Forty-seven years after the initial freeze, Costa Rican President Óscar Arias Sánchez announced on 18 March 2009 that normal relations were to be re-established, saying, " If we have been able to turn the page with regimes as profoundly different to our reality as occurred with the USSR or, more recently, with the Republic of China, how would we not do it with a country that is geographically and culturally much nearer to Costa Rica?

Forty-seven bimonthly issues from Different Worlds were published.

" Forty-seven complete or partial skulls were discovered in just that area during the decade 2000 – 2010.

Forty-seven people, of which 42 were passengers, were killed, many by drowning, others by fire.

Forty-seven noble leaders of the insurrection were tried, and twenty-seven were executed on what is called " the Day of Blood " by Protestants at Prague's Old Town Square.

Forty-seven such XX calls were issued during the revolt, causing heavy losses to the rebels.

Forty-seven sets were constructed, on location and in Hollywood studios, to accommodate Stevens ’ vision.

The Forty-seven Ronin were samurai of the Akō han.

Forty-seven of the 50 were released in January 1946 ; the remaining three served additional months in prison.

Forty-seven people were kiled during the 1990 flood itself.

Forty-seven people, 42 of whom were passengers, were killed, many by drowning, others by fire / smoke inhalation.

Forty-seven selected Lithuanian nobles were adopted by Polish families and granted Polish coats of arm.

Forty-seven of the fifty players were later assembled in Cleveland, Ohio, during the halftime ceremony of the 1997 All-Star Game.

Forty-seven Jewish men were imprisoned at Falstad at one point or another.

Forty-seven protesters, including many children, were arrested outside the hospice where Schiavo was located.

Dr. and Mrs. Whitman were killed along with eleven others ; Forty-seven other mission residents were taken hostage.

Forty-seven percent of those included in the book were born in England, 27 % in Australia, 12 % Scotland, 8 % Ireland, 1 % Wales and the last 5 % were from the rest of the world which included 12 from the United States, 9 from Germany, and 6 from New Zealand.

This is why Yamamoto and others claim that the tale of the Forty-seven Ronin is a good story of revenge — but by no means a story of bushido.

Asano's Forty-seven Ronin avenged his death by killing Kira and became a legend that influenced many plays and stories of the era.

Other industries are fishery and tourism thanks to a famous act of vengeance by the Forty-seven Ronin in 1703, featured in the Chushingura.

Forty-seven light horse re-enactment riders and the 12th / 16th Hunter River lancers took part in the unveiling by Major General William B.

Forty-seven of the states have structured settlement protection acts created using a model promulgated by the National Conference of Insurance Legislations (" NCOIL ").

* Forty-seven Christians are martyred in Lyon ( Saint Blandina and Pothinus, bishop of Lyon, are among them ).

Forty-seven states assign or provide vehicles for employees on state business.

" Forty-seven percent of the respondents identified themselves as being Clinton supporters.

* 1703 – In Edo ( now Tokyo ), 46 of the Forty-seven Ronin commit seppuku ( ritual suicide ) as recompense for avenging their master's death.

* 1703 – The Forty-seven Ronin, under the command of Ōishi Kuranosuke, avenge the death of their master.

* 1702: Forty-seven Ronin attack Kira Yoshinaka and then commit seppuku in Japan.

* January 30 ( December 14 of previous year in the Chinese calendar ) – In Japan, the revenge of the Forty-seven Ronin occurs, assassinating Daimyo Kira Yoshinaka, the enemy of their former lord Asano Naganori, at his own mansion as a vengeance.

There is also a comparison of the characters to the Forty-seven ronin.

The revenge of the, also known as the Forty-seven Samurai, the Akō vendetta, or the took place in Japan at the start of the 18th century.

Mitford invited his readers to construe his story of the Forty-seven Ronin as historically accurate ; and while his version of the tale has long been considered a standard work, some of its precise details are now questioned.

# ... a paper which the Forty-seven Rǒnin laid upon the tomb of their master, together with the head of Kira Kôtsuké no Suké.

Two of the Forty-seven Ronin: Horibe Yahei and his adopted son, Horibe Yasubei.

" The answer obviously is: then the Forty-seven Ronin would have lost their only chance at avenging their master.

The tragedy of the Forty-seven Ronin has been one of the most popular themes in Japanese art, and has lately even begun to make its way into Western art.

Many Japanese television shows, including single programs, short series, single seasons, and even year-long series such as Daichūshingura and the more recent NHK Taiga drama Genroku Ryōran, recount the events of the Forty-seven Ronin.

The Forty-seven Ronin are one of the most popular themes in woodblock prints, or ukiyo-e ; the list of artists who have done prints portraying either the original events, or scenes from the play, or the actors, is a Who's Who of woodblock artists.

* Lucia St. Clair Robson's historical fiction novel The Tokaido Road is adapted from the tale of the Forty-seven Ronin.

As a young man he was said to be an avid reader, and especially liked the stories of the Forty-seven Ronin and the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

As a result of his leadership in the Forty-seven Ronin affair, Oishi went down in history as the most famous of all karō.