This was vital to the success of the Allied plan, since it forced the Germans to keep most of their reserves bottled up waiting for an attack on Calais that never came, thereby allowing the Allies to maintain and build upon their marginal foothold in Normandy.

Carter forced the Israeli government to call back a ship carrying weapons vital to the survival of the Somoza regime.

As the fire-bombing campaign took effect, Japanese war planners were forced to expend significant resources to relocate vital war industries to remote caves and mountain bunkers, reducing production of war material.

The radio is knocked out, so they are forced to try to swim across a heavily-defended river to get to the American lines with the vital information.

After the signing of the treaty French supplies of arms, ammunition, and uniforms proved vital for the Continental Army, while their increased presence in the West Indies forced Britain to redeploy troops and naval units away from the North American colonies to secure their holdings in the Caribbean.

He saved 29 games for the 1982 Brewers, but he pitched most of the season in pain and was forced to miss the Brewers ' first ( and to date, only ) trip to the World Series — where they were beaten in seven games by the Cardinals — and any prospect of a showdown or two with Bruce Sutter, who proved vital to the Cardinals ' winning effort.

By 582, with no apparent end to the Persian war in sight, Tiberius was forced to come to terms with the Avars, to whom he agreed to pay an indemnity and to hand over the vital city of Sirmium, which the Avars then destroyed.

Her husband's " incapacity in the venereal act " and the vital heat of her temperament forced her to turn for sexual satisfaction to the comtesse d ' Artois, then Cardinal de Rohan, but even these efforts could not slake her sexual thirst.

George Caramagna, the Chevrolet suspension mechanic ( who, Nader learned, had fought management over omission of the vital anti-sway bar that they were forced to install in later models ) was vital to this issue.

Indeed, arguably a series of successful small-scale raids at vital points in the German rear areas might have forced Rommel to divert some of his offensive capability to defend his lines of communications.

It is used specially for measuring forced vital capacity without using water and has broad measurements ranging from 1000 ml to 7000 ml.

Further evaluation of a person's respiratory function can be done by assessing the minute ventilation, forced vital capacity ( FVC ), and forced expiratory volume ( FEV ).

The basic forced volume vital capacity ( FVC ) test varies slightly depending on the equipment used.

The most common parameters measured in spirometry are Vital capacity ( VC ), Forced vital capacity ( FVC ), Forced expiratory volume ( FEV ) at timed intervals of 0. 5, 1. 0 ( FEV1 ), 2. 0, and 3. 0 seconds, forced expiratory flow 25 – 75 % ( FEF 25 – 75 ) and maximal voluntary ventilation ( MVV ), also known as Maximum breathing capacity.

Average values for forced vital capacity ( FVC ), forced expiratory volume in 1 second ( FEV1 ) and forced expiratory flow 25 – 75 % ( FEF25 – 75 %), according to a study in the United States 2007 of 3, 600 subjects aged 4 – 80 years.

It can be given at discrete times, generally defined by what fraction remains of the forced vital capacity ( FVC ).

Mean transit time is the area under the flow-volume curve divided by the forced vital capacity.

Later, in order to prevent Archer from using his warp drive, and thus using his preferred method of propulsion, Lorian steals a vital part of the warp drive ( ironically echoing a similar act of theft Archer was forced to undertake with an alien vessel in " Damage ").

In Magic, Lowman argued that there was enough evidence of disloyalty among Japanese Americans to obtain indictments against a few individuals and organizations, but bringing them to trial would have forced the US government to reveal one of its most vital military secrets: that the Japanese naval codes had been partly broken.

The primary efficacy endpoints of the study sought to determine the effect of Myozyme on functional endurance as measured by the six-minute walk test and to determine the effect of aglucosidase alfa on pulmonary function as measured by percent predicted forced vital capacity.

Architect Archibald Leitch was given a budget of £ 30, 000 for construction ; original plans called for seating capacity of 100, 000, though budget constraints forced a revision to 77, 000.

The costs, such as lost productivity and fraud, are borne by the public and by Internet service providers, which have been forced to add extra capacity to cope with the deluge.

Later discoveries made 1927 the peak year of Spindletop production, but Spindletop's early decline forced Gulf to seek alternative sources of supply to sustain its substantial investment in refining capacity.

Engines must be based on a Type 1 engine case, with no electronic fuel injection or ignition and no forced induction, with an unlimited capacity.

He also experienced personal problems with former ally Itamar Franco, his predecessor that later became Governor of Minas Gerais and a fierce opponent of his administrative reforms that saw the states lose its capacity to contract debt and forced a reduction on local government spending.

Plutarch, in his vita of Pericles, 24, mentions lost comedies of Kratinos and Eupolis, which alluded to the contemporary capacity of Aspasia in the household of Pericles, and to Sophocles in The Trachiniae it was shameful for Heracles to serve an Oriental woman in this fashion, but there are many late Hellenistic and Roman references in texts and art to Heracles being forced to do women's work and even wear women's clothing and hold a basket of wool while Omphale and her maidens did their spinning, as Ovid tells: Omphale even wore the skin of the Nemean Lion and carried Heracles ' olive-wood club.

Margaret Thatcher was also noted as being " presidential ", in the capacity that she " forced " her own viewpoints onto her Cabinet.

Until the western section is in service, neither of the eastern extensions can be put into service, because the Haussmann-St Lazare station is currently at its maximum capacity because all trains are currently forced to turn around at this station.

With significant debt at graduation, some students will undoubtedly be forced to make career or education choices not on the basis of their talents, interests, and promise in a particular field, but rather on their capacity to repay student loans.

While JetBlue used the local noise ordinance to turn Long Beach Airport into a miniature fortress hub, it quickly reached maximum capacity and has since been forced to rework flight schedules and direct future growth to other Los Angeles area airports.

Although Hermes was originally seen as being entirely reusable ( up to 30 successive re-entries without major servicing ), problems aligning the capacity of the Ariane 5 launcher with the design of Hermes itself forced it to leave behind its rear part, the Resource Module, before re-entry.

Flytoget was forced to only operate two trains per hour due to capacity restraints on Hovedbanen.

A massive reinforcing armada from Athens briefly gave the Athenians the upper hand once more, but a disastrous failed assault on a strategic high point and several crippling naval defeats damaged the besiegers ' fighting capacity and morale, and the Athenians were eventually forced to attempt a desperate overland escape from the city they had hoped to conquer.

In this capacity, he led the push toward de-Germanification and nationalization of the Conservatory, during which process his German-Bohemian colleagues, including Alexander Zemlinsky and Paul Nettl, were forced out to form their own segregated institution.

These selected lines of mice also show increased endurance capacity in tests of forced endurance capacity on a motorized treadmill.

In this capacity, he attacked Harfleur at Whitsun 1378, but was forced to return to his ships by the defenders.

Thus the reservoir extended only to Parrot's Ferry Bridge, below its maximum upriver limit, until the El Niño event of 1982-1983, which filled it to capacity within weeks and even forced Reclamation to open the emergency spillways, prompting the state and federal governments to repeal the limits they had imposed on the reservoir.

By 1950 the forced labor camps set up along the length of the planned canal were filled to capacity ; that year alone, 40, 000 prisoners were held in those camps.

He gave concerts, toured, broadcast and recorded in this capacity until 1943, when failing health finally forced him to retire permanently.

After returning home Martin joined the Seattle Police Department, and would remain in this capacity until being forced to retire due to injury.

Our military forces must be capable of contending successfully with any contingency which may be forced upon us, from limited emergencies to all-out nuclear general war.

In plasma generators the superimposed forced convection may modify the picture somewhat.

In such a situation, it may be incumbent on the individual to abjure one of his citizenships to avoid possibly being forced into situations where countervailing duties are required of him, such as might occur in the event of war.

In these situations, arbitrageurs may receive margin calls, after which they would most likely be forced to liquidate part of the position at a highly unfavorable moment and suffer a loss.

" Of the scholastics he says :" Yet they will have us beleeve, that by the Almighty power of God, one body may be at one and the same time in many places problem of the universals ; and many bodies at one and the same time in one place whole and the parts ; ... And these are but a small part of the Incongruencies they are forced to, from their disputing philosophically, in stead of admiring, and adoring of the Divine and Incomprehensible Nature ...."

From a sociological and demographic perspective, the Big Brother franchise allows the opportunity for analysis of how people react when forced into close confinement with people who lie outside their comfort zone, since they may hold different opinions or ideals from other contestants, or simply belong to a different group of people than a contestant normally interacts with.

Whatever the situation may have been, Gongshan was considered an upright man who continued to defend the state of Lu, even after he was forced to flee.

So they may be forced into attacking livestock because it's easier than running down a rabbit or a deer.

He has further stated: " I use the civil definition of murder, where someone can be guilty of murder if they are responsible in a reckless and wanton way for the loss of life, as in incarcerating people in camps where they may soon die of malnutrition, unattended disease, and forced labor, or deporting them into wastelands where they may die rapidly from exposure and disease.

It may vary from laws that stop refusals of hiring based on nationality, asking questions regarding origin, to prohibitions of firing, forced retirement, compensation and pay, etc., based on nationality.

However, factors such as forced or non-standard development ( such as bleach bypass or cross processing ), compensation for filters or shutter angle, as well as intended under-and over-exposure may cause the cinematographer to actually " rate " the stock differently from the EI.

When faced by an exceptionally loud stadium, players may be unable to hear the snap count, and are forced to concentrate more on visual cues ( silent snap count or a hard count ), or risk false start penalties.

The phrase " little eyases " in the First Folio ( F1 ) may allude to the Children of the Chapel, whose popularity in London forced the Globe company into provincial touring.

Some societies have forced marriage, where consent may not be required.

A licensed physician, psychologist, social worker, or nurse practitioner who has examined the patient or a police officer may bring a potential patient to the emergency room for forced evaluation without approval from a judge.

Another reason minimum wage may not affect employment in certain industries is that the demand for the product the employees produce is highly inelastic ; For example, if management is forced to increase wages, management can pass on the increase in wage to consumers in the form of higher prices.

The first player says " 1 " and each player in turn increases the number by 1, 2, or 3, but may not exceed 21 ; the player forced to say " 21 " loses.

Because it does not know the whole input, an online algorithm is forced to make decisions that may later turn out not to be optimal, and the study of online algorithms has focused on the quality of decision-making that is possible in this setting.

Consequently, although a fluid moving at higher speed will have a lower static pressure, it may have a higher stagnation pressure when forced to a standstill.

Over generations a family forced against their will to convert may wholeheartedly adopt the new religion.

This can render occupying the corner largely useless, and often much worse than that because of loss of tempo ( Where it is an issue of running out of desirable moves and being forced to make undesirable ones, the grabbing of a corner may give the opponent not only the wedging response but also a follow-up move which one cannot respond to practically ).

The process is known for its unpredictability, particularly when reduction is forced, and pieces may crack or even explode due to thermal shock.

Some people may also be forced in to swimming involuntarily as a result of falling into water.