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Taking and advantage
Taking advantage of this feature, some languages ( like FORTRAN 77 ) specify that array indices begin at 1, as in mathematical tradition ; while other languages ( like Fortran 90, Pascal and Algol ) let the user choose the minimum value for each index.
Taking advantage of this breach, Württemberg ’ s Danish cavalry now swept forward, wheeling to penetrate the flank of the Maison du Roi whose attention was almost entirely fixed on holding back the Dutch.
Taking advantage of Roman military disarray, a vast number of barbarian peoples overran much of the empire.
Taking advantage of the absence of restraint, he speedily returned to his monastery.
Taking advantage of the Ottoman internal turmoil, Austria-Hungary annexed Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Bulgaria declared its independence from the Ottoman Empire.
Taking advantage of liberalization by the unpopular ruling leftist / nationalist FLN regime, it used its preaching to advocate the establishment of a legal system following Sharia law, education in Arabic rather than French, and gender segregation, with women staying home to alleviate the high rate of unemployment among young Algerian men.
Taking advantage of this internal conflict, the Persians seized the city of Kandahar and as a result of this loss, the Mughals lost control over the trade routes to Afghanistan, Persian and Central Asia and also exposed India to invasions from the north-west.
Taking advantage of the flexibility of MUD server software, some MUDs are designed for educational purposes rather than gaming or chat.
Taking advantage of divisions within the conservative ranks, José Santos Zelaya led a liberal revolt that brought him to power in 1893.
Taking advantage of someone ’ s competitive nature can drive up the price.
Taking advantage of the position of Shiba Yoshikane, Yoshimune's son, as the rightful shugo, Nobunaga forged an alliance with the Imagawa clan of Suruga Province and the Kira clan of Mikawa Province, as both clans had the same shugo and would have no excuse to decline.
Taking advantage of this withdrawal, Gregory agreed to support Thrasimund II ’ s return to Spoleto, who forced his way back in by December 739 with Roman armed support.
Taking advantage of this situation, Rajendra I, son of Rajaraja I, launched a large invasion in AD 1017.
Taking advantage of the labour party's confusion, the PAM party was very successful in the 1980 elections, winning 3 seats on St. Kitts, compared to the labour party's 4.
Taking advantage of conditions resulting from Ottoman-Egyptian exploitation and maladministration, the Mahdi led a nationalist revolt culminating in the fall of Khartoum on 26 January 1885.
Taking advantage of the laws that had been passed years ago, and using their new found freedom, the Mega-corps began impressing their power on the failing governments.
Taking advantage of supplier capabilities and emphasizing a long-term supply chain perspective in customer relationships can both be correlated with firm performance.
Taking advantage of this distraction, Bactria and Parthia seceded from the empire.
Taking advantage of their second chance, the Vikings ended up with a 12-play, 68-yard drive and scored on an 8-yard pass from Tarkenton to receiver Sammy White to cut their deficit to 19 – 7.
Taking advantage of their great starting field position, the Bengals marched 53 yards in 7 plays and scored a touchdown on a 4-yard pass from Anderson to Ross.
Taking advantage of their second chance, Buffalo marched down the field with runs by Thomas and short completions by Kelly.
Taking advantage of their excellent starting field position, New England drove 53 yards in 7 plays and scored on an 18-yard touchdown run by Martin to cut the Packers ' lead to 27-21.
Taking advantage of his incapacitation, the powerful Alcmaeonid family arranged for him to be prosecuted.
Taking advantage of the Morrill Land Grant Act, the California Legislature established an Agricultural, Mining, and Mechanical Arts College in 1866.

Taking and civil
* In Star Trek: Titan 2005 premier Taking Wing, the Romulan Star Empire collapses into civil war the wake of Star Trek: Nemesis.
Taking up the civil law, he became Doctor in 1692, and was admitted an advocate at Doctors ' Commons.
Taking advantage of the German civil war between the Hohenstaufen claimant Philip of Swabia and the Welf candidate Otto IV, Ottokar declared himself King of Bohemia.
Taking advantage of the civil war currently engulfing the Mexican interior, the Texians drafted the Turtle Bayou Resolutions.
" Their first mission, in the debut novel, Taking Wing, is to set up power-sharing talks among the various Romulan factions that, in the wake of Praetor Shinzon's death in Nemesis, threaten to plunge the Romulan Empire into civil war.
Taking the degree of doctor of civil law in 1780, he secured the appointment of counsellor to the Supreme Court of Aids at Montpellier, but he soon took up his residence in Paris, having been nominated consulting physician to the king.
* Taking measures to cleanse and motivate civil service.
Taking advantage of the turmoil created by the Abbasid civil war, in 816 they began making attacks on Muslim forces in Iran and Iraq.

Taking and war
He appeared in the HBO Films production of Taking Chance, a film based on a story of the same name written by Lieutenant Colonel Michael Strobl, an American ' Desert Storm ' war veteran.
Taking up writing again after the war, Wallace published his first novel in 1873.
Taking its name from William Faulkner's first novel of the same name about an airman's return home in the aftermath of World War I, Russell said the documentary examined " both sides of the war, people who feel good about the war, who believe in the mission, people who feel bad.
Another EDA, Lawrence Miles ' Alien Bodies revealed that at some point in the future of the Time Lords, the CIA removed itself from history and became beings of pure thought known as the Celestis as part of the war between the Time Lords and " the Enemy ", the Celestis being almost completely destroyed as a result of the events of The Taking of Planet 5.
Taking up war work in 1940, he began working on ballistics but transferred to the National Physical Laboratory in 1946, where he worked with Alan Turing on the ACE computer project.
Taking into account that " Tor " is a Dutch word for beetle, in Dutch the difference between T and Th is hardly ( if at all ) heard and that it was about a caveman living way before the invention of orthography, it is no miracle that this caveman returned ( still during the war ) with his name changed to " Thor ".
Taking the place of the CFJHQ, 1st Cdn Div HQ will absorb those returning staff from the war in Afghanistan to ensure the hard-won lessons there are not lost to future generations of soldiers.
Taking over the three states would almost certainly cause future problems and possibly war with the US ; Mexico would also be unable to accommodate a large Anglo population within its borders ; and Germany would not be able to supply the arms needed in the hostilities that would surely arise.
Taking advantage of this fact, Athens launched several naval campaigns in the later years of the war, recapturing a number of islands that had been part of the original Athenian Empire during the 5th century BC.
"... the third season, saying: ' The wretched, fallen chief of Libya, Meryre, son of Ded, has fallen upon the country of Tehenu with his bowmen -- Sherden, Shekelesh, Ekwesh, Lukka, Teresh, Taking the best of every warrior and every man of war of his country.
Taking advantage of the Lithuanian defeat, the Principality of Smolensk, Veliky Novgorod, and Pskov rebelled against Lithuanian rule, drawing Vytautas into a war with the Grand Duchy of Moscow.
Campbell has composed music for television drama and film, including the 1989 war film That Summer of White Roses ( starring Tom Conti and Rod Steiger, Susan George and Alun Armstrong ); and the 1994 BAFTA winner Taking Over the Asylum, which starred Ken Stott, David Tennant and Elizabeth Spriggs.
Taking part in war, aggression of oppression was strictly prohibited and the citizen had to be prepared if need be to suffer the penalties.
Taking advantage of the ongoing Venetian – Genoese war however, by 1270 Michael's efforts had produced a strong navy of 80 ships, with several Latin privateers sailing under imperial colors.
In a story arc stretching through several of the Eighth Doctor Adventures, sometime in the Doctor's future, a war is fought between the Time Lords and an unnamed Enemy, the Eighth Doctor becoming involved in the events of the war during the events of Alien Bodies, when he unintentionally becomes involved in an auction for the body of his future self due to his biodata codes being the only means of accessing dangerous Time Lord secrets, and The Taking of Planet 5, where he must stop a group of future Time Lords from releasing the monstrous Fendahl in an attempt to use it as a weapon.

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