Therefore, the Grand Canal served to make or break the economic fortunes of certain cities along its route, and served as the economic lifeline of indigenous trade within China.

After the mid-term parliamentary break, Beazley's fortunes slightly improved, with voter concern over interest rate rises, petrol prices and industrial relations giving Labor some electoral comfort.

Determined to put their newly discovered knowledge to work, the group traveled to Atlantic City during spring break of 1979 to win their fortunes.

They insist they are ashamed of such violence and intimidation as occurred in Alabama when the Freedom Riders sought to break down racial discrimination in local bus depots.

One of the earliest controversies to center on BJU was the break that occurred in the late 1950s between separatist fundamentalists and neo-evangelicals represented by the newly prominent evangelist Billy Graham.

During the consultations on 21 May an earthquake occurred ; the participants were terrified and wished to break up the assembly, but Courtenay declared the earthquake a favorable sign which meant the purification of the earth from erroneous doctrine, and the result of the " Earthquake Synod " was assured.

During the abdication crisis of December 1936, Ribbentrop reported to Berlin that the reason the crisis had occurred was an anti-German Jewish-Masonic-reactionary conspiracy to depose Edward ( whom Ribbentrop represented as a staunch friend of Germany ), and that civil war would soon break out in Britain between the King's supporters and those of Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin's.

This event happened in less than 10, 000 years and occurred just before Pangaea started to break apart.

Fighting occurred on and off from May 8 through May 21, 1864, as Grant tried various schemes to break the Confederate line.

The Flyers had been first in the league prior to the Olympic break, where an injury to Forsberg occurred.

Relations between the two states were distant at first, but after 1958, no break occurred, despite the Arab oil embargo on several countries, including Japan.

With each break in peace, the Huguenots ' trust in the Catholic throne diminished, and the violence became more severe, and Protestant demands became grander, until a lasting cessation of open hostility finally occurred in 1598.

Once this had occurred, Napoleon would mass his reserves at the hinge of that right angle and launch a heavy attack to break the lines.

A similar instance occurred in Masan on April 18, 1960 when Rhee secretly ordered the police and bribed criminal organizations to break up the strikers.

A short break in the troop's charter occurred in 1974.

Had nothing occurred to change literature in the 15th century but the Renaissance, the break with medieval approaches would have been clear enough.

The reasons for this break are less clear and simple than those of the split with Austria, but there several key events occurred over the winter of 1799 – 1800 that helped: Bonaparte released 7, 000 captive Russian troops that Britain had refused to pay the ransom for ; Paul grew closer to the Scandinavian countries of Denmark and Sweden, whose claim to neutral shipping rights offended Britain ; Paul had the British ambassador in St. Petersburg recalled and Britain did not replace him, with no clear reason given as to why ; and Britain, needing to choose between their two allies, chose Austria, who had certainly committed to fighting Napoleon to the end.

Two-Way Stretch, sometimes titled Nothing Barred, is a 1960 British comedy film, about a group of prisoners who plan to break out of jail, commit a robbery, and then break back into jail again, thus giving them the perfect alibi – that they were behind bars when the robbery occurred.

Foraker stated in his memoirs that the break occurred because Hanna bribed black delegates from the South in 1888.

According to Pirenne the real break in Roman history occurred in the 8th century as a result of Arab expansion.

Dickson's ultimate discovery of this move appears to have been one of the central factors leading to his break with Edison that occurred in spring 1895.

It was one of few buildings that remained standing after the break of the Kelly Barnes Dam and flood that occurred in November 1977.

Folklorist Hazen likewise offers his own alleged eyewitness testimony of these creatures, which appeared in an academically praised and peer-reviewed publication, describing an occasion he found " a parted cable which bore obvious tooth marks in spite of the fact that the break occurred in a most inaccessible part of the plane.

Numerous occasions occurred when a Blue vs. Green would break out during a race.

McCracken had been the local ferry operator, but when a large accident occurred during a dinner break killed four passengers, the owner put the ferry under his control and later fired McCracken.

Shortly thereafter, the final break between Vienna and Pest occurred when Field Marshal Count Franz Philipp von Lamberg was given control of all armies in Hungary ( including Jelačić's ).

the athlete of by-gone years who wears a size 46 suit and puffs when he has finished a sentence of any length then, it is time to break it up and move on.

They'll travel 50 feet or more when thrown from the spring trap but it's almost impossible to break one after it passes the 35-foot mark.

Earthquakes result when movements in the earth twist rocks until they break.

The Texans made themselves a comforting break on the opening kickoff when Denver's Al Carmichael was jarred loose from the ball when Dave Grayson, the speedy halfback, hit him and Guard Al Reynolds claimed it for Dallas.

In addition, the asteroids rotated, a new enemy dubbed a killer satellite was added to the game, which would, when shot, break apart into three smaller ships that homed on the player's position.

Once set, the anchor tends to break out and reset when the direction of force changes dramatically, such as with the changing tide, and on some occasions it might not reset but instead drag.

In a situation, when he has justification to assume, that a given person committed or is attempting to commit an act regulated by the convention, he can apply towards that person “ reasonable measures ” including restraint, under a condition that they do not break the rules enumerated in Article 6, paragraph 1 of the Tokyo Convention.

Thus, if people are accustomed to using a particular machine name to access a particular service, their access will break when the service is moved to a different machine.

It also was responsible for switching to ROM BASIC when the system was turned on with the break key pressed, and later supported a primitive LAN system, using the RS232 port with modified cabling.

Fishing line lends itself better to right angle weave because it is stiffer than nylon thread, so holds the beads in a tighter arrangement and does not easily break when tugged upon.

This technique, famously practiced by Eddie Stanky of the Brooklyn Dodgers, is where the runner does not break immediately for second when the pitcher commits to the plate.

Although this shift was an important one, it did not represent a radical break from the past so much as a small step in a broader, more gradual socio-economic movement that had been going on at least since 1907 when van de Velde had argued for a craft basis for design while Hermann Muthesius had begun implementing industrial prototypes.

This means that they break down when exposed to light or air, but these plastics are still primarily ( as much as 98 per cent ) oil-based and are not currently certified as ' biodegradable ' under the European Union directive on Packaging and Packaging Waste ( 94 / 62 / EC ).

This design was introduced by Japanese manufacturer Olfa Corporation in 1956 as the world's first snap-off blade and was inspired from analyzing the sharp cutting edge produced when glass is broken and how pieces of a chocolate bar break into segments.

The narrative goes on to state that when Judah ( on behalf of the other brothers ) begged Joseph not to enslave Benjamin and instead enslave him, since enslavement of Benjamin would break Jacob's heart.

If he felt out of ideas on what to do with the story, he would often take a break from the shoot that could last for days, while keeping the studio ready for when he felt inspired again.

tend to break down into simpler sugars when cooked, while simple sugars can form syrups.

Although items do not break with use, they may already be broken or rusted when found.

A lift is permitted when a ball has been placed by the opponent in a position where it is wired from all other balls, and also in advanced play when the opponent has completed a break that includes hoops 1-back or 4-back.

However, a good sword blow arriving in exactly perpendicular angle to the surface could cut through the links ; when the mail was not riveted, a well placed thrust from a spear or thin sword could penetrate, and a pollaxe or halberd blow could break through the armour.

* Doorstop-a thin slat built inside the frame to prevent a door from swinging through when closed, which might break the hinges.

Benedict's career break came in 1978 when he appeared as Lieutenant Starbuck in the movie and television series Battlestar Galactica.