Growth then rose to 6 % to 7 % between 2000 and 2002 even in the midst of the global recession, making it the world's second-fastest growing economy.

The Scepter is representative of her power over life, her crown has twelve stars representing her dominance over the year, and her throne is in the midst of a field of grain, representative of her dominion over growing things.

In 1940, it was described as " Fife ... at a valley crossroads in the midst of a thickly settled berry growing and truck-gardening district is represented by a string of markets, taverns, shops, and a large, balloon-roofed dance hall along the highway.

He died suddenly of a heart attack in the midst of his growing influence.

In the midst of rising political instability, growing economic problems and diplomatic isolation, Botha resigned as National Party leader, and subsequently as State President, in 1989.

Based on The Rothschilds by Frederic Morton, it tells of the rise of the Rothschild family from humble beginnings in Germany, to their founding of their financial empire and growing political influence under the guidance of patriarch Mayer Rothschild, to their assistance in funding Napoleon's defeat, and how they secure a declaration of rights for European Jews in the midst of an oppressive era.

In April 1973 in the growing midst of the Watergate scandal, there was a major reshuffling of Nixon administration posts, due to the resignations of White House Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman and Domestic Affairs Advisor John Ehrlichman.

The dilemma of the ever-increasing poor in the midst of constantly growing affluence presses upon us and must inevitably be met within the framework of our democratic constitutional government, if our system is to survive as such.

He was born in Talwandi Salem, Jalandhar, Punjab, growing up in the midst of Naxalite a revolutionary movement waged in punjab against the landlords, industrialists, traders, etc.

Nana Phadnavis played pivotal role in holding the Maratha Confederacy together in the midst internal dissension and the growing power of the British East India Company.

It was in the midst of such White House deliberations that Premier Khrushchev on May 4 made new inquiries through the U. S. Embassy in Moscow about a meeting with the President in the near future.

In the midst of what was ultimately a franchise record losing streak, wishing to rest Lemelin and facing a minor injury to backup Marc D ' Amour, the Flames brought Vernon up to play an exhibition game against Soviet club Dynamo Moscow during the 1986 Super Series.

The documentary program explored the world of rock music in the midst of President Gorbachev ’ s perestroika in the Soviet Union while following Billy Joel on his pioneering concert tour to Moscow and Leningrad.

* September 14: Napoleon arrives in Moscow to find the city abandoned and set alight by the inhabitants ; retreating in the midst of a frigid winter, the army suffers great losses.

In Week 21, Infinity Inc. is in the midst of a battle with Blockbuster ( which Luthor has created as well ), when he demonstrates that he can ' shut off ' the powers of each of his agents ; this results in the death of his speedster, Trajectory.

The Indians all know we cannot be a Match for them in the midst of an extensive woody Country ... from whence I infer that if we are determined to possess Our Posts, Trade & ca securely, it cannot be done for a Century by any other means than that of purchasing the favour of the numerous Indian inhabitants. With the proclamation, “ the British were trying to convince Native people that there was nothing to fear from the colonists, while at the same time trying to increase political and economic power relative to First Nations and other European powers .” However, the Royal Proclamation along with the subsequent Treaty of Niagara, provide for an argument that “ discredits the claims of the Crown to exercise sovereignty over First Nations ” and affirms Aboriginal “ powers of self-determination in, among other things, allocating lands .” Further so, the Royal Proclamation outlined a policy in which to protect and extinguish Aboriginal rights and in doing so, recognized these rights existed.

This was reference to the European Union increasing its powers in the midst of the Euro crisis, making a comparison to that of Nazi Germany.

Christ's resurrection vindicates his manner of life and death, seats his victory, and allows others to live freely and humanly in the midst of ' the powers ' by their ' being in Christ.

In the midst of battle, " Reboot " Legionnaire Kinetix, who possesses magic-based powers, is killed by Superboy-Prime while Mordru absorbs her life-force and all of her magical powers.

Brinkley's powers gradually return, years later, in the midst of a mid-life crisis, and as criminals swarm Manhattan.

If we thus spent our very first day in the midst of a large number of your people honoring a new hero and a great national achievement, our last day, to us at least, was equally impressive and very moving, even though the crowds were absent and there was almost complete silence.

How far and in what fashion did it modify the new nation which was emerging in the midst of the forces shaping the revolutionary age??

Lincoln handled many transportation cases in the midst of the nation's western expansion, particularly the conflicts arising from the operation of river barges under the many new railroad bridges.

" Ever since the time of my ancestor Ali, the first Imam, that is to say over a period of thirteen hundred years, it has always been the tradition of our family that each Imam chooses his successor at his absolute and unfettered discretion from amongst any of his descendants, whether they be sons or remote male issue and in these circumstances and in view of the fundamentally altered conditions in the world in very recent years due to the great changes which have taken place including the discoveries of atomic science, I am convinced that it is in the best interest of the Shia Muslim Ismailia Community that I should be succeeded by a young man who has been brought up and developed during recent years and in the midst of the new age and who brings a new outlook on life to his office as Imam.

Leaving his new wife with her parents in Amesbury, Massachusetts, he subsequently returned to New York in 1933, in the midst of the Great Depression.

In this case study, researchers observed a Danish software company in the midst of new creating new software with usability in mind.

The heart of the new design included not only a renovation of the Cour Napoléon in the midst of the buildings, but also a transformation of the interiors.

During the midst of the Brightest Day event, Deathstroke and his new team of Titans are hired to assassinate Luthor while he is visiting Midway City with Nava Mendelssohn, his new personal assistant and bodyguard.

The United States presidential election of 1932 took place in the midst of the Great Depression that had ruined the promises of incumbent President Herbert Hoover to bring about a new era of prosperity.

The new location at 36 S. Wabash, in the midst of the SAIC " campus ", features updated and more accessible facilities to enable more numerous visitors It is run by the school's non-teaching faculty and student workers.

With the arrival of a plentiful group of new European settlers reaching the eastern border, a place where multitudes of Native Americans tribes were currently situated, the government grew fearful as they believed that they were in the midst of facing an “ Indian problem ” as the racial societies were unable to coexist within the same communities.

But there were also new points of conflict: the decline of Spanish power at the end of the Thirty Years ' War in 1648, the colonial possessions of Portugal ( already in the midst of Portuguese Restoration War ), and perhaps even of a beleaguered Spain, were up for grabs.

The sources also disagree on how Harald got out of prison, but he may have been helped by someone outside to escape in the midst of the revolt that had begun against the new emperor.

The Faculty of Engineering is in the midst of a $ 150 million expansion between 2008 and 2012 in the form of three new Engineering buildings.

There were no roads to bring travelers to the new settlement that would begin to develop in the midst of the wilderness.

In the midst of Eastern's turmoil American Airlines CEO Bob Crandall sought a new hub in order to utilize new aircraft which AA had on order at the time.

For the first few years of the new century, Shawnee was in the midst of a boom that came close to keeping pace with Oklahoma City's.

In the same year he laid before the representatives of his people the outline of a new constitution, but they rejected this, and in the midst of the commotion Frederick died ( October 30, 1816 ).

Farndon was in the midst of forming a new band with former Clash drummer Topper Headon ( who coincidentally, was battling heroin addiction and left the band, unable to cope ), when he was found dead on 14 April 1983 by his American wife, Conover.

" Gaining Senate approval of the Alaska treaty was Johnson's singular legislative accomplishment in the midst of a political war with Congress.

From Arkona, Absalon proceeded by sea to Charenza, in the midst of Rügen, the political capital of the Wends and an all but impregnable stronghold.

In 1979, mass anti-government demonstrations occurred nationwide, in the midst of this political turmoil, Park Chung-hee was assassinated by the director of the KCIA, Kim Jae-kyu, thus bringing the 18-year rule of military regime to an end.

However, due to the escalating tension of the political scene Yeats distanced himself from the core political activism in the midst of the Easter Rising, even holding back his poetry inspired by the events until 1920.

In the midst of the burning, Joseph Goebbels gave a political speech to a crowd of around 40, 000 people.

" For the historian of the anarchist movement Ronald Creagh, the hippie movement could be considered as the last spectacular resurgence of utopian socialism For Creagh, a characteristic of this is the desire for the transformation of society not through political revolution, or through reformist action pushed forward by the state, but through the creation of a counter-society of a socialist character in the midst of the current system, which will be made up of ideal communities of a more or less libertarian social form.

Europe, including the Italian peninsula, were in the midst of considerable political ferment when the bishop of Spoleto, Giovanni Maria Cardinal Mastai-Ferretti, was elected pope.

The annexation of western Macedonia by the Bulgars changed the political situation, Malamir or his successor may have seen a threat in the Serb consolidation, and opted to subjugate them in midst of the conquest of Slav lands.

Particularly important and unprecedented political events took place in 133 BC when, in the midst of riots in and around the Forum, the Tribune Tiberius Gracchus was lynched there by a group of Senators.

During his long tenure in the midst of the surrounding political chaos of the Greek Dark Ages, Egypt was beset by foreign invaders ( including the so-called Sea Peoples and the Libyans ) and experienced the beginnings of increasing economic difficulties and internal strife which would eventually lead to the collapse of the Twentieth Dynasty.

In the midst of Lanfranc's scholastic and controversial activities Lanfranc became a political force.

In October 1990, in the midst of the presidential election, FitzGerald was to be a guest, alongside Lenihan, on RTÉ1's Questions and Answers political debate programme.

In the midst of this political ferment, Hara was assassinated by a disenchanted railroad worker in 1921.

On 21 May 2009, he appeared on the special live edition of BBC's Question Time which was held in Salisbury in the midst of the political scandal surrounding MPs ' expenses.

Lila had stolen an object of great value, called the Harmonium, during the midst of political chaos.

The annexation of western Macedonia by the Bulgars changed the political situation, Malamir or Presian may have seen a threat in the Serb consolidation, and opted to subjugate them in midst of the conquest of Slav lands.

It was advantageous that Munro Ferguson was politically experienced, because he arrived in Melbourne, then the site of the Parliament of Australia, to find himself in the midst of a political crisis.

The political Kingdom of God, organized around the Council of Fifty, was meant to be a force of peace and order in the midst of this chaos.

Bamana political order created a small free nobility, set in the midst of endogamous caste and ethnic variation.

Written in the midst of the Second World War, at a time when Belgium was occupied by Nazi Germany, The Secret of the Unicorn is the first book in the Adventures of Tintin to avoid political themes, instead focusing purely on an adventure story, and for this reason has been described as being the first book in Hergé's middle period.

Gogarty maintained close friendships with W. B. Yeats, AE, George Moore, Lord Dunsany, James Stephens, Seamus O ' Sullivan, and other Dublin literati, and continued to write poetry in the midst of his political and professional duties.