When asked what would have to occur in order for same-sex marriage to be legalized in New York, Governor Paterson responded, " Get rid of the lobbyists ", and added that same-sex marriage advocates had forced a Senate floor vote prematurely in December 2009.

When Abramoff left Preston Gates for Greenberg Traurig in 2001, he took with him a team of lobbyists that formed the core of " Team Abramoff ".

When his friends from the local village came to visit him and found him in this condition, they carried him to a church.

When Ansgar asked if King Olof would permit him to establish the Christian religion in the kingdom during his second visit in 852, the king said to him:

When Monet traveled to Paris to visit the Louvre, he witnessed painters copying from the old masters.

When planning a visit from Bonn, where he was immersed in studying physics, his fellow mathematician and friend Hermann Minkowski joked he had to spend 10 days in quarantine before being able to visit Hilbert.

When they finished in 1851, they were sent on a short tour abroad, ending with a memorable visit to the Great Exhibition in Hyde Park, London.

When King Xerxes saw Esther, he was pleased and held out his scepter to her, showing that he accepted her visit.

When available, cash out is convenient for the customer, who can bypass having to visit a bank branch or ATM.

" George Fenneman, his radio and TV announcer, good-natured foil, and lifelong friend, often related a story in subsequent years of one of his final visits to Groucho's home: When the time came to end the visit, Fenneman lifted Groucho from his wheelchair, put his arms around his torso, and began to " walk " the frail comedian backwards across the room toward his bed.

When the Domain of Biscay was incorporated into the kingdom of Castile it became customary for the king of Castile to visit Guernica and swear an oath under the Tree promising to uphold the fueros or local laws of Biscay.

When summer came, he decided to visit an outdoor nudist club, that of Fouracres near the town of Bricket Wood in Hertfordshire, which he soon began to frequent.

When Joseph came to visit his father, he brought with him his two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh.

When the King left, he noticed her footprint in the plaster floor of his workplace, even though the plaster had already hardened before her visit.

When Elizabeth II made a state visit to India marking the 50th anniversary of Independence in 1997, many Indians in India and Britain including several MPs demanded the return of the diamond.

When users visit a website ( using " user agent " software such as a web browser ), a text string is generally sent to identify the user agent to the web server.

When Pervez Musharraf was returning from an official visit to Colombo his flight was denied landing permissions to Karachi International Airport after orders were issued from the Prime Minister's office.

When given the opportunity to visit his father's Georgia grave, he remained there only briefly, yet while as president of Washington College, he defended his father in a biographical sketch while editing Light Horse Harry's memoirs.

When Marianne is recovered, Elinor tells her of Mr. Willoughby's visit.

When he hears that his estranged brother Lyle ( Harry Dean Stanton ) has suffered a stroke, Alvin makes up his mind to go visit him and hopefully make amends before he dies.

When the " Moral Climate Monitors " come to visit, Stendahl and Pikes arrange to kill each of them in ways that allude to different horror masterpieces, culminating in the murder of Inspector Garrett in a sequence reminiscent of Edgar Allan Poe's " The Cask of Amontillado ".

" When he returned home for a visit late in 1941, Paley threw an " extraordinarily elaborate reception " for him at the Waldorf-Astoria.

When the Moral Climate Monitors come to visit, each of them is killed in a manner reminiscent of a different Poe story, culminating in the immurement of the lead inspector.

When the governor general undertakes a state visit, however, the national flag is generally employed to mark his or her presence.

When the Nazis placed Stravinsky's works on the list of " Entartete Musik ", he lodged a formal appeal to establish his Russian genealogy and declared, " I loathe all communism, Marxism, the execrable Soviet monster, and also all liberalism, democratism, atheism, etc .." Towards the end of his life, at Craft's behest, Stravinsky made a return visit to his native country and composed a cantata in Hebrew, travelling to Israel for its performance.

When Frechette returned to Chicago to visit a friend, she was arrested but refused to reveal Dillinger's whereabouts.

When Blackman emerged from the bedroom, everyone was gone except the tolerant Lord Thomson, who stayed and chatted with him for half an hour, and then Blackman lay awake most of that night, despairing of what he must expect on the Continent.

When 1 ml of conjugate was passed through a column ( Af ), the first and second milliliter fractions collected were the most specific and gave no nonspecific staining in some experiments, and very little in others.

When the frequency response characteristics of practical components are considered, their effect on stability does not present the most serious limit on the system loop gain.

When served in a psychological atmosphere that allows young bodies to assimilate the greatest good from what they eat because they are free from tension, a foundation is laid for a high level of health that releases the children from physical handicaps to participate with enjoyment in the work assignments, the athletic programs and the most important phase, the educational opportunities.

When he had finished with that, he would go to another part of the hotel and say much the same things to someone else, most probably a busboy.

When they tried to depict the most abiding qualities of men, it was because men had common roots with the unchanging gods.

When the Germanic peoples entered the Roman Empire and founded successor-kingdoms in the western part, most had been Arian Christians for more than a century.

When derived from natural resins it is most often created out of labdanum.

* When 2000 was approaching, at least three large Swedish magazines ranked penicillin as the most important discovery of the millennium.

When 301 of the most advanced model, the " Launch Arco ," are built, an " exodus sequence " starts in which all Launch Arcos blast into space.

When the office of Lord High Admiral was in commission, as it was for most of the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries until it reverted to the Crown, it was exercised by a Board of Admiralty, officially known as the Commissioners for Exercising the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, & c. ( alternatively of England, Great Britain or the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland depending on the period ).

When elements are burned, the products are primarily the most common oxides.

When Chiang was defeated by CPC forces in mainland China in 1949, he retreated to Taiwan with his government and his most disciplined troops, along with most of the KMT leadership and a large number of their supporters ; Chiang Kai-shek had taken effective control of Taiwan at the end of WWII as part of the overall Japanese surrender, when Japanese troops in Taiwan surrendered to Republic of China troops.

When most people think of a superhero or a comic book celebrity, Superman, Spider-Man, and Batman will usually be the first that comes to mind.

When the Church chooses to canonize new material, it is typically added to the Doctrine and Covenants ; the most recent changes were made in 1981.

When we make one solvent immobile ( by adsorption on a solid support matrix ) and another mobile it results in most common applications of chromatography.

When Chicago was founded in 1833, most of the early building began around the mouth of the Chicago River, as can be seen on a map of the city's original 58 blocks.

When Kidd found out what had happened, he was outraged and forced his men to return most of the stolen property.

When hammerless designs started to become common, the O / U design was introduced, and most modern sporting doubles are O / U designs.

This absence of investment contributes to the marginalisation of these zones. When unfavourable agro-climatic conditions are combined with an absence of infrastructure and access to markets, as well as poorly adapted production techniques and an underfed and undereducated population, most such zones are excluded from development.

When a personal injury claim is settled either in court or out of court, the most common way the compensation payment is made is by a lump sum award in full and final settlement of the claim.

When World War I ended in 1918, most of the Zurich Dadaists returned to their home countries, and some began Dada activities in other cities.

When the British army conquered Eritrea from the Italians in spring 1941, most of the infrastructures and the industrial areas were extremely damaged.

* " When the most wicked member of a tribe becomes its ruler, and the most worthless member of a community becomes its leader, and a man is respected through fear of the evil he may do, and leadership is given to people who are unworthy of it, expect the Day of Judgment.