Achebe's lecture prompted a lively debate, reactions at the time ranged from dismay and outrage — Achebe recounted a Professor Emeritus from the University of Massachusetts saying to Achebe after the lecture, " How dare you upset everything we have taught, everything we teach?

The assassination of New Democracy member of parliament Pavlos Bakoyannis in September 1989 prompted public outrage, including among Greek communists who respected Bakoyannis as a courageous anti-Junta journalist.

The incident prompted global outrage when it became public knowledge in 1969.

Because the death squads involved were found to have been soldiers of the Salvadoran military, which was receiving U. S. funding and training from American advisors during the Carter administration, these events prompted outrage in the U. S. and led to a temporary cutoff in military aid from the Reagan administration, although Death Squad activity stretched well into the Reagan years ( 1981 – 1989 ) as well.

Because the death squads involved were found to have been soldiers of the Salvadoran military security forces, which were receiving U. S. arms, funding, training and advice during the Carter, Reagan and Bush administrations, these events prompted some outrage in the U. S. Human rights activists criticized U. S. administrations for denying Salvadoran government links to the death squads.

The agreement prompted much outrage and controversy amongst United Alternative supporters and was ribaldly referred to by CA MP Jason Kenney as " a deal with the Devil ".

Diallo was unarmed at the time of the shooting, and a firestorm of controversy erupted subsequent to the event as the circumstances of the shooting prompted outrage both within and outside New York City.

Response at the continued historical ignorance prompted outrage and humour among the press.

Public outrage in India prompted Canadian authorities to express " great respect for India's armed forces and related institutions ".

This prompted outrage from many prominent Christians such as the Rev.

Dr. Lee's findings prompted immediate outrage from conspiracy theorists as it did not fit well with either side.

The ensuing furore, with the Welsh football authorities having to apologise to the Beckhams ( despite David Beckham appearing to take the joke in good humour ) as well as expressing outrage at the band's perceived lack of respect, prompted many people to question exactly why the organisers had hired them to play in the first place.

Bloom's comment prompted outrage from the environmental group, which accused him of " celebrating " the killing of Dutch photographer Fernando Pereira in the bombing in Auckland.

This again caused intense outrage from Conservative members and prompted Martin to ask for a meeting with her.

Two months after the crisis, human remains and identity documents were found by a local driver Muran Katsanov in the garbage landfill at the outskirts of Beslan ; the discovery prompted further outrage.

" The action prompted outrage from animal rights groups.

The local district council's decision in 2004 to close it over health and safety fears prompted a wave of outrage from people both locally and elsewhere in the country and world, and after a long campaign by the press and town councillors and a public forum, the district council agreed to refurbish and reopen the facility by summer 2006.

Activity by British traders and the presence of a colony on the Red prompted the United State War Department in 1819 to send Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Leavenworth from Detroit to put a post 300 miles northwest of Prairie Du Chien, until then the most advanced United States post.

The satellite passed over mainland Japan, which prompted an immediate reaction from the United Nations Security Council, as well as participating states of Six-party talks.

An assassination may be prompted by religious, ideological, political, or military motives ; it may be carried out for the prospect of financial gain, to avenge a grievance, from the desire to acquire fame or notoriety ( that is, a psychological need to garner personal public recognition ), from the wish to form some kind of " relationship " with a public figure, or from the desire ( or at least the willingness ) to be killed or commit suicide in the act.

The family's periodic attempts to return to the mountains were often prompted by Granny due to a perceived slight she received from one of the " city-folk.

The development of sociological thought from the 19th century onwards prompted some fresh views on crime and criminality, and fostered the beginnings of criminology as a study of crime in society.

The expansion module prompted legal action from Atari, but Atari was unable to stop sales of the module because the 2600 could be reproduced with standard parts.

This prompted Barks to contact George Sherman at Disney's Publications Department to request permission to produce and sell oil paintings of scenes from his stories.

This prompted him to search for alternative instruction, which he requested and received from Corot.

The various debates in the mainstream scientific literature prompted the editors of ' Proceedings of the IEEE ' to invite Robert Jahn, then Dean of the School of Engineering at Princeton University, to write a comprehensive review of psychic phenomena from an engineering perspective.

The success of the pairing prompted both acts to record repeatedly through 1950, producing such rhythmically comical fare as " The Woody Woodpecker Song " ( based on the frisky bird from the Walter Lantz cartoons, and another Billboard hit for the quartet ), " Put ' em in a Box, Tie ' em with a Ribbon ( And Throw ' em in the Deep Blue Sea )," " The Big Brass Band from Brazil ," " It's a Quiet Town ( In Crossbone County )," " Amelia Cordelia McHugh ( Mc Who?

The Hurricane Mitch disaster prompted a tremendous response from the international community governments, nongovernmental organizations ( NGOs ), and private citizens alike.

This prompted him, upon his return from England, to master the Greek language, which would enable him to study theology on a more profound level and to prepare a new edition of Jerome's Bible translation.

All felonies remain considered a serious crime, but concerns of proportionality ( i. e., that the punishment fit the crime ) have in modern times prompted legislatures to require or permit the imposition of less serious punishments, ranging from lesser terms of imprisonment to the substitution of a jail sentence or even the suspension of all incarceration contingent upon a defendant's successful completion of probation.

Washington's loss of Philadelphia prompted some members of Congress to discuss removing Washington from command.

The heavy outflow of talent from East Germany prompted the building of the Berlin Wall in 1961, which worsened Cold War tensions and prevented East Germans from travel.

These events, combined with reports that the Soviets were only from the Reich Chancellery, prompted Hitler to write his last will and testament.

On May 12, 1926, Piłsudski, prompted by mutinous units seeking his leadership and intent on preventing the three-time prime minister Wincenty Witos of the peasant Polish People's Party from forming another coalition, staged a military overthrow of the Polish government, confronting President Stanisław Wojciechowski and overpowering the troops loyal to him.

According to Paul the Deacon's 8th century work Historia Langobardorum, the Langobards migrated southward from Scandinavia led by Ibur and Aio, while Saxo Grammaticus records in his 12th-century work Gesta Danorum that this migration was prompted by Aggi and Ebbi.

In June 2006, prompted by a letter from Gary J. Aguirre, the Senate Judiciary Committee began an investigation into the links between hedge funds and independent analysts.

In most American forms of square dance, the dancers are prompted or cued through a sequence of steps ( square dance choreography ) by a caller to the beat ( and, in some traditions, the phrasing ) of music.

This, combined with their post-battle rewards, prompted them to raise Alaric " on a shield " and proclaim him king ; according to Jordanes ( a Gothic historian of varying importance, depending upon who is asked ), both the new king and his people decided " rather to seek new kingdoms by their own work, than to slumber in peaceful subjection to the rule of others.

The team's uniforms prompted a 2003 lawsuit by the Oakland Raiders, who claimed that the NFL and the Panthers had infringed upon key trademark elements of the Raiders ' brand, specifically the silver and black colors.

Her first complete novel, published in 1859, was Adam Bede and was an instant success, but it prompted an intense interest in who this new author might be.

The growing fame of Ely Culbertson, however, prompted Goren to abandon his original career choice to pursue bridge competitions, where he attracted the attention of Milton Work, who had developed the Work Point Count system.

This prompted a refutation later that year by Samuel Gardiner, who argued that Gerard had gone too far in trying to " wipe away the reproach " which the plot had exacted on generations of English Catholics.

Personal networks of family and friends who had gone ahead and wrote back, or sent money, prompted emigrants to retrace their paths.

The Roman persecution of Christians ended in AD 313 under the reign of Constantine the Great, who in 325 prompted the First Council of Nicaea, the beginning of the period of the First seven Ecumenical Councils.

The 1985 and 1986 teams combined for only eight wins, including an 0 – 13 start in 1986, which prompted the firing of head coach Rod Dowhower, who was replaced by Ron Meyer.

This massacre prompted the warlike Navajo leaders such as Manuelito to gain influence over those who were advocates of peace.

Whatever the fortunes of the rites in the meantime, in the last decade of the 5th century they prompted Pope Gelasius I's taunt to the senators who were intent on preserving them: " If you assert that this rite has salutary force, celebrate it yourselves in the ancestral fashion ; run nude yourselves that you may properly carry out the mockery.

This prompted a scientific investigation of the relics in Padua, and by numerous lines of empirical evidence ( archeological analyses of the Tomb in Thebes and the Reliquary of Padua, anatomical analyses of the remains, Carbon-14 dating, comparison with the purported skull of the Evangelist located in Prague ) confirmed that these were the remains of an individual of Syrian descent who died between 72 and 416 A. D.

A defendant who seeks to challenge the admissibility of a statement under Miranda must show that the statement was " prompted by police conduct that constituted ' interrogation '".

The occupying powers persecuted those inhabitants of the province who opposed the regime ; this prompted some of them to join the Communist resistance movement of Josip Broz Tito.

Possibly this prompted Musashi to leave, embarking on a new series of travels, winding up in Edo in 1623, where he became friends with the Confucian scholar Hayashi Razan, who was one of the Shogun's advisors.

This war was probably prompted by family connections of Mieszko's in Germany who opposed Emperor Conrad II.

The latter case prompted many requests of clemency – rejected by the Pope, who passed the confiscated Cenci property to his own family.

Boole's initial involvement in logic was prompted by a current debate on quantification, between Sir William Hamilton who supported the theory of " quantification of the predicate ", and Boole's supporter Augustus De Morgan who advanced a version of De Morgan duality, as it is now called.

O ' Toole's looks prompted a different reaction from Noël Coward, who after seeing the première of the film quipped " If you had been any prettier, the film would have been called Florence of Arabia ".

The consequent destruction of wildlife habitat has prompted the creation of conservation groups in other countries, some founded by local hunters who have witnessed declining wildlife populations first hand.

In the original New York production the revelation by Ruth that the pirates are " all noblemen who have gone wrong " prompted the following exchange ( recalling a famous passage in H. M. S.

This was prompted by Archbishop Anno II, who appealed to an oral agreement with Richeza.

At first, the Phoenix Force was a formless mass of energy, but thousands of years ago, it came to Earth, and met a magician named Feron ( who worshipped the legendary Phoenix ), whose daydream-like visions prompted the Phoenix to adopt the firebird form it has today.

Euclides is prompted to share his book when Terpsion wonders where he'd been: Euclides, who apparently can usually be found in the marketplace of Megara, was walking outside of the city and had happened upon Theaetetus being carried from Corinth to Athens with a case of dysentery and a minor war wound ; Euclides remarks that Socrates had made some uncanny predictions about Theaetetus needing to rise to fame.

Möngke's death and the ensuing succession crisis prompted Hulagu Khan to pull the bulk of the Mongol forces out of the Middle East where they were poised to fight the Egyptian Mamluks ( who defeated the Mongols at Ain Jalut ).