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 implementing the Emancipation Proclamation, which did not apply to every state, Lincoln increased pressure on Congress to outlaw slavery throughout the entire nation with a constitutional amendment.

After five years of pressure, Hill resigned.

After a cutoff in US military support and with both sides facing international pressure to bring an end to the conflict, the contras agreed to negotiations with the FSLN.

After 1985, pressure from trade unions forced AECI to phase out the production of dynamite.

After the flight, he claimed this was easy, but his space suit ballooned from its internal pressure against the vacuum of space, stiffening so much that he could not activate the shutter on his chest-mounted camera.

After the Paris Peace Treaty of 1947, Finland succeeded in retaining democracy and parliamentarism, despite the heavy political pressure on Finland's foreign and internal affairs by the Soviet Union.

After strong pressure from other African countries and environmental groups the Guinea-Bissau government renounced the deal.

After it had reached the proper pressure, a valve connecting the tank with the swivel was opened and the mixture was discharged from its end, being ignited at its mouth by some source of flame.

After mixing with water vapor and expired CO < sub > 2 </ sub > in the lungs, oxygen diffuses down a pressure gradient to enter arterial blood where its partial pressure is around 100 mmHg ( 13. 3 kPa ).

After local and foreign pressure, in December 1991, parliament repealed the one-party section of the constitution.

After some pressure, an office of the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission opened an office in Mazar in April 2003.

After 24 hours, the chance of recovery declines rapidly, since with continued pressure, the spinal cord tissue deteriorates and dies.

After several minor skirmishes and a stalemate in the siege that was initiated by the caliph, Saladin intended to find a way to withdraw from the siege without damage to his reputation while still keeping up some military pressure.

After intensive pressure from the Bush administration, Pakistan has agreed to act as a staging area for American air strikes or forces.

After that victory, Wends were under increasing pressure from Germans, Danes and Poles.

After pressure for the new parties the referendum was canceled in favour for direct multiparty election.

After the Soviet Union collapsed under internal pressure in 1991, the communist governments of the Eastern bloc were also dismantled, followed by rocky transitions into market economies.

* November 16 – After Entente pressure, Romanian forces withdraw from Budapest and allow Admiral Horthy to march in.

After April 1975, screening of newborns was discontinued — changes to informed consent procedures and pressure from additional advocacy groups, including the Children's Defense Fund, having led to the discontinuation of the last active U. S. newborn screening programs for sex chromosome abnormalities in Boston and Denver.

After the publication of Robert Peterson's landmark book Only the Ball was White in 1970, the Hall of Fame found itself under renewed pressure to find a way to honor Negro league players who would have been in the Hall had they not been barred from the major leagues due to the color of their skin.

After the discovery of Raman scattering by organic liquids, Rasetti decided to study the same phenomenon in gases at high pressure during his stay at Caltech in 1928-29.

After the temperature rise has been measured, the excess pressure in the bomb is released.

After describing experiments to ascertain the pressure of steam at various points between 0 and 100 ° C ( 32 and 212 ° F ), Dalton concluded from observations on the vapour pressure of six different liquids, that the variation of vapour pressure for all liquids is equivalent, for the same variation of temperature, reckoning from vapour of any given pressure.