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 won the election, China ends up having to force Godar to swear her in as the new sheriff.

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 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 previously relied on mercenaries to fight their wars for them, the Carthaginians were now forced into a more active role in the defense of their city.

Having clamored for a fight for two years, Hearst took credit for the conflict when it came: A week after the United States declared war on Spain, he ran " How do you like the Journal's war?

Having failed to receive expected supplies from the Americans on credit, Black Hawk wanted to fight, saying his people were " forced into war by being deceived.

Having been fortified the town withstood several sieges, specially during the wars of freedom waged by the Dutch against Spain, the most celebrated fight under its walls being the Battle of Zutphen in September 1586 when Sir Philip Sidney was mortally wounded.

Having followed news of Cú Chulainn's sustained success in single-handedly opposing the Connacht army, Cú Roí once again appears on the scene, this time to fight Cú Chulainn directly.

Having reached the Bernhardt Line at the start of December 1943, it took until mid-January 1944 for the U. S. 5th Army to fight their way to the next line of defences, the Gustav Line.

Having its roots in Medieval theatre, stage combat enters classical theatre choreography with Elizabethan drama ( Shakespeare's simple and oft seen stage direction, they fight ).

Having already experienced repeated defeats at the hands of the British and being very short on ammunition, Rewi was very reluctant to fight from such a poorly sited and tiny position with no water supply.

Having realized this, Spider-Man talks him down from a fight because the potential death of an infant would be on Rhino's hands.

Having turned off their communications equipment, both pilots fight using the test aircraft in a series of stunning dog-fight maneuvers before going into battroid form and finishing the fight on the ground.

Having recently lost a major military conflict against the USSR, Zhang Xueliang, falsely claiming to be under implicit instructions from Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalist Government to adhere to a nonresistance policy, had already urged his men not to put up a fight and to store away any weapons in case the Japanese invaded ( a piece of information that the Japanese advisors to Zhang's army knew ahead of time, hence facilitating the planning ).

Having no further use for the manor in 1644, Hampden left to go and fight elsewhere.

Having borne the burden of the long days of patrolling, reconnaissance and minor engagements with the advancing Austrian, German and Ottoman columns prior to the battle, the 1st and 2nd Light Horse Brigades had alone withstood the attack from midnight on 3 / 4 August until dawn on 4 August, as well as continuing to fight during the long days of battle.

Having captured the ports there, German units were expected to fight their way up to thirty miles inland to establish a beach-head running from Gorey on the Wexford-Dublin road across the 2, 610 feet height of Mount Leinster above Borris, County Carlow, through Thomastown in County Kilkenny, to Clonmel in County Tipperary.

Having used his epics to fight political battles, albeit safe ones at first, Blackmore was opposed by wits of the other camp, especially as time went on.

Having lost the fight at Nasibpur, Rao Tula Ram and Pran Sukh Yadav went to obtain arms from Russia which had just been engaged against Britain in the Crimean War.

Having failed to secure a rematch with Tyson in 1988, this time for the undisputed heavyweight championship, he made one last attempt at the big time, brought in to fight reigning cruiserweight world champion Evander Holyfield, who was making a high-profile move into the heavyweight ranks.

Having found themselves alongside Captain America and a foul-mouthed Bucky, Deadpool and Bob join in on the fight against the Nazis.

Having lost the fight against Confederation, the Responsible Government League decided to join with the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada and form the Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland with H. G. R.

Having secured a booking at a local pub for St Patrick's day celebrations, the night ends in disaster with a fight breaking out.

Having retired, he is generally considered as one of the greatest amateur boxers ever seen, leading to the comment during his final fight by the boxing commentator that he was " a professional in a vest ".