Seeking revenge for being jilted by Ashley, Scarlett accepts a proposal of marriage from Melanie's brother, Charles Hamilton.

Seeking relief from this burden, Pope Stephen II appealed to the Pepin the Short of the Franks for assistance, that led to the establishment of the Papal States in 756.

Seeking a phone with which to call for help, Brad and Janet discover a group of strange and outlandish people who are holding an Annual Transylvanian Convention.

Specifically, the campaign raised $ 253. 7 million for undergraduate financial aid, as well as $ 2. 33 billion for its initiative in " Seeking Solutions " to global problems, $ 1. 61 billion for " Educating Leaders " by improving K-12 education, and $ 2. 11 billion for " Foundation of Excellence " aimed at providing academic support for Stanford students and faculty.

Seeking a name, for example, for a mixture of whiskey and soda-water, the best they could achieve was whiskey-and-soda.

Seeking forgiveness, the assassins travelled to Rome and were ordered by the Pope to serve as knights in the Holy Lands for a period of fourteen years.

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 a name for the experience induced by LSD, Osmond contacted Aldous Huxley, a personal acquaintance and advocate for the therapeutic use of the substance.

Seeking confirmation of his decision, he contacted the Chief Justice, Sir Garfield Barwick, met with him and asked for his views of a dismissal of Whitlam.

Seeking a way to get to Middle-earth, he went to the shores of Aman, where the seafaring Teleri lived, and asked for their aid.

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.

*( with Flynn, Laura ) Eyes of the Heart: Seeking a Path for the Poor in the Age of Globalization, Common Courage Press, 2000.

Seeking to be hidden from the Makkans who were looking for him, it was at Thawr where God brought down His sakina over them, protecting them from their enemies.

' Seeking a contest with the Whigs, Chamberlain and Sir Charles Dilke presented their resignations to Gladstone on 20 May 1885, when the Cabinet rejected Chamberlain's scheme for the creation of National Councils in England, Scotland and Wales and when a proposed Land Purchase Bill did not have any provision for the reform of Irish local government.

Seeking to expand Congressional support for the doctrine in the 1985 State of the Union Address in February 1985, Reagan said: " We must not break faith with those who are risking their lives ... on every continent, from Afghanistan to Nicaragua ... to defy Soviet aggression and secure rights which have been ours from birth.

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.

Seeking to gain revenue from " nuisance " businesses, the Omaha in 2006 passed a law establishing the requirement for liquor merchants to pay the tribe license fees and a 10 % sales tax to operate within the reservation.

Seeking to expand their collaboration by working with other musicians they found a kindred spirit in drummer Roger Telford, a committed exponent of the free-jazz style of kit playing being pioneered at the time by Milford Graves and Sunny Murray.

Seeking to test his knowledge against the giant's, Odin decided to journey to Vafthrudnir's land in disguise.

Seeking to discredit Batman, whom he has crusaded against in the media, Wolper appears with the Joker on a late-night talk show.

* 2005 ( Ne ) 10040 Appeal Case of Seeking Injunction against Patent Infringement-the Intellectual Property High Court of Japan

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 revenge, Pier started a guerrilla war campaign against the Habsburgs and allied himself with Charles of Egmond, Duke of Guelders ( 1492 – 1538 ).

Rohde reported that Amer's identity may have been stolen by al-Qaeda agents looking for an innocent Canadian to impersonate ; but the RCMP decided to assume the worst and informed the Americans, who placed Amer on the FBI Seeking Information-War on Terrorism list, " being sought in connection with possible terrorist threats against the United States.

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 retaliation against superhero the Thing, the character tunneled his way to the headquarters of the Fantastic Four, which was undergoing construction, but was murdered by the Scourge of the Underworld.

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 alternative sources of necessary materials for its Pacific War against the Allies, Japan invaded Malaya.

Seeking to win back the Party's favor, Bullski conceived the idea of winning a propaganda victory against the West by defeating the American superhero Iron Man.

The Vega homeworld has become unstable due to the exploiting of Vegatron, a powerful radioactive ore. Seeking to expand his militaristic empire and find a substitute planet to settle upon, the ruthless King Vega unleashes his armies — composed of flying saucers and giant robotic monsters — and turns first against neighbors such as Fleed, a highly advanced but peaceful world.

Seeking help in her fight against the Highway Commission, she calls upon Miriam ( Olivia de Havilland ), a poor cousin who lived with the family as a girl.

Seeking to protect himself against Abu Sa ' id, he received the help of the Uzbeks.

Seeking to break away from failing projects, the Whigs moved against projects and nominated Samuel Bigger to run for governor, denying Wallace and his pro-internal improvement position a spot on the Whig ticket.

Seeking to retaliate against the ones who disrupted his drug trade, the Kingpin learns about the High Evolutionary's scheme and allows the information to reach Spider-Man and Daredevil.

Seeking to convince Soviet authorities to stop the campaign of terror and persecution against the Church, Sergius tried to look for ways of peaceful reconciliation with the government.

Seeking answers not in Connecticut and Massachusetts Bay Colony's own failed diplomacy and colonial conflicts over Native lands, Hubbard may have projected his own situation onto the Pequot by defining them as " foreigners " to the region.

Seeking to benefit from being nearest to the president, Chandler sat between Roosevelt and Barkley in the back seat of the open-topped vehicle that transported them to Latonia Race Track, the site of Roosevelt's first speech.

Seeking to see Ocelot bankrupted so that she will have no choice but to stay with him, he sneaks into Margaret Thatcher's office, steals a few pages of her personal notepaper, and forges a letter from her to the chairman of Ocelot authorising them to de-unionise their workforce and begin cutting wages substantially.

Seeking to retain the Cosmos ' heritage, Pinton refused to sell the name and image rights, believing that MLS would not honor them.

Seeking a balanced perspective on the events of that time, which split Egypt politically and religiously, Meriamun gets a letter of introduction from his father to many members of Akhenaten's court, among them the High Priest of Amun, his chief of security Haremhab, and his queen Nefertiti.

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

Seeking to placate them with a show of power, he raised a man from the dead, plucking an innocent soul from the Promised Land, a clear reference to the story of Jesus and Lazarus.

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 to keep up the pace, he asks his scientist brother to inject him with an experimental youth serum ( if he doesn't, he claims he'll find out which one of them " reaches the pavement first ").

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 flee the conflict that surrounds them, the Mini-Cons escape Cybertron with the aid of the Autobots, but an attack by the Decepticons cripples the ship as it flees through a spacebridge.

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 advice again from Ken's brother, Goro advises them that they have no choice but to assassinate Tanner and Tono.

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 to keep British fascism alive, Hamm organized a series of meetings in Hyde Park from November 1944 onwards, later moving them to the traditional BUF areas of east London.

Seeking to make an example of them, South Carolina authorities put a number of these Loyalists on trial for treason.