Surge lost five of their opening nine games of the season, going down 4-0 at Tacoma Tide, 5-1 at BYU Cougars, and 5-0 at home to Abbotsford Mariners, scoring just four goals in response, and were effectively eliminated from playoff contention by the middle of June.

In response to this debate, the Firearms ( Amendment ) Act 1997 and the Firearms ( Amendment ) ( No. 2 ) Act 1997 were enacted, which effectively made private ownership of handguns illegal in the United Kingdom.

In response to these high prices, people had created a large “ squatting ” community, building where they wanted regardless of land ownership or interests.

Then, in response to the IPC's rejection of this proposal, Qasim issued Public Law 80, which would have taken away 99. 5 % of the IPC's ownership and established an Iraqi national oil company to oversee the export of Iraqi oil.

In response to public concerns fearing loss of key transportation links, the Government of Canada assumed majority ownership of the near bankrupt Canadian Northern Railway ( CNoR ) on September 6, 1918, and appointed a " Board of Management " to oversee the company.

Since then, there have been some attempts to legalize poor citizens ' ownership of their land and their fixed property, in response to Hernando de Soto's research on the poor.

In response to the results of the 2003 election, the entire Saskatchewan Party caucus voted in favour of the NDP's Crown Corporations Public Ownership Act, which provided legislative entrenchment for the ownership of the major crown utilities and services.

Written in 2003 and published in 2004, The Problem of the Media was a response to the explosion in media activism in the United States between 2002 and 2004, especially around the issue of U. S. media ownership regulations.

He did set up the Research and Planning Branch and the Metropolitan and Provincial Regional Crime Squad and centralised traffic control in response to rising private car ownership.

In January 1953, in response to increasing pressure from the commercial lobby, the Menzies government amended the Broadcasting Act 1948 to allow for the granting of commercial licenses, thus providing the legislative framework for a dual system of TV ownership.

She was critical of " the Obama administration's response to Israel's announcement that it will continue to build new homes for its expanding population in disputed territory ", calling it " hysterical ", and asked, " Given that the United States is supposed to be committed to the parties determining ultimate legal ownership of the land in final status negotiations, what is going on?

The move was seen as a response to concerns that her high visibility and outspoken advocacy to radically decrease private gun ownership worldwide were undermining the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty process.

By 2000, after the last of the traditional " Irv, Rick and Tom " WKBW news team had retired, WIVB had passed WKBW as the highest-rated news station in Buffalo, and remained number one for most of the time since then, until a series of budget cuts and the slow response to replace departing news anchors pushed most of its newscasts to second, behind WGRZ, who has since also come under ownership of a major national media company.

He acted as a spokesman for the playing squad in response to the various controversies affecting the club under the ownership of Vladimir Romanov.

The NEF report also notes that the creation of chain stores and supermarkets has been in part a response to the consolidation of retail land ownership in the UK.

This prompted a response from Saturn on Thunder later in the week, in which he lambasted Glacier for his in-ring appearance and his claiming ownership of the superkick.

A recovered factory is a company in which control and / or ownership has been seized by a worker cooperative, generally in response to an approaching or actual bankruptcy.

In the early 20th century, in response to damage caused by quarrymen and loggers in the Highlands, local conservationists began to press for public ownership of the area's woods and mountains.

Other reasons for restructuring include a change of ownership or ownership structure, demerger, or a response to a crisis or major change in the business such as bankruptcy, repositioning, or buyout.

This obligation to exchange FRNs for gold ended in the early 1930s as the United States outlawed the private ownership of gold and left the gold standard in response to the Great Depression.

In response to this measure, women in many areas began circulating anti-oath pamphlets and refused to attend masses held by priests who had sworn oaths of loyalty to the Republic.

During their second encounter in Siberia, however, the colonies are held hostage by Lady Une, who tries to force the Gundam pilots to surrender their mobile suits to OZ ; Heero, in response, self-destructs his Gundam, nearly killing himself in the process.

In response to the Japanese invasion of Manchuria, he and Secretary of State Henry Stimson outlined the Hoover – Stimson Doctrine which held that the United States would not recognize territories gained by force.

Tito's response on 17 May suggested that the matter be settled at the meeting of the Cominform to be held that June.

In response, Gaddafi removed all his money held in Swiss banks and asked the United Nations to vote to abolish Switzerland as a sovereign nation.

Many colleagues and students in Munich attacked his response to the German Revolution and some right-wing students held protests in front of his home.

In response to calls by the Central Asian and other union republics for admission, another meeting was held in Alma-Ata, on 21 December, to form an expanded CIS.

The response that Jackson received from Butler was unexpected: the Attorney-General held that until Congress dictated otherwise, the land rightfully belonged to Michigan.

Russia named this particular ordnance the " Father of All Bombs " in response to the United States developed " Massive Ordnance Air Blast " ( MOAB ) bomb whose backronym is the " Mother of All Bombs ", and which previously held the accolade of the most powerful non-nuclear weapon in history.

* March 14 – An international peace summit is held in Egypt, in response to escalating terrorist attacks in the Middle East.

On July 27, the Geneva Convention, held in Switzerland, addressed the treatment of prisoners of war in response to problems encountered during World War I.

In response to Hungarian attempts to use church politics regarding the issue as a way to reclaim sovereignty over Bosnia, Kulin held a council of local church leaders to renounce the heresy in 1203.

For states eligible for this assurance, the United States would not use nuclear weapons in response to a chemical or biological attack, but states that those responsible for such an attack would be held accountable and would face the prospect of a devastating conventional military response.

In response to this organized, military lawlessness, the " Rheinischer Bund ," or Rhine League was formed by and from the nobility, knights, and lords of the Church, all of whom held large stakes in the restoration of law and order to the Rhine.

Nestorius ' earlier surviving writings, however, including his letter written in response to Cyril's charges against him, contain material that suggest that at that time he held that Christ had two persons.

Specific pilgrimages were also held in response to outbreaks of disease.

In response, Lang withdrew all the state's funds from government bank accounts and held them at Trades Hall in cash, so the federal government could not gain access to the money.

Although at first simply a response to the violent repression of fights between rival porros ( gangs ), the student movement quickly grew to include large segments of the student body who held general dissatisfaction with the regime of the PRI.

On Saturday, September 2, 1972 Norman also performed at the Festival of Light-sponsored Festival for Jesus held in Hyde Park, London, which was filmed and released as a 50-minute documentary Why Should the Devil Have All the Good Music ?, which featured Norman's 1972 song of the same name, which was written in response to the criticisms of Christian Rock music by American evangelist Bob Larson, whom Norman regularly lampooned at his concerts.

However, in response to the uncanny similarity of the artwork with the September 11, 2001, attacks, the album release was held back until alternative cover art could be prepared.

In response, Hardeeville began to annex large undeveloped parcels of land that were previously held by timbering and paper concerns.

An emergency meeting of the town residents was held on the evening of August 19, 1943, to discuss the town's response to the problem.

* Finally, in response to Taylor's argument that Hitler had no programme because his foreign policy seemed to operate in a haphazard and slapdash way, Taylor's critics such as Trevor-Roper worked out the formula by which Hitler held " consistent aims " but sought to achieve via " flexible methods ".

In response, Cumberland resigned all the military and public offices he held and retired into private life. The tabard of Blanc Coursier Herald, Cumberland's private officer of arms