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 the grammatical structures of Bantu languages are quite different from those of European languages, he was one of the first African linguists of his time to abandon the Euro-centric approach to language description for a more locally grounded one.

Realizing the need for heavier gun armament, the British built the Tribal class of 1936 ( sometimes called " Afridi " after one of two lead ships ).

") Realizing this, the Americans ' aim became to absorb as much torture as they could before giving in ; one later described the internal code the POWs developed and instructed new arrivals on as: " Take physical torture until you are right at the edge of losing your ability to be rational.

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 the practice of adding one star per state could quickly clutter the coin's design, U. S. Mint Director Elias Boudinot ordered a design alteration, to feature just 13 stars ( for the original Thirteen Colonies ).

Realizing that the New York accounts were false and that he might be able to secure one of the two remaining upright obelisks – either the mate to the Paris obelisk in Luxor or the London mate in Alexandria ; Judge Farman formally asked the Khedive in March 1877 and by May 1877 he had secured the gift in writing.

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 the team is nearly hopeless, he recruits a couple of unlikely prospects: First up, is sharp-tongued Amanda Whurlizer ( Tatum O ' Neal ), a skilled pitcher ( trained by Buttermaker when she was younger ) who is the 12-year-old daughter of one of Buttermaker's ex-girlfriends.

Realizing that the damage is extensive, Gaia sends five magic rings, four with the power to control an element of nature and one controlling the element of Heart, to five chosen youths across the globe: Kwame from Africa, Wheeler from North America, Linka from the Soviet Union ( changed to Eastern Europe after the Soviet Union's collapse ), Gi from Asia, and Ma-Ti from South America.

Realizing that he cannot kill Cocteau himself because of his rehabilitation, Phoenix instead has one of his men do it and begins thawing the CryoPrison's most dangerous convicts.

Realizing his nation's poor strategic position, Admiral Thomas Theisman of Haven resolves to launch one final massive, desperate strike on the Manticore system itself, hoping to end the war before Apollo can be widely distributed in the field to all units by the Royal Manticoran Navy.

* Realizing that help is needed and that one has the capacity to assist ( taking responsibility )

Realizing that coffee shops sold cake only by the slice ( since the entire cake was too expensive and could not be consumed at one sitting ) he marketed his resort by encouraging guests to " stop renting a room " and, instead, " buy the hotel ".

Realizing he has only one bullet remaining, Jai blasts the bomb with that last shot from close range ( to ensure accuracy ), so that the bridge blows up and the goons are unable to enter the village and catch Veeru before he could return safely.

Realizing that she was about to die due to extensive damage to her body, Mizuki decided to do one last mission to prevent Chise from going berzerk.

" Realizing one ’ s consciousness (" conscientization ") is a needed first step of " praxis ," which is defined as the power and know-how to take action against oppression while stressing the importance of liberating education.

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 that humanity cannot peacefully coexist with the Dogs and the other animals, Jenkins uses the knowledge to take his human charges to one of the other worlds.

Realizing Potbury is one of them, Ted overpowers him and locks him in the bathroom.

Realizing that he could choose anything in the world, the boy asks for one bell from one of the reindeer's harnesses.

Realizing her mistake, the stepmother made peace with Xinheng and since then, on every sixth day of the sixth month of the lunar calendar, they paid their respect to Pangu.

Realizing that they were running out of funds, they robbed a Radio Shack in Pearland, Texas the next day on December 14.

Realizing this, WVEU began running Home Shopping Network for about fifteen hours a day in 1986.

Realizing instantly what he had said, he tried to continue but eventually collapsed into gales of roaring laughter, which continued into-and beyond-his announcer's chuckling sign-off for the day.

Realizing that the case will be turned over to federal investigators, Lorenzo asks his partner to stall them for one more day.

Realizing that with their press the dwarves can help him put out a newsletter every day, William begins scrambling to find enough interesting events to fill up the space.

Realizing that this stadium will be bombed on the day at 5 o ' clock, the quartet turns up on the stadium and splits up.

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 that Merrill tricked him and the Sun was not destroyed, he sets out to prevent Merrill from taking any more pictures for fear that the dog will " break through " into the real world.

" Realizing his crew will carry out the orders, the Count fights with the crew and blows up his submarine, sending it to the bottom of the sea.

Realizing that the " Blackest Night " prophecy will come to be, they create a blue ring powered by hope.

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

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 the job may be harder than she thought, she tells the boys that they will use to her magic for this situation.

Realizing that he will bleed out soon, Bourne manages to find the strength to kill all of Carlos ' men.

Realizing that the family's RV can be used to get them across the border, the brothers kidnap the family, making a truce that if they can make it past the border, Jacob and his family will not be harmed.

Realizing he is in danger when he returns to the office and discovers his coworkers ' bodies, Turner calls the CIA New York headquarters, and is given instructions to meet some agents who will take care of him.

Realizing that ISN will not remain silent forever, Clark is sending troops to seize the ISN broadcast center, which is based in Geneva, Switzerland, even as the reporter makes the announcement.

Realizing that he will probably be out of a job in Detroit, thanks to his adventures in Beverly Hills, Axel asks Bogomil to speak to Inspector Todd and smooth things over for him.

Realizing that he is taking the Test, and that the elves ( in actuality powerful dark-elf mages themselves ) will kill him for even speaking with Fistandantilus, the evil lich offers him a bargain: Raistlin's life force in exchange for the power to pass the Test and defeat the elves.

Realizing that this armor will protect him from Fistandantilus taking his life force, Raistlin reneges on his bargain.

Realizing Star Saber is in danger Jan and Stakeout send an SOS, hoping Greatshot will answer.

Realizing Star Saber is in danger Jan and Stakeout send an SOS, hoping Greatshot will answer.

Realizing that sooner or later she will have to take a job, Kate teams up with Eller, driving the blind man's car to get him safely and on time to his customers.

Realizing she will need him to remove the orbalisks, she takes him hostage and heads for Tython, with the Jedi on their trail.

Realizing that Yao Ling will want to auction off the stones, which are actually weapons of mass destruction, the group searches flight schedules to find an airport where a large number of private flights will be landing that night.

Realizing that today's students will spend all of their working lives in the new millennium, the PORTfolio Program prepares students for long term success by emphasizing the vital ties between the liberal arts and the world.

Realizing that hrethgir will rule the universe, he suggests to Gilbertus that he teach the other humans to “ think efficiently .” Erasmus apparently survives the battle when Gilbertus smuggles away his memory core.

Realizing the first drop was a setup and there is no guarantee that Sean will come back alive, Tom goes on the television news and offers the ransom as a bounty.

Realizing that lighting the ring will destroy only the local Flood infestation and spare the galaxy, the Master Chief, Arbiter, Cortana and Sergeant Johnson proceed to Halo's control room, activate the ring, and escape.