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 his death is imminent, his mortality unconquerable, Gideon has another heart attack.

Realizing he will face eternity in prison if he doesn't use it, the man nods and suffers a fatal heart attack.

Realizing that the computers themselves are impervious to attack ( as originally intended ), the governments had undertaken a plan to covertly disarm the nuclear missiles, one by one — a process which, using the normal maintenance and servicing schedules, would have taken three years.

Realizing that Mao was now fully aware of his abortive coup, Lin's party first considered fleeing south to their base of power in Guangzhou, where they would establish an alternate ' Party headquarters ' and attack armed forces loyal to Mao in cooperation with the Soviet Union.

Realizing his forces were ill-prepared for this attack and were being routed, Capello requested permission to withdraw back to the Tagliamento.

Realizing that an attack would be suicidal, the second wave of Earthforce ships withdraws from the area.

Realizing that his own horses were too tired for a long pursuit, Ross resolved to attack immediately, before the civilians were able to rejoin the group.

Realizing that it was time to drive the Mongols out, the Vietnamese launched a counter attack and won the decisive battle of Dong Bo Dau.

Realizing that the attack was a diversion engineered by Makala, Arutha orders his troops to Sethanon and instructs James, Locklear, and Patrus to find and destroy the rift machine.

Realizing that their complaints were in vain, the Germans sent a submarine to attack the city in 1917, forcing the reluctant Howard to side with the Allies and declare war on Germany.

Realizing that their complaints were in vain, the Germans sent a submarine to attack the city in 1917, forcing the reluctant Howard to side with the Allies and declare war on Germany on January 12, 1918.

Realizing that time was against him, and that the arrival of reinforcements for the British would tilt the balance in their favour, he decided to attack.

Realizing the final attack was coming, on the night of July 18, 1864, Li Xiucheng ordered more than a thousand defenders to disguise themselves as attackers to sneak out the city to destroy the tunnel, but the attackers were not fooled and beat back the thousand men formation.

Realizing that the attack on the Fair Current was meant for Gregor, they head to Januli to unravel the mystery behind Gregor's death and the assassination attempt on the Emperor.

Realizing that Bryce was responsible for sending the griffin to attack Gregor and the wraith to kill the Emperor, William, Aren, and Kaelyn enter the salt mines behind the castle and follow them to Bryce's workshop.

Realizing that they will not be paid their $ 1 million apiece, Frye and Darrow, along with Sergeant Crisp ( Bokeem Woodbine ), decide mutiny against Hummel and his second-in-command, Major Tom Baxter ( David Morse ).

Realizing he did not have the endurance to gain the edge on the younger Xu Zhi, Liao Hua took advantage of a feint and allowed Zhang Yi to take his place in the duel ; but Zhang Yi was quickly bested and he retreated along with Liao Hua.

Realizing that Zidlicky would not come to the United States to play without a one-way contract and unwilling to give him one, the Rangers traded him, along with Rem Murray and Tomáš Klouček, for Mike Dunham on December 12, 2002 to the Nashville Predators.

Realizing she lacks the forces needed to defeat this enemy force in a straight fight, Laurana takes her army to Margaard Ford along the Vingaard River.

Realizing he had been duped, he races back to Capella IV, but receives another distress signal along the way, this time from the USS Carolina.

Realizing he would indeed have to serve a stop-and-go ( along with Giancarlo Fisichella ) caused Coulthard to begin slowing his pace ahead of Schumacher to allow Häkkinen to close the gap to the Ferrari.

Realizing this, the Spartan fleet fled to Abydos, but suffered heavy losses along the way, as the Athenians attacked the strung out ships.

Realizing the great demand for religious icons in Tibet, these artists, along with monks and traders, took with them from Nepal not only metal sculptures but also a number of Buddhist manuscripts.

Realizing that Microsoft was making significant profit on the DOS operating system, SCP attempted to sell the operating system along with a stand-alone inexpensive CPU ( without any other circuitry ), which was allowed as per the license with Microsoft which allowed SCP to continue selling the operating system with their 8086-based computers ; this operating system was marketed as " Seattle DOS ", and the CPU was included in the box.

Realizing who Barry Allen is, he, along with Golden Glider, plot to kill the Flash and take over his body.

Realizing that Olivia had lied all along about losing her baby, Lizzie took drastic measures and kidnapped her sister!

Realizing that the wounded man was too heavy to carry, he rolled on his back, placed the man on his chest and through sheer determination and fortitude crawled back to the landing zone using his elbows and heels to push himself along.

Realizing that she needs to get one of the men to propose to her that evening, Kay brings Barbara along to a dance to keep one of them occupied.