Charles agreed briefly, but soon violated his pledge, setting the stage for the murderous civil war.
House Republicans bowed to the inevitable today and agreed to briefly back off their threat to plunge the government into default.
During previous failed efforts to reach a grand bargain, both sides agreed, however briefly, to important concessions: Mr Boehner to raise $800 billion in revenue through tax reform, Mr Obama to a higher Medicare retirement age and less generous inflation protection for Social Security benefits.
In August 2010, a district court judge agreed and briefly blocked NIH funding for hESC research.
The real surprise was that she agreed even briefly to be filmed by Maximilian Schell.
Briefly, I agree with the conventional wisdom about reducing leverage, increasing capital requirements, and reforming compensation structures to try and make people act less myopically.
It accomplished, in a single ballot, what the four former members of Talking Heads couldn't — or wouldn't — in eighteen years: it got David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison, and Tina Weymouth to agree to reunite, however briefly, and perform onstage again as Talking Heads.
In February, she briefly agreed to run as the Republican nominee for the State Senate seat created by Hiram Monserrate's expulsion.
The nationwide ceasefire agreed earlier this month briefly raised hopes that a political solution in Syria was possible and a temporary halt in fighting would make it easier for aid to get to designated besieged and hard to reach areas.
It was three in the afternoon, and we were on our way to the Marina del Rey Middle School, where Wonder had agreed to appear briefly before an assembly of three hundred children to promote an American Express hunger-awareness program.
