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counter and threat
Warned of the coming invasion by Isabella, Wallace implores the Scottish nobility, who are more concerned with their own welfare, that immediate action is needed to counter the threat and to take back the country.
During the Counter-Reformation, the Roman Catholic Church searched for religious art with which to counter the threat of Protestantism, and for this task the artificial conventions of Mannerism, which had ruled art for almost a century, no longer seemed adequate.
In 1749, to counter the rising threat of Louisbourg, Halifax was founded and the Royal Navy established a major naval base and citadel.
SPO developed technologies to counter the emerging threat of underground facilities used for purposes ranging from command-and-control, to weapons storage and staging, to the manufacture of weapons of mass destruction.
In March 1684 Leopold I formed the Holy League with Poland and Venice to counter the Ottoman threat.
The alleged plot revolved around right-wing former military figures who were supposedly building private armies to counter the perceived threat from trade unions and the Soviet Union.
Thus, for example, the funerary god Anubis was portrayed as a jackal, a creature whose scavenging habits threatened the preservation of the body, in an effort to counter this threat and employ it for protection.
Meanwhile, the Russians have their own plans to counter the threat posed by Godzilla, and a Russian control ship disguised as a freighter in Tokyo Harbor prepares to launch a nuclear missile from one of their orbiting satellites should Godzilla attack.
A long-standing supporter of the Home Rule movement, Johnston persuaded Churchill of the need to counter the nationalist threat north of the border and created a Scottish Council of State and a Council of Industry as institutions to devolve some power away from Whitehall.
Halfway through the counter offensive Humayun had to abandon it and concentrate on Gujarat, where a threat from Ahmed Shah had to be squelched.
It was an attempt to draw attention from the less-delayed 16 and 32-bit processors of other manufacturers ( such as Motorola, Zilog, and National Semiconductor ) and at the same time to counter the threat from the Zilog Z80 ( designed by former Intel employees ), which became very successful.
In 1206 John departed for Poitou himself, but was forced to divert south to counter a threat to Gascony from Alfonso VIII of Castile.
John was forced to postpone his own invasion plans to counter this threat.
* 1953 – Cold War: U. S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower formally approves the top secret document National Security Council Paper No. 162 / 2, which states that the United States ' arsenal of nuclear weapons must be maintained and expanded to counter the communist threat.
It is estimated that approximately 60 – 70 % of Pakistani troops are deployed along the India-Pakistan border to counter an invasion threat from India.
Shaka began to further refine the ibutho system used by Dingiswayo and others and, with Mthethwa's support over the next several years, forged alliances with his smaller neighbours, to counter the growing threat from Ndwandwe raiding from the north.
The Mud Hens temporarily relocated to Cleveland during 1914 through 1915, to help the Cleveland Indians counter any territorial threat by the Federal League by ensuring that League Park would have a game every day.
In response, navies operating large ships introduced smaller ships to counter the threat.
* October 30 – Cold War: U. S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower formally approves the top secret document of the United States National Security Council NSC 162 / 2, which states that the United States ' arsenal of nuclear weapons must be maintained and expanded to counter the communist threat.
During World War I, the Germans had used Zeppelins as long-range bombers over London and other cities and defences had struggled to counter the threat.
To counter this threat, Castro forged an economic and military alliance with the Soviet Union and allowed them to place nuclear weapons on the island, leading to the events of the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962.
The threat and the perceived threat have become strategic tools in planning both measures, and counter – measures.
Women who had adventures of their own often did so to counter the threat of rape, or to gain revenge for same.

counter and Russian
Ft. Lewis Washington and the 9th Infantry Division was the testing unit to employ HMMWV in the new concept of a Motorized Division to counter the Russian Motorized units.
In May 2009, Russian president, Dmitri Medvedev, established the History Commission of Russia ( formally, the Presidential Commission of the Russian Federation to Counter Attempts to Falsify History to the Detriment of Russia's Interests ) to counter aggressive attempts to rewrite history to Russian disadvantage, yet Alexander Cherkasov of the Memorial human-rights group, called it a regression to Soviet-era control.
She explored the commercial potential of Russian, African, and Baltic markets, revised the customs system, worked to counter the currency debasements of her predecessors, amalgamated several revenue courts, and strengthened the governing authority of the middling and larger towns.
A " no-action " motion, presented by the Sudanese Representative to counter Belgium's request for a vote, passed with nine Committee members voting in favour ( Burundi, China, Morocco, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Russian Federation, Senegal, Sudan and Venezuela ), seven voting against ( Belgium, Bulgaria, India, Israel, Turkey, Peru and United States ), with Kyrgyzstan abstaining and Mozambique and Cuba not present.
His task was to try to persuade the Ottomans to counter the Russian threat to Poland, working in conjunction with Prussia.
They also went into Afghanistan and Tibet to counter Russian expansion.
In order to counter Russian and French interests in Europe, an alliance was concluded with Germany in October 1879 and with Italy in May 1882.
After lengthy debate the Swedish parliament decided in 1747 to fortify the Russian frontier and to establish a naval base at Helsinki as a counter to Kronstadt.
It was probably the work of SIS ( MI6 ) or White Russian counter revolutionaries.
Russian exile Leon Trotsky was welcomed into Mexico by Cárdenas, reportedly to counter accusations that Cárdenas was a Stalinist.
The Russian Fifth Army, under Pavel Plehve, was ordered to abandon its Silesia offensive, and moved to help counter Hindenburg's new offensive.
Vallejo began construction of the Presidio of Sonoma to counter the Russian presence at Fort Ross.
Russian counter charge with cavalry and it led to cavalry battle.
* Battle of Leipzig ( October 16, 1813 ): French, Italian and Saxon 10, 000 cavalry unfortunate charged and were routed with artillery fire and counter charge delivered by Austrian, Russian and Prussian cavalry.
The body ’ s first conclusion in 1879 gave way to the defensive Dual Alliance between Austria-Hungary and Germany to counter potential Russian aggression.
On the one hand, it had been an effort to counter Russian chauvinism by assuring a place for the non-Russian languages and cultures in the newly formed Soviet Union.
The new game requires at least two products, the Advanced Squad Leader Rulebook and an initial module, either Beyond Valor, which contains a brand new counter mix for the German, Russian and Finnish armies, as well as all necessary system counters, or else Paratrooper, which contains a limited counter mix for system markers, US paratrooper units and their German opponents in Normandy.
However Swedes were able to move ships their reserves to support their right wing with a counter attack which managed to led the Russian left wing into disorder.
An aircraft was needed to counter the perceived threat from Russian aircraft such as the MiG-25 Foxbat and the Su-15 Flagon aircraft, which had been in service since around 1967.
This was initially successful, the intense artillery bombardment setting the city on fire but the French forces lacked ladders or climbing apparatus to scale the city walls and were under counter fire from Russian artillery.

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