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.

On the other hand, he did not want to offend Edward either, and he found himself in a very difficult position.

He sat stiff-backed in a chair that did not swivel, though it was obvious to Gun that Killpath felt his position as acting captain plainly merited a swivel chair.

McClellan's repeated delays frustrated Lincoln and Congress, as did his position that no troops were needed to defend Washington.

Pillow took up a position at nearby Clarksville, Tennessee and did not move into the fort itself until February 7, 1862.

Ambrose did not sway the young prince's position.

He did become interested in French politics, and at the age of 26 he obtained a position as a tax collector in the Ferme Générale, a tax farming company, where he attempted to introduce reforms in the French monetary and taxation system to help the peasants.

Absalon initially resisted the new position, as he did not want to lose his power position on Zealand, but complied with Papal orders to do so in 1178.

After March it began to pass northwards, a motion quite apparent by the middle of April ; in June it passed at the same distance from the zenith as it did in December ; and in September it passed through its most northerly position, the extreme range from north to south, i. e. the angle between the March and September positions, being 40 ″.

By the early 2000s ( decade ), however, the university quietly reexamined its position on accreditation as degree mills proliferated and various government bureaucracies, such as law enforcement agencies, began excluding BJU graduates on the grounds that the university did not appear on appropriate federal lists.

This position is supported by a scripture which says, " God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ .” Thess 5: 9

The pitcher's mound was not moved back to its present position of until Young's fourth season ; he did not wear a glove until his sixth season.

Although he did not hold a formal executive position in the government, Chiang continued to issue orders to the army, and many officers continued to obey Chiang rather than Li.

As the battlefield was muddy, recoil caused cannon to bury themselves into the ground after firing, resulting in slow rates of fire, as more effort was required to move them back into an adequate firing position ; also, roundshot did not ricochet with as much force from the wet earth.

The Rump was created by Pride's Purge of those members of the Long Parliament who did not support the political position of the Grandees in the New Model Army.

During the heated debates in the Central Committee about a possible peace with the Germans, Lenin did not have a majority ; both Trotsky and Nikolai Bukharin had more support for their own position than Lenin.

In contrast to previous general secretaries, Chernenko did not control the Cadre Department of the Central Committee, making Chernenko's position considerably weaker.

However, Chernenko did strengthen his position considerably at the beginning of 1985, not long before his death.

This enables the experimenter to find the position of a particle not when it impacts the screen, but rather, when it passes through the double-slit — did it go through only one of the slits, as a particle would be expected to do, or through both, as a wave would be expected to do?

but the Republicans did not make a political issue of that position.

# an attitude control thruster ( a small engine for controlling the spacecraft's orientation ) stuck in the " off " position, which Remote Agent detected and compensated for by switching to a mode that did not rely on that thruster.

In 1787, David did not become the Director of the French Academy in Rome, which was a position he wanted dearly.

Hanotaux did not like how the French language was losing its position as the international language and saw Esperanto as a threat, effectively wielding his veto power to block the decision.

This small difference in the Sun's position against the stars causes any particular spot on the Earth's surface to catch up with ( and stand directly north or south of ) the Sun about 4 minutes later each day than it would if the Earth did not orbit ; our day is 24 hours long rather than the approximately 23 hour 56 minute sidereal day.

Most of the loyal governors of the cities were in a tottering position, such as the one of Évora, who could not prevent the attack of the king of Galicia ( future king of León ), Ordoño II, who captured the city in the summer of 913, taking back a sizable booty and 4, 000 prisoners.

Toe-clips and toestraps and clipless pedals help keep the foot locked in the proper position on the pedals, and enable the cyclist to pull as well as push the pedals — although not without their hazards, e. g. may lock foot in when needed to prevent a fall.

Although Captain Du Petit Thouars had lost both legs and an arm he remained in command, insisting on having the tricolour nailed to the mast to prevent it from being struck and giving orders from his position propped up on deck in a bucket of wheat.

Since NFL expansion needed unanimous approval from team owners at that time, Marshall's position would prevent Murchison from joining the league.

When it is either not possible or not desirable to award the victim in that way, a court may award money damages designed to restore the injured party to the economic position s / he occupied at the time the contract was entered ( known as the " reliance measure "), or designed to prevent the breaching party from being unjustly enriched (" restitution ") ( see below ).

The proper initial response to a generalized tonic-clonic epileptic seizure is to roll the person on the side ( recovery position ) to prevent ingestion of fluids into the lungs, which can result in choking and death.

Various styles can be used as a control measure, to prevent the horse from avoiding rider commands by raising its head out of position ; or as a safety measure to keep the horse from tossing its head high or hard enough to smack its rider in the face.

The kingdom had a truce with Saladin at the time, and Raynald's actions have been seen as an independent act of brigandage ; it is possible that he was trying to prevent Saladin from moving his forces north to take control of Aleppo, which would have strengthened Saladin's position.

Monopolies are often in a position to reduce prices below a new entrant's operating costs and thereby prevent them from continuing to compete.

With Haidallah's ambitious political and social reform program undone by continuing instability, regime inefficiency and a plethora of coup attempts and intrigues from within the military establishment, the CMSN chairman turned increasingly autocratic, excluding other junta officers from power, and provoking discontent by frequently reshuffling the power hierarchy to prevent threats to his position.

Edsger W. Dijkstra took the position that the use of a formal language is essential to prevent the introduction of meaningless constructs, and dismissed natural language programming as " foolish ".

A middle position was taken by the historian Ferdinand Gregorovius, who observed that Stephen, while he may not have instigated or ordered the atrocities, did not seek to prevent them either, either through self-interest or the weakness of his position.

Marine radars are used to measure the bearing and distance of ships to prevent collision with other ships, to navigate, and to fix their position at sea when within range of shore or other fixed references such as islands, buoys, and lightships.

By ancient law, no nobleman could command more than twenty-five men ( to prevent the possibility of sedition by private armies ), and while the position of Captain General was introduced in the mid-14th century, he still had to answer to a civilian panel of twenty Savi or " wise men ".

His objective was to prevent a war and safeguard Pakistan's interests, though he feared an Indian invasion of West Pakistan that would lead to Indian domination of the sub-continent and strengthen the position of the Soviet Union.

It also provides capability in adverse weather and battlefield obscurants ( obscurants such as smoke and fog being able to mask the position of the target or to prevent the designating laser from producing a detectable reflection ).

Some say that the large number of competitor diver training organizations, prevent PADI from realistically being accused of market abuse, while others maintain that PADI's dominant position in the industry makes such profiteering inevitable.

With the defeat of the First Army, Prince Frederick Charles ordered a massed artillery attack against Canrobert's position at St. Privat to prevent the Guards attack from failing too.

The negotiations were mediated by French diplomats, who sought to prevent a complete collapse of Sweden's position on the southern Baltic coast and achieved that Sweden was to retain Wismar and northern Swedish Pomerania.

An alternative approach being looked at by major car companies is the CG-Lock technology whereby the occupant is held in position via the lap belt in order to prevent the passenger from coming out of position in the event of a crash.

The main effort of the 82nd was to seize the Groesbeek Heights and set up a blocking position there to prevent a German attack out of the nearby Reichswald and to deny the heights to German artillery observers.

Research suggests that hand splints place the hand in a more functional position and prevent repetitive motion ; this leads to better finger and spoon-feeding skills.

Although verb number suffices in some cases (" Jason and Sue's dog has porphyria ") and context suffices in others (" Jason and Sue's e-mails rarely exceed 200 characters in length "), number and grammatical position often prevent a resolution of ambiguity: