After a series of debates in 1858 that gave national visibility to his opposition to the expansion of slavery, Lincoln lost a Senate race to his arch-rival, Stephen A. Douglas.

After the completion of the Plovdiv-Dimitrovgrad high-speed line on 1 July 2012 the top operating speed was raised to 200 km / h and the national top speed record of 197 km / h set between Iskar and Elin Pelin with a leased Siemens Taurus electric locomotive is soon expected to be broken.

After the southern part of Ireland became independent in 1922, the team continued to be termed the British Isles, referring to the British Isles geographic term, rather than national citizenship.

After the Congressional hearings in early 2005, and with the scrutiny of the sports and national media upon this issue, Selig put forth a proposal for a stricter performance-enhancing drug testing regime to replace the current system.

After 3 months of provisional government, Déby ’ s Patriotic Salvation Movement ( MPS ) approved a national charter on February 28, 1991, with Déby as president.

After Habré consolidated his authority and assumed the presidency in 1982, his victorious army, the Armed Forces of the North ( Forces Armées du Nord — FAN ), became the nucleus of a new national army.

After finding fame in Red Dwarf, he regularly featured on national television, with celebrity appearances on many shows of the time, while he continued to host a wide variety of programmes.

After considering the possible side effects, the national government of Fiji decided to release the toad in 1953, and 67 specimens were subsequently imported from Hawaii.

After retiring as a footballer, Zoff went on to become coach for the Italian national team and several other Italian clubs.

After the national independence in 1905, publisher Aschehoug ( owned by William Martin Nygaard ) hired librarian Haakon Nyhuus to edit Illustreret norsk konversationsleksikon ( 6 volumes, 1907 – 1913 ), in later editions known as Aschehougs konversasjonsleksikon.

After a 6-month period of military training, persons may work on government projects or with private enterprises, with the private company paying a charge to the government but the worker only receiving standard national service wages.

After the short reigns of Elizabeth's half-siblings, her 44 years on the throne provided welcome stability for the kingdom and helped forge a sense of national identity.

After the World Cup, the most important international football competitions are the continental championships, which are organised by each continental confederation and contested between national teams.

After it was used against a major school on a national stage in this game, the forward pass rapidly gained popularity.

After a very heated national debate, legislation was passed in 1985 that gave women an equal right to decide what surname or surnames they and their children would use.

After some time, several countries developed national associations, and the IFF was founded in 1986.

After the first free elections in 1994, de Klerk became deputy president in the government of national unity under Nelson Mandela, a post he kept until 1996.

After the Unification of Germany, in the Empire Unification of 1870 ( Letter of the Emperor ) and the Founding of the Empire 1871, there was still no common national holiday.

After the founding of the Empire in 1871, there were calls for a national holiday, and there were three suggestions.

After having appeared as an instrument and place for isolating counterrevolutionary and criminal elements, the Gulag, because of its principle of “ correction by forced labor ”, quickly became, in fact, an independent branch of the national economy secured on the cheap labor force presented by prisoners.

After Morgan began singing, the crowd joined in, and Wales became the first nation to sing a national anthem at the start of a sporting event.

After the attempts to achieve German national unity failed with the Revolutions of 1848, Wagner strongly relied on the picture of Henry as the actual ruler of all German tribes as advocated by pan-Germanist activists like Friedrich Ludwig Jahn.

After 1840, emigration had become a massive, relentless, and efficiently managed national enterprise.

After the weapon sales were revealed in November 1986, Reagan appeared on national television and stated that the weapons transfers had indeed occurred, but that the United States did not trade arms for hostages.

After al-Nimeiry was overthrown in 1985 the party did poorly in national elections but in 1989 it was able to overthrow the elected post-al-Nimeiry government with the help of the military.

After having been passed over for the All-Star team in 1935 and being left on the bench for the 1937 game, Greenberg refused to participate in the 1938 contest.

After surrendering the New York Yankees ' only loss in the 1999 playoffs in a much-hyped contest with Red Sox ace Pedro Martínez, Clemens began improving his postseason numbers.

After winning the Academy contest, she was still not able to attend its sessions because of the Academy's tradition of excluding women other than the wives of members.

After this contest, Los Angeles Times sportswriter Owen Bird reported that the USC athletes " fought on like Trojans ", and the president of the university at the time, George F. Bovard, approved the name officially.

After the close 1844 contest, the Democratic advantage widened and the Whigs could win the White House only if the Democrats split.

After the completion of the contest year, each of the twelve Illustration winners is assigned one of the stories from among the twelve Writer winners, and given a month to return the finished illustration.

After her firing, Byrne launched a campaign to unseat Bilandic in the 1979 Democratic mayoral primary, the real contest in this heavily Democratic city.

After a hard-fought contest, Wilson defeated Hughes by a narrow margin.

After Deep Thought's 1989 match against Kasparov, IBM held a contest to rename the chess machine and it became " Deep Blue ", a play on IBM's nickname, " Big Blue ".

After their move to Philadelphia, a contest was held to decide on their new name.

After achieving second place in a 1928 cartoon contest, the 23-year-old Gottfredson moved to Southern California with his wife and family, just before Christmas.

After each Clausura, the two teams with the lowest points-per-game total for the previous six tournaments ( three years, counting only Primera División games ) are relegated to Primera B Nacional to be replaced by that league's champion and runner-up teams ; the two teams immediately above contest promotion / relegation series with the third and fourth places in Primera B Nacional, counted by its aggregate table.

After the archery contest, Heracles went to Calydon where on the steps of the temple Heracles saw Deianira, Prince Meleager's sister.

After the completion of nominations, a vote was taken and Zapata became the new council president without contest.

After the 2012 match, Collingwood have won this contest 10 times and Essendon 7 times, with the first match being drawn.

After winning a school recitation contest, Adjani began acting in amateur theater by the age of twelve.

After a bitterly fought political contest, St. Joseph was named the seat of Berrien County in 1894, when Berrien Springs relinquished that status.

After the retirement of Clement Attlee as leader in December 1955, Gaitskell beat Bevan and the ageing Herbert Morrison in the party leadership contest.

After the Civil War, immigrants to Utah who were not members of the church continued the contest for political power.

After the vote was announced, Duncan Smith made an appearance in front of Conservative Party headquarters in Smith Square, where he stated that he was " absolutely " going to contest the vote, which was held on 29 October.

After a close contest, the first line of Hannibal was pushed back by the Roman hastati.

After winning the contest in 1940, Storm made several films for the studio, RKO Radio Pictures.

After winning a talent contest at the age of 15, she began performing in clubs.

After the contest, Russia's Channel One complained that Irish broadcaster RTÉ ( Ireland's national television broadcaster ) had used a back-up jury, and that it had cost them victory.

After Crean's resignation, Beazley and the Labor Party's Treasury spokesperson, Mark Latham, announced that they would contest the Labor leadership.