Throughout the 19th century and early 20th century, the area adjoining today's Battery Park City was known as the Greek quarter ; a long-standing reminder of the ethnic past was the former St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, which was destroyed in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

The Colombian Government and ELN in early 2001 continued discussions aimed at opening a formal peace process.

The linguist Jorma Koivulehto wrote ( 2001 ) of the annual Finnish Kekri celebration having borrowed the word from early Indo-Aryan.

Furthermore, there is evidence that the Kuiper belt has an ' edge ', in that an apparent lack of low-inclination objects beyond 47-49 AU was suspected as early as 1998 and shown with more data in 2001.

Earnhardt drove the No. 3 car for most of his career, spanning the early 1980s until his death in 2001.

Eritrea's President Isaias visited Djibouti in early 2001 and President Ismail Omar Guelleh made a reciprocal visit to Asmara in the early summer of 2001.

From the early 1990s through 2001, her concert appearances were primarily limited to one weekend a year at Dollywood to benefit her Dollywood Foundation.

In late March 2011, Toy, Bowie's previously unreleased album from 2001, was leaked onto the internet, containing material used for Heathen and most of its single B-sides, as well as unheard new versions of his early back catalogue.

Darcsyde's projects include Trauma ( out of print since early 2000s ), a Corum supplement ( published 2001 ) for the fifth edition of the Chaosium Stormbringer ( aka Elric!

Reconstruction from Mitch was still underway when, in early 2001, the country experienced a series of devastating earthquakes that left nearly 2, 000 people dead or missing, 8, 000 injured, and caused severe dislocations across all sectors of Salvadoran society.

Initial popularity of the network was spurred on by Napster's threatened legal demise in early 2001.

In early 2001, variations on the protocol ( first implemented in proprietary and closed source clients ) allowed an improvement in scalability.

As a result, public support for the government sank to nearly record lows by early 2001.

Although Greenpeace had stated that efficiency was its primary concern, as early as 2001, statements from March and April 2005 also continued to express concern over human health and environmental safety Greenpeace has opposed releasing golden rice to fields as opposed to farming in greenhouses, which according to golden rice developer Ingo Potrykus, limits the amount of material needed for human safety testing.

Honduras and Nicaragua had tense relations throughout 2000 and early 2001 due to a boundary dispute off the Atlantic coast.

" In early 2001 Massoud employed a new strategy of local military pressure and global political appeals.

In early 2001 Massoud addressed the European Parliament in Brussels asking the international community to provide humanitarian help to the people of Afghanistan.

* Vanderkam, James, " An introduction to early Judaism " ( Eerdmans, 2001 )

After enjoying significant success in the early to mid-90s, house music grew even larger during the second wave of Progressive House ( 1999 – 2001 ).

After a turbulent year in office in which he saw his approval ratings plummet to the single digits, Prime Minister Mori agreed to hold early elections for the LDP presidency in order to improve his party's chances in crucial July 2001 Upper House elections.

In 2001, when Joey Ramone died, the Ramones were named as inductees to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, prior to the actual ceremony held early the following year.

In late February and early March 2001, Polgár played in the elite Linares double round-robin invitational of six of the world's strongest players.

In early March 2007, a poll of Labor Party primary voters put Barak ahead of all other opponents, including Peretz.

In the early twentieth century there arose a " Jewish Gandhi ", a young lawyer named Abraham Barak Salem ( 1882 – 1967 ), who devoted his life to ending discrimination against meshuchrarim jews and other divisions among the Cochin Jews.

Barak was born in the early 1820s at Brushy Creek near present-day Croydon, in the country of the Wurundjeri people.

In early 1863, Barak moved to Coranderrk Station, near Healesville, Victoria with about thirty others.

He also suggested that if there were a Nobel prize for law, Barak would likely be among its early recipients.

Russell resumed office, but resigned again in early 1852 when a combination of the protectionists and Lord Palmerston defeated him on a Militia Bill.

With fellow investors both frustrated with his domination of the franchise's business operations and dissatisfied with yet another seventh-place finish, Clarence Miles resigned in early November 1955.

During the late 1920s and early 1930s Eisenhower's career in the post war army stalled somewhat, as military priorities diminished ; many of his friends resigned for high-paying business jobs.

Dawson selected Francisco Bertrand, who promised to hold early, free elections, and Dávila resigned.

New World Development announced in the early hours of 16 August that Leung had resigned from his post, without any compensation from either side or from the government, for the termination.

Already a lame duck Vice President, he was elected to the Senate by the South Carolina state legislature and resigned the Vice Presidency early to begin his Senate term because he believed he would have more power as a senator.

Daugherty remained in his position during the early days of the Calvin Coolidge administration, then resigned on March 28, 1924, amidst allegations of accepting bribes from bootleggers.

After two appeals by Agnew, he finally resigned himself to the matter and a check for $ 268, 482 was turned over to Maryland State Treasurer William S. James in early 1983.

Porter resigned in early 1891 when the new governor was sworn in.

In 684 he was made bishop of Lindisfarne but by late 686 resigned and returned to his hermitage as he felt he was about to die, although he was probably only in his early 50s.

He resigned from his role as a Member of the Knesset the same day, having been a member since November 1959 ( except for a three month period in early 2006 ), the longest serving in Israeli political history.

Kaempffert resigned in early 1931 amid growing disputes with the second president of the board of directors ; they disagreed over the objectivity and neutrality of the exhibits, and Kaempffert's management of the staff.

Due to discontent towards the proposal of political reform made by the Hong Kong government, the Civic Party and the League of Social Democrats joined together to carry out " Five Constituencies Referendum " in early 2010, by having one Legislative Councillors ( from either one of the parties ) in each constituency resigned, forcing the government to carry out a by-election, thus giving a chance for all voters to show their will towards universal suffrage and the abolishment of functional constituencies. Quite often, it is refereed as " De facto referendum ".

Kerr was widely criticised by ALP supporters for his actions, resigned early as Governor-General, and lived much of his remaining life abroad.

In their place, the Detroit Shock won their third championship under coach Bill Laimbeer, solidifying their place in WNBA history before Laimbeer resigned early in 2009, effectively ending the Shock dynasty.

Helmut Kohl served as chairman until the party's electoral defeat in 1998, when he was succeeded by Wolfgang Schäuble ; Schäuble resigned in early 2000 as a result of a party financing scandal and was replaced by Angela Merkel, who remains the leader of the CDU to this day.

Hawley formally resigned from the paper in early 1993, and pleaded guilty in April 1993.

In early August 2008, managing editor for news Hanke Gratteau resigned, and several weeks later, managing editor for features James Warren resigned as well.

Hindery predicted that the company would attain a positive cash flow by early 2002, but he resigned in October 2000 after seven months with the company, after the sale of the GlobalCenter division to Exodus Communications.

Shachtman and Burnham's tendency resigned from the International in early 1940, alongside almost 40 % of the SWP's members, many of whom became founder members of the Workers Party.

Adolphe de Leuven, the co-director of the Opéra-Comique most bitterly opposed to the Carmen project, resigned early in 1874, removing the main barrier to the work's production.

Gerry Francis returned in 1998, however the 2000 – 2001 season proved to be a disaster, and Francis resigned in early 2001.

The picketing of Originale marked the high point of Maciunas ' agit prop approach, an approach that estranged many of Fluxus ' early proponents ; Jackson Mac Low had resigned immediately after hearing ' antisocial ' plans laid in April 1963, such as breaking down trucks under the Hudson River Brecht threatened to quit on the same issue, and then left New York in the spring of 1965.