When he caught an epidemic disease ( probably plague ), he called the monks, strengthened their faith, and appointed his successor.

When President Dwight Eisenhower took office in 1953, he strengthened and extended Truman's loyalty review program, while decreasing the avenues of appeal available to dismissed employees.

When Edward III died in 1377 and John's ten-year-old nephew succeeded as Richard II of England, John's influence strengthened.

When England was threatened with invasion from Spain in the 1580s the defences were strengthened at the Iron Gate.

Hitler stated that " When these two weak points have been strengthened, it should be possible to slowly drive back the Poles ".

When a relationship built upon trust is created between the CEO and COO, firm performance is improved and shareholder results are strengthened.

When the Ukrainian Social Democratic Party in Galicia ( USPD ) was formed in 1899, the GSPD became the Polish Social Democratic Party ( PPSD ) and the Polish nationalist current was strengthened.

When Goguryeo also turned on Silla, she strengthened ties with Tang China.

When Kat realizes that her inner strength is more important, the spell is broken, and she defeats Numbor on her own by giving him several hard beatings, proving that she had truly grown and strengthened in her role as a Ranger.

When hope of Corn Law repeal was strengthened by statements of PM Robert Peel, many Chartists left the movement for the League.

When Dames & Moore Group joined in 1999, URS further strengthened its program and construction management expertise and added to its FORTUNE 500 client base.

When a stimulus is cognitively associated with reinforcement, its cortical representation is strengthened and enlarged.

When the coalition broke up in 2002, Grasser left his party, but following national elections in November and the reestablishment of the coalition under the lead of a strengthened People's Party, Grasser again became minister, this time being nominated by the People's Party.

" When I heard this report I was encouraged, my hands were strengthened, and my hope was confirmed.

When, at the age of seventeen, one of his paintings was accepted at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, he was strengthened in his conviction to become an artist.

When faced by attack from Sultan Suleiman, Philippe Villiers de L ' Isle-Adam, the Grand Master of the Knights Hospitallers ordered the Castle to be strengthened again.

When part of the Polish army mutinied in January 1612 due to unpaid wages and retreated from Russia towards the Commonwealth, the forces of the Second Volunteer Army strengthened the other anti-Polish Russian forces in Moscow.

When the bridge was strengthened in 1897, this was done by added a central truss above the deck rather than by strengthening the box.

When activities were repeated, the connections between those neurons strengthened.

When the FCC's " Syndication Exclusivity " rules ( called " Syndex ") were strengthened in the early 1990s, distribution of all " distant signals " were hampered.

When Christian wed Louise, daughter of one of the closest female relatives of Frederick VII, the marriage combined two potential claims to Denmark's throne and strengthened both.

When the Holy Roman Empire expanded eastwards, notably to the coast of Baltic in 13th century, a portion of Obotrite lords allied with German leaders, and strengthened their own position in consequence.

When a stimulus is cognitively associated with reinforcement, its cortical representation is strengthened and enlarged.

When it reached the western Atlantic it rapidly strengthened, hitting Charleston as a hurricane, but it lost strength over the northwestern Atlantic ocean.

When the presidential election of 1856 approached, Johnson and supporters harbored a vague hope for the presidency, and he gave a speech to the Tennessee Democratic delegates reiterating his views ; some county conventions designated him a favorite son and the Nashville Union and American proposed his nomination.

When presidential candidate John F. Kennedy visited the University on October 14, 1960, he gave an impromptu speech on the steps of the Michigan Union that led to a University of Michigan student movement which contributed to the establishment of the Peace Corps.

When questioned about the presidential capabilities of the former President's younger brother, university administrator Milton S. Eisenhower, in July 1964, Goldwater replied, " One Eisenhower in a generation is enough.

When the Republicans in 1964 gave Senator Barry Goldwater of Arizona, Taft's successor as the conservative leader, their presidential nomination, Dewey declined to even attend the GOP Convention in San Francisco ; it was the first Republican Convention he had missed since 1936.

When Congress investigated the scope of the President's legal powers, it belatedly found that the United States had been declared by presidential administrations to be in a continuous open-ended state of emergency since 1950.

When the 1984 – 89 presidential term expired, Noriega named a longtime associate, Francisco Rodríguez, as acting president.

* Containment: When one thing contains another, it can frequently be used metonymically, as when " dish " is used to refer not to a plate but to the food it contains, or as when the name of a building is used to refer to the entity it contains, as when " the White House " or " the Pentagon " are used to refer to the presidential staff or the military.

When Karzai was a candidate in the October 2004 presidential election, he won 21 of the 34 provinces, defeating his 22 opponents and becoming the first democratically elected leader of Afghanistan.

Quand un ministre de Giscard faisait déporter des juifs " ( Papon, Aide-de-camp: When one of Giscard's ministers deported the Jews ) on May 6, 1981, just before the presidential election opposing Socialist candidate François Mitterrand and right-wing candidate Valéry Giscard d ' Estaing.

When reporter Arthur Wallace Dunn interviewed Shively at the convention, the senator said he " did not want the glory of a defeat as a vice presidential candidate.

When presidential candidate John F. Kennedy visited Welch by automobile caravan in 1960, he saw a city whose businesses were struggling due to a growing poverty rate throughout the county.

When Haldeman's appointment to the White House was announced, Robert Rutland, a close personal friend and eminent presidential scholar, urged him to start keeping a daily diary recording the major events of each day and Haldeman's thoughts on them.

When Chun Doo-hwan succumbed to the popular demand in 1987 and allowed the country's first honest presidential election, Kim Dae-jung and Kim Young-sam both ran, despite an initial promise to unite behind one candidate.

When the Democrats nominated Tilden for President in 1876, he served as Tilden's campaign manager, and in that capacity advised Tilden in the famous dispute over the result of the presidential election.

When the Republican presidential hopeful Bob Rumson ( Richard Dreyfuss ) learns " the President's got a girlfriend ", he steps up his attacks on Shepherd and Wade, focusing on Wade's activist past and maligning Shepherd's ethics and his family values.

When this second memorandum surfaced during the 1988 presidential campaign, Bush spokespersons ( including Stephen Hart ) said Hoover's memo referred to another George Bush who worked for the CIA.

When the death penalty was in force in France, all capital sentences resulted in a presidential review for a possible clemency.

When the 1996 election season arrived, Perot at first held off from entering the contest for the Reform Party's presidential nomination, calling for others to try for the ticket.

" When Gibson interviewed Democratic presidential candidate and then-Governor of Arkansas Bill Clinton on June 28, 1992, The New York Times noted that Gibson repeatedly pressed Clinton to name his vice presidential candidate.

When Roosevelt won the nomination, Hague offered to organize the biggest political rally anyone had ever seen if Roosevelt would launch his presidential campaign in New Jersey.

When Socialist presidential candidate Norman Thomas came to speak on behalf of the CIO during a May Day rally in Journal Square, Hague's police swept Thomas and his wife into a car, took them to the Pavonia ferry and sent them back to New York.

When she took it – approximately one sixth of a second after President Kennedy was struck in the head at frame Z-313 – Moorman was standing behind and to the left of President Kennedy, about from the presidential limousine.

When I went back to the United States, I spoke with Senator Mike Gravel, who was a presidential candidate, just like me, in 2008, because he too is pushing a form of direct democracy for the United States.