Amid charges of fraud and rule changes concerning age, Gardner was declared ineligible to run as he did not meet the new minimum age requirement of thirty-five.

Amid allegations of corruption, mental and physical abuse by Jones on his followers, and denying them the right to leave Jonestown, a Congressional committee visited Guyana to investigate in November 1978.

Amid corruption, repression of the church, and the near bankruptcy of the state, a military coup in 1926 installed a dictatorship that remained until another coup in 1974.

Amid accusations of vote-rigging Argüello narrowly won the mayoral election in Managua on November 9, 2008 elections against the candidate of the Constitutionalist Liberal Party, Eduardo Montealegre, who had come second to Daniel Ortega in the 2006 presidential election.

Amid fan rowdyism and garbage-throwing, the Spiders won four of five games against Baltimore, including two wins for Cy Young.

Set against the economic boom from oil revenue it became apparent that the Land Reforms did not make life better for the rural population: according to Amid, ".. only a small group of rural people experienced increasing improvements in their welfare and poverty remained the lot of the majority ".

Lord Dalmeny awarded Hobbs his County Cap as the players left the field ; Amid press acclaim, Hobbs maintained his form over the following weeks ; he scored another century against Essex and hit 94 runs against the touring Australian cricket team.

Amid a nationwide backlash against Republicans for what was seen as overzealous behavior during the impeachment of Bill Clinton, Baker just barely held onto his seat by about one thousand votes, narrowly avoiding a runoff.

Amid rains at The Oval, Jon Lewis had a stunning ODI debut for the English cricket team against Bangladesh, removing Javed Omar and Mohammad Ashraful with successive deliveries before taking out Nafees Iqbal in a good opening spell.

Amid rains at The Oval, Jon Lewis had a stunning ODI debut for the England cricket team against Bangladesh, removing Javed Omar and Mohammad Ashraful with successive deliveries before taking out Nafees Iqbal in a good opening spell.

Amid the varied interests of the Eternal City he was ever mindful of Ireland's woes and forwarded thence another protest to Earl Gray against tithes, and proselytism, this last grievance being then rampant, particularly in Western Connaught.

Amid the interstate power struggles, internal conflict was also rife: six elite landholding families waged war on each other in Jin ; the Chen family was eliminating political enemies in Qi ; and legitimacy of the rulers was often challenged in civil wars by various royal family members in Qin and Chu.

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Amid threats to cancel the event due to poor ticket sales, the event went ahead, although a much smaller crowd than usual at 9000.

Amid poor fund-raising totals and her husband's unwillingness to release details of his business interests, Eu dropped out later that year.,

Amid speculation that the next state election would be called early, the Liberal Party deposed Quinn and elected Bruce Flegg as leader in his place, who has in the past had a poor relationship with Springborg.

Amid the economic challenges that followed, the community faced another natural catastrophe.

Amid the general rise in the North American economy, economic indicators in Ontario improved dramatically.

Amid the economic hardship of the War of 1812, President Jefferson — who promised to buy the 1795 portrait of Washington, but could not keep his promise — instead encouraged Peale to go to Europe, as " we have genius among us but no unemployed wealth to reward it ".

Amid the growing economic crisis of that time, UDI engaged in empowering leaders in countryside and peripheral neighbourhoods that would help extend its influence in the middle and low classes.

Amid the increasing tensions, Zyazikov fired his government in March 2008, and called for further social and economic reforms.

Amid worsening conditions at the front in the fall of that year, several deputies were sent to the critical area of Alsace to shore up the disintegrating Army of the Rhine.

Amid appalling conditions, one company became isolated and the next morning another was sent to its aid to attack the Japanese from the rear.

Amid this severe defeat, Borbidge created controversy when he immediately resigned from parliament, forcing a by-election in Surfers Paradise.

Amid fierce competition, primarily from Toshiba ( the Walky ), Aiwa ( the CassetteBoy ) and Panasonic ( the MiJockey ), by the late 1980s, Sony upped the ante once again by creating the playback-only WM-DD9, launched in 1989 during the 10th anniversary of the Walkman ( five years after the WM-D6C ) and became the holy grail for a niche group of cassette Walkman collectors.

Amid all the seeming inconsistencies of his public career, which exposed him to the shallow charge of time-serving and even of hypocrisy, history will discern a steady process of evolution, guided always by certain governing principles.

Amid the post-war environment, the profiles of Arafat and Fatah were raised by this important turning point, and he came to be regarded as a national hero who dared to confront Israel.

** Amid food riots and looting set off by inflation, Argentina declares a nationwide state of siege.

Amid growing discontent with Thompson's leadership, particularly in the area of cleaning up Chicago's reputation as the capital of organized crime, he was defeated in 1931 by Democrat Anton Cermak.

Amid reports that he had bet on baseball, Rose was questioned in February 1989 by outgoing commissioner Peter Ueberroth and his replacement, Bart Giamatti.

Amid religious protests that garnered worldwide attention, Diệm lost the backing of his U. S. patrons and was assassinated, along with his brother, Ngô Đình Nhu by Nguyễn Văn Nhung, the aide of ARVN General Dương Văn Minh on 2 November 1963, during a coup d ' état that deposed his government.

Amid the violence, the innocent poet, Cinna, is confused with the conspirator Lucius Cinna and is murdered by the mob.

" Marius Amid the Ruins of Carthage " by John Vanderlyn

Amid growing discontent from the Algerian population, the Third Republic ( 1871 – 1940 ) acknowledged some demands, and the Popular Front initiated the Blum-Viollette proposal in 1936 which was supposed to enlighten the Indigenous Code by giving French citizenship to a small number of Muslims.

Amid financial irregularities, the Douglas Navigation was not completed until 1742, and by 1783, it had been superseded by the Leeds and Liverpool Canal.

Amid concerns raised by negative publicity in connection with the scandal, Baltimore resigned as president of Rockefeller University and rejoined the MIT Biology faculty.

Amid much public outcry, the old station building ( including the Euston Arch ) was demolished in 1961-2 and replaced by a new building.

Amid strong public rejection of the entire political class, characterized by the pithy slogan que se vayan todos (" away with them all "), Duhalde brought elections forward by six months.

Amid the chaos of an invasion by the Alamanni and Franks, and spurred on by news of the defeat and capture of Valerian, the army in Gaul revolted and proclaimed Postumus emperor.

Amid fears that the Coyotes franchise will not right its ship by February 2011, Pittsburgh, Raleigh, and Ottawa rose as candidates for the 2011 game.

Amid an abundance of food and kitchenware still life, supervised by burly Flemish kitchen-maids, a small religious scene can often be made out in the distance, or a theme such as the Four Seasons elevates the subject.

Amid outcry at the inaccuracy of the story, an apology was published by the paper on 24 July for making no attempt to verify the truth of any of their claims, publishing what they claimed to be the cover, criticising Rockstar for their alleged plans without questioning the likelihood, making no attempt to contact Rockstar before publishing, and obtaining statements from a grieving relative of one of Moat's victims.