This prompted an announcement from the Academy president, Howard Estabrook, who said that under the circumstances " any voter ... may write on the ballot his or her personal choice for the winners ", thus allowing, for the only time in the Academy's history, the consideration of a candidate not officially nominated for an award.

Allegations of anti-competitive vaporware, as well as concerns within the software industry prompted David Dranove of Northwestern University and Neil Gandal of Tel Aviv University and University of California, Berkeley to conduct an empirical study designed to measure the effect of the DIVX announcement on the DVD market.

However, US intelligence photos in early 1993 led the International Atomic Energy Agency ( IAEA ) to demand special inspection of the North's nuclear facilities, which prompted Kim Il Sung's March 1993 announcement of North Korea's withdrawal from the NPT.

Her effort was not paying off: when her three-year contract at Paramount expired in mid-1931, she was given her release with an announcement from Paramount that the decision was prompted due to financial setbacks caused by the Great Depression.

The 5 March action was prompted by the further announcement by the Coal Board that five pits were to be subject to " accelerated closure " within just five weeks ; the other three were at Herrington in County Durham, Snowdown in Kent and Polmaise in Scotland.

The announcement prompted further defections among long-time Bible Students.

He gave the Canadian government six months from January 9, 2003 to remedy the situation, which prompted the controversial announcement on July 8 that Health Canada would begin distribution of marijuana grown under contract to Prairie Plant Systems in Flin Flon, Manitoba.

This announcement prompted former Finance Minister Ralph Goodale to say that Peterson is considering Canada's options, which could include litigation or trade sanctions.

Plans for Redcar Pier were drawn up in 1866, but they lay dormant until prompted by the announcement of plans in 1871 to build a pier at Coatham.

The immediate cause of the strike was the Railroad Labor Board's announcement that hourly wages would be cut by seven cents on July 1, which prompted a shop workers vote on whether or not to strike.

During the announcement of the second round qualifiers, there was an error in the wing counting, which prompted Pat Croce, to change the number of second round participants from 10 to 12.

The announcement prompted the headline " I'm not gay " in The Star.

At the end of the following over, a public address announcement that Arlott had completed his final commentary session prompted the crowd to give Arlott an ovation.

The announcement prompted Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin to announce that neither el-Maati nor Abderraouf Jdey had been in the country in " a while ".

On May 30, 2008, the tragedy of TACA Flight 390 prompted the announcement by then Honduran President Manuel Zelaya that all large aircraft operations would move to the Soto Cano Air Base.

This announcement prompted protests from stamp collectors, who were still unhappy about the high price of the Columbian Issue of 1893 ($ 16. 34, a princely sum at the time ), but Gary was unmoved, saying he decided on the issue " because I wanted to help the people of the West.

The 1983 announcement by the US of their SDI program prompted further political and financial support for the satellite interceptor program.

The announcement at end of the season that turbocharged cars would be banned from, and the introduction of the Jim Clark Cup and Colin Chapman Trophy championships for naturally aspirated cars for, prompted Cosworth to revive their elderly engine design.

This announcement, plus the police presence backing the decision, prompted Singer and photographer Margaret Morton to go to the Coalition for the Homeless for help.

It also prompted Edward Heath's announcement at the Conservative Perth Conference in 1968 that if he became Prime Minister he would establish a Scottish Assembly.

The immediate cause of the strike was the Railroad Labor Board's announcement that hourly wages would be cut by seven cents on July 1, which prompted a shop workers vote on whether or not to strike.

Despite its restructuring, the announcement about the club's debt prompted vociferous protests from Manchester United fans on the weekend of 23 January 2010, both at Old Trafford and at the club's Carrington training facility.

The Planning Board's search for an airport site had been prompted by an announcement from Washington, DC that Congress had appropriated funds for the building of a system of airports throughout the country.

Maruge attended Kapkenduiywo Primary School in Eldoret, Kenya ; he said that the government's announcement of universal and free elementary education in 2003 prompted him to enroll.

The projected union initially aroused great opposition: he did not consult with his father, who had been on vacation in Karlovy Vary and making arrangements to secure the hand of a German princess for his son, or his Prime Minister Dr. Vladan Đorđević, who was visiting the Paris Universal Exhibition at the time of the announcement.

This announcement provoked great outrage, and Sinatra was accused of being a Communist sympathizer.

( Door noise ) Hello June "; " Honest Ron-the others are a con "; an unfortunately named throat lozenge (" Suck Quilly's, suck Quilly's, they make your mouth feel great ") and a blindingly obvious patronising public service announcement (" Do not throw boiling water over a child ").

In 2004, following the great success of his acclaimed live performances of the Beach Boys Pet Sounds album, and with the support of his band's musical director Darian Sahanaja, Wilson made the surprise announcement that he was going to finish the mythical record using his current touring band.

In his announcement speech, he said " America's a great country, and now I have the opportunity to begin the process, the legal process of filing papers to run for President of the United States.

Huston recorded a public service announcement for PETA, urging her colleagues in Hollywood to refrain from using great apes in television, movies and advertisements.

Kevin D. Quitt, the current administrator of Castle Infinity at that time, made the following announcement: " I have ... with great reluctance and many tears, closed the Castle-almost certainly forever.

The announcement was met with a great deal of enthusiasm on the part of the population, with 250, 000 volunteers attempting to sign up in the first seven days ; by July this number increased to 1. 5 million.

On June 29, 2007, only a few weeks after the announcement of the verdict and the refusal of the Municipality to accept it, a great fire bursts at that specific region, while the fire service is scattered around other great fires all over Greece.

Photos of the event were released to news agencies worldwide, causing a great deal of indignation and moral outrage in the United States, and prompting the announcement of an upcoming " pacification " of the city.

In making the announcement, Labor Premier Anna Bligh described how Bryce had been an " inspiring leader " while serving as Governor, and acknowledged Bryce's willingness to spend a " great deal of time " in regional and remote areas, serving as a " Governor for all of Queensland ".

The first Managing Partner of Hyperion, Benjamin Hermans, in the period between announcement and release of AmigaOS 4, ignited a great deal of community controversy by repeatedly claiming that MorphOS, an AmigaOS-like competitor ( which had been released in complete form in 2003 ), was illegal, and had on several occasions threatened to take legal action against it either on the grounds that it was parasitic competition to AmigaOS 4, or even that it was actually based on stolen AmigaOS source code.

The area was thus the scene of great intrigues of the late Ottoman period such as the dethronement of Sultan Abdülaziz at Dolmabahçe Palace in a coup in 1876, the announcement of the founding of the Ottoman parliament in 1908, and the deposing of Sultan Abdul Hamid II at Yıldız Palace in 1909.

The announcement in 2004 that Aleksander was let go by the show came as a great shock to fans and to the industry.

Perhaps the most notable NBA point forwards are the 6 ' 9 " Larry Bird, who while playing as a small forward or power forward often ran the offense for the great Boston Celtics teams of the 1980s ; the 6 ' 9 " Earvin " Magic " Johnson, who orchestrated the Los Angeles Lakers ' offense in the 1980s as the team's point guard, moved to a point forward role upon returning heavier after his HIV announcement ; the 6 ' 8 " Scottie Pippen, who played with the Chicago Bulls, Portland Trail Blazers and Houston Rockets, and ran the offense.

In a great contrast of mood the preparation for the " Easter meal " ( Osterlamm ) is described (# 9 ) and the Passover meal itself, the Last Supper, foreshadowed by the announcement of betrayal.

In English law, a proclamation is a formal announcement (" royal proclamation "), made under the great seal, of some matter which the King in Council or Queen Regnant in Council desires to make known to his or her subjects: e. g., the declaration of war, or state of emergency, the statement of neutrality, the summoning or dissolution of Parliament, or the bringing into operation of the provisions of some statute the enforcement of which the legislature has left to the discretion of the king in the announcement.

And then on the Monday night, this great big announcement was going to be made that he was supposed to be engaged to Lana Cantrell.

As Taddesse Tamrat writes, " Amda-Seyon's reign lasted for only six months, and even the hagiographer betrays a sense of great relief at the announcement of his death.

The announcement implied Carnac was responsible for some scandal or disaster currently in the news, as " And now the great seer, soothsayer, sage and former financial adviser to the Greek government, Carnac the Magnificent.

This announcement was met with great dismay from the library science and semantic web communities, e. g. Tim Berners-Lee and Tim Spalding of LibraryThing.

The scene employed a large number of stage engineers and plumbers, among other things, that the following newspaper announcement appeared on the day of the premiere: “ whereas there is a great many Scenes and Machines to be mov ’ d in this Opera, which cannot be done if persons should stand upon the