While not all Southerners saw themselves as fighting to preserve slavery, most of the officers and over a third of the rank and file in Lee's army had close family ties to slavery.

While most states require a for-profit corporation to have at least one director and two officers, Delaware laws do not have this restriction.

While the conflict has been called by some " The War of the Amateurs ", the White Army had two major advantages over the Red Guards in the war: the professional military leadership of General Mannerheim and his staff — which included 84 Swedish volunteer officers and former Finnish officers of the Tsar's army — and 1, 450 soldiers of the 1, 900-strong, elite " Jäger " battalion.

" While in Burma, he acquired a moustache similar to those worn by officers of the British regiments stationed there.

While " legal " insider trading cannot be based on material non-public information, some investors believe corporate insiders nonetheless may have better insights into the health of a corporation ( broadly speaking ) and that their trades otherwise convey important information ( e. g., about the pending retirement of an important officer selling shares, greater commitment to the corporation by officers purchasing shares, etc.

While Stalin personally told a Polish general they'd " lost track " of the officers in Manchuria, Polish railroad workers found the mass grave after the 1941 Nazi invasion.

While officers of the reorganized force were Protestant, membership of the other ranks was now made available to members of all denominations.

While addressing the officers and cadets at the Naval War College, general Karamat stressed the creation of National Security Council which would be backed by a " team of civil-military experts " for devising policies to seek resolution ongoing problems relating the civil-military issues ; also recommended a " neutral but competent bureaucracy and administration of at federal level and the establishment of Local governments in four provinces.

While Patton has a reputation today as a senior general who was both impatient and impulsive, with little tolerance for officers who had failed to succeed on the battlefield, the truth is somewhat different.

While Home Secretary, Peel helped create the modern concept of the police force, leading to officers being known as " bobbies " ( in England ) and " Peelers " ( in Northern Ireland ).

While leaving the palace, he took the bridle from his horse, and tied the two officers together.

While Cisco denied all allegations in the suit, on August 18, 2006, Cisco's liability insurers, its directors, and officers paid the plaintiffs US $ 91. 75 million to settle the suit.

While many of the rebel officers were leading their units, Nasser donned civilian clothing to avoid detection by royalists and moved around Cairo monitoring the situation.

While the RUC refused to give any details on how many officers were members of the Order, thirty-nine RUC officers are listed on the Order's Roll of Honour ( of Orangemen killed in the conflict ).

While much of the general public was horrified by the death of the Superior Court Justice, many others believed that the Meins ’ cruel treatment by security officers was unethical, and justified von Drenkmann ’ s death.

While a handful of Blacks were commissioned as officers in World War I, white officers remained the rule in that conflict.

While this has altered the Swedish State's position to not try any police officers involved in the clashes, it has not had any effect on sentences already handed out to activists.

While Cindercott wishes to make a beeline for city hall to protect the mayor, the officers know they have to attack the problem at its source: superspace.

") While there, the general met with American officers and many citizens of the county.

While some police officers will turn a blind eye when they catch you with liquid chalk, most of them will give you a fine.

While fighting the Dutch navy at the Battle of Solebay off the Suffolk coast in June, valorous conduct aboard the Duke of York's flagship, the Prince, earned Churchill promotion ( above the resentful heads of more senior officers ) to a captaincy in the Admiralty Regiment.

While he was held captive in the 1980s, many Church Army officers wore a simple badge with the letter H on it, to remind people that one of their members was still a hostage, and was being supported in prayer daily by them and many others.

While the final combat of the campaign was being worked out at Jonesborough, Thomas, on Sherman's instructions, ordered Slocum, now commanding the Twentieth Corps, to make an effort to occupy Atlanta if he could do so without exposing his bridgehead to a counterattack.

While early initiatives in the Colombian peace process gave reason for optimism, the Pastrana administration also has had to combat high unemployment and other economic problems, such as the fiscal deficit and the impact of global financial instability on Colombia.

While the Amorphs have the ability to move fast, quietly, and sprout appendages at will, they excel at ' closer-than-melee-range combat, primarily " meme-toxins " against other Amorphs.

While light, highly maneuverable aircraft did have some advantages in fighter-versus-fighter combat, those could usually be overcome by sound tactical doctrine, and the design approach of the Italians and Japanese made their planes ill-suited as interceptors or attack aircraft.

While Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights does not prohibit criminal laws against revisionism such as denial or minimization of genocides or crimes against humanity, as interpreted by the European Court of Human Rights, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe went further and recommended to member governments to combat hate speech under its Recommendation R ( 97 ) 20.

While weekly therapy is certainly valuable, most providers also suggest an aggressive self-care regimen at home to help combat muscle tension, such as daily muscle relaxation audiotapes, stress reduction and anxiety management on a daily basis.

While specific styles taught by different teachers, in the mode of Asian martial arts, cannot be excluded, it is very clear ( including in Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics ) that the objective of a teacher of combat sports was to help each of his athletes to develop his personal style that would fit his strengths and weaknesses.

While the award of the Purple Heart is considered automatic for all wounds received in combat, each award presentation must still be reviewed to ensure that the wounds received were as a result of enemy action.

" While praising the replay value afforded by the extra scenarios, the critic derided the random battles of Radical Dreamers, writing that " RPG-style random combat doesn't translate well to text-only medium.

While the Roman Inquisition was originally designed to combat the spread of Protestantism in Italy, the institution outlived that original purpose and the system of tribunals lasted until the mid 18th century, when pre-unification Italian states began to suppress the local inquisitions, effectively eliminating the power of the church to prosecute heretical crimes.

While the prisoners worked to escape, Worf entered a daily round of combat with each of the guards in turn.

While his duty did not include combat, he claims to have witnessed acts of war between Chinese and Japanese soldiers.

While the basics are the same, it adds a skill system, changes the time scale of combat rounds, and includes rules for modern weapons.

While in France, Patton requested a combat command.

While at the University of Maryland, she hosted a call-in radio show where she gave advice on how to combat men.

While the only recent war experience of the Prussian Army was in the War of the Polish Succession ( Rhine campaign of 1733 – 1735 ) it had largely been kept out of combat, since Prussia was not fully trusted by Austria.

While in combat, Alita awakens memories of her earlier life on Mars.

While the metal percussion cap was the most popular and widely-used type of primer, their small size made them difficult to handle under the stress of combat or while riding a horse.

While often stereotyped as chivalry-besotten blockheads, Philip and his men had in fact carried out a successful Fabian strategy against the debt-plagued Edward, and resisted the chivalric blandishments of single combat or a combat of two hundred knights that he offered.

While Patroclus was tending his wound Eurypylus convinced the former to enter into combat even if Achilles refused to join.

While Operation Flashpoint does not provide the same level of vehicle realism as a dedicated simulator like Steel Beasts, or Falcon 4. 0, it is nevertheless notable because it does not only simulate aircraft, tank and infantry combat with consistently high levels of realism, but also accurately simulates the complex relationships between these elements in warfare.

While in Korea, he commanded both a rifle company and a heavy mortar company in combat.

While originally touted as another space adventure, the idea quickly changed into an action-oriented combat title, to be viewed largely from behind the ship, with gameplay similar to Psygnosis ' Colony Wars series, somewhat like a shooting-oriented X-Wing.

While the public at large never forgot the image created by newspaper correspondents, a different view of Bradley was offered by combat historian S. L. A.