Whatever the cause of the strike, employers are generally motivated to take measures to prevent them, mitigate the impact, or to undermine strikes when they do occur.

Whatever the state of the assassination plot, plans to mount a rebellion against the Stuart monarchy were being entertained by opposition leaders in England, and the government cracked down hard on those in a series of state trials, accompanied with repressive measures and widespread searches for arms.

Whatever happened, there would have been no half measures.

Whatever land you can see here, from the North tip end of Elliott Key looking southward, belongs to someone -- people who have title to the land.

Cuban S.S.R.: Whatever may have been the setbacks resulting from the unsuccessful attempt of the Cuban rebels to establish a beachhead on the Castro-held mainland last week, there was at least one positive benefit, and that was the clear-cut revelation to the whole world of the complete conversion of Cuba into a Russian-dominated military base.

Whatever learning they may have had in their order doesn't disturb them now.

Whatever the long-range impact of integration, the owners of Negro-appeal radio stations these days know they have an audience and that it is loyal.

Whatever the situation may have been, Gongshan was considered an upright man who continued to defend the state of Lu, even after he was forced to flee.

Whatever the intention may have been originally, the Mongolian " Dalai ", which does not have any meaning as a Tibetan term, came to be understood commonly as a title.

Whatever the nature of their relationship, Domitian seems to have displayed little sympathy when his brother lay dying, instead making for the Praetorian camp where he was proclaimed emperor.

Whatever chanced to be discussed, it used to be said of Abauzit, as of Professor William Whewell of more modern times, that he seemed to have made it a subject of particular study.

Whatever the original plan might have been, the larger, historical account is often merely a background to a broad range of inquiries and, as Herodotus himself observes, " Digressions are part of my plan.

Whatever language may have been spoken on the peninsula soon gave way to Latin, except for Basque, protected by the Pyrenees

Whatever his religion, however, he was still intensely loyal to the Queen, though he seems to have had something of a grudge against her for her remark that he, Dowland, " was a man to serve any prince in the world, but was an obstinate Papist.

" Whatever may prove to be the nature of the German-Soviet Agreement, it cannot alter Great Britain's obligation to Poland which His Majesty's Government have stated in public repeatedly and plainly and which they are determined to fulfil.

Whatever his sources may have been, the immense popularity of Geoffrey's Historia Regum Britanniae cannot be denied.

Whatever its relation to the physical body it is generally agreed that mind is that which enables a being to have subjective awareness and intentionality towards their environment, to perceive and respond to stimuli with some kind of agency, and to have a consciousness, including thinking and feeling.

Whatever religious, mystical or spiritual elements were central to Stonehenge, its design includes a celestial observatory function, which might have allowed prediction of eclipse, solstice, equinox and other celestial events important to a contemporary religion.

The very citadel of spoils politics, the hitherto impregnable fortress that had existed unshaken since it was erected on the foundation laid by Andrew Jackson, was tottering to its fall under the assaults of this audacious and irrepressible young man .... Whatever may have been the feelings of the ( fellow Republican party ) President ( Harrison ) — and there is little doubt that he had no idea when he appointed Roosevelt that he would prove to be so veritable a bull in a china shop — he refused to remove him and stood by him firmly till the end of his term.

Whatever initial movement toward democracy existed in Uzbekistan in the early days of independence seems to have been overcome by the inertia of the remaining Soviet-style strong centralized leadership.

While the name provides a lot of this, the sponsorship of Newcastle United, the depiction of the River Tyne in the blue star and mentioning in programmes such as Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads have helped ensure its association.

Whatever deal may have been struck remains unknown, at least to the public.

" As with waterings, the sliming gag was used in almost every episode, especially from 1982 onward ( a number of 1979 and 1981 episodes featured no slime at all, and slime is known to have been used on only one episode of Whatever Turns You On ).

Leopold thought that he might be seen as a deserter if he were to leave the country: " Whatever happens, I have to share the same fate as my troops.

Whatever had been my feelings or opinions in relation to Eliza at one time, I have been satisfied & it is now unfit that anything should be averted to .... The only way this matter can now be overcome will be for us all to meet as tho it had never occurred, & this will keep the world, as it should ever be, ignorant that such thoughts ever were.

Whatever its origin, the fire spread rapidly though the ship's rigging, unchecked by the fire pumps aboard which had been smashed by British shot.

Whatever my mistakes or failings, I could not imagine that I should find myself at the center of such a political campaign as has been worked up round my name in the West.

Whatever the casualty figures, for the second time in eight years, the " busiest and most famous square in Europe " had been transformed into a bloody battleground.

Whatever level of assumption is made, correctly calibrated inference in general requires these assumptions to be correct ; i. e., that the data-generating mechanisms really has been correctly specified.

Whatever information has been most recently presented by the media is likely to be more accessible in an individual ’ s mind.

Whatever he narrates about the early days of the Goodnough family Roscoe learned from his father, who has been dead for almost 30 years.

Whatever the case, the mention of Snorri in the manuscripts has been influential in the acceptance of Snorri as the author of the Prose Edda.

The general consensus among scholars is that Giovanni da Verrazzano was born in the Val di Greve, south of Florence, Italy, the son of Piero Andrea di Bernardo da Verrazzano and Fiametta Capelli ; some alternative theories have been elaborated: e. g., a certain French scholarship assumed that Verrazzano was born in Lyon, France, the son of Alessandro di Bartolommeo da Verrazano and Giovanna Guadagni .. Whatever the case, Verrazzano always considered himself to be Florentine and was considered a Florentine by his contemporaries as well.

Whatever the truth of the matter this subject has been widely studied and the most current theory is probably that of Pedro Martínez Cavero, another important Orosius scholar.

Whatever may have been the precise locality of that battlefield, Laon was fortified by the Romans, and successively checked the invasions of the Franks, Burgundians, Vandals, Alans and Huns.

In Brief Lives, she persuades a man to give the dancer Tiffany money, when Tiffany would later be the only mortal to survive the explosion of the building in which she was dancing ; in The Kindly Ones, she knows full well that her brother is in trouble and unsuccessfully tries to persuade him to help her find Barnabas ; also, when read the quote ' Quoth the Raven ', from Edgar Allan Poe's poem, " The Raven ", she says ' Whatever ', which, down to the pronounced ' ev ' had been and would be said by Matthew the Raven throughout the book.

The Likely Lads had been a broad comedy, full of obvious gags, whereas Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?

Whatever the popular view of Somerset, the disastrous events of 1549 were taken as evidence of a colossal failure of government, and the Council laid the responsibility at the Protector's door.

Whatever the reason, Odo spent the next five years in prison, and his English estates were taken back by the king, as was his office as Earl of Kent: Odo was not however deposed as Bishop of Bayeux.

Legal action was taken in the case of Neil Innes ( formerly of the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band and The Rutles ) who sued after the song " Whatever " borrowed from his " How Sweet to Be an Idiot ".

The title of the subsequent album was taken from a piece of graffiti seen in London and made reference to the band's current position in the public eye ; Whatever Happened to Slade was released in March and ironically, failed to make any chart appearance in the UK.

Whatever the meaning, interpretations of the icons should be taken in context of the entire painting, the region from which the artist originates, the story behind the painting, the style of the painting, with additional clues being the colours used in some of the more modern works, such as blue circles signifying water.

Whatever lands they still held communally would be eventually taken over by growing Spanish-held haciendas.

Whatever position is adopted, care must be taken ( e. g. by having the recipient's legs kept together ) not to strike the back of the genitals.

Whatever " deals " may or may not have taken place, in formal legal terms, the election of 1876 was not decided by such acts, but by the official vote of Congress to accept the recommendations of the Electoral Commission they themselves had set up as a way out of the election impasse.

Whatever the truth of the matter, once he arrived, he was given as a " present " to Anthony Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, to whose palace in Wolfenbüttel he was taken.

Whatever efforts have been taken by the government have fallen short of the actual care required.