Because of the increasing costs of food imports to avoid mass-starvation in Germany, and with the danger of losing the entire nation to communism, the U. S. government abandoned the Morgenthau plan in September 1946 with Secretary of State James F. Byrnes ' speech Restatement of Policy on Germany.

In Finland, the term " Finlandization " was perceived as blunt criticism, stemming from an inability to understand the practicalities of how a small nation needs to deal with an adjacent superpower, without losing its sovereignty.

Macdonald was designated as the first Prime Minister of the new nation, and served in that capacity for most of the remainder of his life, losing office for five years in the 1870s over the Pacific Scandal ( corruption in the financing of the Canadian Pacific Railway ).

The host nation had not managed to qualify for any World Championship thus far, and they finished 12th and last after losing all six games, including 21 – 38 to Romania in the 11th-place play-off.

Over time, the United Nations have come to more generally support the developing nations ' point of view, and have requested significant offsetting " foreign aid " contributions so that a developing nation losing human capital does not lose the capacity to continue to train new people in trades, professions, and the arts.

While one suggested he felt the disappointment of his nation for losing the title, others would say he conceived of himself as his own man and after the match took French citizenship.

The conflict became the War of the Spanish Succession, which resulted in Catalonia losing its freedom as a nation.

Indonesia has more tropical peat land and mangrove forests than any other nation on earth, but Indonesia is losing wetlands by 100, 000 hectares per year.

Some thought that a nation should have a language of its own, thus Finnish, while others thought that Swedish was an important link to Western Europe and feared that losing that language would lead to Russification.

American " malaise ," a term that caught on following Carter's 1979 " crisis of confidence speech ," in the late 1970s and early 1980s was not unfounded as the nation seemed to be losing its self-confidence.

When it first appeared, George attracted great interest, and for a brief period had the largest circulation of any political magazine in the nation, partly due to the celebrity status of Kennedy, but it soon began losing money.

In 2008, it reached the Final Four of the USA Rugby Division One National Championship tournament, losing to Cal Berkeley 41-31 in the semi-finals, and was also ranked at # 2 in the nation for Division 1 Collegiate Rugby at the seasons end.

When the 1996 expansion to the Baltimore Convention Center opened, the convention center was ranked 28th largest in the nation in terms of exhibition and meeting space, 15 years later, the convention center plummeted to 73rd largest and as a result, Baltimore is losing convention business.

In response to his Government's losing its majority in the Canadian federal election, 1972 Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau quoted the Desiderata by reassuring the nation that " the universe is unfolding as it should.

Along with this, Pelican Island will be losing its only public-use staff and eliminating all active outreach at the nation ’ s first wildlife refuge.

In Wyrd Sisters she unleashed considerably explosive magic on a cart after losing her temper for nearly being run over by it, and sent the entire nation of Lancre forward in time fifteen years so that the exiled heir to the throne would be of age to liberate the country from its henpecked usurper sooner rather than later, albeit with considerable effort and after much manipulation by Nanny Ogg.

For example, the Lee Teng-hui criticized President Chen Shui-bian for equating the " Republic of China " with " Taiwan " saying " If we continue to use the " Republic of China " as the nation's title, China may view our nation ( as a rebellion group )... Taiwan itself is a nation " while campaigning for a TSU candidate in danger of losing the race to five other DPP candidates.

After Horthy was made regent of Hungary in 1920, Gömbös became the primary leader of Hungary ’ s emerging Right Radical movement, which was gaining some support from the nation ’ s people as a response to the Communists ’ rule and the signing of the Treaty of Trianon, which resulted in Hungary losing two-thirds of its territory to neighboring nations.

This tournament is remembered for the first victory of a European nation after 1920 and the misbehaviour of the players of Pakistan after losing the final, which included wearing their silver medals on their feet during the medal ceremony, turning their backs to the West German flag and ravaging the locker room.

The women's basketball team played in the NCAA Division III national championship game in the 2004 – 05 season, losing to Millikin University and finishing second in the nation.

Two seasons later, Sutton and the 25-5 Wildcats captured their 37th SEC title ( which was later vacated by the SEC ) and were ranked as the 6th college basketball team in the nation by the Associated Press and UPI before losing to Villanova in the 1988 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament.

War convoys are sent out daily to blockade the entrance to the losing nation from Greyspace.

Even the knowledge that she was losing another boy, as a mother always does when a marriage is made, did not prevent her from having the first carefree, dreamless sleep that she had known since they dropped down the canyon and into Bear Valley, way, way back there when they were crossing those other mountains.

There is a New South emerging, a South losing the folksy traditions of an agrarian society with the rapidity of an avalanche -- especially within recent decades.

In his fulminating against the literary world, Krim is really struggling with the New Yorker in himself, but it's a losing battle.

The only real problem is to devise a plan whereby the owners of the above-water land can develop their property without the public losing its underwater land and the right to its development for public use and enjoyment.

Without losing the distinctive undertow of Brahmsian rhythm, the pacing is firm and the over-all performance has a tightly knit quality that makes for maximum cumulative effect.

Public relations strategists everywhere, watching the reaction of the German press, the liberal press, the lunatic-fringe press, listening to their neighbors, studying interviews with men and women on the street, cried out: Too much, too much -- the mind of the audience is becoming dulled, the horrors are losing their effect.

Gaining outer space and losing `` inner '' space is bad business according to God's standards.

* 1895 – Oscar Wilde is arrested in the Cadogan Hotel, London after losing a libel case against the Marquess of Queensberry.

* 1284 – The Republic of Pisa is defeated in the Battle of Meloria by the Republic of Genoa, thus losing its naval dominance in the Mediterranean.

A Japanese naval transport convoy headed towards Guadalcanal is turned-back by an Allied air attack, losing one destroyer and one transport sunk, and one light cruiser heavily damaged.

His value as a war god is even placed in doubt: during the Trojan War, Ares was on the losing side, while Athena, often depicted in Greek art as holding Nike ( Victory ) in her hand, favored the triumphant Greeks.

frontotemporal dementia / Pick Complex Motor neuron disease, Progressive supranuclear palsy, and Alzheimer's disease ; which is the gradual process of losing the ability to think.

The arctic fox is losing ground to the larger red fox.

Common to many of them is the theme of losing or being betrayed by a husband or fiancé.

Through the sacrament a gift of the Holy Spirit is given, that renews confidence and faith in God and strengthens against temptations to discouragement, despair and anguish at the thought of death and the struggle of death ; it prevents from losing Christian hope in God's justice, truth and salvation.

When the outcome of the dealer's hand is established, any hands with bets remaining on the table are resolved ( usually in counter-clockwise order ): bets on losing hands are forfeited, the bet on a push is left on the table, and winners are paid out.

Because a black hole eventually achieves a stable state with only three parameters, there is no way to avoid losing information about the initial conditions: the gravitational and electric fields of a black hole give very little information about what went in.

Mahatma Gandhi said of the British peace offer: " It is not fear of losing more lives that has compelled a reluctant offer from England but it is the shame of any further imposition of agony upon a people that loves liberty above everything else ".

It only helps, for the most part, if the exclusive risk of losing the first two tricks is due to the opponents ' holding two cashable aces.

If your side has two aces and a void, then you are not at risk of losing the first two tricks, so long as ( a ) your void is useful ( i. e., does not duplicate the function of an ace that your side holds ) and ( b ) you are not vulnerable to the loss of the first two tricks in the fourth suit ( because, for instance, one of the partnership hands holds a singleton in that suit or the protected king, giving your side second round control ).

The player's disadvantage is a result of the casino not paying winning wagers according to the game's " true odds ", which are the payouts that would be expected considering the odds of a wager either winning or losing.

If a player bets 1 unit on red, his chance of winning 1 unit is therefore 18 / 38 and his chance of losing 1 unit ( or winning-1 ) is 20 / 38.