He can continue thus as long as the cards turn up in his favour-having the option at any moment of giving up the bank and retiring for that time.

The game emphasizes the concept of choice on the part of the player ; key among these is the option of ' retiring ' every last replicant, or possibly letting them escape.

With Lukather being the only original member left in the band ( Bobby Kimball was also an original member, but was out of the band from 1984 – 1998 and with David Paich retiring from touring back in 2005 ), there was no other option than to call it quits.

After going unclaimed, he was left with the option of joining Calgary's AHL affiliate in Abbotsford or retiring.

Other attempts included moving the seat rearward and driving the wheel by levers or treadles, as in the Xtraordinary or Facile, or gears, by chain as in the Kangaroo or at the hub in the Crypto ; another option was to move the seat well back, as in the Rational.

Segregation continued to increase as communities were displaced and many African Americans and Latinos were left with no other option than moving into public housing while whites moved to the suburbs in ever-greater numbers.

As an option moves closer to expiry, moving its price requires an increasingly larger move in the price of the underlying security.

When moving or copying files from one folder to another, if two files have the same name, an option is now available to rename the file ; in previous versions of Windows, the user was prompted to choose either a replacement or cancel moving the file.

** Windows Me added an option to disable moving or resizing the taskbar.

retaining the option of moving the d-pawn either one or two squares.

After moving to Seattle to run The Vogue on 1st Ave, Charlie Ray and attorney Barry Simons secured a two record deal with an option for three more, with Bruce Pavitt and Jonathan Poneman from Sub Pop.

The winger if undefended may skate the puck out himself, in which case the centre provides a passing option in the neutral zone, or if the winger is pressured can bunt the breakout pass to the centre moving up the ice.

Fox also was planning to exercise their option of moving affiliation to WZTV as well.

In combinatorial game theory, star, written as or, is the value given to the game where both players have only the option of moving to the zero game.

This rule was added in the 15th century when the rule giving pawns the option of initially moving two squares was introduced.

Originally a luxury option on cars, the tilt function helps to adjust the steering wheel by moving the wheel through an arc in an up and down motion.

Thus in a small tribal society with a few alternative sellers ( i. e. where the buyer may not have the option of moving to an alternative seller ), having a predisposition towards embodying the endowment effect may be evolutionarily beneficial.

Interior changes included the arrival of perforations in the central sections of the leather seats, padded dashboard sections for safety, the moving of the clock to a more central position, and the introduction of air conditioning as an option.

Should the tenant / buyer not wish or be unable to purchase the house, the tenant and landlord can agree to extend the option period, convert the lease purchase contract into a traditional rental agreement, or end the contract with the tenant moving out and the landlord seeking other renters or buyers.

Despite this, the government went on to pursue the fully appointed option, moving to remove the remaining hereditary peers from the House of Lords in 2004.

Best option since the bass prefer deep pools in moving water would be to conduct angler surveys and ask questions on size weight and location of individuals caught.

" Hostler " controls were an option for B units, enabling these units to be operated independently of A units for moving within yard limits.

When documents support indices, Evince gives the option of showing the document index for quickly moving from one section to another.

The contestant was then given a " Lo " and a " No " option, and asked if they wanted to use the " Lo " option here, before moving on to the third and final stage.

Importantly, to keep open the option of moving for a " judgment notwithstanding the verdict ," or " judgment non obstante verdicto " after the jury has returned a verdict, one must file a Rule 50 ( a ) motion.

; Burn: To accidentally touch a moving stone ; the opposing skip has the option to remove the burned stone, or leave it where it comes to rest

In addition, some scholars contend that China has never operated under a decentralized democratic regime in its several thousand years of history, and therefore it can be argued that the present political structure, albeit not up to Western moral or political standards, is the best possible option when compared to the alternatives.

Although the revolution did elicit interest among Chinese intellectuals, socialist revolution in China was not considered a viable option until after the May 4th Incident.

In a twist of events, President Chen and PFP Chairman Soong held a summit and the independence-leaning president indicated that eventual reunification with mainland China would be an option.

However, unlike in mainland China where personal names may only be registered using simplified characters, parents have the option of registering their children's names in traditional characters in Singapore.

In 2005, President Chen and PFP Chairman Soong held a summit and the independence-leaning president indicated that eventual reunification with mainland China would be an option.

The only realistic option would be to indirectly restart the simmering border war with China in the north.

Kim Jong-il showed a less cordial attitude towards China, but had no option but to comply should China continue trade sanctions.

In July, Medhi Ben Barka, who was presiding the preparatory council, assured the support of China and the USSR, and defined the objectives of the new organization, summed up as " total liberation ": aid to national liberation movements ( in particular to the Palestinian movement ), intensification of violent and peaceful struggles on all three continents, support to the Cuban Revolution, suppression of foreign military bases, support of the nuclear disarmament option, and opposition to apartheid and racial segregation.

Another set of " Global Strike " plans include a jointly coordinated a nuclear option, intended for other than the general nuclear war situations, principally with Russia but possibly also with China, postulated in OPLAN 8022.

They include the option to study Mandarin, and gain law work experience in Beijing and other cities in China.

In China and Japan, only the five-door body is available, and four-wheel drive is an option for the 1. 3-and 1. 5-litre petrol engines.

Five have been ordered, all using the ITAR-free option, by companies in the Peoples ' Republic of China.

KMT legislator Lin Yu-fang has stated that the Chinese Petroleum Corporation has not excluded the option of prospecting territorial waters in the near future, with the military providing naval escort assistance upon directive from the National Security Council of the Republic of China.

Some jurisdictions including Bermuda, South Africa, China ( in the case of Utility Models ), Germany ( in the case of Gebrauchsmusters ( Utility Model )) and by option Spain, go one step further, in that an application is passed to issue and publication as an enforceable patent in short order, with no substantive examination.

Asteroids was released via Xbox Live Arcade for the Xbox 360 on November 28, 2007, with an option for special revamped HD graphics and a high-speed " throttle monkey " mode.

It was intended to address some of the problems of the only general-purpose option then available, the plough.

The new Frankish alliance was important because of the Franks ' known hostility to the Byzantine empire, providing the Lombards with more than one option.

AIX / ESA, while technically advanced, had little commercial success, partially because UNIX functionality was added as an option to the existing mainframe operating system, MVS, which became MVS / ESA OpenEdition in 1999.

Wheat was not an option for most of those that lived in the southern colonies.

The first option ( although it is debatable to what extent the Duke was committed to such an enterprise ) was a plan to transfer his forces from the Spanish Netherlands to northern Italy ; once there, he intended linking up with Prince Eugene in order to defeat the French and safeguard Savoy from being overrun.

Although Villeroi had the option of enveloping the flanks of the Allied army as they deployed on the plateau of Jandrenouille – threatening to encircle their army – the Duke correctly gauged that the characteristically cautious French commander was intent on a defensive battle along the ridge-line.

This was followed independently by Louis Bachelier in 1900 in his PhD thesis " The theory of speculation ", in which he presented a stochastic analysis of the stock and option markets.

Their major objections ( exceptions ) were: firstly, that it was improper for the lay congregation to take any vocal part in prayer ( as in the Litany or Lord's Prayer ), other than to say " Amen "; secondly, that no set prayer should exclude the option of an extempore alternative from the Minister ; thirdly, that the Minister should have the option to omit part of the set liturgy at his discretion ; fourthly, that short Collects should be replaced by longer prayers and exhortations ; and fifthly, that all surviving " Catholic " ceremonial should be removed.

Taking water from existing rivers or springs was an option in some cases, sometimes supplemented by other methods to deal with seasonal variations in flow.

A full-scale invasion was not the administration's first option.

Moreover, according to this thesis, a major motivational factor for Gorbachev was his realization that the Soviet Union could not compete economically with the USA However, if economic premises are taken into account, it is not clear why the Soviet leaders did not adopt the Chinese option — economic liberalization with preservation of political system.

While the steps to follow in the case of a triumph of the " yes " option, which the document obviously anticipated, were clearly delineated, the steps for the " no " triumph were less so, but still clear enough that no serious doubt emerged when the " no " option actually was victorious in the 1988 plebiscite.

Each enrollee volunteered and, upon passing a physical exam and / or a period of conditioning, was required to serve a minimum six month period with the option to serve as many as four periods, or up to two years if employment outside the Corps was not possible.

Thomas had an uneasy relationship with BBC management and a staff job was never an option, with drinking cited as the problem.

This was a normal option that Campbell had available to him when operating Bluebird on high speed runs.

As these were the days when kidnapping an heiress was seen as a viable option for obtaining a title, William had dictated a will on the very day he died, bequeathing his domains to Eleanor and appointing King Louis VI of France as her guardian.

At the University of Cambridge, he was the Lady Margaret's Professor of Divinity and had the option of spending the rest of his life as an English professor.

According to Hoxha, Josip Broz Tito had agreed that " Kosovo was Albanian " but that Serbian opposition made transfer an unwise option.

SOE apologized for this abrupt change in policy and reinstated the option for an additional week after which it was removed permanently.