Heigo was academically gifted, but soon after failing to secure a place in Tokyo's foremost high school, he began to detach himself from the rest of the family, preferring to concentrate on his interest in foreign literature.

The officially stated goals of the foreign policy of the United States, as mentioned in the Foreign Policy Agenda of the U. S. Department of State, are " to create a more secure, democratic, and prosperous world for the benefit of the American people and the international community.

In exceptional cases, " jurisdiction " may not be confined to a Contracting State's own national territory ; the obligation to secure Convention rights then also extends to foreign territory, such as occupied land in which the State exercises effective control.

At the same time North Korea's policy of self-reliance and the antagonism of America and its allies made it difficult for them to expand foreign trade or secure credit.

Foreign relations of Tajikistan are based on a desire to secure foreign investment and promote regional security while ensuring Tajikistan's independence.

Since the breakup of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in the early 1990s, the foreign policy of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ( renamed Serbia and Montenegro in 2003 ) was characterized primarily by a desire to secure its political and geopolitical position and the solidarity of ethnic Serbs in the Balkan region through a strong nationalist campaign.

U. S. prosecutors accused key executives of Daimler, Daimler subsidiaries, and Daimler affiliates of illegally showering foreign officials with money and gifts between 1998 and 2008 to secure government contracts around the world.

It is unknown how effective the Caesar cipher was at the time, but it is likely to have been reasonably secure, not least because most of Caesar's enemies would have been illiterate and others would have assumed that the messages were written in an unknown foreign language.

The stated purposes of the establishment of the protectorate were to " secure a supply market, check the traffic in slaves, and to exclude the interference of foreign powers.

Strategy, which is a subdiscipline of warfare and of foreign policy, is a principal tool to secure national interests.

* As paterfamilias of a large, wrangling and not always socially secure family at risk from accusations of impiety, Falco, who has little enough time for the Roman deities, let alone for foreign superstitions and cults, is somewhat prejudiced against Jews, Christians, followers of Cybele, and adherents of other barbarian religions.

# Cuba was not to make decisions impairing her independence or to permit a foreign power Germany to secure lodgment in control over the island.

He also unified the nation ’ s currency, created the national mint, and a separate Minister of Industry ; however, he was dismissed in 1881 after a long series of disagreements with members of the Satsuma and Chōshū clique in the Meiji oligarchy, most notably Itō Hirobumi, over his efforts to secure foreign loans, to establish a constitution, and especially over his exposure of illicit property dealings involving Prime Minister Kuroda Kiyotaka and others from Satsuma.

In August 1835, Colt left for England and France to secure his foreign patents.

In foreign relations, he worked to secure revision of the unequal treaties and joined the Iwakura Mission on its around-the-world trip of 1871 to 1873.

In order to secure the credibility of the kroon, the Bank of Estonia exchanged kroon for foreign currency.

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 .”

Mustafa III did secure the services of foreign generals to initiate a reform of the infantry and artillery.

Sukarno began an aggressive foreign policy to secure Indonesian territorial claims.

The Allawi government, with significant numbers of holdovers from the Coalition Provisional Authority, began to engage in attempts to secure control of the oil infrastructure, the source of Iraq's foreign currency, and control of the major cities of Iraq.

THSRC's finances were the subject of further controversy after the government stepped in to invest in the company following its failure to secure domestic bank guarantees for foreign loans.

They had other plans, which involved treating New Zealand as a foreign country and buying the land directly from the Māori, knowing this would allow them to secure a better deal.

The party wants to secure the water resources of Israel and ensure that there are no foreign hostile disruptions.

Hence at the end of a foreign worker's employment period, the worker must secure clearance from his / her employer stating that the worker has satisfactorily fulfilled the terms of his / her employment contract or that the worker's services are no longer needed.

This was often done so as to secure the support of voters in future elections.

" He later goes on to claim that the anti-globalization movement has failed to attract widespread support from poor and working people from the Third World, and that its " strongest and most uncomprehending critics had always been the workers whose liberation from employment they were trying to secure.

Although made secure in his position as ruler by virtue of support from the army which was created by his father, Habibullah was not as domineering as Abdur Rahman.

Casement had gone there from the United States the previous year with the support of Clan na Gael leader John Devoy, and after discussions with the German Ambassador in Washington, Count von Bernstorff, to try to recruit an " Irish Brigade " from among Irish prisoners of war and secure German support for Irish independence.

Washington also met with Tanacharison ( also called " Half-King ") and other Iroquois leaders allied to Virginia at Logstown to secure their support in case of conflict with the French ; Washington and Tanacharison became friends and allies.

Browser support for the latter two is, however, nearly non-existent, so HTTP Secure is the dominant method of establishing a secure HTTP connection.

In Britain, the government sought Jewish support for the war effort for a variety of reasons including an erroneous antisemitic perception of " Jewish power " over the Ottoman Empire's Young Turks movement, and a desire to secure American Jewish support for US intervention on Britain's behalf.

The invention of stirrups was of great historic significance in mounted combat, giving the rider secure foot support while on horseback.

Logrolling means that two parties will pledge their mutual support, so both bills can secure a simple majority.

The following spring, the Luftwaffe helped its Axis partner, Italy secure victory in the Balkans Campaign and continued to support the Italians in the Mediterranean, Middle East and African theatres until May 1945.

On 8 July 1919, Wilson returned to the United States and embarked on a nation-wide campaign to secure the support of the American people for their country ’ s entry into the League.

Many support organisations were set up in the wake of the disaster, such as the Hillsborough Justice Campaign, which represents bereaved families, survivors and supporters in their efforts to secure justice.

Foot became a journalist, working briefly on the New Statesman, before joining the left-wing weekly Tribune when it was set up in early 1937 to support the Unity Campaign, an attempt to secure an anti-fascist United Front between Labour and the parties to its left.

It was impossible to prevent Charles from summoning a diet attended by a huge number of barons, and he was able to secure their support.

Wood feels that this wide appeal to the Frankish episcopate and royalty was an effort to secure more support for the Gregorian mission.

Though confident they could secure the stadium, their hopes were dashed when Sheldon Silver and Joseph L. Bruno, both of whom held veto power over the stadium construction, refused to support the project, alleging it would hurt rather than help the development of the West Side.

In his first speech as leader, McWilliams laid out the principles of the new party, stating " we crave no alliance, we spurn no support but we intend drastic action to secure closer attention to the needs of primary producers " McWilliams was deposed as party leader in favour of Dr Earle Page in April 1921 following instances where McWilliams voted against the party line.

As a result, Rome was unable to secure military support from Constantinople to push back Lombard forces.

In general, however, the Prime Minister and their colleagues may secure the Commons ' support for almost any bill by internal party negotiations with little regard to opposition MPs.

In the meantime, Philip, eager to prove his loyalty to Rome and thus secure Papal support for his planned invasion, announced at Soissons his reconciliation with his estranged wife Ingeborg of Denmark which the Popes had been pushing.

Ironically, although President Jackson was able to secure fellow Democrat Martin Van Buren's election in the 1836 presidential election, Ohio voted for the Whig Party candidate and Ohio resident William Henry Harrison, despite Jackson's efforts to gain Ohioan support during the Toledo War.

Unable to secure Curtin's support, and with an unworkable parliamentary majority, Menzies faced continuing problems with the administration of the war effort and the undermining of his leadership by members of his own coalition.

On that occasion, Kilman reportedly clarified Vanuatu's position with regard to Palestine, saying " Vanuatu will always maintain its position to support the right of the Palestinian people to a homeland but at the same time with Israel existing as a state on its own, with secure borders ".