Both the actor and Hergé were greeted by an adoring crowd of avid fans, who mobbed De Donckers and pulled him into their midst.

The British flagship was soon isolated in the midst of the Dutch van, engaging Vrijheid, Staaten General, Admiral Tjerk Hiddes De Vries and Wassenaar simultaneously.

Henry V ( 1086 – 1125 ), great-grandson of Conrad II, became Holy Roman Emperor in 1106 in the midst of a civil war.

Able to absorb knowledge quickly, he became, in 1916, in the midst of World War I, a village schoolteacher at the age of 17.

During 1976 – 77, in the midst of the original UK punk movement, bands emerged such as Manchester's Joy Division, The Fall, and Magazine, Leeds ' Gang of Four, and London's The Raincoats that became central post-punk figures.

On 12 July 1174, in the midst of the Revolt of 1173 – 1174, Henry humbled himself with public penance at Becket's tomb as well as at the church of St. Dunstan's, which became one of the most popular pilgrimage sites in England.

In the midst of this conflict, Kabila, whose primary intent had been to depose Mobutu, moved his forces to Kinshasa, and in 1997, the same year Mobutu Sese Seko died of prostate cancer, Kabila captured Kinshasa and then became president of Zaire, which he then renamed to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

However, in the midst of promising advances, Fessenden became embroiled in disputes with his sponsor.

In the midst of an agrarian society, the charcoal manufacturing industry took root and became a major business in West Kingston.

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

In the midst of World War II US policymakers became convinced that something had to be done with America's scientific infrastructure.

No major investment bank, however, became a bank holding company until 2008 in the midst of the late-2000s financial crisis.

Even after the rise and fall of the group's sales in the disco era, The Four Seasons, in one version or another ( the group became a sextet as Jerry Corbetta, formerly of Sugarloaf, joined the lineup ), continued to be a popular touring act, with Valli being the only constant in the midst of a fluctuating lineup.

The UFA was in an uncertain position when Reid became Premier ; besides Brownlee's resignation, longtime Minister of Public Works Oran McPherson was in the midst of a scandalous divorce and had also left cabinet, and UFA MLAs Peter Miskew and Omer St. Germain had crossed the floor to the Liberals.

The Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel was elevated to the Electorate of Hesse and Landgrave William IX was elevated to Imperial Elector during the reorganization of the Empire in 1803, in the midst of the Napoleonic wars, and later occupied by French troops and became part of the Kingdom of Westphalia, which was a French satellite state.

Santo became the first player in major league history to wear a batting helmet with protective ear flaps, when in 1966, in the midst of trying to break the Cubs ' modern consecutive-game hitting streak record of 27 games ( set by Hack Wilson in 1929 ), Santo was sidelined for nearly two weeks following a pitch thrown by the Mets ' Jack Fisher ( beaning ) that fractured his cheekbone and ended his consecutive playing streak.

In mid-October 2008, in the midst of the ongoing negotiations with rival parties, a group of former PF ZAPU and Zipra members became outspoken in the desire to dissolve the alliance with ZANU-PF.

Yet was quite chaotic in the midst of the Cultural Revolution, and under the direction of Mao Zedong, in 1968, to " prepare for war and natural disasters ", Shijiazhuang became the provincial capital and remains so today.

During 1976 – 77, in the midst of the original UK punk movement, bands emerged such as Manchester's Joy Division, The Fall, and Magazine, Leeds ' Gang of Four, and London's The Raincoats that became central post-punk figures.

The couple's only son, Hereditary Prince Alfred, became involved in a scandal involving his mistress and shot himself in January 1899, in the midst of his parents ' twenty-fifth wedding anniversary celebrations.

After proving his military talent, he climbed the cursus honorum and became promagistrate in Sicily 93 BC and consul in the year 89 BC, in the midst of the Social War.

In the midst of a legal battle in Germany over her late husband's estate, she filed U. S. naturalization papers on February 10, 1905, which became final on March 3, 1908.

The Foster group became increasingly aware of the heresy in their midst and quickly called another factional meeting, however.

Rogers Pass is in the heart of Glacier National Park, in the midst of mountains popular for ski mountaineering, camping, hiking and mountain climbing ever since the region became accessible in 1886.

In 1916, in the midst of World War I, he became a committed Socialist, but his political activity was halted by his joining the French Army in 1917.

He spent over 3 years in the camp, where he became a support for many, especially among the priests, and according to firsthand accounts, he guided many prisoners to show compassion, instead of degenerating into animalistic behavior, to be good men even in the midst of certain death.

He got into a physical altercation on team picture day with team captain Keith Hernandez and in the midst of a war of words with infielder Wally Backman, threatened to " bust that little redneck in the face ".

While elk hunting, Cruzatte accidentally shot Lewis in the “ left thye ,” a harrowing event that caused the captain to believe Blackfeet Indians were in their midst.

Leisler's Rebellion, an uprising in which militia captain Jacob Leisler seized control of lower New York from 1689 to 1691, occurred in the midst of England's " Glorious Revolution " and reflected colonial resentment against King James II, who in the 1680s decreed the formation of New York, New Jersey and the Dominion of New England as royal colonies, with New York City designated as the capital.

On our questioning, the captain said: ' Prince, we have navigated for a long time, until we saw in the midst of the ocean as if a big river was flowing violently.

The BUS was launched in the midst of a major global market readjustment as Europe recovered from the Napoleonic Wars The central bank was charged with restraining uninhibited private bank note issue – already in progress – that threatened to create a credit bubble and the risks of a financial collapse.

In 1971 Stevenson Hall opened as a university-managed kosher eating facility in the midst of the older private eating clubs.

The township of Hansen was originally named Stalin after Joseph Stalin, but was renamed in 1986 when Ontario MPP Yuri Shymko successfully had a private member's bill passed through the Legislative Assembly of Ontario to rename the township in honour of athlete Rick Hansen, who was in the midst of his international Man in Motion tour at the time.

This opposition cemented Lustiger's relations with the groups supporting private education, from whose midst he was to draw most of his candidates for the priesthood.

The experience taught her to draw a clear line between private and public life, saying in a 2008 Dong-A Ilbo interview, " The viewers suddenly learned, while in the midst of watching a drama I was acting in, that I was somebody ’ s girlfriend.

In 1994, in the midst of the mani pulite operation which shook political parties, media magnate Silvio Berlusconi, owner of three private TV channels, won the elections, becoming one of Italy's most important political and economic figures for the next decade.

However, in the midst of her private memorial for Kirk in her quarters, Communications Officer Lt. Uhura notices a ghostly image of the Captain, still in his space suit, and floating inside the ship, beckoning for help.

They form, as it were, private coteries ; there you see fathers and mothers, with their children, enjoying domestic happiness in the midst of public diversions.

In the midst of a severe economic crisis ( 1982 ), President Jose Lopez Portillo announced a major devaluation of the peso and nationalized all private banks in Mexico.

On 4 September 1804, Somers assumed command of fire ship Intrepid which had been fitted out as a " floating volcano " to be sailed into Tripoli harbor and blown up in the midst of the corsair fleet close under the walls of the city.

The visibility had deteriorated and he later said, “ for more than 10 minutes I was alone, isolated, lost in the midst of the immense sea, and I did not see anything on the horizon or a single ship ”.

However, in the midst of their travels, Lafiel and Jinto ( along with the Abh ship Gothlauth, aka Gosroth ) find themselves at the very beginnings of a war between the Abh Empire and the Four Nations Alliance of humankind — an anti-Abh alliance of the democratic nations of the United Mankind, the Federation of Hania, the Republic of Greater Alcont, and the People's Sovereign Union of Planets.

In the midst of the robot's attack, the ship veers off course and into the gravitational pull of the Sun, with the only option for the underpowered ship is to use the hyperdrive and end up in a random, uncharted part of the galaxy.

In the midst of these developments, the Flood are again released ; the High Prophet Mercy is killed by the parasite, while the last remaining leader, Truth, flees to Earth in a Forerunner ship, entrusting the activation of Halo to the Brute Tartarus.

However, their ship is the subject of an experiment, reason being that in the midst of battle, a plan which was secretly hatched by the leaders of both races came into fruition, and the unsuspecting crew of seven Solenoid soldiers aboard the ship is caught up in the middle.

In the midst of the intense, sexual narratives and the interactions aboard the ship, Nigel and Fiona also encounter a distinguished Indian gentleman ( Victor Banerjee ), who is traveling with his very young daughter and who, with his child, represents stability and normality.

During a storm in the South Atlantic, the ship was forced to put in at Rio de Janeiro — in the midst of a small pox epidemic and revolution — where repairs were made.

Immediately following his creation, Cyclonus served as little more than Galvatron ’ s personal ship, carrying his leader to Starscream ’ s coronation, into the battle in Autobot City, and pursuing Autobots on the Planet of Junk, as well as attacking and crippling the shuttle carrying Hot Rod and Kup in the midst of it all.