If it were the enemy, tactically his position was correct.

She was sitting on the edge of the bed again, back in the same position where the snake had found her.

he became Otto Klemperer's personal assistant at the Cologne Opera, and a year later was promoted to the position of regular conductor.

The state's rights position was formulated by Jefferson and Madison in the Kentucky and Virginia Resolves, but in their later careers as heads of state the two proved themselves better Hamiltonians than Jeffersonians.

They, perhaps, gave the pitch of their position in the preface where it was said that Eisenhower requested that the Commission be administered by the American Assembly of Columbia University, because it was non-partisan.

He claimed that the release of the preliminary findings was ' prejudicial to his position ' ''.

A few weeks later the maps were being divided into squares and a position was described as being `` about lots 239, 247 and 272 with pickets forward as far as 196 ''.

The result was that I found myself in the ridiculous position of having made a formal engagement by letter for the next week, only two days before my departure from London.

Luckily both women knew my position and if anyone suffered in their opinion it was not I ''.

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.

To the pope, head of the universal Church, to the duke of Burgundy, taking full advantage of his position on the borders of France and of the Empire, or to Othon, who found it quite natural that he should do homage to Edward for Tipperary and to the count of Savoy for Grandson, Flotte's outspoken nationalism was completely incomprehensible.

During his aggressive campaign to win his present position, Mr. Kennedy was vitriolic about this country's `` prestige '' abroad.

It was only natural that Fletcher would strive for a position in which he could make the decisions.

Brains and beauty, high position in both the social and intellectual worlds, athlete, fabled lover -- if ever the world was any man's oyster it was his.

The inference is overwhelming that Du Pont's commanding position was promoted by its stock interest and was not gained solely on competitive merit ''.

The promotion of Robert E. Swift to the position of Assistant Manager of the Interference Control Field Service Department was announced early in December by Frederick S. Scarborough, Manager of Interference Control Field Service.

At the end of its letter was the information that applicants for this position `` must also be prepared to teach costume design and advertising art ''.

`` I'm General Burnside's horse, upside down '', Arlene said, sort of gaspingly, for her: even she had to breathe kind of funny when she was in that position.

Serum potassium at this time was 3.8 mEq. per liter, and the hemoglobin was 13.9 gm. By Dec. 1, 1958, the weakness in the pelvic and quadriceps muscle groups was appreciably worse, and it became difficult for the patient to rise unaided from a sitting or reclining position.

There was a significantly greater number in this group who reported a desk as being in a tilted position while a tennis ball resting on it remained stationary on the incline.

This position is endorsed by other standards organizations including the IEEE, the International Committee for Weights and Measures ( CIPM ) and the U. S. National Institute of Standards and Technology ( NIST ), but the binary prefixes have seen limited acceptance.

The American Humanist Association began to adopt this view in 1973, and the IHEU formally endorsed the position in 1989.

Garfield at this time endorsed the view that the Senate, via the Tenure of Office Act, had final say on Presidential appointments, a position he would radically change when President himself.

Offered a position ( and $ 10, 000 in gold ) as adjutant general of the army of Benito Juárez of Mexico, who was then in a struggle with the Mexican Emperor Maximilian I ( a satellite ruler of French Emperor Napoleon III ), Custer applied for a one-year leave of absence from the U. S. Army, which was endorsed by Grant and Secretary of War Stanton.

On March 7, 2004, New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson, seen as a strong possibility for the position himself, endorsed Gephardt for the Vice Presidency.

After international arbitration endorsed the American position in 1872, Britain settled the matter by paying the U. S. $ 15. 5 million for damages done by several warships built in Britain and sold to the Confederacy, thus ending the dispute and ensuring friendly relations.

On May 25, 2007, Blackburn resigned her position in the Romney campaign and endorsed former Senator Fred Thompson for President.

The appeal to emotion fallacy uses emotions as the basis of an argument's position without factual evidence that logically supports the major ideas endorsed by the elicitor of the argument.

Each morning the editors of the magazine recommend one thing for readers ’ immediate enjoyment: “ not a political candidate or position or party, but a breakthrough idea or product or Web site .” The concept for this blog probably emerged from the November 2008 “ Endorsement Issue ,” in which, after 75 years, Esquire publicly endorsed a presidential candidate for the first time ..

The position of silent mascot that the ' Black Squirrel ' occupied was financially endorsed by the college itself with the production of various Black Squirrel merchandise ( including Sarah Lawrence clothing branded with the Black Squirrel image ) and plush toys.

As many former Centre party politicians, e. g., Konrad Adenauer, were founding members or joined the CDU and also Cardinal Frings of Cologne endorsed the new party, the Centre lost their position as the party of the Catholic population.

On the issues, the party under Sarkozy publicly disapproved of Turkey's proposed membership in the European Union, which Chirac had previously endorsed several times publicly, and generally took a more right-wing position.

These assessments have largely followed or endorsed the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ( IPCC ) position of January 2001 which states:

However, Yin had not yet had a son by that point, and she declined the empress position and endorsed Guo.

Supporters of slavery often argued that one of the rights of the states was the protection of slave property wherever it went, a position endorsed by the U. S. Supreme Court in the 1857 Dred Scott decision.

"</ ref > Although compatibilism, the view that determinism and free will are not logically incompatible, is the most popular position on free will amongst professional philosophers, metaphysical libertarianism is discussed, though not necessarily endorsed, by several philosophers, such as Peter van Inwagen, Robert Kane, Robert Nozick, Carl Ginet, Hugh McCann, Harry Frankfurt, Alfred Mele, Roderick Chisholm, Daniel Dennett, Timothy O ' Connor, Derk Pereboom and Galen Strawson.

After being knocked out of the tournament, Ponting resigned his position as captain at both Test and ODI levels, endorsed Michael Clarke as his successor, and indicated his intention to continue playing.

In the lead-up to the 1968 Republican presidential primary, he endorsed New York Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller, saying that Americans would only support a candidate who took a clear position on Vietnam.

He initially considered launching a bid for the new party's leadership, but instead endorsed outgoing Alliance leader Stephen Harper for the position.

The Báb responded to the accusations of immorality by supporting her position and endorsed the name Bahá ' u ' lláh gave her at the conference: the Pure ( Táhirih ).

That position proved highly unpopular with the membership ; many locals had already endorsed FDR for a third term and several locals passed motions calling for Bridges to resign.

In that position he endorsed further funding for the arts, and served as an unofficial general advisor to the governor.

Its position is endorsed by over 50 groups and 5000 individuals.

Iran's position was endorsed by the Non-Aligned Movement, which expressed concern about the potential monopolization of nuclear fuel production.