Strikes and worker demonstrations often occurred in response to political crises, economic restructuring mandated by international financial organizations, and the failure of the government — occasionally for months at a time — to pay civil servants.

Strikes could be called by any worker, or any group of workers and they were common in certain periods.

Strikes and demonstrations followed, and on May 14 the army seized power.

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After writing the second and third drafts of Empire Strikes Back in which the point was introduced, Lucas reviewed the new backstory he had created: Anakin Skywalker had been Obi-Wan Kenobi's brilliant student and had a child named Luke, but was swayed to the dark side by Emperor Palpatine ( who became a Sith and not simply a politician ).

Strikes became important during the Industrial Revolution, when mass labor became important in factories and mines.

During production of Dick Barton Strikes Back ( 1948 ), it became apparent that the company could save a considerable amount of money by shooting in country houses instead of professional studios.

Piersall is best known for his well-publicized battle with bipolar disorder that became the subject of the book and movie Fear Strikes Out.

He became the subject of a movie based on his writings, Fear Strikes Out, where he was portrayed by Anthony Perkins ( directed by Robert Mulligan, 1957 ).

In May 1980 the title became known as The Empire Strikes Back Weekly, and in November 1980 it transformed into a monthly publication.

Strikes occurred in all times of political upheaval or economic hardships, but they became increasingly common in the 1980s, when consecutive governments tried to salvage the slumping economy with a programme of austerity under the auspices of the International Monetary Fund.

Kurtz then became producer of Star Wars, released in 1977, and its sequel, The Empire Strikes Back released in 1980.

After his retirement in 1980, Luciano spent two seasons partnered with Merle Harmon as a color commentator on NBC's Game of the Week ; but he became best known as the author of five books — The Umpire Strikes Back, Strike Two, The Fall of the Roman Umpire, Remembrance of Swings Past and Baseball Lite — compilations of humorous anecdotes and reminiscences from his umpiring days.

Fett's small role in The Empire Strikes Back may actually have made the character seem more intriguing.

In 2001, Brett returned to the band and Bad Religion once again signed to Epitaph Records, releasing four more albums: The Process of Belief in 2002, The Empire Strikes First in 2004, New Maps of Hell in 2007, and The Dissent of Man in 2010.

Bad Religion has since released three more albums: The Empire Strikes First ( 2004 ), New Maps of Hell ( 2007 ) and The Dissent of Man ( 2010 ).

Strikes were more related to the under funding of the French universities since May 1968, than to the Bologna Process itself.

Strikes broke out in Petrograd in March 1921 when workers demonstrated for better food rations and more autonomy for their unions.

Strikes are much rarer on humans since they are more aware.

" Sales of Lucky Strikes increased by more than 300 % during the first year of the advertising campaign.

Strikes are the key focus of several sports and arts, including boxing, karate, muay thai, taekwondo and wing chun, some martial arts also use the fingertips, wrists, forearms, shoulders, back and hips to strike an opponent as well as the more conventional fists, palms, elbows, knees and feet that are common in combat sports.

Three Strikes Laws are statutes enacted by state governments in the United States which mandates state courts to impose life sentences on persons convicted of three or more serious criminal offenses.

In Florida, female offenders were rarely sentenced using Three Strikes policies – however, when the females were African American, they were more likely to be sentenced under habitual offender laws.

Julian Wyatt Glover ( born 27 March 1935 ) is an English actor best known for such roles as General Maximilian Veers in Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, the Bond villain Aristotle Kristatos in For Your Eyes Only, Walter Donovan in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Brian Harcourt-Smith in The Fourth Protocol, and more recently as Grand Maester Pycelle in Game of Thrones.

" The Seminex Empire Strikes Back ," warned the grim subtitle of one in a conservative synod group's newsletter, its authors claiming that a failure to " learn the lessons " of Seminex meant that the synod was " bound to reap the consequences of walking the path toward the ELCA ," which they alleged " continues to spiral downward " through more liberal social and theological stances.

Dennis Muren, the effects cameraman, stated, " We knew the dragon had a lot more importance to this film than some of the incidental things that appeared in only a few shots in Star Wars or The Empire Strikes Back.

The second disc Bonus Material Edit – Strikes Back, which is likely a contraction of the second made Star Wars film The Empire Strikes Back, focuses more on rhythm and long stretches of film-inspired " dance " music without the heavy inventiveness of the previous disc.

While still in Brownsville Station, Henry engineered and co-produced the " Strikes " album for Blackfoot, and then two more stateside, as well a live Blackfoot album with the Rolling Stone mobile in the UK.

Sanderson also pointed out that Miller's view of All Star Batman and Robin as prequels to his graphic novels Batman: The Dark Knight Returns and Batman: The Dark Knight Strikes Again suggests that the darker, grittier take on Batman and his more dysfunctional relationship with Robin make sense when taken in context, and that Batman's rough treatment of Dick Grayson reveals a lot about the inner workings of Batman's personality.

Following another line-up change, they would rejoin only once more in 1988 for backing vocals on Reg Strikes Back prior to Murray's death in January 1992.

In Europe, General Strikes were very common in the 19th and early 20th century.

Strikes in Asian martial arts and Western boxing have many of the same principles in common.

Based on a portion of the book, it reduced the tale to an ' Ecology Strikes Back ' scenario, common in science fiction movies at the time.

Strikes against war taxes were common, notably in the mountain areas.

Strikes by the UMW were restarted again in 1922 when workers refused a wage reduction insisted upon by companies.

It had articles on economic issues, workers movement, Strikes, and also had two proletarian poems.

In the same month in which Otto Braun's article appeared, another series of strikes swept through the country ( January Strikes ) with the participation of over 1 million workers.

Strikes and other labor disturbances began to break out in response to these conditions, but most were quickly suppressed with the aid of government troops.

In the 1980s the use of these " blow-ups " increased with large numbers of 70 mm prints being made of some blockbusters of the period such as the 125 70 mm prints made of The Empire Strikes Back ( 1980 ).

Lawson also portrays Antilles in Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back and Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi ; his own voice is used in both these films.

However, while these cigarette brands are marketed as premium brands outside of China, within China these cigarettes are made locally under license from local tobacco, and their quality usually falls to a mid-range ( with certain exceptions for cigarettes still made solely outside of China, like Lucky Strikes and Marlboro ).