Sentences with phrase «occurred mere weeks»

The downgrade occurred mere weeks after Beijing began its regulatory assault on cryptocurrency.

Ley's role was complex, and his life took an intriguing and meandering path through many of the 20th century's key events: the rise of airborne technology after the first world war; rocketry's beginnings; the Nazis» ascent; the cold war; the popularisation of the idea of space travel; and, finally, as apotheosis, the first moon landing, which occurred mere weeks after his death.