Whilst on furlough in Paris, Marceau joined in the storming of the Bastille on 14 July 1789 – after that event he took his discharge from the regular army and returned to Chartres, but the opposition of his family soon compelled him to seek new military employment.

Whilst one might argue that heaping posthumous praise on Cato highlights one's opposition to the new shape of Rome without directly challenging Augustus, it was actually later generations who were more able to embrace the role model of Cato without the fear of prosecution.

Whilst in the House of Commons, he was opposition spokesman on Home Affairs ( 1979 – 1992 ), then for national heritage, broadcasting and press until 1995.

Whilst the Romans were distracted by this, Pharnaces II decided to seize the opportunity and, with the forces under his disposal and against little opposition, made himself the ruler of Colchis and Lesser Armenia.

Whilst at the Department for Energy he played an important role in the Government's successful opposition to the 1984 – 85 miners ' strike.

Whilst the Danish opposition opposed the treaty because they said it would increase the powers of the European Parliament, the Italian government delayed in signing for the opposite concern: that, in their opinion, it would not give the European Parliament enough power.

Whilst most days in the House of Commons are set aside for government business, twenty days in each session are set aside for opposition debates.

Whilst Tymoshenko immediately announced that her political force would be in opposition to the new government, Our Ukraine stalled until 4 October 2006, when it too joined the opposition.

Whilst in opposition, Fianna Fáil pushed for the introduction of the scheme.

Whilst fielding, Barnes managed to find himself in controversy again, running out Vic Richardson, the opposition captain, after the end of the over was called.

Whilst scoring in the FA Cup games against higher opposition such as Liverpool, Everton and Arsenal, McGinlay also proved he could be consistent at league level.

Whilst this was the official policy some members, notably chairman Arthur Cooney and treasurer Doris Hart, wanted stronger opposition and in the 1963 local elections they nominated two BNP candidates to stand in the Glebe and Hambrough wards.

Whilst the Federation of Arab Republic was dissolved in 1977, Egypt retained the Federation's flag until October 4, 1984, when the black Hawk of Qureish was replaced in the white band ( and on the coat of arms ) by the Eagle of Saladin ( the 1958 version as opposed to the 1952 version ).

Whilst staff writer for IDS Incomes Data Report in 1977 he was the first person to use winter of discontent in an industrial relations context.

Whilst serving as a Royal Navy officer, he co-created the popular and acclaimed BBC television drama series Warship ( 1973 – 1977 ) and wrote several of its episodes.

Whilst staying in Bhutan in 1976 he fell ill, on his return to England he was diagnosed with cancer to which he succumbed in March 1977.

Whilst the Citizenship Act 1977 defines ' New Zealand ' as New Zealand, the Cook Islands, Niue, the Ross Dependency and Tokelau, the Citizenship ( Western Samoa ) Act 1982 defines ' New Zealand ' to mean New Zealand only.

Whilst studying at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, he was Chairman of the Cambridge University Conservative Association in Michaelmas 1960, in which term he entertained both the Prime Minister Harold Macmillan and Home Secretary ( and de facto Deputy Prime Minister, although he did not hold the title until 1962 ) Rab Butler.

Whilst Labour were initially unable to form a coalition with the Liberal Democrats, a ' Rainbow Coalition ' of the Conservative Party ( UK ), Liberal Democrats and Plaid Cymru failed to come to fruition.

Whilst there, as chairman of the Cambridge University Conservative Association and later President of the Cambridge Union Society, he was a member of what became known as the Cambridge Mafia – a group of future Conservative Cabinet ministers, including Leon Brittan, Michael Howard, Kenneth Clarke, Norman Lamont, and Norman Fowler.

Whilst still studying, in 1995, with friends in the local party and the backing of Gordon Brown — his mentor — he was selected to be the Scottish Labour Party candidate at the Perth and Kinross by-election caused by the death of the long serving flamboyant Conservative MP Nicholas Fairbairn.

Whilst at Oxford he was the President of the Oxford University Conservative Association in 1958 and served as both the secretary and treasurer for two years with the Oxford Union from 1959.

Whilst at Cambridge, he was Chairman of Cambridge University Conservative Association and Deputy President of the Cambridge University Students ' Union.

Whilst the Liberals themselves barely commanded the support of thirty-three MPs, they were one of only two parties in the government with a long independent history and there were fears that their withdrawal would turn the National Government into a mere Conservative rump, something the National Labour Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald wished to avoid.

Whilst the Reform, Conservative and Modern Orthodox movements have stated that they feel there is not a conflict between evolutionary theory and the teachings of Judaism, some Haredi rabbis have remained staunchly opposed to certain teachings in evolutionary theory.

Whilst at Exeter, in 1990, Burrowes and Tim Montgomerie founded the Conservative Christian Fellowship.

Whilst at Balliol, Hill became a committed Marxist and joined the Communist Party of Great Britain in the year he graduated.

Whilst there Oldfield secretly founded the right wing One Nation Party in concert with independent MP Pauline Hanson and David Ettridge.

Whilst an MP he served as chairman of two All Party Parliamentary Groups-on epilepsy and on youth issues.

Whilst the Party was officially established in July 1921, the Chinese Socialist Youth League was organized with the Party being set up throughout the country.

Whilst not supporting English Independence, the English Democrats consider themselves the English equivalent of the Scottish National Party in Scotland and Plaid Cymru in Wales.

Whilst incumbent President Ion Iliescu of the Social Democracy Party of Romania received the most votes in the first round, he was defeated by Emil Constantinescu of the Romanian Democratic Convention in the second round.

Whilst living in Oxford, employed in conservation by the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust and the University of Oxford, he became politically involved with the Labour Party.

Whilst Canada already has a declared national-socialist party, run by Terry Tremaine, it is interesting to note that as of August 2010, the U. S .- based National Socialist Movement includes the Nationalist Party of Canada on its " Links " page, but does not include Tremaine's party.

Whilst Gregor Strasser echoed many of the calls of his brother, his influence on the ideology is less, due to his remaining in the Nazi Party longer and to his early death.

Whilst Tizard was next in line, Labour Party president Andrew Little expressed preference for Louisa Wall to replace Hughes as she intended to contest the upcoming 2011 general election, unlike Tizard and the four other list candidates preceding Wall ( Mark Burton, Mahara Okeroa, Martin Gallagher and Dave Hereora ).

Whilst choosing to endorse Margaret Ritchie in the February 2010 Contest for the SDLP Leadership, SDLP Youth chose to remain neutral in the 2011 race for the Leadership of the Party.

Whilst attending the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, ( from where he graduated in 1992 with a degree in economics and politics ) he was elected Vice President of the Students Association and became National Convener of the Scottish National Party ( SNP ) student organisation, the Federation of Student Nationalists.

Whilst living in Australia, Norman was involved with the Socialist Workers ' Party for several years.

Whilst the Social Democratic Party ( SPD ) had received the most votes in every election since 1890, they had never won the most seats, and in the 1907 elections they had won fewer than half the seats of the Centre Party despite receiving over a million more votes.

Whilst travelling through Ireland, Oisín was asked by some men to help them move a standing stone.

Whilst changing planes in Miami after closing down a Mexican heroin smuggling operation, British Secret Service operative, James Bond is asked by Junius Du Pont, a rich American businessman ( whom he briefly met and gambled with in Casino Royale ), to watch Auric Goldfinger, with whom Du Pont is playing Canasta in order to discover if he is cheating.

Whilst Duroc lay dying inside a farmhouse he requested Napoleon's presence where he apologised to the Emperor for not being able to serve him further, asked him to be a father to his daughter, and then requested him to withdraw so that he was not present at the moment of death.

Whilst he was in London Lloyd George asked him to brief the War Cabinet individually then collectively with his advice that Britain try for some military or diplomatic success to drive Turkey or Bulgaria out of the war.

Whilst doing a piece for GMTV, he asked Constantine to report the women's World Cup Final in cricket on finding out that it was her passion.

Whilst there the BBC reporters asked the Amsterdam residents to identify the location of Nottingham on a map of the UK.

Whilst working for Worldwide Television News in London, she was asked to work with the Met Office on documentaries about the weather.

Whilst the engine was being developed, Walter Hayes ( Ford ) asked Colin Chapman if he would fit the engine to 1, 000 Ford saloons for Group 2 homologation.

Whilst campaigning in the general election in December, Lawson was asked by friends in Chester-le-Street to stand for the position of checkweighman at Alma Colliery.

Whilst it has never been necessary for Irish or British citizens to produce a passport to cross the border, during the 1970s troubles, security forces regularly asked travellers for identification.