and said Communication the protest Response had `` Giv [ en ] the lie to general opinion that the economically stricken nation has taken Bringing swingeing austerity measures with passive resignation '' .

During this time , the EEF 's XXI Corps , holding Defending the Gaza section of the line , had been mostly passive until the night of 1/2 November , when a series determined Deciding night-time assaults were mounted against the Gaza defences .

Starting Process_start from Emperor Wu 's reign ( r. 141–87 BC ) , the Han empire changed Change from a relatively passive foreign policy to an offensive strategy to deal Resolve_problem with the increasing Xiongnu incursions on the northern frontier and also according to general imperial policy to expand Expansion the domain .