The largest structure ever made from adobe ( bricks ) was the Bam Citadel, which suffered serious damage ( up to 80 %) by an earthquake on December 26, 2003.

Here, however, his victorious career suffered a serious setback.

The diocese had suffered a serious raid from the Welsh in 1055, and during his administration, Ealdred continued the rebuilding of the cathedral church as well as securing the cathedral chapter's rights.

Abadan had suffered serious damages during Iran – Iraq War ( 1980 – 88 ), including Saddam's deadly chemical weapons.

For a number of years ( both before and during the Inprise name ) Borland suffered from serious financial losses and very poor public image.

The Varangian trade stations in Russia suffered a serious decline at roughly the same date.

In a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of 326 patients, 4 patients suffered serious adverse events and 61 % became resedated following the use of flumazenil.

In 1967, he suffered a serious car accident, after which he started to grow his signature mustache to disguise his scar.

The club struggled and suffered more key injuries, only managing to win 79 games after being picked by many to be a serious contender for the N. L.

The most serious injuries were special teams coach Joe DeCamillis, who suffered fractured cervical vertebrae and had surgery to stabilize fractured vertebrae in his neck, and Rich Behm, the team's 33-year-old scouting assistant, who was permanently paralyzed from the waist down after his spine was severed.

Against Eugene's advice Amadeus insisted on engaging the French at Staffarda and suffered a serious defeat – only Eugene's handling of the Savoyard cavalry in retreat saved his cousin from disaster.

As it turned out, 2006 would prove to be the worst season for Essendon under Sheedy, and its worst in over 70 years, with a multitude of injuries and poor form affecting the team, none more so than the serious hamstring injury suffered by newly appointed captain Lloyd.

Lloyd suffered the serious hamstring injury against the Western Bulldogs in round three, marking Essendon's first loss against them since the Bulldogs inflicted Essendon's only loss for their dominant 2000 season.

Wendayne suffered a serious head injury when she was violently mugged while on a trip to Europe in 1990, and the injury soon after led to her death.

While Bongo's major opponents rejected the outcome as fraudulent, international observers characterized the result as representative even if the election suffered from serious administrative problems.

Palestinian Authority rule under the leadership of Arafat suffered from serious mismanagement and corruption scandals.

The military suffered serious unrest in 2008.

In November 1967 the government suffered a serious setback in the Senate elections, winning just 42. 8 per cent of the vote against Labor's 45 per cent.

In 1832 the Society suffered a serious division.

This prevents managers from receiving fees for volatile performance, though a manager will sometimes close a fund that has suffered serious losses and start a new fund, rather than attempting to recover the losses over a number of years without performance fee.

Isolated, Rousseau, never emotionally very stable, suffered a serious decline in his mental health and began to experience paranoid fantasies about plots against him involving Hume and others.

As a youth, he suffered from a serious eye disease which particularly damaged his right eye ; he continued to have trouble with his eyes throughout his life.

Partway through the 1969 season, Brabham suffered serious injuries to his foot in a testing accident.

He suffered permanent serious damage to his right leg due to medical complications and, at one stage, risked amputation of the leg.

It is known, however, that Newton wrote some of the hymns in direct response to events around him ; ' Oh for a closer walk with God ' for instance was written in response to the serious illness then being suffered by Cowper's house companion, Mary Unwin, an illness she survived.

By the fall of that year, their benefactor Haines died suddenly and the Alcotts again suffered financial difficulty.

Alexander supposedly suffered a fatal fall from his horse.

In 1987, Rogers suffered a fall that resulted in a fractured pelvis: he had life alert and was able to contact paramedics.

While the Roman Empire and its new Christian religion survived in an increasingly Hellenised form in the Byzantine Empire centered at Constantinople in the East, Western civilization suffered a collapse of literacy and organization following the fall of Rome in AD 476.

Freas was twice honored as a Guest of Honor at the Worldcon, the first time in 1982 at Chicon IV and again in 2003 at Torcon 3, although a fall suffered shortly before that convention precluded him from attending.

In February she suffered a fall at her Bel Air home and was taken to St. John's Health Center in Santa Monica, California.

Parks suffered two broken bones in a fall on an icy sidewalk, an injury which caused considerable and recurring pain.

Shortly afterwards, he suffered a concussion after a fall due to chronic high blood pressure.

Over the period 1980 – 2000, Sub-Saharan Africa broadly suffered a fall in absolute income levels.

When her father died in November 1810 ( aged 44 ) he had been suffering from tuberculosis and injuries he suffered from a fall off a cliff — he left the family with no savings and a significant amount of debt, forcing them to apply for parish relief.

After the fall of the Safavids, Shiraz suffered a period of decline, worsened by the raids of the Afghans and the rebellion of its governor against Nader Shah ; the latter sent troops to suppress the revolt.

During and after the fall of the Western Empire, Lombardy suffered heavily from destruction brought about by a series of invasions by tribal peoples.

After this first victorious defence, thanks to a massive line of walls, Hasta suffered for the barbarian invasions which stormed Italy after the fall of the Western Empire, and declined economically.

Between late 1992 and early 1993, the Dow staggered through the 3, 000 level making only modest gains as the Biotechnology sector suffered through the downfall of the Biotech Bubble ; as many biotech companies saw their share prices rapidly rise to record levels and then subsequently fall to new all-time lows.

Andrew Hoy did come close, however, and in 2010 Oliver Townend was competing for this coveted " Grand Slam " at Rolex Kentucky when he suffered a fall at obstacle # 20 which eliminated him from competition.

To account for such oddities and evidence that she was ill, it was suggested in 1956 by Ian Aird, a professor of medicine, that Amy Dudley might have suffered from breast cancer, which through metastatic cancerous deposits in the spine, could have caused her neck to break under only limited strain, such as a short fall or even just coming down the stairs.

In particular, years of living with chronic high blood pressure and diabetes caught up with him, and he suffered kidney failure in the fall of 2002.

An autopsy revealed that his fall had been caused by a skull fracture he had suffered two weeks earlier.

An outbreak of accounting scandals, ( Arthur Andersen, Adelphia, Enron, and WorldCom ) was also a factor in the speed of the fall, as numerous large corporations were forced to restate earnings ( or lack thereof ) and investor confidence suffered.

Standish himself was one of the very few who did not fall ill and William Bradford ( soon to be governor of Plymouth Colony ) credited Standish with comforting many and being a source of strength to those who suffered.

In 2005, along with Steve Van Zandt, he organized a benefit for Mike Smith ( formerly of The Dave Clark Five ), who had suffered a paralyzing fall at his home in Spain.

By 27 June, the French had cut the allies ' line of supply and the Pragmatic Army had suffered severely from a lack of supplies and, in a reduced state, decided to fall back on Hanau, just what the French wanted.

Diaz's army suffered several major defeats, and his administration started to fall apart ..

In addition to his deformities, at some point during his childhood, Merrick suffered a fall and damaged his left hip.

In fall 805, knowing that he and his allies were near defeat, Wang Pi claimed to have suffered a stroke and no longer attended to governmental matters.