Meanwhile, the remaining local population of Cappadocians were left in control of the towns and most of the land, paying tithes to their new overlords, who formed a military aristocracy and kept aloof in fortified farmsteads, surrounded by their bands.

Meanwhile, Konoe and the military pushed a National Mobilization Law through the Diet.

Meanwhile, in November 2001 the U. S. military and its allied forces established their first ground base in Afghanistan to the south west of Kandahar, known as FOB Rhino.

Meanwhile, during a joint military exercise, Japanese ships " accidentally " launch torpedoes at the U. S. Pacific Fleet, destroying two submarines and crippling two aircraft carriers.

Meanwhile, a French secret agent steals a letter addressed to a military officer in the German embassy.

" Meanwhile, King Saud gradually came to resent Nasser's popularity among the Saudi people and his references to Saudi oil as belonging to all the Arabs ; when Hussein requested military assistance from Saud, he complied, sending 4, 000 troops to Jordan as a protective measure.

Meanwhile, Henrietta is interested in marrying her brothers ' friend Surtees ( Ralph Forbes ), who has a promising career in the military.

Meanwhile the military attempts to enter Klaatu's ship, finding it impregnable.

Meanwhile, the mujahideen benefited from expanded foreign military support from the United States, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and other Muslim nations.

Meanwhile, the Ming court reluctantly decided on a military intervention into the Vietnamese civil war, but Mạc Đăng Dung offered ritual submission to the Ming Empire, which was accepted.

Meanwhile, he was studying diplomacy and riding, as preparations for a military career.

Meanwhile, Hamilton began publishing essays under the name of " Tully " in Philadelphia newspapers, denouncing mob violence in western Pennsylvania and advocating military action.

Meanwhile, the capturing Japanese Imperial military general headquarters in Zamboanga was flag raising from down to the Japanese flags for the Imperial Japanese military through up the capturing flag raising of the United States and Philippine war flags for the combined American and Philippine Commonwealth military force after the sieges.

Meanwhile, the Japanese military organized a new government in the Philippines known as the Second Philippine Republic, which was headed by president José P. Laurel.

Meanwhile the military situation for the Germans was deteriorating.

Meanwhile, pressure increased in Europe that the Templars should be merged with the other military orders, perhaps all placed under the authority of one king, and that individual should become the new King of Jerusalem when it was conquered.

Meanwhile, Sukarno saw the PKI as the best-organised and ideologically-solid party in Indonesia, and a useful conduit to gain more military and financial aid from Communist Bloc countries.

Meanwhile, Britain attempted to legalize a permanent military presence in Iraq even beyond the terms of the 1930 treaty, although it no longer had World War II to justify its continued presence there.

Meanwhile the tenochca Tlatoani Itzcoatl requested help from the Huexotzincans against the Tepanecs, Nezahualcoyotl visioned the opportunity to join a single military force in order to fight the mighty kingdom of Atzcapotzalco.

Meanwhile, the U. S. military locates the escape pod but finds it empty.

Meanwhile General Andrew Jackson ended the Indian military threat in the Southeast at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend in 1814 in Alabama.

Meanwhile, the countries of the Korean peninsula sent many presents to Japan, which helped lead to increased Japanese military support for Baekje.

" Meanwhile, the Soviets could neither stop bloody clashes between Soviet and Chinese troops along their common border nor bolster a Soviet economy declining, in part, because of heavy military expenditures.

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, Devray tries to find Beddle.

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, 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.