Similarly, at the 13th convocation of the CGPM in 1968, the definitive second was redefined in terms of measurements taken from atomic clocks rather than from the earth's rotation ; in 2008 the solar day was 0. 002 s longer than in 1820 but it was only in the 1960s that this could be measured more accurately using clocks rather than relying on astronomy.

Similarly, another congressional act held 2007 payments at their 2006 levels, and HR 6331 held 2008 physician payments to their 2007 levels, and provided for a 1. 1 % increase in physician payments in 2009.

Similarly, 16: 9 widescreen broadcasts from Channel did not begin until early 2008 – many years after the rest of the network, the rest of which was largely widescreen capable by the launch of digital television in 1998.

Similarly, a state-owned short-line railroad in eastern Washington ran a test of a 25 % biodiesel / 75 % petrodiesel blend during the summer of 2008, purchasing fuel from a biodiesel producer sited along the railroad tracks.

" Similarly, the tennis author Peter Bodo wrote in May 2008, " Give him credit?

Similarly the more recent continuation Bond novels — the 2008 Sebastian Faulks novel Devil May Care and the 2011 novel Carte Blanche by Jeffery Deaver — both contained the character.

Similarly, in 2008, text messaging played a primary role in the implication of former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick in an SMS sex scandal.

: Similarly, near the end of 2008, work began on the implementation of new RC5-72 cores designed to run on ATI Stream enabled hardware.

Similarly, it is widely believed that he is the principal author of the most successful Election Manifesto brought out by Communist Party of Nepal ( Maoists ) in March 2008 in preparation of the Constituent Assembly Election held in April 2008.

Similarly, he won in 2008 with 63. 8 % of the vote, defeating Democrat Ed Chau.

* Similarly, in Quebec, it is argued that the success of the Bloc Québécois in elections from 1993 to 2008 was because of the federalist vote being split between the Liberals and the Conservatives.

Similarly, the Swedish historians Niklas Zetterling and Anders Frankson disputed the assertions of the Soviet General Staff Study of the Korsun Operation in their 2008 work, The Korsun Pocket.

Similarly it was the hope of the central banks of the United States and Europe in 2008 – 2009, with their foray into quantitative easing.

This second Kats franchise reclaimed the name, logo, and Nashville history of the earlier franchise as its own ( The original Kats franchise continued to operate as the Georgia Force until folding in 2008 ; Similarly, that franchise was reincarnated in 2011 when the existing AFL team Alabama Vipers relocated to the Atlanta area and assumed the Georgia Force identity ).

Similarly, starting in 2008, the Kansas City Royals began to play " Friends in Low Places " by celebrity supporter and one-time spring training invitee Garth Brooks during the middle of the 8th.

Similarly, in 2008, the team won the Detroit Regional, and earned a silver medal in the Great Lakes Regional.

Similarly, in each of the 2006-07, 2007 – 08, 2008 – 09 and 2009-10 Intel Science Talent Search, 3-6 Harker seniors were named national semifinalists, the largest number of semifinalists produced by any school west of the Mississippi those years.

Similarly, Plymouth State University declined promotion to D2 despite winning the 2008 D3 NSCRO National championship.

Similarly the mass-media ads aired in 2008 and 2011 were focused on claims that more jobs would be created by high-carbon " dirty oil " projects than by energy conservation which tends to result in more construction industry, renovation and smart home / smart grid jobs.

Similarly, in 2008 the groups placed 1st and 2nd and were duly noted for their outstanding work.

Similarly, four carriages were converted to MTH carriages and remained in use on the Stony Point line behind A class diesel locomotives until 26 April 2008, when Sprinter trains were introduced on the route.

Similarly, Abecedarium was published in October 2008, the other " first " Slovene book.

Similarly Māori traditional chants were put to Victorian music, or written to European tunes, European designs and metal tools adopted by carvers, altering their style and British fabrics and cloth, such as blanketing adopted to form new dress.

Similarly, the Māori word for land, whenua, can also mean " placenta ", metaphorically indicating the connection between the people and the land.

Similarly, Lavrenty Beria, the First Deputy Prime Minister of the USSR, pursued German reunification, but an internal ( Party ) coup d ’ étât deposed him from government in mid-1953, before he could act on the matter.

Similarly, John Turner replaced Pierre Trudeau as leader of the Liberal Party in 1984 and subsequently was appointed prime minister even though he did not hold a seat in the lower chamber of parliament ; Turner won a riding in the next election but the Liberal Party was swept from power.

Similarly, in the German Green Party, people willing to compromise are referred to as ( realists ), and opponents as ( fundamentalists or ideologues ).

Similarly, after the death of Stalin in 1953 and the ensuing power vacuum, Communist Party leader Nikita Khrushchev used his alliance with Dmitry Shepilov, Pravdas editor-in-chief, to gain the upper hand in his struggle with Prime Minister Georgy Malenkov.

Similarly, the upset 1960 by-election victory of Walter Pitman in Peterborough as a " New Party " candidate was seen as a significant boost for the movement to replace the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation with an unnamed " New Party " which would be integrated with the labour movement.

Similarly former members of the CPN joined the League of Communists in the Netherlands to found the New Communist Party in the same year.

Similarly, in the United States, the CPUSA sought a joint Socialist-Communist ticket with Norman Thomas's Socialist Party of America in the 1936 presidential election but the Socialists rejected this overture.

Similarly, affiliation to the Labour Party was opposed on the grounds that communists should not work with ' reformist ' Social Democratic parties.

Similarly, opposition ( and some support ) was expressed during Reconstruction, such as in 1867, the same year he filed papers incorporating the Johns Hopkins Institutions, when he attempted unsuccessfully to stop the convening of the Constitutional Convention where the Democratic Party came into power and where a new Constitution, the Constitution still in effect, was voted to replace the Constitution of the Radical Republicans previously in power.

Similarly, the Communist Party of Israel uses a dove over the hammer and sickle as its symbol.

Similarly, most Referendum Party candidates, activists and supporters were Eurosceptic, but some were pro-European.

Similarly, the avant-garde classical music scene has, since the 1970s, been associated with and promoted by the Italian Communist Party, a change that can be traced back to the 1968 student revolts and protests.

Similarly, after the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservatives merged in 2003, Senator John Lynch-Staunton was named interim leader of the new Conservative Party until the first leadership convention selected Stephen Harper.

Similarly, Thomas Kennedy served as interim leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario from 1948 to 1949, after George Drew resigned to contest the leadership of the federal Progressive Conservatives.

Similarly, Bob Runciman served as parliamentary leader of the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party following the 2007 election, in which party leader John Tory lost his seat in the legislature.

Similarly, in Ontario, the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party had the largest caucus but were relegated to official opposition not long after the 1985 election, as their minority government was defeated on a motion of non-confidence.

Similarly, Tusk proposed radical changes to the Senate, preferring to abolish the upper house altogether, yet due to constitutional concerns and demands from the junior coalition Polish People's Party partner, Tusk proposed reducing the Senate from 100 to 49, while including former presidents to sit in the Senate for political experience and expertise in state matters.

Similarly, the federal NDP directed its activities in Quebec exclusively on the federal political level, through its Quebec branch renamed the New Democratic Party of Canada ( Quebec Section ), which runs candidates only in federal elections and whose members became free to adhere to any provincial political party in Quebec.

) Similarly, Unite Against Fascism, the Anti-Nazi League, the Stop the War Coalition and Respect – The Unity Coalition are all criticised as being fronts for the Trotskyist Socialist Workers Party ( UK ).

Similarly, in the United States in periods where the Communist Party was highly stigmatized, it often operated largely through front groups.

Similarly, on December 8, 2005, Conservative Party leader, Stephen Harper, released a press statement expressing his support for an apology for the head tax.