Wanting to deny any future Persian invasion a base from which to operate, Sparta had urged Athens, along with other Greek cities, to refrain from rebuilding their walls.

Wanting to know more about cross-dressing, Warren seeks out Dr. Alton, who narrates for him the story of Glen / Glenda.

Wanting to capitalize on the countries aviation craze, Fox immediately bought Hawks's original story for The Air Circus, a variation of the male friendship plot of A Girl in Every Port about two young pilots.

Wanting to make the film historically accurate and unbiased, the producers invited a broadly based Advisory Board, and used scholars, Native Americans, and descendants of the colonists to help tell the story.

Wanting a great story Kevin's boss Jason Stone, a tabloid news junkie, manages to contact Minelli and trades knowledge of Blankman's love for Kimberly in exchange for an exclusive interview.

In 1974, Brocka directed Tinimbang Ka Ngunit Kulang ( Weighed But Found Wanting ), which told the story of a teenager growing up in a small town amid its petty and gross injustices.

* Elbow Room: The Varieties of Free Will Worth Wanting ( MIT Press 1984 ) — on free will and determinism ( ISBN 0-262-04077-8 )

Wanting to maximize the area under its direct control, contain an Arab Syria centered on Damascus, and insure a defensible border, France established the Lebanon-Syrian border to the " Anti-Lebanon " mountains, on the far side of the Beqaa Valley, territory which had belonged to the province of Damascus for hundreds of years, and was far more attached to Damascus than Beirut by culture and influence.

Wanting to compete in the Australasian Tasman Series, Bruce approached his employers, but when team owner Charles Cooper insisted on using 1. 5 litre Formula One-specification engines instead of the 2. 5 litre motors permitted by the Tasman rules, Bruce decided to set up his own team to run him and his prospective Formula One team-mate Timmy Mayer with custom-built Cooper cars.

Wanting to collect a bounty on Solo from Jabba the Hutt, Fett confronts Vader about whether Solo will survive carbon freeze.

Wanting revenge on the Caldwells, Sebastian tells Kathryn he will now seduce Cecile.

Wanting to distance himself from The Last House on the Left, Cunningham wanted Friday the 13th to be more of a " roller-coaster ride ".

Wanting to take on more personal material, Yakin drew from his experiences growing up in New York's inner city for his next screenplay, Fresh.

Wanting to try his hand at fantasy, Jackson turned to Miramax to make a film based on the works of writer J. R. R.

Wanting to alleviate the pressure on the French to the south and believing there might still be some holding out, high command ordered the 2nd and 55th divisions to resume the battle on the 9th.

Wanting her gone but seeing their hands were tied, they opted for help from Slappy Squirrel, a Screwy Squirrel-type character who freely inflicted severe injury on her adversaries, claimed in the episode by Yakko that she is, " Someone who has raised senseless violence to a fine art.

Wanting to only concentrate on the educational products, this group sold the Heath / Zenith name and products to DESA International, a maker of specialty tools and heaters.

Wanting to use the money he embarked on an around the world tour in 1928, but never made it past Shanghai.

Wanting to " return to his roots " as a musician, Eric Fish started touring on his own in 1999.

Wanting to make something special for the occasion, the Grogg was the first ever to stand on just one leg and took over 6 months to create.

From there trucks could continue on to Wanting on the Chinese frontier, so that supplies could be delivered to the reception point in Kunming, China.

Wanting to do something other than report typical local news stories, she took on the additional role of weekend sports anchor, reporting sports news each weekend in addition to her weekday reporting duties.

Wanting to protect his vassal and ally, King Henry raised an army of about 10, 000 men to march on Normandy.

Wanting to fight Batgirl at her peak, Shiva spares her life, and promises to retrain her on the condition that they have a rematch in one year.

* Rachel Stevenson ’ s blog A Million Reasons for Wanting to Carry on Living on LiveJournal

Wanting to live on the atoll, Brando built a small village on Motu Onetahi in 1970.

" Wanting to be liberal with Foster if I bought him out, since he had created the paper and originally owned most of the stock, and had made a success of it, I thought for a while before answering and finally asked him how much he owed.

Wanting to protect Jenny from Adam, Tad asked her to marry him.

Wanting to be with her lover for all eternity, Aurora asked Jupiter to grant immortality to Tithonus.

Wanting to make himself heard by more people at the local venues, he wired a phonograph needle to a radio speaker, using that to amplify his acoustic guitar.

Wanting to serve no other master, and hating being a rōnin, he had decided to kill himself.

Wanting all credits for himself, Wei Yan set out his troops early next morning and headed for Ling Bao's camp instead.

Wanting to be a knight himself, the boy leaves home to travel to King Arthur's court.

Wanting to prove himself to Morgan, he decides to put all his effort into working long hard hours to win his chance to harpoon a whale, which would make him an accomplished whalesman.

Wanting to extricate himself from the daily management of L ' Express, he sold it to financier Jimmy Goldsmith in 1977.

Wanting to have Quin for himself, he pretends to be Mordath's deceased son and attempts to have Arwyn turn against Neven, so Arwyn will ask for his assistance in destroying the dictator.

Wanting to carry on, the group continued to make music and signed a new deal with independent UK label Splash, which was founded by Chas Peate himself.

Wanting to help, Bree gets two disabled men to visit, but Orson asks her to let him kill himself, telling her that he wants to die because no one loves him.

Wanting the Hōgyoku for himself, Aizen hoped that her death would give him access to it, but settles for a nonfatal alternative.

Wanting to be in a band and " express himself on all levels ", he founded the band Covenant together with Amund Svensson in 1993.

Wanting to go and save Rukia, Uryū trains to better equip himself for the next time he needs to battle a Soul Reaper.

Wanting Nicola back, Jimmy reluctantly bids a tearful goodbye to Elliot and resigns himself to the fact that he would never see his son again.