When the family business failed, Mercer left school and on his mother's urging -- for she hoped that he would become an actor -- he joined a local little theater group.

When that failed, he enlisted Branch Rickey's aid in the formation of a third major league, the Continental, with New York as the key franchise.

When the Confederate attempt to defend Petersburg failed, the Confederate army retreated but was pursued and defeated, which resulted in Lee's surrender to Grant at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865.

When his quest to keep the team in Milwaukee finally failed after the 1965 season, he changed the group's name to Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club, Inc., after the minor league baseball team he grew up watching, and devoted himself to returning Major League Baseball to Milwaukee.

When the coach failed and injured Winterbottom, he sued Wright.

When machine translation ( also known as mechanical translation ) failed to yield accurate translations right away, automated processing of human languages was recognized as far more complex than had originally been assumed.

When the business failed, his father would quietly turn the huge stacks of useless stationery and pencils over to his children, requiring them to use up all the material as fast as possible.

When Domitian found out, he allegedly murdered Paris in the street and promptly divorced his wife, with Suetonius further adding that once Domitia was exiled, Domitian took Julia as his mistress, who later died during a failed abortion.

When this plan failed, privateering became one of the major goals within the WIC.

When he failed in his attempts to meet General Yahya Khan, Masud too resigned from his position as Commander of Eastern Air Command, and took retirement from Air Force.

When Nature failed to do this spontaneously, contact with a conductor of animal magnetism was a necessary and sufficient remedy.

When Godzilla 1985 failed at the box office, it was the last Godzilla film produced by Toho to receive any major release in North American theaters until Godzilla 2000 fifteen years later.

When they failed, several went into hiding and established close ties with Cuba.

When the prophetic powers of the last of the Pythias failed her, Rassilion, Omega and a shadowy figure known as The Other seized power in the name of science and rationality.

When Edgar failed, they suggested to Ricordi that he should drop Puccini, but Ricordi said that he would stay with him and made him an allowance from his own pocket until his next opera.

When this failed and Barcelona fell to the Nationalists in early 1939, it was clear the war was over.

When the counter-attack failed to stop the Soviet advance, Hitler held Himmler personally liable and accused him of not following orders.

When Saddam Hussein failed to comply with this demand, the Gulf War ( Operation " Desert Storm ") ensued on January 17, 1991.

When it failed to become the hit that was expected, Frankenheimer admitted he developed a serious problem with alcohol.

When this threat failed, Innocent excommunicated the king in November 1209.

When the VNQDD fled to China after the failed uprising against the French, they settled in Yunnan and Canton, in two different branches.

" When Britain declared war on Germany in September 1939, contact with his Soviet controllers was lost and Philby failed to attend meetings.

When the storms failed to return in 1899, it was generally thought that the dust had moved on and storms were a thing of the past.

When a young mechanic failed to repair the car in a way satisfactory to Stein, the garage owner shouted at the boy, " You are all a " génération perdue.

When PenPoint failed in the marketplace, SmartSketch was ported to Microsoft Windows and Mac OS.

When Frederick heard that James was preparing to go to war with him, he sent a messenger, Mountainer Pérez de Sosa, to Catalonia in an effort to stir up the barons and cities against James in 1298.

* When extinguishing a campfire, use plenty of water, then stir the mixture and add more water.

When he opened the London armory he posted a 14 foot sign on the roof across from Parliament reading " Colonel Colt's Pistol Factory " as a publicity stunt which created a stir in the British press.

: When you rise you stir for the King,

When War Plan Red was declassified in 1974, it caused a stir in American-Canadian relations because Canada, codenamed " Crimson " in the plan, was to have been the principal target of American forces.

When word got out in the media ( February, 1946 ) that Soviets operated a spy network in Canada in which Canadians gave classified information to the Soviet government it created a great stir.

When he arrived in the United States at the age of 18, he was placed in a Jewish orphanage where he created a stir by challenging the kashrut of the institution since the supervising rabbi did not have a beard and, more importantly, was not fluent in the commentaries of the Pri Magadim by Rabbi Yoseph Te ' omim.

When she started playing amateur tournaments in Australia, she caused a media stir.

When these cold and warm fronts collide they can result in hurricane force winds that stir up large waves on the Lakes.

When his father died, the kingdom's finances were exhausted and the invasion of King Charles VIII of France was imminent ; Charles ( instigated by Lodovico Sforza, who wished to stir up trouble to allow him to seize power in Milan ) had decided to reassert the Angevin claim to Naples and the accompanying title of King of Jerusalem.

When he was 16, a set of demos he sent to record companies created a stir and led to invitations to come to London and make a record.

When he was in the WWF, his gimmick was that of a messenger who tried to stir the pot.

When they came to Potato Market, the place appointed, they halted and commenced shouting as a signal for all their friends to come to their assistance, but they shouted in vain ; the friends they expected were too much terrified with the preparations that were made to stir one inch.

When Warren Beatty was unable to stir interest in his and Robert Towne's screenplay for Shampoo, the project about an amoral hairdresser he had been developing since 1967, he bundled it with the more appealing The Fortune and convinced Columbia Pictures head David Begelman to finance both films.

When Song Jiang realizes that he has been tricked into drinking poisoned wine by the corrupt officials in the imperial court, he is worried that Li Kui might stir up trouble after his death.

When the container is reopened, stir the water / solvent into the paint before using.

* When outsiders stir up tensions in tribal societies, 10 September 2011.

" When this publicity technique came to the attention of U. S. Secretary of Labor William B. Wilson, he expressed his dismay to the press: " This publication proposes by deceptive methods of advertising to stir every community in the United States into riotous demonstrations for the purpose of making profits for the moving picture business ...." He hoped to ban movies treating Bolshevism and Socialism.