Meanwhile the Iraqi government shifted much commerce to Umm Qasr away from Basra in order to punish the Basrawis economically for their support of the post-war rebellions against the rule of Saddam Hussein.

Meanwhile, the post-war housing boom and the rise of suburbia allowed whites to migrate into the suburbs.

Meanwhile, Germany, Austria, France and other Western European nations experienced increased economic growth in the Wirtschaftswunder (" economic miracle ") Trente Glorieuses (" thirty glorious years ") and the post-war boom.

Meanwhile, the 15th and 21st Panzer Divisions advanced east above and below the escarpment.

" Meanwhile, in Aleppo, the emir of the city Zangi raided Saladin's cities to the north and east, such as Balis, Manbij, Saruj, Buza ' a, al-Karzain.

Meanwhile, the old Meroitic kingdom contracted because of the expansion of the powerful Ethiopic Kingdom of Aksum to the east.

Meanwhile Austrian Silesia, the small portion of Silesia retained by Austria after the Silesian Wars, was mostly awarded to the new Czechoslovakia ( becoming known as Czech Silesia ), although most of Cieszyn and territory to the east of it went to Poland ( see Zaolzie ).

Meanwhile, Miles of Gloucester marched east, attacking Stephen's rearguard forces at Wallingford and threatening an advance on London.

Meanwhile, the British had permanent outposts in the same areas and on the Gulf of Guinea east of Côte d ' Ivoire.

Meanwhile, others near Tobermory say that the wreck on Russell Island, 150 miles further east in Georgian Bay is that of the Griffin.

Meanwhile, Magnus ' uncle Harald Hardrada had returned to Norway from the east and contested his rule there, while Sweyn was still a threat in Denmark ; Harald allied himself with Sweyn.

Meanwhile Sauron was not idle in the east: he created a strong alliance between the various tribes of Easterlings, so that when he returned he was more powerful and had many Men in his service.

Meanwhile, the former alignment of pre-1927 Route 9 east became Route 27-28 Link, as it provided a connection between Route 27 and Route 28.

Meanwhile, to the east the modern town slowly continued to grow.

Meanwhile, Miles of Gloucester marched east, attacking Stephen's rearguard forces at Wallingford and threatening an advance on London.

Meanwhile, Geoffrey of Anjou invaded Normandy again and, in the absence of Waleran of Beaumont, who was still fighting in England, Geoffrey took all the duchy south of the River Seine and east of the Risle.

Meanwhile, Route 45 continues north along the border between Deptford Township to the east and Woodbury to the west, with a Conrail Shared Assets Operations railroad line closely paralleling the route on its east side.

Meanwhile, Kienmayer followed the Isen River valley from Dorfen west to Lengdorf, then south to Isen, before approaching the Hohenlinden plain from the east.

Meanwhile to the west the central plain of Thailand is drained by the Mae Klong and the east by the Bang Pakong Rivers which are not part of the Chao Praya system.

Meanwhile, the parts of it extending on the east of the Misty Mountains were wiped out by the ancestors of the Rohirrim.

Meanwhile, Napoleon was operating under flawed assumptions: he believed the Austrians were moving to the east or southeast and that Ulm was lightly guarded.

Meanwhile, Patton had decided that his communications could support two divisions pushing east, 45th Division on the coast road and 1st Division on Route 120.

Meanwhile, the expressway continues east to Olean, where it meets NY 417 ( a previous alignment of NY 17 ) at exit 24 west of town and NY 16 ( exit 27 ) north of the area.

Meanwhile, Petliura's Ukrainian forces, which now numbered 23, 000 soldiers and controlled territories immediately to the east of Poland, planned an offensive in Ukraine for 11th of November but were attacked by the Bolsheviks on 10 November.

Meanwhile Davout's corps continued to hold out in its siege of Hamburg, where it became the last Imperial force east of the Rhine.

Meanwhile, Russian and Cossack forces had occupied the east of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth as far as Lublin, with only Lwow ( Lviv, Lemberg ) remaining under Polish-Lithuanian control.

Meanwhile, even with severe restrictions on Asian immigration, tensions between unskilled workers and wealthy landowners persisted up to and through the Great Depression.

Meanwhile, many similar Asian and even African bamboos were placed in this genus under a very broad concept for the group.

Meanwhile, The infamous Asian financial crisis set forth in 1997, while the election was taking place.

Meanwhile, Central Asian cuisine is one of the most prominent cuisines of Asia, with cuisines from Pakistan, India, China and Azerbaijan especially showing significant influence from the foods of Central Asia.

Meanwhile, the soap opera became an international hit across South America and in Israel, where ratings for the show were so high that Piccolo and some of her fellow " Chiquititas " stars ( such as Camila Bordonaba and Agustina Cherri ) had to travel to the Asian country to meet with their fans.

Meanwhile the economies of particularly Spain, Scandinavia and former Eastern Bloc countries accelerate at rapid speed during the deacde.

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 low cost of each CRPU, after the economies of scale gained by producing hundreds or possibly thousands of them per year, would have still left the vehicle cheaper than its contemporaries.

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.