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From his position as head of the United Lutheran Church in America, Fry engineered a similar move in 1962, organizing the merger of his own church with three other independent bodies –- the Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, the American Evangelical Lutheran Church, and the Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church –- to form the Lutheran Church in America ( LCA ).
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From the 980s, Gerbert of Aurillac ( later, Pope Sylvester II ) used his position to spread knowledge of the numerals in Europe.
From 1954 until 1959 he was the First Sea Lord, a position that had been held by his father, Prince Louis of Battenberg, some forty years earlier.
From the outset, this new republic held that film would be the most ideal propaganda tool for the Soviet Union because of its widespread popularity among the established citizenry of the new land ; Vladimir Lenin, in fact, declared it the most important medium for educating the masses in the ways, means and successes of Communism, a position which was later echoed by Joseph Stalin.
From the roundoff position the gymnast travels backwards as in a backhandspring so that the hands land on the vaulting platform ( horse ).
From the times of Isaac Vossius, several scholars adhered to this position, most notably the so-called " French school " during the 19th century, which included the famous chemist Marcellin Berthelot.
From 1438 the Habsburgs, who controlled most of the southeast of the Empire ( more or less modern-day Austria and Slovenia, and Bohemia and Moravia after the death of King Louis II in 1526 ), maintained a constant grip on the position of the Holy Roman Emperor until 1806 ( with the exception of the years between 1742 and 1745 ).
From March 2003, Holden no longer held the number one sales position in Australia, losing ground to Toyota.
From 1847 to 1854 Bruce was stipendiary magistrate for Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare, resigning the position in the latter year, when he entered parliament as Liberal member for Merthyr Tydfil.
From March 2007 to February 2010, he was Vice President of Emerging Platforms at Sun, until the company merged with Oracle and he resigned his position with the company.
From the outset, Kemp had failed to position himself as the primary alternative to Vice President Bush.
From 1872 to 1875, he was director of the concerts of the Vienna Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde ; afterwards, he accepted no formal position.
From 1952, Philby struggled to find work as a journalist, eventually – in August 1954 – accepting a position with a diplomatic newsletter called the Fleet Street Letter.
From the reign of Clotaire II and Dagobert I survive many examples of the royal position as the supreme justice and final arbiter.
From the point of view of another frame of reference moving at a uniform speed, the position ( represented by a primed coordinate ) changes with time as
From this time, there was a growing acceptance of the position of Prime Minister and the title was more commonly used, if only unofficially.
From this commanding position, the Prime Minister directs the law-making process, enacting into law his party ’ s programme.
From the early Qing Dynasty, the central government was characterized by a system of dual appointments by which each position in the central government had a Manchu and a Han Chinese assigned to it.
From a previously unassailable position, Scott became a figure of controversy, with questions raised about his competence and character.
From 24 January 1941 Menzies spent four months in Britain discussing war strategy with Churchill and other Empire leaders, while his position at home deteriorated.
From 1947 Nevanlinna had a chair in the University of Zurich, which he held on a half-time basis after receiving in 1948 a permanent position as one of the 12 salaried Academicians in the newly created Academy of Finland.
From 1959, the Federal Council, elected by the parliament, is composed of members of the four major parties, the Protestant Free Democrats, the Catholic Christian Democrats, the left-wing Social Democrats and the right-wing People's Party, essentially creating a system without a sizeable parliamentary opposition ( see concordance system ), reflecting the powerful position of an opposition in a direct democracy.
From 1850 to 1854 he filled the position of assistant in the college, and soon embarked upon original work, not in organic chemistry where the inspiration of his teacher, August Wilhelm von Hofmann, might have been expected to lead him, but on new compounds of selenium.
From a fixed position on the ground, the sun appears to orbit around the Earth.
From this position, he will " uncoil " his body beginning with his legs, progressing to his hips and then on to his arms.
From a poor defensive position on the baseline, the lob can be used as either an offensive or defensive weapon, hitting the ball high and deep into the opponent's court to either enable the lobber to get into better defensive position or to win the point outright by hitting it over the opponent's head.
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From the way the wound in his head was itching, Dan knew that it would heal.
From the point of view of syntactic analysis the head word in the statement is the predicator has broken, and from the point of view of meaning it would seem that the trouble centers in the breaking ; ;
From 1851 onwards the census shows the stated age and relationship to the head of household for each individual.
From 1968 to 1982, the Wings had 14 head coaches ( not counting interim coaches ), with none lasting more than three seasons.
From it came the master general who remained longest at the head of the administration during the 19th century, Père Vincent Jandel ( 1850 – 1872 ).
From 1931 until his death in 1939, Sapir taught at Yale University, where he became the head of the Department of Anthropology.
From 1907 to 1915, Blyton was educated at St. Christopher's School in Beckenham, leaving as head girl.
From June 1848 until December 1848 General Cavaignac became head of the executive of the Provisional Government.
From then on all Byzantine coins had a religious image or symbol on the reverse, usually an image of Christ for larger denominations, with the head of the Emperor on the obverse, reinforcing the bond of the state and the divine order.
From an initial design point of view, engineers often use a quantity termed the specific speed to identify the most suitable pump type for a particular combination of flow rate and head.
From 1978 through 1983, the Chargers wore their white jerseys at home, coinciding with the hiring of coach Don Coryell – when Joe Gibbs, a Coryell assistant in 1979 – 80, became head coach of the Washington Redskins in 1981, he did the same, and white at home became a Redskins staple through 2007 – but Coryell switched the Chargers to their blue jerseys at home starting in 1984.
From the perspective of the theocratic government, " God himself is recognized as the head " of the state, hence the term theocracy, from the Greek " rule of God ", a term used by Josephus for the kingdoms of Israel and Judah.
From 2006 to 2010 the head of the secretariat was Yvo de Boer ; on May 17, 2010 his successor, Christiana Figueres from Costa Rica has been named.
From his methods on solving the Riemann problem had developed the theory of singular integral equations ( MSC ( 2000 ) 45-Exx ) which was entertained above all by the Russian school at the head of Nikoloz Muskhelishvili ( Николай Иванович Мусхелищвили ) ( 1891 – 1976 ).
From the beginning, Mühlegg singled himself out, at one point accusing German head coach Georg Zipfel for " damaging him spiritually " ( the so-called Spiritistenaffäre ).
From 1995 to 1999, he was head of the Institute for Hungarian Culture in Berlin.
From Rickover's first replacement, Kinnaird R. McKee, to today's head of Naval Reactors, Kirkland H. Donald, all have held command of nuclear submarines, their squadrons and ocean fleets ; not one has been a long-term Engineering Duty Officer such as Rickover.
From 1948 to 1980 he was the head of the topology section.
From closest to farthest from the vitreous body-that is, from closest to the front exterior of the head towards the interior and back of the head:
From Teddington Lock to the head of navigation, the navigation authority is the Environment Agency.
From the river head they continued climbing along the Greater Saukdara Glacier towards a saddle at an altitude 5820 m ( this saddle is also known as the Krilenko Pass ).
From President Wilhelm Pieck's death in 1960 he was the East German head of state until his own death in 1973.
" From an engineering perspective the wedge shaped casque is also the most efficient way to protect the head by deflecting falling fruit.
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