During the first half of 2008, Armenia's widening current-account trade deficit grew by 66 percent to $ 1. 39 billion USD, with a 40 percent rise in imports.

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

During his post-ABBA career Andersson won four Swedish Grammis awards, and together with Ulvaeus received the " Special International " Ivor Novello award from ' The British Academy of Composers and Songwriters ', twice " The Music Export Prize " from the Swedish Ministry of Industry and Trade ( 2008 ), as well as the " Lifetime Achievement " award from the Swedish Music Publishers Association ( SMFF ).

During the 2008 United States presidential election, she branded the Republican Party vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin as " stupid " and a " disgrace to women ".

During the Orioles ' heyday in the 1970s, a club song, appropriately titled " Orioles Magic ", was composed, and played when the team ran out until Opening Day of 2008.

During the 2008 Canadian parliamentary dispute, two of Canada's opposition parties signed an agreement to form what would become the country's second coalition government since Confederation if the minority Conservative government was defeated on a vote of non-confidence ; unseating Stephen Harper as Prime Minister.

During the 2008 regular season, the Cardinals traveled to play the Panthers and took a 17-3 lead at halftime, but the Panthers rallied in the 3rd and 4th quarters to win.

During the Fiscal Year 2008, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing delivered 7. 7 billion notes at an average cost of 6. 4 cents per note.

During periods of particularly high demand for ammunition, such as after the November 2008 election of President Barack Obama, or after the 1994 Assault Weapons Ban in that country, factory ammunition can become considerably more expensive or even unavailable in stores.

During the first decade of the new century, hedge funds regained popularity worldwide and in 2008, the worldwide industry held US $ 1. 93 trillion in assets under management.

During the 2008 Democratic presidential primaries, Lynch was one of eight superdelegates from New Hampshire.

During their marriage, several of Grammer and Donatacci's homes were featured in magazines, including ones in: Malibu, California ( February 2001, InStyle ), Maui ( May 2004, InStyle ), Long Island, New York ( April 2008, InStyle ), Bachelor Gulch, Colorado ( Architectural Digest ), and Bel Air, Los Angeles ( Architectural Digest ).

During the 2008 – 09 season Liverpool achieved 86 points, its highest Premier League points total, and finished as runners up to Manchester United.

During the season, the Vikings had many distractions, including trading for Randy Moss and then waiving him only a month later, Brett Favre's NFL investigation for allegedly sending inappropriate text messages to Jets ' employee Jenn Sterger while he was with the team in 2008, the Metrodome's collapse and resulting venue changes, and finally head coach Brad Childress ' firing on November 22 following a 31 – 3 loss at the hands of the rival Green Bay Packers.

During the 1990s and until 2008, the country was in civil strife.

During the crop year 2008, many of the certified organic potatoes produced in the United Kingdom and certified by the Soil Association as organic were sprayed with a copper pesticide to control potato blight ( Phytophthora infestans ).

During a 2008 interview with the BBC, Major General Qian Lihua, a senior Chinese defense official, stated that the PLAN aspired to possess a small number of aircraft carriers to allow it to expand China's air defense perimeter.

During the 2008 presidential election, King voiced his support for Democratic candidate Barack Obama.

During the November 2008 trial on the lawsuit, a former member of the IKA said that the Klan head told him to kill Dees.

During the period October 2007-October 2008 Spain had its unemployment rate climbing 37 %, exceeding the unemployment surge of past economic crises like 1993.

During the All-Star festivities at Yankee Stadium, Hamilton crushed a first round home run record in the 2008 Home Run Derby with 28.

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 May and June 2008, Zanzibar suffered a major failure of its electricity system, which left the island without electricity for nearly a month.

During 2003, the price rose above $ 30, reached $ 60 by August 11, 2005, and peaked at $ 147. 30 in July 2008.

* During the decade, Windows 2000 And Windows XP and Microsoft Office 2003 And Windows vista And Microsoft Office 2008 And Then Windows 7 become the ubiquitous industry standards in personal computer software until the end of the decade, when Apple began to slowly gain market share.

During the January 14 MLS SuperDraft, Mathis returned to the Los Angeles Galaxy in a trade involving draft picks.

During his playing career he played for English clubs Everton and Portsmouth, and was an ' MLS original ' upon the formation of Major League Soccer in 1996, playing for the Kansas City Wizards and Miami Fusion.

During the 2010 MLS season in a game against the Philadelphia Union, Gaven was forced to play in goal for William Hesmer who went out of the game due to a shoulder injury.

During the 2009 MLS Cup Playoffs Magee started all 4 of the teams playoff matches scoring two goals in helping lead the club to the MLS Cup Final.

During the 2007 MLS Cup Playoffs, in the second leg of FC Dallas ' Conference semifinal match with the Houston Dynamo, Alvarez was sent off for " violent conduct " after he kneed Brad Davis in the groin while out of bounds in the forty-seventh minute.

During the year, he became the youngest player in MLS history to appear in 200 games.

During these years, he became the club's all-time leading scorer and made the 1999 MLS All Star team.

During his MLS career Galaxy won the 2000 CONCACAF Champions Cup, the 2001 U. S. Open Cup, and the 2002 MLS Cup.

During that time he won two MLS Cup titles, two MLS Supporters ' Shields and one U. S. Open Cup winners medal.

During Olsen's second season with United he scored 5 goals and made 11 assists over 26 games, which contributed to United earning the 1999 Supporters ' Shield on the way to winning MLS Cup ' 99.

During the 2006 MLS All-Star Game in Chicago, De Rosario scored the only goal of the game in the 70th minute to lift the MLS All Stars to a 1-0 win over Chelsea, a pre-season friendly for the London club.

During his short career in the MLS, Justin was a US Open Cup Champion and an MLS CUP 2004 runner-up.

During his 13 year MLS career, he was four-time MLS Best XI and the 2005 MLS Defender of the Year.

During his three years with the Galaxy, Gardner played 1, 096 minutes in 21 games and was a member of the Galaxy team that won both the MLS Cup and the Lamar Hunt U. S. Open Cup in 2005.

During the 2006 season Cunningham led the league in scoring with sixteen goals, winning the MLS Golden Boot.

During his first year with the club, Russell helped the team make a very successful return to MLS.