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The extent of Allied quantitative and qualitative superiority by this point in the war was demonstrated during Battle of the Philippine Sea, a lopsided Allied victory where Japanese fliers were downed in such numbers and with such ease that American fighter pilots likened it to a great turkey shoot.
Although historian Alwyn Barr of Texas Tech University believes that the battle " should have taught ... lessons on Mexican courage and the value of a good defensive position ", historian Stephen Hardin believes that " the relative ease of the victory at Concepción instilled in the Texians a reliance on their long rifles and a contempt for their enemies ".
So to ease their minds, and free them from any superstitious thoughts or forebodings of evil, Timoleon halted, and concluded an address suitable to the occasion, by saying, that a garland of triumph was here luckily brought them, and had fallen into their hands of its own accord, as an anticipation of victory: the same with which the Corinthians crown the victors in the Isthmian games, accounting chaplets of parsley the sacred wreath proper to their country ; parsley being at that time still the emblem of victory at the Isthmian, as it is now at the Nemean sports ; and it is not so very long ago that the pine first began to be used in its place .” “” ( Plutarch, Life of Timoleon ).</ ref > Victors could also be honored with a statue or an ode.
* Unwelcome Visitors: The protagonist's early victory in the agon generally tends to ease dramatic tension early in the play and this is usually offset to some extent by a stream of minor characters or ' unwelcome visitors ' that have to be chased off by the triumphant hero.
He led the Liberals to victory in the 1927 election by supporting the continuation of total prohibition against the Conservative government's proposals to ease the temperance measure.
Bichel retrieved Australia from serious trouble on more than one occasion, most notably his 7-20 against England, then he went on with Michael Bevan to score an unbeaten 73-run 9th wicket partnership to ease Australia to victory which saw him hit 34 not out.
Provision was also included, on the input of Mirko Tremaglia, to ease the vote of Italians resident abroad ; paradoxically, Italians abroad proved crucial in securing centre-left victory in 2006 elections.
The Azzurri secured their passage to the FIFA World Cup finals with relative ease and subsequent victories, such as the 3 – 1 victory over the Netherlands and a 4 – 1 win over Germany in friendly matches, which raised expectations considerably.
The victory at Myeongnyang convinced the Ming government that they could ease security at their major ports and mobilize a fleet to Joseon's aid.
A safe Conservative seat for many years, it was held by Lancastrian former headmaster Rhodes Boyson with ease before Labour's victory in 1997 helped win this seat.
Although Barr continues that the battle " should have taught ... lessons on Mexican courage and the value of a good defensive position ", Hardin believes that " the relative ease of the victory at Concepción instilled in the Texians a reliance on their long rifles and a contempt for their enemies ".
White was ever-present in Australia's triumph in the 2009 Champions Trophy, saving his best performance for the final where, having been promoted to number four, he scored a patient 62 against New Zealand to help Australia recover from 6 / 2 to ease to a six wicket victory.
The Menace faced Great Lakes Division winners Chicago Fire Premier in the Central Conference Semifinals, and walked away with a resounding 4-0 victory ; they then took the Conference title with ease, outplaying the Michigan Bucks to the tune of a comprehensive 4-1 scoreline.
When Zoltán Czibor added the second goal for Hungary a mere two minutes later, the pre-tournament favourites seemed destined to ease to victory over Germany, just as they had in the group stages

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The more marked manifestations of stringency during his pontificate appear to have been prompted rather than spontaneous, his personal character inclining him to moderation and ease.
In Japan, many older men read shōnen magazines because of their ease in reading during commutes to and from work on trains.
Chirac was elected on a platform of tax cuts and job programs, but his policies did little to ease the labor strikes during his first months in office.
This preference is based on a pragmatic desire for lower costs and ease of management, and to simplify operations during plant modifications / upgrades.
Aside from emergencies, contraflow may also be used to ease traffic congestion during rush hour or at the end of a sports event ( where a large number of cars are leaving the venue at the same time ).
A period of peace followed in the 18th century during the years of King Yeongjo and King Jeongjo, who led a new renaissance of the Joseon dynasty, with fundamental reforms to ease the political tension between the Confucian scholars, who held high positions.
He was able to develop a social ease with the Jewish community in Wyncote, as all his friends, girlfriends, coaches, and teachers during that timeframe were Jewish.
Gondor began to decline during the reigns of Atanatar and his two sons, who lived in ease and luxury, doing little to maintain Gondor's strength.
The Work Projects Administration and the Civilian Conservation Corps helped ease the county economy during the Great Depression.
The aim of the settlement was to ease the high levels of unemployment experienced during the depression of the 1890s.
Two flights daily from Paris were scheduled for ease of communication with London during the Paris Peace Conference
Some vacuum flasks include one or two fitted cups for ease of use with drinks, especially during traveling or family picnics.
Invading Sicily with Roger, the brothers captured Messina ( 1061 ) with comparable ease: Roger's men landed unsighted during the night and surprised the Saracen army in the morning.
She took to removing her bonnet during Sunday sermons to ease the pain, but was required to sit in the back row so that others would not see her bareheaded in church.
( This may be due to their preservation, popularity, and distribution brought about by the ease of seaborne travel and the many roads constructed during the time of the Roman Empire ).
This groupthink has such strength that phrases such as " for ease of learning, this movement is broken down into ' squads '", are commonly used during periods of drill instruction.
Watkins later developed theories that these alignments were created for ease of overland trekking by line-of-sight navigation during neolithic times, and had persisted in the landscape over millennia.
Originally less common as a military weapon than the jian-the straight, double-edged blade of China-the dao became popular with cavalry during the Han dynasty due to its sturdiness, superiority as a chopping weapon, and relative ease of use-it was generally said that it takes a week to attain competence with a dao / saber, a month to attain competence with a qiang / spear, and a year to attain competence with a jian / straight sword.
To ease the stress on his deteriorating knees, Piazza began to split his time between catching and playing first base during the season, an experiment which was abandoned before the end of the season because of Piazza's defensive deficiencies.
Because cannabis was legal in California, Simmons was able to use medical cannabis to ease her pain and suffering during the last months of her life.
Anna did, however, act as a mediator between her husband and her father-in-law and tried to ease the tension between them during political conflicts.
Today, he remains one of the best-known jockeys in the history of horse racing, called " the Master " for his riding skills, good sense of pace and the ability to switch his whip from one hand to the other with ease during a race.
The ease of addiction to lorazepam, ( Ativan brand was particularly cited ), and its withdrawal were brought to the attention of the British public during the early 1980s in Esther Rantzen's BBC TV series That's Life !, in a feature on the drug over a number of episodes.
Soon after the invention of the multi-camera filmed show, sketch comedy and variety shows began to move from live broadcasting to videotape, which allowed for greater ease in editing during post-production.

ease and previous
The concerto's soloist, Hans Richter-Haaser, played with compensatory ease and economy, though without the consummate plasticity to which we had been treated on the previous evening by Herr Riefling.
Herodian says " in their opinion Alexander showed no honourable intention to pursue the war and preferred a life of ease, when he should have marched out to punish the Germans for their previous insolence ".
The Pakistanis, who had negotiated Warne's leg-breaks in the previous home series, were never at ease against him.
Also that month, summit talks with the United States helped ease the tension between the two countries caused by the previous administrations ' policy towards North Korea, and the Korea-US Free Trade Agreement was discussed.
He attempts to ease back into his previous life, but becomes rebellious due both to the war and to the loss of Geneviève.
It is recorded that in 1605, the custom that " on that day our parson giveth unto the parishoners bread, cheese, cakes and divers barrels of beer, brought in there and drawn " was suspended on account of a visit from Charles Fotherby, the Archdeacon of Canterbury, owing to previous ceremonies having caused " much disorder by reason of some unruly ones, which at such time we cannot restrain with any ease ".
China, which had usually vetoed such resolutions authorising action against a state, abstained in an attempt to ease sanctions placed on it after the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, and Cuba's position was contradictory as it had voted for or abstained on previous resolutions relating to Iraq, but did not support Resolution 678.
The antecedents with previous computer experience ease of the system, and administrator support for they are linked to behavioral intentions to use the software through self-efficacy and outcome expectancy.
" Fitting in with ease, already knowing many of the cast through previous visits and having co-starred with Stephen Tompkinson in Drop The Dead Donkey, she completed the final season.
Unlike previous compilers, a significant portion of WATFOR-77 was written in a portable systems language to ease the implementation of the compiler on other computer systems.
The resultant design was an outside 2-cylinder locomotive fitted with outside Walschaerts valve gear for ease of maintenance, with all the working parts relatively accessible when compared to previous designs operating on the LSWR system.
Due to the ease with which the Gauls entered the city, it is conjectured that at some time previous to this, Rome had been forced by its Etruscan rulers to dismantle any significant prior defenses.
Furthermore, he states that the balanced expression pedal affords the ease of use of either foot, whereas the previous correspondent desired two ratchet levers, one at either side of the pedalboard.
The focusing screen on the AE-1 Program is brighter than any previous focusing screen on any Canon manual focus camera, allowing the user to focus with greater ease with " slow " lenses ( up to f / 5. 6 ).
By 1995 the Taliban, which had seized control of much of southern Afghanistan with comparative ease in the previous year, were advancing on Kabul.
However, in this episode, Number Six is edgy and tense, pacing back and forth in his kitchen without the casual ease of previous episodes, and his interactions with the Villagers have become bizarre, with his accosting the Umbrella Man who seems eager to avoid him.
The introduction of the EAW system was intended to increase the speed and ease of extradition throughout EU countries by removing the political and administrative phases of decision-making which had characterised the previous system of extradition in Europe, and converting the process into a system run entirely by the judiciary.

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