To compensate for this crime and to solidify his position as emperor, Alexios had to scatter money so lavishly as to empty his treasury, and to allow such licence to the officers of the army as to leave the Empire practically defenceless.

However, to solidify his position in the eyes of the eastern army, he needed to lead its soldiers to victory and a campaign against the Persians offered such an opportunity.

Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas managed to rally the retreating units and solidify a defensive position on Snodgrass Hill.

Granz helped solidify her position as one of the leading live jazz performers.

What tends to get overlooked was that in 1975 and 1976, it was the successful changing of Rose's primary position from the outfield to fill the void at third base ( 3B ) that seemed to solidify the Reds team for these 2 championship seasons as this move enabled the Reds to use power hitting outfielder George Foster more.

* Egypt's victories solidify the kingdom's position as the undisputed naval power of the eastern Mediterranean ; the Ptolemaic sphere of power now extends over the Cyclades to Samothrace, and the harbours and coastal towns of Cilicia Trachea, Pamphylia, Lycia and Caria.

Though faced with a hostile majority in Parliament, Pitt was able to solidify his position in a few months ' time.

To solidify his position, John married Theodora, a daughter of Emperor Constantine VII.

Frederick IV's marriage policy had been designed to solidify Electoral Palatinate's position within the Reformed camp in Europe.

In brief, Ma Chao's main concern after joining Shu was to solidify his position in the state by getting rid of Peng Yang, whom Zhuge Liang disliked.

Whether he became king during a revolt of 623 – 4 or during the one which inevitably followed the Avar defeat in 626, he definitely took advantage of the latter to solidify his position.

" Diem managed to hold on to his job and solidify his position with his Nazi patrons.

" Batiste, who would go on to have a primary role in the war in Iraq, saw the Iraq war plan develop " even before 9 / 11 " and then " solidify " thereafter, in his position on the Wolfowitz staff according to a 2007 interview.

In the Jack Ryan universe, he is described as the agent who recruited Colonel Mikhail Filitov as a CIA agent ( code-name CARDINAL ), and in fact had urged Filitov to betray him in order to solidify his position as the West's top spy in the Soviet hierarchy.

Katich has been criticised for his slow scoring but is considered by some to have helped solidify the Australian batting and to have contributed to the strong position the team had in the first Test ( which India recovered to draw ) and to have been relatively blameless for the second Test loss in Mohali.

The future Michael VIII married Theodora Doukaina Vatatzina, a kinswoman of the Batatzes Lascaris family, in order to solidify his position in the Nicean Empire.

Lehmann then posted his maiden Test century on the tour, and on the winter Test series against Bangladesh in northern Australia, Lehmann scored consecutive centuries to solidify his position in the team.

All he would have to do to solidify this position would be to make an announcement that the beliefs he has expounded are just Duchampian posturing to achieve his successes.

However, Jerry Angelo, the team's general manager, stated he wished to further solidify the quarterback position in the long run.

Paul's Fremen armies have since launched several bloody jihads on a galactic scale to solidify his position.

This helped solidify Clark's position as the Red Tory candidate of choice.

Broussard spent most of the 2003 season in the major leagues with Cleveland and teamed with Travis Hafner in the second half to solidify the first base position.

By 1907, Austro-Hungarian Foreign Minister Alois Aehrenthal began formulating a plan to solidify Austria-Hungary's position in Bosnia-Herzegovina through annexation.

In an effort to solidify his position as Archbishop, Niall took the staff, or at least the “ golden Crozier Of St. Patrick ,” and the Book of the Gospels from the Armagh Cathedral.

Hot adhesives, also known as hot melt adhesives, are thermoplastics applied in molten form ( in the 65-180 ° C range ) which solidify on cooling to form strong bonds between a wide range of materials.

Crystallization is a complex and extensively-studied field, because depending on the conditions, a single fluid can solidify into many different possible forms.

Alternatively, on cooling a liquid with the eutectic composition will solidify as uniformly dispersed, small ( fine-grained ) mixed crystals with the same composition.

Elayne Trakand attempts to solidify her grip on the Lion Throne and put down rebellious nobles.

Jesse Lasky intended to capitalize on the star power of Valentino, and cast him in a role that would solidify his reputation as the " Latin Lover ".

As Bering waited for Anna to solidify her grip on the throne, he and Kirilov worked to find a new, more dependable administrator to run Okhotsk and to begin work on improving the roads between Yakutsk and the coastal settlement.

In its broader sense, the May Fourth Movement led to the establishment of radical intellectuals who went on to mobilize peasants and workers into the Communist party and gain the organizational strength that would solidify the success of the Communist Revolution.

Henry long and faithfully supported his older cousin, Emperor Frederick I ( Barbarossa ), in his attempts to solidify his hold on the Imperial Crown and his repeated wars with the cities of Lombardy and the Popes, several times turning the tide of battle in Frederick's favor with his fierce Saxon knights.

To further solidify Columbiana ’ s claim to the county seat, in 1905 construction began two blocks north of the existing courthouse on a new marble courthouse at a cost of $ 300, 000.

The exact qualifications for labeling a group as a secret society are disputed, but definitions generally rely on the degree to which the organization insists on secrecy, and might involve the retention and transmission of secret knowledge, denial of membership in or knowledge of the group, the creation of personal bonds between members of the organization, and the use of secret rites or rituals which solidify members of the group.

A summer appearance on VH1's Behind the Music appeared to solidify the reunited lineup's new-found popularity.

Starting around 583 BC, Jin used aid to solidify an alliance with Wu, which then acted as a counterweight to Chu so that, while Jin and Chu agreed to a truce in 546 BC to address wars over smaller states, Wu maintained constant military pressure on Chu and even launched a devastating full-scale invasion in 506 BC.

In the post-war period, Thomas Jefferson's United States Declaration of Independence, his influence on the United States Constitution, his autobiography, the Notes on the State of Virginia, and his many letters solidify his spot as one of the most talented early American writers.

After the Spanish conquest terminated, the Europeans selected the current site to solidify their hold on the Tlaxcalans as well as have a base for evangelization.

In 1018, William Isarn tried to solidify his control over the Arán valley, but was killed, and Sancho jumped on the opportunity to take his portion, presumably based on some loose claim derived from his wife.

Isotopes with gaseous precursors solidify on the surface of the particles as they are produced by decay.

Edge went on to solidify himself as an emerging singles competitor by winning the King of the Ring tournament in 2001 and becoming a fan favorite again by siding with the WWF during the Invasion storyline.

These payloads included experiments to understand the process of semiconductor crystal growth, investigating the process of metal alloys as they solidify, studying materials at their critical point ( where they exist as both a liquid and gas ), and testing new technology for use on future spacecraft, such as advanced solar arrays, radiators, heat sinks, and radiation shielding.

Most recently, however, as partisanship on Capitol Hill has grown recess appointments have tended to solidify opposition to the appointee.