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From the mid-1940s the country was subject to Soviet economic control and saw considerable Russification of its peoples, but Latvian culture and infrastructures survived such that, during the period of Soviet liberalisation under Mikhail Gorbachev, Latvia once again took a path towards independence which eventually succeeded in August 1991 and was recognised by Russia the following month.
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From and mid-1940s
From the mid-1940s through the early 1950s, he and Blair organized weekly parties at their Beverly Hills home, and they often played an intensely competitive and physical version of charades, known as " The Game ".
From about the mid-1940s until 1991, U. S. foreign policy was dominated by the Cold War, and characterized by its significant international military presence and greater diplomatic involvement.
From the mid-1940s Republic films often featured Vera Hruba Ralston, a former ice-skater from Czechoslovakia who had won the heart of studio boss Yates, becoming the second Mrs. Yates in 1949.
From the mid-1940s to the mid-1970s, manufacturing jobs offered many low-skilled and medium-skilled workers stable, well-paying jobs.
From the mid-1940s, Motherwell became the leading spokesman for avant-garde art in America.
From 1949 into the 1950s, he guided what became known as the Indians ' " Big Four " pitching rotation, featuring Feller, Bob Lemon, Early Wynn and Mike Garcia ; Harder had successfully transformed Lemon from an infielder into a top pitcher while working with him in the mid-1940s, and he taught Wynn the breaking ball and changeup.
From the mid-1940s until the mid-1960s, he was a visiting professor at many colleges and universities in the United States and three times at the University of Leeds.
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From the rather tortuous history of electoral planning in Morocco an important point emerges concerning the first elections in a developing country and evaluating their results.
From the end of 1888, the Amir spent eighteen months in his northern provinces bordering upon the Oxus, where he was engaged in pacifying the country that had been disturbed by revolts, and in punishing with a heavy hand all who were known or suspected to have taken any part in rebellion.
From a monetary standpoint, governments control just how much money is in circulation worldwide, which plays an immense role on how money is spent in one's own country.
From the year 2000 onward, Chile completely overhauled its criminal justice system ; a new, US-style adversarial system has been gradually implemented throughout the country with the final stage of implementation in the Santiago metropolitan region completed on June 9, 2001
From 1963, the citizens of Yugoslavia were allowed to travel to almost any country because of the neutral politics.
From Tshombe's secession of the Katanga, to the assassination of Lumumba, to the two coups d ' état of Mobutu, the country has known periods of true nationwide peace, but virtually no period of genuine democratic rule.
From 1974 to 1980, she consistently charted in the country Top 10, with no fewer than eight singles reaching number one.
From the establishment of the Tokugawa bakufus headquarters at Edo, although Kyoto remained the formal capital of the country the de facto capital was now Edo ; it was the center of political power.
From early on, many Irish nationalists opposed the union and what was seen as the exploitation of the country.
From December through April, the country experiences drought.
From 1990-1992, country superstar Garth Brooks appeared on the show four times.
From 1982 until 1996, the social democratic PSOE governed the country, with Felipe González as prime minister.
From 132 to 136, the Jewish leader Simon Bar Kokhba led another major revolt against the Romans, again renaming the country " Israel " ( see Bar Kochba Revolt coinage ).
From 1405 to 1433, Admiral Zheng He led large fleets of the Ming Dynasty on several voyages to the Western Ocean ( Chinese name for the Indian Ocean ) and reached the coastal country of East Africa ( see Zheng He for reference ).
From a list of 14 factors, respondents were asked to select the five most problematic for doing business in their country and to rank them between 1 ( most problematic ) and 5.
" From its earliest beginnings, Christianity spread much more quickly in major urban areas ( like Antioch, Alexandria, Carthage, Corinth, Rome ) than in the countryside ( in fact, the early church was almost entirely urban ), and soon the word for " country dweller " became synonymous with someone who was " not a Christian ," giving rise to the modern meaning of " pagan.
From 1994 through 1998, under the government of Alberto Fujimori, the economy recorded robust growth driven by foreign direct investment, almost 46 % of which was related to the privatization program. The government invested heavily on the country ´ s infrastructure, which became a solid foundation for the future of the Peruvian economy.
From then on, the game spread powerfully across the country and Argentina is credited globally as the mecca of polo, mainly because Argentina is notably the country with the largest number ever of 10 handicap players in the world.
From 1985 onwards, the last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who sought to enact liberal reforms in the Soviet system, introduced the policies of glasnost ( openness ) and perestroika ( restructuring ) in an attempt to end the period of economic stagnation in the country and democratise the government.
From west to east, the country stretches from Kaliningrad ( the exclave separated by the 1990 secession of Lithuania from the then-Soviet Union ) to Ratmanov Island ( one of the Diomede Islands ) in the Bering Strait.
From north to south, the country ranges from the northern tip of the Russian Arctic islands at Franz Josef Land to the southern tip of the Republic of Dagestan on the Caspian Sea, spanning about of extremely varied, often inhospitable terrain.
From 2005 through to 2007, the country was wracked by many thousands of protests from poor communities.
From this base, Sulayman Pasha managed to take control of the whole country of Yemen, also taking Sa ' na.
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From the back of the barn it was a simple matter to reach Black's house without using the street.
From the way the wound in his head was itching, Dan knew that it would heal.
From the time the chocks were pulled until the plane was out of sight, he knew Donovan would keep his back to the strip.
From L'Turu, I heard that until about 1850 the people of this island -- which was about the size of Guam or smaller -- had been of both sexes, and that the normal family life of Melanesian tribes was observed here with minor variations.
From the convulsive quivers of the man's shoulders it was plain he had resumed the weeping.
From high in the tree, the whole block lay within range of the eye, but the ground was almost nowhere visible.
From being a hated tyrant and madman he was now the symbol of all that was noblest and best in the history of Sweden.
From the night of August 30 to the morning of September 2 there was no Union cavalry east of the Macon railway to disclose to Sherman that he was missing the greatest opportunity of his career.
From the outset, she must have realized that marriage with him was out of the question, and although she was displeased by the `` unwarrantable '' interference, it seems probable that she did agree with her mother's suggestion that the poet was `` perhaps '' a man `` most fitted to live & die solitary, & in the love only of the Highest Lover ''.
From his first bout with the canny Woodruff, Pike had learned that it was better not to attack him directly, so, harping on the theme that the cost of printing was too high, he condemned the governor for permitting such a state of affairs to exist.
From the point of view of popularity the best-known member of the Commission was Walter Camp, the Yale athlete whose sobriquet was `` the father of American football ''.
From the east to the west coast of the Korean peninsula was a strip of land in which fear-filled men were at that same moment furtively crawling through the night, sitting in sweaty anticipation of any movement or sound, or shouting amidst confused rifle flashes and muzzle blasts.
From the outside it was an ordinary enough house of the gentry.
From there on, each Junior was going to be judged individually.
From proud pool-owners to perpetual hosts and handymen was a short step -- no more than the change from city clothes to trunks.
From what I was able to gauge in a swift, greedy glance, the figure inside the coral-colored boucle dress was stupefying.
From these dosage isopleths it can be seen that an area of over 34,000 square miles was covered.
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