Much of the company's retail sales expansion was through the acquisition of privately owned chains of filling stations in various countries, allowing Gulf outlets to sell product ( sometimes through ' matching ' arrangements ) from the oil that it was " lifting " in Canada, the Gulf of Mexico, Kuwait, and Venezuela.

Much of the Edison company's most creative work in the motion picture field from 1897 on involved the use of Kinetoscope-related patents in threatened or actual lawsuits for the purpose of financially pressuring or blocking commercial rivals.

Much of the company's employees disbanded, with a number of them joining together to found the game and hardware developer Brezzasoft.

Much of that success could be attributed to the effectiveness of the company's " control label " or private label program.

Since then, the Citytv signage at the front building was replaced with an eTalk logo ; the Citytv logos on the landmark mural behind the Virgin Mobile at Much store were replaced and overhauled with various logos of Bell Media's co-owned television channels, as well as the logo for CTV's entertainment news program eTalk shown one dish ; and the main Citytv signage on the building's east façade was replaced with a CTV logo and a private balcony, looking out from the company's boardroom.

As the company's clown, he presumably took the broadest comic role in every play ; he is identified with Peter in the quarto of Romeo and Juliet, and probably also originated Dogberry in Much Ado About Nothing and Bottom in A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Much of the company's financial difficulties can be traced to 2004, when three hurricanes ( Hurricane Charley, Hurricane Frances and Hurricane Jeanne ) ravaged East Polk County, Florida and left a trail of destruction at Cypress Gardens.

Much of the company's early history was attempts at expansion and feuding with its neighbours ; the London Brighton and South Coast Railway ( LBSCR ) in the west and the London, Chatham and Dover Railway ( LCDR ) to the north-east.

Much of this electronic revenue comes not from the soft nude imagery which made the magazine famous, but from hardcore pornography connected with the company's ownership of Spice Digital Networks, Club Jenna, and Adult. com

Much of the work was for new housing estates and Mitchell observed that the company could make more money as a developer than just as a contractor ; having tested this first with his own money, he initiated the company's first residential development, the Greenford Park Estate, in 1928.

Much of this growth was fueled by the company's area developer program, in which franchise rights were sold for an entire area to a developer, who then subfranchised those rights to individual operators.

Much of the company's route originally belonged to the Fort Worth and Rio Grande Railway, which began construction from Fort Worth in 1886 and reached Brownwood in 1891.

Joseph Papp, impassioned founder of the festival and director of `` Much Ado '', had a vibrant, colorful production under way.

Much of the agricultural workforce was uprooted from the countryside and moved into large urban centres of production, as the steam-based production factories could undercut the traditional cottage industries, because of economies of scale and the increased output per worker made possible by the new technologies.

Much later, after the film was released and his experiences during its production proved unhappy, Reynolds complained to Lemmon and described Avildsen as an " asshole ", whereby Lemmon replied, " I guess you could say that ".

Cotten made his film debut in the Welles-directed short Too Much Johnson, a comedy that was intended to complement an aborted 1938 Mercury stage production of William Gillette's 1890 play.

Much evidence from neuroimaging techniques has supported the theory that the right-hemisphere of stutterers interferes of left-hemisphere speech production.

Much of today's sienna production is still carried out in the Italian islands of Sardinia and Sicily, while other major deposits are found in the Appalachian Mountains, where it often goes hand-in-hand with the region's iron deposits.

Much like the post-Great Leap restructuring led by Liu Shaoqi, Deng streamlined the railway system, steel production, and other key areas of the economy.

Much of the copper for the production of bronze probably came from the copper mine on the Great Orme, where prehistoric mining on a very large scale dates largely from the middle Bronze Age.

" had composed a brilliant new score ( his most subtle yet ) to a scintillating libretto .... Iolanthe is the work in which Sullivan's operetta style takes a definite step forward, and metamorphosis of musical themes is its characteristic new feature .... By recurrence and metamorphosis of themes Sullivan made the score more fluid ...." Much of Sullivan's " fairy " music pays deliberate homage to the incidental music written by Felix Mendelssohn for a production of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Much of the garlic production in the United States is centered in Gilroy, California, which calls itself the " garlic capital of the world ".

Much of the attention on production of proinflammatory cytokines has focused on the IKK-beta / NF-kappa-B pathway, a protein network that enhances transcription of inflammatory markers and mediators that can cause insulin resistance.

Much as Julie Taymor would do in her 1999 filmic adaptation, Howell set Young Lucius as the centre of the production to prompt the question " What are we doing to the children?

Much of the labor formerly required in silk production was absorbed by the district's diversified manufacturing industry, which included precision instruments, machinery, textiles, food processing, and other light manufacturing.

Much of the essential equipment had already been moved to underground bunkers for protection, which let production resume quickly after hostilities ended.

Much of the production on the album was done on " days off " from performances in the UK, and most of the songwriting was done in the studio itself.

Much like Pittsburgh, Birmingham's major industries were iron and steel production, plus a major component of the railroading industry, where rails and railroad cars were both manufactured in Birmingham.

Much of the production was filmed in and around San Francisco during ten days of shooting.

At the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith in September 1951 she played Martina in Christopher Fry's Thor With Angels, followed in January 1952 by Hero in John Gielgud's triumphant production of Much Ado About Nothing at the Phoenix Theatre.

Much of this was established as plantations in the 19th century for hop-pole production ( hop-poles are used to support the hop plant while growing hops ) and is nowadays cut on a 12 to 18 year cycle for splitting and binding into cleft chestnut paling fence, or on a 20-to 35-year cycle for cleft post-and-rail fencing, or for sawing into small lengths to be finger-jointed for architectural use.

Much of the town's income has traditionally come from dairy production and processing ; Gustine is the home of a Golden Valley Cheese factory and formerly a Carnation processing plant.

Much of the tooling necessary for production of several designs, including the Aztec, Navajo, and Comanche, was also destroyed, and the Piper PA-31T Cheyenne program received a setback when the prototype was damaged just after the Federal Aviation Administration awarded it Type Certification.

Much of the land around town was still devoted to cattle production, and many residents commuted to jobs in the Dallas area.

Much of the album's production was being handled by famed Tupac Shakur's producer Johnny " J ".

Much as he abhorred slavery, Lincoln was always willing to concede to each `` slave state '' the right to decide independently whether to continue or end it.

Much of his earlier work was conceived in terms of a `` pseudo-anthropological '' myth reference, which is concerned with imaginary places and beings described in grandiloquent and travelogue-like language.

Much of the older experimental work on respiratory infections was accomplished by very artificial procedures.

Much which was in embryo in 1000 had become reasonably well developed by 800.

Much of the history of the Hittite Empire was concerned with warring with the rival empires of Egypt, Assyria and the Mitanni.

Much of the distinction between the differing factions was over the phrasing that Christ expressed in the New Testament to express submission to God the Father.

Much emphasis was given to quantitative data, seen as the key to unlocking all of social history.

Much of the city, including the oil refinery which was the world's largest refinery with capacity of 680, 000 barrels per day, was badly damaged or destroyed by the siege and by bombing.

Much of the AIX v2 kernel was written in the PL / I programming language, which proved troublesome during the migration to AIX v3.

Jensen's most controversial work, published in February 1969 in the Harvard Educational Review, was titled " How Much Can We Boost IQ and Scholastic Achievement?

Much later, he was reinstated by the British, ruling during 1839-1842.

Much that happened between Nora and Torvald happened to Laura and her husband, Victor, with the most important exception being the forged signature that was the basis of Nora's loan.

Much damage was done to the hillside during the filming.

Much of this demolition was initiated by municipal architecture programs to build new residential or business quarters and main roads.

Much of the shareware movement was started via user distribution of software through BBSes.

Much of Bulgaria ’ s communist-era industry was heavy industry, although biochemicals and computers were significant products beginning in the 1980s.

Much of the scholarship of the 1800s assumes that Galatia was a province to the north of the first missionary journey churches started through Paul and Barnabas ' ministry as described in Acts 13-14.

Much later, a new trial was ordered by Yugoslavia and the convictions were overturned.

Much suspense was built around the devastation that Hurricane Ivan had caused as the leader of Government business Mr. Mckeeva Bush decided to close the Islands to any and all reporters.

Much of the banking sector was nationalized.

Much of the jump in FDI in 2006 was also the result of acquisitions and mergers, but has done little to create new employment in Chile.

Much later, the region was settled by Liburnians and Illyrians, while the first Greek colonies were established on the Vis and Hvar islands.

Much of Spain was under Muslim rulers during the Middle Ages, and castration had a history going back to the ancient near east.

Much later, when his fame was attached to the Reformed churches, their whole body of doctrine came to be called " Calvinism ".