Amidst the devastation of the Stunde Null year of 1945 cinema attendance was unsurprisingly down to a fraction of its wartime heights, but already by the end of the decade it had reached levels that exceeded the pre-war period.

Amidst his other activities he had found time to study the agricultural characteristics of the conquered country, and under his régime the number of French colonists had grown from 17, 000 to 100, 000.

Amidst all the victories in 2006, International had a bad start to the 2007 season.

Amidst the economic events of 1998, Mahathir had sacked Anwar as Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister, and he could now claim to have rescued the economy in spite of Anwar's policies.

Amidst the internal turmoil, " Don't Look Back into the Sun " was released on 18 August and charted at No. 11, the highest position they had managed at that point.

Amidst the technical changes, WBZ also began engaging in network activities ; by 1925 it often shared programs with WJZ in New York City ( which Westinghouse had also started in 1921, but sold to the Radio Corporation of America two years later ), and a WBZ special commemorating the 150th anniversary of Paul Revere's " Midnight Ride " was also fed to WRC in Washington, D. C. and WGY in Schenectady, New York.

Amidst Japan's bubble economy, many private car owners sought an executive car in a market that had very few new offerings that year.

Amidst confusing evidence, it has been suggested that some other Carmelite than Saint Simon Stock had a mystical vision, the story of which was later associated with him.

Amidst his Thunder days, he also had short stints with Clermont Foot in the French Third Division, and in Spain's lower divisions with Lleida.

Amidst the media reporting an escalating problem with the risk of the entire fleet potentially having to be suspended, Siemens issued a statement on January 31, 2008 saying that they believed there had been no evidence during investigations of the braking failures that would require the entire fleet of trains to be withdrawn from service.

Amidst Gilberto's frustration at Arsenal, he targeted playing in Brazil's Olympic bid in Beijing during August 2008 ; a competition which he had never played in.

Amidst the conflicts and chaos, Bocca and Sayoko grow closer and find that their fondness for each other had developed into something more than friendship.

Amidst all this devastation is Hector, a Devil Forgemaster who had formerly worked under the employ of Dracula but betrayed him sometime during the events of Castlevania III.

Amidst all this, Snake Eyes and Kamakura traveled to Asia to assist sword-brother Storm Shadow in finding his apprentice, who had been kidnapped by the Red Ninjas.

Amidst a montage of photographs from Allan's earlier days as a photographic model and Sunday Times quotes ; Broomfield claimed that Jani Allan had had an affair with Terre ' Blanche.

Amidst fears that William Hill had overpaid for the Stanley shops, the company was relegated from the FTSE 100 Index in December 2005.

Amidst what was their worst ever result, the CLP did have some good news in two seats which the ALP had been openly hoping to win.

Amidst a swath of other changes, the Council reinstated Elferink, selected Carney for Araluen, and overturned Braham's preselection, giving the seat to Peter Harvey, who had previously been chosen over Carney in Araluen.

Amidst the reports of budget tightening and city employee furloughs in the early weeks of the Gray administration, an expose in The Washington Post revealed that Gray had hired a larger senior staff than his predecessors, and for substantially more money.

Amidst changes in the economy regarding the job market in 2009-10, many New Jersey schools saw an increase in enrollment, Hudson County Community College had one of the largest in the state, at 11 %.

Amidst the dangers of the sector, a mysterious ghost ship has begun destroying salvage ships and pirates alike.

Amidst the ruins of Berlin " palaces for the working class " were built, the " first socialist avenue in Germany ".

Amidst his entrepreneurial endeavors, in 2005-06 Hunter continued his work as a TV host working with the Encore Movie network on “ The Big 80 ’ s Movie Weekend ” and Starz for their first original series Looking for Stars.

Amidst these intrigues, the Assembly continued to work on developing a constitution.

Amidst growing opposition, Elagabalus, just 18 years old, was assassinated and replaced by his cousin Alexander Severus on 11 March 222, in a plot formulated by his grandmother, Julia Maesa, and carried out by disaffected members of the Praetorian Guard.

Amidst general expectations on the part of the Protestants he met his first Diet of Augsburg in March 1566.

Amidst the tension, Lin Biao issued what appeared to be an executive order to prepare for war to the PLA's eleven Military Regions on October 18 without passing through Mao.

Amidst an internal power struggle which resulted in the queen's exile, the Viceroy of Zhili, Li Hongzhang, sent the 3, 000 strong Qing Brigade into Korea to impose Chinese will on the country.

Amidst the craziness of the aftermath, Alan and Christy part on highly amicable terms, and Alan later discovers that the Gorgonites survived the EMP blast by hiding underneath the Fimples ' large satellite dish.

Amidst a mix of economic, internal and external politics, the Abingdon factory was shut down on 24 October 1980 as part of the drastic programme of cutbacks necessary to turn BL around after the turbulent times of the 1970s.

Amidst an increasingly tense and poisonous atmosphere on the Shankill Adair decided to host a " Loyalist Day of Culture " on the Shankill on Saturday 19 August 2000, which saw around a dozen new murals officially unveiled in his lower Shankill stronghold.

Amidst growing pressure in the United States to investigate the Temple, on February 19, 1978, Harvey Milk wrote a letter of support for the Peoples Temple to President Jimmy Carter.

Amidst the gas crisis of early 2009, discussions started of a new liquified natural gas terminal on, possibly on the northwestern shore of Lake Varna at Ezerovo.

Amidst an increasing number of violent incidents on campuses, Islamists killed one student.

Amidst this growth, Vera King Farris was named third President of the College on May 25, 1983.

Amidst the 2011 – 2012 Papua New Guinean constitutional crisis, the office was disputed between Peter O ’ Neill of the People's National Congress Party and Sir Michael Somare ; the latter supported O ' Neill as Prime Minister on 3 August 2012, thus the constitutional crisis came to an end.

Amidst criticism from a number of student unions and politicians, on December 16, 2010, Toronto ’ s city council voted to request an apology from Maclean ’ s magazine as the third Canadian city to do so after Victoria and Vancouver.

Amidst the scandal, Scott stepped down as premier on October 16, 1916.

Amidst the 2011 Egyptian protests, President Hosni Mubarak reportedly went to Sharm el-Sheikh and resigned there on 11 February 2011.

One of the new pontiff's first official acts was the promulgation of the motu proprio, Tra le sollecitudini (" Amidst the Cares "), which appeared, appropriately enough, on St Cecilia's Day, 22 November 1903.

Amidst the antique-style capital letter, the T in Thomas and the second U in Paulus are formed in the style characteristic of the Latin letters used on Byzantine coins, a practice abandoned in the middle of the eleventh century.

Amidst maintaining political stability, Premier Zhu Rongji kept things on track in the difficult years of the late 1990s, maintaining mainland China's averaged growth at 9. 7 % a year over the two decades to 2000.

Amidst these survivors, a boy named Conan is born on October 2010, bringing a new ray of hope to the earth.