When East Germans fled to the West by the thousands, paeans of joy rose from the throats of Western publicists.

When the Western Roman Empire was starting to disintegrate, Augustine developed the concept of the Catholic Church as a spiritual City of God ( in a book of the same name ), distinct from the material Earthly City.

When he finally dies at the end of the novel, the situation report from the frontline states, " All is Quiet on the Western Front ," symbolizing the cheapness of human life in war.

When Germany invaded Poland in 1939, Western journalists adopted the term blitzkrieg to describe this form of armoured warfare.

When Stanford was Governor of California, the Legislature passed on April 22, 1863, " An Act to Authorize the Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco to take and subscribe One Million Dollars to the Capital Stock of the Western Pacific Rail Road Company and the Central Pacific Rail Road Company of California and to provide for the payment of the same and other matters relating thereto " ( which was later amended by Section Five of the " Compromise Act " of April 4, 1864 ).

When Hubbard formulated Dianetics, he described it as " a mix of Western technology and Oriental philosophy ".

When the Western renamed itself the American League for 1900, it was still a minor league, but next year it broke with the National Agreement and declared itself major, openly competing with the National League for players, and for fans in three contested cities.

When Theodosius died, in January 395, Honorius and Arcadius divided the Empire, so that Honorius became Western Roman Emperor at the age of ten.

When the governing of the Empire became too cumbersome for a single Emperor, the empire was divided by the emperor Diocletian into the Western and Eastern empires.

When James V finally managed to escape from the custody of the regents with the aid of his redoubtable mother in 1528, he once again set about subduing the rebellious Highlands, Western and Northern isles, as his father had had to do.

When World War I broke out in Western Europe, Moseley left his research work at the University of Oxford behind to volunteer for the Royal Engineers of the British Army.

A Time review of The Hour of Decision noted his international popularity as a polemicist, observing that " When Oswald Spengler speaks, many a Western Worldling stops to listen ".

When Gulf + Western became Paramount Communications, and continuing until 2002, the Paramount logo would appear first followed by the underline and the byline beneath it.

When Spanish conquistadors arrived in the Western Hemisphere, they discovered that around the islands of Cubagua and Margarita, some 200 km north of the Venezuelan coast, was an extensive pearl bed ( a bed of pearl oysters ).

When Pteranodon was alive, this area was covered by a large inland sea, known as the Western Interior Seaway.

'" When describing his views of the peace process among Arab leaders and in the media of the Arab world, Arafat's rhetoric became noticeably more bellicose than it was when among Western leaders and media outside of the Arab world.

When an Apache war chief wipes out a company and kidnaps several children, Dundee throws together a makeshift army, including unwilling Confederate veterans, black Federal soldiers, and traditional Western types, and takes off after the Indians.

When Morocco gained its indepence in the 1950s, the country also restated its claims over the still Spanish Western Sahara.

When used of historical periods since the 16th century, ' Western Christianity ' refers collectively to Roman Catholicism and Protestantism, especially in referral to aspects shared ( for example ritually, doctrinally, historically and politically ) rather than aspects differing between them.

When Lincoln called Grant east in the spring of 1864 to take command of all the Union armies, Grant appointed Sherman ( by then known to his soldiers as " Uncle Billy ") to succeed him as head of the Military Division of the Mississippi, which entailed command of Union troops in the Western Theater of the war.

When he is ambushed and killed by Constans, Constans is left sole ruler of the Western Roman Empire, with his other brother, Constantius II, Emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire.

When the letter reached Rome, Donus had died, but his successor, Pope Agatho, agreed to the Emperor's suggestion and ordered councils held throughout the West so that legates could present the tradition of the Western Church.

When tested against liver and colon cancer cells in laboratory studies, ' Western Yellow ', pungent yellow ( New York Bold ) and shallots were most effective in inhibiting their growth.

When it became apparent that Western countries would not supply Egypt under financial and military terms acceptable to it, Nasser turned to the Soviet bloc and concluded a satisfactory armaments agreement with Czechoslovakia in September 1955.

When treated, the prognosis in Western countries is very good ; maternal death is rare.

When the Israelites, led by Joshua toward the Promised Land, arrived at the banks of the River Jordan, the Ark was carried in the lead preceding the people and was the signal for their advance ( Joshua 3: 3, 6 ).

When the upcurrent amount of sediment is greater, sand or gravel banks will tend to form as a result of deposition.

When the Pilcomayo River overflows its low banks, it feeds the Patiño Estuary ( Estero Patiño ).

When agriculture was first developed, simple hand-held digging sticks and hoes were used in highly fertile areas, such as the banks of the Nile where the annual flood rejuvenates the soil, to create drills ( furrows ) to plant seeds in.

When Lancia pioneered the V6 in 1950, they used a 60 ° angle between the cylinder banks and a six-throw crankshaft to achieve equally spaced firing intervals of 120 °.

When Mr Gladstone visited the North, you well remember when word passed from the newspaper to the workman that it circulated through mines and mills, factories and workshops, and they came out to greet the only British minister who ever gave the English people a right because it was just they should have it ... and when he went down the Tyne, all the country heard how twenty miles of banks were lined with people who came to greet him.

When he arrived at the rain-swollen banks of the Guadalupe River near Gonzales, there were just eighteen Texans to oppose him.

When payment is deferred on any such instrument, typically an interest rate is higher than the standard interest rates paid by banks, or charged by the central bank on its money.

When used in the broad sense, the " means of production " includes the " means of distribution " which includes stores, banks, and railroads.

The traditional Chinese response of building higher and higher levees along the banks sometimes also contributed to the severity of the floods: When flood water did break through the levees, it could no longer drain back into the river bed as it would after a normal flood as the river bed was sometimes now higher than the surrounding countryside.

When the charter for the Second Bank of the United States expired in 1836, " wildcat " banks resumed unsound and unregulated lending.

When additional subscriptions were made from other sources, federal ownership in the banks was retired.

When Emperor Diocletian divided the province of Dacia into Dacia Ripensis ( at the banks of the Danube ) and Dacia Mediterranea, Serdica became the capital of Dacia Mediterranea.

When we arrived at a lovely creek, which because it was the Friday of Sorrows Friday before Palm Sunday, the 3rd of April 1776, we called the Arroyo de los Dolores ... On the banks of the Arroyo ... we discovered many fragrant chamomiles and other herbs, and many wild violets.

When a bond issue is underwritten, one or more securities firms or banks, forming a syndicate, buy the entire issue of bonds from the issuer and re-sell them to investors.

When crossing streams, bridges may or may not be desirable, depending on the size of the stream and the depth of its banks.

When a river breaks its banks and floods, it leaves behind layers of rock and mud.

When the Fed cleared the group of Arab investors to buy First American, it did so on condition that they supplement their personal funds with money borrowed from banks with no connection to BCCI.

When Father Eusebio Francisco Kino visited in 1699, the older site along fertile banks of the Gila River had been abandoned by another early tribe called the Opas, who instead used the river to irrigate their crops at a nearby rancheria.

When it was suggested that the town be renamed with " Ford ", Mr. Ford declined and instead Ways Station was renamed " Richmond Hill " after the site of Ford's home on the banks of the Ogeechee River.

When the shell banks were exhausted in the 1920s, however, the Leavenworth button industry came to an abrupt end.

When the small village was incorporated into Rensselaer County on 13 April 1827, there were about 100 people living in the area, mostly along the banks of the river.

When the group reached the Tioga River, they established a supply camp upon its banks.

When spring came the high water of the Duchesne River overflowed it's banks flooding the town.

When the Suebi invaded the Roman province of Hispania Tarraconensis, the Visigoths attacked and defeated them 5 October 456 at the Campus Paramus, twelve miles from Astorga, on the banks of the Órbigo ( Urbicus ), subsequently occupying the province as nominal foederati of the Empire.