The formal study of architecture in academic institutions played a pivotal role in the development of the profession as a whole, serving as a focal point for advances in architectural technology and theory.

Parsons joined The Byrds in early 1968, and played a pivotal role in the making of the seminal Sweetheart of the Rodeo album.

* In 1999, as chair of the Senate's subcommittee on patents, he played a pivotal role in extending patents for several drugs, most significantly allergy medication Claritin, to prevent the marketing of less-expensive generics.

Kabir played pivotal roles in Columbia Pictures ' The Beast of War, a film on the Russian war in Afghanistan, directed by Kevin Reynolds, as well as the acclaimed Italian film Andata Ritorno, by Marco Ponti, winner of the prestigious David di Donatello Award.

Stephenson played a pivotal role in the development and widespread adoption of steam locomotives.

Recently, a lighthouse played a pivotal role in Martin Scorsese's Shutter Island, and was featured in the final shot of the film.

This weakness was exposed during the Abyssinia Crisis, when Britain and France had to balance maintaining the security they had attempted to create for themselves in Europe " to defend against the enemies of internal order ", in which Italy's support played a pivotal role, with their obligations to Abyssinia as a member of the League.

The prosperity enjoyed during the first two centuries ( 1540 – 1740 ) while contributing to colonial growth ; the placing of extensive regional judicial authority ( Real Audiencia ) as part of its jurisdiction ; and the pivotal role it played at the height of the Spanish Empire-the first modern global empire-helped define a distinctive sense of autonomy and of regional or national identity within Panama well before the rest of the colonies.

Susan Brownell Anthony ( February 15, 1820 – March 13, 1906 ) was a prominent American civil rights leader who played a pivotal role in the 19th century women's rights movement to introduce women's suffrage into the United States.

Christian missionaries played a pivotal role in establishing modern schools in India.

The Turkish Army sent troops to fight in Korea, where they played pivotal roles at some points.

Paramount Pictures ( the " P " in UPN ) has played a pivotal role in the development of network television.

A British Military Assistance and Training Team played a pivotal role in assisting the creation of the new army, and was still in place in 2000.

He played a pivotal role in many early Byzantine church controversies that led to various ecumenical acts and schisms.

* Susan B. Anthony ( February 15, 1820 – March 13, 1906 ) was a prominent American civil rights leader who played a pivotal role in the 19th century women's rights movement to introduce women's suffrage into the United States.

The Battle of Sitka ( 1804 ) played a pivotal role in the history of the Tlingit people and the formation of Russian Alaska.

In the film The Contender, in which he co-starred, Bridges recorded a version of Johnny Cash's standard " Ring of Fire " with Kim Carnes that played over the pivotal opening credits.

During the civil wars of the 17th century the city played a pivotal role, besieged by Oliver Cromwell in 1651 and twice by the Williamites in the 1690s.

Los Kjarkas played a pivotal role in this fusion.

He played a pivotal organizational, technical and political role in India's Pokhran-II nuclear tests in 1998, the first since the original nuclear test by India in 1974.

Threepio and R2-D2 played a vital and pivotal role in the Galaxy's history.

As one of the few elected monarchs, Haakon quickly won the respect and affection of his people and played a pivotal role in uniting the Norwegian nation in its resistance to the attack and five-year-long Nazi occupation during World War II.

In the post-war years, Genoa played a pivotal role in the Italian economic miracle, as the third corner of the so-called " Industrial Triangle " of northern Italy, formed by the manufacturer hubs of Milan and Turin and the seaport of Genoa itself.

Joab played a pivotal role as the commander of David's forces during Absalom's rebellion.

It had a nostalgic tone, with its fifteen tracks representing the various musical genres that Morrison had previously covered — including R & B, blues, country and folk ; one of the tracks was written as a tribute to his late father George, who had played a pivotal role in nurturing his early musical tastes.

For lawyers, reflecting perhaps their parochial preferences, there has been a special fascination since then in the role played by the Supreme Court in that transformation -- the manner in which its decisions altered in `` the switch in time that saved nine '', President Roosevelt's ill-starred but in effect victorious `` Court-packing plan '', the imprimatur of judicial approval that was finally placed upon social legislation.

The active sponsor of Jefferson's measure for religious liberty in Virginia, Madison played the most influential single role in the drafting of the Constitution and in securing its ratification in Virginia, founded the first political party in American history, and, as Jefferson's Secretary of State and his successor in the Presidency, guided the nation through the troubled years of our second war with Britain.

He played the leading role in negotiating the treaty with Great Britain that ended the Revolution, and directed America's foreign affairs throughout the Confederation period.

To perpetuate wealth control led by small groups of individuals who played no role in its creation prevents those with real initiative from coming to the fore, and is basically anti-democratic.

It was here that the terror-stricken Dennis Moon played an unrehearsed role during the children's party.

At the end of work one day, the personnel man took the applicants one at a time, asked them to sit behind the receptionist's desk and he then played the role of a number of people who might come to the receptionist with a number of queries and for a number of purposes.

She was hired and was found to be entirely satisfactory when she played the role eight hours a day.

And the authors give numerous instances of calculated guessing on the patient's part to show how large a role it played in his process of readapting himself and how proficient he became at it.

Now a quiet-spoken, middle-aged man, Fiedler is an aeronautical engineer for Lockheed's Missiles and Space Division at Sunnyvale, where he played a key role in the development of the Navy's Polaris missile.

Greek Christian scribes played a crucial role in the preservation of Aristotle by copying all the extant Greek language manuscripts of the corpus.

In order to prepare the role of an important old actress, a theatre student interviews three actresses who were her pupils: an international diva ( Glòria Marc, played by Núria Espert ), a television star ( Assumpta Roca, played by Rosa Maria Sardà ) and a dubbing director ( Maria Caminal, played by Anna Lizaran ).

Transatlantic travel played a major role in the expansion of Western civilization into the Americas.

As of 2007, economic relations played " a fundamental role in the bilateral relations between the two governments ".

In the past and present, amateur astronomers have played a major role in discovering new comets.

Joan Hickson played the lead role.

Astronomy certainly played an important role in Chaco culture, as it is visible in the north-south axis alignment of many ceremonial structures.

Azerbaijan is an economy that has completed its post-Soviet transition into a major oil based economy ( with the completion of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Pipeline ), from one where the state played the major role.

In the early 1990s, the latter group blamed Armenia's economic woes on the role played by the former in closing major industries.

The afterlife played an important role in Ancient Egyptian religion, and its belief system is one of the earliest known.

The river played an important role in the growth of the economy in the region during the 19th century as a source of transportation of goods.

Aachen was the administrative centre for the coal-mining industries in neighbouring places to the northeast ; it never played any role in brown coal mining, however, neither in administrative or industrial terms.

But now the evidence of Tell Leilan, and recent findings of elevated dust deposits in sea-cores collected off Oman, that date to the period of Akkad's collapse suggest that this climate change may have played a role.