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introduction of the `` dialogue '' principle proved strikingly effective at the thirty-fourth annual meeting of the Catholic Association for International Peace in Washington the last weekend in October.
During her time in Germania, Agrippina had proved herself to be an efficient and effective diplomat.
After this initial chemotherapeutic compound proved effective, others pursued similar lines of inquiry, but it was not until in 1928 that Alexander Fleming observed antibiosis against bacteria by a fungus of the genus Penicillium.
Although cheap and effective in enabling use of some software that only used official ROM entry points for text output, this solution proved very slow because the Electron had to be placed into an 80-byte-pitch display to be able to get anywhere near to reproducing mode 7 and the CPU spent a lot of time drawing approximations of mode 7 characters and graphics that in a hardware solution would be achieved without any CPU processing.
However, chlorpromazine proved to reduce the effects of psychosis in a more effective and specific manner than lobotomy, even though it was known to be capable of causing severe sedation.
A necessity in a wolf-catching sighthound didn't exist, in addition to the old proved technique of batue with the use of baits, flags and other appeared new, way more effective — from airplanes, from propeller sleighs, with electronic lure whistles.
Despite the numerical advantage of the Persians, the hoplites proved devastatingly effective against the more lightly armed Persian infantry, routing the wings before turning in on the centre of the Persian line.
This philosophy, while effective for expanding the empire in a military fashion, proved unworkable for governing it in peacetime.
" The organisation Seed brought to the team proved effective and the Addicks gained successive promotions from the Third Division to the First Division between 1934 and 1936.
Cavalry " flying columns " proved effective, or at least cost-effective, in many campaigns — although an astute native commander ( like Samori in western Africa, Shamil in the Caucasus, or any of the better Boer commanders ) could turn the tables and use the greater mobility of their cavalry to offset their relative lack of firepower compared with European forces.
Church subsequently modified his methods to include use of Herbrand – Gödel recursion and then proved ( 1936 ) that the Entscheidungsproblem is unsolvable: There is no generalized " effective calculation " ( method, algorithm ) that can determine whether or not a formula in either the recursive-or λ-calculus is " valid " ( more precisely: no method to show that a well formed formula has a " normal form ").
Despite the change to indirect fire, cannon proved highly effective during World War I, directly or indirectly causing over 75 % of casualties.
Davros proved too effective a character to be kept dead and was resurrected four years later in 1979's Destiny of the Daleks ( played by David Gooderson using the mask Friedlander made for Wisher-the mask had to be split into sections and rejoined to get as good a fit as possible ).
New programs based on modern learning theories that test individual learning, and teach to mastery of a subject have been proved by the Kentucky Education Reform Act ( KERA ) to be far more effective than group instruction with compromise schedules, or even class-size reduction.
The detachment proved very effective supporting the advance of American forces at the Battle of San Juan Hill, where three of the Gatlings with swivel mountings were used with great success against the Spanish defenders.
Whitlam proved a far more effective opponent, both in the media and in parliament, and Labor soon began to recover from its losses and gain ground, with Whitlam repeatedly besting Holt in Parliament.
These methods proved effective on a small scale, but Shaka himself was restrained by his overlord.
The Conservative majority proved too small for effective control over his backbenchers, particularly after the United Kingdom's forced exit from the Exchange Rate Mechanism ( ERM ) on " Black Wednesday ", 16 September 1992, just five months into the new parliament, when billions of pounds were spent in a futile attempt to defend the currency's value.
Baldwin proved to be an effective and energetic king as well as being a brilliant military commander: he defeated Saladin at the Battle of Montgisard in September 1177 despite being greatly outnumbered and having to rely on a levee-en-masse.
But Carleton's orders proved to be effective, and the Navajo realized they had only two choices: surrender and go to Bosque Redondo, or die.
The mixing of rifle troops and muskets proved so effective that eventually the line battalion light companies were replaced with rifle companies.
The last recorded use of bows in an English battle seems to have been a skirmish at Bridgnorth, in October 1642, during the Civil War, when an impromptu town militia proved effective against un-armoured musketeers.
They also proved to be an effective tool in establishing a dialogue and hence solving the cleavage in the long run.
During the 1990s Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu became popular and proved to be effective in mixed martial arts competitions such as the UFC and PRIDE.
For the United States to be legally responsible, it would have to be proved that that State had effective control of the operations in the course of which the alleged violations were committed.

proved and defending
Madrid preferred to avoid the intricacies and the expense of governing and defending a remote colony that had shown early promise but ultimately proved to have dubious value.
Fitz Count was apparently motivated by a strong moral duty to uphold his oath to Matilda and proved critical in defending the Thames corridor.
In Ireland the introduction of heavy siege artillery by Oliver Cromwell in 1649 brought a rapid end to the utility of castles in the war, while in Scotland the popular tower houses proved unsuitable for defending against civil war artillery – although major castles such as Edinburgh put up strong resistance.
With his small warband, a fraction of his army at Chippenham, Alfred could not hope to retake the town from the Danes, who had in previous wars ( for example at Reading in 871 ) proved themselves adept at defending fortified positions.
Farr's design Young America ( USA-36 ) proved faster than the other American sailed yachts, but was unsuccessful in defending the Cup in the 1995 Finals, losing 0-5 to a Davidson designed Black Magic of New Zealand, led by the late Sir Peter Blake.
Early Muslim archers, while being infantry archers without the mobility of horseback archer regiments, proved to be very effective in defending against light and unarmored cavalry attacks.
On his return from Rome in broken health after two years ' absence, his son Manus, who had proved himself a capable leader in defending his country against the O ' Neills, retained the chief authority.
Filipović's stand-up fighting proved effective in the first round, allowing him to control the fight from his feet while defending every takedown attempt Nogueira made, and landing a head-kick at the end of the round.
In their defense, Mrs. Loving had pointed to a marriage certificate on the wall in their bedroom ; rather than defending them, it became the evidence the police needed for a criminal charge, because it proved they had been married in another state.
In successfully defending Zenger in this landmark case, Hamilton established the precedent that a statement, even if defamatory, is not libelous if it can be proved, thus affirming freedom of the press in America.
Despite initially defending the authenticity of the documents, Rather and CBS eventually admitted that they were misled about how they were obtained ; Rather, however, has continued to insist that the documents weren't conclusively proved to be forged.
The donkeys proved themselves to be intelligent by speaking in full sentences and defending themselves.
Perhaps most importantly, Cartwright proved to be the league's best center at defending Patrick Ewing, the New York Knicks ' star who was the key player on the Bulls ' most important early-1990s conference rival.
Fleetwood's announcement in April 2005 that other commitments would prevent his defending his title meant once again that the two most successful drivers of the 2000s would not go head-to-head, and the stage seemed set for Wight Jr to regain his crown, although his new V10 Predator proved unreliable, allowing the impressive Martin Groves to open up a lead at the top of the points table ; Groves had the championship wrapped up by early August.
The race also proved to be the 34th and last Dutch Grand Prix and the 25th and last Grand Prix victory for triple ( and defending ) World Champion Niki Lauda.
The Pyrrhic war proved both that the states of ancient Greece had essentially become incapable of defending the independent colonies of Magna Graecia and that the Roman legions were capable of competing with the armies of the Hellenistic kingdoms — the dominant Mediterranean powers of the time.
This was one of the first examples of foreign intervention against apartheid in South Africa and proved very successful with over £ 75, 000 being raised towards defending those accused.
2006 proved to be a good season for Schnyder also, staying within the top 10 and reaching the finals in Charleston ( defeating top seed and defending champion Justine Henin in the semifinalss and also ending Henin's 2-match winning streak on clay, though Schnyder lost to Petrova in the final ), and in Stanford ( falling to top seed and defending champion Kim Clijsters ).
In the face of shocking abuses, leaders of organized philanthropy proved to be scandalously ineffective in defending themselves.
proved to be very controversial, and inspired Sir Geoffrey Elton to write his 1967 book The Practice of History in response, defending traditional historical methods.
The 2008 World Championship proved to be a monumental success for Painter, where he was responsible for knocking out defending champion Raymond van Barneveld in the last 16.
However, Charlton seemed to accept the affirmative result of the referendum and again proved his loyalty to Hughes by defending him when he became the target of caucus criticism.
This proved to be easier for defending the city during a siege.

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