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able and forceful
Zaken shows that some Jewish individuals paid 50 gold liras every year during World War I. Apparently-according to Dr. Zaken-" in spite of the forceful conscription campaigns, some of the Jews were able to buy their exemption from conscription duty.
Lord Dalhousie was an able administrator, though forceful and tough.
This type of role will entail a forceful character, so a must have a strong voice and be able to exaggerate gestures.
It is also the spot where the Heimlich Maneuver is able to produce a rapid and forceful exhalation of breath.
They do not stop to reflect of the fire of his talent which is so forceful, nor whether they are able to digest such an impetuous, unheard of, and incompatible technique, nor whether they possess Caravaggio's nimbleness of painting without preparation.
Leader of the party Muhammad Salih was not able to attend the meeting because of his forceful exile.

able and empress
Already closely connected to the Komnenoi through Maria's cousin Irene to Isaac Komnenos, the Komnenoi brothers were able to see the empress under the pretense of a friendly family visit.
He sings and dances with his empress in a somewhat divine way ; they are even able to seemingly " neutralize " gravity.
As the empress dowager's son, I'll never be able to rule the empire.
Eventually Noble Consort Yi was officially created " Holy Mother Empress Dowager " ( 聖母皇太后 ), a great privilege considering that she had never been an Empress Consort while the Xianfeng Emperor was alive ; she was only able to become empress dowager because she was the biological mother of the new Emperor.
Along with her brother He Jin, she was able to temporarily dominate power at the imperial court after the death of Emperor Ling in 189 as empress dowager.
One of the first operas to use historical events and people rather than classical mythology, it adapts incidents from the writings of Tacitus, Suetonius and others to recount how Poppea, mistress of the Roman emperor Nerone ( Nero ), is able to achieve her ambition and be crowned empress.
Already closely connected to the Komnenoi through her cousin Irene's marriage to Isaac Komnenos, the Komnenoi brothers were able to see the empress under the pretense of a friendly family visit.
Only after she was able to bear this imperial heir was she created empress.

able and tried
) Spanish has similar pairs for certain verbs, such as ( imperfect and preterite, respectively ) sabía " I knew " vs. supe " I found out ", podía " I was able to " vs. pude " I succeeded ( in doing something )", quería " I wanted to " vs. quise " I tried to ", no quería " I did not want to " vs. no quise " I refused ( to do something )".
They tried to rescue him in a boat, but were able only to drag up his corpse.
His officials tried to stop such talks but Reagan was able to start discussions on nuclear disarmament with Soviet Union.
He was released at the request of the creditors, who hoped he might be able to recover some of the money, but was rearrested for fighting in a synagogue when he tried to borrow money or collect debts from some Jews.
In " The Robots of Death " ( 1977 ), the Fourth Doctor tried to explain this to his companion Leela, using the analogy of how a larger cube can appear to be able to fit inside a smaller one if the larger cube is farther away, yet immediately accessible at the same time ( see Tesseract ).
His troops tried to storm the city walls, but abandon the attacks and break into small bands, better able to forage and feed themselves.
Throughout much of the show's run, Captain Jonathan Archer frequently had run-ins with the High Command-even after Archer proved conclusively, several times, that he was able to travel through time, the High Command stubbornly refused to acknowledge the possibility that time travel could ever be possible ( although T ' Pol tried to keep an open mind ).
Bryant fired at them whenever they tried to escape, and they were not able to move from that position for many hours.
With the senate supposedly being able to intervene only through the negotiation of treaties, they adjusted their ways of life and tried to continue their traditions.
He tried to reduce the power of the nobility and was able to govern with the support of the popular classes, whom he favoured.
One report says the wrestler was able to hold a pomegranate without damaging it while challengers tried to pry his fingers from it, and another report says he could burst a band fastened around his brow by inhaling air and causing the temple veins to swell.
In order not to waste all their work, Piave tried to revise the libretto and was even able to pull from it another opera Il Duca di Vendome, in which the sovereign was substituted with a duke and both the hunchback and the curse disappeared.
In particular, conservatives were thought to better understand the metaphorical connection between the family, morality, and politics, and, especially around 1994, were able to get quite a number of votes through using persuasive metaphors while liberals tried to use logic and reason.
As an adult, he tried on many occasions to write a novel, but was never able to complete one to his satisfaction.
Even though many tried their hand at winning the main prize, for decades none was able to come up with a practical solution to the problem.
De Gaulle was tried in absentia in Vichy France and sentenced to death for treason ; he, on the other hand, regarded himself as the last remaining member of the legitimate Reynaud government able to exercise power, seeing the rise to power of Pétain as an unconstitutional coup.
In the fight Clay is able to dominate the early rounds of the match, but halfway through the fight Clay complains of a burning feeling in his eyes ( implying that Liston has tried to cheat ) and says he is unable to continue.
His friends at the university initially had tried to prevent an autopsy on Ishi's body since the body was to be kept intact according to Yahi tradition, but the doctors at the University of California medical school performed one before Waterman was able to stop it.
However, it was in the wood at the foot of Mazard Hill that Northerton tried to kill her but she, being ' not of the weakest order of females ,' was able to fend him off until Tom came to her rescue.
When the Germans tried the same tactic again in 1944 during the Battle of the Bulge, the US Army was able to very quickly " pick the corners " in this fashion and brought the spearhead to a halt in a few days.
The Dutch tried to hold control of Bahia but were defeated, only being able to seize Pernambuco.
Lewenhaupt who arrived ten days after the defeat at Villmanstrand tried to organize joint operation by both land and naval forces towards Vyborg but Admiral Aron Sjöstierna who took von Rajalins positions made it clear that fleet would not be able to do it.
He was held to have stolen fire and tried to extinguish it in the sea in a Dreaming story of the Yindjibarndi people of the central and western Pilbara, and was able to send a strong wind if frightened.
Most seriously, in order to be permitted to adopt a fellow citizen from another clan and its rites into his own, a Roman citizen was required to be at least middle aged ( beyond adulescentia, i. e. 30 or older ) and able to prove that he had tried but failed to produce children.

able and vain
Her mother Ceres, also known as Demeter, the goddess of agriculture or of the Earth, went looking for her in vain to every corner of the earth, but was not able to find anything but a small belt that was floating upon a little lake ( made with the tears of the nymphs ).
In the show, LaCienega is able to convince the adults that she is a very sweet and moral young lady while in fact she is very vain, arrogant and obnoxious.
Rodney was unquestionably a most able officer, but he was also vain, selfish and unscrupulous, both in seeking prize money, and in using his position to push the fortunes of his family, although such nepotism was common ( not to say normal ) at the time.
The sloop trader quickly sold the island to a General John Geddes, a former governor of South Carolina, who tried in vain to secure his rights to the property before Simonton, with the aid of some influential friends in Washington, was able to gain clear title to the island.
This is the why question about life which philosophers and theologians have been pondering in vain for ages, and is a counterpart to the how question about nature which engineers have been able to resolve successfully.
Physically, he is a weak man, but is able to encompass all the best emotions, along with vain longings, wild hopes, and a righteous indignation at the plight of his contemporaries.
In terms of personality, he was vain and pompous, if able.
To complete the task began by his father, ( for many reasons Raja Raja Chola I was able to conquer only half of the Sri Lanka in his time ) of conquering the island of Srilanka, Rajendra invaded the island in 1018 CE As a result of the campaign, Rajendra claimed to have captured the regal jewels of the Pandya kings, which Parantaka I tried in vain to capture.

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