Realizing Clay was unlikely to win the presidency, Lincoln, who had pledged in 1846 to serve only one term in the House, supported General Zachary Taylor for the Whig nomination in the 1848 presidential election.

Realizing that Atari had firm support from Namco ( the creators of Pac-Man and many other hits ), Coleco entered into contracts with companies such as Sega, Konami, and Universal.

Realizing the inherent problems with the model of knowledge he had created, Diderot's view of his own success in writing the Encyclopédie were far from ecstatic.

Realizing his precarious condition, Davis tried several times to end his drug addiction, finally succeeding in 1954 after returning to his father's home in St. Louis for several months and literally locking himself in a room until he had gone through a painful withdrawal.

Realizing they had been lured into a trap, they sprinted back toward the helicopters.

Realizing that the name Pterodactylus oweni already had been used in 1864 for a specimen of the European Pterodactylus, Marsh re-named his North American pterosaur Pterodactylus occidentalis, meaning " Western wing finger ," in his 1872 description of the new specimen.

Realizing that Bell Labs ' scientists had already invented the transistor before them, the company rushed to get its " transistron " into production for amplified use in France's telephone network.

Realizing how foolish she had been, Catherine comes to believe that, though novels may be delightful, their content does not relate to everyday life.

Realizing that M. Thénardier had seen Valjean saving him, Marius finishes with M. Thénardier and hurries with Cosette to Valjean's flat on the Rue de L ' Homme Armé.

Realizing that she may be dying, Blanche reveals to Jane that it was actually she, and not Jane, who had driven the car on the fateful night.

Realizing that it had been a setup, Bean gets a message to Peter's parents, and they flee with Peter from the Hegemon's compound.

Realizing that they had in fact never left Earth and that he had killed his partners for nothing, Corey breaks down weeping.

" Realizing that they had no hope of escape, the besieged and hungry outlaws finally surrendered and were allowed to join in the meal.

" Realizing that the situation was much more serious than he had implied, as well as realizing he was not going to be rescued, he then returned to his cabin with Giglio and the two men changed into evening wear.

Realizing the danger and gravity of this situation, Crown Prince Dan of Yan had sent the assassin Jing Ke to kill the Qin king, but this failure only helped to fuel the rage and determination of the Qin king, and he increased the number of troops to conquer the Yan state.

Realizing his show of strength had little impact, however, Lucan led the Heavies back to their original position alongside the Light Brigade.

According to Ervand Abrahamian: " Realizing that the opposition would take the vast majority of the provincial seats, Mosaddegh stopped the voting as soon as 79 deputies – just enough to form a parliamentary quorum — had been elected.

" Realizing that the end had come, he reportedly discarded his purple cloak and led his remaining soldiers into a final charge, in which he was killed.

Realizing that he could no longer be as active as he had been, he set up a " special commission " to help with the administration and oversight of the church.

Realizing the difficulties of developing the community ( known as New Pascua ) without the benefit of federal Tribal status, in the mid-1970s the Yaquis once again had Udall and others sponsor federal recognition legislation.

By the end of 1930 they had sold 300, 000 records in the U. S. Realizing that he would benefit financially with each new song he collected and copyrighted, A. P.

Realizing he had to act fast, he ordered Burgess, who was on the embassy staff as well and living with Philby, to warn Maclean in England, where he was serving in the Foreign Office headquarters.

Realizing that he now had a serious supply problem, Burgoyne decided to act on a suggestion that Baron Riedesel had made to him in July.

Realizing that it was left with no capable security force, the Council of People's Commissars of the RSFSR created a secret political police, the Cheka, led by Felix Dzerzhinsky.

Realizing his error, Pwyll has no choice but to honor his promise to Gwawl, which is to give him Rhiannon, the feast, and the current wedding preparations.

Realizing that the sealed containers were deprived of air, he used " fine Naples veil ", and observed no worm on the meat, but they appeared on the cloth.

Realizing that Kray was no longer up to the task, Emperor Francis II removed him from command.

Realizing that even though the year 3000 does not have weapons per se, his own weapons are no match to the superior technology of the Transducer, he manages to take Alana, Tulista's student, hostage, and escapes into the past, where he figures he will have a better chance.

Realizing that no American efforts short of large-scale armed intervention could stop the coming war, the United States withdrew the American mission, headed by Gen. George C. Marshall, in early 1947.

" Realizing he had almost no support in Lower Canada ( at this time Canada East ), he reorganized ridings to give the English population more votes, and in areas where that was infeasible, he allowed English mobs to beat up French candidates.

Realizing he had to deal with a formidable opponent, de Guichen acted with extreme caution, and by keeping the weather gauge afforded the British admiral no chance of bringing him to close action.

Realizing he has no time to throw out the batter-runner at first base, the shortstop tosses the ball to the second baseman covering second base in an attempt to force out the runner coming from first.

Realizing at last that he has been deceived, Watson rushes back to Reichenbach Falls but finds no one there, although he does see two sets of footprints going out onto the muddy dead end path with none returning.

Realizing that his force was almost surrounded by Japanese ships, Callaghan issued the confusing order: " Odd ships fire to starboard, even ships fire to port " ( save that no pre-battle planning had assigned any such identity numbers to reference, and the formation was already chaotic ).

Realizing that they have no other means of leaving the town, Dalton heads back to the USGS makeshift operations center and picks up a tracking device from NASA that had been showcased in an earlier segment and notices that computers are signaling that the mountain is about to blow completely.

Realizing that he was used as bait, Miller is infuriated, to which Beckett tells him that " you were in no real danger ".

Realizing that she has no hope of using her full potential as a bureaucrat in Jaspeer, Aiah leaves her job, family, and marriage behind and travels to Caraqui to help Constantine achieve his dream.

Realizing that Grimlock had become trapped in a " chrysalis " stage, Prime's Powermaster partner, Hi-Q, tapped into and accelerated the process, completing Grimlock's evolution into a more powerful " Actionmaster " – but the enhanced power came with a price: Grimlock was now no longer able to transform into dinosaur mode.

Realizing that Leo's testimony is in no one's interest, Frank and Gallardo negotiate a new split of the contracts with the Queens Borough President in a backroom deal.

Realizing that they are no longer welcome in any European port, they carry the gold to India, where they are captured by a pirate queen who takes the gold.

Realizing he has meddled in affairs that he had no place in, Superman orders Brainiac to end the invasion.

Realizing that Rozhenko has given him no other choice, Picard reluctantly authorizes the plan and orders Chief Medical Officer Dr. Beverly Crusher and Operations Officer Lt.

Realizing that humans would have no knowledge of this tradition, Dukhat ordered the gunports closed, but it was too late.

Realizing he had no hope of putting together a viable product in Boston, Baldwin opted to merge with the WFL's as-yet-unnamed New York franchise on January 26, 1974.

Realizing that there was no time to throw out the grenade, he tucked it in to his stomach and turning away from his comrades, absorbed the full impact of the blast, sacrificing his life to save his fellow soldiers from certain death.