Unable to agree on the status of sweatshops, the abolitionists working with the League of Nations and the United Nations ultimately backed away from efforts to define slavery, and focused instead on a common precursor of slavery – human trafficking.

Unable to agree among themselves, the members of the Legislative Assembly surrendered their political privileges and asked for establishment of direct British rule in return for the greater security of crown colony status.

Unable to sell the operation outright to Northwest Airlines, American Airlines, or USAir Group, the banks negotiated a complex marketing arrangement in which USAir Group would assume 40 % ownership and agree to manage the operation for ten years, including fares, financial record keeping, advertising, promotions, aircraft maintenance, and labor relations.

Unable to agree on further debates, the leaders went on to appear separately on stage for questioning at community fora in Sydney and Brisbane.

Unable to persuade the American government to agree with the British line over Yemen and the Congo, or to proceed with either a negotiated settlement with Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev over Berlin or the Skybolt ballistic missile programme, he nevertheless played a significant role in the Cuban Missile Crisis, and ensured that Britain's views were taken into account by the American government.

Unable to agree on a name ( which included suggestions like The Beggermen, the Tinkers and even The Chieftains ) the club owner decided for them, simply posting " The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem ".

Unable to agree on a contract, Langkow and the Coyotes went to arbitration where he was awarded a two-year contract worth $ 4. 2 million.

Unable to agree to a new deal with the Avalanche, Laperrière signed a three-year contract with the Philadelphia Flyers on July 1, 2009.

Unable to agree on a nominee, the delegates voted to reconvene in June.

Unable to agree where to attack first, the Indians split into two large bodies, variously estimated at between 300 and 1, 000 Cheyenne and Sioux, moving against Fort C. F.

Unable to agree on a selling price for the old fort, after removing his inventory of goods, Bent blew up and set fire to the old fort.

Unable to agree, the people separated, leaving Nephi alone.

Unable to use any of the dilapidated buildings remaining on the island from previous occupants, they constructed a crude shelter from cement bags and tin salvaged from Quonset huts built by the American military twenty years earlier.

Unable to afford new stationery, he wrote on the verso side of old manuscripts.

Unable, however, to resist the urging of Charles V, the pope, after proposing Mantua as the place of meeting, convened the council at Trent ( at that time a free city of the Holy Roman Empire under a prince-bishop ), on December 13, 1545 ; the Pope's decision to transfer it to Bologna in March, 1547 on the pretext of avoiding a plague failed to take effect and the Council was indefinitely prorogued on 17 September 1549.

Unable to support himself, on May 27, 1827, Poe enlisted in the United States Army as a private.

Unable to speak, and with blood pouring from his mouth, Orwell was carried on a stretcher to Siétamo, loaded on an ambulance and after a bumpy journey via Barbastro arrived at the hospital at Lleida.

Unable to fight on the front lines, he began working as an orderly in the Voluntary Aid Detachment ( VAD ) in the First Western General Hospital, Fazakerley, located on the outskirts of Liverpool.

Unable to afford the services of the Elvis band for a month, the band featured the talents of obscure Colorado-based rock guitarist Jock Bartley ( soon to skyrocket to fame with Firefall ), veteran Nashville sideman Neil Flanz on pedal steel, Kyle Tullis on bass and former Mountain drummer N. D. Smart ( once described by Canadian folksinger Ian Tyson as " a psychotic redneck ").

Unable to pass through Kennesaw, Sherman swings his men around to the Chattahoochee River where the Confederate army is waiting on the opposite side of the river.

Unable to stop the growing civil unrest, Erich Honecker was forced to resign in October, and on 9 November, East German authorities unexpectedly allowed East German citizens to enter West Berlin and West Germany.

Unable either to stay in France or to move to Germany, Marx decided to emigrate to Brussels in Belgium, but had to pledge not to publish anything on the subject of contemporary politics in order to enter.

Unable to achieve this merger on its own, Wintermute recruited Armitage and his team to help complete the goal.

Unable any longer to resist the urgency of the French cardinals, and with numerous cities of the Papal States in revolt, Urban boarded a ship at Corneto heading for France on 5 September 1370, arriving back at Avignon on the 24th of the same month.

Unable to end the impasse Taddeo was horrified to hear the fathers of the Council solemmly depose and excommunicate the Emperor on 17 July, while absolving all his subjects from allegiance.

Unable to penetrate their defences, Philip moved on.

Unable to reach political accommodation on disputed territory along the 3, 225-kilometer-long Himalayan border, the Chinese launched simultaneous offensives in Ladakh and across the McMahon Line on 20 October 1962, coinciding with the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Unable to pay back gambling debts, he took a cash advance and then defaulted on his repayments.

Unable to limit what they called " government by injunction " in the courts, labor and its allies persuaded the Congress of the United States in 1932 to pass the Norris-LaGuardia Act, which imposed so many procedural and substantive limits on the federal courts ' power to issue injunctions that it was an effective prohibition on federal court injunctions in cases arising out of labor disputes.

Unable to secure a recording contract, Moon brought the tape to Minneapolis businessman Owen Husney.

Unable to secure a new management contract, Johnson began working as a session guitarist for some well-known acts, including Cat Stevens,

When the expectation of his first appearance in London was close upon him he was so feverish that he exclaimed “ If I succeed I shall go mad .” Unable to afford medical treatment for some time, his elder son died the day after he signed the 3-year Drury Lane contract.

Unable to secure a recording contract, they disbanded about a year later.

Unable to come to terms before training camp for the 2001 – 02 season, Hossa sat out the first two weeks before signing a three-year, $ 8. 5 million contract on September 26, 2001.

Unable to understand the contract, Prince allegedly " sent a copy to his mother to get legal advice from her friend " and " never saw the agreement again.

Unable to come to terms with the Flames, he had gone to arbitration, and was awarded a contract worth C $ 1. 85 million, but insisted on renegotiating the deal into long-term contract extension.

Unable to find a Major League club interested in his services, Horner signed a one-year contract with the Yakult Swallows of the Japanese League.

Unable to reach a contract agreement with St. Louis, Dwyer re-entered the draft in 1998 and was selected by the Montreal Canadiens in the 6th round, 152nd overall.

Unable to work out a contract agreement with Everett, the Oilers traded his rights to the Los Angeles Rams, with whom Everett played from 1986 to 1993.

Unable to reach a contract agreement with the Danish Superliga club he then moved to Swedish club Bodens BK in the winter of 2006, signing a two-year contract with the club.

Unable to come up with an agreement for a long-term contract with the Brewers, Fielder and his agent, Scott Boras, signed a one-year, $ 670, 000 deal with the Brewers.

Unable to secure a contract with any of the major companies, the band split up in 1982.

Unable to secure a contract with a major league team in 1999, Meulens signed with the Newark Bears of the independent Atlantic League.

Unable to settle at Bury and frustrated by the lack of first-team opportunities, Jones decided to move to the Republic of Ireland and sign for League of Ireland side Sligo Rovers in July 1997, stating that Rovers manager Nicky Reid's offer of a full-time contract was what ultimately made up his mind.

Unable to get another NHL contract, Momesso signed in Germany and enjoyed four successful seasons there before retiring in 2001.

Unable to replicate for Ipswich the form he showed with Reading due to several injury setbacks over the 2005-06 season, Forster signed a two year contract with Hull City on 31 August 2006 for a £ 250, 000 transfer fee.

Unable to make a go of the operation, King let the contract lapse.

Unable to sign a new deal with Birmingham, in July 2004 he moved to Charlton Athletic, signing a three year contract.