Armed with constitutional power to negate the Executive's foreign policy, the Senate carries a big stick and is easily provoked to use it on the State Department's back, or on the head of the Secretary of State.

" Ben-Gurion responded to the Arab Revolt with a policy of " Havlagah "— self-restraint and a refusal to be provoked by Arab attacks in order to prevent polarization.

However, in February 1979, following China's limited invasion of Vietnam, Hanoi complained that from 1957 onward China had provoked numerous border incidents as part of its anti-Vietnam policy and expansionist designs in Southeast Asia.

After King Francis ' death they opposed the more tolerant policy of the Regent, Catherine de ' Medici, and their doings provoked the French Wars of Religion.

This patriotic policy provoked loud protests both from Austria and Germany at the conference of Vienna in 1890, and Baross was obliged somewhat to modify his system.

In July 1941, U. S. troops entered Iceland on the invitation of Sveinn's government and remained, in reduced numbers, after the war ; their continued presence provoked the main controversy of the nation's postwar foreign policy.

His best known policy is the Stamp Act, an exclusive tax on the colonies in America, which provoked widespread opposition in Britain's American colonies and was later repealed.

Moreover, the Jacobitism of the non-jurors provoked a state policy of repression in 1715 and 1745, and fostered the growth of new Hanoverian congregations, using the English Prayer Book, ( served by clergy who had been ordained by a bishop but amenable to none ) who qualified themselves under the Act of 1712.

In the meantime, the excesses of the French republicans had provoked reaction in England, and the Tory ministry adopted a policy of repression.

This foreign policy shift provoked an outcry from Israel, which had been supplying the Anyanya rebels.

His unfortunate policy in finance and in regard to the food taxes provoked popular revolutions on several occasions.

The policy provoked controversy within the Trotskyist movement with some seeing it as a concession to social patriotism.

His attacks on Third French Republic's social policy ultimately provoked a prohibition from the Minister of War.

In 1917 the Union provoked controversy by refusing to convey Arthur Henderson and Ramsay MacDonald to a conference of socialist parties in Stockholm, which had been convened in the wake of the Russian Revolution to discuss the possibility of a peace policy.

Robert Huckfeldt and Carol Weitzel Kohfeld in Race and the Decline of Class in American Politics ( 1989 ) argued that " race served to splinter the Democratic coalition " because the policy commitments of the Civil Rights era provoked " acial hostility, particularly on the part of lower-status whites.

Borotsik provoked some controversy when he announced that he favoured an end to Manitoba's tuition freeze ; the party's official policy was to keep the freeze in place.

Early in the 2004 election campaign, Reid provoked controversy by re-asserting that official bilingualism is too broadly applied in Canada and that the policy should be reviewed by the House of Commons and Senate Standing Committees on Official Languages.

In a November 2007 interview, she stated that the hostility these comments provoked had still not subsided, although she believed it had become a standard viewpoint that terrorism was associated with American foreign policy.

His harsh methods provoked a near mutiny in Sichuan and Sima Xiangru was brought in to enforce a more moderate policy.

Particularly, the Crimean War of 1853 – 1856, the laws of 1860 – 63 The Tsarist delebarete policy of annihilating Crimean Tatar existence in Crimea and the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 caused an exodus of the Crimean Tatars.

In response to revolt in the Italian colony of Libya, Fascist Italy abandoned previous liberal-era colonial policy of cooperation with local leaders.

* 1985 – Sandinista Daniel Ortega becomes president of Nicaragua and vows to continue the transformation to socialism and alliance with the Soviet Union and Cuba ; American policy continues to support the Contras in their revolt against the Nicaraguan government.

Aboriginal participation in a number of major revolts during the Qing era, including the Taokas-led Ta-Chia-hsi revolt of 1731 – 1732, ensured the Plains tribes would remain an important factor in crafting Qing frontier policy until the end of Qing rule in 1895.

Dissatisfaction about the taxation policy led in 1066 the Aromanian and Bulgarian population of Thessaly to revolt against the Byzantine Empire under the leadership of a local lord, Nikoulitzas Delphinas.

Finally, on 6 April 1793, the Convention created the Committee of Public Safety ( later headed by Maximilien Robespierre ), and was given a monumental task: “ To deal with the radical movements of the Enragés, food shortages and riots, the revolt in the Vendée and in Brittany, recent defeats of its armies, and the desertion of its commanding general .” Most notably, the Committee of Public Safety instated a policy of terror, and the guillotine began to fall on perceived enemies of the republic at an ever-increasing rate, beginning the period known today as the Reign of Terror.

During the 1936 – 1939 Arab revolt in Palestine, Ben-Gurion instigated a policy of restraint (" Havlagah ") in which the Haganah and other Jewish groups did not retaliate for Arab attacks against Jewish civilians, concentrating only on self-defense.

This arrangement was a considerable success for Philip's policy, although over time Louis ' clear French loyalties and lack of political links within Flanders itself would lead to political upheaval and peasant revolt.

The next Nguyễn emperors, Minh Mạng, Thiệu Trị, and Tự Đức brutally suppressed Catholicism and pursued a ' closed door ' policy, perceiving the Westerners as a threat, following events such as the Lê Văn Khôi revolt when a French missionary, Fr.

The Greek revolt was probably the first occasion in European history when public opinion had a significant impact on great power foreign policy.

The finances stood in the last distress ; the anti-religious policy of the government kept many < span lang =" fr "> départements </ span > on the verge of revolt ; and commerce almost ground to a halt due to the decay of roads and the increase of bandits.

By June 1939, after the disintegration of the revolt, Husseini's policy of killing only proven turncoats changed to one of liquidating all suspects, even members of his own family, according to one intelligence report.

A repressive policy of conscription and taxation was instituted which led to a revolt launched by the a ' ayan ( prominent ) Arab clans of Nablus, Hebron and the Jerusalem-Jaffa area.

Approximately a million people in the Panthay rebellion were killed, and several million in the Dungan revolt as a " washing off the Muslims "( 洗回 ( xi Hui )) policy had been long advocated by officials in the Manchu government.

This policy led junior faculty to revolt, and nearly resulted in Conant's dismissal in 1938.

It was in this period that Judea became normatively known as Syria Palestina, a name reflecting both the large scale killing of the suppression of the 2nd Jewish revolt, and a Roman policy, pagan, then Christian, to further alienate Jews from the land, ensuring that no Jewish temple, Jerusalem or state ever rose again.

By 1538, Emperor Charles V realized the seriousness of the Taíno revolt and compelled policy changes over the labor of the Indians.

The above argument ( people's revolt ) also means that Asoka's policy was continued by his successors also, an assumption not confirmed by historical data.

Moreover, had the policy of self-government for the Boers which he outlined in his annexation proclamation been carried out, the revolt of 1880-81 might not have occurred.

The " concentration " policy, rather than suppressing the revolt, gave it new life, as thousands of men began to aid and join the rebels in resentment of the cruel treatment of the Federation.

Reasons for the revolt included cutting full-time hours, a new attendance policy, and pay caps that the company imposed in August 2006, compelling workers to be available to work any shift ( day, swing or night ), and that shifts would be assigned by computers at corporate headquarters and not by local managers.

in 1929 Aba was the site of a revolt by Igbo women, historically known as " The Aba Women's Riot ", a protest of the colonial taxation policy.

This policy resulted in mutiny ( 14 CE ) and the troops cite, amongst other complaints, harsh corporal punishments as a reason for their revolt.

Sha ` ir Awtar's attack represented a major shift in policy as, before the attack, the king of Hadhramaut, Il ` azz Yalut, was married to his sister ; he had even helped suppress a revolt against Il ` azz Yalut.