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Excalbians and fight
Colonel Green, notorious for attacking his enemies while in the midst of peace negotiations, starts the battle by offering Kirk a truce ; stating that they should not fight for the amusement of the Excalbians.

Excalbians and .
* When the Excalbians create a habitable field on the planet surface for the " spectacle ", its appearance is dramatic and takes only a second ; the original version showed only a subtle change.

offer and incentive
The usual incentive to cooperate is some form of plea bargain i. e. an offer to drop or reduce criminal charges against a suspect in return for full cooperation.
Firms with superior software thus have an incentive to offer samples, except if their product is already well known, or if they do not want to be listed in direct competition with other products on shareware repositories.
Another example is the credit card product, where all suppliers offer almost identical interest rates, fees, rewards programs, and bait & hook incentive models for new customers.
Some states ( Colorado, Virginia, Maryland, and North Carolina ) offer a state income tax incentive and many states offer property tax incentives to conservation easement donors.
Volksmarching associations offer incentive awards ( usually pins and patches ) for collecting a certain number of events.
The incentive to cooperate may be some form of plea bargain, such as an offer to drop or reduce criminal charges against a suspect in return for full co-operation with investigators.
Dolby also offered an incentive for Zenith to switch their vote ( which they did ); however, it is unknown whether they accepted the offer.
Some states follow the lead of the Army and offer a permanent tab ( worn in a similar manner as the Army's Ranger and Sapper tabs ) as an incentive to become certified as part of the local or unit CERT team.
Further, many holders of small amounts of bonds have little incentive to invest the time and energy in evaluating the terms of the exchange offer.
The postal administration will typically offer an incentive in the form of a reduced price for precancelled stamps in volume.
Municipalities can offer a zoning variance and / or tax incentive, and liability waiver to anyone with a fenced pasture who is willing to let local dog owners use it.
Nintendo also introduced a new incentive promotional offer that involves the registration of three Nintendo ( or Nintendo affiliated ) products through Nintendo. com to receive a free three issue trial subscription to Nintendo Power.
Dolby also offered an incentive for Zenith to switch their vote ( which they did ), however it is unknown whether they accepted the offer.
Also, as noted, many people do not read or understand the terms so there might be very little incentive for a firm to offer favorable conditions as they would gain only a small amount of business from doing so.
Once collectors have started using a particular brand, they have a strong incentive to stay with it, and the manufacturers offer annual updates for the stamps issued during the previous year.
B ( 2 ) now has an opportunity and strong incentive to offer the A's a better price for their goods and trade with them at this price, leaving B ( 1 ) out in the cold.
They could offer a small incentive to quicken the process, and maybe this perk would attract other players to participate in the study.
Since companies rely on the monthly fees of low-volume renters to make up for those whose shipping costs approach or exceed what they are paying, there is little incentive to offer such a plan, and the rental price would likely have to approach or exceed store costs.
Andersen made the kick, but upon hearing about the offer, the NFL reminded Vermeil and the Chiefs that the $ 500 bottle of wine was considered a performance-based incentive bonus not written into Andersen's contract, and the gift was disallowed.
The listing broker may offer Buyer Agents a portion of their commission as an incentive to find buyers for the property.

offer and fight
When Högni comes to fight Heðinn on an island, Hildr comes to offer her father a necklace on behalf of Heðinn for peace ; but the two kings still battle, and Hildr resurrects the fallen to make them fight until Ragnarök.
Reasons for the contraction included the reluctance of foreign banks to offer new loans, the diversion of funds to fight the new insurrection against the government, and, after 1985, the total embargo on trade with the United States, formerly Nicaragua's largest trading partner.
Fighting games may also offer a multiplayer mode in which players fight each other, sometimes by letting a second player challenge the first at any moment during a single player match.
He stated that his commitment to Chile did not allow him to take an easy way out, and he would not be used as a propaganda tool by those he called " traitors " ( he refused an offer of safe passage ), clearly implying he intended to fight to the end.
As the Knight is literally disarmed, Arthur assumes the fight is over and kneels to offer a prayer to God.
He used his influence to secure amnesty for Jean Lafitte and his followers upon their offer to fight for the city, and in 1814 — 1815 acted as adviser and volunteer aide-de-camp to General Andrew Jackson, who was his personal friend.
Systems of government are dynamic and they are bound to change in accordance with the wishes of and aspirations of the people ... During my term of office, I selflessly dedicated myself to the good cause of Mother Malawi in the fight against Poverty, Ignorance and Disease among many other issues ; but if within the process, those who worked in my government or through false pretence in my name or indeed unknowingly by me, pain and suffering was caused to anybody in this country in the name of nationhood, I offer my sincere apologies.
Despite this offer of a return, Law again wrote to Strachey saying that he continued to feel this policy was the correct one, and only regretted that the issue was splitting the party in a time when unity was needed to fight the Home Rule problem.
The next day, Garden Match Maker Teddy Brenner encouraged Ali to retire by stating the Garden would never make another offer to host an Ali fight.
Silver saw the rapier as an incredibly dangerous weapon, which did not offer the user sufficient protection during a fight.
Area Indians were willing to fight on the British side, and the Crown wanted them to do so, but Carleton turned their offer down because he feared the Indians attacking non-combatants.
Armed gladiators were unable to resist organized Roman soldiers ; and although Marius offered freedom to any slave that would fight with him against Sulla ( an offer which Plutarch says only three slaves accepted ) he and his followers were forced to flee the city.
In order for a Gundam Fighter to fight another Gundam Fighter, one must offer up the fight.
Gordon replied that he had three recommendations, in decreasing order of preference: first, offer peace terms to the enemy ; second, retreat from Richmond and Petersburg, link up with the Confederate army in North Carolina under General Joseph E. Johnston, jointly defeat Sherman, and then go after Grant ; third, fight without delay.
The fight caused some controversy afterwards, when Rubillar's manager accused the fight's judges of robbing his fighter, going on to offer Arce 100, 000 US $ for a rematch, which would be held in the Philippines.
In the 1911 pamphlet " One Big Union ", IWW supporters Father Thomas J. Hagerty and William Trautmann enumerated two goals: One Big Union needed to " combine the wage-workers in such a way that it can most successfully fight the battles and protect the interests of the workers of today in their struggles for fewer hours of toil, more wages and better conditions ," and it also " must offer a final solution of the labor problem — an emancipation from strikes, injunctions, bull-pens, and scabbing of one against the other.
And when Wilson set up a meeting between Somoza and an allegedly former CIA operative, at a small party where booze was flowing freely, Somoza was initially delighted at the offer of a 1000-man squad of ex-CIA operatives to fight on Somoza's behalf.
The whole group wished to offer their services to fight off these guerrillas and defend the state capital.
After realizing that his fathers ' health is failing and to prove he can still fight he decides to take up the offer, have a friend make a bet against him with his money and lose on purpose to put his father in a retirement home.
In spite of the city being " the greatest prize the war could offer ", Baldwin cautiously withdrew without a fight.
After proving that he would not give up the fight for his life, his opponents each offer him a shattered piece of his Dino Gem.
When Duryodhana faces the Pandava brothers and Krishna alone, Yudhisthira makes him an offer that he may pick any of the Pandava brothers to fight against one-to-one with a weapon of his choice, and that if he defeats that Pandava, Duryodhana shall be deemed the victor of the war.
When Shirley refuses the baronet ’ s offer of marriage, her uncle is enraged and has a fight with her.

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