In the next few months of comparative silence, Pike waited patiently until conditions were perfect for a new attack, and then, displaying a remarkable grasp of the subtleties of political infighting, gained from his first bout with Woodruff, he used these changed conditions to excellent advantage.

Here I do not speak of military power where our advantage is obvious and overwhelming but of political power -- of influence, if you will -- about which the relevant questions are: Is Soviet influence throughout the world greater or less than it was ten years ago??

Sabun's successors were less able than he, and Darfur took advantage of a disputed political succession in 1838 to put its own candidate in power.

From time to time, anti-Jewish sentiments within European society were exploited or fomented for internal political purposes and sometimes to extract a financial advantage from Jewish subjects.

Galerius, even more devoted and passionate than Diocletian, saw political advantage in the politics of persecution.

In the process of setting electoral districts, gerrymandering is a practice that attempts to establish a political advantage for a particular party or group by manipulating geographic boundaries to create partisan or incumbent-protected districts.

Societies whose legislatures use a single-winner voting system are the most likely to have political parties that gerrymander for advantage.

To gain political power, the NSDAP took advantage of the economic downturn during the Great Depression.

Ashraf was able to secure peace with the Ottoman Empire in 1727, but the Russian Empire took advantage of the political unrest in Persia to seize land for themselves, limiting the amount of territory under Shah Mahmud's control.

It was to take advantage of the aura of workplace power that the word became used by Vladimir Lenin for various political organs.

In the past, census figures were believed to have been manipulated for political advantage.

The party system is an elaborate piece of machinery that pits at least two political candidates against each other for the vote of an electorate ; its advantage being equal representation interesting a large number of people in politics ; it provides effective criticism of the government in power and it affords an outlet for the ambition of a large number of wealthy and educated people guaranteeing a consistent policy in government.

Stevens took advantage of the dissatisfaction with the ruling SLPP among some prominent politicians from the Northern part of Sierra Leone to form the APC ; and Stevens used the Northern part of Sierra Leone as his political base.

Frank argues that Gandhi's assumption of emergency powers in 1975 resulted in the weakening of the " legitimate and impartial machinery of government ", and her increasing " paranoia " of opposing political groups led her to instigate a " despotic policy of playing castes, religions and political groups against each other for political advantage ".

However this turned out to be an imminent failure and a political catalyst, for Khomeini had access to more media connections and also collaborated with a much larger Iranian community under his support whom he used to his advantage.

Within a short time, however, a default setting was crafted to take advantage of all aspects of those rules, which has come to be known as the Official Traveller Universe ( OTU ), also known by the primary political entity in the setting, The Third Imperium.

In August Vice President al Baydh exiled himself voluntarily to Aden, and the country ’ s general security situation deteriorated as political rivals settled scores and tribal elements took advantage of the widespread unrest.

They turned to Supreme Court Justice Charles Evans Hughes, who had served on the court since 1910 and thus had the advantage of not having publicly spoken about political issues in six years.

Taking advantage of the historic political changes occurring in East Germany, Kohl presented a ten point plan for " Overcoming of the division of Germany and Europe " without consulting his coalition partner, the FDP, or the Western Allies.

Pius VI's body was embalmed, but was not buried until 30 January 1800 after Napoleon saw political advantage to burying the deceased Pope in efforts to bring the Catholic Church back into France.

The advantage of the top-down principle is that political and administrative responsibilities are clearly distinguished from each other, and that responsibility for political failures can be clearly identified with the relevant office holder.

Fearing American political, cultural and economic penetration, Stalin eventually forbade Soviet Eastern bloc countries of the newly formed Cominform from accepting Marshall Plan aid.

He created a new political group that sought to preserve the old status quo while accepting the basics of laissez-faire and free trade.

Fascism sought to accommodate Italian conservatives by making major alterations to its political agenda ;– abandoning its previous populism, republicanism, and anticlericalism, adopting policies in support of free enterprise, and accepting the Roman Catholic Church and the monarchy as institutions in Italy.

As oppose to tradition military dictators, Musharraf called for hold a nationwide political elections in the country after accepting the ruling of Supreme Court of Pakistan.

Powell's speeches and TV interviews throughout his political life displayed a suspicion towards " the Establishment " in general, and by the 1980s there was a regular expectation that he would make some sort of speech or act in a way designed to upset the government and ensure he would not be offered a life peerage ( and thus be transferred to the House of Lords ), which, some believe, had not any intention of accepting so long as Edward Heath sat in the Commons.

Many parades still have at least some of the original political or activist character, especially in less accepting settings.

The Department of Energy was to begin accepting spent fuel at the Yucca Mountain Repository by January 31, 1998 but did not do so because of a series of delays due to legal challenges, concerns over how to transport nuclear waste to the facility, and political pressures resulting in underfunding of the construction.

In the cross-winds of the political movements of the time, he chose a largely " moderate progressive " profile, accepting government intervention on some issues ( e. g., anti-trust matters ) but opposed anything that smacked of socialism.

On accepting the honour he spoke in favour of Israel's existence, security, and freedoms while strongly attacking Hamas, as well as Israel's policies in Gaza, and the expansion of settlements, notable as the audience included political leaders such as Israeli President Shimon Peres and Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat.

In Dion's third open letter to Lucien Bouchard, he criticizes the Quebec premier for accepting some aspects of the Supreme Court ruling on Secession ( such as the political obligation for the Government of Canada to negotiate secession following a clear expression of will from the people of Quebec ) and not other sections of the ruling ( such as the need for a clear majority on a clear question and the unconstitutionality of a unilateral declaration of independence ).

Some conjecture that the analysts may simply have had trouble accepting their own results or may have written the conclusions to satisfy the new political climate within Blue Book following the Robertson Panel.

At the same time however, he was increasingly drawn to politics and accepting the deanship would mean postponing his political ambitions indefinitely.

But in her case, vested with honors, titles, decorations and lands by both political powers, and by accepting the second set of awards by the Star Protectorate of Grayson, becomes a woman with roots in two kingdoms ( and three, later four planets when enlarged to Duchess Harrington ).

By the ninth main-line novel ( Ashes of Victory ) Honor has emerged also as a strategist of note as well as key political figure, and has been rapidly promoted to differing high general officer ( Admiral ) ranks in both the Manticoran and Grayson space navies, holding higher ranks in her persona as a Grayson, but most often accepting demotion to appear in Manticore commands.

In his paper Parsons took the unpopular position of accepting the terms of surrender and Reconstruction measures aimed at securing the political rights of former slaves.

His great mistake was to refuse to include anyone from the radical faction and to further alienate them by not accepting their advice in any of the difficult political situations that arose in those years.

Also, some of the Varela Project leaders were accused by the Cuban government of accepting foreign political support from James Cason of the United States State Department for political purposes, which is against the law in Cuba and many other countries, including the United States.

In March 2003, the Cuban government arrested approximately 75 dissenters, who were tried and convicted of accepting funds from foreign sources for political purposes, and approximately one half of these arrested persons were associated with the Varela Project movement.

In early August, in an attempt to coerce the Bosnian Serbs into accepting the plan, the Serbian government cut political and economic relationships with the Bosnian Serb leaders.

The circumstances of Jack's death are left unknown until the series finale, in which it is revealed that Jack served in the apocryphal " War of the Americas " and as a public defender before accepting his brother's suggestion to run for political office, only to be killed during a convenience store robbery.

That year, he led a group of four party members who joined the New Ulster Movement, accepting the post of joint Chairman of its political committee.

Nevertheless, that same year Scofield was forced to resign " under a cloud of scandal " because of questionable financial transactions, that may have included accepting bribes from railroads, stealing political contributions intended for Ingalls, and securing bank promissory notes by forging signatures.

During the intervening centuries, Renquist survived not only on blood, but also by accepting jobs for various political and intelligence agencies.