Selected PBS outlets showed surviving kinescopes of the original Question in Summer 1976, as a run-up to a new version of the show called The $ 128, 000 Question, which ran for two years.

As an important ally of Mao Zedong ’ s efforts to regain control of the Chinese Communist Party, Kang was an important enabler of and participant in the Cultural Revolution, later described by the Party Central Committee as having “ lasted from May 1966 to October 1976 ” and as “ responsible for the most severe setback and heaviest losses suffered by the Party, the state and the people since the founding of the People ’ s Republic .” The Central Committee resolution concluded that the Cultural Revolution “ was initiated and led by Comrade Mao Zedong .” In outlining the “ errors ” that had been made by Mao and others in the run-up to the Cultural Revolution, the Central Committee noted that “ areerists like Lin Biao, Jiang Qing and Kang Sheng, harbouring ulterior motives, made use of these errors and inflated them .”

The " loans for shares " giveaway took place in the run-up to the 1996 presidential election — at a point when it had appeared that Zyuganov might defeat Yeltsin.

Responding to criticism of the newspaper's coverage during the run-up to the 2008 presidential election, Howell wrote: " The opinion pages have strong conservative voices ; the editorial board includes centrists and conservatives ; and there were editorials critical of Obama.

During the run-up to the first round of the 2007 presidential election, Buffet hoped that her candidacy would be supported by the left-wing groups who had participated in the " No " campaign in the referendum on the EU constitution.

In the run-up to the 2007 French presidential election, he endorsed Lionel Jospin, then Dominique Strauss-Kahn, for the Socialist nomination, and finally sided with the ex-Socialist Jean-Pierre Chevènement, against Ségolène Royal.

In the run-up to the 2002 presidential election, the PUSC party convention selected him to be its candidate by an overwhelming 76 % of the delegates ' votes on 10 June 2001.

In the run-up to the 2009 elections ( presidential, Assembly, and municipal ), a movement to draft President Tandja for a third term appeared.

The second set of missiles were fired in early 1996, allegedly intending to intimidate the Taiwanese electorate in the run-up to the 1996 presidential election.

By avoiding grave confrontations and crises in the run-up to the first multi-party parliamentary elections, he gained the support of nearly all political camps for the presidential election.

The column ’ s mixture of biting humor and informed analysis of the Bush administration and American culture quickly established Blyler as a weekly must-read among many young liberals and progressives in the run-up to the presidential elections.

Contrary to all major polls taken in the run-up to the October 1, 2006 balloting, Alckmin surprised almost everyone and came in second place in the presidential election.

In the run-up to the 2010 presidential election the Progressive Socialist Party of Ukraine refused to join the election bloc of left and central left political forces since it did not want to be in the same election bloc as the Socialist Party of Ukraine.

In the run-up to the 2008 presidential campaign, the show interviewed Barack Obama, John McCain, Mike Huckabee, John Edwards, Ron Paul, Joe Biden, Chris Dodd and Sam Brownback.

In January 2002, it was agreed, despite some opposition, that he would replace Colonel Azali Assoumani as interim head of state and oversee the Transitional Government of National Unity in the run-up to the legislative and presidential elections.

In the run-up to Afghanistan ’ s presidential elections in 2009, Radio Azadi hosted a historic presidential debate featuring President Hamid Karzai and two of his leading contenders.

However, in the run-up to the 1997 general election, Labour opposition Tony Blair was in talks with Liberal Democrat leader Paddy Ashdown about forming a coalition government if Labour failed to win a majority at the election ; however there was never any need for a coalition to be formed as Labour won the election by a landslide.

Many commentators fault Stoiber's reaction to the floods in eastern Germany, in the run-up to the election, as a contributory factor in his party's poor electoral result and defeat.

During the run-up to the German general election in 2005, which was held ahead of schedule, Stoiber created controversy through a campaign speech held in the beginning of August 2005 in the federal state of Baden-Württemberg.

During the run-up to the November referendum election Sutherland issued a controversial publication: Voucher, Vows, & Vexations.

In the run-up to the election, held on 9 April 1992, most opinion polls had suggested that the election would end in a hung parliament or a narrow Labour majority.

Kinnock also blamed his defeat on the other newspapers who had backed the Tories in the run-up to the election.

In the run-up to the 2007 general election, a new political presence emerged called Congress of The People ( COP ).

Throughout the run-up to the general election, Clinton maintained comfortable leads in the polls over Dole and Perot.

This partly reflected the preceding government's expansive fiscal policy in the run-up to the 1964 election, and the incoming Wilson team tightened the fiscal stance in response.

In the run-up to the 1945 election, Hogg wrote a response to the book Guilty Men, called The Left was never Right.

Fine Gael had to jettison its plans for tax-cuts in the run-up to the election and a draconian mid-year budget was introduced almost immediately.

* In the run-up to the 2007 federal election in Australia, flyers were circulated around Sydney under the name of a fake organisation called the Islamic Australia Federation.

In 1997, Noel was criticised for attending a high-profile and well-publicised media party at 10 Downing Street, hosted by the newly-appointed Prime Minister, Tony Blair, along with other celebrities and industry figures who had supported New Labour in the run-up to the general election.

The Alliance exploited the nation's mass unemployment in the run-up to the election, running a " Working Together for Britain " campaign which it promised would see unemployment reduced by up to 1, 000, 000.

In December, Mike Smith announced on the CDA forums that the CDA would be disbanding as he himself had now come to support the Tories again and wanted to campaign for them in the run-up to the next UK general election and circulated a letter to all members and supporters saying that the CDA would be effectively replaced by the Traditional Britain Group and urging their support.

The Stahlhelm still tried to keep its distance from the Nazis, and in the run-up to the German federal election of 5 March 1933 formed the united conservative " Black-White-Red Struggle Front " ( Kampffront Schwarz-Weiß-Rot ) with the DNVP and the Agricultural League, reaching 8 % of the votes.

In the run-up to the Iranian Assembly of Experts election, 2006, all women candidates were disqualified.

In the run-up to the July 1836 election for the 13th Parliament of Upper Canada, Head actively campaigned on behalf of the Tories against the Reformers, rallying the people behind the cause of loyalty to the British Empire.

He played an important role in the run-up to the 1997 general election, working with Peter Mandelson to co-ordinate Labour's campaign.

Unlike most national newspapers, the Daily Star has limited articles on politics and has rarely shown clear support for any specific party or leader ; although in the run-up to the 2010 general election the newspaper printed several articles which hinted that it wanted to see Labour and Gordon Brown voted out of power, while at the same time it offering no explicit support for the Conservatives or their leader David Cameron – who ultimately became Prime Minister following the formation a new coalition government with the Liberal Democrats when his party failed to gain an overall majority in parliament.

The magazine was linked to an international scandal in the run-up to World War II.

In the run-up to the brand's launch Davies agreed an exclusive deal with women's fashion magazine Grazia ..

The marketing campaign for Velvet Revolver in the run-up to the release of the first album was profiled as part of the Frontline program The Way the Music Died, which included interviews with the band members and producers.

The " Powell Doctrine " is a journalist-created term, named after General Colin Powell in the run-up to the 1990-1991 Gulf War.

Also, if a gust of wind blows the ball over on a place kick attempt after the kicker has begun their run-up, thus allowing the opposing team to begin a charge down, then there is no time to reset the ball, and the kicker may attempt a quick drop kick.

In the run-up to the 200th anniversary for the Constitution, work is underway to see if the Constitution can be amended to be more in tune with the times.

However, no practice or trial run-up is permitted on the field of play during play if it could result in a waste of time.

Please note that this diagram should only be used as a guide of what Muralitharan's bowling run-up looks like and NOT a reference to see if Muralitharan's action does show whether he chucks or throws the ball or not.

Enlargement was a central issue for the EU in the run-up to the landmark accession of ten countries on 1 May 2004, but has since declined in importance, if only slightly.

In the run-up to the 2009 European Parliament election PdCI is looking forward to a " communist joint list " with the PRC, Critical Left and the Workers ' Communist Party, but PRC leaders were not so convinced about it, even if they did not rule out the possibility, especially if a 5 % threshold will be introduced.

In the run-up to the 23 June 2010 Legco vote on the reform package she refused support, saying that it did not go far enough towards democratic expectations, even if it included the Democratic Party's compromise proposal to have the five new district council functional constituency seats returned by popular election.

In 1933, Copson became a regular member of the Derbyshire side, and, if he did not, in spite of his short run-up, possess the build to undertake as much work as fast bowlers were expected to then, he was consistently good in a summer unfavourable to bowlers.