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Thus Puritan leaders began assuring members that if they began doing well financially in their businesses, this would be one unofficial sign they had God's approval and were among the saved – but only if they used the fruits of their labor well.
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In 1648 the Parliamentarians briefly gave support to Owen Roe O ' Neill's Ulstermen after his fall out with the Confederates: Thus the extreme Catholic and Puritan forces were allied for mutual expediency.
Thus and leaders
Thus while Athens was increasing her navy with the funds they contributed, a revolt always found itself without enough resources or experienced leaders for war.
Thus, on 2 December 1851, shortly before the end of his single three-year term in office was to expire, Louis Bonaparte staged a coup against the Second Republic in France, disbanded the elected Constituent Assembly, arrested some of the Republican leaders and declared himself Emperor Napoleon III of France.
Thus, because of Klaus Fuchs, leaders of the Soviet Union knew the United States was not prepared for a nuclear war at the end of the 1940s, or even in the early 1950s.
Thus his History could serve as a warning to future leaders to be more prudent, by putting them on notice that someone would be scrutinizing their actions with a historian's objectivity rather than a chronicler's flattery.
Thus, he became the least senior Senator ever elected to this position, and one of the least senior party leaders in the history of the Senate.
Thus, Christian right leaders have argued that the Establishment Clause does not prohibit the display of religion in the public sphere.
Thus, rather than being formed from a trained, armed, and organised army, the Republican armed forces began to grow in September from usually younger, less trained groups built around charismatic leaders.
Thus the Mourides devoted themselves to prayer and unpaid agricultural labor in service to their religious leaders.
Thus, the leaders of the big railroads finally learned the source of William Nelson Page's deep pockets.
Thus Taylor claimed that the leaders of 1914 became prisoners of the logic of the mobilisation timetables and the timetables that were meant to serve as deterrent to war instead relentlessly brought war.
Thus in 1982, China perceivably had four main leaders: Hu Yaobang, the Party General Secretary ; Zhao Ziyang, the Premier ; Li Xiannian, the President ; and Deng Xiaoping, the " Paramount Leader ", holding title of the CMC Chairman.
He and other neoconservative leaders claimed that the intelligence community had grossly underestimated threats to the national security of the U. S. Thus, they established two secret offices in the Pentagon after September 11 – the Counter Terrorism Evaluation Group and the Office of Special Plans.
Thus, for example, the " first generation " of leaders identified below are labelled as " the first generation leadership collective ".
Thus, in official discourse, the " third generation " lasted from 1992 to 2003, with Jiang Zemin as core, and other leaders including Li Peng, Zhu Rongji, Qiao Shi, Li Ruihuan.
Thus, the Muslim leaders were historically opposed to the idea of independence, which meant the incorporation of Muslim areas into a political system dominated by Christians.
Thus, despite opposition from other leaders, especially Winston Churchill, China became a permanent member of the Security Council from its creation in 1945.
Thus, many other party leaders sought sanctuary in exile in India to set up operations against the new system.
Thus, the deaths of Ögedei and Möngke in 1241 and 1259, respectively, necessitated the withdrawal of Mongol leaders ( and troops ) from the outskirts of Vienna and Venice ( in 1241 ) and from Syria ( in 1259 ), hamstringing military operations against the Austrians and Mamluks that might otherwise have continued.
Thus, a characteristic trait of the newly-founded movement was the young age of its leaders: later records show that the average age of the Legionary elite was 27. 4.
Thus Chlodwig was brought into close touch with all the most notable people in Europe, including Catholic leaders of the Austrian Empire.
Thus the Rusyns ' decision to become part of Czechoslovakia can only have been important in creating, at least initially, good relations between the leaders of Carpathian Rus and Czechoslovakia.
Thus that new association had lost its most prominent leaders and faded, having become an organisation solely for Mischlinge.
Thus and began
Thus it was that Barco, apprehended for mere larceny, now began to suspect that one or another of his murders had been uncovered.
Thus literary criticism became highly theoretical and some of those practicing it began referring to the theoretical dimension of their work as " critical theory "-a philosophically inspired theory of literary criticism.
Thus began a sojourn for the reformers among the Baptists within the Redstone Baptist Association ( 1815 – 1824 ).
Thus began what is now often called " The Golden Age of Hollywood ", which refers roughly to the period beginning with the introduction of sound until the late 1940s.
Thus early 1950s historian of fandom Jack Speer began to label successive generations of fans as First Fandom, Second Fandom, Third Fandom, and so forth ... all the way to Seventh Fandom and beyond.
Thus began one of the most productive periods in Telemann's life: during his tenure at Eisenach he composed a wealth of instrumental music ( sonatas and concertos ), and numerous sacred works, which included four or five complete annual cycles of church cantatas, 50 German and Italian cantatas, and some 20 serenatas.
Thus, at age 22 he began a lifelong career in government, except for a stint in journalism from 1870-78.
Thus, competing browsers began to emulate (" cloak " or " spoof ") this string in order to also work with those sites.
Thus, when he began to develop his theory of physical education, he naturally looked to the example set by the Athenian idea of the gymnasium, a training facility that simultaneously encouraged physical and intellectual development.
Thus the division between " hardware " and " software " began with abstraction being used to deal with the complexity of computing.
Thus began one of the most famous apprenticeships in the musical theatre, as Hammerstein designed a kind of course for Sondheim on the construction of a musical.
Thus began the Hellenistic age, a period characterized by a more absolute approach to rule, with Greek kings taking on royal trappings and setting up hereditary successions.
Thus, as he began recruiting supporters for an attack on slaveholders, Brown was joined by " General Tubman ", as he called her.
Thus Rome began with a fratricide, a story that was later taken to represent the city's history of internecine political strife and bloodshed.
Thus began a fifteen-year correspondence between Balzac and " the object of sweetest dreams ": Ewelina Hańska.
Thus began a long-lasting dispute which eventually resulted in the signing of the Treaty of Tordesillas with Spain in 1494.
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