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.

From the mid-1930s on, National Socialist ideologues attacked the anthroposophical world-view as being opposed to Nazi racist and nationalistic principles ; anthroposophy considered " Blood, Race and Folk " as primitive instincts that must be overcome.

From 1937 the Lord Mayor and the state commissioners of Hanover were members of the NSDAP ( Nazi party ).

* The Nazi occupation of Poland and the Allied bombing of Peenemünde are depicted in the British feature film Battle of the V-1 ( 1958 ) ( called Missiles From Hell in the United States and some other countries ), which starred the actor Michael Rennie.

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Below title bar: events after World War II: From left to right: The Declaration of the State of Israel in 1948 ; The Nuremberg Trials were held after the war, in which the prominent members of the political, military, and economic leadership of the defeated Nazi Germany were prosecuted ; After the war, the United States carried out the Marshall Plan, which aimed at rebuilding Western Europe ; ENIAC, the world's first general-purpose electronic computer .| 420px | thumb

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From the Nazi espionage thrillers of the 1940s to the 007 films of the ' 60s and to the high-tech blockbusters of today, the spy film has always been popular with audiences worldwide.

From 1928 onwards, Raeder used his close friend, the retired Admiral Magnus von Levetzow who had become a Nazi as his contact with Adolf Hitler.

From April 1924 until late February 1925 the SA was known as the Frontbann to try to circumvent Bavaria's ban on the Nazi Party and its organs ( instituted after the abortive Beer Hall putsch of November 1923 ).

From 1902 until the beginning of Nazi rule in 1933, he worked as a director at various theaters in Berlin.

From 1939 – 45 during World War II, Bydgoszcz was occupied by Nazi Germany, in the Invasion of Poland and annexed to the Reichsgau Wartheland as the seat of the district or county ( kreis ) of Bromberg.

From 1926 the city became an active point of Nazi supporters, and NSDAP influence grew rapidly.

From the period of Nazi power beginning in 1933, Adolf Hitler's political goals for Germany also included the accumulation of Lebensraum (" Living space ") for the Germanic " race " and the destruction of Communism.

From its earliest days, the King David Hotel hosted royalty: the dowager empress of Persia, queen mother Nazli of Egypt and King Abdullah I of Jordan stayed at the hotel, and three heads of state forced to flee their countries took up residence there: King Alfonso XIII of Spain, forced to abdicate in 1931, Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia, driven out by the Italians in 1936, and King George II of Greece who set up his government in exile at the hotel after the Nazi occupation of his country in 1942.

From age 12, Shahak cared for and provided economic support for his mother who survived the Nazi camp in very poor physical condition.

From then on, Jews were forced to work at more menial positions, becoming second-class citizens or to the point they were " illegally residing " in Nazi Germany.

From the mid-to-late 1930s Frick lost favour irreversibly within the Nazi Party after a power struggle involving attempts to resolve the lack of coordination within the Reich government.

From this point on Messerschmitt became a favorite of the Nazi party, as much for his designs as his political abilities and the factory location in southern Germany away from the " clumping " of aviation firms on the northern coast.

From 1933 to 1945, the city's mayor was the appointed Nazi Carl Engelbert Böhmer.

" X-Planes and Prototypes: From Nazi Secret Weapons to the Warplanes of the Future.

From 1938 – 45 Opava was part of Nazi Germany according to the Munich agreement.

From 1944 – 45 as part of Nazi Germany, it was divided into the Prussian provinces of Kurhessen and Nassau.

From 1936 onwards, the National Government followed a policy of mass rearmament in the face of the rise of Nazi Germany.