After facing stiff resistance in an invasion of Finland, an interim peace was entered, granting the Soviet Union the eastern region of Karelia ( 10 % of Finnish territory ).

After Finnish defenses surprisingly held out for over three months while inflicting stiff losses on Soviet forces, the Soviets settled for an interim peace.

After his return to Vienna, his father was concerned about Rudolf's aloof and stiff manner, typical of the more conservative Spanish court, rather than the more relaxed and open Austrian court ; but his Spanish mother saw in him courtliness and refinement.

After signing, Eastwood was criticized for his stiff manner, his squint, and for hissing his lines through his teeth, a feature that would become a lifelong trademark.

After four months, their ears will not curl any longer, and should be hard and stiff to the touch.

" After the show, Jimmie recalled that he was worried that the crowd would have been " a little stiff ", saying " turned out they're just like any other beer joint.

After putting up a stiff resistance the Ottomans retreated five miles ( 8 km ) to the west and they were followed by Aylmer's troops.

After a long two-year battle with stiff lobbying on both sides, the waterway fee was finally passed along with a new lock and dam project ( the rebuilding of Lock and Dam 26.

After pumping up his pressure suit to three and one half pounds of pressure per square inch, " the suit took on a life of its own and became so stiff that it didn't want to bend at all.

After two hours of stiff fighting they managed to retire while at 04: 50 No. 7 Light Car Patrol was moving along the Gaza to Beersheba road.

After breaking out, Allied forces met with stiff opposition outside Baghdad, and were forced back to Kut on 4 December, where they were again besieged.

After a few screams, a lie down and a stiff drink, the occasional drinker will try never to be " knurd " again.

After airline deregulation, however, stiff competition buffeted profits, and the airline began making losses in 1981.

After flowering and seed release the stem and fruits usually persist in winter, drying into dark brown, stiff structures of densely packed, ovoid-shaped and dry seed capsules.

The fondant in the centre of After Eights is made from a stiff paste of saccharose, water, and a small amount of the enzyme invertase.

After a stiff fight, the Filipinos were driven into their secondary defenses.

After a fight in a slaughterhouse, the man holding the money tries to stiff Philo.

" After the broadcast, the New York Daily Newss Richard Huff critiqued Regis Philbin's " suitable although not spectacular " performance as being outside his usual element ; starting off stiff, but slowly becoming looser and more confident in his role throughout the night.

* 1945 – World War II: Führerbunker: After learning that Soviet forces have taken Eberswalde without a fight, Adolf Hitler admits defeat in his underground bunker and states that suicide is his only recourse.

After a long and difficult fight “ Abd ar-Rahman obtained a most complete victory, and the field was strewn with the bodies of the enemy ”.

After a final rally behind his camp's tents, shouting entreaties to stand and fight, Marshal Tallard was caught up in the rout and pushed towards Sonderheim.

After seeing Jen fight Mu Bai, Fox realizes Jen had been secretly studying the Wudang manual and has surpassed her in skill.

After the prohibition, any citizen caught practicing capoeira, in a fight or for any other reason, would be arrested, tortured and often mutilated by the police.

After the bench-clearing fight the Cubs won the second game, and the sweep put the Cubs at 68 – 45.

Cuitláhuac was made tlatoani of Tenochtitlan during the Spanish conquest of Mexico ; After Pedro de Alvarado had ordered the massacre in the Main Temple, the Aztecs were very upset and started to fight and put a siege to the Spaniards.

After they split up, Nobita encounters Gian and gets into a fight again.

After his acclamation, Maximian was dispatched to fight the rebel Bagaudae in Gaul.

* After Runyon's death, his friend and fellow journalist, Walter Winchell, went on his radio program and appealed for contributions to help fight cancer, eventually establishing the “ Damon Runyon Cancer Memorial Fund ” to support scientific research into causes of, and prevention of cancer.

After a spectacular fight with dozens of Han's guards he is eventually lured into a trap and captured.

After breaking free, they join them in the fight to even the odds.

" After a spectacular fight in a room full of mirrors, Han is defeated by Lee and impaled on his own spear.

After the death of his father, Seinei won the fight against Prince Hoshikawa, his brother, for the throne and so succeeded his father.

After completion of the first few documentaries, government officials and Army staff found them to be powerful messages and excellent presentations of why it was necessary for the U. S. to fight in the war.

After uniting with Japan's Defense Force, Goro manages to regain control of Jet Jaguar and sends the robot to Monster Island to bring Godzilla to fight Megalon.

After a long and brutal fight, Gigan and Megalon both retreat and Godzilla and Jet Jaguar shake hands on a job well done.

After destroying all nearby land forces, Biollante attacks Godzilla, and the two massive monsters fight to the death with Godzilla beginning to lose.

After Pandarus wounds Menelaus with an arrow the fight begins again.

After filming was complete on Scarface, Hawks left Hughes to fight the legal battles and returned to First National to fulfill his contract, this time with producer Darryl F. Zanuck.

* 1970 – Nigerian Civil War: After a 32-month fight for independence from Nigeria, Biafra surrenders.

After the attacks occurred, he continued to stay and fight even after he knew the US was now allied with the Northern Alliance.

After personally leading his elite forces, whose ranks were restricted to those with Persian, Mede or Elamite ancestry, to fight the invading Scythians, he led another conquest towards Indian sub-continent.

After the war, defenders of the Soviet position argued that it was necessary to enter into a non-aggression pact with Germany to buy time, since the Soviet Union was not in a position to fight a war in 1939, and needed at least three years to prepare.

After a lengthy court fight, in 2004 the families of the Munich victims reached a settlement of € 3 million with the German government.