While he was heir-apparent — 1865 to 1881 — Alexander did not play a prominent part in public affairs, but allowed it to become known that he had ideas which did not coincide with the principles of the existing government.

While in government work, he helped develop the metric system to secure uniformity of weights and measures throughout France.

While Greek states had in the past often been ruled by tyrants, this was a form of arbitrary government that was on the decline.

While Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, an Islamist extremist enjoying the backing of neighboring Pakistan, pushed for continued violent struggle against the Afghan government, Massoud and Rabbani advocated for a peaceful political campaign lobbying officials working for the government and armed forces.

While the Habsburgs were driven out, many of their minor nobles were allowed to keep their lands and offices, though over time they lost power to the Bernese government.

While most Anabaptists adhered to a literal interpretation of the Sermon on the Mount which precluded taking oaths, participating in military actions, and participating in civil government, some who practiced re-baptism felt contrariwise.

While government authorities prepared lists of aliens for deportation, many aliens fled the country during the debate over the Alien and Sedition Acts, and Adams never signed a deportation order.

While some argued for the seat of government to move to Berlin, others advocated leaving it in Bonn — a situation roughly analogous to that of the Netherlands, where Amsterdam is the capital but The Hague is the seat of government.

While the government and parliament moved to Berlin, as a compromise, some of the ministries ( such as Defence and Agriculture ) largely remained in Bonn, with only the top officials in Berlin.

While Disraeli's government survived until the December general election, the initiative had passed to the Liberals, who were returned to power with a majority of 170.

While they had yet to become electable as a government, they underlined their growing reputation as a worthwhile alternative to Labour and Conservative, offering plenty of debate in parliament and not just representing a protest vote.

While many scientific experts might agree on a common definition of the term " coast ", the delineation of the extents of a coast differ according to jurisdiction, with many scientific and government authorities in various countries differing for economic and social policy reasons.

While perhaps lightly competing against each other, they will present a unified front ( sometimes called a trade association or industry trade group ) to the government in requesting subsidies or aid or regulation.

While the government doesn't restrict foreign land ownership, it does strongly enforce its immigration laws.

While this type of independence is more common, many central banks prefer to announce their policy goals in partnership with the appropriate government departments.

While he supported the idea of government by an all-powerful sage, ruling as an Emperor, his ideas contained a number of elements to limit the power of rulers.

The power of making by-laws was “ tacitly annexed to corporations by the very act of their establishment .” While they must not directly contradict the overarching laws of the land, the central or local government cannot be expected to regulate toward the peculiar circumstances of a given body, and so “ they are invested with authority to make regulations for the management of their own interests and affairs .”

While other theories may insist on the truth of the former, the latter precept of congregationalism gives the entire theory a unique character among plans of church government.

While other forms of church government are more likely to define " tyranny " as " the imposition of unjust rule ", a congregationally-governed church would more likely define tyranny as " transgression of liberty " or equivalently, " rule by one man ".

While responding, CERT members are temporary volunteer government workers.

While the new ex-colonial states appeared to follow the blueprint of the idealized state-centralized government, territory enclosed by defined borders, and citizenry with defined rights -, as well as accessories such as a national flag, an anthem, a seat at the United Nations and an official economic policy, they were in actuality far weaker than the Western states they were modeled after.

While their numbers did not pose a serious threat to the government, they scared the Rump into action and a Treasons Act was passed against them in 1649.

While the CIA and MI6 and the People's Liberation Army of China financed the operation along with the Pakistan government against the Soviet Union Eventually the Soviet Union began looking for a withdrawal route and in 1988 Geneva Accords were signed between Communist-Afghanistan and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ; under the terms Soviet troops were to withdraw.

While they were not admitted, there were soon enough Central Committee members in Moscow to call an emergency Party Congress, which effectively forced the leadership to allow a Central Committee plenum.

While pedigree is considered, outside bloodlines are admitted to the registry if the horses meet the set standard for the registry.

While many sources say that Drexel pleaded guilty, in truth the firm only admitted it was " not in a position to dispute the allegations.

While the U. S. Supreme Court majority in 1896 Plessy explicitly upheld only " separate but equal " facilities ( specifically, transportation facilities ), Justice John Marshall Harlan in his dissent protested that the decision was an expression of white supremacy ; he predicted that segregation would " stimulate aggressions … upon the admitted rights of colored citizens ," " arouse race hate " and " perpetuate a feeling of distrust between races.

" While Roger Ebert criticized the matinée screening, he admitted that he " admires the movie itself ".

While some open units are physically unlocked, other open units still use locked entrances and exits depending on the type of patients admitted.

While admitted to a hospital, patients with cystic fibrosis have their treatment schedule modified and maintained by respiratory therapists.

While training for his promotion, his medical examination revealed that he was suffering from tuberculosis and was admitted to the Royal Naval Hospital Haslar in Gosport near Portsmouth.

) While he " admitted ", as Myers describes, " the conflict of social factors with the sexual instincts in certain psychoneuroses " of civilian life, he saw the instinct of self-preservation rather than the sexual instinct, as the driving force behind war neuroses.

While established stars are admitted automatically, the problem arises with non-star talent.

While there is an association between high-risk sexual activity and, it is not known whether transmission of the disease is due to drug use that has not been admitted to or sex as a risk factor.

" While the Council had declared that reception of communion under one form alone deprived the communicant of no grace necessary to salvation, theologians admitted that receiving under both forms may confer a greater grace either in itself ( a minority view ) or only accidentally ( the majority view ).

While Kurosawa made some very uncharitable comments about Mifune's acting, he also admitted in an interview in Interview magazine that " All the films that I made with Mifune, without him, they would not exist ".

While Norris himself said he remained committed to his campaign, he admitted that it was now " in serious trouble ".

While he served his term in the Gulag, attitudes changed and by 1937 even hard-line Bolshevik planners admitted that the church must be spared.

While DMX admitted to speeding, he claims he was driving 85 mph, not 102 mph as charged.

While he admitted that the installation of the idols may have been " an illegal act ", Nayar refused to remove them from the mosque claiming that " the depth of feeling behind the movement ... should not be underestimated.

While serving his first term as Prime Minister, Bondevik attracted international attention in August 1998 when he admitted that he was suffering from depressive episode, becoming the highest ranking world leader to admit to suffering from a mental illness while in office.

While on a South American cruise with his wife, Brown was admitted to a hospital in Argentina, where he died at the age of 78.

[...] While we congratulate the CNMI for its recent successful prosecution of a case in which foreign women were pressured into prostitution, human trafficking remains far more prevalent in the CNMI than it is in the rest of the U. S. During the twelve-month period ending on April 30, 2007, 36 female victims of human trafficking were admitted to or otherwise served by Guma ' Esperansa, a women ’ s shelter operated by a Catholic nonprofit organization.

While each school's financial aid system operates differently, there is a rule of thumb relating to GPA and LSAT scores: a student whose grades and LSAT are higher than those of most students admitted to a given school — in other words, a student who could go to a " better " school — has a good chance of being offered some kind of scholarship by the lower-ranked school.

While in exile on Saint Helena, Napoleon admitted, I certainly used that man very ill ...

" The authors of Privacy in the 21st Century admitted, " While a shocking statement, there is an element of truth in it.

While Hay admitted Mexico's responsibility, he replied that there is " no rule universally accepted in theory nor carried out in practice which makes obligatory the payment of immediate compensation ..." The so-called " Hull formula " has been adopted in many treaties concerning international investment, but is still controversial, especially in Latin American countries, which historically have subscribed to the Calvo Doctrine, which among other things, suggests that compensation is to be decided by the host country and that as long as there is equality between nationals and foreigners and no discrimination, there cannot be any claim in international law.