Meanwhile, the growing confederations of Franks and Alemanni broke through the frontier fortifications and settled along the Rhine frontier, invading Gaul, Hispania and Italy as far as North Africa, while Saxon pirates ravaged the Western Europen coasts.

Meanwhile, the State of North Carolina secedes from the Union.

Meanwhile, Marsh's rival Edward Drinker Cope also had unearthed several specimens of the large North American pterosaur.

Meanwhile, the surviving Eastern Roman Empire began to expand under the emperor Justinian, who eventually recaptured North Africa from the Vandals, and attempted to fully recover Italy as well in the hope of re-establishing Roman control over the lands once ruled by the Western Roman Empire.

Meanwhile the British Eighth Army, commanded by General Sir Bernard Law Montgomery, simultaneously pushed them westward, effectively squeezing the Germans and Italians into a smaller and smaller portion of Tunisia and out of North Africa altogether by mid-May.

Meanwhile ski area founder Joe Zoline worked hard to put Telluride on the map, developing one of the best mountains in North America for expert skiers and creating infrastructure for tourism which respected Telluride's need to stay small and beautiful.

Meanwhile, in the North, aristocrat Li Yuan ( 李淵 ) held an uprising after which he ended up ascending the throne to become Emperor Gaozu of Tang.

Meanwhile, North China was ruled by the Sixteen Kingdoms, many of which were founded by the Wu Hu.

Meanwhile the English navy tried to gain control over the North Sea also and in the two-day Battle of the Gabbard in June drove the Dutch back to their home ports, starting a blockade of the Dutch coast, which led to an immediate collapse of the Dutch economy and even starvation.

Meanwhile, at the North Pole, Charlie helps Scott and the head elves perfect a new sleigh and communication devices.

Meanwhile, the " Big John " campaign ran in the North of England from 1981, and centred around a re-writing of the Big Bad John country music staple.

Meanwhile the exposed chalk cliffs are gradually being worn down by the sea, particularly at the North Foreland.

Meanwhile, the Communist Chinese established the three-man fireteam concept as the three-man cell when they organized a regular army, and its organization seemed to have been disseminated throughout all of Asia's communist forces, perhaps the most famous of which are the PAVN / NVA ( People's Army of Vietnam / North Vietnamese Army ) and the Viet Cong.

Meanwhile, the North became the Chosŏn Minjujuŭi Inmin Konghwaguk (, ) literally the " Joseon Democratic People's Republic ", known in English as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

Meanwhile, the South Ossetian secessionist authorities demand independence or unification with North Ossetia under the Russian Federation while the international community refuses to recognize South Ossetia as an independent country and considers the area part of Georgia.

Meanwhile, it has launched broadcasts to Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, and the North Caucasus.

Meanwhile, the Prussians had created a 4th Army, and marched it to the southern flank of Sedan, while the 3rd Army dug in North of Sedan.

Meanwhile the French sent a detachment to the North to capture Emden on 3 July, which was an important access point for Britain to Europe.

Meanwhile the right column, under Colonel Skyuderi, was to advance across the Chernaya via the Tractir Bridge before moving south through the Fedioukine Heights and across the North Valley to attack No. 3 redoubt.

Meanwhile, news of British victories against Italian forces in North Africa dulled support for Gaylani's government, and, on 31 January 1941, under pressure from Regent Abdul-Illah, he resigned his post as Prime Minister.

Meanwhile, Twelfth Night ( now with Devoil, Sears, Keyworth, Baker and newcomer Andy Faulkner ) have been confirmed for their first-ever performance in North America.

Meanwhile, the Chief Minister of the then North and East Provincial Council, Vartharaja Perumal put forward a 19 point demand to resolve the ethnic crisis.

Meanwhile, the Māori in the far North, around the Bay of Islands, who had been the first to sign the Treaty of Waitangi, were feeling increasingly sidelined and resentful of the changes that had taken place in New Zealand.

Meanwhile, despite official adoption of the new system in South Korea, many in the Korean Studies community – both in and out of South Korea – and international geographic and cartographic conventions generally continue to use either the McCune – Reischauer or Yale system, and North Korea uses a version of McCune – Reischauer.

Meanwhile, the British MI6 and the American CIA commenced an operation to ensure that Doctor Zhivago was correctly submitted to the Nobel Committee, which requires that nominations for the Nobel Prize for Literature must be submitted in their original language.

Meanwhile Baltimore Clippers still continued to be built, and were built specifically for the China opium trade running opium between India and China, a trade that only became unprofitable for American shipowners in 1849.

Meanwhile, the American submarine Seahawk gets caught in an iceberg.

Meanwhile, Masorti synagogues in Europe and Israel, which have historically been somewhat more traditional than the American movement, continue to maintain a complete ban on homosexual conduct, clergy, and unions.

Meanwhile in the downtown scene in New York's East Village 10th Street galleries, artists were formulating an American version of pop art.

Meanwhile, the Pixies signed an American distribution deal with major record label Elektra.

Meanwhile, the government took in vast sums of American aid, in amounts sometimes near the total size of the national budget.

Meanwhile, the median income of the average American age 25 + was roughly $ 32, 000 ($ 39, 000 if only counting those employed full-time between the ages of 25 to 64 ) in 2005.

Meanwhile, the 1993 title Mortal Kombat II captivated American audiences, and was considered the best Mortal Kombat game in retrospect during a 2008 review.

Meanwhile, Laurents had written a new draft of the book changing the characters ' backgrounds: Anton, once an Irish American, was now of Polish and Irish descent, and the formerly Jewish Maria had become a Puerto Rican.

Meanwhile, western Europe was influenced by the American Marshall Plan and made a quick economic recovery, becoming major allies of the United States under capitalist economies and relatively democratic governments.

Meanwhile, the American mathematician, Emil L. Post ( 1921 ), also introduced the formulation of additional truth degrees with n ≥ 2, where n are the truth values.

Meanwhile, the relationship between non-human primates in the subsistence and symbolism of indigenous lowland South American peoples has gained increased attention, as has ethno-biology and community-based conservation efforts.

Meanwhile, the American Eisenhower administration was outraged at the tripartite aggression, the British and French abandonment of international diplomacy, and its timing during the crisis in Hungary.

Meanwhile, Johnson escalated American involvement in the Vietnam War, from 16, 000 American advisors / soldiers in 1963 to 550, 000 combat troops in early 1968, as American casualties soared and the peace process bogged down.

Meanwhile, the American Revolutionary War continued.

Meanwhile the Tin Pan Alley and Broadway songwriters popularized the " Great American Songbook ".

Meanwhile, the French state remains ambivalent over the integration into " French " culture of cultural traditions from recent immigrant groups and from foreign cultures, particularly American culture ( movies, music, fashion, fast food, language, etc .).

Meanwhile, American general Stephen Van Rensselaer III, a Federalist political appointee, in command of a sizable army near Lewiston, came under presidential pressure to invade.

Meanwhile, the native American peoples of the region were being pushed onto each other's land through American expansionism.