When in April 2004 Prebble announced his decision to retire, Douglas spoke out in favour of Stephen Franks and Ken Shirley as possible successors – the other main contender in the leadership race, Rodney Hide, had a reputation for advocating the style that Douglas condemned.

When fired from Cabinet in 1988, Prebble held a State House Eviction Party before leaving his ministerial house.

When Douglas established the ACT New Zealand party, dedicated to the same laissez-faire economic policies he had promoted while in power, Prebble quickly became involved.

When Prebble eventually announced his retirement, his critics claimed that this had been brought about by secret campaigning by Hide.

When Prebble announced his retirement, Hide quickly indicated that he would seek the caucus leadership.

When the messenger had finished, the French general reportedly announced " Nous n ' avons plus de flotte: eh bien.

When John the Baptist appeared and began preaching, he attracted disciples who assumed he would be announced as the Messiah, or " the one " they had been awaiting.

When pitcher Roger Clemens arrived in Boston for the first time in 1984, he took a taxi from Logan Airport and was sure the driver had misunderstood his directions when he announced their arrival at the park.

When Haiti announced that its first direct elections ( all men twenty-one or over were allowed to vote ) would be held on October 8, 1950, Magloire resigned from the junta and declared himself a candidate for president.

When Calvin Coolidge announced in 1928 that he would not seek a full term of office in the 1928 Presidential Election, Hoover became the leading Republican candidate, despite the fact Coolidge was lukewarm on Hoover, often deriding his ambitious and popular Commerce Secretary as " Wonder Boy ".

When the observational form of the calendar was in use, whether or not an embolismic month was announced after the " last month " ( Adar ) depended on ' aviv ripeness of barley, fruits of trees, and the equinox.

When announced, the list price of the 8088 was US $ 124. 80.

When Jason entered Iolcus ( modern-day city of Volos ), he was announced as a man wearing one sandal.

When Steven Greenberg, who received Orthodox rabbinic ordination, publicly announced that he was homosexual, there was a significant response from rabbis of all denominations reported in the Jewish newspapers.

When this fact was announced to Wycliffe, he declared that no one could change his convictions.

When France rejected Neurath's note, Germany stormed out of the League of Nations and the World Disarmament Conference, and all but announced its intention to unilaterally violate Part V. Consequently, there were several calls in France that autumn for a preventive war to put an end to the Nazi regime while Germany was still more-or-less disarmed.

When announced, many present openly laughed that such an insignificant settlement was now the capital city of Michigan.

When the 6501 was announced, Motorola launched a lawsuit almost immediately.

When President George W. Bush announced that he would veto the Senate's bill supporting the research, she said, " This is an intelligent human being with a heart, and I don't see how much longer he can deny those aspects of himself.

The team was named for the great jazz song most identified with New Orleans – " When the Saints Go Marching In ", and it was no coincidence that the franchise's official birth was announced on November 1, which is the Catholic All Saints ' Day.

When negotiations reached an impasse, the Jets announced their intention to depart for New Jersey.

" When his peerage was first announced, he said, " It will give me the opportunity ... to contribute to the national debate on issues like higher education, research, Europe and foreign policy.

When the U. K. announced a policy in 1968 ( reaffirmed in March 1971 ) of ending the treaty relationships with the Persian Gulf sheikdoms, Qatar joined the other eight states then under British protection ( the seven trucial sheikdoms — the present United Arab Emirates -- and Bahrain ) in a plan to form a union of Arab emirates.

When long-serving party leader Vernon Treatt announced his resignation in August 1954, Askin put his name forward to replace him.

When announced, samples of these versions were available, with volume production slated for mid-1996.

When TrueType and the license to Microsoft was announced, John Warnock of Adobe gave an impassioned speech in which he claimed Apple and Microsoft were selling snake oil, and then announced that the Type 1 format was open for anyone to use.

When Shiver announced he was quitting to become a football coach at the University of Georgia, the job, by default, was open for Williams.

When he arrived, he announced himself as " The Queen's Poet ".

When the ANC announced the election of its National Executive Committee on 21 December 2007, Mandela placed first with 2845 votes.

When he failed in his attempts to meet General Yahya Khan, Masud too resigned from his position as Commander of Eastern Air Command, and took retirement from Air Force.

When World War I breaks out, Chips, who had retired the year before at age 65, agrees to come out of retirement to fill in for the various masters who have entered military service.

When Sharp returns however, Blunt is brought out of retirement by J. Gander Hooter and partnered with Darkwing — a relationship he hates, despite Darkwing's gimmicks, even though he is admired by Darkwing, who claims Blunt was his inspiration.

When the Christian Democratic Appeal Party leader and sitting Prime Minister Dries van Agt announced his retirement, Lubbers was chosen to succeed him.

When Gregory Stark asks Fury if he was responsible for calling out the Red Skull from his retirement and hiring him in order to regain his position in S. H. I. E. L. D., Fury does not give an answer.

When Robert and June Fader purchased the newspaper upon Dwelley's retirement in late 1970, the building remained the home for the weekly.

When Garner made The Rockford Files television movies, he said that 22 people ( with the exception of series co-star Beery, who died late in 1994 ) came out of retirement to participate.

When O ' Connor announced her retirement in the summer of 2005, with Chief Justice Rehnquist's death a few months later, both sides began to squabble about just what kinds of questions President George W. Bush's nominees would be expected to answer.

When Strike Wing disbanded with the retirement of the Skyhawks, a new name had to be found for the supervisory wing, as Strike Wing at Ohakea needed to merge with the Operations Wing in Auckland.

Returning to Britain in 2003 to pick up the Overseas Player of the Decade Award at the Premier League 10 Seasons Awards, Cantona said of his premature retirement, " When you quit football it is not easy, your life becomes difficult.

When Mulroney announced his retirement as PC leader and prime minister, Charest was a candidate for the leadership of the party at the 1993 Progressive Conservative leadership convention.

When Napoleon Bonaparte returned from Elba in the Hundred Days ( 1815 ), Dumas at first kept himself in retirement, but Joseph Bonaparte persuaded him to present himself to the Emperor, who employed him in organising the National Guard.

" When I look at myself objectively ," he wrote in retirement, " I think that what success I may have achieved through life is largely due to the fact that I am a good judge of men.

When the new Tsar started to undo some of the reforms that his father, Alexander II had promulgated, Count Loris-Melikov resigned several months later and lived in retirement until his death at Nice on 22 December 1888.

When Macdonald's Tories returned to power in 1878, Tilley again became minister of finance and served until his retirement from politics in 1885 when he was appointed the seventh Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick.

When Townshend was dismissed, in April 1717, from his post of Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, and Walpole resigned, they were followed in their retirement by Pulteney.

When, at forty-four, he was called out of retirement to aid the last push of the kings defence, he was considered one of the best lawyers in the kingdom.

When the sitting Labour MP, Bob Mellish, announced his retirement, Tatchell was selected as his successor in November 1981.

When the Capitals retired his No. 32 jersey, he was presented with the penalty box from the demolished Capital Centre at the retirement ceremony.

When the latter, distraught by the killings, requested retirement in May 1977, his position was taken by Msgr da Costa Lopes, who at the age of 58 became the Apostolic Administrator of the Dili diocese, answerable directly to the Pope and responsible for the whole of East Timor.

When she began to visit Presbyterian retirement homes, which one resident described as " a glorified playpen ," she realized the need to reverse the cultural tendency to treat old people like children.

When she went into retirement, Cadsuane had a legendary status amongst the other Aes Sedai.

When the contributor reaches the normal retirement age ( a reduced pension is available from age 60 ), the CPP provides regular pension benefit payments to the contributor, calculated as 25 % of the average contributory maximum over the entire working life of a contributor ( not just the last 5 years ).

When the organisation printed an article reviewing Healy's contribution to Trotskyisim, he concluded that his forced retirement was being finalised.

When planning personal finances the individual would consider the suitability to their needs of a range of banking products ( checking, savings accounts, credit cards and consumer loans ) or investment and insurance products ( stock market, bonds, mutual funds ) ( life insurance, health insurance, disability insurance ) or participation and monitoring of individual or employer sponsored retirement plans, social security benefits, and income tax management.