Meanwhile, in behind-the-scenes labour negotiations, Eugene Levy's Sid Dithers played the union president, barely able to see over the conference table as he detailed the progress of the strike-talks (" Fifteen minutes for lunsch?

Meanwhile, the Beti-Pahuin continued to supply a significant source of free labour.

Meanwhile, the Social Democrat leaders in exile, now mostly in Switzerland, had been the glum spectators of the collapse of international socialist solidarity.

Meanwhile southern Afghanistan was neither under the control of foreign-backed militias nor the government in Kabul, but was ruled by local leaders such as Gul Agha Sherzai and their militias.

Meanwhile, stock markets are more influenced by trust in corporate leaders, i. e. individual capital, by consumers, i. e. social capital or " brand capital " ( in some analyses ), and internal organizational efficiency, i. e. instructional capital and infrastructural capital.

Meanwhile the Italian Alpine Club was founded and its leaders, Felice Giordano and Quintino Sella, established plans to conquer the Matterhorn before any non-Italian could succeed.

Meanwhile the younger Hotham was taking an active part in the Civil War in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, but was soon at variance with other parliamentary leaders, especially with Lord Fairfax and his son Sir Thomas Fairfax, and complaints about his conduct and that of his troops were made by Oliver Cromwell and by Colonel John Hutchinson.

Meanwhile, Nelson and other exiled leaders continued to lobby the New Zealand Government and communicate their progress to the Mau.

Meanwhile, a secondary plotline involves the visit of several Human religious leaders to Babylon 5.

Meanwhile, two members of Telangana Advocates JAC filed criminal case against Chiranjeevi and 12 other leaders of his party for opposing separation of Telengana.

Meanwhile, the Persians defeated the leaders of the Ionian revolt at the Battle of Lade in 494 BC.

Meanwhile, in Manila, Pimentel ’ s lawyer, headed by opposition leaders former Senators Lorenzo Tañada and Soc Rodrigo, along with Abraham Sarmiento, Raul Gonzales and Joker Arroyo, claimed that the Comelec had acted without jurisdiction and contented that the electorate ’ s will should be respected.

Meanwhile, the Premier League leaders are defending champions Arsenal who are level on points with second-placed Chelsea – both have won all four games so far this season.

Meanwhile, General Mark Clark's Fifth Army in Salerno suffered severe setbacks ; and General Eisenhower and other Allied leaders began concentrating their attention on the imminent invasion of France, temporarily neglecting Italy.

Meanwhile, three Protestant leaders, Nicolaus Olai Bothniensis, Laurentius Paulinius and Ericus Jacobi Skinnerus, attempted to stop the Finnish Sigismund loyalists.

Meanwhile, left-wing Christian Democratic leaders like Radomiro Tomic were jailed or forced into exile.

Meanwhile, the leaders of several nearby towns threatened not to allow the circus to visit if Mary was included.

Meanwhile the national leadership of the American Federation of Labor ( AFL ) and international leaders of some of the Seattle locals recognized how inflammatory the general strike was proving in the eyes of the American public and Seattle ’ s middle class.

Meanwhile he had become in 1857 a contributor to the Daily Telegraph, and it was in this capacity that he did his most characteristic work, whether as a foreign correspondent in all parts of the world, or as a writer of " leaders " or special articles.

Meanwhile the pursuing forces had closed up and Major Johnston with Trooper Anlezark came again to parley, calling down the leaders Cunningham and Johnston from the hill.

Meanwhile, Qui-Gon and Adi Gallia try to convince the planet's leaders into giving up Lana, though this quickly turns into a rescue mission once Siri and Obi-Wan are captured and sent to the learning center.

Meanwhile, a peace and power-sharing agreement among the leadership of the Afghan political party leaders led to a tentative agreement to appoint Professor Burhanuddin Rabbani, who had spent the civil war in exile, as interim president.

Meanwhile, southern Afghanistan was under the control of local leaders not affiliated with the central government in Kabul.

Meanwhile he had been established ( 1822-1827 ) as Dozent in Berlin, where he came in contact with leaders of German thought and was somewhat spoiled by the attentions of society.

Meanwhile, in Transoxiana the Qara ' unas lost their status as de facto leaders of the Chagatai ulus ; they were replaced by Buyan Suldus, an easygoing and ineffective amir.

Meanwhile Brodir, hiding in the woods near Dublin, noticed Brian praying in his tent.

Meanwhile, the date for the rising was finally fixed for 23 May and FitzGerald awaited the day hiding in a house in Thomas Street, Dublin.

Meanwhile Prime Minister H. H. Asquith arrives in Dublin for a week-long visit.

Meanwhile Michael Arne stayed in Dublin to produce Garrick's dramatic romance Cymon, for which he had written the music: in exchange for his father's kindnesses, Arne gave Michael daily lessons and regular encouragement.

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Meanwhile, in 1858, a secondary canal was built to aid in drainage in the low swampy area in " back of town " from Carrollton, with its head at what is now the intersection of Dublin and Palmetto streets, connecting to the Railway canal a short distance on the river side of the Metairie Ridge.

Meanwhile, the Muslim territories surrounding Jerusalem began to be united under Nur ad-Din and later Saladin.

Meanwhile, Spalding and his brother began a sporting goods store in Chicago.

Meanwhile, with the advent and popularity of the MP3, sales of CDs began dropping in the 2000s.

Meanwhile, a human spaceship that was sent out to space long ago when the planetary winter began crashes in some foreign planet and the local civilization buries all evidence of the accident.

Meanwhile, IBM began to worry that it was losing control of the industry it had created.

Meanwhile, the rest of Europe slowly began a process of political and economic integration, with its aim to unite Europe and prevent other wars.

Meanwhile the Christian kingdoms in the north began the long and slow recovery of the peninsula, a process called the Reconquista, which was concluded in 1492 with the fall of Granada.

Meanwhile, the PNH, at the president's direction, began a propaganda campaign stressing that only the continuance of Carías in office could give the nation continued peace and order.

Meanwhile, the Scottish leader Robert Bruce began retaking all the territory conquered by Edward I.

Meanwhile, Jews from Arab countries began moving into Palestine overland.

Meanwhile the Muslims for the first time began to organize, setting up the All India Muslim League in 1906.

Meanwhile, religious scholar Max Müller theorized that religion began in hedonism and folklorist Wilhelm Mannhardt suggested that religion began in " naturalism ", by which he meant mythological explanation of natural events.

Meanwhile, one of his legions began the conquest of the tribes in the far north ( directly opposite Britain ).

Meanwhile, the prince Gisulf I of Salerno began using the title Langobardorum gentis princeps around mid-century, but the ideal of a united Lombard principality was realised only in December 977, when Gisulf died and his domains were inherited by Pandulf Ironhead, who temporarily held almost all Italy south of Rome and brought the Lombards into alliance with the Holy Roman Empire.

Meanwhile, Kim began gradually consolidating his power.

Meanwhile, manager Tony La Russa began his first season with the Cardinals in tandem with a new ownership group.

Meanwhile, Bravo began airing the reality television series Hey Paula, which followed Abdul through her day-to-day life.

Meanwhile, in order to compete with television and lure audiences away from their sets, producers of theatrical motion pictures began to use " widescreen " formats such as Cinemascope and Todd-AO in the early-to-mid 1950s, which enable more panoramic vistas and present other compositional opportunities.

Meanwhile, Italian troops began to pour into the sultanate in anticipation of this operation.

Meanwhile, Star Trek fans continued to grow in numbers, and began organizing conventions in the 1970s.

Meanwhile, in 1954, he began working with Tony Hancock in BBC radio's Hancock's Half Hour, playing a character with his own name ( but having the invented middle name Balmoral ), who was a petty criminal who would usually manage to con Hancock.

Meanwhile, the influence of European great powers started to decline, while the decolonisation of Asia and Africa began.

Meanwhile, Nazi-Soviet political rapprochement and economic cooperation gradually stalled, and both states began preparations for war.

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.