Amid fierce hand-to-hand fighting the Australians cleared the Chinese from the trenches, losing three men.

Amid an artillery duel and a fierce cavalry charge, the Persians managed to cross the Kura River and outflanked the decimated Georgian army.

Amid controversy and allegations of undue influence on the outcome of the competition, Tiffin donated his prize money for the design to the Ipswich Grammar School.

Amid the chaos, other groups began to assert themselves, including the Fulani of Futa Tooro who encroached from the west.

Amid the disturbances consequent upon the death of the Borgia Pope Alexander VI ( 1492 – 1503 ), it took the combined pressures of all the ambassadors to induce Cesare Borgia to withdraw from Rome, so that an unpressured conclave might take place.

Amid opposition from pro-Serbian parties, Montenegrin language was made the sole official language of the country and Serbian was given the status of a recognised minority language along with Bosnian, Albanian, and Croatian.

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 violence and dangers, a chronic lack of manpower afforded opportunities for the intrepid, and the Marcher Lords encouraged immigration from all the Norman-Angevin realms, and encouraged trade from their " fair haven " ports like Cardiff.

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 ".

Amid the anti-Han programs and policies and exclusion of " pagans ", or non-Muslims, from the separatist government, Kuomintang leaders based in Dihua ( Ürümqi ) appealed to the long Chinese history in the region to justify its sovereignty over Xinjiang.

Amid threats of revolt, Vargas replaced João Alberto with a civilian from São Paulo, appointed a conservative paulista banker as his minister of finance, and announced a date for the holding of a constituent assembly.

Amid high food prices in 1972, Sweden's National Board of Health and Welfare developed the idea of " basic foods " that were both cheap and nutritious, and " supplemental foods " that added nutrition missing from the basic foods.

Amid this tension, the event which touched off the massacre involved a young Piegan Blackfoot, Owl Child, who in 1867 stole some horses from Malcolm Clarke, a white trader, as payment for his own horses, whose loss he blamed on Clarke.

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.

Amid accusations of fraud from the NCNC-AG camp, the NPC-NNDP won the election ; the AG supporters reacted with violent riots in some parts of the Western region.

Amid financial setbacks following the Panic of 1893, Portland University vacated the Bluff Campus to hold classes from 1896 to 1897 in East Portland, where it was joined temporarily by the recently insolvent College of Puget Sound.

Amid speculation that Ottaway will retire from Parliament in 2015, it has been rumoured that Boris Johnson, Government Special Adviser Shaun Bailey, or neighbouring MP, Gavin Barwell, will stand for the Conservative Party selection in Croydon South.

Amid media criticism, John Mack resigned from his post.

Amid a fiercely fought campaign, there were claims and complaints of violence and harassment from both Respect's opponents and the Respect party itself.

Amid threats of revolt, Vargas replaced João Alberto with a civilian from São Paulo, appointed a conservative paulista banker as his minister of finance, and announced a date for the holding of a constituent assembly.

:" Amid this desolation, the inhabitants of Jarlshof had contrived, by constant labour and attention, to keep in order a few roods of land, which had been enclosed as a garden, and which, sheltered by the walls of the house itself, from the relentless sea-blast, produced such vegetables as the climate could bring forth, or rather as the sea-gale would permit to grow ; for these islands experience even less of the rigour of cold than is encountered on the mainland of Scotland ; but, unsheltered by a wall of some sort of other, it is scarce possible to raise even the most ordinary culinary vegetables ; and as for shrubs or trees, they are entirely out of the question, such is the force of the sweeping sea-blast.

The injury took two weeks to heal and subsequently Yousuf missed the two-match test series Amid his recent spat of injuries former Pakistan captain Moin Khan suggested that Yousuf should retire from ODI's and T20's and focus on Tests only due to age and consistent injuries

Amid the catastrophe, the Vizier demands the dagger from the Prince, who refuses and manages to escape.

Amid pressure to resigned from his position and given vital threats to be removed by the President Mirza, Prime minister Suhrawardy submitted his resignation letter after losing the considerable party support from the junior leadership.

From October 494 to the conclusion of peace near the end of 506, the author gives an annalistic account, with careful specification of dates, of the main events in Mesopotamia, the theatre of conflict such as the siege and capture of Amid by the Persians ( 502 – 3 ), their unsuccessful siege of Edessa ( 503 ), and the abortive attempt of the Greeks to recover Amida ( 504 – 5 ).

), Zandokht Shirazi, Maryam Amid ( Mariam Mozayen-ol Sadat ).

After the massacres of Tamerlane around 1400 had devastated several bishoprics, the Church of the East, which had previously extended as far as China, was reduced to a handful of Mesopotamian Aramaic Language speaking ethnic Assyrian survivors who lived largely in the triangular area of Northern Mesopotamia between Amid ( Diyarbakır ), Salmas and Mosul.

In the Skeptical Inquirer magazine ( September – October 2004 ), the article “ Obscurantism, Tyranny, and the Fallacy of Either Black or White ” quotes Prof. Bergen Evans: “ Obscurantism and tyranny go together .” Amid intellectual battles about the nature of scientific theory, among scientific realists and postmodern critics, Prof. Sokal submitted his hoax article for publication.

Its main city was Amida ( Amid in Arabic ), and other major settlements included Mayyafariqin, Hisn Kaifa, and Arzan.

Amid intense media scrutiny, its chairman and CEO, Jean-Marie Messier ( who had overseen the most dramatic phase of the company's diversification ), was subsequently replaced by Jean-René Fourtou.

Amid fan outrage, Wizards of the Coast released a statement clarifying their position — That Guay was never ' fired ' but simply not contracted as a freelance artist for Legions ( 2003 ), and that her work would be used in future sets:

# The first, he says, a native of Amid, and pupil of S. Ephraim, visited Rome in the time of Arcadius ( 395-408 ), on his return journey suffered imprisonment at Constantinople, and afterwards became a priest in the church of Amid.

Amid the political revolutions of the year 1848 the whole movement fell into stagnation ; but in 1849 another general convention ( the seventh ), held at Breslau, showed that, although the society had lost both in membership and income, it was still possessed of considerable vitality.

Amid some complaints of home court advantage ( and " home climate " advantage as far as the Europeans were concerned ), a rules change effective in 1964 prevented the reigning champion nation from defending the Cup at home twice in succession.

Amid the white cedars are red maple ( Acer rubrum ), sour gum ( Nyssa sylvatica ), pitch pine, and sweet bay magnolia ( Magnolia virginiana ).

Amid controversy from such organizations as the American Civil Liberties Union ( ACLU ), the Electronic Privacy Information Center ( EPIC ), and the Electronic Frontier Foundation ( EFF ), the program was terminated by President Bush in August 2004.

Amid the controversy generated by publication of The Bell Curve in 1994, Humphreys wrote a target article ( Humphreys, 1994 ), which stimulated a series of comments by a number of prominent scholars in the field.

Amid charges of corruption and malfeasance against the royal family and poor economic conditions created by the severe 1971 – 72 drought, former Prime Minister Mohammad Sardar Daoud Khan seized power in a non-violent coup on July 17, 1973, while Zahir Shah was receiving treatment for eye problems and therapy for lumbago in Italy.

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

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.

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.