Seeking a more structured way to play war games, Wells also wrote Floor Games ( 1911 ) followed by Little Wars ( 1913 ).

Seeking to make appointments in a more systematic fashion, Stalin built the party's patronage system and used it to distribute his clients throughout the party bureaucracy.

Seeking a way to address these shortcomings, the textile industry has turned to Neoprene ( polymer form of Chloroprene ), a type of synthetic rubber as well as another more commonly used elastomer fiber, spandex ( also known as elastane ), because of their superiority to rubber in both strength and durability.

Tim Severin's book Seeking Robinson Crusoe ( 2002 ) unravels a much wider and more plausible range of potential sources of inspiration, and concludes by identifying castaway surgeon Henry Pitman as the most likely.

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 more permanent name, Keane decided upon The Bobby Fuller Four ( as he favored Fuller ), which was first used on the band ’ s next single, " Take My Word.

Seeking a more defensible position, he slowly retreated eastward.

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 more revenue for the players ' pension fund, Major League Baseball held two All-Star games in a season for the first time.

Seeking a buffer from persecution and perhaps more isolation to increase his control of the group, Strang moved his followers to Beaver Island in 1848.

Seeking a change of image and sound from that of a college-style band to a more internationally suited one, Rock Machine changed their name to Indus Creed in 1993.

Seeking more involvement in society and politics for women, new economic systems and social reforms that would protect women and children.

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 more American name, “ MacArthur ” came into use to describe the locomotive type, after General Douglas MacArthur.

Seeking self knowledge via both fields provides more balanced and accurate self knowledge.

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 to change back to a more desirable date in the schedule, Golf Canada lobbied for a better date, such as that held by the struggling tournament The International, which held its last tournament in 2006, usually fell on Canada Day, was two weeks after the U. S. Open and two weeks before The Open Championship.

Seeking more pitching in their pennant race, the Pirates purchased Ellis from the Mets on September 21, 1979 for an undisclosed sum of money ; the price was later revealed to be " something in excess of the waiver price of $ 20, 000 ".

Seeking a more " creative " experience, he and his wife decided to move West.

* Seeking younger, more urban viewers, CBS cancels nearly all of its rural-themed programming.

Seeking to become more powerful, the gods are looking for the other fragments, but the heroes learn that if all the fragments of the MAGI are brought together and the statue of Isis is reassembled, a terrible calamity will destroy all worlds.

However, Madonna believed that the song would be more suitable for her film Desperately Seeking Susan, and re-recorded it with Bray, making it suitable for the soundtrack.

Seeking more information on the motivation of the clockwork androids, the Doctor reads Reinette's mind, but is startled to find that she can read his as well, and has enormous empathy for his loneliness.

Seeking a swifter end to the war than the long sieges in Sicily would have provided, Rome decided to invade the Carthaginian colonies of Africa and usurp Carthage's supremacy in the Mediterranean Sea, consequently forcing Carthage to accept its terms.

Seeking to say something ' meaningful ' about the problems recognised through quantitative methods, to provide explanations rather than descriptions, to put forward alternatives and solutions and to be politically engaged, rather than the detachment associated with positivist methods.

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 examples to follow rather than developing solutions

Seeking contract work in the movies, she abruptly quit the Florentine Gardens after less than a year, landing a role as a bathing beauty in the 1941 B-movie Harvard, Here I Come.

Seeking to clear his name definitively, Franks asked General Washington to initiate another court-martial, one that would investigate — rather than simply drop — the scurrilous charges against him.

Seeking a milder place to live than their homeworld, which was torn between a vicious cycle of days and nights that created oceans of molten iron and froze the very atmosphere, the Ghosthead built a " metal fish " and used it to find Bas-Lag.

Seeking the power of the Flash so that he can restore history according to his own vision rather than another, Sinestro cuts off Abin's hand, severing his connection with his ring.

Seeking a better site than Jamestown, Thomas Dale sailed up the James River ( also named after King James ) to the area now known as Chesterfield County.

Seeking a competitive edge, the 2H was built in 1969 as the replacement for the 2G to minimize drag, rather than maximize down-force.

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 a better opportunity for its people, the Mission Band leaders chose to take small farms rather than live together with the Prairie Band.

Seeking security and belonging, they are concerned with responsibility and duty.

Seeking a New Englander for a running mate, the caucus initially chose New Hampshire governor John Langdon to balance the ticket, but after Langdon declined due to his age, a second caucus nominated Governor Elbridge Gerry of Massachusetts for the Vice Presidency, which had been vacant since George Clinton's death a month earlier.

Seeking an alternative to the isolationist policies pursued after World War I, the United States defined a new policy called containment to oppose the spread of communism.

Seeking after sauces and seasonings for the enjoyment of the palate.

Seeking revenge against the X-Men after Jean ( as Phoenix ) had driven him insane, Mastermind used his powers of illusion to convince Scott and the others that Madelyne was Phoenix incarnate — a cosmic threat — in an attempt to have the team kill an innocent.

Seeking refuge in the U. S. embassy after being named one of China's " 25 most-wanted hooligans ", Honey attracted the attention of Trump, who offered a million-dollar reward for her recovery as a " symbol of freedom ".

Seeking to redeem herself for her past misdeeds under the spell, she turns herself over to Rita and Zedd shortly after this, thinking the villains would free Ninjor.

Many of them went there directly after reading " Seeking the Magic Mushroom ", a 1957 Life magazine article written by Wasson about his experiences.

Seeking a first League title for 26 years, United won it and Ince completed his domestic medal set just three years after joining the club.

Seeking to maintain services and expand its resources in the face of a massive layoff of flight attendants after the September 11, 2001 Attacks, AFA members voted in 2004 to merge with the Communications Workers of America, maintaining its autonomy and identity within CWA.

Seeking ever to hear the authoritative voice of God within them, and endeavouring to attain to a life altogether free from carnal desires, like that of " the angels in heaven, who neither marry nor are given in marriage ," they claimed to exercise a priesthood " after the order of Melchizedek ," appeasing the wrath of God, and ransoming the souls of the lost by sufferings endured vicariously after the example of Christ.

Seeking to obtain the Iacon datafiles, Jack, Miko, Raf, and Agent Fowler ( who is knocked-out shortly after boarding the ship ) board the Nemesis without detection thanks to its inability to detect them due to not scanning for carbon-based lifeforms ( though it eventually detects them after expanding its search protocols ).

Seeking to undo the damage he caused to Terra Venture in his attempt to finish off Scorpius, and after being prompted to return to good and renounce his hateful ways by an apparition of Zika, he threw himself into the energy pit he had created, sacrificing his life to neutralize its energy and save Terra Venture.

Seeking revenge for the defeat, Soundwave and the Terrorcons went to Autobot City Earth ; discovering they'd timejumped back to 1989, the Terrorcons wanted to go after them and Soundwave complied in order to maintain favour with the troops.

Seeking out Nonnus, she overcame his canonical scruples by her tears of genuine penitence, was baptized, and, disguising herself in the garb of a male penitent, retired to a grotto on the Mount of Olives, where she died after three years of strict penance.