Unable to publicly reach a consensus because of constant political wrangling, the Michigan House of Representatives privately chose the Township of Lansing out of frustration.

Unable to reach the heavily contested location alone, Kovacs enlists the support of one of the major companies involved in feeding the war, the Mandrake Corporation, which is represented by an executive named Matthias Hand.

Unable to cross the river intact and still reach British lines, the Chindit force was forced to split into small groups to evade enemy forces.

** Unable to reach their primary target, Schweinfurt, 162 B-17 Flying Fortresses of the U. S. Army Air Forces

Unable to reach a deal with the Devils headed into the 2006 off-season, Elias tested unrestricted free agency.

Unable to reach Duncan's flagship, the King instead rewarded the fleet as a whole by pardoning 180 men condemned for their role in the Nore Mutiny and held aboard the prison hulk HMS Eagle in the River Medway.

Unable to reach an agreement for reorganization with its creditors, on June 2, 1993, Lionel announced its intention to liquidate all of its stores and go out of business.

Unable to dig footholds, men climbed upon each other's shoulders to attempt to reach the top.

Unable to reach Patterson by telephone, Kai and Martin agreed to drop the titles to the Angels since Ellison had already misinformed the Japanese promoters.

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 reach his father in time, Zak and Francesca wander the streets aimlessly before being forcibly picked up by Earl Dopler, who wants the watch back.

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 reach negotiations with the other claimant, Renly's brother Stannis, Robb orders that Catelyn return to him.

Unable to reach agreement, the delegates decided to leave this issue for further consideration later during the meeting.

Unable to reach Dr. Kovač by pager, they send a student over to fetch him.

Unable to reach their exit route to the sea, and pursued through hostile land by Edward and Aethelfleda's forces, they were forced to choose battle.

Unable to reach the system before the Mekong overtakes him, he travels towards one of Parada IV's moons and manages to outmaneuver the other runabout, which assumes another course.

Unable to reach a Polish naval base and with the captain, Lieutenant-Commander Henryk Kłoczkowski, seriously ill, the decision was made to head for Tallinn, which was reached on 14 September 1939.

Unable to reach the horse in time, he arrives while a buzzard is eating the horse's eye.

Unable to enter active political life, he turned to literature and philosophy, publishing in 1828 a collection of Chants helléniens translated from the German of Wilhelm Müller, and in 1830 an Exposé de la doctrine Saint-Simonienne, and collaborating in the Saint-Simonian journal Le Producteur.

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.

* August 15: Unable to find a consensus between the main political leaders, the Parliament postpones for a week the transmission of the draft constitution to its members.

Unable to attend school in Buenos Aires due to the political turmoil, Sarmiento chose to fight against Quiroga.

Unable to oust Soriano Jr., Zóbel sold his group's 19. 5-percent stake to Eduardo Cojuangco, Jr., a resourceful businessman and an astute political adviser of then President Ferdinand Marcos.

Unable to spare military troops to protect the town, in 1831 the region's political chief instead sent the settlers of Gonzales a six-pounder cannon, described by historian Timothy Todish as " a small bored gun, good for little more than starting horse races ".

Ventura spent around $ 300, 000 and combined it with an aggressive grassroots campaign that featured a statewide bus tour, pioneered use of the Internet for political purposes, and aired quirky TV ads designed by Bill Hillsman, who forged the phrase “ Don ’ t vote for politics as usual .” Unable to afford many television ads, Ventura mainly focused on televised debates and public appearances, preaching his brand of libertarian politics.

Unable to root out the Seediq despite their superior numbers and firepower, the Japanese faced a political need for a faster solution.

Unable to get a boat to Easter Island as they intended, they headed north, where Guevara's political consciousness began to stir as he and Granado moved into mining country.

Unable to control the political and economic troubles that the nation faced, he was forced to return power to civilian rule, marking the end of the Revolutionary Government of the Armed Forces, installed by a coup d ' etat on October 3, 1968.

Unable to attain a university post because of his political leanings, he taught modern languages in English secondary schools while publishing.

Unable to withstand the political pressure, Figueroa resigned and Ibáñez became acting president.

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 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.