Amid a chorus of whistles, the crowd asked the musicians to play Blues del levante, a song written by García at the end of his Sui Generis tenure.

Amid reports of mixed public response, Ronstadt continued in her praise of Moore and his film throughout her 2004 and 2006 summer concerts across North America.

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

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

Amid their losing record and lack of an identity, Lewis Schaffel and Bill Cunningham began the process of selling their interest in the team, throwing the Heat into a chasm of uncertainty.

Amid great public interest, the Test series began at Sydney ; in reply to Australia's first innings of 450, Hobbs and Sutcliffe opened with 157 runs.

Amid the Civil War, Holmes's friend Henry Wadsworth Longfellow began translating Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy.

Amid heightening tensions, the Soviet Union and China began border talks.

Amid the 1790s, in Boston Simon Willard began selling other standardized shelf clocks.

Amid widespread public condemnation, Jang apologized to his fans, then began to serve his two-year term.

Amid the Panic of 1837, many began to criticize social institutions.

Amid grounds of comfort that either he or his friends advanced, and a state of despair that grew more and more hopeless, there began a terrible struggle within himself, which so affected him physically that he was taken to Padua to be treated by physicians.

He was born in Amid ( present day Diyarbakir ) in the Ottoman Empire and began his education there at the age of seven.

Amid such difficult circumstances the native Chinese Church began.

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 such questions about the poll's legitimacy, Balaguer agreed to hold new elections in 1996 — in which he would not be a candidate.

Amid strike-induced doubt involving the final episodes of Scrubs, on February 28, 2008, The Hollywood Reporter reported that ABC was in talks with corporate sibling ABC Studios with the aim of bringing Scrubs to ABC for an eighth season of 18 episodes, despite both Lawrence's and Braff's protests that the seventh season would definitely be the last.

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.

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 reports that pop star Laura Branigan was featuring the song on her next album, Hold Me, Alphaville's " Forever Young " was re-released as a single in the US, but it did not prove to be massively popular.

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 threats that the city's water supply would be cut, the inhabitants complied and by dawn on 8 May the situation in the city was under control and the threat of an uprising abated.

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 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 the fans ' dissatisfaction, many pundits commented that Staunton was now effectively on borrowed time and the FAI announced that an emergency meeting was to be called to discuss Staunton's position on 23 October.

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:

Amid speculation that Gallas would be replaced as club captain following his behaviour during the Birmingham City game, Wenger said that he would consider the matter at the end of the season.

Amid much criticism by local officials and media, and on the heels of the announcement by Morton's that it would reopen its own New Orleans branch, the corporate offices announced that, due to extensive damage, the old flagship location on Broad Street would be permanently closed and donated to charity.

Amid the celebration, Grodin radios that he is having trouble-McKay's rerouting has overloaded and the weapon can't be fired again.

Amid all the vicissitudes of his early manhood Botta had never allowed his pen to be long idle, and in the political quiet that followed 1816 he naturally devoted himself more exclusively to literature.

Amid this chaos, it is announced that the Dead or Alive Championship 2 will be held.

Amid calls for Odo to be put in jail, Bashir discovers evidence that Ibudan was conducting medical experiments.

Amid the crackle of small arms and automatic weapons, I heard the thumping of mortars.

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

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.

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 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 this tumult, the college's general education program ( including then-vanguard introductory surveys of African and Asian cultures ) was eliminated in 1971 ; a distribution requirement was re-instituted in 1993.

Aflaq took the pre-eminent position of Amid, sometimes translated as ' doyen ' or as ' leader '; and was elected to a four-member executive committee, under the constitution adopted at the congress, this made him effective leader of the party, with sweeping powers within the organisation ; al-Bitar was elected Secretary General of the National Command.

:" 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.

Amid the high drama of the season, Woodfull's struggles spread beyond the Test arena ; he scored only 297 runs at 33. 00 in matches outside the Tests.

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.

* Robin Toner, " Clinton's Health Plan ; Poll on Changes in Health Care Finds Support Amid Skepticism ," New York Times, September 22, 1993.

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 these events, Soviet forces initiate Operation: Surma, planning to flood Infernac to destroy the " primal core " in a massive explosion which will wipe out all Inhumanoids ; however, the Soviets fail to realize that their plan will likely tear the planet itself asunder in the process.

" Part of the first verse reads, " Amid the pines, she proudly stands ; to her our voices rise.

* " ART REVIEW ; Amid the Ashes, Creativity " A New York Times Article reviewing work that appeared in the EXIT ART show " Reactions " which featured original work by World War 3 Illustrated artists.