by a high-ranking official of the State Department until the President appoints, and the United States Senate confirms, a new Secretary.

In modern times, the Vice President rarely presides over day-to-day matters in the Senate ; in his place, the Senate chooses a President pro tempore ( or " president for a time ") to preside in the Vice President's absence ; the Senate normally selects the longest-serving senator in the majority party.

The President pro tempore has the power to appoint any other senator to preside and in practice, junior senators from the majority party are assigned the task of presiding over the Senate at most times.

Such bills, sponsored by Bland, passed the House of Representatives in 1876 and 1877, but both times failed in the Senate.

Caesar was stabbed ( 23 times ) to death in the Roman Senate by a group of conspirators led by Marcus Junius Brutus and Gaius Cassius Longinus.

Thomas Jefferson wrote favorably in response to Jackson in December 1823 and extended a preemptive welcome to Monticello: " I recall with pleasure the remembrance of our joint labors while in the Senate together in times of great trial and of hard battling, battles indeed of words, not of blood, as those you have since fought so much for your own glory & that of your country ; with the assurance that my attamts continue undiminished, accept that of my great respect & consideration.

At various times he served as President pro tempore of the U. S. Senate, Chairman of the Finance Committee, a member of the Judiciary Committee, Committee on Engrossed Bills, Committee on Private Land Claims, Library Committee and the Committee on the revision of laws.

The periods of 2001-2002 and 2003-2007 were the first times since 1953-1955 that there was single-party Republican leadership in Washington, interrupted from 2001-2003 as Senator Jim Jeffords of Vermont left the Republicans to become independent and caucused with the Democrats to give them the 51-49 Senate majority.

Had the President died, resigned or been removed from office during those times, the President pro tempore of the Senate would have become the Acting President:

The act specified the " county town " be named " Cookeville " in honor of Richard F. Cooke, who served in the Tennessee Senate from 1851 – 1854, representing at various times Jackson, Fentress, Macon, Overton and White Counties.

By contrast, the only period in recent times during which the government of the day has had a majority in the Senate was from July 2005 ( following the 2004 election ) to December 2007 ( following the Coalition's defeat at the federal election that year ).

However, it proved very difficult to achieve this ; the Senate tried eleven times between 1927 and 1962 to invoke cloture but failed each time.

The Senate required that some senior officer remain in Rome at all times.

The Board meets at least four times per year and prepares semi-annual reports containing its views and recommendations submitted concurrently to the Secretary of Defense, the Senate Armed Services Committee, and the House Armed Services Committee.

Control of her Aventine cult seems to have been contested at various times during the Mid Republican era ; a dedication or rededication of the temple in 123 BC by the Vestal Virgin Licinia, with the gift of an altar, shrine and couch, was immediately annulled as unlawful by the Roman Senate ; Licinia herself was later charged with inchastity, and executed.

His financial problems took a toll on his health, with Tompkins falling into alcoholism, and as vice president he at times presided over the Senate while drunk.

As presiding officer of the Senate, Johnson was called on to cast a tie-breaking vote fourteen times, more than all of his predecessors save John Adams and John Calhoun.