He rallied the people, through the Roman assemblies, and won their support for his plan to abandon Fabius ' strategy, and engage Hannibal directly.

In past wars on the island of Sicily, Carthage had won out by relying on certain fortified strong-points throughout the island, and their plan was to conduct the land war in the same fashion.

The party was less successful in the 1977 elections, in which it won 4, 396 votes, and in 1980 Kahane was sentenced to six months in prison for his involvement in a plan to commit an " act of provocation " on the Temple Mount.

Although the young Swedish King Charles XII ( 1682 – 1718 ; reigned 1697 – 1718 ) won spectacular victories in the early years of the Great Northern War, most notably in the stunning success against the Russians at the Battle of Narva ( 1700 ), his plan to attack Moscow and force Russia into peace proved too ambitious.

Eventually, Sherman won approval from his superiors for a plan to cut loose from his communications and march south, having advised Grant that he could " make Georgia howl ".

An important sign of the anti-navalist mood of the country was the Reichstag elections of 1928 where one of the main issues was the " pocket battleship " programme, and the Social Democrats won the largest number of votes on a platform of killing the plan to build " pocket battleships ", and used the money on social programs instead.

Brzezinski's plan for doing further studies in Great Britain in preparation for a diplomatic career in Canada fell through, principally because he was ruled ineligible for a scholarship he had won that was open to British subjects.

Operation Valkyrie could only be put into effect by General Friedrich Fromm, commander of the Reserve Army, so he must either be won over to the conspiracy or in some way neutralised if the plan was to succeed.

Moore played one game and won it, but repeating the plan with another player failed as the Hawks lost the game.

A defensive plan that completely wore down Montreal's superstars worked, however, as Chicago won the series in six games.

While Charles won several decisive battles in the Commonwealth and ultimately secured the coronation of his ally Stanisław Leszczyński and the surrender of Saxony, the Russian Tsar Peter the Great embarked on a military reform plan that improved the Russian army, using the effectively organized Swedes and other European standards for role model.

One plan that has been discussed is the Andrews Plan The Andrews Plan also won an award for 2008 CNU Charter Award of Excellence.

The Olin Partnership was hired to create a new master plan for Independence Mall ; its team included architect Bernard Cywinski, who ultimately won a limited design competition to design what was called the Liberty Bell Center ( LBC ).

The final version of Generalplan Ost, essentially a grand plan for ethnic cleansing, was divided into two parts ; the Kleine Planung (" Small Plan "), which covered actions which were to be taken during the war, and the Grosse Planung (" Big Plan "), which covered actions to be undertaken after the war was won ( to be carried into effect gradually over a period of 25 – 30 years ).

After their plan won approval by the Wisconsin State Legislature, it was ratified by Brown County voters on September 12, 2000 by a 53 %- 47 % margin.

Immediately afterwards, they leave Hogwarts, moving to London where they plan to open a joke shop in the wizarding town of Diagon Alley using the money Harry won the previous year in the Triwizard Tournament.

On Lothair's return to his father's court, his stepmother Judith won his consent to her plan for securing a kingdom for her son Charles, a scheme which was carried out in 829, when the young prince was given Alemannia as king.

Jay-Z was also involved in and won several battles with rapper LL Cool J in the early 90s as part of a plan to get a sought-after record deal.

Brunelleschi's plan to use suspended scaffolding for the workers won out over alternatives such as building a provisional stone support column in the center of the crossing or filling the space with earth.

On February 27, 2003, Libeskind won the competition to be the master plan architect for the reconstruction of the World Trade Center site in Lower Manhattan.

After a plan by architects Thorshov & Cerny won approval, groundbreaking was scheduled to begin on June 20, 1955.

A plan was made to erect an iron roof similar to that found at Euston station in London, ridge roofs supported by iron columns ; however, Richard Turner and William Fairburn submitted a design for a single curved roof, which won the approval of the station committee.

The final version of Generalplan Ost, essentially a grand plan for ethnic cleansing, was divided into two parts ; the " Small Plan " ( Kleine Planung ), which covered actions which were to be taken during the war, and the " Big Plan " ( Grosse Planung ), which covered actions to be undertaken after the war was won, and to be implemented gradually over a period of 25 to 30 years.

Despite ongoing controversy, locals continued to support the plan: in the 1997 mayoral election, the pro-airport coalition won a narrow victory over the anti-airport coalition.

Daly also received unanimous support for a plan to demolish and rebuild an apartment complex at Trinity Plaza in exchange for 590 affordable units.

Dr Able Hillel Silver, Chairman of the American Section of the Jewish Agency, made the case for a Jewish State to the Ad Hoc committee on Palestine and announced on behalf of the Jewish Agency acceptance of 10 of the eleven unanimous recommendations of the UN partition plan and rejection of the minority report.

To draw up a detailed plan for the future government of Palestine in accordance with the basic principles of the unanimous recommendations of the majority plan of the Special Committee on Palestine ;

Upon the report of the subcommittee, a plan to acquire the former William G. Irwin Estate ( located between the shoreline and Kapiolani Park in Waikiki ) for a public park for the memorial gained unanimous support.

The Supreme Court intervened a handful of times in the late 1950s and early 1960s, but its next major desegregation decision was Green v. School Board of New Kent County ( 1968 ), in which Justice William J. Brennan, writing for a unanimous Court, rejected a " freedom-of-choice " school plan as inadequate.

After carefully considering the light that has been sent to us, and the counsel that has been given with reference to the school at Loma Linda, all were unanimous in their decision that it must be the Lord's plan that a medical missionary school should be carried forward here, with a course sufficiently complete to thoroughly qualify nurses for their professional duties, and to work as educators in medical evangelistic work ; and also to qualify certain ones to stand at the head of our medical evangelistic work ; and also to qualify certain ones to stand at the head of our medical institutions as fully accredited physicians.

For lawyers, reflecting perhaps their parochial preferences, there has been a special fascination since then in the role played by the Supreme Court in that transformation -- the manner in which its decisions altered in `` the switch in time that saved nine '', President Roosevelt's ill-starred but in effect victorious `` Court-packing plan '', the imprimatur of judicial approval that was finally placed upon social legislation.

After laying charges of sedition against the Jews, Haman gained the king's approval to write a decree for their destruction ; offering ten thousand silver talents to the king for approval of this plan, but the king refused to take them ().

Secondly, the most important criterion for promotion in this hierarchy was approval from one's supervisors, who evaluated their subordinates on the basis of political criteria and their ability to contribute to the fulfillment of the economic plan.

The conspirators approached Sixtus IV in the hopes of gaining his approval, as he and the Medici had a long rivalry themselves, but the pope gave no official sanction to the plan.

As the chief administrative organ of government, its main functions are to formulate administrative measures, issue decisions and orders, and monitor their implementation ; draft legislative bills for submission to the NPC or its Standing Committee ; and prepare the economic plan and the state budget for deliberation and approval by the NPC.

Clay helped settle this dispute by gaining Congressional approval for a plan called the " Missouri Compromise ".

According to Kevin Benson, the 10th director of the school, " The first ' official ' reference to the School of Advanced Military Studies ( SAMS ) graduates as Jedi Knights was on 12 May 1992 during a meeting of the Committee on Armed Services Military Education Panel in Washington D. C ." Congressman Ike Skelton stated, " we all know that the real stamp of approval came when General Schwarzkopf requested SAMS graduates, sometimes referred to as ' Jedi Knights ," be sent to his headquarters in Riyadh to assist in developing the campaign plan.

Other historians, such as the German historian Wolfgang Michalka, the Anglo-German historian H. W Koch and the Israeli historian Martin van Creveld, have contended that Hitler's efforts to form an anti-British Eurasian " continental bloc " that was to include the Soviet Union in late 1940 as a diplomatic prelude to the " Mediterranean plan " were sincere, that until December 1940 Hitler's first priority was in defeating Britain, and that it was only when Hitler gave his approval to Operation Barbarossa that he finally lost interest in the " Mediterranean strategy ".

* January 6 A New York judge gives his initial approval to Enron's plan for bankruptcy reorganization.

Knowing that such plan could be called on, the bidder could be disinclined to the takeover of the corporation without the board's approval, and will first negotiate with the board so that the plan is revoked.

When the League retracted its approval of the 16 May plan, the viceroy Lord Wavell invited the Congress to form the government.

When Lord Louis Mountbatten formally proposed the plan on 3 June 1947, Patel gave his approval and lobbied Nehru and other Congress leaders to accept the proposal.

Following Gandhi's and Congress ' approval of the plan, Patel represented India on the Partition Council, where he oversaw the division of public assets, and selected the Indian council of ministers with Nehru.

Although the crews of the boats were South Vietnamese naval personnel, approval for each mission conducted under the plan came directly from Admiral U. S. Grant Sharp, Jr., CINCPAC in Honolulu, who received his orders from the White House.

In June 2012, Governor Jerry Brown obtained approval from the Legislature to proceed with a reorganization plan.

BCCI was awaiting final approval for a restructuring plan in which it would have re-emerged as the " Oasis Bank ".

The plan has not met with universal approval.

He was willing to consider their plan for settlement near el Arish and in the Sinai Peninsula but his support was conditional on the approval of the Cairo authorities.

The plan required separate approval by voters in Louisville and in the cities to be annexed.

If the comprehensive plan were deemed inadequate, two proposed developments that had already received approval would lose their approval.