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When his half-brother Hidenaga died shortly after his son, Hideyoshi named his nephew Hidetsugu his heir, adopting him in January 1592.
When Trajan acceded to the purple he chose to follow his predecessor's example, adopting Hadrian as his own heir, and the practice then became the customary manner of imperial succession for the next century, producing the " Five Good Emperors " and the Empire's period of greatest stability.
When he joined New Japan Pro Wrestling he was immediately paired with Kensuke Sasaki, then simply known as a good mid-carder, as the Hell Raisers ( Sasaki adopting the face paint and gimmick Power Warrior ).
When Premier Zhou Enlai visited Phnom Penh in 1956, he asked the country's Chinese minority, numbering about 300, 000, to cooperate in Cambodia's development, to stay out of politics, and to consider adopting Cambodian citizenship.
#" When Custard Stole the Show "-Custard wonders how deep the pond is and decides to find out, building his own diving outfit and adopting the persona Jaques Coostard.
When the 1935 UFA convention voted against adopting Social Credit and UFA Premier Richard Reid rejected the proposals as being outside the province's constitutional powers, Aberhart entered Social Credit candidates in the that year's provincial election.
When the Monroe family arrives after their vacation, they reveal that they're also adopting the runt of the dachshund litter, which they name Howie — Pete named him this because the puppy's father's name was Howard.
When employed for the ribs of a vault, however narrow the span might be, by adopting a pointed arch, its summit could be made to range in height with the diagonal rib ; and, moreover, when utilized for the ribs of the annular vault, as in the aisle round the apsidal termination of the choir, it was not necessary that the half ribs on the outer side should be in the same plane as those of the inner side ; for when the opposite ribs met in the centre of the annular vault, the thrust was equally transmitted from one to the other, and being already a broken arch the change of its direction was not noticeable.
When adopting new concepts or technologies, Greenlandic usually constructs new words made from Greenlandic roots, but modern Greenlandic has also taken many loans from Danish and English.
When more than one position is validated, a congregation's rabbi functions as its mara de-atra ( local authority ), adopting for their congregation the position he or she considers most compelling.
When a new edition of the model code is released by the model code developer, the adopting authority may choose to ignore it and continue using the older version of the model code it adopted.
* The video for The Charlatans single " Just When You're Thinking Things Over " was inspired by the film with singer Tim Burgess adopting the Mick Jagger slick-backed hair look.
" When Ocean Master switches lives with Aquaman, Lorena assumes the identity of Aquagirl, adopting an aquatic costume.
When MACH-1 returned months later through a bargain struck with the Commission on Superhuman Activities ( CSA ), adopting a new identity as MACH-2, he underwent appearance-altering surgery to conceal his true identity.
When he was confronted by the local police, he gave them the name " Zartan " that he saw on a movie poster behind them, eventually adopting it at the beginning of his named career.
When the Civil War breaks out, Goliath is seen as a member of Captain America's anti-registration Secret Avengers, adopting the alias of Rockwell Dodsworth.
When she showed an inclination toward acting, both her parents supported her in adopting it as a profession.
When World War II broke out in 1939, Bergmann sought to join the South African army, but as he felt his name was too German-sounding ( there was significant anti-German feeling as the war loomed, and as the Nazi persecution of the Jews and the Holocaust had not yet happened, this feeling made no distinction between Germans and German Jews ), he removed the second " n " from his name, adopting the Dutch variation of the surname.

When and gold
When we got there, Trig and the Negro were quarreling over possession of a gold crucifix around the neck of a wounded Filipino.
When this woman wanted to buy a golden necklace ( no name given ) forged by four dwarves ( named Dvalinn, Alfrik, Berling, and Grer ), she offered them gold and silver but they replied that they would only sell it to her if she would lie a night by each of them.
When the Portuguese first sailed down the Atlantic coast of Africa in the 1430s, they were interested in gold.
When ambassadors from other countries arrive, dressed in ostentatious gold jewels and badges, the Utopians mistake them for menial servants, paying homage instead to the most modestly dressed of their party.
In " The Time Monster " he reveals that " When I was a little boy, we used to live in a house that was perched halfway up the top of a mountain ", explaining, " I ran down that mountain and I found that the rocks weren't grey at all-but they were red, brown and purple and gold.
When Frederick I became Duke of Swabia in 1079, his coat of arms depicted a black lion on a gold shield.
When a gift was worth more than 10, 000 Derrik ( Achaemenian gold coin ) the issue was registered in a special office.
When king Kavadh I of Persia died ( September 531 ), Justinian concluded an " Eternal Peace " ( which cost him 11, 000 pounds of gold ) with his successor Khosrau I ( 532 ).
The following year finally marked the release of Snow Patrol's second album ' When It's All Over We Still Have To Clear Up ', which, despite slightly disappointing initial sales, would eventually go gold in the wake of the band's later fame, along with their debut ' Songs For Polarbears '.
When the markka was introduced, coins were minted in copper ( 1, 5 and 10 penniä ), silver ( 25 and 50 penniä, 1 and 2 markkaa ) and gold ( 10 and 20 markkaa ).
When a full tank was opened, the wave of water sluiced away the overburden to expose the bedrock underneath and any gold veins.
When King Aistulf of the Lombards availed himself of the Italian dissent and invaded the Exarchate of Ravenna in 751, one of his first acts was to institute a crushing poll tax of one gold solidus per head on every Roman citizen.
When these stones were removed, the workmen found inside the remains of an oak coffin the complete skeleton of an individual entirely enclosed in two layers of thin lead, with a shroud of cloth of gold over it.
When in the mines the characters also contemplate what must have occurred to prevent King Solomon from ever returning to retrieve the massive amounts of diamonds, gold and ivory tusks that were found buried in his great ' Treasure Chamber '.
When the gold rush ended, most of the mines were closed but toxic acidic water and chemicals continue to leak from within, into west-side Sacramento tributaries such as Cache Creek and Putah Creek.
When Siam adopted a gold exchange standard in 1908, this left only China and Hong Kong on the silver standard.
When silver prices rose relative to gold as a reaction to the California Gold Rush, silver coinage was worth more than face value, and rapidly flowed overseas for melting.
When the Republicans in June 1896 nominated former Ohio Governor William McKinley for president and passed at his request a platform strongly supporting the gold standard, a number of " Silver Republicans " walked out of the convention.
When these daughters arrived at the age of maturity, they were stricken with madness, the cause of which is differently stated by different authors ; some say that it was a punishment inflicted upon them by Dionysus, because they had despised his worship, and according to others, by Hera, because they presumed to consider themselves more beautiful than the goddess, or because they had stolen some of the gold off her statue.
When the mine closed for good ; the snow which once tormented Telluride's miners had become the town's new gold, in the form of skiing and tourism.
When the coffin was last inspected on 17 May 1827, a Saxon square cross of gold, embellished with garnets, in the characteristic splayed shape, used later as the heraldic emblem of St Cuthbert in the arms of Durham and Newcastle universities, was found.
When gold and silver were discovered in the Sierra Nevada and the Inyo Mountains, the resulting sudden influx of miners, farmers, cattlemen and their hungry herds brought conflict with the Owens Valley Paiute, whose crops were being destroyed.
When the pound was returned to the gold standard after the war it was done on the basis of the pre-war gold price, which, since it was higher than equivalent price in gold, required prices to fall to realign with the higher target value of the pound.

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