Permanent settlement started by 1882, mainly by workers in coconut plantations and fishermen but, due to an extreme drought which killed off tens of thousands of Coconut Palms --- about 75 % of Christmas Island's population of this plant --- the island was once again abandoned between 1905 and 1912.

Permanent, non-military European settlement began during the American Revolution.

A direct result of these meetings was the establishment of the world's first organisation for the settlement of international disputes: the Permanent Court of Arbitration ( PCA ).

Permanent settlement began with the construction of an ostrog ( fortress ) in 1636 at the junction of the Oka and Angara rivers.

Belgium has resorted several times to international dispute settlement, notably in cases at both the International Court of Justice and the Permanent Court of Arbitration with the Netherlands concerning the diversion of water from the Meuse ( 1937 ) the frontier at the enclave of Baarle-Hertog ( 1959 ) and the revitalisation of the so called Iron Rhine railroad ( 2005 ).

Permanent year-round urban settlement may have been prompted by intensive agricultural practices.

Permanent settlement on the island was impossible due to annual flooding.

Permanent settlement began in the early 1860s, after gold discoveries in the Boise Basin brought people over the established stage and pack train routes.

Permanent settlement would be delayed by the French and Indian Wars, which ended with the 1763 Treaty of Paris.

Permanent settlement began around 1820 along Patterson Creek which flowed into the Susquehanna and was attractive as a water supply and water power source for sawmills.

Permanent European-American settlement did not take place until after the American Revolution, about 1801, after most of the Iroquois had been forced to cede their lands to New York and had emigrated to Upper Canada.

Permanent European settlement of Greene County began in 1772.

Permanent settlement occurred when Juan de Esquevil This is in part a result of abandonment of plans begun in the early 1960s to develop the town as a cruise ship port and destination.

Permanent English settlement east of the Indian village began.

Permanent settlement had begun in 1838.

Permanent settlement followed in 1532, and for the next 300 years the Portuguese slowly expanded westwards until they had reached nearly all of the borders of modern Brazil.

Permanent English settlement began after land grants were issued in 1622 to John Mason and Sir Ferdinando Gorges for the territory between the Merrimack and Sagadahoc ( Kennebec ) rivers, roughly encompassing present-day New Hampshire and western Maine.

Permanent white settlement of the northern Alleghenies was facilitated by the explorations and stories of such noted Marylanders as the Indian fighter and trader Thomas Cresap ( 1702 – 90 ) and the backwoodsman and hunter Meshach Browning ( 1781 – 1859 ).

Permanent settlement began in 1836 when squatters arrived in the area known as Whale Head.

Permanent settlement on Lord Howe was established in June 1834 when the British whaling barque Caroline, sailing from New Zealand and commanded by Captain John Blinkenthorpe, landed at what is now known as Blinky Beach.

Permanent European settlement began with the building by a retired sea-captain, Robert W. Graham, of a log hut, Merrimu, hand-cut from the forest, using horizontal-slab wall construction, an adobe floor, weatherboards and a sapling / shingle roof.

Permanent settlement in the Kauhajoki area began in the 16th century and in 1584 chapel was built in Kauhajoki.

Permanent settlement came from French fishermen who overwintered on this, the " French shore ", using rights given under the 1713 Treaty of Utrecht which saw France cede its claims in Newfoundland to Great Britain in exchange for right of use of coastal lands for the fishery.

Permanent French settlement however was hampered by their hostilities with the Iroquois five leagues ( based in New York State ), who were allied with the British and by the early 1650s, using both British and Dutch arms had succeeded in pushing other related Iroquoian speaking peoples, the Petun and Neutral Nation out of or to the fringes of territorial southern Ontario.

Because of its strategic value, the case of the nitrogen factory Oberschlesische Stickstoffwerke was argued for years before the Permanent Court of International Justice, finally setting some new legal precedences on what is " just " in international relations.

He testified on March 26, 1953 before the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations about his own activities, but refused to cooperate with the committee and was blacklisted.

In a satire on cold corporate culture, elderly office clerks rebel against their emotionlessly efficient, yuppie corporate masters at ' The Permanent Assurance Company ', commandeer their building, and turn it into a pirate ship, raiding financial districts in numerous big cities, before falling off the edge of the world.

* Statement of Richard Allen before the Subcommittee on Terrorism and Homeland Security of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, October 11, 2001.

Lawful Permanent Residents may submit their applications for naturalization as early as 90 days before meeting the residency requirement.

In October 1963, Valachi had testified before Arkansas Senator John L. McClellan's Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the U. S. Senate Committee on Government Operations that the Mafia did exist.

In April 1953, Lumpkin testified before the Permanent Subcommittee of Investigations of the Senate Committee on Government Operations.

He was later appointed as Fiji's Roving Ambassador and High Commissioner to the member states of the South Pacific Forum, before taking up a post as Permanent Secretary for Foreign Affairs and External Trade in 1999.

Turnbull served as Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister ( 1988-1992 ) and Permanent Secretary to the Treasury ( 1998-2002 ), the latter traditionally the second-highest-ranking Civil Service post, before succeeding to the highest-ranking post.

British Permanent Fighting Instructions were so inflexible in regards to the use of the line that a British fleet had never won a single tactical victory against a fleet of comparable strength in the century before the Battle of the Saintes in 1782 when Admiral George Rodney disobeyed the Instructions to win decisively.

Having heard the statement of the Permanent Representative of Jordan and other statements made before the Council,

In a scenario, the new rules would apply like this: A child is born in Brazil in 2005 ( before the new rules came in effect ) to a Canadian citizen father, who himself is a born abroad citizen by descent, and a Brazilian mother who is only a Permanent Resident of Canada.

Thomas Henry Burke ( 29 May 1829 – 6 May 1882 ) was Permanent Under Secretary at the Irish Office for many years before being killed during the Phoenix Park Murders on Saturday 6 May 1882.

In November 1923 France moved its customs office to Gex, and the matter was brought before the Permanent Court of International Justice ( predecessor of the International Court of Justice ), which decided in favour of Switzerland.

Charlie Whiting ( born 1952 ) is FIA Formula One Race Director, Safety Delegate, Permanent Starter and head of the F1 Technical Department, in which capacities he generally manages the logistics of each F1 Grand Prix, inspects cars in Parc fermé before a race, enforces FIA rules, and controls the lights which start each race.

* Lieutenant-General Gary Coward, CB, OBE, beginning his career in the Royal Artillery before transferring to the Army Air Corps, Coward is the current Quarter-Master General of the British Armed Forces, formerly Chief of Staff of the Permanent Joint Headquarters and before that General Officer Commanding United Kingdom Joint Helicopter Command.

Rejecting the cancellation, the British government espoused the claim on behalf of APOC and brought the dispute before the Permanent Court of International Justice at the Hague, asserting that it regarded itself " as entitled to take all such measures as the situation may demand for the Company's protection.

A crucial function of the Permanent Council is to prepare the Joint Statements or Pastoral Letters of the Hierarchy on subject matters decided on by the Plenary Assembly, and see to it that copies are sent to the members for comment and / or approval before they are officially released.

The Joint Inquiry into Intelligence Community Activities before and after the Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001 or ' JIICATAS911 " is the official name of the inquiry conducted by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence into the activities of the U. S. Intelligence Community in connection with the September 11, 2001 attacks beginning in February 2002, with the final report released in December 2002.

When the American mafioso Joseph Valachi testified before the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the U. S. Senate Committee on Government Operations in 1963 ( known as the Valachi hearings ), he revealed that American mafiosi referred to their organization by the term cosa nostra (" our thing " or " this thing of ours ").

Born in Castries, Odlum studied at Bristol University and Oxford University in the United Kingdom before returning to Saint Lucia as Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Trade.

Zak Starkey was added on drums for a time, and various keyboardists, bassists, and guitarists passed through before the band released their final album Permanent Damage ( 1990 ), recorded for Epic / Sony.

He was Ethiopian Ambassador to Britain, and later Permanent Representative to the United Nations, and was one of the people under consideration for the post of UN Secretary General in 1972, before Kurt Waldheim was appointed.