Against this backdrop, American exporters are finding quite favorable overseas markets for their products and U. S. consumers are responding to their general housing slowdown by slowing their spending.

Against the backdrop of differing religious sects, scholarship, classical schools of thought, and governmental implementations, the following forces are at work influencing future developments in sharia law.

Against a backdrop of conventional interventions through the state or markets, alternative initiatives have been pioneered to address the problem of food security.

Against the backdrop of the Norwegian referendum to not join the European Union, the Norwegian Ministry of Industry, headed by Ola Skjåk Bræk moved quickly to establish a national energy policy.

Against this grim backdrop, in 1982, Prime Minister Martens ' center-right coalition government formulated an economic recovery program to promote export-led growth by enhancing the competitiveness of Belgium's export industries through an 8. 5 % devaluation.

Against this backdrop, the nomenklatura system would evolve and become standard practice.

Against the backdrop, a series of bugs put on performance after performance, against highly-detailed and realistic backgrounds.

Against the backdrop of the rapidly urbanizing United States of the 1910s and 1920s, one house from the artificial grid of modern, planned America takes flight in the dream of a woman who has feasted on Welsh rarebit.

Rap-rock band Rage Against the Machine is well known for its support of the EZLN, using the red star symbol as a backdrop to their live shows and have also often informed concert crowds of the ongoing situation.

Against this backdrop, however, he manages to elucidate the tender and fleeting themes of love, death, and the elusive qualities of the " present ", the here-and-now, in a unique and moving manner.

Against the backdrop of this development is another debate, one whose principal instigator is Arkady Bogdanov of the Russian contingent ( possibly named in homage to the Russian polymath and science fiction writer Alexander Bogdanov ).

Against the backdrop of the Asian financial crisis ( and catastrophic domestic floods ) mainland China's GDP still grew by 7. 9 % in the first nine months of 2002, beating the government's 7 % target despite a global economic slowdown.

Against the backdrop of Devereux's plot, Coke and Cecil started a new investigation into the book, hoping to prove some involvement of Devereux in the publishing.

Against this backdrop, the family moved to Bradshaw, in Lambton County.

Against this backdrop of religious, nationalistic, and racial tensions, political uncertainty was high.

* " Bata-ville – We are not afraid of the future ": somewhere. org. uk / bata-ville / bata-ville. com, Somewhere, 2007 United Kingdom " Against the backdrop of economic regeneration, former employees of two now closed UK Bata factories are led on a unique journey through Bata's legacy and across a changing Europe.

Against the backdrop of economic stagflation and perceived American weakness against the USSR abroad, Ronald Reagan, former governor of California, won the Republican nomination in 1980 by winning most of the primaries.

Against the backdrop of the oil crisis in the Aegean, Brigadier General Ioannidis arranged, in July 1974, to overthrow Cypriot President Makarios, and proceed to Énosis with Greece.

Against this backdrop, the Devotio Moderna movement was started by Geert Groote who was highly dissatisfied with the state of the Church and what he perceived as the gradual loss of monastic traditions and the lack of moral values among the clergy.

Against that backdrop, Horton, West and Dombrowski created the Highlander School " to provide an educational center in the South for the training of rural and industrial leaders, and for the conservation and enrichment of the indigenous cultural values of the mountains.

Against this backdrop of renewal and conflict, humanity makes its first contact with another intelligent, spacefaring species: the " Moties ," who represent a far more grave threat than even the Sauron Supermen.

Against this dire backdrop came the Ansari X Prize contest, inspired by the aviation contests made in the early 20th century.

Against this backdrop, Bengali nationalism began to take root within the Muslim League and the party's Bengali members began to rebel.

Against the backdrop of the HIV / AIDS epidemic in South Africa, there remains high demand for greater numbers of practicing dietitians, along with other health care staff, in order to expand public sector health care services.

Against Marx's " historical materialism ," Weber emphasised the importance of cultural influences embedded in religion as a means for understanding the genesis of capitalism.

Against the weight of historical evidence to the contrary, the question remains as to why the Pope Joan story has been popular and widely believed.

* Thomas Pynchon's three novels Gravity's Rainbow, Mason & Dixon and Against the Day are historical, and they variously contrast outrageous personal, subjective, hallucinogenic or even supernatural events with very real, well-researched accuracies from the past.

* Against Their Will, a historical research book by Pavel Polyan

Golding was also very interested in historical works and translated many, such as, Leonardo Bruni ’ s History of the War Against the Goths, Froissart ’ s Chronicles in Sleidan ’ s epitome, and Aesop ’ s fables.

In 1899, he published the book " The Case of the South Against the North ," which uses historical evidence to justify the South's war against the North on the basis of constitutional principles.

Berry's lyric poetry often appears as a contemporary eclogue, pastoral, or elegy ; but he also composes dramatic and historical narratives ( such as " Bringer of Water " and " July, 1773 ", respectively ) and occasional and discursive poems (" Against the War in Vietnam " and " Some Further Words ", respectively ).

The Plot Against America depicts or mentions several historical figures:

This identification has been favoured in more recent years by Otto Rahn in his Crusade Against the Grail, Peter Berling in various works in his series The Children of the Grail, Jean Blum in Mystère et message des Cathares, and Joaquín Javaloys in his historical novel Yo, Parsifal: el mítico caballero del Grial.

Against this background “ environmental history can give an essential perspective, offering knowledge of the historical process that led to the present situation, give examples of past problems and solutions, and an analysis of the historical forces that must be dealt with ” or, as expressed by William Cronon, " The viability and success of new human modes of existing within the constraints of the environment and its resources requires both an understanding of the past and an articulation of a new ethic for the future.

In 1972 and 1976, respectively, Gutiérrez completed two historical feature films, Una pelea cubana contra los demonios ( A Cuban Fight Against the Demons ) and La última cena ( The Last Supper ).

St. Jerome, in his letter Against Jovinianus, discusses how people come to their present condition as a result of their heritage, and then lists several examples of peoples and their customs.

*( c. 97 ) Flavius Josephus Against Apion, or Against Apion, or Contra Apionem, or Against the Greeks, on the antiquity of the Jewish people ( usually abbreviated CA )

As an example of how the word natio was employed in classical Latin, the following quote from Cicero's Philippics Against Mark Antony in 44 BC contrasts the external, inferior nationes (" races of people ") with the Roman civitas (" community "):

Against over 50, 000 Ndebele held up in their stronghold of the Matobo Hills the settlers mounted patrols under such people as Burnham, Baden-Powell, and Selous.

In Blows Against the Empire, Kantner ( and Slick ) sang about a group of people escaping Earth in a hijacked starship.

This included the Hukbalahap (" People's Army Against the Japanese "), which consisted of 30, 000 armed people and controlled much of Central Luzon.

It was Buñuel's intention to shock and insult the intellectual bourgeoisie of his youth, later saying: " Historically the film represents a violent reaction against what in those days was called ‘ avant-garde ,’ which was aimed exclusively at artistic sensibility and the audience ’ s reason .” Against his hopes and expectations, the film was a huge success amongst the French bourgeoisie, leading Buñuel to exclaim in exasperation, " What can I do about the people who adore all that is new, even when it goes against their deepest convictions, or about the insincere, corrupt press, and the inane herd that saw beauty or poetry in something which was basically no more than a desperate impassioned call for murder?

He is a trustee of the charity The Parliamentary Committee Against Anti-Semitism, and also President of DebRA, a British national charity working on behalf of people with the genetic skin blistering condition, Epidermolysis Bullosa ( EB ).

* Gypsies Against Stereotypical Propaganda ( 1982 ): Gypsy King JoJo ( played by Skaggs ) led a protest demanding that the Gypsy moth's name be changed because it was demeaning to his people.

The Regulations Governing Offenses Against Public Order empowered the police to admonish, fine, or detain people for up to fifteen days.

The Regulations Governing Offenses Against Public Order empowered the police to admonish, fine, or detain people for up to fifteen days.

Thomas Pynchon refers to Aztlan as the " mythic ancestral home of the Mexican people " in his novel Against the Day ( 2006 ).

The Socialist Party's first issue of 2010, headlined " Rage Against Unemployment " and written by Youth Fight for Jobs national organiser Sean Figg, who took part in the Jarrow March for Jobs, argues that young people are likely to suffer ' permanent psychological scars ' from unemployment.

Against Aztec domination, these people welcomed Hernán Cortés and the Spanish, who used the area as a headquarters during the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire and made it the first capital of New Spain between 1521 and 1523.

Five people, including three female expatriate staff of Action Against Hunger, were inside the targeted vehicle.

The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation ( GLAAD ) is a US non-governmental media monitoring organization which promotes the image of LGBT people in the media.

Nearly 30, 000 people attended the Boston March Against Racism, which they had organized.

* Citizens Against Drug Abuse: " This organization possesses elegant letterheads and is engaged in a campaign of encouraging Congressmen to outlaw catnip, a drug which some young people are smoking whenever marijuana is in short supply.

In May 2010, workers and young people established the Committee Against Utility Shutoffs ( CAUS ) in response to the deadly house fires in Detroit, Michigan that were " the result of the shutoff of gas and electrical service by the local utility monopoly, DTE Energy.

The United Front Against Fascism ( UFAF )— founded by the FSP, but also including a broad coalition of the Left, the LGBT community, labor unionists, feminists, people of color, Jews, and civil libertarians — took the lead in mobilizing against neo-Nazis in the Pacific Northwest.

A number of Russian nationalists came from Moscow, including leaders of Movement Against Illegal Immigration, and organized a rally calling on the government to forcibly resettle all people from the Caucasus, especially ethnic Chechens, from the town.

She lists her political interests as criminal justice, foreign affairs, human rights, international development, penal reform, and prisons, and has written several books, including Creating Criminals: prisons and people in a market society ; Bricks of Shame: Britain's prisons ; Failures in Penal Policy ; Imprisoned by Our Prisons: a programme for reform ( Fabian Series ); The Prisons We Deserve and A Sin Against the Future: imprisonment in the world.