Following the 1947 season, the American League countered with a rule change that fixed the distance of an outfield wall for the duration of a season.

Following in his father's athletic footsteps, John Jr. won in 1947 the James E. Sullivan Award as the country's top amateur athlete.

Following the end of World War II, the Chinese Communists gained control of Manchuria as well as the Inner Mongolian Communists with decisive Soviet support, and established the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in 1947.

Following their 1947 divorce he married the British ballerina and actress Diana Gould, whose mother was the pianist Evelyn Suart ( who had played with artists such as Eugène Ysaÿe and Karel Halíř ), and whose stepfather was Admiral Sir Cecil Harcourt.

Following the Iran crisis of 1946, Harry Truman declared what became known as the Truman Doctrine in 1947, promising to contribute financial aid to Greece and Turkey following World War II, in the hope that this would impede the advancement of Communism into Western Europe.

Following Czechoslovakia's brief consideration of taking Marshall Plan funds, and the subsequent scolding of communist parties by the Cominform at Szklarska Poręba in September 1947, Rudolf Slánský returned to Prague with a plan for the final seizure of power, including the StB's elimination of party enemies and purging of dissidents.

Following independence in 1947, he joined the latter's government and became one of Prime Minister Nehru's principal lieutenants, first as Railways Minister ( 1951 – 56 ), and then in a variety of other functions, including Home Minister.

Following the 1947 creation of the Central Intelligence Agency ( CIA ) he rose in its ranks during the Truman, Eisenhower, and Kennedy administrations.

Following the end of World War II, Klemperer returned to Continental Europe to work at the Budapest Opera ( 1947 – 1950 ).

Following his university education, in 1947 he started working with Aer Lingus, the state airline of Ireland, and became an authority on the strategic economic planning of transport.

Following the 1947 elections, in which the Socialist Party came in first, Katayama formed a coalition government with the Democratic Party and the Citizens ' Cooperation Party.

Following a posting to the Far East, this was followed by two novels about Burma, The Purple Plain in 1947 and The Jacaranda Tree, and one set in India, The Scarlet Sword.

Following Japan's defeat in World War II, the emperor's role is defined in Chapter I of the 1947 Constitution of Japan, as decided by the foreign powers that had defeated Japan in the war.

Following the culmination of the war, Spare held a come-back show in November 1947 at the Archer Gallery.

Following the decision taken by the British government in January 1947 to develop nuclear weapons, Sellafield was chosen as the location of the plutonium production plant, with the initial fuel loading into the Windscale Piles commencing in July 1950.

Following a June 2, 1947, referendum, the town adopted a Plan E form of government.

Following his release, he did some commentary for radio station WTMV, assisted the Cleveland Indians in spring training in 1947, and became a TV announcer for Chicago Cubs games in 1949.

Following its creation as a new country in August 1947, Pakistan applied for membership of the United Nations and was accepted by the General Assembly on 30 September 1947.

Following the Rincón Bomba massacre by white locals of nomadic Amerindians in 1947, President Perón initiated a program of land reform in the province ; the program, by the time of his 1955 overthrow, had issued only around 4, 000 land grants, however.

Following the United Nations vote in favour of a partition plan on November 29, 1947 and the subsequent civil war, inhabitants of both Bat Yam and Jaffa complained on violent incidents, including sniping.

Following the independence of India in 1947, Tippera district — the estate in the plains of British India — became a part ( later giving rise to Comilla District ) of East Pakistan, and Hill Tippera remained under a regency council until 1949.

Following the new line from Moscow, and believing that a new " imperialist war " and a new depression were imminent, and that the CPA should immediately contest for leadership of the working class with the Australian Labor Party, the CPA launched an industrial offensive in 1947, culminating in a prolonged strike in the coalmines in 1949.

Following the transfer of BEA's London – Jersey route from Croydon to Northolt on 21 April 1947, DC-3s began replacing Rapides on most services.

Following the inauguration of scheduled services between Land's End in Cornwall and St Mary's in the Isles of Scilly in 1947, BEA continued serving this route with Dragon Rapides due to a lack of a suitable fixed-wing alternative until BEA Helicopters took it over on 2 May 1964.

Following school in Perugia and Pisa where Cesare studied at La Sapienza University of Rome, along with his father's elevation to Pope, Cesare was made Cardinal at the age of 18.

Following his military service, Stoiber studied political science and then, in the fall 1962 in Munich, law.

Following this, he attended Ludgrove School, and, after passing the entrance exams, was admitted to Eton College, where he studied geography, art history, and art at A-Level.

Following graduation, he traveled and studied in Europe from 1851 to 1853 before entering Transylvania College in Lexington, where he earned a law degree in 1855.

Following his father's wish, he studied theology and entered the ministry.

Following a failed initial approach to Anton Bruckner, Schnabel studied music theory and composition under Eusebius Mandyczewski.

Following the end of the war, Wittgenstein studied intensely, arranging pieces for the left hand alone and learning the new composition written for him by Labor.

Following this, he studied economics at the University of Amsterdam.

Following Jacob's return to Orthodox Judaism, he sent Marcus, his youngest son, to the cheder at the age of 5, where he studied the Talmud although his elder siblings had been educated in the public school system.

Following this, he studied in the Byzantine capital of Constantinople, including the subjects of astronomy, ecclesiastical computus, astrology, medicine, Roman civil law, Greek rhetoric and philosophy, and the use of the horoscope.

Following feminist or other reflexive and tradition-breaking paradigms sports are sometimes studied as contested activities, i. e. as activities in the centre of various people / groups interests ( connection of sports and gender, mass media, or state-politics ).

Following a period of work as a laboratory technician he first studied art on the foundation course at the Gloucestershire College of Art and Design, Cheltenham and then at the Wimbledon School of Art ( 1969 − 1973 ).

Following his two major ethical works, al-Tusi studied under the patronage of the Ismaili Imam at the Alamut library until it capitualtedto the Mongols in 1256.

Following a spell of unemployment, he joined the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army ( KNIL ) in 1940, and studied in a Dutch-run military school in Gombong near Yogyakarta.

Following Henry's death in 1922, he took charge of Henry's papers and diaries, which he studied at length.

Following this period, Louis studied at the West London School of Art and eventually became a teacher there for a short period.

Following school, Chisholm studied for a diploma course in dance, singing, drama and musical theatre at the Doreen Bird College of Performing Arts in Sidcup, Kent.

Following advice from Ram Dass, Lilly studied Patanjali's system of yoga ( finding I. K. Taimni's Science of Yoga, a modernized interpretation of the Sanskrit text, most suited to his goals ).

Following his travels to South America in the early 19th century, he studied the cat while a professor of zoology in Paris, and identified five subspecies, based on geographic dispersement.

Following her 1999 high school graduation in New Jersey, she returned to Juilliard for university and studied with DeLay.

Following his more traditionally inclined brothers, who became respectively a doctor, a lawyer, and an accountant, Isaacs studied law at Bristol University ( 1982 – 85 ), but he became more actively involved in the drama society, eventually performing in over 30 plays and performing each summer at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, first with Bristol University and then, twice, with the National Student Drama Company.

Following her undergraduate degree, Morgan studied at the University of Manchester.

Following the war, he studied law at King's College London graduating in 1948, and later practiced law in Cyprus.

Following school, Jackson studied at the Polytechnic of Central London ( renamed the University of Westminster in 1992 ), from which he graduated with a First Class Honours BA in Media Studies in 1979.

Following graduation from the University of Texas at Austin, where he studied drama with B. Iden Payne, Torn relocated from his native Texas to Hollywood, making his debut in the 1956 film Baby Doll.