contrive

Mr President of the Commission, circumstances have contrived to focus the debate on the acceptance of the new Commission upon the operational problems of the institution.
Monsieur le Président de la Commission, les circonstances ont fait que le débat sur l' intronisation de la nouvelle Commission s' est focalisé sur les problèmes de fonctionnement de l' institution.
This is a most remarkable city, because despite its chequered history of cruel divisions, the people of Goerlitz-Zgorzelec have contrived to keep human, economic and especially cultural links alive.
C’est une ville des plus remarquables, car, malgré son histoire en dents de scie faite de divisions cruelles, les citoyens de Goerlitz-Zgorzelec ont trouvé le moyen de maintenir en vie des liens humains, économiques et surtout culturels.
In this respect the Jesuits alone might have compared with us, but we have contrived to discredit them in the eyes of the unthinking mob as an overt organization, while we ourselves all the while have kept our secret organization in the shade.
Seuls les Jésuites pourraient nous égaler sous ce rapport, mais nous avons pu les discréditer aux yeux de la foule stupide, parce qu’ils formaient une organisation visible, tandis que nous restions nous-mêmes dans l’ombre avec notre organisation secrète.
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