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 gained Stalin's trust, Messing was given free rein to travel over the Soviet Union.

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 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 frequently used nodes near the root is an advantage for nearly all practical applications ( also see Locality of reference ), and is particularly useful for implementing caches and garbage collection algorithms.

Having nearly fallen to his death, Obi-Wan uses the Force to seize his master's abandoned lightsaber, and defeats Maul.

Having peaked at around 344 pounds ( 156 kg ) by then, he subsequently lost nearly 130 pounds ( 45 kg ) by June 2007.

Having failed in his mission, he returned and nearly drowned crossing the ice-filled Allegheny River.

Having taken this bold and honorable course, he quietly awaited the result which was simply that nothing was found against him and he was not molested in person but some cavalrymen belonging to the army that came out to quell the insurrection visited his home and did considerable damage, nearly demolishing his distillery, knocking in the heads of liquor casks and spilling a vast amount of whiskey.

Having claimed over 800 lives, violence between Trotskyite and Fascist extremists had abated somewhat since López Rega's July exile ; the Montoneros, however, began a series of audacious attacks on military installations, including August dynamiting of a nearly finished Navy destroyer near the port of La Plata and the Operation Primicia, a terrorist attack on a military base in Formosa Province on October 5.

Having received nearly every major award for achievement in the humanities, he continues to incite considerable debate as to whether his poems “ mean ” anything at all.

Having garnered nearly 32 % of the vote coming second, Bell announced his retirement from politics, saying that " winning one and losing one is not a bad record for an amateur ".

Having enlisted in the Union Army's Iowa Infantry during the Civil War, Lieutenant Colonel Chipman fought courageously in battle and was nearly mortally wounded, leading his commanders to report him as dead at the Battle of Fort Donelson.

Having realized it would be nearly impossible to assassinate Nixon, and having taken a ten day break from traveling and writing, on May 4, Bremer decided that it was Wallace's " fate " to be his victim, even though his diary entries never showed the same enthusiasm as they did with regard to assassinating Nixon.

Having begged for quarter first and surrendered, they were immediately stripped nearly naked, and about fifty were slaughtered on the spot, while about the same number were dragged away.

Having fought in nearly every theatre of the war the Regiment's service was recognised by the award of 197 Battle Honours, many of which were to separate battalions in the same theatre of action, 10 of which are emblazoned on the King's Colour.

Having conducted considerable research, she is one of the foremost experts on treecats, and is a descendant of and in-part named after Stephanie Harrington — who was the first human to bond with Treecats when she figured out what was occurring in the Great Disappearing Celery mystery and ambushed Climbs Quickly in the act of treecat burglary — surprising both races with the resultant bonding that nearly ended the life of both sapients.

Having enjoyed prosperity and control over their own affairs, and having remained loyal subjects for nearly a century, the manifesto which Nicholas II issued February 15, 1899 was cause for Finnish despair.

Having trained under the same master since childhood the two friends were nearly equals but of the two, Tuah was the superior fighter.

Having logged nearly 5, 000 skydives, Weber is an active skydiver, with 13 silver and bronze medals to date at the U. S. National Skydiving Championships and a world record in 2002 for the largest freefall formation with 300 skydivers.

The woes of this failure were only somewhat offset by the middle of 1979, as the Bee Gees album, Spirits Having Flown, went on to eventually sell nearly 20 million copies ( with the album producing three further # 1 singles that each sold more than 1 million copies in their own right ).

Having been immersed so much in stopping crime for nearly two years ( the time being Year Two in which the story takes place ), Bruce undergoes a change, much like Ebenezer Scrooge, in which he is reminded what it is to be human.

Having nearly no competition the segment has much lower earnings volatility than the Pachinko / Pachislot segment so that one could think of it as a hidden gem in Sega / Sammy.

Having little memory of the event himself, Blaster finds that he was betrayed and nearly killed by a fellow Autobot just before his regular broadcast, in order to demoralize the Autobots just before a Decepticon attack.

Having lain derelict for nearly ten years, the redevelopment of the dock began in 1981, when the Merseyside Development Corporation was set up, with the Albert Dock being officially re-opened in 1988.

Having both powerful bloodlines fused into one body means that despite his low spell count, he is capable of wielding nearly omnipotent power.

According to EPA and U. S. Department of Justice officials, Tyson continued to illegally dump wastewater after the search warrants were executed, prompting an EPA senior trial attorney to remark that: " Having done this work for nearly 20 years, I don't recall any case where violations continued after the execution of two search warrants.

Having to maintain sixth gear in slow and medium corners meant that several times he nearly stalled.