Having spent a productive year there, Shepard won a scholarship to the Royal Academy Schools

Having played at the East Melbourne Cricket Ground from 1882 to 1921, and having won four VFA premierships ( 1891 – 1894 ) and four VFL premierships ( 1897, 1901, 1911, ( 1912 ) whilst there, Essendon were looking for a new home, and were offered grounds at the current Royal Melbourne Showgrounds, at Victoria Park, at Arden St, North Melbourne, and the Essendon Cricket Ground.

Having won the support of the other two Oda elders, Niwa Nagahide and Ikeda Tsuneoki, Hideyoshi established Hidenobu's position, as well as his own influence in the Oda clan.

Having played diverse roles in many well-received films, Ryder won a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress and an Academy Award nomination in the same category for her role in The Age of Innocence in 1993, as well as another Academy Award nomination for Little Women the following year for Best Actress.

Having joined Brabham in 1978 for a $ 1 million salary, Lauda endured two unsuccessful seasons, notable mainly for his one race in the Brabham BT46B, a radical design known as the Fan Car: it won its first race, but Brabham did not use the car in F1 again, not wanting the car to be banned outright.

Having won the support of Confucian scholars who had powered previous Han dynasties ( abandoning the nepotism and corruption of the nine-rank system ), Emperor Wen initiated a series of reforms aimed at strengthening his empire for the wars that would reunify China.

Having won this battle, Ulugh Beg advanced toward Herat and massacred its people in 1448, but Ala-ud-Daulah's brother Mirza Abul-Qasim Babur bin Baysonqor came to his aid, defeating Ulugh Beg.

Having won the October Revolution, the Bolsheviks disbanded the tsarist police forces and formed all-proletarian Workers ' and Peasants ' Militsiya under NKVD of the Russian SFSR.

Having won elections in 2005, as of 2008, Paul Avock Hungai is her mayor.

Having been presented to the Exposition Universelle in Paris Cabirol's diving dress won the silver medal.

Having been formed expressly for the 1973 legislative elections, the election became a disaster with a mere 0. 5 % of the national vote ( Le Pen won 5 % in his Paris constituency ).

Having won sprint events at the 1903 American and Canadian championships, Hahn — born in Dodgeville, Wisconsin, but running for the University of Michigan — was among the favourites at the 1904 Olympic Games in St. Louis, which was poorly attended by European athletes.

Having won back Jack's loyalty after Hook slays Rufio-the previous leader of the Lost Boys-in front of Jack, Peter and Hook engage in a final duel amid a circle of Lost Boys holding him at bay with clocks, and is apparently " eaten " by the crocodile who seems to temporarily come back to life and falls on top of him.

Having won the war, and defeated South Vietnam, the mood in April 1975 could not have been more optimistic.

Having completely recovered from mononucleosis in the spring of 1968, he won a silver medal in the 1500 meters that autumn in the high altitude of Mexico City, losing to Kip Keino from Kenya, whose remarkable race remained the Olympic 1, 500-meter record for 16 years.

Having won a second chance, the Pies struggled against Adelaide for the second year in a row before John Anthony kicked the match-winning goal with a minute left to send them into another preliminary final meeting with Geelong.

Having won both the league and Cup Winners Cup in 1985, Everton came very close to winning a treble, but lost to Manchester United in the FA Cup final.

Having failed, he returned a few days later and challenged Drake to a fight out in the North Channel which the Americans won decisively.

Having won local and state spelling bees, Lisa Simpson advances to the national finals.

Having won the overwhelming support of the Louisiana electorate, Long returned to pushing his legislative program with renewed strength.

Having won the Candidates Tournament, Petrosian earned the right to challenge Mikhail Botvinnik for the title of World Chess Champion in a 24-game match.

Having fixed his shield to the gate of the imperial capital, Oleg won a favourable trade treaty, which eventually was of great benefit to both nations.

Having originally lost, Ireland won on appeal to the German Supreme Court in 1985.

Having won the year before, Ireland hosted the 1981 contest-the second time they had done so.

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 treated with both parties, and received lavish promises from them, he appears to have hoped to be Emperor himself ; but when the election came, he turned to the winning side and voted for Charles.

( Having already reigned since his election in 1523.

Having been hurried with unseemly haste through all the intermediate orders, Leo received consecration two days after his election, which was unacceptable to the Roman populace.

Having badly lost the 1904 election with a conservative candidate, the Democratic Party turned to two-time nominee William Jennings Bryan, who had been defeated in 1896 and 1900 by Republican William McKinley.

Having come to power avenging the murder of a man who had decided to cease interference in Uruguay, Rosas invaded Uruguay upon the 1842 election of a government there antagonistic to his personal commercial interests ( mainly centered in the export of cow hides and beef jerky, valuable commodities in those days ).

Having promised to accept the election results, Umberto accepted the defeat, urging his now-former subjects to serve the new republic.

Having broken with the Old Regulars and T. Semmes Walmsley in the fall of 1933, Long inserted himself into the New Orleans mayoral election of 1934 and began a dramatic public feud with the city's government that lasted for two years.

Having a member with a ' safe ' constituency seat is therefore a tremendous asset to a minor party in New Zealand. Ballot for electoral district 252, Würzburg, for the German federal election, 2005 | 2005 German federal election.

Having failed to secure election in 1876, he was returned for Amiens the following year.

Having no party of his own, in order to officially state his candidacy for the 2006 general election, Prodi came up with the idea of an apposite primary election, the first of such kind to be ever introduced in Europe and seen by its creator ( Prodi himself ) as a democratic move to bring the public and its opinion closer to the Italian politics, held on 16 October 2005, which he won with over 70 % of votes.

Having gone into the election expecting to increase its seat count from 54 to 60, it only won 31.

Having lent his support to Rab Butler, and strongly opposed the successful candidacy of the Earl of Home ( later Sir Alec Douglas-Home ), Macleod ( along with Enoch Powell ) refused to serve under the latter as Prime Minister ( though he did return to the shadow cabinet under Home after the 1964 election ).

Having credentials as an activist, legislator, and " hero " in a hostage crisis, as well as an early endorsement from the Washington Post, Barry followed in Washington's mayoralty when its first elected mayor, Walter Washington, fell out of political favor in the 1978 election.

Having built up a local profile he contested the 1981 general election for the party and secured a seat in Limerick East.

Having only his own representations to guide them, and there being no question that Gregory's translation was uncanonical, while the election of Nectarius was open to grave censure as that of an unbaptized layman, Maximus also exhibiting letters from Peter the late venerable patriarch, to confirm his asserted communion with the church of Alexandria, the Italian bishops pronounced in favour of Maximus and refused to recognize either Gregory or Nectarius.

Having promised in the election to create 800, 000 new jobs his government's restructuring of the steel industry actually resulted in job lay offs.

Having run for the 1996 election on a radical independence platform and lost by a landslide, the DPP in May 1999 moderated its stance by issuing the " Resolution on the Future of Taiwan.

Having failed to win selection for the 1983 general election, Mowlam was selected as Labour candidate for the safe seat of Redcar after James Tinn stood down.

Having, however, become prominent in British politics he was appointed Secretary of State for the Northern Department in January 1768 ; he acted with great promptitude during the unrest caused by John Wilkes and the Middlesex election of 1768.

Having routed the Samnite army both consuls proceeded to the systematic reduction of Samnium over a period of five months until the next election.