`` 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 ).

He concluded that selective service would not only prevent the disorganization of essential war industries but would avoid the undesirable moral effects of the British reliance on enlistment only -- `` where the feeling of the people was whipped into a frenzy by girls pinning white feathers on reluctant young men, orators preaching hate of the Germans, and newspapers exaggerating enemy outrages to make men enlist out of motives of revenge and retaliation ''.

The British and other replies to that Moscow note pointed out efforts of the Communist authorities `` to integrate East Berlin into East Germany by isolating it from the outside and attempting to make it the capital of East Germany ''.

De La Laude, commander of the Alabama post, had the friendship of the natives, and was able to make them look upon the British as poor competitors.

The British defending lawyers, who today increased from three to four, demanded to know if they could make the information involved seem of little value to a jury, the chances of their clients would improve.

`` It is a British Austin, the smallest they make ''.

I make this observation about the lady, Miss Judy Garland, because she brought up the subject herself in telling a story about a British female reporter who flattered her terribly in London recently and then wrote in the paper the next day:

* On the British game show Countdown, contestants are given 30 seconds to make the longest word from nine random letters.

Liberal in its use of statistics to make its arguments, the book argued his view that the American republican system of government was superior to the British monarchical system.

British architects Brenda and Robert Vale have said that, as of 2002, " It is quite possible in all parts of Australia to construct a ' house with no bills ', which would be comfortable without heating and cooling, which would make its own electricity, collect its own water and deal with its own waste ... These houses can be built now, using off-the-shelf techniques.

But By the Way was one of the few features kept continuously running in the often seriously reduced Daily Express throughout World War II, when Morton's lampooning of Hitler, including the British invention of bracerot to make the Nazi's trousers fall down at inopportune moments, was regarded as valuable for morale.

BSI Group began in 1901 as the Engineering Standards Committee, led by James Mansergh, to standardise the number and type of steel sections, in order to make British manufacturers more efficient and competitive.

" The British did not know quite what to make of President Woodrow Wilson and his conviction ( before America's entrance into the war ) that the way to end hostilities was for both sides to accept " peace without victory.

Edward Wood MP, better known as the future Foreign Secretary Lord Halifax, rejected force and urged the British government to make an offer to the Irish " conceived on the most generous lines ".

Coronation Street was the last British soap to make the switch to 16: 9 ( Take the High Road remained in 4: 3 until it finished in 2003 ).

The British government was interested, since producing tables was time consuming and expensive and they hoped the difference engine would make the task more economical.

In 1934 the British military began to make strides toward radar ( which also uses the magnetron ) under the direction of Dr Wimperis, culminating in the operation of the first radar station at Bawdsey in August 1936.

After a faltering start, British films began to make increasing use of documentary techniques and former documentary film-makers to make more realistic films, many of which helped to shape the popular image of the nation at war.

Also the widespread acceptance of video art as a form has made it possible for British artists such as Sam Taylor-Wood and Isaac Julien to make film works outside of the demands of cinema exhibition.

She wrote of the Americans, " The boy learns to make advances and rely upon the girl to repulse them whenever they are inappropriate to the state of feeling between the pair ", as contrasted to the British, where " the girl is reared to depend upon a slight barrier of chilliness ... which the boys learn to respect, and for the rest to rely upon the men to approach or advance, as warranted by the situation.

In addition, the British and Americans did not want to deal with anti-Nazis because they were fearful that the Soviet Union would believe they were attempting to make deals behind the Soviets ' back.

British officers in India in the early 19th century took to adding a mixture of water, sugar, lime and gin to the quinine in order to make the drink more palatable.

Even in the height of the depression, he continued to make regular payments on the Honduran debt, adhering strictly to the terms of the arrangement with the British bondholders and also satisfying other creditors.

Various organisations, including the Independent Labour Party, joined to make the British Labour Party in 1906, with Keir Hardie as its first chairman.

And the second course of action led to my going to Pakistan a month or so after the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, for the purpose of coordinating with the Pakistanis a joint response, the purpose of which would be to make the Soviets bleed for as much and as long as is possible ; and we engaged in that effort in a collaborative sense with the Saudis, the Egyptians, the British, the Chinese, and we started providing weapons to the Mujaheddin, from various sources again – for example, some Soviet arms from the Egyptians and the Chinese.