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 reason Horn and Bernhard estimated that the Spanish reinforcements numbered only 7, 000, not 21, 000, added to the 12, 000 Imperials this gave the Habsburgs a considerable superiority over the 26, 000 Protestants.

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 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 kind of work it is, the exalted soul of the author pours into it all his feelings of dissatisfaction against a world that limits and breaks the flight of his desire about love, society, patriotism, etc.

Whatever his original assignment, the fictional private eye ends up by investigating and solving a crime, usually a murder.

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 reasons behind the duel, Galois was so convinced of his impending death that he stayed up all night writing letters to his Republican friends and composing what would become his mathematical testament, the famous letter to Auguste Chevalier outlining his ideas, and three attached manuscripts.

Whatever the historical realities reflected in these stories, the Atreids are firmly set in the epoch near the end of the Heroic age, leading up to the arrival of the Dorians.

Weir then took up a position with the Commonwealth Film Unit ( later renamed Film Australia ), for which he made several documentaries, including a short documentary about an underprivileged outer Sydney suburb, Whatever Happened to Green Valley, in which residents were invited to make their own film segments.

Whatever anyone conjures up or takes from our music is good ; I mean, our point is to get people thinking.

Whatever it was, the offers of performance soon dried up.

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 the truth of the first forty years of his life, he had certainly been a close and accurate observer, and had made himself acquainted with many curious and little-known phenomena, which he had stored up in a most tenacious memory.

Later that year, Starr teamed up with the Stock, Aitken and Waterman production company for the club hit " Whatever Makes Our Love Grow ".

In 2008, they teamed up with German techno group Scooter to record a jumpstyle version of their 1979 single " Whatever You Want " entitled " Jump That Rock ( Whatever You Want )".

An ad in Life magazine noted that during World War II, " Whatever beach-head they stormed, they always found notices chalked up ahead of them, that ' Kilroy was here.

Whatever the reasons, he immediately sailed for Tauranga with his entire reserve, bringing the garrison up to 1700 men.

Whatever the biblical account of creation is, it's not a theory alongside theories ... My worry is creationism can end up reducing the doctrine of creation rather than enhancing it.

Whatever crises and scandals swirled around the evil B ' Stard, he would always come up smelling of roses.

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 his true state, it is known that a few weeks after the marriage he abruptly left home for Paris – without an announcement, but not without gathering up a pair of pistols and a good quantity of his mother ’ s silver.

Sutcliffe's most recent book, Whatever Makes You Happy ( 2008 ), is about interfering mothers and men who refuse to grow up.

You are never going to win a World Series again because you insulted my goat .” Whatever the truth, the Cubs were up two games to one in the ’ 45 series but ended up losing Game 4 and the best-of-seven series, four games to three.

*" Whatever the extent of its deficiency, lessen it still further to that very extent ; and also set up the square ( of the deficiency )".

" Whatever the extent of its deficiency, lessen it still further to that very extent ; and also set up the square ( of that deficiency )"

Recalling the recording of the album, in an interview with Pete Hamill in Rolling Stone ( 5 June 1975 ), Lennon recalled: " Elton sort of popped in on the sessions for ' Walls and Bridges ' and sort of zapped in and played the piano and ended up singing ' Whatever Gets You Thru the Night ' with me.