Having thus gained substantial territories to the east without a fight, Ahmad Shah turned westward to take possession of Herat, which was ruled by Nader Shah's grandson, Shah Rukh of Persia, and then Mashhad ( in present-day Iran ).

Having gained independence, African and Asian countries also established central banks or monetary unions.

Having gained control of China, Chiang's party remained surrounded by " surrendered " warlords who remained relatively autonomous within their own regions.

Having gained thirty pounds since his Burrito days from Southern food and excessive alcohol consumption, it came as a surprise to many when Parsons was enthusiastically signed to Reprise Records by Mo Ostin in mid-1972.

Having gained 8, 030 km per hour in speed, the spacecraft flew by Earth twice, the first time at a range of 960 km at 20: 34: 34 UT on 8 December 1990 before approaching the minor planet 951 Gaspra to a distance of 1, 604 km at 22: 37 UT on 29 October 1991.

Having served as rubberstamp bodies in the past, the DPR and MPR have gained considerable power and are increasingly assertive in oversight of the executive branch.

Having lost both referendums, the sovereignist Parti Québécois government renewed the push for recognition as a nation through symbolic motions that gained the support of all parties in the National Assembly.

" Having gained more power and independence than ever before in his career, he still faced the issue of ultimate loyalty between al-Adid and Nur ad-Din.

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 led his men out from the castle to meet the enemy, Edward gained early success, but unwisely pursued a retreating force to the north, thus sacrificing the chance of overall victory.

Having gained control of the company, used it as an investment vehicle that could execute takeovers of other companies.

Having gained the regard of foreigners after helping crush the Boxer Rebellion, he successfully obtained numerous loans to expand his Beiyang Army into the most powerful army in China.

Having obtained divine direction, David led his army against the Philistines, and gained a complete victory over them.

Having been a member of the Executive Board of the FDP since 1988, he first gained national prominence in 1994, when he was appointed Secretary General of the party.

Having gained another victory in 542, this time, avoiding stoutly defended Florence, in the valley of Mugello, where Totila showed his nature by treating his prisoners so well that they were induced to serve under his banner, he left a well-defended Tuscany with his enlarged forces, while three of the Byzantine generals withdrew from Florence, dividing their forces, to Perugia, Spoleto, and Rome, cities which Totila would have to take by siege.

Having gained little or nothing from these activities, he returned to Navarre in early 1372.

Having gained nearly 40 caps for Spain in the 1980s, Goikoetxea represented the country in one World Cup and one European Championship.

Having lost the area of Briey, it had now gained the areas of Château-Salins and Sarrebourg which before 1871 were in the Meurthe department ( being one-third of it ) and which had been part of the Reichsland of Elsaß-Lothringen since 1871.

* Having gained the sought-for plumes, the expedition returned safely through the country of the Ngati-Toko-rakau, who were governed by Ko-waiwai.

Having collected a large amount of invaluable information on this and kindred topics, in addition to much geographical knowledge gained in the prosecution of various explorations ( including visits with Sir Austen Henry Layard to the ruins of Nineveh ), he returned to England on leave of absence in 1849.

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 gained the world-wide recognition, the band quit the fantasy world in lyrics and made an obvious stab at versatility by adding funk (" Dreamer ") and acoustic folk (" Circus ") elements to the palette.

Having gained a short-lived extension of peace by acceding to Hitler's territorial demands at the expense of Czechoslovakia, Chamberlain was welcomed back to London by cheering crowds.

Having come into conflict with the paper's editorial policy, Muggeridge turned back to novel writing, starting Winter in Moscow ( 1934 ), describing conditions in the " socialist utopia " and satirising Western journalists ' uncritical view of Joseph Stalin's regime.

Having done this, he is much more willing to trust hadith than many of his contemporaries.

Having won the group's trust, Alan " reveals " that the refugees they are rioting against have been secretly moved from their hostel to a luxury hotel, and orders that they attack it at once.

Having completed a fellowship at Harvard University's Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, where her research focused on transparency and trust issues in computational systems, she has returned to Notable Software where she conducts forensic computing investigations and provides expert witness testimony on a broad range of criminal, civil and municipal matters ( some in the elections arena ).

Having completed her training successfully and earned the trust of Institute's leader Daniel Carrington, Joanna is sent to the South American jungle, where she must destroy an illegal cyborg manufacturing facility.

Having identified people who they thought were in the resistance, Rinnan's agents worked to build trust with them and penetrate their networks.

Having little faith in his only child, Ned, John Roll McLean put the Enquirer and another paper he owned, The Washington Post, in trust with a Washington, D. C. bank as trustee.

Having never seen an ogre cry before, Donkey decides to trust Shrek and befriends him.

Having attained this office at a rather young age, he is said to have had the implicit trust of his lord.

" Having been informed by letter, Crawford replied to the committee a final time: " I fail to see why I should practically be branded as a criminal because, as acting captain, I declined the responsibility of skippering a team which did not include three essential players, an independence which I trust will remain in spite of the awful example made of me to every amateur in the United Kingdom.

Having fled Germany to Russia, Messing again became known to the authorities and Stalin took a personal interest in his supposed abilities.

Having persisted too long in deliberate ignorance and denial of the forces that threatened her, Pamela was relieved now to admit their potency and to be taking definite steps toward grappling with them.

Having had every opportunity to rebut the finding of the local board before both the hearing officer and the appeal board, petitioner cannot now claim that he was denied due process because he did not succeed.

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

Having volunteered that he was a man of about sixty, he bounded up the stairs and with each leap rendered the number less credible.

Having been informed that Solon was employed to draw up a code of laws for the Athenians, Anacharsis described his occupation, saying:

Having in mind the bad condition of the forest fund, and in particular the catastrophic wildfires which occurred in the summer of 2007, a citizen's initiative for afforestation was started in the Republic of Macedonia.

Having effected a separation from England and its cultural icons, America was left without history -- or heroes on which to base a shared sense of their social selves.

Having fallen from public notice, the tunnel was rediscovered in 1981 by then 18-year-old Robert " Bob " Diamond, who entered from a manhole he located at Atlantic Avenue and Court Street, crawled a distance of underground through a filled-in section of tunnel less than two feet high, and located the bulkhead wall that sealed off the main portion of the tunnel.

Having left his widow expecting a child, the spectre of Kirk told Graham that he would appear at the baptism, whereupon Graham was to throw an iron knife at the apparition, thus freeing Kirk from the Fairies ' clutches.

Having passed the age of maturity ` Abdu ' l-Bahá was regularly seen in the mosques of Baghdad discussing religious topics and the scripture as a young man.

Having previously helped end the schism within the church, Bernard was now called upon to combat heresy.

Having thus become the enemy of Persia, Athens was already in a position to support the Ionian cities when they began their revolt.

Having witnessed the events firsthand, she was later infuriated that she was consistently denied the chance to speak in Parliament about the day, although parliamentary convention decreed that any MP witnessing an incident under discussion would be granted an opportunity to speak about it in the House.

Having satisfied his First National contract, Chaplin was free to make his first picture for United Artists.

Having lost 27 million people in the war, the Soviet Union was determined to destroy Germany's capacity for another war, and pushed for such in wartime conferences.

Having accused the government of fraud, six opposition leaders were arrested ( twice ) and one opposition party activist was killed following the announcement of election results.

Having restored the unity of the Empire, and, being in course of major governmental reforms as well as of sponsoring the consolidation of the Christian church, he was well aware that Rome was an unsatisfactory capital.

Having defeated the warlords in south and central China by military force, Chiang was able to secure the nominal allegiance of the warlords in the North.

Having served as prime minister for six years and 92 days, his reign as prime minister was the longest unbroken reign of any Labour leader until Tony Blair more than 50 years later.

Having murdered her husband, the prince of Colchis, she was expelled by her subjects and placed by her father on the solitary island of Aeaea.

Having located most of the stones of the original tomb, Crossing thought that it could be rebuilt in its original form with little effort, but it was not to be.

Having made the proper preparations, he fell upon the triumphant army near Malmedy as it was returning to its own province, and, in the ensuing Battle of Amblève, routed it.