Given the unusual casting and production demands, Pacific Overtures remains one of the least-performed musicals by Stephen Sondheim.

* Given their strong position, the mercenaries inflate their demands and demand payment for the non-mercenary Libyan conscripts in the army as well.

Given the demands on a new wife, and the learning curve in her new role, it was prudent to provide her some reserve time with quilts already completed.

Given the importance of the seasonal gift-giving to the U. S. economy, one driven largely by consumer spending, and with the music industry making at least 40 percent of its annual revenue in the fourth quarter culminating at Christmas, demands for increased revenues motivates the shift.

Given the state of the pharmacopoeia, and patients ' demands for something to take, physicians began making " blunderbuss " concoctions of various drugs, proven and unproven.

Given the demands of the Siege of Calais, no further men could be summoned for the defence of Northern England.

Given the strategic requirements of winning the war, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and U. S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt had no option but to accept the demands of their erstwhile ally, Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin, at Tehran, Yalta and Potsdam, argues retired diplomat Charles G. Stefan.

Given their newly strengthened bargaining position, the mercenaries vastly inflated their original demands, even requiring the extension of the payments to the Libyans whom Carthage had conscripted ( and who were not mercenaries ) as well as other Numidians and to the escaped slaves and the like who had joined their ranks against Carthage.

* Given their position, the mercenaries inflate their demands and demand payment for the non-mercenary Libyan conscripts in the army as well.

Cafferty courted controversy on September 23, 2004 while discussing terrorist demands for the release of two female scientists from an Iraqi prison and remarking: " Given the way these mutants treat women in their societies, the women are probably better off in U. S. custody.

Given this scenario, it is obvious newspapers must raise the quality of their news offerings to meet the demands and expectations of their readers.

Given El Progreso's location as a crossroads several fast food franchises have been established in the city to satisfy the demands of travelers.

Given this stance, it emphasises the practical teachings of subjects with a sound theoretical background, while at the same time actively adapting the lesson material and courses to the job market demands and the realities of today ’ s society.

Given Rickover's single-minded focus on naval nuclear propulsion, design and operations, it came as a surprise to many when in 1982, near the end of his career, he testified before the U. S. Congress that, were it up to him, he " would sink them all.

Given his father's naval career, where the family was domiciled is uncertain.

Given Lizardi's career as a pioneering Mexican journalist, his novel can also be read as a journal of opinion in the guise of a picaresque novel.

Given this, sabermetricians generally regard Cy Young's total of 749 complete games as the career baseball record most unlikely to ever be broken.

Given his years of promoting baseball in Canada while a member of the Blue Jays, Whitt remained active as an ambassador of Canadian baseball Indeed, Whitt's coaching career first came to prominence in his capacity as manager of the Canadian national baseball team.

Given started his playing career as a youth goalkeeper at Celtic in the early 1990s, leaving in 1994 having been deemed surplus to requirements, Given was part of the Sunderland team who won the Football League First Division title in 1995 – 96, while on loan from Blackburn Rovers.

Given Andrew's hopes for Toowoomba's career, Andrew had attempted to partially lead Harry off track until he was sent back to Norway.

Given a second chance, Sutton soon went to work on reviving the Cowboys, and his coaching career.

Given that Ruggles had no experience with the genre – his best-known films at that point were the Academy Award-winning Western epic Cimarron ( 1931 ) and the Mae West comedy I'm No Angel ( 1933 ), both more than a decade old – and his Hollywood career was on a downslide, he was an odd choice indeed.

Given their subject matter and lurid approach, Fisher's films, though commercially successful, were largely dismissed by critics during his career.

Given Otto Frank's crucial declaration that Silberbauer had obviously acted on orders and behaved correctly and without cruelty during the arrest, judicial investigation of Silberbauer was dropped, and he was able to continue in his career as a police officer.

Given the great number of players who have played the game, players who have average career statistics but seemingly exceptional statistics in certain situations ( e. g. the playoffs or with the bases loaded ) are expected without providing proof that " clutch hitting " skills exist.

Given his political career, Clay spent most of the years between 1810-1829 in Washington, DC.

Given the buildup of tensions with Great Britain, the US Navy established a shipyard for warships and rapidly built eleven ships at the facility, employing 3, 000 men at the yard, many recruited from New York City.

Given command of ABDA naval forces, Hart directed part of this defense into mid-February 1942 when he was replaced, for political reasons, by Admiral Helfrich of the Dutch Navy.

Given its position in the western Pacific, Singapore had long been recognised as being strategically important for the Royal Navy in order to counter the growing influence of the Japanese, who were regarded as being the logical threat to Britain ’ s interests in the Far East and the Pacific.

Given that NASA and USAF ( as well as government programs in other countries ) are the primary customers and sources of development capital, government regulatory requirements for oversight, parwork, quality, safety, and other documentation tend to inflate the operational costs of any such system.

Given that the series was set in the relatively near future, Gridneff took great pains to ensure that the space scenes were depicted as accurately as possible, seeking advice from NASA and other space agencies as well as arranging a set visit by astronaut Pete Conrad, the third man to set foot on the Moon.

Given the rarity of such observation opportunities since the 1970s, the Genesis and Stardust Sample Return Capsule ( SRC ) reentries as well as the recent Hayabusa SRC reentry have spawned observation campaigns, most notably at NASA Ames Research Center.

Given married Jane Cunningham in Hexham, England, in a Catholic ceremony in 2001.

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Given that the dispute with Pizarro over Cuzco had kept intensifying, Almagro spent a great deal of time and money equipping a company of 500 men for a new exploration south of Peru.

Given the repeated failures and frustrations of workers ' revolutions and movements, Marx also sought to understand capitalism, and spent a great deal of time in the reading room of the British Museum studying and reflecting on the works of political economists and on economic data.

" As Shelly Kagan says, “ Given the parameters of the actual world, there is no question that …( maximally )… promoting the good would require a life of hardship, self-denial, and austerity … a life spent promoting the good would be a severe one indeed .”

" Given that Edison, as much a businessman as an inventor, spent approximately $ 24, 000 on the system's development and went so far as to build a facility expressly for moviemaking before his U. S. patent was awarded, Rausch's interpretation is not widely shared by present-day scholars.

He spent two years at Celtic in the Scottish League, and despite being named to the substitutes bench for the Old Firm derby against Rangers on 1 January 1994, Given never made a first-team appearance.

Given that he had a number of strongholds in north-west Wales, it is not possible to know how much time he spent in the village, although it is reported that he preferred his lodge at Trefriw to his Palace at Aber.

Given command of the 44th ( Home Counties ) Infantry Division, he spent 9 months organising the

Given a position as a proof-reader and occasional contributor, Garvin spent the next eight years honing his skills as a journalist, with Cowen serving as his mentor and father-figure.

Given the go-ahead, she recruited eleven volunteers from the Mount Wilson Observatory Association ( MWOA ) and the Los Angeles Astronomical Society ( LAAS ), and the team then spent 13 weekends ( more than one thousand hours ) poring over the stacks, placing plates in protective sleeves, and packing them in more than 500 boxes that were transported to Palomar.

However, he spent three years at St James ' Park without making a first team appearance, being backup to longtime goalkeepers Shay Given and Steve Harper.