Knowing that the Northern Pacific controlled almost 49. 3 percent of the Burlington's stock, Harriman launched a stock raid against the Northern Pacific.

Knowing that the federal government would pay " top dollar ", the employees of a contractor in the Indiana Territory reportedly named Robert Hoosier asked their boss if they could go work for this higher wage in the neighboring state of Ohio.

Knowing that the Maritime Powers ( England and the United Provinces ) would not side with France in a fight to impose the partition treaty on the unwilling Austrians and Spanish, Louis determined to accept his grandson's inheritance.

Knowing his army had been defeated and that he would be captured, Brutus committed suicide.

Knowing that his ideas might be accused of conflicting with the Bible, Huygens argued that extraterrestrial life is neither confirmed nor denied in the Bible, and questioned why God would create the other planets if they were not to serve a greater purpose than that of being admired from Earth.

Knowing the size and scope of the project would require as large a venue as possible, he and designer Gladys Calthrop inspected Theatre Royal, Drury Lane and found it to be ideal due to the depth of the stage, the width and height of the proscenium, the various lighting and flying effects that could be achieved, and the six hydraulic lifts that could be utilized to move scenery easily.

Knowing that government funding would not last forever, the Ford Foundation helped CTW start investing.

" Knowing " means that the actor was aware or practically certain that the death would result.

Knowing Paschal and Neleh would not vote for each other, Kathy publicly at Tribal Council approached Vecepia about making a voting bloc and taking each other to the Final 2.

Knowing that Frodo and his companions would be heading for Rivendell, Gandalf began to make his own way there.

Knowing that choosing any of them would bring him the hatred of the other two, Zeus did not want to take part in the decision.

" Knowing how Don Rosa like to play a gag, it is likely that this city would be Eureka, California ( Eureka meaning ' I found it '!).

Knowing that he would only slow his comrades down, he bids goodbye to María and ensures that she escapes to safety with the surviving members of the guerillas.

Knowing he could handle the direction of the actors but would be at a loss with the action scenes, he asked David Lean to supervise the filming of those.

Knowing that Philoctetes would never agree to come with them, they sailed to the island and stole the bow of Heracles by a trick.

Knowing that some would find a 17 + inch instruments too difficult to play he with the assistance of Arthur Richardson created the Tertis model Viola, which provides many of the tonal advantages of the larger instrument in a manageable 16-3 / 4 inch size.

Knowing from his wisdom that Ceridwen would be very angry once she found out what happened that he ran away.

Knowing that a made putt would extend the match while a miss would assure Leonard of a half-point and the U. S. a victory ( the Americans needed 14. 5 points to gain the cup due to the Europeans ' 1997 victory at Valderrama ), Olazábal tried to regain his focus.

Knowing that the approaching New Orleans, Jackson, and Great Northern Railroad ( now the Illinois Central Railroad ) would need a station for water and fuel, Prewett sold a right-of-way to the railroad company – for one dollar, according to legend – and divided a section of his plantation into town lots, which he sold to investors.

Knowing the cattle barons and the railroad would need a point at which to load the herds of cattle onto freight cars for shipment to the packing plants in the midwest, Seth Bullock provided a solution and became the parent, in effect, of Belle Fourche, the city.

Knowing that, in the summer, the king had assured the Spanish ambassador that the Parliament would not be allowed to imperil a Spanish matrimonial alliance, he therefore surreptitiously instigated a conflict between the Parliament and the king over the Spanish Match, which resulted in a premature dissolution of the Parliament in December 1621 and a hobbling of the Irish commission in 1622.

He appears to have had a lonely childhood, and in a ' Rural Alan ' special feature ( found on the DVD release of Knowing Me Knowing You with Alan Partridge ) recounts how he would ramble about the Norfolk countryside in solitude, singing his favourite pop songs.

Playwright Patrick Marber, whose early collaborations with Coogan included The Day Today and being the principal writer of both radio and TV versions of Knowing Me, Knowing You ... with Alan Partridge, has also been working on the script, but the pair put their plans on hold following the London bombings, for fear the screenplay would appear in bad taste.

Knowing she was severely ill, in 1878 Dorsey made over her will, leaving Beauvoir and her financial assets to Jefferson Davis and, in the case of his death, to his only surviving child, Winnie Davis.

Knowing Gandhi's deep anguish regarding proposals of partition, Patel engaged him in frank discussion in private meetings over the perceived practical unworkability of any Congress-League coalition, the rising violence and the threat of civil war.

Knowing that the mission was not allowed to make any concessions on the point of religion and the territorial integrity of the provinces themselves ( the southern fortress cities of Breda ,'s-Hertogenbosch and Maastricht were in the Generality Lands ) Louis demanded — besides twenty million guilders and an annual embassy from the States-General to Louis asking pardon for their perfidy — either religious freedom for the Catholics or lordship over Utrecht and Guelders, merely to humiliate the Dutch a bit further.

Knowing that Thorfinn has more power and can easily overtake him, Brusi visits King Olaf to try to gain his support in helping him maintain his control over his share.

Knowing the location and destination of the portals, as well of lifestones, was of vital strategic importance-especially on the Darktide ( PVP ) server, where allegiances battled each other constantly for dominance over lucrative hunting zones and trading cities.

Knowing that the majority of his writing in newspapers in Honduras, Uruguay, and Chile would disappear over time, Martí instructed Quesada to arrange his papers in volumes.

Knowing this version was far too long, Stroheim cut out almost half the footage, reducing it to a six-hour version to be shown over two nights.

Knowing of the cruelties and conspiracies in Chinese history, Liu was worried instead of happy, because he knew that it would arouse Mao's suspicions over Liu's intentions.

Knowing that the Emperor is about to die, Refa urges Mollari to do something dramatic to give their supporters on Centauri Prime an edge over their rivals for control of the government when the Emperor dies.

Daily News publisher Joseph Medill Patterson wanted an adventure strip set in the mysterious Orient, what Patterson described as " the last outpost for adventure ," Knowing almost nothing about China, Caniff researched the nation's history and learned about families for whom piracy was a way of life passed down over the generations.

In the foreword to Dennis Belafonte's The Films of Tyrone Power, King said, " Knowing his love for flying and feeling that I had started it, I flew over his funeral procession and memorial park during his burial, and felt that he was with me.

Knowing what elements are at or near the surface will give detailed information about how planetary bodies have changed over time.

Knowing this, Captain Gallery, hoping to extort intelligence from him or his crew, idly threatened to turn him over to the British if he did not cooperate.

Knowing that Vitkovic could not move quickly due to a bad knee, Margelis jumped over the counter and hid in the women's toilets on the 5th floor.

Knowing Cao's position in Nanjun became worse, Yue raised an army in Xiangyang and hurried down to Jiangling, where he attacked and won several skirmishes over the forces of Liu Bei.

Knowing he can't leave the Grimorum with Demona ( since she wants to take over Scotland with it ), Brooklyn offers to hold it while she takes out her half of The Phoenix Gate and while Brooklyn is whisked away.

Knowing he could never have a traitor taking over his role, Thragg decided to secretly kill Mark until Dinosaurus stepped in and fought Thragg, but was almost killed in the process.

Knowing his daughter's artistic ability, and that she had spent some time working in a photographer's studio, he dismissed the figures as cardboard cutouts.

Knowing such measurements without an accurate time could only show position in latitude which was a trivial problem in comparison.

Knowing the time of onset, location, intensity, pattern of occurrence ( continuous, intermittent, etc.

Knowing that it is only a matter of time before Sauron rebuilds his forces for another attack, Gandalf and Aragorn decide to draw out the hosts of Mordor with an assault on the Black Gate, providing a distraction so that Frodo and Sam may have a chance of reaching Mount Doom and destroy the One Ring, unseen by the Eye of Sauron.

Knowing he must make up an hour of time if they were to have a shot at the mail contract, Lodge ripped out of Jesup on Number 111 and made 11 miles in 9 minutes.

Knowing Greenwich time, the navigator can work out his longitude.

Knowing it will be only a matter of time before he is forced to reveal Farr's identity as the other man, Barrett hangs himself in a police cell.

* Knowing the time of death ( 預知時至 ): some prepare by bathing and reciting the name of the Buddha Amitabha.

Knowing that most of the audience had come specifically to see Shellac, the band went on first every morning as an incentive for the festival-goers to be up in time to see the other acts.

Knowing this, Tanaquil encouraged him to move to Rome, which was not at the time dominated by a strong local aristocracy.

Knowing that it was only a matter of time before Constantinople was under siege, Constantine had ensured that the city was well provisioned.

Knowing that a Japanese landing was imminent, the republican leaders did what little they could in the short time given to them to prepare the island's defenses against invasion.

Knowing Ljotić as a Serb patriot in the past ( the Balkan Wars and World War I ), there was no reason whatsoever to question his loyalty at a time when chaos was in control !.

Knowing that the baby is endangered at this time, Randi arranges for herself and the baby to go on a spaceship traveling at relativistic speeds.

Knowing his developed hatred for the Justice Society, the re-installation of a new team consisting superheroes within the modern time known as the Justice League, quickly gained Savage ’ s attention to where he didn ’ t hesitate on forming a group of villains to make an attack on this new team so that they wouldn ’ t pose any threat towards Savage ’ s future goals.

Knowing he cannot work and raise a child at the same time, he sends her to live with his sister.

Knowing that the Maple Leafs did not allow players to maintain beards at the time, he settled on what he described as a " normal moustache " once he returned to Toronto.

Knowing that Jacen won't have time to do whatever he wants to the World Brain, Ganner takes Jacen's lightsaber and decides to take on every Yuuzhan Vong warrior at the Well of the World Brain, vowing that not one of them will ever pass.

Knowing that the Kiss Players were innocent in this whole affair, having been duped by the Sparkbots, the benevolent Primus rescued them from the different regions of time and space they had wound up in, and properly introduced himself, explaining the Sparkbots ' treachery.

Knowing that a suicide will negate his daughter's inheritance, he contracts to have himself assassinated within two days ' time.

Knowing he has become disillusioned and desperately unhappy with the day-to-day realities of her era ( for example not bathing regularly in what he calls a " filthy little pigsty of a world "), she urges him to return to his own time.

Knowing the difficulty and expense that the Soviets would have incurred installing a SAM umbrella to include areas of no tactical significance, McCone could have reasoned that the consensus view at the time ( that the military reinforcement of Cuba was merely intended to make it a harder target for the US to attack ) was unlikely.