Whilst Hiranyakashipu had been performing the penance to be granted this boon, his home had been attacked by Indra and the other devas, seizing the opportunity in his absence.

Whilst not performing any kind of Mass per se, the Church of Scotland has a Watchnight ( similar to the one on Hogmanay ) service beginning just before midnight, wherein carols are sung.

Whilst Lee found himself gradually performing less and less standup and moving away from the stage, he continued his directorial duties on television.

Whilst training and performing with the most acclaimed directors of the day, most notably Charles Dullin and Georges Pitoeff, he continued to write both poetry and essays.

Whilst the term " sound designer " was not is use at this time, a number of stage managers specialised as " effects men ", creating and performing offstage sound effects using a mix of vocal mimicry, mechanical and electrical contraptions and gramophone records.

Whilst performing, Dead would often cut himself with hunting knives and broken glass.

Whilst performing with Pendulum, Allen contacted UK-born Terry Britten, a songwriter and record producer.

Whilst in other countries the term " Acting Prime Minister " only refers to an individual actually performing the role, in Israel the term is also in use when a designated minister is allocated, even if they never actually perform the role.

Whilst never officially disbanding, they ceased recording and performing in 1979.

Whilst performing as Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady he would consume up to eight litres of water a day.

Whilst working in Berlin with dance producers Tiefschwarz they were seen performing by Kitty-Yo Records who signed the album up for release in GAS.

Whilst not performing in the band David continues his role as principal of the very successful Performers Stage School in the North East, Natalie is a proud full time mum, Caroline works in musical theatre as a performer and choreographer and Russ is a presenter and singer currently starring in the new touring musical The Heat Is On!

Whilst on a short trip back from Spain, Philby tried to recruit Flora Solomon, daughter of a Russian banker and gold dealer, a relative of the Rothschilds and wife of a London stockbroker, as a Soviet agent.

Whilst Edward mobilised his own faction and placed Leeds castle under siege, Isabella was given the Great Seal and assumed control of the royal Chancery from the Tower of London.

Whilst Middle Eastern cooking in particular Lebanese has grown in popularity from its traditional enclaves in London.

Whilst Hornsey was formerly the name of a much larger parish and later a municipal borough of Middlesex, today, the name usually refers only to the London district.

" Whilst director of the London School of Economics, Beveridge attempted to create a Department of Social Biology.

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 this was under construction the West End of London and Crystal Palace Railway also planned a line from Crystal Palace to a new station at Battersea Wharf, at the southern end of the new Chelsea Bridge.

Whilst the town is a hub in commercial terms, with a shopping centre and several offices of large companies, a large proportion of the economically active population work in Greater London and other parts of Surrey.

Whilst the two-storey bunker was being designed and approved the structures of civil defence and London government were changing.

Whilst on leave in London in 1772, the charming and well-connected young officer was able to mix in literary circles and met Dr Johnson.

Whilst inner London lost 10 % of its population between 1961 and 1971, the figures for Tower Hamlets and Southwark were 18 % and 16 % respectively.

Whilst in London one platoon was detached to 1 KINGS OWN BORDER in Derry whilst two platoons were attached from the newly formed The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment, abbreviated PWRR.

Whilst the Northern Ireland cabinet remained supportive of the USC, it was demonstrated to them at a London meeting on 19 August that disbanding the USC was top of the British Government's agenda.

Whilst waiting for acting roles he worked in a string of North London bars and restaurants.

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

Whilst undertaking an apprenticeship in mechanical engineering at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, he took evening classes at the University of London to earn a degree in electrical engineering.

Whilst in London, he met an old friend from his teenage days in the Scottish Youth Theatre, who was now a London casting agent, and was for a time her boyfriend and her assistant.

Whilst on this tour they recorded an album in London, Homesick James & Snooky Pryor, on Jim Simpson's label Big Bear Records.

* Whilst Waiting for the Train, Swiss Alps, Tate Britain, London.

Whilst the station has no direct interchange to a tube station, station is a fifteen minute walk away along Stroud Green Road and there is also a direct bus link courtesy of the London Buses route W7.

Whilst in London they had their first child John Farey, Jr.

Whilst living with Davies in London, before the couple were married, Helen suffered a dramatic and almost fatal miscarriage.

Whilst in Paris, Shillibeer concluded that operating similar vehicles in London, but for the fare-paying public with multiple stops, would be a paying enterprise, so he returned to his native city.

Whilst at Monmouth he was later, for a shorter period, also the Archbishop of Wales.

Whilst in Baghdad, ` Abdu ' l-Bahá composed a commentary at the request of his father on the Muslim tradition of " I was a Hidden Treasure " for a Súfí leader named ` Alí Shawkat Páshá.

Whilst the magnification of both the field ion and atom probe microscopes is extremely high, the exact magnification is dependant upon conditions specific to the examined specimen, so unlike for conventional electron microscopes, there is often little direct control on magnification, and furthermore, obtained images may have strongly variable magnifications due to fluctuations in the shape of the electric field at the surface.

Whilst at Dorpat he became the director of the eighty-bed University Clinic.

Whilst with Yeovil Botham made an appearance for the Football Association XI ( a representative side for non-league footballers ) against the Northern Football League at Croft Park during the 1984-85 season.

Whilst he was thus deeply engaged at a tavern, he was called on by a grenadier, who desired his immediate attendance on his colonel ; but no entreaties could prevail on the disciple of Aesculapius to postpone his sacrifice to Bacchus.

Whilst at Cambridge, he was treasurer of the Cambridge University Socialist Society and canvassed for the Labour candidate for Cambridge in the 1931 election.

Whilst there, he staged regular Merz recitals, including a performance of Silence, his first poem in English, but was apparently seen as a somewhat pathetic irrelevant figure by other artists at the camp.

Whilst seaborne raids were nothing new at the time the Vikings refined the practice to a science through their shipbuilding, tactics and training.

Whilst this is primarily a defensive style, wickets were achieved by forcing a batsman to make a rash stroke or even bowling at the stumps instead of the retreating batsman.

Whilst still at university, Cook wrote for Kenneth Williams, for whom he created an entire West End comedy revue called One Over the Eight, before finding prominence in his own right in a four-man group satirical stage show, Beyond the Fringe, with Jonathan Miller, Alan Bennett and Dudley Moore.

Whilst on the surface the new Potsdamer Platz appears so far to have lived up to its expectations as a futuristic centre of commerce at the heart of Europe's youngest capital city, there has been much debate as to just how successful it really is.

Whilst this story might be quoted as part of a justification for moving from act to rule utilitarianism McCloskey anticipates this and points out that each rule has to be judged on its utility and it is not at all obvious that a rule with exceptions has less utility.

A postscript at the end of the published volume of transactions containing Darwin's paper states that " Whilst the last pages of this volume were in the press, Dr Withering of Birmingham ... published a numerous collection of cases in which foxglove has been given, and frequently with good success ".

Whilst racing at Alessandria in the Circuito di Pietro Bordino race, Nuvolari crashed whilst avoiding Carlo Felice Trossi's stricken car.

Whilst most observers had, at the beginning of the talks, anticipated independence as the most likely outcome, others suggested that a rapid resolution might not be preferable.

Whilst attacking the island of Guernsey, he abandons the invasion in order to fight for France at La Rochelle.

Whilst he carefully avoided any cities that were hostile, he did attempt to besiege Milan, which failed due to the small army he had at his disposal.

Whilst at Bremen, Engels began reading the philosophy of Hegel, whose teachings had dominated German philosophy at the time.

Whilst widely criticised at the time, over the longer term the decision can be seen as a logical culmination of the withdrawal from Britain's colonial-era political and military commitments in Asia, the Middle East, Africa and elsewhere that had been underway under British governments of both parties since the Second World War – and of the parallel switch of Britain's emphasis to its European identity.

Whilst at university, Fry became involved with the Cambridge Footlights, where he met his longtime collaborator Hugh Laurie.

Whilst there, Telemachus is again treated as an honored guest as Menelaus and Helen tell complementary, yet contradictory stories of his father's exploits at Troy.

Whilst at Edinburgh University, Childe continued writing and publishing books on archaeology, beginning with a series of works that followed on from The Dawn of European Civilisation and The Aryans by compiling and synthesising data from across Europe.

Whilst working at the Institute, Childe took up residence at Lawn Road Flats near to Hampstead, an apartment block perhaps recommended to him by the popular crime fiction author Agatha Christie ( the wife of his colleague Max Mallowan ), who had lived there during the Second World War.