Although he was aware that the Bastarnae were hardly likely to achieve the same success as Hannibal some 40 years earlier, and would most likely end up cut to pieces by the Romans, Philip hoped that the Romans would be distracted long enough to allow him to reoccupy his former possessions in Greece.

This allowed Bonaparte to propose an invasion of Egypt as an alternative to confronting Britain directly, believing that the British would be too distracted by an imminent Irish uprising to intervene in the Mediterranean.

For the next forty years, Chile's armed forces would be distracted from meddling in politics by skirmishes and defensive operations on the southern frontier, although some units got embroiled in domestic conflicts in 1851 and 1859.

Believing that Caesar would be distracted by the turmoil in Rome following the death of Publius Clodius Pulcher, the Carnutes, under Cotuatus and Conetodunus, made the first move, slaughtering the Romans who had settled in their territory.

He would always get distracted by the human element in a job.

Patel would guide the Congress ministries that had won power across India with the aim of preserving party discipline — Patel feared that the British would use opportunities to create conflicts among elected Congressmen, and he did not want the party to be distracted from the goal of complete independence.

Led by Samuel Mace, this 1602 expedition differed from previous voyages in that Raleigh bought his own ship and guaranteed the sailors ' wages so that they would not be distracted by privateering.

Deciding that the sage would have to be distracted from his penances, he sent the Apsara Menaka to work her charms.

Churchill later claimed that if he had not been distracted, he would have questioned more deeply the intentions of his admiral at sea.

The first written reference to bowling dates to 1366, when King Edward III of England banned his troops from playing the game so that they would not be distracted from their archery practice.

While the unit is marched around the field by the drill sergeant ( Pete ), Donald is distracted by Douglas C-47 Skytrains flying overhead, reminding him that he would rather be flying.

Corwin follows, hoping to slay Brand while he is distracted, but he realises that slaying Brand would further damage the Pattern.

Throughout 577 and into 578, Tiberius avoided all other entanglements which would have distracted him from the approaching Persian conflict.

Falk would often ad lib " Columbo-isms " ( fumbling through his pockets for a piece of evidence and discovering a grocery list, asking to borrow a pencil, becoming distracted by something irrelevant in the room at a dramatic point in a conversation with a suspect, etc.

During the second detective's testimony, the entire courtroom is starstruck and distracted from crucial evidence by the sudden appearance of Suzanne Somers, who would be portraying Beverly as the heroine of a television movie.

Clampett would revisit black jazz culture again in another 1943 Merrie Melodies cartoon, Tin Pan Alley Cats, which features a feline caricature of Fats Waller in a repurposing of the wacky fantasy world from Porky in Wackyland ( during the opening sequence, the " Fats " cat is distracted by what appears to be a sexy, feline version of So White ).

Kempis stresses the importance of solitude and silence, " how undisturbed a conscience we would have if we never went searching after ephemeral joys nor concerned ourselves with affairs of the world ..." Kempis writes that the " World and all its allurements pass away " and following sensual desires leads to a " dissipated conscience " and a " distracted heart ".

Some critics would later complain that the large cast distracted from the solemnity, notably in the appearance of John Wayne as the Roman centurion who comments on the Crucifixion by stating: “ Truly this man was the son of God .”

" Here the Witch-king breaks Gandalf's staff ( in an earlier scene the Witch-king had said that he would " break " the wizard ), but is distracted from doing anything else as the horns of the Rohirrim sound.

Visitors to his estate would find banknotes secreted around the grounds, whether left on purpose or simply lost by the drunken or distracted squire was uncertain.

For example, if a baby's caregiver was severely depressed, the baby would anxiously sense a lack of responsiveness, would not be able to enjoy an illusion of omnipotence, and might instead focus his energies and attentions on finding ways to get a positive response from the distracted and unhappy caregiver by being a " good baby.

Although the Nootka Conventions theoretically opened the Pacific Northwest coast from northern California to Alaska to British colonization, the advent of the Napoleonic Wars distracted any efforts towards this ( as recommended by Vancouver at the time ) and the proposed settlement colony in the region was to be abandoned.

At this moment, Loveless and Means arrived, crashing through the undergrowth with their horses, and distracted her, and she ran off a short distance and jumped into a crevice between two rocks.

Political stability and instability both aided and distracted the economic revolution which transformed Honduras through the development of a plantation economy on the north coast, ultimately leading to military interventions from the United States.

Later that afternoon, on an errand with her sister Marie and school friend Jeanne ( Mary Anderson ) to collect firewood outside the town of Lourdes, Bernadette is left behind when her companions warn her not to wade through the cold river by the Massabielle caves for fear of taking ill. About to cross anyway, Bernadette is distracted by a strange breeze and a change in the light.

Despite having massed forces along the border, Charles ' military attentions were distracted by the problems in Gascony and he eventually chose to settle the rebellion peacefully through the Peace of Arques in 1326, in which Louis was only indirectly involved.

The expedition had done no serious harm to the enemies of Vincennes, but it distracted some of the Wabash villages while Josiah Harmar, now a General, led a much larger expedition up through Ohio country towards Kekionga.

Consulting the ancient 800-year-old Martian sage Chochem ( a Yiddish word meaning " genius "), they are advised that the children of Mars are growing distracted due to the society's overly rigid structure ; from infancy, all their education is fed into their brains through machines and they are not allowed individuality or freedom of thought.

Again, the backlog became a problem, particularly since the Lord Chancellor was distracted with the appellate cases through the Court of Appeal in Chancery and the House of Lords, leaving a maximum of three Chancery judges who were available to hear cases.

" Humorously acting anxious and distracted, Ford suffered through the clip ( which featured a scene showing Ford as Han Solo telling Chewbacca and his wife that they are " like family " to him ), and then muttered a gruff, sarcastic " Thank you.

As Pete and Elliott celebrate, Terminus aims a harpoon gun at the distracted dragon, but the harpoon's rope is looped around his ankle and he is sent flying through the ceiling.

The pilots, distracted by the conflicting warnings, did not notice the radar altimeter after passing through 2, 500 feet, according to the accident report.

American Lieutenant General Omar Bradley's intention was to take advantage of the German preoccupation with British and Canadian activity around the town of Caen, and immediately punch through the German defenses that were penning in his troops while the Germans were distracted and unbalanced.

However, the hope of liberation through the proles clashes with O ' Brien ’ s view that the proles can never revolt because they would never have the need to do so, as long as they are well fed and distracted.

They stumble upon Prince Uther, who is wandering through the same forest, distracted and disconsolate after catching sight of a woman with whom he has instantly fallen in love.

Cnut, most distracted by the task of administering England, managed to rule Norway for five years after the battle through his viceroy son Svein.

When the slant-eyed man is momentarily distracted, Carter pushes him into the well and escapes through the maze-like corridors.

While the crowd was distracted, however, a group of Newberry students climbed the outside of the gym wall, crawled through a window, and ripped the banner off the wall before fleeing into the night.

During every major event when everyone is distracted, one of them slips out through a secret opening, taking them through air vents to either a restroom, where Jesus ' wife Teresa ( Karmin Murcelo ) waits to provide them disguises, or through a vent to a hollow pushcart, manned by Jesus ' brother Ramon ( Henry Kingi ).

He sends a message through Willy's former mistress and assists him in escaping from Newgate while the public is distracted by a public execution outside the prison.

The band members were distracted by hedonism, ego and indecision, going through four different producers and multiple studios.

The Pakistani Inter-Services Intelligence has allegedly encouraged and aided the Kashmir independence movement through an insurgency due to its dispute on the legitimacy of Indian rule in Kashmir, with the insurgency as an easy way to keep Indian troops distracted and cause international condemnation of India.

Midway through the summation, Monk becomes distracted when he recognizes one of the bar ’ s busboys as " The Urinator " from the subway.