Having ( through my unflagging effort and devotion ) achieved stardom, a fortune and a world-renowned wife at an age when most young men are casting their first vote, Letch proceeded to neglect them all.

Having achieved this end, he was able to buy 116,000 square miles in the valleys of the Red and Assiniboine rivers.

Having achieved a breakthrough into the enemy's rear areas, German forces attempted to paralyze the enemy's ability to react.

Having achieved independence under UN sponsorship, Equatorial Guinea feels a special kinship with that organization.

Having achieved some of its goals, among them the establishment of state funding for the film industry and renewed international recognition for German films, the New German Cinema had begun to show signs of fatigue by the 1980s, even though many of its proponents continued to enjoy individual success.

Having achieved the political reforms it advocated the Progressive Party soon folded as an organisation, while the Democratic Movement, incorporating the tiny Communist Party of Jersey, continued in existence as a campaigning social movement until the late 20th century.

Having achieved spectacular successes in the offensive with tank-heavy formations during the Six Day War, the Israeli Defense Force found in the Yom Kippur War of 1973 that a doctrine that relied primarily on tanks and aircraft had proven inadequate.

Having already written Christian-themed lyrics throughout his time in Glass Harp, Keaggy first found an audience in the burgeoning Jesus music scene, and later achieved worldwide fame as both a songwriter and instrumentalist as it evolved into Contemporary Christian Music.

Having achieved another huge hit in 1986 with « Me cuesta tanto olvidarte » (« It's So Hard to Forget You »), the band reformed its musical approach with the album Entre el cielo y el suelo ( Between Heaven and Earth ).

Having achieved the Reform Act of 1832, the Radical alliance was broken until the Liberal-Labour alliance of the mid-Victorian period.

Having carried out sustained efforts in this area over the following 10 years, the company achieved domestic production of photographic films, motion-picture films and X-ray films.

Having just completed a successful rescue mission in a building protected by heavily armed guards and agents, a feat never before achieved, Morpheus takes this as evidence confirming that Neo is indeed The One, dismissing the Oracle's words by saying that she merely told Neo what he needed to hear.

Having achieved actual or nominal dominion over much of Eurasia, and having seen his successful conquest of China, Kublai was in a position to look beyond China.

Having achieved his first aim and finding no good sites in the delta, he built a temporary fort at Biloxi, left a garrison of 81 men, and returned to France.

Having achieved these objectives, the division was then to create and secure a bridgehead focused around the captured bridges until they linked up with advancing Allied ground forces.

Having achieved its objective, the battalion then moved north and took up positions near Le Mesnail to widen the airborne bridgehead formed by the division.

Having achieved his purpose he then evacuated the pā.

Having achieved great successes against the Frisians, Pepin turned towards the Alemanni.

Having achieved fluency in some 12 foreign languages, he was an exceptionally prolific author: according to his biographer Barbu Theodorescu, the total of his published contributions, both volumes and brochures, was 1, 359.

Having achieved his thesis on the Difference of natural philosophy between Democritus and Epicurus in 1841, the young Marx progressively broke away with the Prussian university and its teachings impregnated by German Idealism ( Kant, Fichte, Schelling and Hegel ).

* Having achieved the Eagle Scout level from the Boy Scouts of America, or the Gold Award from the Girl Scouts of the United States of America.

Having achieved remarkable sales success, the book has sold in excess of 2. 5 million copies worldwide and remained on the CBA top ten best-sellers list for over 150 consecutive weeks after its release.

Having originally worked on calculating the Martian orbit for Tycho with Kepler, he had already modelled its orbit to within 2 arcminutes error in longitude in his geoheliocentric model when Kepler had still only achieved 8 arcminutes error in his heliocentric system.

Having achieved fame in entertainment Vegas received plaudits for his ceramic work.

Having earned a " reputation as the first underground rock band ," The Velvet Underground inspired, directly or indirectly, many of those involved in the creation of punk rock.

Having its reputation at stake, Russia had no other choice but to declare war on the Ottomans in April 1877.

Having already gained national recognition for his anti-Boer War campaigns, his leadership of the attacks on the Education Act gave him a strong parliamentary reputation and marked him as a likely future cabinet member.

Having made his reputation as a sculptor he appears to have turned his attention to architecture, and to have studied at Rome, though the precise date is uncertain ; but at the beginning of the sixteenth century he was engaged with the architect Simone del Pollaiolo in restoring the Palazzo Vecchio, and in 1506 he was commissioned to complete the drum of the cupola of the church of Santa Maria del Fiore.

Having recently arrived and being thrown into action, the 918th has suffered heavy losses, gaining the reputation as a " hard luck group " suffering from poor morale.

Having a reputation for discipline and loyalty, and employing revolutionary battle tactics, they were considered the most powerful troops of the 15th century, until their methods were refined by the Landsknechte in the early 16th century.

Having the reputation of Gambino's " mercy ", made him even more respectable in front of the Commission.

Having a moderately low budget and limited resources, SCTV got a reputation for making the most out of what it had, reusing sets and particularly taking advantage of expert makeup and hairstyling.

Having gained a reputation as a leading Protestant preacher, Bullinger quickly received offers to take up the position of pastor from Zurich, Basel, Bern, and Appenzell.

Having taught himself Latin and Greek, he studied law under Arnaud du Ferrièr, then professor at Toulouse, and rapidly gained a great reputation as a lecturer on Justinian.

Having fought for the emperor Maximilian I against Venice in 1508, he inherited large estates on the Rhine, and increased his wealth and reputation by devious methods.

Having won the FA Cup twice before the outbreak of the First World War, Wolves consolidated their reputation as a top side under the legendary management of ex-player Stan Cullis after the Second World War, going on to win the league three times and the FA Cup twice between 1949 and 1960.

Having been tipped for a possible return to the front bench in July 2008, due to her reputation as a solid media performer, Beckett returned to government in the reshuffle on 3 October 2008 as the Minister of State for Housing in the Department for Communities and Local Government.

Having a reputation for beauty, Woffington appeared in portraits and paintings by several artists of the day, including Jacobus Lovelace in 1744, Peter van Bleeck in 1747, and John Lewis in 1753.

Having had over one hundred personal exhibitions around the world, Lam had a well established reputation by the time of his death.

Having gained a reputation with his Histoire primitive de la Grèce, he was elected deputy to the Estates-General of 1789 by the third estate of the bailliage of Nîmes.

Having lost his Westminster seat during his forced absence in Russia, Alan manages to procure himself a German seat in the European Union's parliament as well as getting Piers onto the European Commission, with the two of them proceeding to cause more havoc on the continent and further enhance Alan's reputation back home.

Having gained a reputation as a champion of energetic measures against revolution, during the Revolutions of 1848 in Habsburg areas he was called upon to suppress the insurrection of March 1848 in Vienna, but finding himself ill-supported by the ministers he speedily threw up his post.

Having established a reputation for both courage and skill, the Canadian tankers were in constant demand by British commanders.

Having gained a reputation for his strong stances on educational issues, he was elected in 1988 and served two terms ( 1989 – 1996 ) as North Carolina Superintendent of Public Instruction.

Having been nominated and rejected in 2000, when the game suffered a tarnished reputation due to match fixing scadals, the captaincy was passed to Dravid, his former deputy.

Having earned a " reputation as the first underground rock band ", The Velvet Underground inspired, directly or indirectly, many of those involved in the creation of punk rock.

Having earned a reputation as a reclamation expert early in his congressional career, Hayden consistently backed legislation dealing with public lands, mining, reclamation, and other projects affecting the Western United States.

Having cast lots, they unanimously voted for Avilius to succeed him, based on Avilius ' reputation for chastity and his knowledge of Christ.