The portrait that had developed, fragmentarily but consistently, was the portrait of a man to whom serious thinking is alien enough that the making of a decision inhibits, when it does not forestall, any ability to review the decision in the light of new evidence.

After the state filed an injunction to stop the sale on March 17, Soriano and the Pilots filed for bankruptcy to forestall any more legal action.

Houston seemed to care greatly for his wife's reputation and took great care to forestall any possible allegations of infidelity on their parts, writing to her father

Some chronicles say that his mother, the forty-year-old Constance, gave birth to him in a public square in order to forestall any doubt about his origin.

Anne and Louis, both 14 years old, were pressured to consummate the marriage in order to forestall any possibility of future annulment, but Louis ignored his bride.

And as Sir Edward Grey suggested a mediation between the Austrians and the Serbs Bethmann-Hollweg is known to have been manipulating the British message-in order to forestall any chance that the Austrians would refrain from attacking Serbia-by deleting the last line of the letter which read:

The Plataeans, to forestall any attempt by the second force to capture Plataeans who lived outside the walls, agreed to let their Theban prisoners live if the Thebans did no further harm.

During 1964, Major Alexander Procofieff de Seversky published much of his related work in, and with the aim to forestall any possible misunderstanding about these devices, termed these flying machines as ionocraft.

The two history tutors who marked his papers, recognised his ability and offered him a place to forestall any chance he might go to the University of Cambridge.

When Fingers reached the major leagues, the role of relief pitchers was limited, as starting pitchers rarely left games while holding a lead ; but as team offense increased following the 1968 season, and especially with the American League's introduction of the designated hitter in 1973, managers became more willing to replace starters in the late innings with a lead in order to forestall any late rallies by opponents.

At Vienna, in spite of the powerful backing of Alexander of Russia, he failed to secure the annexation of the whole of Saxony to Prussia ; at Paris, after Waterloo, he failed to carry through his views as to the further dismemberment of France ; he had weakly allowed Metternich to forestall him in making terms with the states of the Confederation of the Rhine, which secured to Austria the preponderance in the German federal diet ; on the eve of the conference of Carlsbad ( 1819 ) he signed a convention with Metternich, by which — to quote the historian Treitschke — “ like a penitent sinner, without any formal quid pro quo, the monarchy of Frederick the Great yielded to a foreign power a voice in her internal affairs .”

On 15 Aug. 1755, he wrote to his superior in London that it would be relatively easy to forestall any threat that the American colonies would declare independence:

Similarly, when evaluating the effectiveness of a medical drug, both the patients and the doctors who administer the drug may be kept in the dark about the dosage being applied in each case – to forestall any chance of a placebo effect, observer bias, or conscious deception.

The King George Sound settlement was a hastily dispatched British military outpost, intended to forestall any plans by France for settlements in Western Australia.

Amidst reports that quarrying has leveled off some of the mounds, Governor Erico Aumentado, the governor of Bohol, issued Administrative Order No. 3, series of 2006, which prohibits the issuance of quarry permits and favorable endorsements of mining permit applications in Carmen, Batuan and Sagbayan towns to forestall any degradation of the Chocolate Hills – no matter who applies for such.

Cooking and baking must be done on Friday, not only for Friday and Saturday, but also for Saturday night, to forestall any impatient longing for the close of the Sabbath.

The Ecuadorian Army, evidently bent on preventing any repetition of the " Pachacútec " incident, and to forestall any Peruvian attempt to reach to crests of the Condor range, had gone on to establish a defensive perimeter on the area, with two outposts, " Tiwinza " and " Base Sur ", on the western side of the Cenepa headwaters, and a larger outpost, " Coangos ", on the high ground overlooking them from the north ( see map ).

There were two main elements to Douglas's reform program: a National Dividend to distribute money ( debt free credit ) equally to all citizens, over and above their earnings, to help bridge the gap between purchasing power and prices ; also a price adjustment mechanism, called the Just Price, which would forestall any possibility of inflation.

In any case, Amin decided to forestall Obote and strike first.

To forestall any such action, the royal governor of Maryland, Robert Eden prorogued the Assembly on April 19, 1774.

The authorizing of only one person ( namely, the Chief Justice ) is designed to forestall legal recognition of any Presidential or Vice-Presidential oath administered illegally, as happened in the 2000 coup, when Ratu Jope Seniloli ( an accomplice of the coup's chief instigator, George Speight ) was administered the Presidential oath of office by someone other than the Chief Justice.

These disqualifications are intended to safeguard the independence of the commissions from political interference, and to forestall any potential abuse of office by a commissioner to secure appointment to another office.

Many inside the labor movement felt that Sweeney's announcement was designed to forestall any candidacy by a dissident leader.

Because of the political split in the Senate at the time ( 55 Republicans, 44 Democrats and 1 Independent ), if six Senators from each party could reach an agreement, it was realized that these twelve could both forestall the " nuclear option " and force cloture on nominees.

He hastily retreated there to forestall the Fairfaxes.

To forestall that problem, he hastily improvised a hood-like mask for the dog that incorporated the bat emblem as a dog tag dangling from Ace's collar.

If the wedding party lasted late, and the travel schedule means there are only a few hours before resuming the trip or making an early start, the husband may forestall tensions and uncertainties by confiding to his bride that lying in each other's arms will be bliss enough for these few hours.

These " coupon settlements " ( which usually allow the plaintiffs to receive a small benefit such as a small check or a coupon for future services or products with the defendant company ) are a way for a defendant to forestall major liability by precluding a large number of people from litigating their claims separately, to recover reasonable compensation for the damages.

At this time Eisenhower gave his Chance for Peace speech in which he attempted, unsuccessfully, to forestall the nuclear arms race with the Soviet Union by suggesting multiple opportunities presented by peaceful uses of nuclear materials.

However, Constantine's primary motivation for the trip was to " forestall " a rift between Rome and Constantinople over the Trullan decrees.

Fear of Russia's centuries-old southward expansion was a further factor in British policy: in 1878, Britain took control of Cyprus as a base for action against a Russian attack on the Ottoman Empire, and invaded Afghanistan to forestall an increase in Russian influence there.

The Republican Party had at that point already nominated Lincoln as its presidential candidate and the Treasury was in solid shape, so Lincoln no longer needed to keep Chase in the cabinet to forestall a challenge for the presidential nomination.

Embalming, in most modern cultures, is the art and science of temporarily preserving human remains ( some may preserve for long-term ) to forestall decomposition and to make them suitable for public display at a funeral.

In the mid-1920s, France recruited some 10 former pilots of the Lafayette Escadrille for service in the French Army of Africa, aiming to forestall American public and diplomatic support for the Rif tribes rebelling against French and Spanish colonial rule.

To forestall Hitler and to preserve Austria's independence, Schuschnigg scheduled a plebiscite on the issue for 13 March.

Happer finally arrives on site, just in time to forestall a potentially nasty confrontation between some of the villagers and Ben ; Happer mistakes the mob for a welcoming committee.

During the approach to Christmas 2011, the Denver Post reported that Quizno's owners, CCMP Capital Advisors LLC and Consumer Capital Partners, were handing ownership to Avenue Capital Group, a hedge fund controlled by billionaire Marc Lasry, while restructuring their $ 875, 000, 000 debt in an attempt to forestall filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

To forestall United States expansionism, the British and Canadian governments had been for some time negotiating the transfer of Rupert's Land from the Hudson's Bay Company to Canada.

Ration stamps were valid only for a set period to forestall hoarding.

The lack of flexibility exemplified by his government resulted in a number of crippling strikes, most notably one led by the medical professionals in an attempt to forestall a threatened privatization of the country's public health facilities.

Guldahl's manner of play was relaxed: " He paused to comb his hair before every hole, and would forestall any suspense by announcing exactly where he intended to plant the ball.

Although 3H Enterprises losing the license would forestall the conclusion to the Universe storyline, an explanation of sorts would be found in issue 8 of the Transformers Collectors Club magazine Cybertron / Robots in Disguise, where Optimus Prime told the tale of how Unicron's forces were defeated in one last battle by Optimus Primal's forces, as Unicron disappeared due to the black hole opened in Transformers: Energon.

This mistrust of the authorities was cultivated by influential Polish politicians and activists in an effort to forestall the growth of national consciousness on territories where Poles traditionally had influence.