These events marked the first time under the new constitution that the federal government used strong military force to exert authority over the states and citizens.

Sensitive information was marked up to indicate that it should be protected and transported by trusted persons, guarded and stored in a secure environment or strong box.

After the postmonsoon comes the winter monsoon, a strong northeasterly flow marked by occasional, short rainfalls in the lowlands and plains and snowfalls in the high-altitude areas.

During Mora's tenure the Saints made the playoffs four times, with teams marked by strong defenses led by the " Dome Patrol " linebacking corps, but they were never able to win a playoff game.

Askin's time in office was marked by a significant increase in public works programs, strong opposition to an increase in Commonwealth powers, laissez-faire economic policies and wide-ranging reforms in laws and regulations such as the Law Reform Commission, the introduction of consumer laws, legal aid, breath-testing of drivers, the liberalisation of liquor laws and the restoration of Postal voting in NSW elections.

Askin's government was marked by strong opposition to an increase in Commonwealth powers, a tough stance on " law and order " issues, laissez-faire economic policies, and aggressive support for industrial and commercial development.

In contrast to its neighbors, civil tranquility and strong economic growth have marked this period.

Large and small distance scales, as well as strong and weak coupling strengths, are quantities that have always marked very distinct limits of behavior of a physical system in both classical field theory and quantum particle physics.

Between the strong reigns of his father Edward I and son Edward III, the reign of Edward II was considered by some to be disastrous for England, marked by alleged incompetence, political squabbling and military defeats.

Having already gained national recognition for his anti-Boer War campaigns, his leadership of the attacks on the Education Act gave him a strong parliamentary reputation and marked him as a likely future cabinet member.

In the United States, that social change marked the generation with a strong cultural cleavage, between the proponents of social change and the more conservative.

The Tuscarora War marked the beginning of an English-Cherokee relationship that, despite breaking down on occasion, remained strong for much of the 18th century.

The beginning and end of the rainy season is marked by strong thunderstorms.

Its strong relief is marked by deep submarine canyons and the continuation of the main rivers.

The royal chapel is a prime example of the phase of Gothic architectural style called " Rayonnant ", marked by its sense of weightlessness and strong vertical emphasis.

French culture today is marked both by great regional and socioeconomic differences and by strong unifying tendencies.

This marked the end of the Swedish colony in Delaware as an official entity, but it remained a semi-autonomous unit within the New Netherland colony and the cultural, social, and religious influence of the Swedish settlers remained strong.

It may be marked by strong wind, hail, thunder and / or lightning ( a thunderstorm ), heavy precipitation ( snowstorm, rainstorm ), heavy freezing rain ( ice storm ), strong winds ( tropical cyclone, windstorm ) or wind transporting some substance through the atmosphere ( as in a dust storm, blizzard, sandstorm, etc .).

Australia's historical links to Britain have contributed to the establishment of strong traditions in sports of British origin, such as cricket, the rugby codes and soccer, but in recent decades there has been a marked increase in interest and participation in American sports, particularly basketball.

His philosophy, which is in many respects identical with that of his pupil, Epictetus, is marked by its strong practical tendency.

His return to England was marked by his strong condemnation of the conflict.

The Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem is one of the most important buildings in all of Islamic architecture, marked by a strong Byzantine influence ( mosaic against a gold background, and a central plan that recalls that of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre ), but already bearing purely Islamic elements, such as the great epigraphic frieze.

Ceramic arts are marked by the strong influence of Chinese porcelain, often executed in blue and white.

It marked the victory of Prince Edward, who led the 8, 000 strong army of his father Henry III, over the 6, 000 men of de Montfort, and the beginning of the end of the rebellion.

In this respect, his approach to poetry-and-jazz is in marked contrast to Kenneth Rexroth's.

There was a marked contrast in the amount of information on bride and groom.

In marked contrast to earlier constructions and villages on top of the mesas, the cliff dwellings at Mesa Verde reflected a region-wide trend towards the aggregation of growing regional populations into close, highly defensible quarters during the 13th century.

In contrast with other continents, it is marked by the comparatively small area of either very high or very low ground, lands under occupying an unusually small part of the surface ; while not only are the highest elevations inferior to those of Asia or South America, but the area of land over is also quite insignificant, being represented almost entirely by individual peaks and mountain ranges.

This was in marked contrast to the four attempts at political union between 1606 and 1689, which all failed owing to a lack of political will in both kingdoms.

During the Financial crisis of 2007 – 2010, Bulgaria marked a decline in its economy of 5. 5 % in 2009, but quickly restored its positive growth to 0. 2 % in 2010, in contrast to other Balkan countries.

It also marked the beginning of the shift in Manço's sound characterized with the heavy use of synthesizers and drum machine in contrast with his older works consisting of a group oriented rock based sound.

This is in marked contrast to his status under the Meiji Constitution, which recognized the emperor as the embodiment of all sovereign power of the realm.

It is a term coined by Stephen Jay Gould and Niles Eldredge to contrast with their model of punctuated equilibrium, which is gradualist itself, but argues that most evolution is marked by long periods of evolutionary stability ( called stasis ), which is punctuated by rare instances of branching evolution.

Gilbert and Sullivan were tireless taskmasters, seeing to it that The Sorcerer opened as a fully polished production, in marked contrast to the under-rehearsed Thespis.

The lush, green vegetation along the Mediterranean coast and surrounding the Sea of Galilee in northern Israel and southern Syria stands in marked contrast to the arid landscape elsewhere.

The concordance of the language used in the Testimonium, its flow within the text and its length have formed components of the internal arguments against its authenticity, e. g. that the brief and compact character of the Testimonium stands in marked contrast to Josephus ' more extensive accounts presented elsewhere in his works.

Anti Polish feelings had long been rampant in the agency, and so in marked contrast to their cool attitude about attacking Czechoslovakia in 1938, diplomats like Weizsäcker were highly enthusiastic about the prospect of war with Poland in 1939.

In Poland, for example, today ’ s 14 % level of unionisation is in marked contrast to that of the Soviet-controlled era, when almost all workplaces were unionised.

By contrast, the Habsburg frontier had settled into a reasonably permanent border, marked only by relatively minor battles concentrating on the possession of individual fortresses.

In the early days of punk rock, this ethic stood in marked contrast to what those in the scene regarded as the ostentatious musical effects and technological demands of many mainstream rock bands.

In contrast to contemporaries such as Lester Bangs, Ian Penman and Nick Tosches, whose music writings are marked by idiosyncratic, self-referential and highly personal styles, Guralnick's writing is characterized by a colloquial approach that is clean and understated by comparison.

The series ' theme song, " Where My Heart Will Take Me ", written by Diane Warren and sung by Russell Watson, was a marked contrast to the sweeping instrumental themes used in all other Star Trek series.

Those who hold that Jesus ' words, " This is my body ", " This is my blood ", were not metaphorical claim that there is a marked contrast between metaphorical figurative expressions, which of their nature have a symbolic meaning, and what Jesus said about concrete things such as the bread and wine.

Brown's nearly six-year tenure attracted the most controversy, thanks to her high profile ( a marked contrast to that of the retiring Shawn ) and the changes which she made to a magazine that had retained a similar look and feel for the previous half century.

This marked a stark contrast to a few years earlier, when the US appeared to be Uzbekistan's favoured foreign friend, and relations with Russia were cooler.

The tone of the song is dark and angry, in marked contrast with the generally genial tone of Iolanthe, and the lyrics make the case that bad behavior by the underclasses is caused by their unfortunate circumstances: " I might be as bad – as unlucky, rather – if I only had Fagin for a father.

In marked contrast to his total indifference to what was happening to the Jews, the conscience of the pious Lutheran Raeder was often troubled by the anti-Christian tendencies of the Nazi regime.

Another important distinction involves the contrast between nouns marked as proximate and those marked as obviative.