When a monarch does act, political controversy can often ensue, partially because the neutrality of the crown is seen to be compromised in favour of a partisan goal, while some political scientists champion the idea of an " interventionist monarch " as a check against possible illegal action by politicians.

When the reporter asked her if she would be world champion one day, Judit answered, " I will try.

When Ezra Pound, a former champion of Joyce's and admirer of Ulysses, was asked his opinion on the text, he wrote " Nothing so far as I make out, nothing short of divine vision or a new cure for the clap can possibly be worth all the circumambient peripherization.

When Jones announced on February 24, 2004 that he would return to competing in the light heavyweight division, the WBA took the interim tag off of Ruiz and he became an official two-time world heavyweight champion.

When Bres is overthrown and Nuadu restored, Ogma is his champion.

When Nuadu hands command of the Battle of Mag Tuired to Lugh, Ogma becomes Lugh's champion, and promises to repel the Fomorian king, Indech, and his bodyguard, and to defeat a third of the enemy.

Rumours circulated that Villeneuve was one of several drivers in whom the Italian team was interested, and in August 1977 he flew to Italy to meet Ferrari, who was immediately reminded of the pre-war European champion Tazio Nuvolari: " When they presented me with this ' piccolo canadese ', this minuscule bundle of nerves, I immediately recognised in him the physique of Nuvolari and said to myself, let's give him a try.

When World Junior Lightweight champion Bobby Chacón refused to go to Puerto Rico to defend his title against Camacho, the WBC declared the world championship vacant, and the man Chacon had taken the title from, Rafael Limón, fought Camacho for the vacant title.

* When Mike Tyson lost to James " Buster " Douglas during a WBC and WBA Heavyweight championship defense, Don King convinced the WBC ( along with the WBA ) to withhold recognition of Douglas as heavyweight champion.

When Kramnik won the 2006 unification match, he also won Topalov's berth in the 2007 World Championship as the incumbent FIDE champion.

When the decision was announced, it was a majority decision: two judges had voted for Hearns, ( 144-139 and 146-136, according to KO magazine ) and one for a draw ( 142-142 ), making Hearns the WBC's new world Jr Middleweight champion.

When he initially refused to face Sharkey in a rematch, the NYSAC officially stripped him of their recognition as world champion, but he remained recognized by both the National Boxing Association ( NBA ) and The Ring magazine.

According to many experts and the Ring Magazine book The Ring: Boxing In The 20th Century, Gómez and Zárate had the highest knockout win percentage of any two boxers paired inside a ring in history: When Gómez and Zarate met on October 28, also at Roberto Clemente Coliseum in San Juan, the challenger and still world Bantamweight champion Zarate was 55-0 with 54 knockouts, while defending world Super Bantamweight champion Gómez was 21-0-1 with 21 knockouts.

When Gómez left his WBC title vacant soon after, Cruz became recognized by most fans as the universal world champion.

When Pelé made his debut in the Campeonato Paulista in 1957, the team already was twice state champion ( 1955 / 56 ).

When Norris downed the champion for the count with a right to the jaw, Mugabi received the dubious distinction as the second fighter, after Al Singer, to both win and lose a world title by first round knockout when he was defeated by Norris.

When they hugged at the end, Mayweather told Cotto, " You are a hell of a champion — the toughest guy I fought.

When the bell rang, Seabiscuit ran away from the Triple Crown champion.

When Angel is confronted by Gunn, now a deluded vampire who believes he is the champion of the Shanshu prophecy, Wesley delivers Angel a vision from the Senior Partners explaining that the prophecy has always concerned Angel.

When he was 12, he became a rodeo champion at the California Junior Rodeo Association and was named " All-Around Cowboy " in August 1979.

When Quinn left the NWA, Muchnick announced that Carpentier had never been an official champion and had no claim on the title.

When scoring champion Havlicek retired in 1978, the Celtics went 61 – 103 in two seasons.

This was followed by Nobody Cried When The Trains Pulled Out, a documentary about the evacuation of children from major British cities during World War 2 that included champion boxer Henry Cooper, actor Derek Nimmo and author Ben Wicks.

She afterwards declined to serve in Iain Duncan Smith's Shadow Cabinet ( although she indicated on the television programme When Louis Met ..., prior to the leadership contest, that she wished to retire to the backbenches anyway ).

When asked by a Newsweek reporter if he wished to play a political role, Stephen Jones replied, " It would not be my choice.

When discipline was restored, in spite of assurances that Spaniards who wished to remain would enjoy freedom of religion and full civil rights, almost all villagers decided not to run the risk of staying and left in exile.

When Grobba reported that the Iraqis as Arab nationalists saw the British and the Jews as their enemies and wished to ally themselves with Germany against their common foes, Ribbentrop was delighted and become obsessed with the idea of an Iraqi-German alliance.

* When they wished to bear offspring, they performed a ritual each rounding a pole, male to the left and female to the right, the female greeting the male first.

When the Persian fleet finally arrived at Artemisium after a significant delay, Eurybiades, who both Herodotus and Plutarch suggest was not the most inspiring commander, wished to sail away without fighting.

: When he wished to print, he took an iron frame and set it on the iron plate.

When he went West in 1492, Christopher Columbus reportedly wished to create yet another Silk Route to China.

When the season ended, Abdul-Jabbar made the stunning announcement that he no longer wished to play for the Bucks, stating that he needed the big city.

When Gylfi expressed wonder that Freyr would give up his sword, Hárr dismissed his concern by saying that Freyr could have killed Beli with just his bare hands if he so wished, but then added that he would indeed regret his decision during the upcoming time of Ragnarök when Freyr would have to fight the sons of Muspell.

When Sigebert married Brunhilda, daughter of the Visigothic sovereign in Spain ( Athanagild ), Chilperic also wished to make a brilliant marriage.

When the town was platted in 1876, the citizens wished to choose a name, which would suggest the chief industry in the area, stone quarrying.

When campaigning in the southeastern end of the county he discovered that its residents wished to separate from Cherokee County and form their own county seat.

When it was time to call a vote, the presiding magistrate could bring up whatever proposals ( in whatever order ) he wished, and every vote was between a proposal and its negative.

When Casey's younger brother Martin Charles Casey wished to go to West Point, Griffin directly appointed him to the class of 1920 without having to pass the examination.

When he left NOW, he announced that he wished to finish writing a biography of Lyndon B. Johnson.

When in October 1761 Pitt, who had information of the signing of the " Family Compact " wished to declare war on Spain, and declared his intention to resign unless his advice was accepted, Granville replied that " the opinion of the majority ( of the Cabinet ) must decide ".

When the British annexation took place a party in the volksraad wished to go to war with Britain, but the wiser counsels of President Brand prevailed.

" Lamond said that Shah seemed to have become somewhat disillusioned with Gardner, and had told him one day, when he was visiting for tea: " When I was interviewing Gerald, I sometimes wished I was a News of the World reporter.

When the assembly appointed Bartlett and John Pickering as delegates to the Continental Congress, he declined because he wished to attend to his family, but remained active in New Hampshire's affairs.

When Leonard refused to appear at the January 5, 1927 hearings to discuss his accusations, Landis cleared both Speaker and Cobb of any wrongdoing and reinstated both to their original teams, but each team let them know that they were free agents and could sign with whomever they wished.

When interviewed by Creative Review magazine, the pair made clear that they wished they had been consulted on the advertisement, and that they would not have given permission if asked.

When he wished to use the mule again, he poured water on it from his mouth and the mule regained its form.

When asked how he wished to be buried, he left instructions to be thrown outside the city wall so wild animals could feast on his body.