* Preferring to be called an imperial procurator of queen Zenobia, rather than bishop.

Preferring to remain above party politics, he rather assisted at than took part in the proceedings which, in January and February 1875, led up to the passage of the fundamental laws finally establishing the Republic as the legal government of France.

Preferring a life out of the public eye, he once told a reporter that he would rather have nothing written about him.

Preferring to use guile rather than military power, Antigonus sought to regain control over Sicyon through winning the young man over to his side.

Preferring the friendship of France, Abbas Mirza continued the war against Russia's General Kotlyarevsky, but his new ally could give him very little assistance.

Preferring to devote herself to bringing up a family, Eaton retired from acting in 1969.

Preferring to feel her way effectively into the industry, Diaz avoided large studio films for the next three years and took roles in the independent films The Last Supper ( 1995 ), Feeling Minnesota ( 1996 ), She's the One ( 1996 ), and Head Above Water ( 1996 ).

Preferring the idea of an evening out rock climbing, he decided to combine the two activities into a new extreme sport.

Preferring the devil they knew to one they did not, Italian ships ferried the beaten Ottoman soldiers into Thrace to safety.

Preferring to avoid direct conflict, the FFS and its soldiers retracted into the mountains from where they could launch guerrilla tactics.

Preferring Fontainebleau over Versailles, Napoleon had Louis XV's bedroom converted into a throne room and it was here that Napoleon abdicated.

Preferring not to wait for reinforcements to arrive which may have given time to the dacoits to escape he opted to confront them asking them to surrender.

Preferring to do his thinking and designing in the morning, but was happy to have company while at work, liking to be read to or join in conversation.

Preferring avoidance to confrontation on most issues, O ' Keeffe was the principal agent of collusion in their union.

Preferring his own brand of " gala diplomacy " to confrontation, Orfila was fond of enlisting his sumptous beltway home for diplomatic dinners in the interest of assuaging differences.

Preferring the native traditions of the language, this form was developed by Robert Lafont ( Phonétique et graphie du provençal, 1951 ; L ' ortografia occitana, lo provençau, 1972 ) and Jean-Pierre Baquié ( Empari lo niçard, 1984 ).

Preferring administrative regulation to the play of market forces, Hughes usually voted with White and Holmes in anti-trust cases.

Preferring cool and warm mountain streams and reservoirs with rocky bottoms, the spotted bass feeds on insects, crustaceans, frogs, annelid worms, and smaller fish.

Preferring the stage, Sim made his London debut in Othello in 1930.

Preferring to avoid a double album, the band saved many of the songs for their next release, the 2001 album Amnesiac.

" Preferring this egalitarian atmosphere, he thereby made his work area accessible to anyone who walked by.

Preferring cooler waters, blue sharks migrate long distances, for example from New England to South America.

Preferring a moist warm climate, it inhabits various trees, including the banana, and is often found near human habitation.

Preferring Thai silk for its colorfulness, he traveled to Bangkok several times a year to have new clothing custom-made.

Preferring not to use foot-switches while playing, Gers ' roadie operates his MIDI Foot Controller offstage.

Preferring to work on a 1 to 1 scale, Struzan's one-sheet work would be approximately 27 x 40 inches, the size of a printed movie poster.

Preferring the acoustic lap steel guitar, he switched to electric lap steel only around 1935 and developed an original tuning, in addition to the open A or open G tunings commonly in use at the time.

Preferring soft, acidic waters, these midwater shoaling fishes feed predominantly on small crustaceans, insects, worms, and zooplankton.

Preferring his studies at Cambridge University to the position, he resigned his office in November 1588, disliking the " painful trade of teaching ", and returned to Pembroke Hall where he studied divinity, gaining his BD c. 1590.

Preferring the more supportive environment for new and creative projects and the security of a teaching professorship, Neumeister moved, in 1999, to Vienna Austria.

She would rather live in danger than die of loneliness and boredom.

`` I would far rather die after a Russian occupation of this country -- by some deliberate act of refusal -- than die uselessly by atomisation ''.

Gunny symbolized so much that was unpleasant -- Tolley, the indifference with which the Fairbrothers and indeed the whole neighborhood now treated her and which she would die rather than acknowledge to her husband, his lack of understanding and sympathy in her present condition, her disgusting swollen stomach.

The doubling cube is not a die to be rolled but rather a marker, in the form of a cube with the numbers 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, and 64 inscribed on its sides, denoting the current stake.

It was even proposed to put him to death but Parliament requested his release rather than have " a young man ... die for religion ".

I'd rather die than cheat Benson.

While there is disagreement about which acts come under core prohibitions, all of Orthodox Judaism puts certain core homosexual acts, including male-male anal sex in the category of yehareg ve ' al ya ' avor, " die rather than transgress ", the small category of Biblically-prohibited acts ( also including murder, idolatry, adultery, and incest ) which an Orthodox Jew is obligated under the laws of Self-sacrifice under Jewish Law to die rather than do.

This act remains a yehareg ve ' al ya ' avor (" die rather than transgress " offense ) under the decision.

" This dreadful scene struck the Romans who were present with so much horror and compassion that they all cried out with one voice that they would rather die a thousand deaths in defence of their liberty than suffer such outrages to be committed by the tyrants.

However, the Catholic Church did not die, rather priests and communities went underground.

It is unknown exactly which canons Sergius I objected to, but he declared that he would " rather die than consent to erroneous novelties ".

Sometimes the convincing force is just time itself and the human toll it takes, Kuhn said, using a quote from Max Planck: " a new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it.

Ryan attempts to persuade the agent to surrender rather than die in the explosion, but the deeply patriotic man refuses.

Our union is perfect ... being with one mind resolved to die freemen rather than to live slaves ...".

It is played on a 10 × 10 board, and players advance their pieces according to a spinner rather than a die.

Melanchthon wrote in 1520, " I would rather die than be separated from Luther ," whom he afterward compared to Elijah, and called " the man full of the Holy Ghost.

The Union of Vilnius and Radom of 1401 confirmed Vytautas's status as grand duke under Władysław's overlordship, while assuring the title of grand duke to the heirs of Władysław rather than those of Vytautas: should Władysław die without heirs, the Lithuanian boyars were to elect a new monarch.

While there is disagreement about which acts come under core prohibitions, all of Orthodox Judaism puts certain core homosexual acts, including male-male anal sex in the category of yehareg ve ' al ya ' avor —" die rather than transgress "— the small category of Biblically-prohibited acts ( also including murder, idolatry, adultery, and incest ) which an Orthodox Jew is obligated under the laws of Self-sacrifice under Jewish Law to die rather than do.