Facing international protests and internal resistance, the British decided to leave the Gold Coast.

Facing Minister Seldte's resistance, Hierl in 1934 switched to the Reich Ministry of the Interior under Wilhelm Frick in the rank of a Reichskommissar.

Facing increased competition in the rum market from the now international brand Havana Club, the company concluded that it was important for sales to associate its rum with Cuba.

Facing increasing competition from China and South Korea, manufacturing in Japan today now focuses primarily on high-tech and precision goods, such as optical equipment, hybrid cars, and robotics.

Facing little opposition from the fractured Federalist Party, Monroe was easily elected president in 1816, winning over 80 percent of the electoral vote and becoming the last president during the First Party System era of American politics.

Facing leadership challenges from the " Forward " group, Lenin usurped the all-Party Congress of the RSDLP in 1912, to seize control of it and make it an exclusively Bolshevik party loyal to his leadership.

Facing starvation and disease from the prolonged siege, Athens surrendered in 404 BC, and its allies soon surrendered as well.

Facing the possibility of impeachment after federal investigators probed his having allegedly received kickbacks from Maryland contractors when he was serving as County Executive of Baltimore County, he instead resigned and pleaded no contest to a single count of income tax evasion.

** Facing East from Indian Country: A Native History of Early America by Daniel K. Richter

Facing the audience, he claps his hands and then performs the leg-stomping shiko exercise to drive evil spirits from the dohyō as the gyōji, or referee, who will coordinate the bout announces the wrestlers ' names once more.

Facing pressure from Governor Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Walker resigned from office on September 1, 1932, and promptly fled for Europe until the danger of criminal prosecution appeared remote.

* Richter, Daniel K. Facing East from Indian Country: A Native History of Early America ( Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2001 ).

* Richter, Daniel K. Facing East from Indian Country: A Native History of Early America ( Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2001 ).

Facing the Piazza Grande ( a UNESCO World Heritage Site ), the Town Hall of Modena was put together in the 17th-18th centuries from several pre-existing edifices built from 1046 as municipal offices.

Facing its own fiscal problems and intense pressure from stockholders, Kmart spun off Borders in a highly structured stock-purchase plan.

Facing the Thames, at the end of Lonsdale Road, The Bull's Head pub is known as the suburban Ronnie Scott's and was one of the first and most important jazz venues in Britain from the postwar years onward.

Facing attacks from the Union forces who tried to return to their fortification, Lea managed to secure seventy-five Federal wagons and cotton carts, all of which he dispatched to Shreveport.

Facing the end of their way of life, the local population had little choice but to seek assistance from the missions and convert to Christianity.

File: Istachatta-WST Facing South. jpg | The Withlacoochee State Trail facing south from the Magnon Drive crossing in Istachatta.

Facing annihilation from English attacks and epidemics of new infectious diseases, the Androscoggins started to emigrate to Quebec around 1669.

* Articles and essays from web site of David R. Blumenthal ( Professor of Judaic Studies at Emory University and author of Facing the Abusing God: A Theology of Protest )

David R. Blumenthal in his book " Facing the Abusing God " ( 1993 ) has drawn on data from the field of child abuse and has proposed " worship of God through protest " as a legitimate response of survivors of both the Holocaust and child abuse.

Facing criticism from the pro-democracy camp, Lau Kong-wah of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong ( DAB ) defended their actions, saying " t is totally acceptable in a parliamentary assembly.

Facing serious charges, suspended from the force and rejected by his friends and colleagues, including Roenick's widow, a frustrated Roman storms into Niebaum's office and, in the ensuing chaos, takes Niebaum and several others hostage, including Niebaum's administrative assistant Maggie ( Siobhan Fallon ), police commander Grant Frost ( Ron Rifkin ), and two-bit con man Rudy Timmons ( Paul Giamatti ).

Facing east ; towards the City of London, from Waterloo Bridge.

Facing too great an army, the Spartans decide to surrender the city on the condition that the garrison can leave unharmed.

Facing a hopeless situation, the Marquess surrendered the castle on 19 August on relatively generous terms for the garrison.

Facing it, at a distance of about 365 yards, is the small island of Tabarka, where the Genoese family of the Lomellini, who had purchased the grant of the coral fishing from the Ottoman Turks, maintained a garrison from 1540 to 1742.

Facing deadly air raids from Russian MIG jets piloted by Algerian and Egyptian mercenaries, Ojukwu's Biafra and University scientists created " Ogbunigwe ," what Americans today would call a weapon of mass destruction.

Facing European pressure to abolish official Egyptian slave raids in the Sudan, Sa ' id issued a decree banning raids.

Facing the forest now, she who had not dared to enter it before, walked between two trees at random and headed in what she believed was the direction of the pool.

Facing local revolts and foreign invasions in both the East and West of the country, the most urgent government business was the war.

Facing a divided opposition, President Omar Bongo was re-elected in December 1998, with 66 % of the votes cast.

Facing towards West Berlin was the proclamation DER KLUGE BERLINER KAUFT BEI DER H. O.

Facing annihilation, this last intact French army crossed the border and was disarmed and imprisoned by the neutral Swiss near Pontarlier ( 1 February ).

In November 2006, there was an hour-long documentary on the British television network Channel 4 about Facing the World, an organization that helps children with severe facial disfigurements in developing countries.

Facing many challenges early in his rule, Mobutu was able to turn most opposition into submission through patronage ; those he could not, he dealt with forcefully.

Facing the wrist-spin of Eric Hollies, Bradman pushed forward to the second ball that he faced, was deceived by a googly, and bowled between bat and pad for a duck.

Facing a lack of good challengers, Monzón was offered a high purse to again fight the Colombian.

Facing a staggering debt of $ 84, 000, for which there was absolutely nothing to show, the situation was desperate.

Facing Jake Kilrain in Richburg, Mississippi that August, the fight went 72 rounds before Sullivan was declared the winner.

Facing the problem of existence of evil in the world, the Mu ' tazilis pointed at the free will of human beings, so that evil was defined as something that stems from the errors in human acts.

Facing suspicions about his " Irish " roots and his association with New Licht theologian John Simson ( then under investigation by Scottish ecclesiastical courts ), a ministry in Scotland was unlikely to be a success, so he left the church, returning to Ireland to pursue a career in academia.

Facing a general strike over wage arrears for civil servants in January 2008, Bozizé appointed a new government headed by Faustin-Archange Touadéra, an academic figure who was politically unknown.

Facing China and Korea, the region around Hirado was a traditional center for both traders and pirates.

Facing the jury, Matthew was praised for his survival skills and work ethic, but he was criticized for hypocrisy and lack of strategic gameplay for the majority of the game.

Another woman who was interviewed by Helen Watson, a sociologist, reported that, " Facing up to the crime and having to deal with it in public is probably worse than suffering in silence.