Leading up to this time, Assyrian armies battled against Damascus for a number of years, which greatly diminished Syria's threat to Israel.

Leading up to the Conference of the Parties ( COP 11 ) meeting on biodiversity in Hyderabad, India 2012, preparations for a World Wide Views on Biodiversity has begun, involving old and new partners and building on the experiences from the World Wide Views on Global Warming.

Leading into each break in the show, one of the hosts leads up to the network identification with a humorous take on a disgusted reaction of some usually famous person to hearing that identification.

Leading up to this period, geometers also tried to determine what constructions could be accomplished in Euclidean geometry.

Leading up to the Super Bowl and following the 34 – 0 trouncing of the Cleveland Browns in the NFL Championship, many were calling the 1968 Colts team one of the " greatest pro football teams of all time " and were favored by 18 points against their counterparts from the American Football League, the New York Jets.

Leading up to the 1998 return, an airborne observing campaign was organized to mobilize modern observing techniques by Peter Jenniskens at NASA Ames Research Center.

An enduring cultural icon, Brando became a box office star during the 1950s, during which time he racked up five Oscar nominations as Best Actor, along with three consecutive wins of the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role.

Leading up to the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, it was announced that NHL players would be eligible to play for the first time.

Leading up to the shrine on the east side are the main steps.

Leading up to the passage of this law, in 1846, supporters issued a pamphlet, probably authored by Judge John Fine, which relied on its readers ' familiarity with the United States Declaration of Independence to demand " That all are created free and equal ...", and that this idea should apply equally to the sexes.

Leading up to the Meiji Restoration, the Tokugawa Shogunate realized there was a need to prepare northern defenses against a possible Russian invasion and took over control of most of Ezochi.

Leading up to the 2008 U. S. presidential election, CNN devoted large amounts of coverage to politics, including hosting candidate debates during the Democratic and Republican primary seasons.

Leading up to the 2002 elections, he positioned his party in equidistance to the major parties and refused to commit his party to a coalition with either the Christian Democrats or the Social Democrats.

" I think it's about time Eli Siegel was moved up into the ranks of our acknowledged Leading Poets ," wrote Kenneth Rexroth, in the New York Times.

Leading up to the Civil War, DeKalb County was typical of Southern Mountain counties in that it voted against secession from the United States.

Leading up to the Civil War Nicola Marschall ( 1829-1917 ), a German-American artist, is generally credited with designing both the first official Confederate flag and the grey Confederate army uniform while a teacher at the old Marion Female Seminary.

Leading up to and during World War I, American sentiment became increasingly anti-German.

Leading up to this new school, Whitewater, Potwin, Brainerd, Elbing, Furley, Countryside, and Golden Gate schools merged to form a joint rural high school.

Leading up to this new school, Whitewater, Potwin, Brainerd, Elbing, Furley, Countryside, and Golden Gate schools merged to form a joint rural high school.

Leading up to this new school, Whitewater, Potwin, Brainerd, Elbing, Furley, Countryside, and Golden Gate schools merged to form a joint rural high school.

Leading his army back up the Euphrates, south of Circesium Philip erected a cenotaph in honor of Gordian III, but his ashes were sent ahead to Rome, where he arranged for Gordian III ’ s deification.

Leading up to the 1913 London performances, Diaghilev's authority was challenged when Monteux declared that he was the composer's representative in matters related to Rite of Spring.

Leading up to the 1990 – 91 Gulf War, Iraqi President Saddam Hussein advocated that OPEC push world oil prices up, thereby helping Iraq, and other member states, service debts.

Leading motor engineer and car designer Reid Railton set up a manufacturing facility and built the well known Railton road cars at the Fairmile Works from 1933-40.

Leading 17 – 16 at the start of the 4th quarter, Matt Stover missed a 51 yard field goal for the Colts.

From the start, it is clear that the Leading Player is concerned with Catherine's actual attraction to Pippin — after all, she is but a player playing a part in his yet-to-be-unfolded plan.

Leading by 158 on first innings, England got a dream start by dismissing Lisa Keightley for a duck, and wickets just kept falling.

Her international breakthrough came with La Dentelliere ( 1977 ), for which she won a BAFTA award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles.

In 1977, the film received four Academy Award nominations: for Best Foreign Language Film, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Actor in a Leading Role.

She won the 1977 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical for her portrayal of Miss Hannigan in Annie.

Loudon's performance as evil orphanage administrator Miss Hannigan in Annie won her the Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical in 1977.

* 1977: Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play — Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

This production transferred to Broadway, in New York City, from October through December 1976, with Richardson nominated for the 1977 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play for his performance as Hirst.

He was the Professional Cricketers ' Association Player of the Year in 1970 and 1977 and won the Cricket Society Wetherall Award for the Leading All-Rounder in English First-Class Cricket in 1978.

* Vincent O ' Brien – Barclay ( 1959 ), White Gloves ( 1966 ), Reindeer ( 1969 ), Caucasus ( 1975 ), Meneval ( 1976 ), Transworld ( 1977 ), Gonzales ( 1980 ), Leading Counsel ( 1985 ), Dark Lomond ( 1988 )

Leading midnight movie venues were beginning to fold as early as 1977 — that year, New York's Bijou switched back permanently to the live entertainment for which it had been built, and the Elgin, after a brief run with gay porn, shut down completely.

Ukrainian Literature: Studies of the Leading Authors ( Essay index reprint series ) by Clarence A. Manning ( Hardcover-Dec 1977 )

* Irish St. Leger-( 9 )-Barclay ( 1959 ), White Gloves ( 1966 ), Reindeer ( 1969 ), Caucasus ( 1975 ), Meneval ( 1976 ), Transworld ( 1977 ), Gonzales ( 1980 ), Leading Counsel ( 1985 ), Dark Lomond ( 1988 )

Leading 14-0 on 4th down with 4 yards to go, Shula could have tried for a conversion, but thought " What a hell of a way to remember this game " if they could end a perfect 17-0 season with a 17-0 Super Bowl final score.

Leading 71. 47 % of the laps in, Jim Clark holds the record for highest percentage of laps in the lead in a season.

Leading up to the 1998 – 99 season, Kariya told reporters he was ready to play a rougher style to protect himself from the opposition, including " getting stick up " against oncoming players.

Leading up to the 2006 – 07 season, the Predators were picked by many analysts in the media ( including those from The Globe and Mail and ESPN ) to contend for the Stanley Cup.

Winning the league title in 1970 – 71, Leading goalscorer with 42 goals, including 7 hatricks, was Geoff Davies who scored 28 goals in the following 1971 – 72 season.

The first Broadway production of Private Lives to receive major theatre awards was the 1969 production, for which Tammy Grimes won both the Tony Award for Leading Actress in a Play and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress during the 1970 awards season.

Leading West Indian batsmen Chris Gayle and Shivnarine Chanderpaul returned for the opening Test of the 2009 – 10 Australian cricket season starting on 26 November in Brisbane, after the industrial dispute was resolved.

From 2000 to 2003 the award was made based on players ' impact on cricket worldwide rather than just the preceding season in England, but the decision was reversed in 2004 with the introduction of a separate Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World award.

In a season with only one other musical nominated for Best Musical, the production won several Tony Awards ; Glenn Close, with only one other nominee as Best Actress in a musical, won the Tony for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role.

Leading Division Two for much of the 1965-66 season, the club was disappointed to miss out on promotion by finishing third.

In his final season with Rimouski, Richards won nearly every honor possible for a Canadian junior player in the QMJHL: he earned the Jean Béliveau Trophy after leading the league with 186 points, as well as the Telus Cup, given to the league's best offensive player ; he won the QMJHL and Canadian Hockey League Plus / Minus Awards with a plus-80 mark, and was a First-Team All-Star in both the Quebec circuit and the CHL, as well as the CHL Player of the Year and Leading Scorer.

Leading up to the 1987 – 88 season, McLean was traded, along with Greg Adams and a second round choice ( Leif Rohlin ) in the 1988 NHL Entry Draft, to the Vancouver Canucks for centre Patrik Sundström and the Canucks ' second-( Jeff Christian ) and fourth-round draft picks ( Matt Ruchty ) in 1988, on September 15, 1987.

Leading Scranton in games played, doubles, and triples the next season, Rollins helped lead the team to the playoffs, where they defeated the Buffalo Bisons in the first round, but lost to Indianapolis in the finals.

Leading the nation in scoring and becoming the conference's all-time single season points leader with 1, 030 points, Robinson was unanimously selected as the Big Ten Conference Player of the Year.

Leading up to the 2011 football season, rumors were flying around that the Columbus East vs Columbus North football game might be televised.

Leading up to the 2006 – 07 season, Cloutier signed a two-year, $ 6. 2 million contract extension with the Kings on September 27, 2006.

He was the sixth-place finalist on the fourth season of the reality television series American Idol, and received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical for his role in Rock of Ages.

In 1987 – 88 season Brentwood ’ s Len Cook won the Leading Scorer competition with a record, at the time of 37 goals.

Despite limited stud opportunities Wallace was the Leading sire in Australia in the 1915 / 16 season.

Leading Hangzhou Greentown into their debut 2011 AFC Champions League campaign he would play in five games as they were knocked out in the group stages, however this was to prove to be the highlight of his career with them as the club couldn't improve upon their previous season league campaign and finished in eighth.

For Rubicon's 2006-2007 Balancing Acts season, Joseph took on an enormous challenge by tackling the title role in Shakespeare's Hamlet, under the direction of Rubicon Artistic Associate Jenny Sullivan, for which he received the 2007 Indy Award for Best Actor and the 2007 Santa Barbara Independent Award Leading Actor Award.