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When agreeing to contracts, he insisted on striking the standard clause prescribing that both parties must settle disputes in a reasonable manner, saying that he could never promise to be reasonable.
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When playing privately, this will normally be a question of agreeing house rules.
When de Valera founded Fianna Fáil as the party of an " Irish Republic " in 1926, he and his party, though agreeing to contest elections, refused to take the Oath.
When Debbie Reynolds was cast instead, MacLaine publicly accused her of agreeing to accept a lower salary in order to land the role, and director Charles Walters, who preferred MacLaine, tried to persuade Reynolds to turn down the part.
When he learns that Elphaba is his daughter, he expresses visible sorrow when he learns of her ( supposed ) death, agreeing with Glinda to leave Oz in his balloon.
When David Hicks completed his training at al-Farouq, Atef interviewed him about his achievements and asked about the travel habits of Australians, before agreeing to suggest he be moved to the Tarnak Farms training camp.
When the Yeerk Empire first discovered the Taxxon homeworld, they decided, rather than conquering the planet, to make the Taxxons a simple deal: in exchange for the Taxxons agreeing to become Controllers, the Taxxons would get an endless supply of new, exotic meats.
When Shinnok and his legion were defeated and Edenia was free once more, Goro and the Shokan race decided to ally themselves with the Edenians, agreeing to sign a peace treaty with the Centaurs as a condition of their new partnership.
When a borrower agrees to have the government take over the mortgage payments, the mortgage company notify the government, then the government to make the payments, and the borrower would sign a note agreeing to repay the government with interest at the same rate currently required under the borrower's mortgage.
When it emerged that The Outlaw had fallen into the public domain in 1971 for lack of renewal, the case was quickly settled, with Classic Film Museum agreeing to stop any distribution of the two copyrighted titles, and Hughes withdrawing its claim on The Outlaw.
When Birt Acres, the cinematographer, requested permission to show the film to the general public the Prince asked to see it himself before agreeing.
When the impasse dragged into November, he threatened to quit the game altogether, before finally agreeing to a new three-year deal.
When the song was completed and was pitched to Ron Fair of RCA under the name of " What a Girl Needs " and after agreeing to change the title to " What a Girl Wants " Fair delivered the song to Aguilera to become the first track recorded for her debut album.
When later Harold allegedly swore an oath to William agreeing to become his vassal and to support his succession to the English crown, one of the promises made by William in return, according to Eadmer, was that Wulfnoth would be returned safe and sound when William had become king.
When and contracts
When he contracts the plague, he is the first to receive Dr. Castel's anti-plague serum.
When the left ventricle contracts to force blood into the aorta, the aorta expands.
When the temperature decreases again, the rock contracts, causing pieces of the rock to break off.
When talking about professional wrestling, there are two levels: the " in-show " happenings that are presented through the shows, and happenings which are outside the scope of performance ( in other words, are real life ) but have implications on the performance, such as performer contracts, legitimate injuries, etc.
When using contracts, a supplier should not try to verify that the contract conditions are satisfied ; the general idea is that code should " fail hard ", with contract verification being the safety net.
When the diaphragm contracts, the thoracic cavity is expanded, reducing intra-thoracic pressure and drawing air into the lungs.
When a market is rising, holders of contracts for future delivery of a commodity see the value of their contract increase.
When this muscle contracts, the cord is shortened and the testicle is moved closer up toward the body, which provides slightly more warmth to maintain optimal testicular temperature.
When this muscle contracts, it reduces the size of the pupil.
When the left ventricle ( LV ) contracts, it forces blood through the valve to the aorta and then to the rest of the body.
Because the two main singers in Rockpile had recording contracts with different record labels and managers, albums were always credited to either Lowe or Edmunds, so there is only one official Rockpile album, which was not released until the waning days of the collaboration: 1980's Seconds of Pleasure, featuring the Lowe songs " When I Write The Book " and " Heart ".
When pronator quadratus contracts, it pulls the lateral side of the radius towards the ulna, thus pronating the hand.
When threatened, the beetle contracts muscles that force the two reactants through valved tubes into a mixing chamber containing water and a mixture of catalytic enzymes.
When dealing with commission payments on contracts dealing with large amounts of money ( such as Oil, Gas, Steel, Iron, Gold, MTN's, VG's, T-Strips, and other instruments ), most banks in the United States are very wary of handling such large amounts of money.
When the Japanese invasion threat eased, the PRA stopped putting out new contracts.
When the harvest-time came, and a sharp increase in demand for the use of the olive presses outstripped supply, he sold his future use contracts of the olive presses at a rate of his choosing, and made a large quantity of money.
When Apple initially released the iPhone on June 29, 2007, it was sold exclusively with AT & T ( formerly Cingular ) contracts in the United States.
When 2 Live Crew's contracts with Luke Records ended in 1991, the group's producer ( and Luke Records ' in-house producer for the entire label ) Mr. Mixx left the group and returned to California.
When possible, the AFL forced industrial unions to break up into craft unions, dividing their memberships into exclusive groups with individual contracts.
When he took office there were twelve teams in the NFL playing a twelve game schedule to frequently half-empty stadiums, and only a few teams had television contracts.
When agents are risk-averse, however, such contracts are generally only second-best because incentivization precludes full insurance.
When a credit event occurs on a major company on which a lot of CDS contracts are written, an auction ( also known as a credit-fixing event ) may be held to facilitate settlement of a large number of contracts at once, at a fixed cash settlement price.
When serious questions about water department contracts came to light in late 2005 Judge Feikens ended Kilpatrick ’ s special administratorship in his capacity as Mayor.
When and insisted
When Breasted insisted that this was impossible for him, Lewis decided to go abroad.
Sir -- When the colonies decided upon freedom from England, we insisted, through the Declaration of Independence, that the nations of the world recognize us as a separate political entity.
When he had the mishap of breaking his spectacles, his ecumenical colleagues insisted on providing him with new ones.
When the news became certain, the French press insisted that the defeat was the result both of an overwhelmingly large British force and unspecified " traitors.
" When the Frankish bishops still insisted the abbot was wrong in obedience to St. Patrick's canon, he laid the question before the Pope St. Gregory I.
When her friend Margaret Bush-Brown insisted that Les Derniers was good enough to be exhibited at the famed Paris Salon, Beaux relented and sent the painting abroad in the care of her friend, who managed to get the painting into the exhibition.
When his men noticed that Drake was bleeding profusely from a wound, they insisted on withdrawing to save his life and left the treasure.
When the pirates thought to demand a ransom of twenty talents of silver, he insisted they ask for fifty.
When the film was released, Snyder reportedly asked how Cagney had so accurately copied his limp, but Cagney himself insisted he had not, having based it on personal observation of other people when they limped: " What I did was very simple.
When Chapman insisted that it was funny, they presented it at a reading for the other Python members.
When Mary insisted on marrying Philip, insurrections broke out.
When the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia ( KSČ ) Presidium member Josef Smrkovský was interviewed in a Rudé Právo article, entitled " What Lies Ahead ", he insisted that Dubček's appointment at the January Plenum would further the goals of socialism and maintain the working class nature of the Communist Party.
When Russell Simmons saw Jay's flashy, yet street b-boy style, he insisted the entire group follow suit.
When Queen Mary insisted upon the importance of education, the Duchess of York commented, " I don't know what she meant.
When the cabinet eventually voted for annexing Korea, he insisted and proposed a delay, hoping that the annexation decision could be reversed in the future.
When James II fled at the Glorious Revolution, William refused to accept the title of king consort ( which Philip II of Spain had been granted under Queen Mary I in the 1550s ) and insisted on being named King in his own right.
When the pirates decided to demand a ransom of twenty talents of gold, Caesar is said to have insisted that he was worth at least fifty, and the pirates indeed raised the ransom to fifty talents.
When Ms. McLean died in 1947, she bequeathed the diamond to her grandchildren through a will which insisted that her former property would remain in the custody of trustees until the eldest child had reached 25 years of age.
When the Fellowship was split up at the Falls of Rauros, Sam insisted on accompanying Frodo.
When Noam Chomsky defended an author who wrote articles for the journal ( Dr. Robert Faurisson ), it led to great controversy, though Chomsky insisted he was defending Faurisson's right to free speech rather than any specific claims made in his articles.
When the opera was premiered in Dresden in 1935, Strauss insisted that Zweig's name appear on the theatrical billing, much to the ire of the Nazi regime.
When the girl insisted, the woman threw a dish of lentils into the ashes for her to pick up, guaranteeing her permission to attend the festival, and when the girl accomplished the task in less than an hour with the help of two, white doves sent by her mother from Heaven, the stepmother only redoubled the task and threw down even a greater quantity of lentils.
When they learned about EMI's 8-track recorder, they insisted on using it, and engineers Ken Scott and Dave Harries took the machine ( without authorisation from the studio chiefs ) into the Number 2 recording studio at Abbey Road for the band's use.
When the Greeks landed on Delos while on their way to Troy, Anius prophesized that the Trojan War would not be won until the tenth year, and insisted that they stay with him for nine years, promising that his daughters would supply them with aliments during that period.
When the Almogavars insisted in receiving the agreed payment, the Byzantine Emperor refused.
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