Upon its emergence in the early 17th century, the highland kingdom of Imerina was initially a minor power relative to the larger coastal kingdoms and grew even weaker in the early 18th century when King Andriamasinavalona divided it among his four sons.

Upon their return home, most converts joined or created small local churches, which grew rapidly.

Upon the completion of a railroad junction in 1875, the town grew more rapidly, eventually changing from a group of small and loosely connected fishing and agricultural villages into a fast-growing suburb at the turn of the 20th century.

Upon the annexation, which was completed in mid-1995, the population grew to 1, 499 and the land increased 66 %.

Upon the arrest of the Gulf Cartel boss Osiel Cárdenas Guillen in 2003 and his extradition in 2007, the panorama for Los Zetas changed — they began to become synonymous with the Gulf Cartel, and their influences grew greater within the organization.

Upon hearing this the tiger's hunger grew even more vicious.

Upon his release from the hospital, David moves in with Alex Price, the pretty young nurse who grew infatuated with him in the hospital.

Upon the failure of a merger opportunity with the Soo Line Railroad in 1963, the board of the Great Western grew increasingly anxious about its continued viability in a consolidating railroad market.

Upon David Munson Osborne's death in 1886, Thomas Osborne became president of his family's manufacturing company, DM Osborne & Co., which by 1903 grew to become North America's third largest producer of agricultural implements.

Upon entering the new millennium, the scope of the tissue paper sector grew in 2001 with the acquisition of the mills in Pennsylvania and in Wisconsin.

Upon leaving the facility Kinnon told his mother that when he grew up he was going to help people like Mr. Crookshank .< 3

Upon the arrival of Headmaster Michael Teitelman in 1983, the School's reputation in academics, arts and athletics grew.

Upon wielding the Devil Wind sword, he was possessed and grew horns, turning into the Devil Wind incarnate.

Upon returning to the psychiatric ward where he grew up after his father died, he discovers that one of the patients, a young girl, is being threatened by the Boogeyman, which this time lives in the ceiling of her room.

Upon his death his son John Labatt purchased the brewery, which grew eventually to one of the largest in Canada.

Upon meeting Malietoa at a large gathering in Sapapali ' i, the LMS mission was accepted and grew rapidly throughout the Samoan Islands.

Upon the formation of the Lake District National Park in 1951 tourism grew in importance, though traditional farming still goes on around the village.

Upon the arrest of the Gulf Cartel boss Osiel Cárdenas Guillen in March 2003 and his extradition in 2007, the Zetas took a more active leadership role within the Gulf Cartel and their influence grew greater within the organization.

Upon his arrival in London, Hayek was quickly recognized as one of the leading economic theorists in the world, and his development of the economics of processes in time and the coordination function of prices inspired the ground-breaking work of John Hicks, Abba Lerner, and many others in the development of modern microeconomics.

Upon release of a special 10th Anniversary edition of Lost Souls, Publishers Weekly — the same periodical that criticized the novel's " amorality " a decade prior — deemed it a " modern horror classic " and acknowledged that Brite established a " cult audience.

Upon receiving his fourth star in 1951 at age 44, LeMay became the youngest four-star general in American history since Ulysses S. Grant and was the youngest four-star general in modern history as well as the longest serving in that rank.

In modern animation, Clarabelle has returned to active use, appearing first in a few segments of Mickey Mouse Works and in a brief scene in Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas.

Upon reactivation work was begun to modernize the airfield from its World War II wartime configuration into a permanent Air Force Base with modern facilities.

Upon the bridge there were numerous modern devices.

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Upon returning from his journey to Wakor, he condemned the court astrologers “ for their stupid statements because of their negligence of his detailed prediction and their inattention to measurement and calculation by modern instruments .”

Upon starting with Halas, Luckman mastered an offense that revolutionized football, and became the basis of most modern professional offenses.

Upon the Soviet Union's dissolution and perestroika, the Ukrainian SSR was transformed into the modern nation-state of Ukraine, although Ukraine's new constitution was only ratified on June 28, 1996.

Upon its completion in 2008, the strikingly modern two storey building ( see photo above ) won a coveted RIBA prize.

In the book Once Upon a Time in Bollywood, it is stated that Zinta " resists patriarchal constraints through her modern lifestyle and the controversial roles she chooses.

Upon Gwanggaeto's death at thirty-nine years of age in 413, Goguryeo controlled all territory between the Amur and Han Rivers ( two thirds of modern Korea, Manchuria, and parts of the Russian Maritime province and Inner Mongolia ), Eastern Outer Mongolia.

Upon arrival, he was howevere promptly imprisoned in Mosul, ( in modern day Iraq ) and subjected to torture, resulting in his death.

Upon taking the position of Imam, the Aga Khan IV stated that he intended to continue the work his grandfather had pursued in building modern institutions to improve the quality of life of the Nizari Ismailis.

Upon completion in 2015 the passengers can expect a highly modern terminal offering international standard service levels and more passenger conveniences, including large retail areas and lounges.

Okara is very concerned with what happens when the ancient culture of Africa is faced with modern Western culture, as in his poem " Once Upon a Time ".

Upon his father's death he was given Cambria, while his younger brother Albanactus got Alba ( the territory corresponding to modern Scotland ; from Welsh Yr Alban ) and his older brother Locrinus received Logres ( corresponding to England ; from Welsh Lloegr ) and the title of King of the Britons.

Upon its inception in 1921, a very different M-86 was routed along a portion of present day M-66 from M-46 at Six Lakes northward to Remus, ending at M-24 ( modern M-20 ).

Upon return from Mexico Motherwell spent time developing his creative principle based on automatism: " what I realized was that Americans potentially could paint like angels but that there was no creative principle around, so that everybody who liked modern art was copying it.

All official documents had to be translated into Spanish, and citizens were not allowed to put their Basque names on birth certificates, death certificates or any other legal paperwork .” Upon the death of Franco in 1975 and the eventual signing of the Spanish Constitution in 1978, modern day Basques regained virtually all freedoms they once enjoyed before Franco.

Upon the pagan cultures of aboriginal Europe, the foundations of modern European cultures were laid by the Greeks, strengthened by the Romans, stabilized by Christianity, added to by the Celts and Germans and Slavs and Jews, reformed and modernized by the fifteenth-century Renaissance and Reformation, and globalized by successive European empires between the sixteenth and twentieth centuries.

Upon his hearing of Maxwell's death, Scottish First Minister and SNP leader Alex Salmond said, " During Stephen ’ s long career he made an immense contribution to the national movement in Scotland, and was a key figure in the development of the modern SNP.

Upon his return to Ulster, he gained the leadership of the O ' Donnell Clan ( known as Clann Dalaigh of the tribe Cenél Conaill derived from the Heremonian dynasty of High-Kings of Ireland ), O ' Donnell becoming " The O ' Donnell ", Lord of Tyrconnell ( modern Donegal ) after his father abdicated in his favour later that year.