Meanwhile, an official from Dr. Vornoff's home country, Professor Strowksi ( George Becwar ), arrives and tries to persuade him to return to their homeland in hopes that his research will benefit their nation.

Meanwhile, one of the crewmembers aboard the damaged Russian vessel activates the missile ( or tries to deactivate it, depending on the film version ), which is set for a countdown, before succumbing to his injuries.

Meanwhile, Emily's second husband tries to sell her pot designs to P. P.

Meanwhile, inside, Matzerath tries to rescue the half-blind Victor Weluhn ( who had escaped from the siege of the Polish post office in Danzig at the beginning of the book and of the war ) from his two green-hatted would-be executioners.

Meanwhile, Sweetscent's wife, Kathy, tries JJ-180, a new hallucinogenic drug which proves to be highly toxic and addictive.

Meanwhile a rapidly-expanding race, which the Culture calls the Affront ( because of its systematic sadism towards subject species and its own females and junior males, despite being relatively advanced ), tries to exploit the Excession by infiltrating a store of mothballed Culture warships and using them to claim control of the mysterious object.

Meanwhile, Helen tries to focus on her work.

Meanwhile, another resident, Les Goodman, tries unsuccessfully to start his car.

Meanwhile, Johnny unsuccessfully tries selling some of Chris's paintings, attracting the interest of art critic David Janeway.

Meanwhile, he drinks, laments the state of the world, and tries his best to keep the business rolling as usual.

Meanwhile, Asa and the butler, Binny, try to understand each others ' unfamiliar ways, as Asa tries to understand what the purpose of a shower might be, dousing himself while fully clothed.

Meanwhile, a mysterious woman in a blonde wig ( played by Brigitte Lin ) tries to survive in the drug underworld after a smuggling operation goes sour.

Meanwhile, in other mid-Atlantic states, such as New York and Pennsylvania, a " hybrid " model that tries to " balance " the two approaches is prevalent, with differing allocations of power between municipalities and counties exists.

In one of the more infamous " Meanwhile ..." strips, a nervous man on a date with Devi D. tries to conceal his explosive diarrhea.

Meanwhile, Preston tries in vain to uncover other couriers connected to the operation.

Meanwhile in the Real World, Smith, who had copied himself into Bane, tries to kill Trinity and Neo, he burns Neo's eyes making him blind, but is then killed by Neo.

Meanwhile, Shane has to deal with the guilt of what they just did, while Assistant Chief of Police Ben Gilroy tries to cover Mackey's tracks.

Meanwhile, K-9 tries to connect with the human holiday in his own way, teaching himself to sing " We Wish You a Merry Christmas ".

Meanwhile, Damodar tries interrogating Marina, but when she refuses to talk, Damodar uses the tentacles of the monster in his head to gain the knowledge he seeks.

Meanwhile Pixie tries to escape and uses her pixie dust to make the soldiers hallucinate.

Meanwhile Susan's father's friend Rabbi Koslov, comes to her and tries to convince her to sit shiva for her father, which includes going over her head to Sinclair.

Meanwhile, the military tries to fight Godzilla by electrocuting him with " artificial lighting " but failed.

Meanwhile, Tumak's brother Sakana ( Percy Herbert ) tries to kill their father to take power.

Meanwhile, Aman tries to play matchmaker for Naina and her friend, Rohit Patel.

Meanwhile Wolverine defeats Shaw and enters the mansion to find Daken standing over an unconscious Xavier preparing to kill him.

" Meanwhile, Harold's mother determines, much against Harold's wishes, to find him a wife to settle down with.

Meanwhile Nine had still failed to find a successful new soap opera.

Meanwhile, Jones and Johnson immediately started to shuffle the team's depth chart to find players talented enough to build a winning team.

Meanwhile, the network had found out it was difficult to find advertisers, considering the subject matter, and Meyer was told he could edit the film for a one-night version.

Meanwhile Imogen, feeling ill, takes the " poison ," and when the men enter they find her " dead.

Meanwhile, visitors at both Ramsey Park and the Thicket will find parking and extensive trails, as well as maps, information and public restrooms.

Meanwhile, Ford Prefect has returned to the offices of the Hitchhikers ' Guide, and is annoyed to find out the original publishing company, Megadodo Publications, has been taken over by InfiniDim Enterprises.

Meanwhile, the Spanish had different reasons for wanting to find the colony.

Meanwhile, Lennie is frantically trying to find him, as their mother is due home soon.

Meanwhile, Mr. Rooney goes off-campus to try to find Ferris, first at a local hangout, then at Ferris's home.

Meanwhile the elder Montejo was frequently besieged in his fort in Campeche, and many of his soldiers were tired of a long fight with little to show for it, and stated that they wished to find easier conquests elsewhere.

Meanwhile, the two Russian cavalry commanders tried to break what French infantry they could find in the vicinity, but, having no infantry of their own, the poorly coordinated Russian attacks came to nothing.

Meanwhile, Tibbs overhears Cruella ordering the Baduns to kill and render the puppies that night out of fear the police will soon find them.

Meanwhile, the senior wizards ( made up of Archancellor Mustrum Ridcully, the Dean, the Bursar, The Chair of Indefinite Studies, the Lecturer in Recent Runes, the Senior Wrangler, and Ponder Stibbons ) of Unseen University are trying to find a cure for the Librarian's magical malady, which causes him to transform into a native object, such as a book when near a library, whenever he sneezes.

Meanwhile, Creosote has joined Rincewind, Conina and Nijel in their attempts to find a way to Ankh Morpork to face the Sourcerer.

Meanwhile, Tails finds another emerald and uses it to prepare the Tornado II plane to find Sonic.

Meanwhile, the famous mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss was entrusted from 1821 to 1825 with the triangulation of the kingdom of Hanover, for which he developed the method of least squares to find the best fit solution for problems of large systems of simultaneous equations given more real-world measurements than unknowns.

Meanwhile, Telly and Oscar inform the Sesame Street residents of Elmo's absence and go to Grouchland to find him, with help from Oscar.

Meanwhile, Marius, although he does not know Cosette's name, persuades a reluctant Éponine to help him find her (" Éponine's Errand ").

Meanwhile, Jerry and Denise are lowered into the underground chamber, where a number of feral figures pull Jerry away and leave Denise to find her way through the underground lair.

Meanwhile, 21st Circuitry Records ceased operations, leading the three to find a new home in America with Metropolis Records ( Metropolis had bought the rights to the 21st Circuitry back catalogue ).

Meanwhile, Zhang Liang left the tent to find Fan Kuai to save Liu Bang.

Meanwhile, Penny uses her computer book to find out how the elves are being mind controlled.

Meanwhile, Ollie and Stannie find evidence implicating Barnaby in the pignaping, including the fact that the alleged sausage links presented as evidence at Tom-Tom's trial are made of beef.