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 instability in the kingdom of Kent to establish himself as overlord, Offa was also in control of Sussex by 771, though his authority did not remain unchallenged in either territory.

Taking advantage of element of surprise Bolesław III launched his assault from precisely that direction, and took control of the city.

Taking control of the District of Columbia, the US Congress interpreted that Maryland law no longer applied, such as for elections.

Taking a page out of the Dutch book the English reorganised each fleet into squadrons for greater tactical control.

Taking control of Martinique in September, he faced the threats of slave-uprisings, yellow fever and British invasion.

Taking office in October, he maneuvered to gain control of the legislature and the Supreme Court and to restructure the command of the National Guard.

Taking on the powers and names of Hindu deities, these " gods " maintain respect and control of the masses by maintaining a stranglehold on the access to reincarnation and by suppressing any technological advancements beyond a medieval level.

Taking advantage of the substantial investment of the Power Corporation of Canada, Desmarais took control of a large stationery, Consolidated Bathurst ( built since in Stone-Consolidated, then merged to form Abitibi-Consolidated, Abitibi-Bowater today ).

Taking advantage of the Hui uprising in China's Xinjiang province, he captured Kashgar and Yarkand from the Chinese and gradually took control of most of the region, including Aksu, Kucha, and other cities in 1867.

Taking control of the situation is key.

Taking a strong line which it considered to be inspired by Vladimir Lenin's work on the relationship between imperialism and reformism, the early ideas of the RCP had it that the " only hope of securing any decent sort of life-or even guaranteeing survival-lies in the working class taking control over society ".

Taking into account the new relations of power introduced by the corporations that control technocapitalism, he considers new forms of accumulation involving intangibles --- such as creativity and new knowledge --- along with intellectual property and technological infrastructure.

Taking sole control from 1981, the firm was renamed Murphy / Jahn, although the aged Murphy had retired and died a few years later in 1985.

Taking control of the capital, Tokimasa executes all potential heirs to the Taira family.

Taking advantage of an operon fusion placing the lac operon ( responsible for producing beta-galactosidase, a protein which degrades lactose ) under the control of an SOS-related protein, a simple colorimetric assay for genotoxicity is possible.

Taking control of the Realm of Heavens, Ganon used Vaati's Wind Palace as his base of operations, created a shrine around the Dark Mirror that amplified its power to make hundreds of Dark Links, and used Vaati to dominate Hyrule and, eventually, the world.

Taking control of Waspinator's body with Terrorsaur watching, Starscream went about his standard backstabbing ways, acquiring the trust of Predacon leader Megatron, telling him that he was defending Galvatron against Unicron and was destroyed, with his spark enduring.

Taking control of his grandfather's Suksuhu River tribe, he drove Nikan Wailan from the lands of the Jianzhou Jurchens.

Taking a function f as its only argument, call / cc takes the current continuation ( i. e., a " snapshot " of the current control context or control state of the program ) as an object and applies f to it.

Taking this concession as a basis, the European Commission has decided to ask the Council to place BZP under control of the UN Convention on Psychotropic Substances.

Taking control, Ellen forces Milo to abandon the baby at a farm so that the baby will be presumed dead and the company will go to Milo.

Taking a totem animal is allowed within the clan of that animal.

Taking place in a hippodrome, these were the only games where women could take part, not because they were allowed to ride, but because it was the owner of a horse or chariot-rather than the rider or charioteer-who was considered the victor.

Taking on Rhapsody in Blue also allowed Disney to keep the animators assigned to their feature Kingdom of the Sun ( later released as The Emperor's New Groove ) busy while Kingdom went through an extensive rewrite.

Taking advantage of a slight elevation of land which concealed his men but allowed their flags to be seen, Clark maneuvered his troops to create the impression that 1, 000 men were approaching.

Taking advantage of a rule that allowed bowlers to bowl trial balls or " looseners ", Armstrong kept Woolley waiting nervously for more than fifteen minutes while he bowled trial balls alongside the pitch.

Taking the bathroom pass policies from the Lawrence High School, which allowed students only 15 trips to the bathroom, administration felt they would be able to limit the amount of bomb threat pranks the school had.

Taking the school-kids for hostage, 22 children aged 14 – 16 years-old were killed when an army commando engaged them.

Taking revenge on the king and his cabinet for striking his friend and fellow dwarf, Trippetta, he dresses them as orangutans for a masquerade.

Taking these into account, one must weigh them up and adopt the course of action that is most likely to maximise the interests of those affected ; utilitarianism has been arrived at.

Taking Children Seriously ( TCS ) is a parenting movement and educational philosophy whose central idea is that it is possible and desirable to raise and educate children without either doing anything to them against their will, or making them do anything against their will.

Taking the " forklift upgrade " approach to networking, it specified eliminating all existing protocols and replacing them with new ones at all layers of the stack.

Taking Prince Edward with them, Isabella and Mortimer left the French court in summer 1326 and travelled north to William I, Count of Hainaut.

Taking prostitutes Karen ( Karen Black ) and Mary ( Toni Basil ) with them, Wyatt and Billy decide to go outside and wander the parade-filled street of the Mardi Gras celebration.

" Taking the love god as the mediator of their emotions for each other, they sailed together as it were on the same vessel of life ... nor did they restrict their affectionate friendship to the limits of Hellas .... as soon as they set foot on the land of the Tauride, the Fury of matricides was there to welcome the strangers, and, when the natives stood around them, the one was struck to the ground by his usual madness and lay there, but Pylades ' did wipe away the foam and tend his frame and shelter him with a fine well-woven robe ,' thus showing the feelings not merely of a lover, but also of a father.

" Taking the love god as the mediator of their emotions for each other, they sailed together as it were on the same vessel of life ... nor did they restrict their affectionate friendship to the limits of Hellas .... as soon as they set foot on the land of the Tauride, the Fury of matricides was there to welcome the strangers, and, when the natives stood around them, the one was struck to the ground by his usual madness and lay there, but Pylades ' did wipe away the foam and tend his frame and shelter him with a fine well-woven robe ,' thus showing the feelings not merely of a lover, but also of a father.

In Douglas Hofstadter's Gödel, Escher, Bach, there is a narrative between Achilles and the Tortoise ( characters borrowed from Lewis Carroll, who in turn borrowed them from Zeno ), and within this story they find a book entitled " Provocative Adventures of Achilles and the Tortoise Taking Place in Sundry Spots of the Globe ", which they begin to read, the Tortoise taking the part of the Tortoise, and Achilles taking the part of Achilles.

" Taking the waters " at Red Boiling Springs generally consisted of more than merely ingesting them ; steam and tub baths featuring the waters and their alleged therapeutic properties were often featured.

Taking place near Königgrätz ( Hradec Králové ) and Sadowa ( Sadová ) in Bohemia on 3 July 1866, it was an example of battlefield concentration, a convergence of multiple units at the same location to trap and / or destroy an enemy force between them.

Taking advantage of the terms of these treaties, about 50, 000 Danes from North Schleswig ( out of a total population of some 150, 000 ) opted for Denmark and were expelled across the frontier, pending the plebiscite which was to restore their country to them.

" Taking care of camels ' health included the ability to find the best available grazing for them and keeping them away from poisonous plants ; knowledge of when one should not allow a camel to drink too much water ; how to park camels for the night, allowing them to obtain the best possible shelter from wind-blown snow in winter ; how to properly distribute the load to prevent it from hurting the animal ; and how to treat minor injuries of the camels, such as blisters or pack-sores.

Taking them home, he and Joy raised the cubs.

Taking the “ broken and unconnected materials ” and creating from them “ one connected narrative ” had been, he commented, “ a work of more labour than may at first appear ”.

There were nine counts under § 134 ( 1 ) of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 that, as a military commander in the Sarobi region of Afghanistan, he tortured or gave orders to carry out torture as part of his official duties ; five counts under § 1 ( 1 ) of the Taking of Hostages Act 1982 that he detained hostages and held them to ransom, and two charges, under § 1 ( 1 ) of the Criminal Law Act 1977, that he had conspired to carry out or order torture and hostage-taking.

Taking the crystals, Link sets out to restore them to their palaces.

Taking on a major role in the game's final chapters it was revealed both she and Neo were actually the cumulation of decades of Machine research into translating human DNA perfectly into Machine code, allowing them to interface directly with technology without the need for simulated interfaces.

* Taking Polish children against the will of their parents or guardians, forcibly putting them in German families or public orphanages within the Reich while breaking all contacts with their family and nation by giving them German names