The German Army had a greater grasp of the effects of technology on the battlefield, and went on to develop a new form of warfare by which its rivals when it came to the test were hopelessly outclassed.

The name cello is an abbreviation of the Italian violoncello, which means " little violone ", referring to the violone (" big viol "), the lowest-pitched instrument of the viol family, the group of string instruments that went out of fashion around the end of the 17th century in most countries except France, where they survived another half-century or so before the louder violin family came into greater favour in that country too.

Violin music came to value a smoothness which fiddling, with its dance-driven clear beat, did not always follow-in situations that required greater volume, a fiddler ( as long as they kept the beat ) could push their instrument harder than could a violinist.

Spain and Britain came close to war over ownership of the Nootka Sound on contemporary Vancouver Island, and of greater importance, the right to colonize and settle the Pacific Northwest coast.

In prayer and meditation he came to a greater understanding of the nature of his faith and what it required from him ; this process he called " opening ".

Later, hero ( male ) and heroine ( female ) came to refer to characters who, in the face of danger and adversity or from a position of weakness, display courage and the will for self sacrifice — that is, heroism — for some greater good of all humanity.

The slaves largely came from West Africa and the greater Congo River basin.

Basotho resident in Basotholand had access to better health services and to education, and came to experience greater political emancipation through independence.

With the war against Spain ( 1859 – 1860 ) came direct involvement in European affairs — although the independence of Morocco was guaranteed in the Conference of Madrid ( 1880 ), the French gained ever greater influence.

Tantra, literally meaning " formula ", " method, or " way ", ( parallel to the Chinese Tao, which also means " the way " or " the method "), and also having the secondary meaning of " loom ", " thread " or " warp and woof " is the name scholars give to a style of religious ritual and meditation that arose in medieval India no later than the fifth century CE, and which came to influence all forms of Asian religious expression to a greater or lesser degree.

With the promotion came greater recognition ; he received good evaluations from his superiors and had few problems with other crewmen.

Early Gestapo activities came into direct conflict with the SS and it was not until the SA became a common enemy that Göring turned over control of the Gestapo to Himmler and Heydrich ( the three then worked together to destroy the greater threat of the SA leadership ).

He was a powerful leader of the Republican Party, and during his tenure as Speaker of the House, he served with greater influence than any Speaker who came before, and he forever increased its power and influence for those who succeeded him in the position.

Tantra (, " loom, warp "; hence " principle, system, doctrine, theory ", from the verbal root " stretch, extend, expand ", and the suffix " instrument "), anglicised as tantrism or tantricism, is the name scholars give to a style of religious ritual and meditation that arose in medieval India no later than the fifth century CE, and which came to influence all forms of Indian religious expression to a greater or lesser degree.

One of the major changes in the university came during the 1870s when a greater emphasis became placed upon research.

Over the years, Beckett clearly realised that the greater part of Godots success came down to the fact that it was open to a variety of readings and that this was not necessarily a bad thing.

The Civil War had the effect of causing the northern economy to boom, bringing greater prosperity to cities like New York which " came into its own as the nation's banking center " connecting " Old World capital and New World ambition ", according to one account.

As Kronborg's importance as a royal castle diminished, the armed forces came to play a greater role.

Rockville came to greater prominence when Montgomery county was created and later when George Town was ceded to the create the District of Columbia.

Subwoofers came into greater popular consciousness in the 1970s with the introduction of Sensurround in movies such as Earthquake, which produced loud low-frequency sounds through large subwoofers.

When William of Normandy conquered England, he divided the nation into many " manors ", the owners of which came to be known as barons ; those who held many manors were known as " greater barons ", while those with fewer manors were the " lesser barons ".

Gradually, after taking up his pastorate, he gained greater and greater influence in his denomination, until he came to be regarded as perhaps the most prominent Congregationalist of his time, and was sometimes popularly referred to as " The Congregational Pope of New England.

The association with the ' River Kwai ' came from the fact that the greater part of the Thai part of the route followed the valley of the Khwae Noi, ' Kwai ' being the Thai word for Water Buffalo.

Their poignancy is even greater, I think, when you read how they came to be.

The red-headed Mumy came to prominence in the 1960s as a child actor, most notably as Will Robinson, the youngest of the three children of Prof. John and Dr. Maureen Robinson ( played by Guy Williams and June Lockhart respectively ) and friend of the nefarious and pompous Dr. Zachary Smith ( played by Jonathan Harris ), in the 1960s CBS sci-fi television series Lost in Space.

The Chaldeans first came to prominence in the late 8th Century BC.

This group is often associated with the French New Wave directors who came to prominence during the same time period, and indeed both groups were often friends and journalistic co-workers.

The group, who came to prominence after the fall of Charles's first prime minister, Lord Clarendon, in 1667, was rather called the Cabal because of its secretiveness and lack of responsibility to the " Country party " then run out of power.

The Borgia family originally came from the Kingdom of Valencia, and rose to prominence during the mid-15th century ; Cesare's great-uncle Alonso Borgia ( 1378 – 1458 ), bishop of Valencia, was elected Pope Callixtus III in 1455.

This tactic came to prominence in World War I.

The tactic of using overlapping arcs of fire came to prominence during World War I where it was a feature of trench warfare.

China came to prominence several decades ago when the sport was revolutionized by national coach Liang Boxi.

However, in enlightened absolutism ( also known as benevolent despotism ), which came to prominence in 18th century Europe, absolute monarchs used their authority to institute a number of reforms in the political systems and societies of their countries.

He first came to prominence for his fight in 1986 with noted Wing Chun practitioner William Cheung, and he continued to gain attention in the 1990s with a public challenge of the Gracie family.

Other notable film-makers who came to prominence in the 1980s include producer Bernd Eichinger and directors Doris Dörrie, Uli Edel, and Loriot.

Away from the mainstream, the splatter film director Jörg Buttgereit, the experimental film director Werner Nekes and the provocative Christoph Schlingensief all came to prominence in the 1980s. The development of arthouse cinemas ( Programmkinos ) from the 1970s onwards provided a venue for the works of less mainstream film-makers.

The most important of the new film producers at the time was Joe May, who made a series of thrillers and adventure films through the war years, but Ernst Lubitsch also came into prominence with a series of very successful comedies and dramas.

Modern franchising came to prominence with the rise of franchise-based food service establishments.

The Sosso kingdom ( 12th to 13th centuries ) briefly flourished in the void but the Islamic Mandinka Mali Empire came to prominence when Soundiata Kéïta defeated the Sosso ruler, Soumangourou Kanté at the semi-historical Battle of Kirina in c. 1235.

His son James II ( reigned 1437 – 1460 ), when he came of age in 1449, continued his father's policy of weakening the great noble families, most notably taking on the powerful Black Douglas family that had come to prominence at the time of the Bruce.

It came into prominence because of the Indian Cricket League's inaugural Twenty20 tournament.

Historical jurisprudence came to prominence during the German debate over the proposed codification of German law.

Voight came to prominence in the late 1960s with his performance as a would-be gigolo in Midnight Cowboy ( 1969 ).

Once a small Persian Gulf sheikhdom known locally as a center for pearl diving and boat construction, Kuwait came to international prominence in the post-World War II era largely because of its enormous oil revenues.

This was soon forgotten by the late 1970s when the Royals came to prominence and the rivalry with New York began.

Dudley came to prominence under Henry VIII and became the leading political figure under Edward VI.

Anti-money laundering guidelines came into prominence globally as a result of the formation of the Financial Action Task Force ( FATF ) and the promulgation of an international framework of anti-money laundering standards.

Within the fictional history of the Marvel Universe, the tradition of using costumed secret identities to fight or commit evil had long existed, but it came into prominence during the days of the American " Wild West " with heroes such as the Phantom Rider.

In later decades, Native American actors such as Jay Silverheels in The Lone Ranger television series ( 1949 – 57 ) came to prominence.