During the two year absence of his father ` Abdu ' l-Bahá took up the duty of managing the affairs of the family, before his age of maturity ( 14 in middle-eastern society ) and was known to be occupied with reading and, at a time of hand-copied scriptures being the primary means of publishing, was also engaged in copying the writings of the Báb.

During the absence of the Bishop of Langres, Bernard was blessed as abbot by William of Champeaux, Bishop of Châlons-sur-Marne.

During an absence from Clairvaux, the Grand Prior of Cluny went to Clairvaux and enticed away Bernard's cousin, Robert of Châtillon.

During the period when the papacy resided in Avignon, France ( 1309 – 1377 ), the feudal lords ' power increased due to the absence of the Pope from Rome.

During his absence on this matter the assembly debated " whether the Lutherans who desired it, might be admitted into communion with the Reformed Churches of France at the Lord's Table.

During the nineteenth century, due to the absence of drainage systems and the weak economy of the region, the excess water of this area flooded many acres of the land in the vicinity of residential areas causing a malaria epidemic in the region.

During Stephen ’ s absence, Afiarta and his supporters sought to stir up a mob to overthrow Christophorus and Sergius.

During the shiva period, the mourner is permitted to give instructions on how to handle business in his absence.

During the temporary absence of the two men, she meets Cecily, each woman indignantly declaring that she is the one engaged to “ Ernest .” When Jack and Algernon reappear, their deceptions are exposed.

During his absence, open rebellion had broken out in Provence.

During his absence Segimerus was declared a coward by other Germanic chieftains because he had bowed down to Roman rule – a crime punishable by death under Germanic law.

During the 2006 FIFA World Cup final in Germany, Blatter's absence during the prize-podium event was noted and criticized in international media.

During his absence on this mission, Pope Sixtus III died ( 11 August 440 ), and Leo was unanimously elected by the people to succeed him.

During William's absence a crisis had developed in Jerusalem.

During Reed's absence, Louise falls into a complicated affair with the alcoholic playwright Eugene O ' Neill.

During pregnancy, even in the absence of preconception cardiovascular abnormality, women with Marfan syndrome are at significant risk of aortic dissection, which is often fatal even when rapidly treated.

During Bedford's absence, the government of England was headed by Henry V's other surviving brother, Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, who was appointed Protector and Defender of the Realm.

During a temporary physical infirmity or an absence from the kingdom, the sovereign may temporarily delegate some of his or her functions to Counsellors of State, the monarch's spouse and the first four adults in the line of succession.

During Chevron's absence, its split-adjusted price per share went from forty-four dollars to eighty-five, while the price of petroleum rose from twenty-four dollars to a hundred.

During the Vice President's absence, the president pro tempore is empowered to preside over Senate sessions but usually appoints another senator to do so.

During the period in the history of the Holy Roman Empire known as the Interregnum ( 1250 – 1273 ), when there was no Emperor, the number of tolling stations exploded in the absence of imperial authority.

During his naval service, Hall was elected in absence to the National Committee of the CPUSA.

During Roger O ' Donnell's absence between 2005 and 2011 keyboards were not used at all during their live shows, and were not as prominent on their 2008 album 4: 13 Dream.

During this Avignon Papacy, local despots took advantage of the absence of the popes, to establish themselves in nominally papal cities: the Pepoli in Bologna, the Ordelaffi in Forlì, the Manfredi in Faenza, the Malatesta in Rimini all gave nominal acknowledgement to their papal overlords and were declared vicars of the Church.

During the course of Fortitude, the almost complete lack of German aerial reconnaissance, together with the absence of uncontrolled German agents in Britain, came to make physical deception almost irrelevant.

During the honeymoon, a pastry cook named Otero fired at the young sovereign and his wife as they were driving in Madrid.

During this period he lost his only son in 1805 and his wife in 1807.

During the 2008 Democratic presidential primary campaign, Clinton vigorously advocated on behalf of his wife, Hillary Clinton.

During the period leading up to his death, his wife had been lying comatose in a Los Angeles hospital

During the time of the Judges when there was a famine, an Israelite family from Bethlehem — Elimelech, his wife Naomi, and their sons Mahlon and Chilion — emigrate to the nearby country of Moab.

During this period, financial problems again almost forced Attlee to quit politics, as his wife was ill and there was then no separate salary for the Leader of the Opposition.

During a prolonged skirmish between the troops of these opposing forces, Sun and his wife Soong Ching-ling narrowly evaded heavy machine gun fire and were rescued by gunboats under Chiang's direction.

During and after World War II, Chiang and his American-educated wife Soong May-ling, known in the United States as " Madame Chiang ", held the support of the United States ' China Lobby, which saw in them the hope of a Christian and democratic China.

During the second encounter, Roman forces seized Narseh's camp, his treasury, his harem, and his wife.

During the First World War, he and his wife performed many services for the public of Leicestershire, including opening up their home first as a VAD Hospital under the 5th Northern General Hospital, and later as a hospital for Naval Personnel.

During the initial episodes, Gumby's voice was provided by Ruth Eggleston, wife of the show's art director Al Eggleston.

During his time as the Captain on The Love Boat MacLeod " very selfishly " ( his words ) divorced his wife Patti.

During handfasting the man and woman in turn would take the other by the right hand and declare aloud that they there and then accepted each other as man and wife.

" During this time, Bogart bought a motor launch, which he named Sluggy, after his nickname for his hot-tempered wife.

During the Hillsborough Memorial Service on 15 April 2011, Liverpool MP Steve Rotherham announced he would submit an Early Day Motion to have Dalglish knighted, " not only for his outstanding playing and managerial career, but also the charity work he has done with his wife, Marina, for breast cancer support and what he did after Hillsborough.

During this time, the Ayyubid sultan died, and a sudden power shift took place, as the sultan's wife Shajar al-Durr set events in motion which were to make her Queen, and eventually place the Egyptian army of the Mamluks in power.

During one such battle, an energy salvo from Luthor's battlesuit accidentally overloads the " Neutrarod "— a spire Luthor had built to counter Lexor's geological instability — resulting in the annihilation of Lexor's inhabitants, including his wife and son.

During his time away from acting, Lee began a business in interior decoration with wife Joan, as well as pursuing his talent for painting, primarily of sea and landscapes.

During this time, he became closely associated with N. Osinskii and Vladimir Smirnov, and also met his future first wife, Nadezhda Mikhailovna Lukina, his cousin and the sister of Nikolai Lukin, who was also a member of the party.

During the Ottoman period the temple was known to the Greeks as the Palace of Hadrian, while the Turks called it the Palace of Belkis, from a Turkish legend that the temple had been the residence of Solomon's wife.

During McVeigh's trial, Lori Fortier ( the wife of Michael Fortier ) stated that McVeigh claimed to have arranged the barrels in order to form a shaped charge.

During the off-season, in a mysterious accident, owner Carroll Rosenbloom drowned, and a power struggle ensued between Carroll's second wife, Georgia Frontiere, and his son, Steve Rosenbloom.

During this time he also met his future wife, Sylvi Salome Uino ( 1900 – 1974 ), a typist at the police station.

During Adams ' second day in the house, he wrote a letter to his wife Abigail, containing a prayer for the house.

During this period, Knox's wife, Marjorie, died in December 1560, leaving Knox to care for their two sons, aged three and a half and two years old.