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

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

Amid high tension and widespread public demonstrations, foreign governments and international organisations appealed to both sides to exercise restraint and resolve their differences peacefully.

Rocket Festival CameramanRecalling the fertility rite origins of the festival, parade ornaments and floats often sport phallic symbols and imagery. Shoots: note phallus protruding from " camera " Amid the festive atmosphere, dirty humour is widespread.

Amid widespread speculation that a violent conflict will soon break out, some of the people who arrived on the Mayflower II realize that the Chironians do not intend to harm the majority of the ship's occupants, but rather use a form of satyagraha ( Mahatma Gandhi's philosophy of nonviolent noncompliance ) to integrate the peaceful travelers into their society and isolate the small number who present a real threat.

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

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

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 huge public interest and excitement, Hobbs and Sutcliffe shared an opening stand of 53 on the first day, but after both sides had batted once, the match was evenly balanced at the end of the second day.

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

Amid great public interest for the deciding fifth Test, Hutton lost his fifth successive toss but replying to Australia's first innings of 275, England established a narrow first-innings lead.

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

Amid growing public furor, Scheele took action.

Amid public controversy, Greenpeace issued an independent safety appraisal by the nuclear engineering consultancy Large Associates, but the permit to restart operation was given in August 2001.

Amid public outcry, Czarist and Soviet records of wolf attacks on both livestock and people were ignored and wolf hunts decreased in number, allowing wolves to multiply.

Amid a major public outcry, Becker was transferred to the Bronx and assigned to desk duty.

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 near-unanimous international condemnation, Mladenov, Lukanov and Atansov decided that Zhivkov had to go.

Amid mounting evidence of fraud, he relinquished control of the club in March 2001 and ownership passed to a hastily organised fans ' group, the Chesterfield Football Supporters Society.

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 speculation that Tottenham Hotspur would sign the player, Parker handed West Ham co-owner David Gold a hand written transfer request, saying " I have had a fantastic four years at West Ham United and will never forget all the support I have had from the fans and everyone associated with the club.

“ Dance fans love to revel in the festival ’ s history, because its story is a good one … Amid the illustrious names, the Pillow itself is always one of the chief attractions.

Amid squabbles with Chart Thai leader Banharn Silpa-archa, Sanoh then defected to the New Aspiration Party, which won the 1996 elections.

Amid the varied interests of the Eternal City he was ever mindful of Ireland's woes and forwarded thence another protest to Earl Gray against tithes, and proselytism, this last grievance being then rampant, particularly in Western Connaught.

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

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 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 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 great fanfare and celebration the Jain community is declared by our author as prosperous and " just as when the Hindus ruled and times were not so bad, the glorious Jinaprabhasuri taught all those who come to him, even those of other faiths, and all rush to serve him.