Amid these growing problems, Kim Jong Il began reworking the DPRK's political system to accommodate his own style of governing.

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 the growing concern, The Sunday Times brought the issue to a wider audience in May 1982 with an article entitled " How high street horror is invading the home ".

Amid growing tension between the Interstellar Alliance and xenophobic elements on Human-settled planets, an anti-Alliance faction attempts to set up forged holographic records to show the heroes of Babylon 5 to be megalomaniacal war criminals.

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 growing independence movements in the region, Hutton believed his team was used as a political instrument to support colonial rule.

Amid growing speculation, the club released a statement saying he had left his hometown club with immediate effect citing his injury, disciplinary problems and a " serious distraction in his personal life " as the reasons for the departure.

Amid the growing pressure, Karami announced on 28 February 2005 that his government would resign, although it remained temporarily in a caretaker role.

Amid growing public furor, Scheele took action.

Amid growing community concern over the issue, he also argued for a " post-Kyoto arrangement that is effective " and a " portfolio approach " to the issue, rejecting the notion of " silver bullet " solutions.

Amid the growing poverty and peasant resistance, which was brutally crushed, he also wrote commentaries on these aspects of Soviet life.

Amid Sheffield Wednesday's growing financial strain associated with their precipitous fall from the upper league Walker was released from his contract in 2001.

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

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.

Amid ongoing tense relations between the population and the soldiers, a mob formed around a British sentry, who was subjected to verbal abuse and harassment.

Amid protest and civil disobedience by West-Pakistan's population demanding to resolve the electricity issue, force Suhrawardy to take the approach to resolve the issue to harness the electricity.

Amid nostalgia for the ancient Roman Republic, the theories of the Enlightenment were at their peak, and the devisors of the new systems looked to nature for their inspiration.

Amid public outrage and nationwide rallies, the Italian president of the Republic Oscar Luigi Scalfaro refused to sign the decree, deeming it unconstitutional.

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.

* Wakabayashi, Bob Tadashi " The Nanking 100-Man Killing Contest Debate: War Guilt Amid Fabricated Illusions, 1971 – 75 ", The Journal of Japanese Studies, Vol. 26 No. 2 Summer 2000.

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 ).

Amid heightened tensions, USIP experts focused on improving cultural awareness, citizenship skills, and training Sudanese on electoral violence triggers – all critical steps to ensure that the polls did not turn violent.

* May 10 – Amid calls for Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld's resignation over Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse, President Bush issues a strong statement of support for Rumsfeld, saying that Rumsfeld is " doing a superb job " in the war on terrorism.

Richard M. Watt describes the Polish capture of Teschen in these words: " Amid the general euphoria in Poland – the acquisition of Teschen was a very popular development – no one paid attention to the bitter comment of the Czechoslovak general who handed the region over to the incoming Poles.

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.

Amid persistent rumors that he was planning a new military coup, Kitovani was finally forced into resignation in May 1993 – though a protégé, Gia Karkarashvili, was named as his replacement, and he was able to retain some of his power – partly, according to widespread rumours in Tbilisi, through his control over Georgia ’ s " energy mafia " and his " special relationship " with Russian defence minister Pavel Grachev.

Amid rising ethnic tensions between Croats and Serbs in the 1930s, an autonomous Greater Croatia within Yugoslavia, called the Banovina of Croatia was peacefully negotiated in the Yugoslav parliament in the Cvetković – Maček Agreement of 1939.

Amid his official duties at Venice, Monteverdi maintained an interest in theatrical music and produced several stage works, including the substantial Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda (" The Battle of Tancred and Clorinda ") for the 1624 – 25 carnival.