Recent election results mark it as the most conservative part of Germany, generally giving huge margins to the CSU.

Recent attempts by the conservative government to outlaw adultery caused an outcry in Turkey and was seen as an attempt to legislate Islamic values, but others point out that the legislation was intended to combat polygamy which is still common in rural areas, although not recognized legally.

Recent historical interpretations, especially those influenced by Thomas Kuhn, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions ( 1962 ), portray the history of science in terms of competing paradigms or conceptual systems battling for intellectual supremacy in a wider matrix that includes intellectual, cultural, economic and political themes outside pure science.

Recent political decisions have strongly emphasized the will to participate in international operations, to the point where this has become the main short-term goal of training and equipment acquisition.

Recent years of political instability have, however, eroded Togo's position as a trading center.

Recent laws governing the employment of laborers from Indonesia, Vietnam and the Philippines has led to an increased atmosphere among urban aborigines of xenophobia and encouraged the formulation of a pan-indigenous consciousness in the pursuit of political representation and protection.

Recent assessments emphasise the great differences between the wealthy and the poor during the Edwardian era and describe the age as heralding great changes in political and social life.

Recent research by Carl-Gustaf Scott argues however that there never was a " crisis " and that " the crisis was created in historical hindsight in order to protect the political legacy of the Social Democratic Party and its leader Per Albin Hansson.

Recent historical research has shown that the Mongols, who destroyed Nanzhao in 1253 and made the area a province of their empire — naming it Yunnan — exercised a decisive political influence in the middle Mekong Valley for the better part of a century.

Recent political developments ( see below ) may have seen the reactivation of the Russian Air-Launched ASAT program, although there is no confirmation of this as yet.

Recent changes in the political atmosphere have encouraged American to imitate European counterparts and display their fowl in the show ring.

Recent examples include no-smoking health campaigns and political campaign advertising emphasizing the fear of terrorism.

Recent research has looked at the impact of humor on the processing of political messages.

Recent philosophic manifestos by literary deconstructionists, radical feminists, and opponents of science generally ( e. g., religious, cultural, political, etc.

Recent surveys have asked about relationship dynamics, evaluations of academic departments, recycling habits, as well as political and social affiliations.

Recent events, such as the Egyptian Revolution in 2011, show us how this idea of e-democracy has effectively been used in the political arena.

Recent political engagement by New Zealand Bishops have included statements issued in relation to: indigenous rights and Treaty of Waitangi issues ; the rights of refugees and migrants ; and promoting restorative Justice over retributive justice in New Zealand.

) Recent London After Midnight material ( such asnew CD release " Violent Acts of Beauty "), which has been performed in concert, is highly political with songs like " Feeling Fascist ?," " The Pain Looks Good on You ," " America's a Fucking Disease ," and others.

Recent methodological work in comparative politics and sociology has adapted the concept of path dependence into analyses of political and social phenomena.

In 1894, the former preacher and newspaper editor published Picturesque Hawaii: A Charming Description of Her Unique History, Strange People, Exquisite Climate, Wondrous Volcanoes, Luxurious Productions, Beautiful Cities, Corrupt Monarchy, Recent Revolution and Provisional Government, a strange volume of part memoir, part travelogue and part political tract meant to provide a rationale for his actions in the Islands.

Recent moves at cutting benefits and privatization of various state run businesses in Taiwan such as the Taiwan Railway Administration and China Airlines have led many in those industries to believe that their iron rice bowls are in jeopardy, and has led to strikes ( and threats thereof ), as well as being the subject of much political debate.

Recent analysis suggests that many non-local artifacts occur exclusively or primarily within council circles, implying the structures were occupied by political and / or ritual leaders of the Great Bend aspect peoples.

Recent political events, most notably testimony to the Gomery Commission investigating the sponsorship scandal, significantly weakened the Liberals ( who, under Martin, had formed the first Liberal minority government since the Trudeau era ) by allegations of criminal corruption in the party.

Recent acquisitions, either through purchase or donation, include works by Salvador Dalí, Mark Dion, Andrew Moore ’ s photographs from Robert Moses and the Modern City, a collection of 20th century photographs from the 1964 World ’ s Fair Kodak Pavilion, crime scene photographs from the Daily New Archive 1920 ’ s-1960 ’ s, and nearly 1000 drawings by the court reporter and political cartoonist, William Sharp.

Recent electoral inroads made by a number of independent candidates towards the end of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st, such as the elections of Antanas Mockus and later Luis Eduardo Garzón as mayors of Bogotá, amid a climate of perceived generalized dissatisfaction with the country's traditional political background, have tended to shows signs that past electoral trends may be weakening and the potential for diversity could be increasing.

Recent years have also seen increasing accusations of continuing death squad activity targeting the Salvadoran political opposition and members of the political and social left.

Recent scholarship has shown that Heidegger was substantially influenced by St. Augustine of Hippo and that Martin Heidegger's Being and Time would not have been possible without the influence of Augustine's thought.

Recent research has distinguished between Hilary's thought before his period of exile in Phrygia under Constantius and the quality of his later major works.

Recent attempts to incorporate Western philosophy into Eastern thought include the Kyoto School of philosophers, who combined the phenomenology of Husserl with the insights of Zen Buddhism.

Recent years have also included nominations for a ' Listener's Law ' ( which an MP agreed to sponsor as a parliamentary bill, although he did not support the winning nomination, which he thought was not appropriate ), and, in 2006, nominations were sought for the law that listeners would most like to see repealed.

Recent discoveries have shown that more of the Septuagint additions have a Hebrew origin than was once thought.

Recent research suggests that the two frogmouth groups may not be as closely related as previously thought, and that the Asian species may be separable as a new family, the Batrachostomidae.

Recent studies have shown that the development of tension features may not always be as rapid as previously thought.

Recent studies suggest that they may be more common than had been thought.

Recent DNA evidence indicates these deer are not as closely related as previously thought, resulting in the creation of new species and genera.

Recent studies have put the figure at 6500, a much lower figure than was previously thought, though a 2006 census showed 7150 used the language.

Recent genetic evidence shows they are less closely related to the Old World cypresses than previously thought, being more closely related to Callitropsis and Juniperus than to the rest of Cupressus.

Recent work in experimentally introduced populations in the Bahamas has shown that body size in the brown anole may not be affected by predation, as was previously thought.

Recent research has shown, however, that " flashbulb memory " is not as reliable as it was once thought to be.

Recent molecular studies suggest the Batoidea are not derived selachians as previously thought.

Recent monitoring by FREELAND Foundation in collaboration with Department of National Park rangers has discovered tigers ( the Indochinese tiger subspecies ) in parts of Eastern Thailand ( including Khao Yai ) where they were previously thought to have been completely extirpated.

Recent studies by Karl Jansen-Winkeln in ZAS 119 ( 1992 ) suggest that Piankh-originally thought to be Herihor's successor-was actually Herihor's predecessor.

Recent studies have shown that Postelsia grows in greater numbers when such competition exists — a control group with no competition produced fewer offspring than an experimental group with mussels ; from this it is thought that the mussels provide protection for the developing gametophytes.

Recent research has linked Celbridge with the Slí Mór possibly crossing the Liffey at a ford located below the site of the mill directly east of the bridge rather than at Castletown House, as previously thought.

Recent analysis, however, of data from this period gleaned from the Annual Reports of Queen Square Hospital, London, indicates that the diagnosis was more evenly balanced between the sexes than is commonly thought.

Recent studies indicate that the volume of the Chilcotin Group is much less than previously thought, and that the " Plateau " is likely Eocene in age.

Recent studies have shown the existence of communication between adherens junctions and gap junctions, suggesting a higher level of coordination than previously thought.

Recent DNA testing showed that a skull thought to be his was not in fact his.

Recent social reforms created a climate of insecurity which some right-wing politicians thought could be resolved by the nationalistic spirit of war.

Recent research support Rogers ' point of view as it has shown that people with an optimistic style of thought tend to cope more effectively with stress than do people who have a pessimistic style ( Gray 2002 ).