In 1973, French dance historian Francine Lancelot ( 1929 – 2003 ) began her formal studies in ethnomusicology which later lead her to researching French traditional dance forms and eventually Renaissance and Baroque dances.

In 2003, Chad began receiving refugees from the Darfur region of western Sudan.

The economy remained sluggish until 2003, when it began to show clear signs of recovery, achieving 4. 0 % real GDP growth.

It applied in 2003, and began with accession negotiations in 2005 ( see also: Accession of Croatia to the European Union ).

They began to emerge from that dismal period into a new era of increased consistency, however, after the hiring of Marvin Lewis as head coach in 2003.

However, as attendance began to dwindle — the Rockies fell to just sixth in the National League in attendance in 2002, and ninth in 2003 and 2004 — the club could no longer afford to build through big-name free agents.

In 2002, one of Coronation Street's best-known storylines began, which culminated in 2003.

Todd Grimshaw began to question his sexuality in 2003, becoming Corrie's first regular homosexual character, after years of criticism about non-representation.

The group had been given a mandate to complete work on reconciliation by 2007, and in 2003 began working on a document entitled " Mutual Recognition and Mutual Reconciliation of Ministries.

Combat operations resumed in the spring of 2003, with MPSRON TWO sortieing to the Persian Gulf for Operation Iraqi Freedom, and bombing operations began again, this time against Iraq.

Cartoon Network Philippines began airing Digimon Tamers around 2003, then Digimon Frontier late in 2004.

In 1996, offshore oil began flowing, and, with several US oil companies present in the country, the US reopened the embassy in October 2003.

The Federal Reserve Banks began a multi-year restructuring of their check operations in 2003 as part of a long-term strategy to respond to the declining use of checks by consumers and businesses and the greater use of electronics in check processing.

Three production prototype cars were shown in 2003 as part of Ford's centenary, and delivery of the production Ford GT began in the fall of 2004.

In 2003 the railway began the process of installing a satellite based telecommunications system.

As the economic began to recover in 2003, the government began to take steps for fiscal consolidation, and the fiscal deficit fell to 4. 8 percent of GDP.

Although FY 2003 began with the rapid decline of the gourde due to rumors that U. S. dollar deposit accounts would be nationalized and due to the withdrawal of fuel subsidies, the government successfully stabilized the gourde as it took the politically difficult decisions to float fuel prices freely according to world market prices and to raise interest rates.

All stations commenced digital broadcasting during 2003, and in December 2003, a fifth station, TDT, began broadcasting.

Subsequently Italian troops arrived in the late summer of 2003, and began patrolling Nasiriyah and the surrounding area.

Following the launch of ADSL in 2003, the importance of ISDN for data transfer began to decrease and is today limited to niche business applications with point-to-point requirements.

In January 2003, Bakker began broadcasting the daily Jim Bakker Show at Studio City Cafe in Branson, Missouri, with his second wife, Lori.

June 2003, LURD began a siege of Monrovia.

In 2003 Libya began to make policy changes with the open intention of pursuing a Western-Libyan détente.

It is also representative of the evolution and direction of our team .” During the 2003 preseason Michael Vick broke his leg and missed the first twelve games of the season.

Arizona ended the 2003 season with an 84-78 record, in 3rd place in the NL West.

Since re-capitalization in 2003 – 04 season, Roma had a short-lived financial self-sustainability.

* Home field advantage in the World Series granted to the winner of the All Star Game in the same season ( 2003 )

In the 2003 season opener against the Jacksonville Jaguars, the Panthers were losing 17 – 0.

The alternate jersey has been worn twice a season beginning in 2003.

Carson Palmer, the future star quarterback, was drafted in 2003, but did not play a snap that whole season, as Jon Kitna had a comeback year ( voted NFL Comeback Player of the Year ).

Neagle went 19 – 23 in three years with the Rockies ; he was injured in 2003 and never pitched in the majors again before the Rockies released him after the 2004 season.

In the 2003 – 04 season, Charlton spent much of the campaign challenging for a Champions League place, but a late-season slump in form, combined with the sale of star player Scott Parker to Chelsea, left Charlton in 7th place, which was still the club's highest finish since the 1950s.

The Cowboys became the surprise team of the 2003 season, posting a 10 – 6 record and a playoff berth by having the best overall defense in the NFL.

The 2003 season saw the Red Wings promote associate coach Dave Lewis to the head coach position after Bowman's retirement.

Furthermore, Dominik Hasek decided to come out of retirement and joined the Wings for the 2003 – 04 season.

* EB Start Elbląg-women's handball team playing in Polish Ekstraklasa Women's Handball League: 5th place in 2003 / 2004 season.

Map of Atlantic major hurricanes during post -" Modoki " seasons, including 1987 Atlantic hurricane season | 1987, 1992 Atlantic hurricane season | 1992, 1995 Atlantic hurricane season | 1995, 2003 Atlantic hurricane season | 2003 and 2005 Atlantic hurricane season | 2005.

* Before the 2003 season, seats were added to the Green Monster.

The 2003 season was notable for the firing of manager Jeff Torborg after thirty-eight games.

In the 1998 version, Alliaceae were a distinct family ; in the 2003 version, combining the Alliaceae with the Agapanthaceae and the Amaryllidaceae sensu stricto was recommended but optional ; in the 2009 version, only the broad circumscription of the Amaryllidaceae is allowed, with the Alliaceae reduced to a subfamily, Allioideae.

* 2003 – Ayatollah Sayed Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim, the Shia Muslim leader in Iraq, is assassinated in a terrorist bombing, along with nearly 100 worshippers as they leave a mosque in Najaf.

* 2003 – While being towed across the Barents Sea, the de-commissioned Russian submarine K-159 sinks, taking 9 of her crew and 800 kg of spent nuclear fuel with her.

* 2003 – The Human Genome Project is completed with 99 % of the human genome sequenced to an accuracy of 99. 99 %.

A systematic 2003 review of controlled clinical trials related to the Alexander Technique found two reputable studies suggesting the Alexander Technique is effective in reducing the disability of patients suffering from Parkinson ’ s disease and improving pain behaviour and disability in patients with back pain, and concluded that the evidence supporting the effectiveness of the Alexander Technique is encouraging but not convincing.

In 2003, mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli released The Salieri Album, a CD with 13 arias from Salieri's operas, most of which had never been recorded before.

In 2003, together with fellow Roman Catholic MP Edward Leigh, Widdecombe proposed an amendment opposing repeal of Section 28 of the Local Government Act, which banned the promotion of homosexuality by local governments.

Additional improvements were made in Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, and with the release of the latter the domain controller role was renamed Active Directory Domain Services.

The American Missile Defense Agency started a no AMD treaty with Russia, Europe and the USA in July 2003.

* In 2003, an Australian coal miner amputated his own arm with a Stanley knife after it became trapped when the front-end loader he was driving overturned three kilometers underground.

C # Builder was released in 2003 as a native C # development tool, competing with Visual Studio. NET.

( 2003 with Robert Fourer and David Gay )

The summer of 2003 set a record with an average temperature of.

* Booknotes interview with Andrew Roberts on Napoleon & Wellington: The Battle of Waterloo and the Great Commanders Who Fought It, 12 January 2003.

Bartók, who had made some recordings in Hungary, also recorded for Columbia Records after he came to the US ; many of these recordings ( some with Bartók's own spoken introductions ) were later issued on LP and CD ( Bartók 1994, 1995a, 1995b, 2003, 2007, 2008 ).

To counteract this, a new feature introduced with the 2003 relaunch was a ' breaking news sting ': a globe shown briefly onscreen to direct a viewer's attention to the breaking news.

The 2003 relaunch saw a small change to this style with less of a metropolitan feel to the footage.

Nevertheless, it should be noted that the spectrum is broad in the EU, with the UK coming closest to the US system ( Reifner et al., 2003 ; Gerhardt, 2009 ; Frade, 2010 ).

An extension that has gained significant popularity since 2003 is Satisfiability modulo theories ( SMT ) that can enrich CNF formulas with linear constraints, arrays, all-different constraints, uninterpreted functions, etc.

One academic study ( Heffernan, 2003 ) found that demutualised societies ' pricing behaviour on deposits and mortgages was more favourable to shareholders than to customers, with the remaining mutual building societies offering consistently better rates.

Until 2003 the Lower Houses were restricted to upper year students but with the double cohort of graduates from Ontario schools many of the rooms were transformed into doubles and now hold first years.

You wouldn't like me when I'm angry ", became a catchphrase the world over ( the phrase was used again, first in Ang Lee's Hulk ( 2003 ), although in Spanish, and again in the 2008 movie The Incredible Hulk, with an altered version in Portuguese ).

He told Colors magazine in 2003 that he periodically breaks his fasting with a cheeseburger and a cola, explaining that when he's surrounded by junk culture and junk food, consuming them adds balance.