When the troupe traveled to New York to participate in a one-act-play competition -- and won -- Mercer, instead of returning with the rest of the company in triumph, remained in New York.

When not coerced legally to do otherwise, monopolies typically maximize their profit by producing fewer goods and selling them at higher prices than would be the case for perfect competition.

When lifeforms take such giant leaps, they meet little to no competition and are able to exploit a plethora of available niches, following a pattern of adaptive radiation.

When the Ptolemies stopped exporting papyrus, partly because of competition and shortages, the Pergamenes invented a new substance to use in codices, called pergaminus or pergamena ( parchment ) after the city.

When the pankratiasts fought standing, the combat was called anō pankration ( ἄνω παγκράτιον " upper pankration "); and when they took the fight to the ground, that stage of pankration competition was called katō pankration ( κάτω παγκράτιον " lower pankration ").

When evolutionary biologists describe competition between species, they generally assume that each species is a single genotype whose descendants are mostly accurate copies.

When the Liverpool and Manchester Railway was approaching completion, the directors of the railway ran a competition to decide whether stationary steam engines or locomotives would be used to pull the trains.

Hawkins's act was popular in and around Toronto and he had an effective way of eliminating his musical competition: When a promising band appeared, Hawkins would often hire their best musicians for his own group ; Robertson, Danko, and Manuel came under Hawkins ' tutelage this way.

When founded in 1984, the league was a pioneer in gender equality, offering competition in a then-unprecedented 10 women's sports.

When dealing with situations on an ordinary human scale, Newtonian physics has been so enormously successful that it has no competition.

When President Jimmy Carter nominated A. Daniel O ’ Neal ( originally appointed by President Richard Nixon ) to chair the ICC, O ’ Neal began to develop the possibilities for opening up the rail market to competition and innovation.

When the boreoeutherian mammals then diversified into forms that were larger and / or did not require intense sperm competition they still produced enzymes that operated best at cooler temperatures and had to keep their testes outside the body.

When he learned the actual competition discus weighed only 2 kilograms, he entered the event after all, and won it, to the dismay of the Greek public, who considered their throwers " unbeatable ".

When the most recent competition was held to mark the Golden Jubilee of 2002, Croydon made a sixth application, again unsuccessful.

When in competition for scarce resources, such as housing or employment, dominant groups will create prejudiced " legitimizing myths " to provide moral and intellectual justification for their dominant position over other groups which gives them claim over those limited resources.

When Nortel ’ s share price on the Toronto Stock Exchange began a plunge that wiped out the life savings of many investors, Roth argued that Nortel's dominance reflected a failed industrial policy that sheltered enterprises from global competition.

When it turned out that the title " Double-O Duck " could not be used as the Ian Fleming estate owned the ' double-o ' title, Disney TV Animation held a competition to come up with a replacement.

When competition becomes too intense ( for pine trees, when the live crown is less than a third of the tree's total height ), it is time to thin out the section.

When he finally did step up his competition, it was against former Olympian Vernon Forrest.

" When Bud Powell was opening for Tatum at Birdland around 1950, the end of an era when musicians engaged in overt competition and so-called cutting sessions, Powell reportedly said to Tatum, " Man, I'm going to really show you about tempo and playing fast.

* The Boxing Ring: When boxers are training, used to stage practice or competition bouts.

When the competition begins, Lum surprises everyone by flying away and Ataru finds himself unable to catch her.

When the Australian colonies federated on 1 January 1901, an official competition for a design for an Australian flag was held.

When competition becomes fierce between nations over a particular area of trade and production, countries are given increased incentive to dismantle currently existing regulatory standards.

When the smaller CLECs faced financial problems, the trend toward competition slowed, turning into a decade of reconsolidation.

When his eyes began to focus, he saw Jess charging at him with a pitchfork.

When he was eight he began violin lessons.

When Johnny Mercer and Harold Arlen began their collaboration in 1940, Mercer, like Arlen, had several substantial film songs to his credit, among them `` Hooray For Hollywood '', `` Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride '', `` Have You Got Any Castles, Baby??

When Thompson and her daughter began a correspondence which included fervent verses from Pantasaph, Mrs. King felt a proper Victorian alarm.

When the young biologist, Dr. Ballard, began to show interest in our daughter Elizabeth, this induced a corresponding interest, on our part, in him.

When the negotiations began, his quarrel with the king of France was temporarily in abeyance, and he had no intention of reviving it so long as there was hope that French money would come to pay the troops who, under Charles of Valois, the papal vicar of Tuscany, were so valuable in the crusade against the Colonna cardinals and their Sicilian allies.

When the algae began to build up again, the effluent BOD rose.

When the Korean war began, on June 25, 1950, the anniversary of the day Custer had gone down fighting at the Little Big Horn and the day the regiment had assaulted the beachhead of Leyte during World War 2,, the 7th Cavalry was not in the best fighting condition.

When the winter tour began at Los Angeles last January there was no one in sight to challenge Palmer's towering prestige.

When dam construction began in 1933, fewer than 600 boats used these waters ; ;

When a fisherman brought her up in his arms, still, small, as if she were a child asleep, I began to shudder with a terrible excitement, almost triumphant, that I still cannot account for.

When it became apparent that Johnson would lose his seat, an effort began by ally George W. Jones to put forward Johnson's name for governor.

When people started to study scientifically how to fly, people began to understand the basics of air and aerodynamics.

When blacks began singing adapted versions of these hymns, they were called Negro spirituals.

When the North Tower was struck at 8: 46 a. m., many executives began evacuating their employees from the upper floors of the South Tower.

When Sultan Murad V began to show signs of paranoia, madness and continuous fainting and vomiting even on the day of his coronation and threw himself into a pool yelling at his guards to protect his life, they were afraid the public would become outraged and revolt to bring the former Sultan back.

When emulators of 1980s video game consoles began to appear on home computers in the late 1990s, the Atari 7800 was one of the last to be emulated.

When the original digital signature generating software was turned over to the Atari community, development of new Atari 7800 titles began.

When the trade association began, it had seven members and its main goal was to eliminate all duties and restrictions on the majority of their trade within 12 years.

Beethoven's friend Anton Schindler, later said: " When he started working on the fourth movement the struggle began as never before.

When pro-reform forces came into power in the spring 1997, an ambitious economic reform package, including introduction of a currency board regime, was agreed to with the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, and the economy began to stabilise.

When pro-reform forces came into power in the spring 1997, an ambitious economic reform package, including introduction of a currency board regime, was agreed to with the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, and the economy began to stabilise.

When Hitler's chief engineer, Fritz Todt, began opening the new autobahn ( highways ) in 1935, many of the bridges and service stations were " bold examples of modernism " – among those submitting designs was Mies van der Rohe.

When Selig was only three, Marie began taking him and his older brother, Jerry, to Borchert Field, where the minor league Milwaukee Brewers played.

When the Luftwaffe began bombing Moscow, Pasternak immediately began to serve as a fire warden on the roof of the writer's building on Lavrushinski Street.