`` the matters to be considered are obviously of a grave character, and I therefore respectfully request that the hearing be postponed for two weeks in order that I might make adequate preparation ''.

Howard Taubman in his New York Times review wrote that Laurents ' " book lacks the fantasy that would make the idea work, and his staging has not improved matters.

To make matters worse, Stalin began espousing his policy of socialism in one country – a policy often viewed, wrongly, as an attack on Trotsky, when it was really aimed at Zinoviev.

To make matters worse for Chernenko, he did not have control over the Politburo ; both Andrei Gromyko and Dmitriy Ustinov were both very independent politically, and the Politburo still contained several leading Andropov protégés, such as Gorbachev, Vorotnikov, Solomontsev and Heydar Aliyev.

He believed that the PFLP had become, under the guidance of George Habash, too focused on military matters, and wanted to make the PDFLP a more grassroots and more ideologically focused organization.

To make matters worse, unknown barriers of energy are sprouting up around the world – sometimes aiding the Exiles, sometimes helping the Empire who can afford the losses much more easily than the Exiles.

Freyja assists other deities by allowing them to use her feathered cloak, is invoked in matters of fertility and love, and is frequently sought after by powerful jötnar who wish to make her their wife.

To make matters worse, this was followed up by only tentative advances inland.

To make matters worse, Magloire followed in the footsteps of many previous presidents by disputing the termination date of his stay in office.

To make matters worse, coffee prices plunged on the international market in the mid-1980s and remained low throughout the decade.

In the United States " freethought was a basically anti-christian, anti-clerical movement, whose purpose was to make the individual politically and spiritually free to decide for himself on religious matters.

Akbar had given himself the right to make the final decision on all doctrinal matters, and began to establish his own religion, Din Ilahi (‘ Divine Faith ’).

Jurisdiction ( from the Latin ius, iuris meaning " law " and dicere meaning " to speak ") is the practical authority granted to a formally constituted legal body or to a political leader to deal with and make pronouncements on legal matters and, by implication, to administer justice within a defined area of responsibility.

To make matters worse, many factions have not kept accurate records ( or any at all ) of the exact locations of their minefields, making removal efforts painstakingly slow.

While the Academic Senate is an independent body, it is required to make recommendations to the university Council in relation to matters outside its delegated authority.

To make matters worse, the porteño government agitated for Paraguayan military assistance against the Spanish in Uruguay and, disregarding the Treaty of October 11, for unification of Paraguay with Argentina.

To make matters worse, the Antonine Plague swept through the capital in 166.

To make matters more complicated, CBS ' production staff found a reverse angle of the Kay catch that was unavailable to the replay booth and it clearly showed the reception made by Kay.

To make matters worse, late in the period quarterback Doug Williams twisted his leg while being sacked and had to leave the game.

To make matters worse, Kelly also suffered strained knee ligaments during the loss to the Oilers and had to miss the first 2 playoff games.

* When possible, refer all matters to committees for “ further study and consideration .” Attempt to make the committees as large as possible-never less than five

Usually injunctions will not impose positive obligations on tortfeasors, but some Australian jurisdictions can make an order for specific performance to ensure that the defendant carries out their legal obligations, especially in relation to nuisance matters.

Ostensibly, Zanzibar's House of Representatives can make laws for Zanzibar without the approval of the union government as long as it does not involve union-designated matters.

Since it is inevitable that we will make some assumptions, why not assume those things that are most obvious: the matters of common sense that no one ever seriously doubts.

The Assembly may make recommendations on any matters within the scope of the UN, except matters of peace and security under Security Council consideration.

The assumption that ZF is consistent is harmless because adding another axiom to an already inconsistent system cannot make the situation worse.

By the end of Judges the Israelites are in a worse condition than they were at the beginning, with Yahweh's treasures used to make idolatrous images, the Levites ( priests ) corrupted, the tribe of Dan conquering a remote village instead of the Canaanite cities, and the tribes of Israel making war on the Benjamites, their own brothers.

Most of Taoism's focus is on what is perceived to be the undeniable fact that human attempts to make the world better actually make the world worse.

In particular, many design techniques that make a CPU run faster make the " performance per watt ", " performance per dollar ", and " deterministic response " much worse, and vice versa.

To make things even worse, the Tome of Pope Leo of Rome was, according to the Alexandria School of Theology, particularly in regards to the definition of Christology, considered influenced by Nestorian heretical teachings.

A widely-accepted general standard is Pareto efficiency, which is reached when no further change can make someone better off without making someone else worse off.

Pleasure, for example, appears to not be good without qualification, because when people take pleasure in watching someone suffering, this seems to make the situation ethically worse.

To make things worse, Ash is forced to sever his right hand, which has become possessed.

Any sort of physical or mental stress will tend to make the tremor worse, often creating the false impression that the tremor is of psychosomatic origin.

The American Urological Association states that most ( but not all ) people with IC find that certain foods make their symptoms worse.

This remains controversial, however, since the risks may outweigh the benefits, and the further damage done to the lymphatic system may in fact make the lymphedema worse.

And this was measured on a system with a single large server providing the operating system ; breaking the operating system down further into smaller servers would only make the problem worse.

I am a good sergeant ; I might easily make a bad captain, and certainly an even worse general.

They also taught and were known for their ability to make the weaker ( or worse ) argument the stronger ( or better ).

This can render occupying the corner largely useless, and often much worse than that because of loss of tempo ( Where it is an issue of running out of desirable moves and being forced to make undesirable ones, the grabbing of a corner may give the opponent not only the wedging response but also a follow-up move which one cannot respond to practically ).

Both shows get higher total ratings in the UK than in Australia ( the UK has three times Australia's population ) and the UK networks make a major contribution to the production costs.

Both geologic and climatic events helped to make Australia's fauna unique.

George Miller's Babe ( 1995 ) employed new digital effects to make a barnyard come alive and went on to become one of Australia's highest grossing films.

In 2003, Australia's gene technology regulator approved the release of canola altered to make it resistant to Glufosinate ammonium, a herbicide.

Makers of recumbent trikes include KMX ; Hase ( who make the Kettwiesel delta, improbably named after the British children's programme Catweazle ); Inspired Cycle Engineering, who make the Trice range of tadpole trikes ; AVD, who build the record holding Burrows Windcheetah or Speedy, a design exhibited in the Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art ( MoMA ); Australia's Greenspeed, one of the oldest manufacturers ; Michigan-based WhizWheelz, which makes 10 models, including a tadpole and a tandem ; Big Cat HPV which builds the eight Catrike models in Florida and Sidewinder Cycle which has a front wheel drive system with rear wheel steering builds 3 models all with Electric assist capability located in California.

Australia's results were mixed: in the Test matches, they defeated England 3 – 0 ( having lost 5 – 1 to the same opponents the previous summer ) but lost 0 – 2 to the West Indies, and they failed to make the final of the one-day tournament.

* Australian Intelligence Community, the government agencies that make up Australia's intelligence operations

He undertook colour tests, intending to make Australia's first colour The Chauvels then wrote a screenplay, originally entitled The Northern Territory Story.

Canada's largest modern rock station, The Edge 102 named Version 2. 0 # 1 Album, while three tracks make Australia's Triple J Hottest 100: " I Think I'm Paranoid " ( at # 57 ), " Push It " (# 87 ) and " Special " (# 89 ).

In Australia's second and last warm up game, this time against England, Ponting again failed to make an impact, scoring just 7 before he was bowled by off-spinner Jamie Dalrymple.

Before the injury Colosimo was one of Australia's best young players and was about to make a big money move to Europe, and was never able to complete a career in Europe, despite a handful of appearances for Manchester City.

Beresford returned to Australia in 1970 to make his first feature film, The Adventures of Barry McKenzie, and spent the next 10 years working in Australia's developing film industry.

Adapting quickly to English pitches, Lawry bounced back after failing to pass 30 in his first two matches to make his first century on the tour against Surrey at The Oval, which defeated Australia in the corresponding match on Australia's previous tour in 1956.

Also that year he was able to make his début for the Kangaroos in Australia's successful 1995 Rugby League World Cup campaign in England.

Once signed to EMI, the band went into the studio to make their first official recordings, under producer Howard Gable, who had recently re-located from New Zealand and had established himself as one Australia's leading pop producers with his work for bands such as The Masters Apprentices.

The late 1980s saw ACF make a major effort to redress Australia's massive land degradation problems.

As a whole, Australian residents identified themselves as having Chinese ancestry make up around four percent of Australia's population or approximately 865, 000 people as of 2011.

He had no chance to make amends, being allowed only five overs in Australia's second innings, and was dropped for the Second Test of England's painful Ashes summer.

The geological factors that make Northern Australia's soils so unsuited to traditional agriculture, however, make it extremely rich in ores of abundant, insoluble lithophile metals such as aluminium, iron and uranium.

Debutante Enid Bakewell, aged 28, made a hundred in the first Test, but Australia declared 69 ahead, and England batted out the third day to make 192 for seven ; in the second Test Edna Barker registered a hundred, and England set a target of 181, but could only take five wickets for 108 in Australia's final innings.

Lawson recovered to make the 1989 tour of England, when his experience and guile conributed to a resurgence in Australia's performances.

While the settlers were reasonably well-equipped, little consideration had been given to the skills required to make the colony self-supporting – few of the first wave convicts had farming or trade experience ( nor the soldiers ), and the lack of understanding of Australia's seasonal patterns saw initial attempts at farming fail, leaving only what animals and birds the soldiers were able to shoot.