In late 1996, after some protracted absences led readers to inquire after his whereabouts, Caen disclosed that he was being treated for lung cancer ; after several public ceremonies and fetes ( and after a section of the city's waterfront Embarcadero was renamed for him ) he retired, passing away on February 1, 1997.

In 1995, Cronulla were one of the first clubs to join the Super League competition, which kicked off after protracted legal battles and much bitterness, in 1997.

Williams played two more seasons, before retiring at the end of a controversial 1997 season which saw a protracted legal battle between the AFL and Carlton over a suspension Williams received from the tribunal.

Babcock International, who had bought out Thorn's share of the original Babcock Thorn consortium, was the only company to submit a bid and after protracted negotiations purchased the yard in January 1997.

In October 1997, Jay sued Michael over rights to the name " Gene Loves Jezebel ", and after a protracted court battle, Jay eventually dropped the lawsuit, because it was causing great distress to their ill mother.

As war over the Order's existence appeared inevitable, Albert made strenuous efforts to secure allies and carried on protracted negotiations with Emperor Maximilian I.

Wallace kills Mornay and Lochlan for their betrayal, avoids assassination attempts, and wages a protracted guerrilla war against the English.

The argument is that Germany must develop self-sufficiency in food supplies because it might again prove impossible to deal a swift knockout to her enemies and a protracted total war might prove unavoidable.

Ethiopia nationalized Eritrea ’ s 42 largest factories and systematically dismantled the Eritrean industrial sector during the protracted civil war.

The protracted war in Italy and the wars with the Persians themselves laid a heavy burden on the Empire's resources, and Justinian was criticized for curtailing the government-run post service, which he limited to only one eastern route of military importance.

The war saw protracted conflict in the Suez Canal Zone, ranging from limited to large scale combat.

The Dutch revolted against the Spanish domination during the 1560s, leading to a protracted war of independence that led to a truce only in 1609.

Additionally, neither Germany nor Japan planned to fight a protracted war, and were not equipped to do so.

Prelude to War and The Battle of China refer several times to the Tanaka Memorial, portraying it as " Japan's Mein Kampf " to raise American morale for a protracted war against Japan.

The United States intervention against communist forces in Indochina during a conflict commonly referred to in the United States as the Vietnam War meant that Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia had to go through a prolonged and protracted war in their route to independence.

It is true that Yamamoto believed that Japan could not win a protracted war with the United States, and moreover seems to have believed that the Pearl Harbor attack had become a blunder — even though he was the person who came up with the idea of a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor.

Yamamoto's meaning was that military victory, in a protracted war against an opponent with as much of a population and industrial advantage as the United States possessed, was completely impossible — a rebuff to those who thought that winning a major battle against the US Navy would end the war.

The protracted period of war between the Lithuanians and the Teutonic Knights was ended on 12 October 1398 by the Treaty of Salynas, named after the islet in the Neman River where it was signed.

In the third and final phase, beginning in March 1900, the Boers launched a protracted hard-fought guerrilla war against the British forces, lasting a further two years, during which the Boers raided targets such as British troop columns, telegraph sites, railways and storage depots.

Some parts of the British press and British government expected the campaign to be over within months, and the protracted war gradually became less popular, especially after revelations about the conditions in the concentration camps ( where 26 thousand women and children died of disease and malnutrition ).

However instead of capitulating, the Boers fought a protracted guerrilla war.

Chiang planned to fight a protracted war of attrition by wearing down the Japanese in the hinterland of China.

In the words of Secretary of State Dean Acheson, who testified before Congress, Western Europe needed assistance against Soviet “ encroachment .” The measure was intended to signal Washington ’ s resolve to allies and to the Kremlin that the United States was capable of and committed to containing communism globally, even while it fought a protracted land war in Korea.

Chiang's plan was to fight a protracted war of attrition by wearing down the Japanese in the hinterland of China.

During the 1968 campaign, LeMay became widely associated with the " Stone Age " comment, especially because he had suggested use of nuclear weapons as a strategy to quickly resolve a deeply protracted conventional war which eventually claimed over 50, 000 American and millions of Vietnamese lives.

North Vietnamese leaders debated the issue of " quick victory " vs " protracted war " ( guerrilla warfare ).

In May 1968, Trường Chinh urged " protracted war " in a speech that was published prominently in the official media, so the fortunes of his " North first " fraction may have revived at this time.

A tale, ( see " The Book of the Heavenly Cow "), from the perspective of Lower Egypt, developed around this experience of protracted war.

A protracted feud between Donn Beach and Trader Vic erupted when both claimed to have invented the mai tai.

From 2005 to 2011, there were protracted dealings between Jersey and the United Kingdom over Jersey's " zero-ten " tax regime and whether it would be acceptable to the European Union.

Also in 1872, a protracted quarrel began to fester between Bismarck and Count Harry von Arnim, a career diplomat and the imperial ambassador to France.

A second expedition by Lothar III in 1136 was not more decisive in its results, and the protracted struggle between the rival pontiffs was terminated only by the death of Anacletus II on 25 January 1138.

Again, for early 20th century physics, the transition between the Maxwellian electromagnetic worldview and the Einsteinian Relativistic worldview was neither instantaneous nor calm, and instead involved a protracted set of " attacks ," both with empirical data as well as rhetorical or philosophical arguments, by both sides, with the Einsteinian theory winning out in the long-run.

The tour collapsed, but led to a protracted lawsuit between Davis and the band.

There was a protracted struggle between South Africa and forces fighting for independence, particularly after the formation of the South West Africa People's Organisation ( SWAPO ) in 1960.

Deng's return set the scene for a protracted factional struggle between the radical Gang of Four and moderates led by Zhou and Deng.

Their involvement, however, led to a protracted legal battle between Oxford and the Stationers, and the litigation dragged on for the rest of Fell's life.

The military remained largely neutral during the protracted standoff between incumbent Ratsiraka and challenger Marc Ravalomanana in the disputed 2001 presidential elections.

The entrenchment of French troops in western Balkans, the incessant political crises in the Ottoman Empire, the growing intensity of the Austro – Russian rivalry in the Balkans, the intermittent warfare which consumed the energies of French and Russian Empires and the outbreak of protracted hostilities between the Porte and Russia are but a few of the major international developments which directly or indirectly influenced the course of the Serbian revolt.

The Cold War was a protracted geopolitical, ideological, and economic struggle that emerged after World War II between the global superpowers of the Soviet Union and the West ( United Kingdom, United States and NATO ).

However, on the Persian right the fight between Artaxerxes ' army and Cyrus was far more difficult and protracted.

Despite the protracted composition period, there was no discernible difference, especially in the two symphonies, between the sections completed in the 1860s and those written much later.

Following protracted warfare in the 4th century BC Spartan women owned approximately between 35 % and 40 % of all Spartan land and property.

Tensions between the opposing empires that extended across a wide range of religious, cultural and political conflicts, led to the outbreak of hostilities in the 19th century and eventually yielded the Second Treaty of Erzurum between the two parties, in 1847, after protracted negotiations, which included British and Russian delegates.

The route of this highly controversial road, which followed a similar route to that of the planned M11 extension resulted in the protracted M11 link road protest between 1993 and 1995, which one of a number of major UK road protests at the time.

The stalemate in the protracted negotiations between the UK and Guatemala over the future status of Belize led Belizeans to seek the international community's assistance in resolving issues associated with independence.

The matter led to a bitter and protracted dispute within CSICOP between Rawlins, Zelen, Kurtz, Abell and Richard Kammann.

The protracted competition for territory, investment funds, and parliamentary approval between the GWR and the standard gauge companies became called the gauge wars.

It also vaguely called for a border rectification between Greece and the Ottoman Empire, which occurred after protracted negotiations in 1881 with the transfer of Thessaly to Greece.

When their demands ignored the UFT called the first of three strikes leading ultimately to a protracted city-wide teachers ' strike, which stretched over seven-month period between May and November.