Much of the Alpine culture is unchanged since the medieval period when skills that guaranteed survival in the mountain valleys and in the highest villages became mainstays, leading to strong traditions of carpentry, woodcarving, baking and pastry-making, and cheesemaking.

In 2006, Chile became the country with the highest nominal GDP per capita in Latin America.

Approximately 35 % of echinoderm genera became extinct at the K – T boundary, although taxa that thrived in low-latitude, shallow-water environments during late Cretaceous had the highest extinction rate.

For those priests over 80 who became cardinal-deacons and were not ordained to the episcopacy, this is the highest position they can normally attain in the Church hierarchy ( though all cardinals rank above bishops in rank and order of precedence, those cardinals who are not bishops do not have the right to perform the functions reserved solely to bishops, such as ordination ).

Stalin had managed to turn Lenin's hierarchical model on its head ; under Lenin the Party Congress and the Central Committee were the highest decision-making organs, under Stalin the Politburo, Secretariat and the Orgburo became the most important decision-making bodies.

He started in movies in 1937 and became one of Hollywood's highest paid writers at about $ 4000 per week while on assignment, as much as $ 80, 000 in one year.

The song " Boadicea ", also from this album, would later be sampled by The Fugees on their single " Ready or Not " ( 1996 ), causing a brief stir because the group neither sought permission from Enya nor gave her credit initially, and by Mario Winans, who did give her credit ( the Winans track, " I Don't Wanna Know " which features a rap by P. Diddy and is officially credited to all three artists, became Enya's highest charting single in the US, when it peaked at # 2 on the Hot 100 in 2004 ).

He was educated at the City of London School and at St John's College, Cambridge, where he took the highest honors in classics, mathematics and theology, and became a fellow of his college.

Following the resignation of Díaz from the presidency on the 25th May 1911 after the signing of the Treaty of Ciudad Juárez, Madero became the highest political leader of the country.

With the SA thus neutralised, the SS became an independent organisation from 20 July 1934, responsible only to Hitler, and Himmler's title of Reichsführer-SS became the highest formal SS rank.

In October 1999, Cronje became South Africa's highest Test run scorer during the first Test against Zimbabwe.

Corruption particularly gained momentum in the 1990s, reaching to the highest levels of the political hierarchy as Suharto became the most corrupt leader according to Transparency International's corrupt leaders list.

However, after a famine in 1832, the Sikhs reduced the land tax to half the produce of the land and also began to offer interest-free loans to farmers ; Kashmir became the second highest revenue earner for the Sikh empire.

The air war on the Western Front received the most attention in the annals of military aviation, since it produced aces such as Manfred von Richthofen, popularly known as the Red Baron, Ernst Udet, Hermann Göring, Oswald Boelcke, Werner Voss, and Max Immelmann ( the first airman to win the Pour le Mérite, Imperial Germany's highest decoration for gallantry, as a result of which the decoration became popularly known as the Blue Max ).

The regions became the highest subdivision level when the provinces were dissolved in accordance with the results of the 2007 referendum.

The film became a super-hit and went on to become the second highest grossing film of the year.

The movie became the year's third highest grossing film but Dixit did not get much acting.

Khalnayak became the year's second highest grossing film.

It became the highest grossing Bollywood film in Hindi cinema history after its theatrical run and held the record for 7 years till the release of Gadar: Ek Prem Katha ( 2001 ).

In the Millenium Edition of the " Guinness Book of World Records ", Hum Aapke Hain Kaun became the Bollywood's highest grossing film.

The film became the fourth highest grosser of the year.

The movie became the second highest grosser of the year.

Aoraki, the tallest, became the highest peak, and his brothers created the Kā Tiritiri o te Moana, the Southern Alps.

The film was a huge commercial success in Japan, where it became the highest grossing film of all time, until the later success of Titanic, and it ultimately won Best Picture at the Japanese Academy Awards.

In the 1980s, concept albums also became popular among rock bands like Kiss, with their album, 1981's Music from " The Elder ", which went on to become the group's poorest selling and charting album in their history, primarily because of its radical departure in musical style compared to Kiss's previous offerings.

The David Allan Coe-penned " Single Father ", became his second charting country song, although like the other singles it was minor hit at # 50.

" It became their biggest hit, charting at No. 2 in the UK Singles Chart.

It became a hit, charting at No. 7 in July 1982.

In December 1966 they issued " Georgy Girl ", which became their highest charting US hit when it reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 1 on the Cashbox Top 100 in February 1967.

A new song from the album, " Eardrum Buzz ", became the band's biggest charting single.

Despite the concerns about the album's uncommercial sound, Pornography became the band's first UK Top 10 album, charting at number eight.

It became their highest charting album in the UK to date, entering at number three and featuring three Top 30 singles in the UK and Germany (" Lullaby ", " Lovesong " and " Pictures of You ").

Tyranny ( For You ), released in 1991, became the band's highest charting album, reaching # 95 on the Billboard 200.

When Hamilton, a centrally located port founded in 1790, became the seat of government in 1815, it was partly resultant from the Royal Navy having invested twelve years, following American independence, in charting Bermuda's reefs.

It debuted at number three on the Billboard 200 and became the highest charting, primarily-Spanish language album in the United States, since Dreaming of You by Selena.

The countdown also omitted acts such as Jimi Hendrix and Grateful Dead who, while technically charting with only one single, became too well known for their entire bodies of work to merit inclusion on the list.

Upon its February 1968 release, " Dance to the Music " became a widespread ground-breaking hit, and was the band's first charting single, reaching # 8 on the Billboard Hot 100.

It originally included only one single, " Cry Tough "; however, Look What the Cat Dragged In became a surprise success and subsequently spawned three charting hits: " Talk Dirty to Me ", " I Want Action ", and " I Won't Forget You ", The record became the biggest-selling-album in Enigma's history.

It was met with widespread critical acclaim and became the highest charting Sloan album in the US up to that point.

In February 1994, the band released stand-alone single " Stay Together ", which became their highest charting single at the time, reaching number three in the UK.

The album's first single " Ha " and later " Back That Azz Up ", both became very successful songs charting on the Billboard Hot 100 and the Hot R & B / Hip-Hop Songs chart.

The band became a relative success after Music for People, but the album's poor sales and lack of a second charting single led to tension between Elektra and Crosby.

Recorded in the band's hometown of Chicago, with early producer Matt Allison, the album was a conscious effort to return to its punk rock roots, and became the highest charting album of their career, debuting on the Billboard 200 at No. 11.

The 1984 single " It's My Life " was also re-released, and this time became the band's highest charting single in their native country, reaching number 13 on the UK Singles Chart.

Their version of " Three Is a Magic Number ", although never a charting single, became a fan favorite and featured in the films Never Been Kissed, Slackers, and You, Me and Dupree.

The rock and New Wave album became Midler's third lowest charting album in the U. S.

Y & T's sixth studio album, In Rock We Trust, released in 1984, became the band's highest charting and selling album, reaching No. 46 on the Billboard 200.