One effect of the spirited give-and-take of these discussions was to focus attention on practical applications and the necessity of being armed with the facts: knowledge of the destructive force of even the tiniest `` tactical '' atomic weapon would have a bearing on judgments as to the advisability of its use -- to defend Berlin, for example ; ;

Due to the use of these biological weapons, and the apparent lack of medical advancement necessary to defend surrounding regions from them, widespread epidemics such as the bubonic plague quickly moved across all of Europe, destroying a large portion of its population.

The results of all these efforts were recognized even by Seneca, who has an ancient Latin god defend Claudius in his satire.

Knife resistant armours are designed to defend against knife attacks, some of these use layers of metal plates, mail and metallic wires.

When over 25, 000 of these royalists — led by General Danican — assaulted Paris, Paul François Jean Nicolas, vicomte de Barras was appointed to defend the capital ; outnumbered five to one and disorganized, the Republicans were desperate.

What is striking about these early cases is that unlike modern courts, the medieval English courts never questioned the right of the actual plaintiffs to sue on behalf of a group or a few representatives to defend an entire group.

In turn, these Tutsis formed a militia to defend themselves against attacks.

He stated that he wanted to enable these women to better defend both themselves and their villages, and issued the gun permits to advance this goal.

A series of forts was already being built, starting around 280, to defend the coasts, but these preparations were not enough when a general assault of Saxons, Irish and Attacotti, combined with apparent dissension in the garrison on Hadrian's Wall, left Roman Britain prostrate in 367.

" Language-planning " and syntactical techniques derived from these developments were used to defend logicism in the philosophy of mathematics and various reductionist theses.

In addition to attacking cities and fortifications, these would be used to help defend Roman forts and fortified camps ( castra ) as well.

The first, legitimacy based on traditional grounds is derived from a belief that things should be as they have been in the past, and that those who defend these traditions have a legitimate claim to power.

Few lawyers would defend cases as undesirable as these, and some of those lawyers kicked back their fees to the arresting officer.

As it appears that the defenses and theodicies which might allow the theist to resist the problem of evil can be inverted and used to defend belief in the omnimalevolent being, this suggests that we should draw similar conclusions about the success of these defensive strategies.

The males defend these small territories from other males while trying to attract females that are ready to mate.

In order to defend these men, Knox sent out letters calling the nobles to convene.

She went on to comment that reviving memories of a suit that the majority of the public had forgotten after the initial burst of publicity, commenting " when you run these ads defending, defending, defending, sometimes people think, " Well, wait a minute, why are they trying so hard to defend themselves?

Hybrid offspring, however, must be able to escape and defend themselves against predators, and these hybrid offspring are unable to do so in the wild state.

In Southern Africa, the eland has somewhat mystical or spiritual connotations, perhaps at least partly because this very large antelope will defend itself against lions and is able to kill these fearsome predators.

Most of these states achieved independence during the following three decades without great difficulty, though in some regimes, the colonial legacy continued through the granting of exclusive rights to market / manufacture oil and maintain troops to defend it.

Males defend territories from other males, and these territories may contain the breeding territories of up to eight females.

Several archaeological digs in the castro of La Carisa ( municipality of Lena ) have found remnants of a defensive line whose main purpose was to protect the valleys of central Asturias from invaders who came from the Meseta through the Pajares pass: the construction of these fortifications reveals a high degree of organization and cooperation between the several Asturian communities, in order to defend themselves from the southern invaders.

Chiang expressed exasperation at these attitudes and pointed out that a failure to defend the capital would have severe consequences to the morale of the troops and China's international prestige.

Just before he had left Korea, Choi apparently had a disagreement with a wrestler named Hu, and the possibility of a future confrontation inspired him to train ; in his own words, " I would imagine that these were the techniques I would use to defend myself against the wrestler, Mr. Hu, if he did attempt to carry out his promise to tear me limb from limb when I eventually returned to Korea " ( Park, 1993, p. 242 ).

But many herbivores avoid these plants: most Cecropia are myrmecophytes, housing dolichoderine ants of the genus Azteca, which will vigorously defend their hostplant against getting eaten.

In 1116, though already terminally ill, he conducted a series of defensive operations in Bythinia and Mysia to defend his Anatolian territories against the inroads of Malik Shah the Seljuq Sultan of Iconium.

In 1086 Yusuf ibn Tashfin was invited by the taifa Muslim princes of the Iberian Peninsula ( Al-Andalus ) to defend their territories from Alfonso VI, King of León and Castile.

Lenin failed ; many minor western and southern territories of the former empire declared their independence, and proved willing to take up arms to defend it.

While northern fur seal males aggressively select and defend the specific females in their harems, males of southern species of fur seals tend to protect spatial territories, and females are free to choose or switch their mates according to their own preference or social hierarchy.

In order for them to defend the Rhine frontier against the Germans, he then allowed the Helvetii, Tulingi and Latobrigi to return to their territories and to rebuild their homes, instructing the Allobroges to supply them with a sufficient supply of grain.

Both kings preferred to remain at home to defend their own territories, rather than act as regent for a child in Jerusalem.

Tirpitz advocated the cause of an expanded navy necessary for Germany to defend her territories abroad.

Tapirs, too, are solitary animals, though they are shy, retiring creatures which do not defend or maintain territories.

The resident male of a territory defends it and agonistic behavior will occur between two males of different families to defend their territories.

Wombats defend home territories centred on their burrows, and they react aggressively to intruders.

Confirming the papacy in the possession of wide territories, he promised to annul the acts of Louis against Clement, to take no part in Italian affairs, and to defend and protect the church.

Collecting a large army Maximilian marched to defend his territories ; but no decisive engagement had taken place when a truce was made in 1568, and the emperor continued to pay tribute to the sultan as the price of peace in the western and northern areas of the Hungarian kingdom still under Habsburg control.

In the next two centuries, Portugal gradually lost much of its wealth and status as the Dutch, English and French took an increasing share of the spice and slave trades ( the economic basis of its empire ), by surrounding or conquering the widely-scattered Portuguese trading posts and territories, leaving it with ever fewer resources to defend its overseas interests.

Within the colonies pairs defend usually small territories ( the giant petrels and some albatrosses can have very large territories ) which is either the small area around the nest or a burrow.

Males of other species, including most sea lions and brown fur seals, defend territories on reproductive rookeries while females move freely between them.

The larger, older males establish and defend distinct territories on the rookery.

Family groups defend territories by vocal calls and scent marking.

These territories abounded in water, a precious commodity in Canaan, and thus constituted one of the most valuable parts of the country ; additionally, Manasseh's geographic situation enabled it to defend two important mountain passes-Esdraelon on the west of the Jordan and Hauran on the east.

During the 1570s he had to defend his core territories in Holland several times, but in the 1580s the inland cities in Holland were secure.

His share was based in the centre of the Frankish Kingdom, with his capital at Soissons, and consisted of the Parisian basin, the Massif Central, the Languedoc, Provence, Burgundy, southern Austrasia, Alsace and Alemannia ; the regions were poorly integrated and surrounded by those bequeathed to Charlemagne, and, although Carloman's territories were easier to defend than those of Charlemagne, they were also poorer in income.