Amid an extremely difficult operating environment, working toward configuring the corporation to have better response to the highly competitive climate of the time.

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 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 complaints that ice dance had become too boring, these restrictions were removed and replaced with requirements that dancers include specified technical elements in the original dance and free dance.

Amid rumors of Eddie being back in rehab, multiple dates of the tour were postponed.

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 the manuscripts, which were mainly drafts of works that had already been published, an unedited journal was found which encompassed his life after 1972 ( the year in which his Notebooks end ).

Amid great controversy, the bodies of the four Japanese submariners responsible for the raid were cremated with full military honors and returned to Japan.

Amid the devastation of the Blitz, some of the tallest ruins in the bomb-damaged City were remnants of the Roman wall.

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 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 plummeting ratings during the seventh season, the executive producers John Tinker and John Masius were fired midseason, and while the show went on hiatus, William Finkelstein was brought in to fix it.

Amid the hullaballoo of the Klondike Gold Rush were schemes to build a railway from Vancouver to the Dawson gold fields.

There were thus two patriarchates in Communion with Rome, the larger one in Alqosh, and in Amid that ruled by Augustine ( Yousef V ) Hindi.

The disaster struck mainly the regions of the Assyrian Church of the East and the Chaldean dioceses in North Assyria ( Amid, Siirt and Gazarta ) were ruined ( the Chaldeans metropolitans Addai Scher of Siirt and Philip Abraham of Gazarta were both killed in 1915 ).

Amid monsoonal rains and suffering heavy casualties from the fighting as well as tropical diseases, the advance took a heavy toll on the Chindits ; they were facing over 4, 000 Japanese and by the end of the first week the brigade, having started with over 2, 000 men, was down to just 550 and each battalion was at company strength.

Amid a torrential downpour and encountering difficult terrain, the 2 / 32nd Battalion secured the south bank of the Padas River, while one company from the 2 / 43rd was sent to take the town and another marched to the flanks, to take up ambush positions along the route that the Japanese were expected to withdraw along.

Amid the carnage, Lieutenant Colonel Albert Caro, Major Ben Hearman and Lieutenant Colonel Cooper all protested to Dougherty that his tactics were at fault.

Amid vocal opposition and little apparent support, the plans for expansion were cancelled.

Amid the confusion some of the British tried to escape, and were tomahawked and killed by drunken French or Indians.

Amid the expanding web of German business on the Rand, the most contentious operations were those of the German-financed N. Z. A. S. M.

Amid fears of nuclear proliferation, these were all certified as transferred to Russia by 1996.

Amid the heavy demolition and construction of this period, six more churches were built in the parish.

Amid these raids, there was still little evidence that the Communists were even involved in the bombings or labor strikes, and many of those arrested were released because of lack of evidence.

Amid an 18 % budget cut, Tien launched " The Promise of Berkeley — Campaign for the New Century ," a fundraising drive that raised $ 1. 44 billion.

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 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 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 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 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 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 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.