Alice was prevented from exercising any real power as regent by Philip of Montfort, who took control of Tyre, and Balian of Beirut, who continued to hold Acre.

Even so, civil wars could not be prevented, as another Seleucid, Philip II, contested rule with Antiochus.

Philip had prevented any agreement between the emperor and the pope.

Philip successfully prevented an arrangement between the papacy in Avignon and Holy Roman Emperor Louis IV although, in July 1337, Louis concluded an alliance with Edward III.

Gen. Philip Sheridan in the right center of the line prevented a total collapse and the Union assumed a tight defensive position backing up to the Nashville Turnpike.

In order to comply with a court ruling USA vs. Philip Morris, Philip Morris ( and all other cigarette companies ) is now prevented from using words such as " Lights ", " Ultra-Lights ", " Medium ", " Mild ", or any similar designation that yields a false impression that they are safer than regular full flavor cigarettes.

Meanwhile, Raymond III of Tripoli and Bohemund III of Antioch joined with Philip of Alsace in a separate expedition against Harim in Syria ; the siege of Harim lasted into 1178, and Saladin's defeat at Montgisard prevented him from relieving his Syrian vassals.

The occupation of Thermopylae was not only for the benefit of Phocis ; excluding Philip from central Greece also prevented him from marching on Athens itself.

Philip was presumably prevented from entering Boeotia by way of Mount Helicon, as the Spartans had done in the run-up to the Battle of Leuctra ; or by any of the other mountain passes that led into Boeotia from Phocis.

Pope Urban II did excommunicate him in 1095, and Philip was prevented from taking part in the First Crusade.

Philip had offered Alys to Prince John, but Eleanor prevented the match.

" This Is Dinosaur " edited by Wallace Stegner with photographs by Martin Litton and Philip Hyde prevented the building of dams within Dinosaur National Monument by becoming part of a new kind of activism called environmentalism that combined the conservationist ideals of Thoreau, Leopold and Muir with hard-hitting advertising, lobbying, book distribution, letter writing campaigns, and more.

The intervention of the Landgrave Philip of Hesse and Martin Luther prevented the war.

The river was only a few blocks away but an unbroken line of piers prevented me from seeing it.

But none of this has prevented scientists, philosophers, and even historians of science, from speaking of the Ptolemaic system, in contrast to the Copernican.

Blackman said that he wanted to apologize for not having prevented Lewis from making that horrible spectacle of himself, that he should have seized him by the neck at once and forcibly hauled him into his bedroom.

`` I had natural sock '', he says, ' as a storyteller and was precociously good at description, dialogue, and most of the other staples of the fiction-writer's trade but I was bugged by a mammoth complex of thoughts and feelings that prevented me from doing more than just diddling the surface of sustained fiction-writing ''.

The shift in sentiment from excessive optimism early in the year to the present mood of caution has probably been a good thing, in that it has prevented the accumulation of the burdensome inventories that have characterized many previous swings in the business cycle.

Inflow of air from the surrounding atmosphere was prevented by the two disks shown in figure 2.

She had felt that her arm wanted to go up in the first trial, but had consciously prevented it from so doing.

To light industry, the economies of being on one floor are much slighter, but efficiency engineers usually believe in them, and manufacturers looking for ways to cut costs cannot be prevented from turning to efficiency engineers.

If baby teeth are retained too long, the incoming second teeth may be prevented from emerging at the normal time or may have to erupt in the wrong place.

This has not, however, prevented publishers from labeling him a `` folk poet '', simply because he is a rural one.

Blood blisters could be prevented from forming by rubbing a work blister immediately with any hard nonpoisonous substance.

Pains in the back of the leg and in the abdomen were prevented from reaching the upper body by tying a rope about the patient's waist.

Gun set the captain's fifth of Hiram Walker inside the safe before he reported to Lt. Killpath, though he knew that Killpath's ulcer prevented him from making any untoward incursion on Herman Wolff's gift.

He sucked in his breath and kept quiet while Killpath laid down the sheet again, wound the gold-wire stems of his glasses around his ears and then, eying the report as it lay before him on the desk, intoned, `` Acting Lieutenant Gunnar Matson one failed to see that the station keeper was properly relieved two absented himself throughout the entire watch without checking on the station's activities or the whereabouts of his section sergeants three permitted members of the Homicide Detail of the Inspector's Bureau to arrogate for their own convenience a patrolman who was thereby prevented from carrying on his proper assignment four failed to notify the station commander Acting Captain O. T. Killpath of a homicide occurring in the district five frequented extralegal establishments known as after-hours spots for purposes of an unofficial and purportedly social nature and six '' -- he leaned back and peeled off his glasses `` -- failed to co-operate with the Acting Captain by returning promptly when so ordered.

The tragic irony of the play is that the very belief in and concern with a devil who could be met in the woods and combatted with formulae set out in books was the very thing that prevented them from detecting the real devil when he came among them.

Perhaps, the psychological barriers that had prevented her from conceiving Hal's child would no longer be present.

Even in the late 18th century the Abbess of Burtscheid was prevented from building a road linking her territory to the neighbouring estates of the duke of Jülich ; the city of Aachen even deployed its handful of soldiers to chase away the road-diggers.

Misfortunes, including a plague and a lack of wind, prevented the army from sailing.

Ailanthus are capable of forming thick blankets of roots and heavy shade to the extent that native species are prevented from being able to reclaim an area that has been logged or deforested, as well as areas that have been heavily developed.

In response to the Black Codes and Southern recalcitrance, the Republicans prevented the secessionist states ' representatives from taking their seats in Congress in the fall 1865.

He was prevented from following up his victory by trouble in Africa, which he chose to settle in person.

The hostility to Agnes, it must be admitted, may be exaggerated by the chronicler William of Tyre, whom she prevented from becoming Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem decades later, as well as from William's continuators like Ernoul, who hints at a slight on her moral character: " car telle n ' est que roine doie iestre di si haute cite comme de Jherusalem " (" there should not be such a queen for so holy a city as Jerusalem ").

Similarly, all output was scrutinized for a Control-D character ( ASCII 4 ), which BASIC programs would send before seemingly PRINTing a disk command to get DOS's attention ( the disk commands would not really get PRINTed but were intercepted by DOS and prevented from making it to the screen output ).

Ten years later ( 24 September 1856 ) the Swiss Federal Council voted them equal political rights with other Swiss citizens in that canton, as well as entire freedom of commerce ; but the opposition of the Christian population prevented the decision from being generally carried out.

A false start penalty against San Francisco prevented them from attempting to score a touchdown, but Wersching kicked a 26-yard field goal, increasing the 49ers ' lead, 20 – 0, which was the largest halftime lead in Super Bowl history to that date.

The three were acquitted on a technicality six months later, but the arrest prevented Woodhull from attempting to vote during the 1872 presidential election.

New York surveyors and other officials attempting to exercise their authority were prevented from doing so and in some cases were severely beaten, and settlers arriving to clear and work land under New York – issued grants were forced off their land, and sometimes had their possessions destroyed.

While government jobs and economic diversification prevented widespread unemployment in Knoxville, the city sought to recover the massive loss of revenue by attempting to annex neighboring communities in Knox County.

At the church, he jilts Susan, resulting in her abusive father, Burt Johnson ( Stephen Elliott ), attempting to stab Arthur with a cheese knife, though he is prevented by Martha.

Many would-be refugees attempting to flee to capitalist countries were prevented from escaping in this manner.

Their losses were so great that John I of Castille was prevented from attempting another invasion in the following years.

When the opposing offence is putting pressure on the defence's team, the defence skater usually plays closer to the goal, attempting again to block shooting lanes but also ensure that the goalie is not screened ( prevented from being able to see the puck at all times ).

In response, Angus Fraser wrote: " Obviously, it is sad to see such a dedicated, patriotic and likeable man forced to give up something that patently meant so much to him, but the inner torment that came with attempting to overcome the mental illness that prevented him from touring with England for more than two years had to be brought to an end.

Bad weather and low clouds prevented a Luftwaffe attack and hence another disaster along the lines of the one that had happened a few days earlier, on June 17, in Saint-Nazaire, with the sinking of the British liner Lancastria which was attempting to evacuate UK soldiers and civilians.

Alexander Macdonald MP, president of the Miners ' National Association and himself a former miner, prevented the surviving employees from attempting a rescue on safety grounds.

Wayne arrived at Fort Washington ( present-day Cincinnati, Ohio ) in May 1793, but was prevented from taking any immediate action because federal commissioners were still attempting to negotiate a treaty with the Indians.

In February 1919, Polish troops attempting to capture Sambir were defeated by the Ukrainian defenders with heavy losses, although the poor mobility of the Ukrainian troops prevented them from taking advantage of this victory.

Grace observes the doctor attempting to subdue Danielle forcibly and tries to call for help but is prevented by a hospital staffer.

The Court, in an opinion by Associate Justice Brandeis, examined the manipulations and opportunistic practices of litigants that had resulted from the rule of Swift v. Tyson and determined that " in attempting to promote uniformity of law throughout the United States, the doctrine had prevented uniformity in the administration of the law of the state.

If a player was attempting to complete a jump over a chasm, the " safe " surface on the far side of the chasm could be prevented from scrolling into view by a slow player.

One had to be prevented from diving into the sea and attempting to swim ashore.

However, since similar stories have been told about Gall attempting to kill Sitting Bull and being prevented, the story may be apocryphal.

The # 60 team had carburetor issues and was not able to run a lap at mandated practice speed, which under NASCAR rules prevented them from attempting to qualify.

Unfortunately, changes in the school calendar and the fact that the competition is held in early July have prevented the Club from attempting another victory.