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Seeking a land venture that could attract industrial and economic development while avoiding the vice-driven pitfalls of late 19th century company towns, Gates and fellow prohibitionists chartered the East Tennessee Land Company in May 1889 and in subsequent months acquired several hundred thousand acres of land around what is now Harriman.
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Seeking to test his knowledge against the giant's, Odin decided to journey to Vafthrudnir's land in disguise.
Seeking to create a local trading center, he formally established the town in July 1886, gave land for a Catholic Church and cemetery, and started several businesses including a general store, grain elevator, post office, lumberyard, and a coal yard.
Intent upon making amends for the injuries of the Cross and the land of the CrucifiedHe paved a way with expenses, an army, a fleet. Seeking the terrestrial city, he finds the one celestial ; While he is obtaining his goal far away, he finds it at home.
Seeking greater solitude, he left his native land and sought refuge in France, at Meaux.
Seeking refuge in the far north, he begins to learn the land law of each kingdom.
Seeking greener pastures, Pinhey petitioned the Earl of Bathurst, Secretary of State for War and the Colonies at the time, for lands in Upper Canada and received a land grant.
Seeking and could
Seeking an obscure, dark, relatively quiet corner in the airy room otherwise suffused with afternoon sunshine, he asked if the soft background music could be turned off.
Seeking a name, for example, for a mixture of whiskey and soda-water, the best they could achieve was whiskey-and-soda.
Seeking to make a " more earthy sounding album which I could hand out to the street people I talked to on Hollywood Boulevard ", in 1970 Norman established One Way Records with his own money, which was described as " an underground experimental " label, which was headquartered initially at his rented home at 6007 Carlos Avenue, Hollywood.
Seeking a figure that could unite all Indians, Hindu and Muslim alike, most rebelling Indian kings and the Indian regiments accepted Zafar as the Emperor of India., under whom the smaller Indian kingdoms would unite until the British were defeated.
Seeking to acquire an Air Operator's Certificate ( AOC ) to begin scheduled flights, Finncomm partnered with Swedish carrier Golden Air in 1999 until Finncomm could receive their own AOC.
Seeking to defend MPs in general, Ashton insisted that the number who were guilty of corruption " could be counted on the fingers of one hand ".
Seeking a settlement with Hungary over the territorial issue, Ionescu traveled to Budapest on one occasion, meeting with Miklós Bánffy: vehemently stating his goal of incorporating the regions into the Kingdom of Romania, he was answered that Austria-Hungary intended to extend its influence to the Black Sea ( Ionescu recounted: " we agreed that we could never agree ").
Seeking to persuade Roosevelt to send the destroyers, Churchill warned Roosevelt ominously that if Britain were vanquished, its colonial islands close to American shores could become a direct threat to America if they fell into German hands.
Seeking creative control, Caniff negotiated with Field Enterprises for a new strip on which he could retain ownership.
Seeking to overthrow Oa in order to instill his brand of order through fear, he collaborates with Corps member Boodikka and dictator Kanjar Ro in search of the Yellow Element to create a weapon that could destroy the Corps.
Seeking to build on that growing influence, Hartman and Schlitt turned to youth ministers directly at a conference in California, asking them how Petra could better aid their ministries.
Seeking more opportunities than could be found in such a rural part of the country at the height of the Great Depression, McKenna joined the U. S. Navy in 1931.
Seeking a better method of transportation so that their markets could be expanded, in 1825, a group of mine owners, including Nicholas Mills, Beverley Randolph and Abraham S. Wooldridge, resolved to build a tramway.
Seeking more art education than could be found in San Diego, Hord, in 1926, began taking classes at the Santa Barbara School of Art.
Seeking a weapon that could truly combat Galvatron, Shockwave sought out the former Decepticon leader, Megatron, who had been missing in action for some time.
Seeking support for his vision, he got the opportunity to address a greater audience during the Hague Appeal 1999 in the Netherlands and explain what nonviolent intervention by trained teams could be like.
Seeking and attract
Seeking to attract new listeners, KHJ devised an " exciting " promotion.
Seeking and industrial
Seeking better work and living opportunities, as well as an escape from harsh conditions, the Great Migration out of the South toward industrial centers across the northern and midwestern United States was well underway.
Seeking and economic
Seeking reelection in the 1972 presidential race, President Richard Nixon had to tackle complex economic issues to achieve reelection.
Seeking to promote economic self-reliance and indigenous industries, the government required multi-national corporations to go into partnership with Indian corporations.
Seeking more involvement in society and politics for women, new economic systems and social reforms that would protect women and children.
Seeking economic and political independence in the hinterland, Erasmus built a farm that became known as Doornkloof.
Seeking and development
In 2000 Aristide published the book Eyes of the Heart: Seeking a Path for the Poor in the Age of Globalization that accused the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund of working on behalf of the world's wealthiest nations rather than in the interest of genuine international development.
Seeking to accelerate the development and introduction of fully automated vehicles and highways, the United States Congress authorized more than $ 650 million over six years for intelligent transport systems ( ITS ) and demonstration projects in the 1991 Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act ( ISTEA ).
Seeking to reconcile his thought with this earlier age, Herder sought to harmonize his conception of sentiment with reason, whereby all knowledge is implicit in the soul ; the most elementary stage is sensuous and intuitive perception which by development can become self-conscious and rational.
# Approval of " reserved matters " Seeking permission for those aspects that were not dealt with in an outline planning permission, or seeking approval of aspects of a development which were reserved by a planning condition in an earlier grant of full planning permission.
Glen L. van der Vyver, Michael S. Lane, Conceptual frames of references and their influence on e-commerce system development, Seeking success in E-business: a multidisciplinary approach, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Norwell, MA, 2003
Seeking to establish for himself a middle position between rationalism and supernaturalism, he declared for a " rational supernaturalism ," and contended that there must be a gradual development of Christian doctrine corresponding to the advance of knowledge and science.
Seeking and while
Seeking the greatest possible production while maintaining an adequate safety margin, DuPont engineers installed ammonia-based refrigeration systems with the D and F reactors to further chill the river water before its use as reactor coolant.
Seeking escape from their addiction, Joe and Kirsten work together in Mr. Arnesen's business and succeed in staying sober for a while.
Seeking better defensive ground, Armes walked his command while maintaining the defensive square.
Seeking to break out of their suburban rut ( and consequently blaming herself for all of Frank's " problems "), April convinces Frank they should move to Paris, where she will work and support him while he realizes his vague ambition to be something other than an office worker.
Seeking and 19th
Seeking an appointee who would not be a competitor in the coming special election to fill the vacant seat, and a way to secure the vote of the new women voters alienated by his opposition to the 19th Amendment, Hardwick chose Felton to serve as Senator on October 3, 1922.
Seeking and century
Released on 15 April 2000, Seeking a National Strategy: A Concert for Preserving Security and Promoting Freedom proposes a new national security strategy based on the anticipated 21st century international security environment.
Seeking and company
Seeking creative control, Merchant chose to fund Tigerlily herself, refusing the advance from the record company.
Seeking a new way to interact with fans, and perhaps inspired by references to a dead Jason in Frank Miller's non-canonical future history comic book miniseries, The Dark Knight Returns, the company set up two 1-900 number 50-cent hotlines giving callers the ability to vote for or against Jason's death.
Seeking a way to get organized, he buys a home computer ( made by the fictitious company Pinecone Computers ) to help him develop his ideas.
Seeking to diversify its product line, and observing the sales enjoyed by Harley-Davidson and other manufacturers, the company decided to produce a large motorcycle built entirely in the United States.
Seeking it, he responds to the advertisement of a mysterious company which sends him to HP, " the adventure master ”: a caricature of and homage to famed Italian cartoonist Hugo Pratt.
Seeking to cut manufacturing costs, the company entered into two joint ventures in China and built a plant in Costa Rica.
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