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During the oil supply crisis of the 1970s, like many other manufacturers of action figures, Takara was struggling with the costs associated with making the large 11 ½ inch figures, So, a smaller version of the cyborg toy was developed, standing at 3-3 / 4 inches high, and was first sold in 1974 as Microman.
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During the Cold War era, the United States was keen to establish a military base in the Indian Ocean to counter Soviet influence in the region and protect the sea-lanes for oil transportation from the Middle East.
During the first few days of the spill, heavy sheens of oil covered large areas of the surface of Prince William Sound.
During Operation Desert Storm in 1991, he argued that smoke from the Kuwaiti oil fires would have little impact, in opposition to most commentators.
During the 1970s and ‘ 80s rural poverty did decline, particularly in the Malayan Peninsula, but critics of the government ’ s policy contend that this was mainly due to the growth of overall national prosperity ( due in large part to the discovery of important oil and gas reserves ) and migration of rural people to the cities rather than to state intervention.
During the 19th century, palm oil was the main trading commodity.
During the following administrations, since 1928, many of the revolutionary ideals were put into effect, among them the free distribution of land to peasants and farmers, the nationalization of the oil companies, the birth and rapid growth of the Social Security Institute as well as that of Labor Unions, and the protection of national industries.
During British administration, Burma supplied oil through the Burmah Oil Company.
During the Irish War of Independence, IRA fighters sometimes used sods of turf soaked in paraffin oil to attack British army barracks.
During Ramadan, fava beans in olive oil and samosas are the most popular dishes and are eaten at dusk.
During the pre-independence period, large areas of Namibia, including off-shore, were leased for oil prospecting.
During the 1950s and 1960s gradually increasing oil revenues brought prosperity, rapid immigration, substantial social progress, and the beginnings of Qatar's modern history.
During the war, Romania was the most important source of oil for Nazi Germany, prompting multiple bombing raids by the Allies.
During the 1970s and 1980s, South Korea became a leading producer of ships, including oil supertankers, and oil-drilling platforms.
During those same years, the most commonly used standard reference conditions for people using the imperial or U. S. customary systems was and 14. 696 psi ( 1 atm ) because it was almost universally used by the oil and gas industries worldwide.
During a storm on December 29, 1999, the Russian oil tanker Volgoneft broke in two in the Sea of Marmara, and more than 1500 tonnes of oil were spilled into the water.
During the collapse of oil prices in the 1980s the economy contracted.
During Japan's initial conquest it captured of oil (~ 5. 5 × 10 < sup > 5 </ sup > tonnes ) left behind by retreating Allied forces, and by 1943 was able to get production in the Dutch East Indies up to, 76 percent of its 1940 output rate.
During peace negotiations Genseric uses fire ships, filling them with brushwood and pots of oil, destroying 700 imperial galleys.
During the reign of Roman emperor Domitian after having spent time imprisoned in Rome, John was sentenced to be boiled in oil at the Colosseum.
During his term, Germany had to cope with the oil crisis of the 1970s ; according to some judgments, Germany managed better than the most of the industrial states.
During the Imperial age Apulia was a flourishing area for production of grain and oil, becoming the most important exporter to the Eastern provinces.
During roasting, meats and vegetables are frequently basted on the surface with butter, lard, or oil to reduce the loss of moisture by evaporation.
During the seven-hour ceremony, her gown was opened by the Countess of Mar for presiding minister Robert Bruce to pour " a bonny quantity of oil " on " parts of her breast and arm ," so anointing her as queen.
During the 1970s, Gelli brokered three-way oil and arms deals between Libya, Italy and Argentina through the Agency for Economic Development, which he and Umberto Ortolani owned.
During and supply
During the trip Selkirk decided that the route through Illinois territory to Indiana and the eastern United States was the best route for goods from England to reach Red River and that the United States was a better source of supply for many goods than either Canada or England.
During the 19th century, carbines were often developed separately from the infantry rifles, and in many cases did not even use the same ammunition, which made for supply difficulties.
During this time period Acadians participated in various militia operations against the British and maintained vital supply lines to the French Fortress of Louisbourg and Fort Beausejour.
During the Seven Years ' War, the British sought to neutralize any military threat Acadians posed and to interrupt the vital supply lines Acadians provided to Louisbourg by deporting Acadians from Acadia.
During the Cold War, the main role of the CVBG in case of conflict with the Soviet Union would have been to protect Atlantic supply routes between the United States and Europe, while the role of the Soviet Navy would have been to interrupt these sea lanes, a fundamentally easier task.
During the reign of Nero he became superintendent of the city's water supply, but died not long afterwards, in 59 AD, having eaten himself to death, according to Hieronymus in the Chronicon of Eusebius.
During the 19th century, the supply and maintenance depot for ships at Stanley developed into a port serving ships rounding Cape Horn.
During the siege, Gibraltar played a key role as the supply base of the besieged.
During World War II, the War Department allotted a rationed supply of brass to Kratt's factory to continue production of their harmonicas to be passed out by the Red Cross among the GI's serving overseas to boost morale.
During his reign the large Sangarius Bridge was built in Bithynia, securing a major military supply route to the east.
During the Second World War the Canadian Army built a large military supply base in the city to service the Maritime military establishment.
During his invasion of the Levant, Richard I of England was forced to supply his army as it was marching through a barren desert.
During the 1970s single sided supply op-amps also became available.
During World War II, Allied powers were cut off from their supply of quinine when the Germans conquered the Netherlands and the Japanese controlled the Philippines and Indonesia.
During the 1960s, South Korea was largely dependent on the United States to supply its armed forces, but after the elaboration of President Richard M. Nixon's policy of Vietnamization in the early 1970s, South Korea began to manufacture many of its own weapons.
During World War II, the short supply of copper led to the substitution of silver in many industrial applications.
During the past decades, globalization, outsourcing and information technology have enabled many organizations, such as Dell and Hewlett Packard, to successfully operate solid collaborative supply networks in which each specialized business partner focuses on only a few key strategic activities ( Scott, 1993 ).
During the 1940s Chile and Argentina formulated their Antarctic claims, and governments realized the key role of Tierra del Fuego's geographical proximity in backing their claims as well as to supply their Antarctic bases.
During the same period London's water supply network was expanded and improved, and a gas network for lighting and heating was introduced in the 1880s.
During the Ming Dynasty ( 1368 – 1644 AD ), it was recorded in 1393 that an annual supply of 720, 000 sheets of toilet paper ( two by three feet in size ) were produced for the general use of the imperial court at the capital of Nanjing.
During the late 1950s, Powell promoted control of the money supply to prevent inflation and, during the 1960s, was an advocate of free market policies, which at the time were seen as extreme and unworkable was unpopular.
During the late 1990s, a large supply of low-cost materials caused a sudden surge in supply of heat-treated rubies, leading to a downward pressure on ruby prices.
During the courses of many schemes, scammers ask victims to supply bank account information.
During the rest of the day the remaining Swedish supply wagons were moved across the bridge and most of them were over by the evening together with the main bulk of the army.
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