To avoid a needless addition to the tank's weight, the thick areas were ground away.

The reinforcements were so poor that the generals decided against using them, to avoid needless casualties.

He told Kirby-Smith that further resistance was futile and urged the general to avoid needless bloodshed, devastation, and misery by accepting the surrender terms.

: Such an argument would not have been used against those whom Francis was appointed to oppose, unless they had believed that three nails were employed: and, accordingly more than a century earlier, the author of the Noble Lesson, whom I suppose to have been a Triclavian, mentions the five wounds ; but, probably in order to avoid giving needless offence is silent as to the number of the nails, and specifies not whether the right side, or the left side was pierced.

Since 1837, at the then Royal University of King Frederik, Norwegian candidates have been required to swear an oath to avoid straying from truth and justice or encouraging needless dispute.

The E & HR had planned to connect to the CCE & HR at Hampstead but, to avoid the needless duplication of tunnels between Golders Green and Hampstead, the two companies agreed that the E & HR would instead connect to the CCE & HR at Golders Green.

It may also cover ways to deal with physical and verbal methods to avoid violence whenever possible.

Leo Strauss, an American political philosopher, declared himself more inclined toward the traditional view that Machiavelli was self-consciously a " teacher of evil ," ( even if he was not himself evil ) since he counsels the princes to avoid the values of justice, mercy, temperance, wisdom, and love of their people in preference to the use of cruelty, violence, fear, and deception.

For example, targets that formerly resembled humans or animals in their shape and size have are now a circular shape in order to avoid associating the sport with any form of violence.

If such content is in a film, particularly violence in a plot development context ( i. e. separate from kids violence ), it is often edited out prior to submission to the OFLC to avoid being " Refused Classification " ( effectively banning the film ).

Through a strict, non-confrontational policy in pursuing independence, Estonia managed to avoid the violence which Latvia and Lithuania incurred in the bloody January 1991 crackdowns and in the border customs-post guard murders that summer.

Russia, for example, clashes with the many Muslim ethnic groups on its southern border ( such as Chechnya ) but — according to Huntington — cooperates with Iran to avoid further Muslim-Orthodox violence in Southern Russia, and to help continue the flow of oil.

To avoid a war, the leaders of the three families met, denied knowledge of their violence against one another, and agreed to " communicate better.

* The Protestant Action Force and, much less commonly, the Protestant Action Group were cover names used by the UVF to avoid directly claiming responsibility for killings and other acts of violence.

For example, ritualized fights are extremely important to avoid unnecessary strong physical violence between the conflicting animals.

Results of the election were contested so to avoid violence county records were secretly moved from Perryville to Welch at night in two wagons by James A. Strother and Trigg Tabor.

The Pernese themselves consider this structure an ideal organization meant to avoid the violence and excess of their Terran ancestors.

The adaptation is generally faithful to the plot and character development of the original Gatchaman series, but significant additions and reductions were made in order to increase appeal to the North American juvenile-male television market of the late 1970s, as well as avoid controversy from parents ; most notable was the removal of elements of graphic violence, profanity and transgenderism.

The policy of Phoenix is to avoid violence when possible, but recognizes that it's sometimes unavoidable.

These began to avoid booking punk rock bands because of fears of violence, and were colonized by metal bands, usually on a " pay to play " basis, creating a vibrant scene for hard rock music.

Several critics were troubled by the film's explicitly detailed violence, and especially cautioned parents to avoid taking their children to the cinema.

On the 26th, however, the eleven members, to avoid violence, asked leave to withdraw.

Cuse insisted that the show was still appropriate for children, saying, " I think we're very conscious of violence and I think we've made an effort to avoid violence in the pilot and in the future episodes ".

Standard bank policy is to avoid violence as much as possible, so they will normally hand over the money and try to adhere to the robber's demands.

" Despite the efforts of agent provocateurs to inspire violence, Muste and the strike committee were able to avoid the outbreak of violence which would have served to discredit the strikers and their objective and give cause for the physical suppression of the labor action.

Bishop Francis Kenrick quickly issued a statement that instructed all Catholics to avoid violence and confrontations.

In the days afterward, Mayor Scott set up a force to protect Catholic churches, and Bishop Kenrick ordered all churches to be closed the following Sunday to avoid any provocation and possible violence.

This apocalyptic perspective or world view led many in the Stone movement to adopt pacifism, avoid participating in civil government, and reject violence, militarism, greed, materialism and slavery.

Hoping to avoid the sack of Rome herself, Emperor Valentinian III sent three envoys, the high civilian officers Gennadius Avienus and Trigetius, as well as the Bishop of Rome Leo I, who met Attila at Mincio in the vicinity of Mantua, and obtained from him the promise that he would withdraw from Italy and negotiate peace with the emperor.

He paid special attention to the civilian food supply, as the city financed large warehouses of food that enabled the residents to avoid the worst of the severe shortages that beset most German cities during 1918 – 1919.

While many of the rebel officers were leading their units, Nasser donned civilian clothing to avoid detection by royalists and moved around Cairo monitoring the situation.

To avoid possible constitutional violations, military items were given civilian names: tanks, for instance, were named " special vehicles.

He has repeatedly demanded that NATO forces take more care when conducting military operations in residential areas to avoid civilian casualties.

Interestingly, use of the Union Flag as an ensign on a civilian craft remains illegal to this day ever since Charles I ordered it be restricted to His Majesty's ships " upon pain of Our high displeasure " in the 17th century, mainly due to its unauthorised use by merchant mariners to avoid paying harbour duties by passing themselves off as Royal vessels.

Minutes of a British War Cabinet meeting reveal that the British had cited the laws of conquest and military occupation to avoid sharing the administration with the French under a civilian regime.

In Saint-Quentin, France, he was adopted by the citizens as a folk hero not only for his exploits and bravery but also because he was someone who did everything possible to avoid civilian casualties.

Proposed by Chancellor Aleisha Liao of the Capellan Confederation in 2412, this document contained specific prohibitions and rules for " civilized warfare " to limit future use of WMDs, as well as to reduce or avoid collateral damage to civilians or civilian structures.

To avoid civilian casualties, the RAF prepared with a model of the campus, shooting at residence halls 4 and 5 with chalk bags.

The IDF insisted that it does its utmost to avoid civilian casualties.

Despite evidence that Israel is taking unprecedented steps to avoid civilian casualties, some in the media have accused the IDF of using disproportionate force against a harmless civilian population.

Branches with personnel that normally would wear civilian attire in the Reich ( such as the Gestapo and Kripo ) were issued grey-green SS uniforms in occupied territory to avoid being mistaken for civilians.

The rebel commander, Patrick Pearse surrendered after a week, in order to avoid further civilian casualties.

Realizing that successful armed resistance was impossible and to avoid civilian casualties, the Danish government surrendered after a few token skirmishes on the morning of the invasion.

Eisenhower preferred to avoid civilian targets, and by 1954 several Air Force planners advocated a " no-cities " strategy.

To avoid debt collectors, Maciunas took a job as a civilian graphic designer at a U. S. Air Force base in Wiesbaden, Germany in late 1961.

With the plans delayed a day by heavy rain, they traveled in small parties in civilian attire to avoid arousing suspicion.

He complained that it was difficult to avoid civilian casualties.

These features are intended to avoid later civilian casulaties from unexploded munitions, and result in an unexploded-ordnance rate of less than 1 %.

Hoping to avoid the sack of Rome herself, Emperor Valentinian III sent three envoys, the high civilian officers Gennadius Avienus and Trigetius, as well as the Bishop of Rome Leo I, who met Attila at Mincio in the vicinity of Mantua, and obtained from him the promise that he would withdraw from Italy and negotiate peace with the emperor.

The shoot had a few mishaps, including Newman driving a Challenger equipped with three cameras into the bushes in order to avoid a head-on collision when a " civilian " driver ignored the traffic blocks installed to ensure the safety of the crew.

At the start of the Second World War, bombers were expected to strike by daylight to give the best accuracy and to avoid civilian casualties.

Human Rights Watch noted that “ the attacking party Karabakh Armenian forces is still obliged to take precautionary measures to avoid or minimize civilian casualties.