If it were the enemy, tactically his position was correct.

She was sitting on the edge of the bed again, back in the same position where the snake had found her.

he became Otto Klemperer's personal assistant at the Cologne Opera, and a year later was promoted to the position of regular conductor.

The state's rights position was formulated by Jefferson and Madison in the Kentucky and Virginia Resolves, but in their later careers as heads of state the two proved themselves better Hamiltonians than Jeffersonians.

They, perhaps, gave the pitch of their position in the preface where it was said that Eisenhower requested that the Commission be administered by the American Assembly of Columbia University, because it was non-partisan.

He claimed that the release of the preliminary findings was ' prejudicial to his position ' ''.

A few weeks later the maps were being divided into squares and a position was described as being `` about lots 239, 247 and 272 with pickets forward as far as 196 ''.

The result was that I found myself in the ridiculous position of having made a formal engagement by letter for the next week, only two days before my departure from London.

Luckily both women knew my position and if anyone suffered in their opinion it was not I ''.

The position of the new camp was admirably selected and well fortified, its easily defensible nature being one good reason why Howe did not attack it.

To the pope, head of the universal Church, to the duke of Burgundy, taking full advantage of his position on the borders of France and of the Empire, or to Othon, who found it quite natural that he should do homage to Edward for Tipperary and to the count of Savoy for Grandson, Flotte's outspoken nationalism was completely incomprehensible.

During his aggressive campaign to win his present position, Mr. Kennedy was vitriolic about this country's `` prestige '' abroad.

It was only natural that Fletcher would strive for a position in which he could make the decisions.

Brains and beauty, high position in both the social and intellectual worlds, athlete, fabled lover -- if ever the world was any man's oyster it was his.

The inference is overwhelming that Du Pont's commanding position was promoted by its stock interest and was not gained solely on competitive merit ''.

The promotion of Robert E. Swift to the position of Assistant Manager of the Interference Control Field Service Department was announced early in December by Frederick S. Scarborough, Manager of Interference Control Field Service.

At the end of its letter was the information that applicants for this position `` must also be prepared to teach costume design and advertising art ''.

`` I'm General Burnside's horse, upside down '', Arlene said, sort of gaspingly, for her: even she had to breathe kind of funny when she was in that position.

Serum potassium at this time was 3.8 mEq. per liter, and the hemoglobin was 13.9 gm. By Dec. 1, 1958, the weakness in the pelvic and quadriceps muscle groups was appreciably worse, and it became difficult for the patient to rise unaided from a sitting or reclining position.

There was a significantly greater number in this group who reported a desk as being in a tilted position while a tennis ball resting on it remained stationary on the incline.

The P.D.I. and later the Popular Movement protected the Istiqlal's `` privileged position '' until the fall of Balafrej, and then the Istiqlal used the same argument, which it had previously ignored, against the pro-U.N.F.P. tendencies of the Ibrahim government.

The same period saw the rapid rise of Persia, previously an unimportant kingdom in present-day southern Iran, to a position of great power, and in 539 BC Cyrus II, the Persian ruler, conquered Babylon.

He was in a unique position to make such a holistic assertion because he had previously compiled a review of biome classification.

At the 14th Party Congress ( 18 – 31 December 1925 ) Kamenev and Zinoviev were forced into the same position that Trotsky had been forced into previously ; they proclaimed that the center was usurping power from the regional branches, and that Stalin was a danger to inner-party democracy.

He is the current President of Nicaragua ( since 2007 ), a position he has held previously between 1985 and 1990.

The major qualifications of all these men, none of whom had previously held a diplomatic position before, were that they were close friends of Luther, and as a way of splitting the SS ( the traditional rivalry between the SS and SA was still running strong ).

Both sides paused for desultory negotiations before the war recommenced ; John's position was now stronger, thanks to confirmation that Count Baldwin of Flanders and Renaud of Boulogne had renewed the anti-French alliances they had previously agreed to with Richard.

Since Trotsky was so closely associated with the policy previously followed by the Soviet delegation at Brest-Litovsk, he resigned from his position as Commissar for Foreign Affairs in order to remove a potential obstacle to the new policy.

He persuaded St-Laurent that it was his duty to remain in government following the war in order to help with the construction of a post war international order and promoted him to the position of Secretary of State for External Affairs ( foreign minister ) in 1945, a portfolio King had previously always kept for himself.

Human knowledge is also reduced to a less controlling position, previously seen as the defining aspect of the world.

From a previously unassailable position, Scott became a figure of controversy, with questions raised about his competence and character.

During his time as Speaker, Reed assiduously and dramatically increased the power of the Speaker over the House ; although the power of the Speaker had always waxed ( most notably during Henry Clay's tenure ) and waned, the position had previously commanded influence rather than outright power.

Grant's fame increased throughout the country, and he was promoted to Lieutenant General, a position that had previously been given to George Washington and given to Winfield Scott as a brevet promotion.

President Mujica backed Venezuela's bid to join Mercosur and supported the Venezuelan Economy Minister Ali Rodriguez to become general secretary of UNASUR, a position previously held by Néstor Kirchner.

The French invasion of Russia of 1812 was a turning point, which reduced the French and allied invasion forces ( the Grande Armée ) to a tiny fraction of their initial strength and triggered a major shift in European politics, as it dramatically weakened the previously dominant French position on the continent.

His position was greatly enhanced by the rapid-fire successes of Alessandro nelle Indie ( Naples, 1824, revised, Milan, 1826 ; given and recorded in London in November 2006 ), Amazilia ( Naples 1824, revised, Vienna, 1827 ), and the previously mentioned L ' Ultimo giorno di Pompei ( Naples, 1825 ).

He previously served as Prime Minister of France from 1974 to 1976 and from 1986 to 1988 ( making him the only person to hold the position of Prime Minister twice under the Fifth Republic ), and as Mayor of Paris from 1977 to 1995.

In a multichannel transmission system, a drop and insert is a process that diverts ( drops ) a portion of the multiplexed aggregate signal at an intermediate point, and introduces ( inserts ) a different signal for subsequent transmission in the same position, e. g., time slot or frequency band, previously occupied by the diverted signal.

He fell back to a previously reconnoitred position on an escarpment at Mont St Jean, a few miles south of the village of Waterloo.

With the change in party control, Democrat Robert Byrd of West Virginia replaced Thurmond as president pro tempore, reclaiming a position he had previously held from 1989 to 1995 and briefly in January 2001.

It made the Mayor of Buenos Aires an elective position ( previously the office belonged to a presidential appointee and was in control of a huge budget ), to be lost to the opposition in 1996 ; the president of the Central Bank and the Director of the AFIP ( Federal Tax & Customs Central Agency ) could only be removed with the Congress's approval.

Amin, who previously opposed the appointment of military officers to the PDPA leadership, altered his position ; he now supported their elevation.

The Minister of Public Safety ( previously titled Solicitor General ) is a separate cabinet position and administers the police, prisons, and security agencies of the federal government.

This shift put the Polish government in a difficult position, since it had previously pursued a policy of " two enemies.