During his presidency, the company's physical plant was enormously expanded, and the length and breadth of the Brown & Sharpe machine tool line became the greatest in the world.

During Mbeki's presidency, the government took a more pro-capitalist stance, often running counter to the demands of the South African Communist Party and COSATU.

During his presidency, Clinton advocated for a wide variety of legislation and programs, much of which was enacted into law or was implemented by the executive branch.

During the first 10 years of Lukashenko's presidency, most of the Belarusian media outlets ( newspapers, radio, television ) were brought under the control of the state.

During his presidency, an earthquake near Ambato severely damaged the city and surrounding areas and killed approximately 8, 000 people.

During his presidency, Carías cultivated close relations with his fellow Central American dictators, generals Jorge Ubico in Guatemala, Maximiliano Hernández Martínez in El Salvador, and Anastasio Somoza García in Nicaragua.

During the 1972 presidential election, James Brown openly proclaimed his support of Richard Nixon for reelection of the presidency over Democrat candidate George McGovern.

During his presidency James K. Polk was known as " Young Hickory ", an allusion to his mentor Andrew Jackson, and " Napoleon of the Stump " for his speaking skills.

During his presidency, many abolitionists harshly criticized him as an instrument of the " Slave Power ", and claimed that spreading slavery was the reason he supported annexing Texas and later war with Mexico.

During his presidency, Davis took charge of the Confederate war plans but was unable to find a strategy to stop the larger, more powerful and better organized Union.

During the Reagan presidency, when Kemp was able to effect tax cutting, a leading United States Senate tax-cutting proponent was Democrat Bill Bradley, a former basketball star.

During his early presidency Kaunda was an outspoken supporter of the anti-apartheid movement and opposed white minority rule in Southern Rhodesia.

During the 1990s, Charles Taylor's presidency and the First and Second Liberian Civil Wars underscored Liberian relations with the Western world, the People's Republic of China, and its neighboring countries in Western Africa.

During the first presidency of the National Action Party, Vicente Fox appointed Jorge Castañeda to be his Secretary of Foreign Affairs.

During the second Lipponen cabinet, he headed Finland's six months in the EU presidency and pursued pro-integration and pro-expansion policies.

During Reagan's presidency the annual deficits averaged 4. 2 % of GDP after inheriting an annual deficit of 2. 7 % of GDP in 1980 under president Carter.

During the post-World War II period, the United States had a highest tax bracket of 70 % during Roosevelt's presidency and about 90 % during Eisenhower's presidency.

During the time of her presidency she has been extremely popular among Finns: her approval ratings rose and reached a peak of 88 % in December 2003.

During her presidency, she has participated actively in discussion of women's rights and problems of globalization.

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During Putin's first premiership and presidency ( 1999 – 2008 ), real incomes increased by a factor of 2. 5, real wages more than tripled ; unemployment and poverty more than halved and the Russians ' self-assessed life satisfaction rose significantly.

During his presidency, Kaunda met with John F Kennedy and Jimmy Carter.

( 8th government ; During Atatürk's presidency, İnönü had served seven times as a prime minister )

During 2002 Nauru severed diplomatic recognition with Taiwan ( Republic of China ) and signed an agreement to establish diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China.

During this year, Sosa accompanied President Fernandez of the Dominican Republic on several diplomatic trips including to the United States, Japan, and Taiwan.

During the ban, wuxia writing continued to prevail in the 1960s in other Chinese-speaking regions, such as Taiwan and Hong Kong.

During this decade, the peaceful transfer of power through elections first occurred in Mexico, Indonesia, Taiwan, Colombia, and several other countries.

During the immediate postwar period, the Kuomintang ( KMT ) administration on Taiwan was repressive and extremely corrupt compared with the previous Japanese rule, leading to local discontent.

During the European period ( 1623 – 1662 ) soldiers and traders representing the Dutch East India Company maintained a colony in southwestern Taiwan ( 1624 – 1662 ) near present-day Tainan City.

During the Qing Dynasty's two-century rule over Taiwan, the population of Han on the island increased dramatically.

During the 1995-1996 Taiwan strait crisis, the PLA launched 6 DF-15's in an " exercise " to demonstrate the missile's capability.

During the late Ming dynasty, due to political chaos, there was increased migration from southern Fujian and eastern Guangdong to Taiwan.

During the 40 years of Dutch colonial rule of Taiwan, many Han Chinese from the Quanzhou, Zhangzhou and Hakka regions of mainland China were recruited to help develop Taiwan.

During the 200 years of Qing dynasty's rule of Taiwan, Min Nan people who migrated to Taiwan began to increase rapidly.

During the Japanese colonial rule of Taiwan, Taiwan began to hold Amoy Hokkien as its standard pronunciation and was known as Taiwanese by the Japanese.

During the Japanese colonial rule, Japanese language became an official language in Taiwan.

During Kōminka of the late Japanese colonial period, Japanese language appeared in every corner of Taiwan.

During the early years of his term in office Chiang maintained many of his father's autocratic policies, continuing to rule Taiwan as a military state under martial law as it had been since the Nationalists established its capital there.

During the summit between Japanese and Qing representatives in March and April 1895, Prime Minister Hirobumi Ito and Foreign Minister Munemitsu Mutsu were serious about reducing the power of Qing Dynasty on not only Korean Peninsula but also Taiwan islands.

During this period, the legal and political status of Taiwan has become more controversial, with the expression of Taiwan independence sentiments in Taiwan which were formerly outlawed.

During the 2000 ROC presidential election in Taiwan, Zhu predicted " no good ending for those involved in Taiwan independence ".