During the mid-winter months in a spruce forest of central Alaska, all northern red-backed voles on a control area aggregated in a small area of thick moss cover, despite abundant food resources elsewhere on the trapping grid.

During his nine years as chairman, he only took two summer vacations and four mid-winter holidays.

During his two terms the Constitution was tested and found workable, strong national policies were inaugurated, and the traditions and powers of the Presidential office firmly fixed.

During the year that followed, Dick co-operated whole-heartedly with the dentist and was delighted with the final result achieved -- an upper row of strong straight teeth that completely changed his facial appearance.

During the interwar period, aircraft and tank technologies matured and were combined with systematic application of the German tactics of infiltration and bypassing of enemy strong points.

During the pontificate of Pius IX a strong Ultramontane movement arose against the French Breviaries of 1680 and 1736.

During the first years of the Rivadeneira administration, Febres-Cordero introduced free-market economic policies, took a strong stand against drug trafficking and terrorism, and pursued close relations with the United States.

During this time, strong nationalistic sentiments in East Pakistan were perceived by the Pakistani Armed Forces and the central military government.

During the time of conflict, the Faisal of Saudi Arabia and Government of Saudi Arabia gave strong criticism to Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and his government for destabilizing the East Pakistan as well as the Pakistan.

During the 1950s — as a result of these improvements and the strong international export prices — beef, cotton, and coffee became significant export products for the first time.

During the 16th century, Scotland underwent a Protestant Reformation that made the nation Calvinist, with a strong Presbyterian Church.

During the regime of Saddam Hussein, the leader of the Ba ' ath Party had strong relations with Bachir, and Amine Gemayel ; relations grew even stronger when Iraqi officials verbally lashed out against Israel's actions in the 2006 War.

During the late 1880s, the strong influence of Spanish style is evident in Albéniz's music.

During the drafting and ratification of the constitution, he favored a strong national government, though later he grew to favor stronger state governments, before settling between the two extremes late in his life.

During the World War I he was a strong supporter of the government's war policies.

During this siege, Vauban, the famous French military engineer, developed a new strategy in order to break down the strong fortifications surrounding Maastricht.

On 11 October the Security Council met and issued a statement and reaffirmed its " strong and unwavering support for the Secretary-General's good offices mission ", especially the work by Ibrahim Gambari ( During a briefing to the Security Council in November, Gambari admitted that no timeframe had been set by the Government for any of the moves that he had been negotiating for.

During the seven-day state funeral, Nancy, accompanied by her children and military escort, led the nation in mourning by keeping a strong composure, traveling from her home to the Reagan Library for a memorial service, then to Washington, D. C., where her husband's body lay in state for 34 hours prior to a national funeral service in the Washington National Cathedral.

During Mora's tenure the Saints made the playoffs four times, with teams marked by strong defenses led by the " Dome Patrol " linebacking corps, but they were never able to win a playoff game.

During the late 1960s, a strong anti-war sentiment made its presence felt at Occidental.

During World War II, Parma was a strong centre of partisan resistance.

During the late 2000s recession, however, Pittsburgh remained economically strong, adding jobs when most cities were losing them, and becoming one of the few cities in the United States to see housing property values rise.

During the Great Depression, there was a general demand for films with a strong social class critique and hopeful, escapist-oriented themes.

During the Middle Ages, because of international Hanseatic trading routes and contingent migration during the Middle Ages, Saxons mixed with and had strong influences upon the languages and cultures of the North Germanic and Baltic and Finnic peoples, and also upon the Polabian Slavs and Pomeranian West Slavic people.

During the CBS telecast, it was mentioned that Leonard Smith ( the Bills ' regular starting strong safety ) couldn't play as a result of an infection in his knee.

During the second half of the fourth century, Saint Ambrose, as bishop of Milan, had a strong influence on the layout of the city, redesigning the centre ( although the cathedral and baptistery built at this time are now lost ) and building the great basilicas at the city gates: Sant ' Ambrogio, San Nazaro in Brolo, San Simpliciano and Sant ' Eustorgio, which still stand, refurbished over the centuries, as some of the finest and most important churches in Milan.

During the Cold War Sweden maintained a dual approach, publicly the strict neutrality policy was forcefully maintained, but unofficially strong ties were kept with the U. S., Norway, Denmark, West Germany and other NATO countries.

During the time of the CCC, volunteers planted nearly 3 billion trees to help reforest America, constructed more than 800 parks nationwide and upgraded most state parks, updated forest fire fighting methods, and built a network of service buildings and public roadways in remote areas.

During the crucial period of July – August 1960, Joseph-Désiré Mobutu built up " his " national army by channeling foreign aid to units loyal to him, by exiling unreliable units to remote areas, and by absorbing or dispersing rival armies.

During the 1920s and 1930s destroyers were often deployed to areas of diplomatic tension or humanitarian disaster.

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

During the first few days of the spill, heavy sheens of oil covered large areas of the surface of Prince William Sound.

During the late 19th and 20th century there was significant emigration, particularly from rural areas to Sweden and North America, while most immigrants into Finland itself come from other European countries.

During this period of French encroachment on the region, the United Provinces also took some areas of northern Flanders.

During the Reconstruction-era South, monoculture of cotton depleted the soil in many areas.

During half-time substitution areas are swapped.

During the offseason, the Astros made an effort to fix some of their problem areas.

During the Second World War, Finland fought twice against the Soviet Union and defended its independence, though in the process it in the 1947 peace settlement ended up ceding a large part of Karelia and some other areas to the Soviet Union.

During the subsequent Swedish reign over Finland particularly the coastal areas witnessed waves of settlement from Sweden.

During the last two decades, Italy underwent a devolution process, that eventually led to the creation of administrative metropolitan areas, in order to give major cities and their metropolitan areas a provincial status ( somehow similar to PRC's direct-controlled municipality ).

During the time of Augustus, Mauretania was a vassal state and his rulers ( like Juba II ) controlled all the areas south of Volubilis.

During most of the civil war the government was unable to exercise effective control outside of urban areas, many of which were cut off from the capital.

During the winter months, manatees often congregate near the warm water outflows of power plants along the coast of Florida instead of migrating south as they once did, causing some conservations to worry they have become too reliant on these artificially-warmed areas.

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 the pre-independence period, large areas of Namibia, including off-shore, were leased for oil prospecting.

During and after the defeat of Kornilov a mass turn of the soviets toward the Bolsheviks began, both in the central and local areas.

During a cold winter, however, tongues of Antarctic air bring subfreezing temperatures to all areas.

During the High Middle Ages, German immigration and assimilation of the Slavic Pomeranians ( Ostsiedlung ) introduced Low German Pomeranian dialects which were to become dominant in Pomerania except for some areas in the East, where the populace remained largely Slavic and continued the use of the Slavic Pomeranian language.

During this period of rapid economical and social changes, millions of people were sent to penal labor camps, including many political convicts who opposed Stalin's rule, and millions were deported and exiled to remote areas of the Soviet Union.

During this time the family moved around, living in ( among other areas ) Cumbria, Wales and Germany.

During the war that percentage was halved, largely by the loss of the border areas of Bessarabia and northern Bukovina ( to the former Soviet Union, now Moldova and Ukraine ) and southern Dobrudja ( to Bulgaria ).