Amid scenes of doubt, passion, and fear, and with letters exchanged and meetings in public places, the female narrator tries to escape her husband's watchful and jealous eye, but at the end of the book the husband locks her up in a country residence ( the château of Cabasus ) and Hélisenne decides to write and circulate her story in the hope it will come into the hands of her lover.

Amid ominous-sounding orchestral music, the final dated chronological verse is,

Amid rumours of retirement, Knights rebounded to play impressive football in his final years.

In the UK it was reissued as Christmas Edit: Amarantine with a second disc containing the four new Christmas songs previously issued on Sounds of the Season ( the original album already had " Amid the Falling Snow " while " Oíche Chiúin " is a recording dating back to 1988, which had already been featured on numerous collections ).

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 Devonia's Alps ; or, Wanderings and Adventures on Dartmoor.

Amid disagreement within the IWC Scientific Committee about the value of the research and its relevance to IWC objectives, no decision on the proposal was reached.

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 great fanfare, the Enterprise ( designated OV-101 ) was rolled out on September 17, 1976, and later conducted a successful series of glide-approach and landing tests that were the first real validation of the design.

Amid this chorus of praise, a discordant voice began to be heard ; it was asserted that Berengar held heretical views on the Eucharist.

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 a period of separatist kale borroka street attacks on the offices of the Basque Nationalist Party and other establishment targets, Batasuna together with the union Langile Abertzaleen Batzordeak convoked a day of protest and general strike on March 9, 2006. and had members in many more.

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 controversy and orders for the police to quiet citizens, the Clayton County School Board hired a new temporary superintendent on April 26, 2008.

Amid widespread rumors, whites organized a militia and advanced on the courthouse on Easter Sunday, 1873.

Amid 70 % public support, the Legislative Yuan voted 217-1 on August 23, 2004 for a package of amendments to:

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 controversy, the boards have become a major venue for discussion on campus.

His published habilitation lecture was about " monetary matters of the early Arabs ( De rei numariae apud Arabas initiis )" on the basis of the chronicle of Makin ibn al -' Amid.

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 a public backlash and the withdrawal of advertising, News International announced the closure of the newspaper on 7 July 2011.

Amid the failure of the Virtual Boy, Yokoi left Nintendo on August 15, 1996 after 31 years at the company.

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 much publicity, Broome sued Irving for libel in October 1968, and in February 1970, after 17 days of deliberation before London's High Court, Broome won.

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

Amid a corporate bankruptcy, on February 4, 2010, Six Flags announced the park would cease operations immediately due to the rejection of an amended lease by the Kentucky State Fair Board.

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Amid a violent crisis over the results, with supporters of Kibaki and Odinga disputing the outcome, Kibaki appointed Musyoka as Vice-President and Minister of Home Affairs on January 8, 2008.

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

Amid accusations of ' player power ', Loughnane was voted out of the job in October 2008.

Amid her family's bereavement, Scott announced that he was leaving for Hollywood.

Amid this, The Times of London reported that Hadley was Bob Woodward's source for Valerie Plame's name in the CIA leak scandal, but this report proved to be false when Richard Armitage admitted that he was Woodward's source.

Amid allegations of bullying, it was reported in early 2010 that nine obstetricians had resigned from Canberra Hospital in the preceding 13 months.

On 10 October 2006 Sounds of the Season: The Enya Holiday Collection was released containing six songs: the previously released " Oíche Chiúin " ( a. k. a. " Silent Night ") and " Amid the Falling Snow ", new recordings of the standards " Adeste Fideles " ( a. k. a. " Oh Come All Ye Faithful ") and " We Wish You a Merry Christmas " as well as two original songs, " Christmas Secrets " and " The Magic of the Night ".

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 power struggles between the pope and the Byzantine emperor, Ignatius was reinstated.

Amid widespread fraud, Duarte's broad-based reform movement was defeated.

Amid the lost equipment, a vault containing unreleased material was found intact.

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 the first talk of the Spanish government investigating the ties of Herri Batasuna with ETA, in 1998 Herri Batasuna was the driving force of the newly formed Euskal Herritarrok ( We Basque Citizens ) coalition, an acronym which got the best results to date for Basque left separatism in the Basque community, with 224, 000 votes out of a total of 1, 250, 000 in the Basque election held that year.

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

Later sultans appointed eunuchs as deputy sultans and even awarded them sovereignty over certain cities, such as Shams al-Din Sawab who was given the cities of Amid and Diyar Bakr in 1239.