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fact and compromised
Her neutrality is compromised by the fact that she was writing to praise her father and denigrate his successors.
SIS operations against the USSR were extensively compromised by the fact that the post-war Counter-Espionage Section, R5, was headed for two years by an agent working for the Soviet Union, Harold Adrian Russell " Kim " Philby.
Guns that have these high velocities tend to have a longer range and better accuracy, also supplemented by the fact that many will also upgrade accuracy related parts, but fire rate is compromised unless a smaller spring is added ( preferably 110 m / s ).
McCoy reasons that Rudy ( who knew of the hotel ) might have been working by himself, but seems oblivious to the fact that the hotel is compromised anyway-Benyon's brother having been present when the hotel was discussed-and he is heading into a trap.
In this sense, the riots can be seen as a symptom of the fact that police and the law enforcement agencies in general were very weak and morally compromised at that time, as a consequence of the way the Communist regime had fallen.
However Gamble also notes that The Real Lincoln " is seriously compromised by careless errors of fact, misuse of sources, and faulty documentation " which taken all together " constitute a near-fatal threat to DiLorenzo ’ s credibility as a historian.
Though some improvement was reported, results were not significantly higher than for any other intervention identified in the study, and were further compromised by the fact that 82. 9 % of those in the study were receiving more than one intervention.

fact and Carthage
" From its earliest beginnings, Christianity spread much more quickly in major urban areas ( like Antioch, Alexandria, Carthage, Corinth, Rome ) than in the countryside ( in fact, the early church was almost entirely urban ), and soon the word for " country dweller " became synonymous with someone who was " not a Christian ," giving rise to the modern meaning of " pagan.
The fact that Rome came to rely on North African grain as quickly as she did after conquering Carthage makes any notion that she might have destroyed Carthaginian farmlands quite doubtful.
A number of prominent Christians did, in fact, refuse to make a sacrifice and were killed in the process, including Pope Fabian himself in 250, and " anti-Christian feeling led to pogroms at Carthage and Alexandria.
His attempt fails, which leads to Carthage becoming in name as well as in fact a republic.
As far as the word is concerned it may probably not antedate the fourth century, when it was introduced in the Church at Carthage ; but the fact is certainly older.
In fact he arrived at the Numidian harbor, at exactly the same time as Hasdrubal ( who had fled from Spain ) anchored there on his way back to Carthage.
Its stability and strength in the beginning of the 7th century can be seen from the fact that Heraclius briefly considered moving the imperial capital from Constantinople to Carthage.
Greek pottery is also emulated, and it is a fact that potters from Greece were employed to produce objects in Carthage.
This activity is certainly not unconnected to the fact that in the same year, Carthage fell to the Vandals, an event which signaled the emergence of a naval threat in the Mediterranean.
Of Carthage, not of Rome, in fact a sworn enemy of Rome, as the Roman people became acquainted with him.

fact and Rome's
The Muslims were not aware, at that time, of the true strength of the Franks, or the fact that they were building a disciplined army instead of the typical barbarian hordes that had dominated Europe after Rome's fall.
However, because April 21 is the only date for Rome's foundation upon which all the legends agree, it has been recently argued that Septimontium celebrated the first federations among Roman hills: a similar federation was, in fact, celebrated by the Latins at Cave, Italy, or at Monte Cavo ( in Castelli ).
He ignores Rome's domestic problems, including the fact that his third wife Fulvia rebelled against Octavian and then died.
" This may have been to emphasize Rome's supremacy in crucifying a Jewish king ; it is likely, though, that Pilate was quite irritated by the fact that the Jewish leaders had used him as a marionette and thus compelled him to sentence Jesus to death contrary to his own will.
The meaning and origin of many archaic festivals baffled even Rome's intellectual elite, but the more obscure they were, the greater the opportunity for reinvention and reinterpretation — a fact lost neither on Augustus in his program of religious reform, which often cloaked autocratic innovation, nor on his only rival as mythmaker of the era, Ovid.
Notably, he disputed Rome's claim to primacy based on St Peter, and asserted that in reality its primacy came from the fact that Rome was the old imperial capital.
The temple owes its preservation to the fact that it was rededicated as a Christian church in the fourth century, saving it from the widespread destruction of temples that followed the adoption of Christianity as Rome's official state religion.
In 2007, representatives of the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church jointly stated that both East and West accept the fact of the Bishop of Rome's primacy at the universal level, but that differences of understanding exist about how the primacy is to be exercised and about its scriptural and theological foundations.
Frequent mention of friends like Tullus -- the nephew of Lucius Volcatius Tullus, consul in 33 BCE — plus the fact that he lived on Rome's Esquiline hill indicate he moved among the children of the rich and politically connected during the early part of the 20's decade.
Bestowing the title on Rome's Pontiff did not strip it from Alexandria's, and the Roman Catholic Church recognizes this ecclesiastical fact.
Bestowing the title on Rome's Pontiff did not strip it from Alexandria's, and the Roman Catholic Church recognizes this ecclesiastical fact.
The noted Carolingian historian, Janet Nelson, hypothesised in the 1998 work After Rome's Fall that Desiderius ' daughter was in fact named Gerperga.

fact and finances
In mid-1815, Caroline bought a house, Villa d ' Este, on the shores of Lake Como, despite the fact that her finances were stretched.
Derleth wrote in 1970, " he fact is that in no single year since its founding have the earnings of Arkham House met the expenses, so that it has been necessary for my personal earnings to shore up Arkham House finances.
During this time she cultivates a great interest in clothes, which Fabrice encourages and finances, but most of her happiness is the result of the fact that she has finally found the love of her life.
The remainder of Lazarsfeld and Merton ’ s paper discusses structure of ownership and operation of the mass media specific to the U. S .— especially the fact that in the case of magazines, newspapers, and radio advertising ‘ supports the enterprise ’: ‘ Big business finances the production and distribution of mass media … he who pays the piper generally calls the tune ’.
The witches determine that the finances of the Opera House, which are a complete mess, have been made so intentionally in order to hide the fact that money is being stolen, with the murders being used either as a distraction or to cover evidence.
Although the attendances at Ibrox were higher than at Hampden, some fans resented the fact that they were helping the finances of Rangers, the most powerful club in Scotland.
Despite the fact that Pendergrass sung all of the group's songs, Melvin was controlling the group's finances.
On 1 January 2011 it was confirmed by Bradford manager Peter Taylor that Hendrie's deal would not be extended due to finances and that the player had in fact, left the club.
Once Caparo owned the company it found that the finances were in fact pretty shoddy, and so it sued the accountants for being negligent in its audit preparation.
That fact, plus the problematic state of the country's finances were the main arguments of the right-wing parties, which led them to win the election.
The expansion of the refuge is limited due to finances and the fact that most areas within the proposed range are privately owned.
Trusted by the king, the confidant of Richelieu, the friend of Marie de Medici, and through his son, Leon, who was appointed in 1635 chancellor to Gaston d ' Orléans, able to bring his influence to bear on that prince, he was an invaluable mediator ; and the personal influence thus exercised, combined with the fact that he was at the head of both the finances and the foreign policy of France, made him, next to the cardinal, the most powerful man in the kingdom.

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