Most ancient naval battles were fought by fast ships using the battering ram to sink opposing fleets or steer close enough for boarding in hand-to-hand combat.

Most communist leaders were middle-class Tosks, Vlachs and Orthodox, and the party drew most of its recruits from Tosk-inhabited areas, while the Ghegs, with their centuries-old tradition of opposing authority, distrusted the new Albanian rulers and their alien Marxist doctrines.

Most conceptual entities are simply interested in furthering their own essential function, or to keep the balance with an opposing force.

Most of the shield effect in coax results from opposing currents in the center conductor and shield creating opposite magnetic fields that cancel, and thus do not radiate.

Most of these buildings were destroyed during the Civil War, which divided the Cherokees into two bitterly opposing sides.

Most historians agree that had he lived, he might have brought conciliation and harmony between the opposing forces ( Liberals and Conservatives ).

Most of the members of the church, like the founders Aglipay and De Los Reyes, are activists, often involved in progressive groups as they advocate for nationalism, anti-imperialism, democracy, as well as opposing extrajudicial killings.

Most straight-three engines employ a crank angle of 120 °, and are thus rotationally balanced ; however, since the three cylinders are offset from each other, the firing of the end cylinders induces a rocking motion from end to end, since there is no opposing cylinder moving in the opposite direction as in a rotationally balanced straight-six engine.

Most curveballs break away from batters hitting from the same side as the opposing pitcher.

Most of the appellate courts require the filing of printed briefs for the use of the court and opposing counsel at a time designated for each side before hearing.

Most deploy points can be hacked like generators and hence taken over by the opposing team.

Most U. S. newspapers " showed no antipathy toward the act " and " far from opposing the measure, the leading papers seemed actually to lead the movement in behalf of its speedy enactment.

Most notably, Shanghai party chief Chen Liangyu was dismissed in September 2006 due to a scandal involving moving money from the city's pension fund and opposing macroeconomic control measures issued by the central government.

Most superweapons are used to destroy civilian morale on the opposing side.

Most disputes arise in situations where facts are able to be interpreted in multiple ways, and if parties interpret the facts to their own benefit they may be unable to accept the opposing party ’ s claim as reasonable.

Most recently, Dix has been a central figure in the campaign to Stop " Stop and Frisk " aimed at opposing the New York Police Department's efforts to stop hundreds of thousands of people in New York City and frisk them for weapons, drugs or other items.

Most football teams ' special teams include one or more kickers, a long snapper ( who specializes in accurate snaps over long distances ), kick returners who catch and carry the ball after it is kicked by the opposing team, and blockers who defend during kicks and returns.

Most of the time, when robbing is going on, one can see bees from the opposing hives fight.

Most of his accomplishments were against semi-professional competition, but Donaldson also did very well in his relatively few contests against highest level professional baseball teams, and there were a number of first-person reports of his talent from such opposing managers and players.

Most controversially, the access tunnel linking the new locker rooms in the annex to the arena floor was not completed until February, forcing both the Aggies and the opposition, along with the referees, to enter the arena via the stands for much of the season, Due to the building ’ s layout, opposing teams had to enter and leave the court through the student section behind the south goal, causing several visiting teams ( particularly WAC opponents ) to publicly complain about the arrangement.

Most of the sub-Temples require the player to kill a leader of an opposing Temple to gain access to Hedrak.

Called A Vila Mais Famosa do Mundo ( The Village of the World's Most Famous ), the Estádio Urbano Caldeira also came to be called after the era of Os Santásticos ( 1956 – 1973 ) the " Alçapão da Vila ( The Village Trap ) because opposing team often left the ground defeated.

Most notably, Carnegie believed that the future leaders of society would rise from the ranks the poor.

Most military and civilian leaders of the former regime who failed to disguise their pasts were executed.

Most notably they are associated with the positions of police officer, firefighter, Roman Catholic Church leaders and politicians in the larger Eastern Seaboard metropolitan areas.

Most often there are more-or-less recognized session leaders ; sometimes there are no leaders.

Most political activity between the wars was local, and this succeeded most among the Luo of Kenya, where progressive young leaders became senior chiefs.

Most KPRP leaders and rank-and-file seem to have been either Khmer Krom, or ethnic Vietnamese living in Cambodia.

Most leaders of the FRELIMO were trained in Moscow.

Most leaders arrested ( including, e. g., Faranda, Franceschini, Moretti, Morucci ) either retracted their doctrine ( as dissociati ), or collaborated with investigators in the capture of other BR members ( as " Collaboratori di giustizia ), obtaining important reductions in prison sentences.

Most Whig party leaders thereupon quit politics ( as Lincoln did temporarily ) or changed parties.

Most Fatah leaders eventually escaped to Egypt and the West Bank, while some were captured and killed.

Most victims are cultural and civic leaders of Atlanta, Georgia.

Most of the delegations were selected not by primaries but by party leaders in each state, and they had a keen sense of the fast-changing pulse of public opinion.

Most of the Christian Democrat leaders argued that the letters did not express Moro's genuine wishes, claiming they were written under duress, and thus refused all negotiation.

Most of the money was siphoned off to Mobutu, his family, and top political and military leaders.

Most of the rebel leaders were imprisoned in Lleida until 1281, while Roger-Bernard was imprisoned until 1284.

Most of the major English leaders were killed in a few months and the Black Prince fled to England, where he died in 1376.

Most of Lititz's congregations don't have African Americans, and community leaders felt that " part of learning to celebrate our diversity begins with hearing about the experience of diversity.

* Most of the situational / contingency and functional theories assume that leaders can change their behavior to meet differing circumstances or widen their behavioral range at will, when in practice many find it hard to do so because of unconscious beliefs, fears or ingrained habits.

Most public attention was focused on the purge of the leadership of the Communist Party, as well as of government bureaucrats and leaders of the armed forces, most of whom were Party members.

Most of the British members of the committee were drawn from the Universal League for the Material Elevation of the Industrious Classes and were noted trade-union leaders like Odger, George Howell ( former secretary of the London Trades Council ( LTC ) which itself declined affiliation to the IWA ( although remaining close to it )), Osborne, and Lucraft and included Owenites and Chartists.

Most of the leaders such as Mao and Zhu De proposed the execution of Chiang for his suppressions, which had damaged the CPC immensely.

Most of the leaders of the Democratic party, Thomas Hart Benton, John C. Calhoun, Herschel V. Johnson, Lewis Cass, James Murray Mason of Virginia and Ambrose Hundley Sevier were opposed and the amendment was defeated 44 – 11.