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The Greeks of the autonomous Cretan State proclaimed unification with Greece, though the opposition of the Great Powers prevented the latter action from taking practical effect.
The latter two don't make sense, so " looks " in this case is being used as an action verb.
Perhaps his two most influential ideas are the concepts of the public sphere and communicative action ; the latter arriving partly as a reaction to new post-structural or so-called " post-modern " challenges to the discourse of modernity.
In these latter cases the faiths do not promote deference, as happens in monotheisms ; rather each suggests a path of action that will bring the practitioner into conformance with the divine law: ahimsa — ' no harm ' — for Buddhist and Hindu faiths ; de or te — ' virtuous action ' — in daoism ; and any of numerous practices of peace and love in new age thinking.
The latter action is often called the conjugation action, and an exponential notation is commonly used for the right-action variant: ; it satisfies.
To quote the British National Formulary: " Alcohol is a poor hypnotic because its diuretic action interferes with sleep during the latter part of the night.
The latter action led to another phase of emigration from the island.
* October 13 – Germany, in a note to Brussels, guarantees the inviolability and integrity of Belgium so long as the latter abstains from military action against Germany.
The latter also introduced action fans to then-rising star Chuck Norris as well.
Sowell writes that affirmative action policies encourage non-preferred groups to designate themselves as members of preferred groups ( i. e., primary beneficiaries of affirmative action ) to take advantage of group preference policies ; that they tend to benefit primarily the most fortunate among the preferred group ( e. g., upper and middle class blacks ), often to the detriment of the least fortunate among the non-preferred groups ( e. g., poor whites or Asians ); that they reduce the incentives of both the preferred and non-preferred to perform at their best – the former because doing so is unnecessary and the latter because it can prove futile – thereby resulting in net losses for society as a whole ; and that they increase animosity toward preferred groups.
Some argue that, strictly speaking, only the latter is really " recognized " as action origami.
For the latter action, he was sentenced to 14 days of imprisonment.
( Note: " plebeian secession " was a tactic used by the Roman plebs of vacating a city entirely and leaving its ruling elite to fend for itself, thus an even more radical action than a " general strike ", yet unlike the latter term, it does not pertain to withholding labor within a wage-system.
The Wits Path features an abundance of complex puzzles, while the Fists Path focuses heavily on action sequences and fist fighting, the latter of which is completely optional in the other two modes.
He went to the aid of Ajax the Great when the latter was wounded and tired from hard fighting and was compelled to withdraw from combat: in defending Ajax he killed Apisaon but was wounded in the thigh and put out of action from one of Paris ' arrows.
Mark Wilkins is listed in the 2002 edition of International Who's Who in Popular Music for founding Affiliated Independent Record Companies ( A. I. R. CO ), International Record Promotion ( IRP ), being West Coast CEO of The Independent Music Association ( IMA ) and co-founder, with IMA Founder Don Kulak, of the Independent Music Retailer's Association ( IMRA ), the latter of which was known for finding plaintiffs in two major class action lawsuits against major record labels.
As the combined forces of the Continentals and Southern militia gradually forced the British from the backcountry into the coastal ports during the latter half of 1781, Kościuszko began participating in more direct action.
His letters to Lord John Russell on the latter question ( 1846 ) had a powerful influence in determining the action of the government.
The former action tended to happen more often than the latter as affected soldiers couldn't risk removing the pilum without disrupting their formation during an advance or losing their lives during a melee.
It was during the latter that the action progressed while the audience waited for the next aria ; on the other hand, the text of the arias was almost entirely buried beneath music whose chief aim was to show off the virtuosity of the singer.
Uncharacteristically, Napoleon, who had stated on a number of occasions that the purpose of any campaign is to destroy the main army of the enemy, opted for the latter course of action and entered the enemy capital on 12 May, only to find the city's strategic bridges over the Danube blown up.
The latter is a boast of an action one plans to undertake.

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The latter now furnishes the area with electricity distributed from a modern sub-station at Manchester Depot which was put into operation February 19, 1930 and was improved in January 1942 by the installation of larger transformers.
* 7 February 1969-Heinrich Windelen ( CDU ) succeeds von Hassel as Minister of Displaced Persons, Refugees, and War Victims after the latter was elected to President of the Bundestag.
Saladin and his army met the coalition at Harran in February 1183, but on hearing of his approach, the latter sent messengers to Saladin asking for peace.
Edmunds returned with Martyn Farr on 27 February 1976 when the latter was able to dive from Chamber 24 into Chamber 25.
The Music Center at Strathmore, an arts and theater center, opened in February 2005 in the latter of these two areas and is presently the second home of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, and the Fitzgerald Theatre in Rockville Civic Center Park has provided diverse entertainment since 1960.
On 16 February 1993, Bergkamp agreed a £ 7. 1 million move to the latter club in a deal which included his Ajax teammate Wim Jonk.
As the commune, however, had begun to erode the lands of the bishop and other local faudataries, the latter sued for help to Frederick Barbarossa, who presented under the city walls with a huge army in the February 1155.
In May 1289 he crowned King Charles II of Naples and Sicily after the latter had expressly recognized papal suzerainty, and in February 1291 concluded a treaty with Kings Alfonso III of Aragon and Philip IV of France looking toward the expulsion of James II of Aragon from Sicily.
The director's cut DVD was released on February 15, 2005 in single-and double-disc versions, the latter being available in a standard DVD case or in a limited edition that also featured a lenticular slipcase, whose central image alternates between Donnie and Frank depending on the viewing angle.
The latter four run most Jewish-related activities on campus, including holiday celebrations and the famed SOY Seforim ( Jewish book ) sale annually around February, which is open to the general public and attracts large crowds from near and far.
This latter duke was the founder of the city of Bern, and when he died in February 1218 the main line of the Zähringen family became extinct.
On the other hand, Leo rewarded both Majorian and Ricimer: the former was appointed magister militum, the latter patricius and magister militum ( February 28, 457 ).
All My Children episodes from its first year on the air were seen on ABC in the 1990s and on SOAPnet in February 2005, the latter in celebration of the show's 35th anniversary.
The latter announced on 29 February 2012 that North Korea will freeze nuclear tests, long-range missile launches, and uranium enrichment at its Yongbyon plant.
* Dorothy Gilman, The Emily Pollifax mysteries writer, lived the latter part of her life in Rye Brook, NY until her death February 02, 2012.
Corpus achieved notability in more recent years when teams representing them won University Challenge on 9 May 2005 and once again on 23 February 2009, although the latter win was later disqualified.
He was also a lecturer on physiology at the Lane Theological Seminary, and at the time of the Lane Seminary debates ( February 1834 ) between the pro-slavery and the anti-slavery students, and the subsequent withdrawal of the latter, he became an ardent abolitionist.
The latter was crowned as successor by his grandfather on 15 February 1491, but later Ivan reverted his decision in favor of Sophia's elder son Vasily, who was ultimately crowned co-regent with his father ( 14 April 1502 ).
It is best known for having been an early label of Adam and the Ants, releasing their debut album Dirk Wears White Sox in November 1979 ( which in January 1980 was the first ever Number One on the UK Independent Albums Chart and in February 1981 became a UK Top 20 album ) as well as singles Zerox in June 1979 and Cartrouble in March 1980, the latter being not only a Number One on the UK Independent Singles Chart but also the debut collaboration between Adam Ant and Marco Pirroni following the departure of the original Ants to form Bow Wow Wow.
Thurstan had claimed independence, and refused to consecrate William when the latter demanded recognition of Canterbury's primacy ; the ceremony was performed instead by William's own suffragan bishops on 18 February 1123.
In February 1967 Zhang organized the Shanghai Commune along with Wang Hongwen and Yao Wenyuan, becoming chairman of the city's Revolutionary Committee, encompassing both the posts of city mayor and CPC Committee secretary, until the latter post was restored in 1971.
He sailed with 16, 000 men of which 1, 300 were Norman knights against the empire in May 1081, and by February 1082 had occupied Corfu and Durazzo, defeating the Emperor Alexius in front of the latter ( Battle of Dyrrhachium, October 1081 ).
The latter production, which ran in New York until February 2009, required the stableboy to appear naked ; its star, Daniel Radcliffe, was still associated with the Harry Potter films intended for general audiences, and this led to mild controversy.
Herman Kahn ( February 15, 1922 – July 7, 1983 ) was one of the preeminent futurists of the latter third of the twentieth century.
Ralph Bates ( 12 February 1940 – 27 March 1991 ) was an English film and television actor, known for his role in the British sitcom Dear John and for being one of Hammer Horror's best-known actors from the latter period of the company.

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