In 1986, U. S. President Ronald Reagan ( who survived an assassination attempt himself ) ordered the Operation El Dorado Canyon air raid on Libya in which one of the primary targets was the home residence of Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi.

While ballistic missiles were the preferred weapons for land targets, heavy nuclear and conventional tipped cruise missiles were seen by the USSR as a primary weapon to destroy US naval carrier battle groups.

However, molecular pharmacology studies have shown that alcohol has only a few primary targets.

Capital punishment, actions taken against armed civilians during mob action or riot, and the deaths of noncombatants killed during attacks on military targets so long as the primary target is military, are not considered democide.

Pit's primary weapon is a bow with an unlimited supply of arrows that can be upgraded with three collectable power items: the guard crystal shields Pit from enemies, the flaming arrows hit multiple targets, and the holy bow increases the range of the arrows.

However the government exceeded its fiscal targets, with a primary surplus of 13. 4 % of GDP in the first nine months of 2009 according to the IMF.

Under orders from the Joint Chiefs of Staff, SAC was told its primary objective was bombing targets in order to damage or destroy Soviet ability to deliver nuclear weapons, its secondary objective was stopping Soviet advances into Western Europe, and its tertiary objective was the same as before, destroying Soviet industrial capacity.

One of the primary concerns is how to successfully remove heat from the reaction chamber without interfering with the targets and driver beams.

The primary targets of such suspicions were government employees, those in the entertainment industry, educators and union activists.

These have been the primary targets of health care reinvestment, and it appears that considerable progress has been made for certain services, although the implications for procedures not on the target list are unclear.

To the extent that public shareholders are protected, insiders and secured lenders become the primary targets of fraudulent transfer actions.

One of the primary targets of IrSimpleShot ( IrSS ) is to allow the millions of IrDA-enabled camera phones to wirelessly transfer pictures to printers, printer kiosks and flat panel TV's.

During the first World War Rimini and its surrounding infrastructure was one of the primary targets of the Austro-Hungarian Navy.

The MQ-1's primary mission is interdiction and conducting armed reconnaissance against critical, perishable targets.

Projected primary nuclear strike targets for Ohio, c. 1990 ( FEMA Image, with Ashtabula labeled )

While HAA and is associated target acquisition and fire control was the primary focus of AA efforts, low-level close-range targets remained and by the mid-1930s were becoming an issue.

He declared war on the mob, and his primary targets included " Big " Angelo Lonardo, " Little " Angelo Scirrca, Moe Dalitz, John Angerola, George Angersola, and Charles Pollizi.

* When senior management has its own remuneration as its primary motivation for decision making ( hitting short-term quarterly earnings targets or creating high medium term earnings, without due regard for the medium term effects on, or risks for the business so that large bonuses can be justified in the current periods ).

Ground-attack aircraft are military aircraft with primary role of attacking targets on the ground with greater precision than bombers and prepared to face stronger low-level air defense.

Ballistic missile submarines differ in purpose from attack submarines and cruise missile submarines ; while attack submarines specialise in combat with other naval vessels ( including enemy submarines and merchant shipping ), and cruise missile submarines are designed to attack large warships and tactical targets on land, the primary mission of the ballistic missile is nuclear deterrence.

Their primary targets are Chinese acupuncture, homeopathy, manipulative therapy, anthroposophical medicine, and naturopathy.

The primary targets are active galactic nuclei, but later masers, OH masers, radio stars, and pulsars will also be observed.

Insect predators and parasites which live on other insects generally have smaller populations and are therefore much less likely to develop resistance than are the primary targets of the pesticides, such as mosquitoes and those that feed on plants.

Rather, they had six primary targets to strike in the downtown area: the headquarters of the ARVN General Staff at Tan Son Nhut Air Base ; the Independence Palace, the US Embassy, Saigon, the Long Binh Naval Headquarters, and the National Radio Station.

Then, in chronological order, Mr. White covers the primary campaigns, the conventions and the Presidential campaign itself.

Dewey was a forceful and inspiring speaker, traveling the whole country during his primary campaigns and attracting uncommonly huge crowds.

During World War II, Keitel was one of the primary planners of the Wehrmacht campaigns and operations on the western and the eastern fronts.

Between 2001 and 2004, the percentage of children enrolled in primary school education rose to 72 %, and an estimated 300, 000 adults took part in Lavalas sponsored adult literacy campaigns.

He launched unsuccessful congressional campaigns in the 1976 general election against the Democrat George H. Mahon and in the 1978 Republican primary against George W. Bush.

Ailes scripted and ( with Sig Rogich ) produced the " Revolving Door " ad, as well as all of Bush's broadcast spots in the primary and general-election campaigns.

Tillman was the primary sponsor of the Tillman Act, the first federal campaign finance reform law, which was passed in 1907 and banned corporate contributions in federal political campaigns.

Its primary campaigns at the moment are centred around the cuts to public services being introduced by the UK government, demands for the establishment of an independent Scottish republic as well as the provision of free school meals.

However, primary sources have provided figures for other Seljuk campaigns.

He stated his decision was based on that the primary election is a more democratic method of choosing a candidate, and possibly due to his being known to dislike fundraising for campaigns, and he relied on personal funds for his campaign.

The primary utility of the Arab-Islamic garrisons was to control the indigenous non-Arab peoples of these conquered and occupied territories, and to serve as garrison bases to launch further Islamic military campaigns into yet-undominated lands.

Since nationwide campaigns by candidates and binding primary elections have replaced brokered conventions, the technique has fallen out of use.

Since nationwide campaigns by candidates and binding primary elections have replaced brokered conventions, the technique has fallen out of use.

In 2004, UFCW Canada and the National Union of Public and General Employees ( NUPGE ) signed a formal organizing protocol recognizing the UFCW as the union with primary jurisdiction for organizing agricultural workers in Canada and agreeing to cooperate on joint organizing and advocacy campaigns.

The Poles were the primary ally of Napoleon Bonaparte in Central Europe, participating in the Greater Poland Uprising of 1806 and supplying troops for his campaigns.

The primary PACs donating to his campaigns were: Aircraft Owners & Pilots Association $ 55, 869, United Parcel Service $ 51, 850, National Association of Realtors $ 51, 700, National Rifle Association $ 51, 050, American Medical Association $ 51, 000.

While she won a difficult nine-candidate primary in her first election run, she did not face any serious opposition in any of her reelection campaigns.

He was involved in local campaigns, for example to save a local primary school, to prevent the loss of a popular GP surgery in Rainham and against proposals to cut the number of beds at Oldchurch Hospital.

Hoekstra faced no significant opposition in the Republican primary or in the general election ( as in his previous five reelection campaigns ) and went on to secure his seventh term.

In one of the most bitter primary campaigns in California history, Tunney defeated fellow Congressman George Brown, Jr., who represented a congressional district that bordered Tunney's district in the Riverside-San Bernardino area of California.

Ferguson and Anderson were both incumbents who launched their write-in campaigns after being defeated in the primary election.

As the film focused in on Carville and Stephanopoulos, the film crew saw no need to travel outside of Little Rock as both were present in the city for much if not all of the primary and general election campaigns.

The primary success factors for the SMS campaigns are discount size, how the discount value is framed ( as a gift or percent off ) and the timing of the campaign.

Due to changes in election laws, the primary and caucus calendar, and the manner in which political campaigns are run, conventions since the later half of the 20th century have virtually abdicated their original roles, and are today mostly ceremonial affairs.