But although in many of these discussions Othon and Amadee might have been tempted to consider their own interests as well as those of the king, Edward's confidence in them was so absolute that they were made the acknowledged leaders of the embassy.

However, it determined that neither this factor, nor `` the fact that all concerned in high executive posts in both companies acted honorably and fairly, each in the honest conviction that his actions were in the best interests of his own company and without any design to overreach anyone, including Du Pont's competitors '', outweighed the Government's claim for relief.

This became a common byword durin' the boom days when Eastern and foreign capital were so eager to buy cattle interests.

Despite the growth of major industries and urban centers, white rural interests dominated the state legislature until the 1960s, while urban interests and African Americans were under-represented.

Pennsylvania iron interests were reassured by his support for protective tariffs.

From biblical to medieval Christian traditions, tensions between self-affirmation and other-regard were sometimes discussed under the heading of " disinterested love ," as in the Pauline phrase " love seeks not its own interests.

Johnson's position that the best interests of the Union were served by slavery in some areas made him a practical compromise candidate for president.

The common people were numerically dominant in the navy, which they used to pursue their own interests in the form of work as rowers and in the hundreds of overseas administrative positions.

After selecting the landing site for Apollo 16, sampling the Descartes and Cayley formations, two geologic units of the lunar highlands, were determined by mission planners to be the primary sampling interests of the mission.

Hinduism and Sanskrit literature were his lifelong interests.

By his zeal and exertions – for there were many conflicting interests to reconcile – he adjusted the affair in a manner at once creditable to his judgment and fortunate for his country.

Laurie's interests were fostered by William Holman Hunt.

" Bullmoose's corrupt interests were often pitted against those of the pathetic Lower Slobbovians in a classic mismatch of " haves " versus " have-nots.

It cannot be claimed, beyond all doubt, whether any or all of these specific allegations were true, but Rubenstein suggests that Athanasius employed a level of force when it suited his cause or personal interests.

Engesa had been dismembered ; some of its companies were sold to private interests, and its ordnance-related companies were taken over by the state and integrated with Imbel.

Potter ’ s artistic and literary interests were deeply influenced by fairies, fairy tales and fantasy.

Among the Liberal rank and file, several Gladstonian candidates disowned the bill, reflecting fears at the constituency level that the interests of the working people were being sacrificed to finance a rescue operation for the landed elite.

Rimbert's interests were in the Christian faith, not so much in the Swedish geopolicy, so his descriptions of Birka remain approximate at best.

Some black activists were also offended, claiming Clinton used his knowledge of black culture to exploit black people like no other president before for political gain, while not serving black interests.

It was the task of the movement to reconcile that conflict of interest so as to enable savers to conclude that their interests and those of borrowers were to some extent complementary rather than conflictive.

Previously in the United Kingdom, under the Companies Act 1985, protections for non-member stakeholders were considerably more limited ( see for example, s. 309 which permitted directors to take into account the interests of employees but which could only be enforced by the shareholders and not by the employees themselves ).

" Similar charges were made by the Global Climate Coalition ( GCC ), a consortium of industry interests.

Love's varying genre interests were illustrated in a 1991 interview, in which she stated: " There's a part of me that wants to have a grindcore band and another that wants to have a Raspberries-type pop band.

Mieszko's interests were then concentrated mainly on areas occupied by the eastern ( near the Oder River ) branches of the Polabian Slavs ; some of them became soon subordinated by him.

Because the political franchise at the start of the revolution was relatively narrow, the original " Left " represented mainly the interests of the bourgeoisie, the rising capitalist class ( with notable exceptions such as the proto-communist Gracchus Babeuf ).

At creation, each character gets to spend a number of points ( based mainly on age, Education, and Intelligence ) on skills determined by interests or career choice.

Mindful not to take sides, Uyghur leaders like Rebiya Kadeer mainly try to garner international support for the " rights and interests of the Uyghurs ", including the right to demonstrate, although the Chinese government has accused her of orchestrating the deadly July 2009 Ürümqi riots.

Following the events of the September 11 attacks, and the subsequent war on terror, the Air Wing went on to expand their operations from mainly anti-narcotics operations to also support security of United States nationals and interests, primarily in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

International treaties and international organizations such as the World Trade Organization were centred mainly on the interests of capitalist enterprises.

Their eighteenth-century maul with its 1827 inscription claiming that it was used by Wren for the foundation stone of St. Pauls, belonging to the Lodge and on display in the Freemasons ' Grand Museum, corroborates the story, which is debatable mainly because it would have been in the interests of the Lodge and the Craft to fabricate it.

Lord Protector has also been used as a rendering of the Latin Advocatus in the sense of a temporal Lord ( such as a Monarch ) who acted as the protector of the ( mainly secular ) interests of ( a part of ) the church ; compare vidame.

Ultimately, he writes, Louis XV failed to overcome these fiscal problems, mainly because he was incapable of putting together conflicting parties and interests in his entourage.

Having come to power avenging the murder of a man who had decided to cease interference in Uruguay, Rosas invaded Uruguay upon the 1842 election of a government there antagonistic to his personal commercial interests ( mainly centered in the export of cow hides and beef jerky, valuable commodities in those days ).

Robeson County's home guard, which included county magistrates, clergymen, and lawyers, who mainly represented the interests of the planter class ( large slaveholders were exempted from participation in the army ), had raided the farmstead of Allen Lowrie, Henry Berry Lowrie's father.

Chief interests of Bunnik are its surrounding nature, consisting mainly of forests and farmlands.

Although some historians have theorized that Ranulf's time in Normandy was as an agent of Henry, it appears that Ranulf was mainly looking out for his own interests and those of his family.

His many detractors point out that in all his activity, Agnelli mainly served his family's interests, without regard for the damage this might cause to the nation.

Esneux and Tilff have seem to interests tourists, mainly for the local restaurants, the Esneux and Tilff castle, the bee-museum, and several parks.

AISI's predecessor organization, the American Iron Association was established in 1855 by ironmasters, clustered mainly in the Eastern U. S., citing the need for an organization " to take all proper measures for advancing the interests of the trade in all its branches ".

* The " National Party ," at this time still relatively united in support of revolution and democratization, representing mainly the interests of the middle classes, but strongly sympathetic to the broader range of the common people.

Despite his taking between 20 and 40 pupils from Harrow with him, the school failed after five years, mainly because it could not compete with the extensive interests of Harrow.

Roger de Flor departed with 39 galleys and transports carrying around 1, 500 knights and 4, 000 Almogavars, special foot soldiers employed mainly serving the kingdom's interests in the Mediterranean Sea, especially by the Crown of Aragon.

The New York Times review called the book " bland and tepid " and reading " as if it had been vetted by a committee of Microsoft executives "; it is " little more than a positioning document, sold in book form with accompanying CD-ROM and designed mainly to advance the interests of the Microsoft Corporation.

He followed the family tradition of studying medicine, and then became a priest, but mainly developed his interests in the fields of natural history and Oriental occultism, gaining fluency in the Hebrew, Persian, and Arabic languages.

From December 1700 until February 1703 he was Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, although he did not spend much time in that country, and the concluding years of his public life were mainly passed in championing the interests of the Church.

A major point of contention between Panaitescu and Iorga referred to Michael the Brave's historical achievements: sacrilegious in the eyes of Iorga, Panaitescu placed in doubt Michael's claim to princely descent, and described him as mainly the political agent of boyar interests.

While the Free Democratic Party had earlier been a popular party for farmers, this changed during World War I when the party had mainly defended the interests of industrialists and consumer circles.

party and is mainly representing the interests of a caste grouping called Other Backward Classes ( OBCs ).