Whatever Jones and The Monkees were meant to be, they became creative artists in their own right, and Jones's chipper Brit-pop presence was a big reason they were able to produce work that was commercial, wholesome and yet impressively weird.

He said, " Whatever may be conceded to the influence of refined education on minds of peculiar structure, reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.

Whatever the reason, the choice prompted Maharbal to say, " Hannibal, you know how to gain a victory, but not how to use one.

Whatever the reason for the failure, the French and German armies returned home, and a few years later Damascus was firmly under Nur ad-Din's control.

Whatever other vicissitudes his views went through, he firmly retained his belief in the direct and inextricable connection between human liberty and expansion into space — for which reason he strongly cried out against any idea of space exploration being " a waste of money " or " unnecessary luxury ".

Whatever the reason, the marriage negotiations came to a complete halt.

Whatever the actual reason was, Máel Morda sought allies with which to defy the High-King.

Whatever the reason Sparta's own contribution was just 300 Spartiates ( accompanied by their attendants and probably perioikoi auxiliaries ), the total force assembled for the defense of the pass of Thermopylae came to something between four and seven thousand Greeks.

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.

Whatever the real reason was, in one famous episode, George stops a conversation between Harry ( Clark ) and Blanche ( Bea Benadaret ) and claims that Clark wanted too much money for being on the show, and was being fired.

Whatever the true reason, Palmer was forced out of the band, and, at Rick James ' recommendation, nineteen-year-old Motown bassist Greg Reeves replaced him.

Whatever the reason, people began to refer to the center of the hamlet where this house stood as Mogadore.

Whatever the reason, the marriage made it clear … that he was unwilling to leave the woman with whom he had already lived for more than twenty years .”

However, Fairport's co-founder, guitarist Simon Nicol, says in an interview on the band's website: " Whatever the upfront reasons about musical differences and wanting to concentrate on traditional material, I think the accident was the underlying reason why Ashley felt he couldn't continue with us.

Whatever the reason for Laura's initial reluctance, she finally accepted the proposal on behalf of Mary, and they were married by proxy on 30 September 1673 NS.

Whatever the reason, Andersen thought the change would prove more satirical.

Whatever the reason for this later change to the offensive, it was to prove fatal for the Japanese in Burma.

Whatever the reason, Nolan was hit by a splinter from a shell fired from one of the guns positioned on the Fedioukine Heights.

Whatever the reason, Oliver went on to be nominated as Liberal candidate and was re-elected.

Whatever the reason, Constantine kept Crispus at his side.

Whatever the reason, the cloud breaks up into smaller, denser areas which may again break into still smaller areas – the outcome being a cluster of protostars.

Whatever the wisdom of his substantive positions, Chen consistently appeared to act on principle rather than for personal advantage: perhaps another reason he could keep his influence even while excluded from the inner circles of decision-making.

Whatever the reason, Reed was never to play Bond.

Whatever the true reason, Jacobs and her daughter decided to leave Savannah soon after the incident and head back North for the summer.

Whatever the connection between the Mexican and her older Spanish namesake, the fused iconography of the Virgin and the indigenous Nahua goddess Tonantzin provided a way for 16th-century Spaniards to gain converts among the indigenous population, while simultaneously allowing 16th century Mexicans to continue the practice of their native religion.

Whatever the origin, the word Malacañang is indisputably Tagalog ; as the Spanish language avoids using "- ng " as the final sound of a word, the word Malacañang was Hispanicised into Malacañán.

Whatever may have been the importance of the tests of German arms in the Spanish Civil War from tactical, technical and operational points of view, they did not provide the experience that was needed nor lead to the formulation of sound strategic concepts.

Whatever misgivings or fears Muir may have had for his safety at the hands of his Spanish jailers, there was one danger which had not occurred to him-that of confrontation with an English fleet.

Shigure repeatedly uses his favorite phrase " Que será, será " meaning " Whatever will be, will be " in Spanish.

Whatever the fact, the three commanders charged into Mansurah with tired men and no reinforcements and were quickly drawn into heavy fighting.

She sang only two songs in the film, " Que Sera, Sera ( Whatever Will Be, Will Be )" which won an Academy Award for Best Original Song and " We'll Love Again ".

Samoan oral history, however, extends only as far back as 1000 A. D. Whatever occurred between 1500 B. C.

Whatever treatment the unfortunate Valerian might experience in Persia, it is at least certain that the only emperor of Rome who had ever fallen into the hands of the enemy, languished away his life in hopeless captivity.

" 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 ).

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.

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.

Before her own marriage, Stone felt that women should be allowed to divorce drunken husbands, to formally end a " loveless marriage " so that " a true love may grow up in the soul of the injured one from the full enjoyment of which no legal bond had a right to keep her ... Whatever is pure and holy, not only has a right to be, but it has a right also to be recognized, and further, I think it has no right not to be recognized.

Whatever gate is used – such as the tollbooth in The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster, or the mirror in Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking-Glass – is left behind for the duration of the story, until the end, and then only if the protagonists will return.

This was not the only occasion on which Akiba was made to feel the truth of his favorite maxim (" Whatever God doeth He doeth for the best ").

Whatever view of science and the sociology of scientific knowledge is correct, it is a fact that in the history of science there have been many instances of new theories ( e. g., germ theory of disease, finitude of the speed of light, radioactivity ) being ridiculed and shunned by the greater scientific community when first proposed or discovered, only later to be adopted as more probably accurate.

" Whatever the vicissitudes of the last few months it confirmed Wakefield as one of the leading political figures of colony, possibly the only one with stature to take on Governor Grey.

Whatever the risks, undercover marketing only requires a small investment for a large potential pay off.

Whatever the actual cause, the results were catastrophic for the Eora people and their kin and by the early 19th century the Aboriginal population of the Sydney basin had been reduced to only 10 percent of the 1788 estimate.

Whatever happened was enough for Lucetta's reputation to be so irreparably tarnished that the only solution for her is to leave Jersey and change her name.

Whatever function they served is unknown, for they're only mentioned in Baum's short story Nelebel's Fairyland, in which the gigans reshape the land in their boredom.

Whatever the general influence of religion in the affair, the only specific efforts by the Church hierarchy were in favor of a pardon for La Barre ( requested by the Bishop of Amiens, among others.

Walls and Bridges was an American Billboard number 1 album and featured Lennon's only number 1 single as a solo artist during his lifetime, " Whatever Gets You thru the Night ".

Whatever the system, most adult consumers have, at some point in their lives, been party to a real estate lease which can be as short as a week, as long as 999 years, or perpetual ( only a few states permit ownership to be alienated indefinitely ).

Whatever form they took, they had great destructive firepower, so great that it only took two of them to pacify a primitive defenseless planet.

Whatever the truth of this, the Pechenegs emerge in the historical records only in the 8th and 9th centuries, inhabiting the region between the lower Volga, the Don and the Ural Mountains.

Whatever the quality and importance of his recent films, expression through the image always predominates over that of the word and one almost never misses the essence if one can only vaguely hear the dialogue.

" Whatever Gets You thru the Night " is noteworthy as John Lennon's only US number one solo single while he was alive.

Whatever the entities decide, it does not matter, as, ultimately, Death will claim them ( a reference to " The Illusion Of Permanence " and the fact that even those with the longest life span will only " live a lifetime " and live " Brief Lives ").

Lennon achieved his only number one solo single in his lifetime with " Whatever Gets You Thru the Night ".