Since the mid 1950s, when urethane foam first made its appearance in the American market, growth has been little short of fantastic.

Since Daniel was a statesman during the Persian conquests, the Book of Daniel could have been written in a period when the Persians had their greatest influence on Aramaic, believed to be in the mid 6th century BC.

Since the mid 1980s, the United States has had a growing deficit in tradeable goods, especially with Asian nations ( China and Japan ) which now hold large sums of U. S debt that has funded the consumption.

Since the mid 1980s, the Chianti Classico zone has had its own DOCG recognized area separate from the greater Chianti region.

Since 2004 employment in the sector was somehow reduced to about 45, 000, in mid 2011, due to intense international competition in the garment sector.

Since the mid 1990s, thousands of surface scientists and thin film technocrats have latched on to the nanotechnology bandwagon and redefined their disciplines as nanotechnology.

Since the mid 1990s, the term Militia has all but vanished in favour of the term Primary Reserve.

Since the mid 20th century, computers calculate the required functions instead.

Since the mid 1990s such sampling approaches have been the methods most predominantly used for practical radiosity calculations.

Since the mid – 20th century, heavy water consumption of farms and cities along the river has left only 20 % of its natural discharge to flow to the Gulf.

Since their apex during the late 1980s to mid 1990s high technology fad, digital watches have mostly become simpler, less expensive time pieces with little variety between models.

Since the mid 1990s, the insignia of a Royal Australian Navy Rear Admiral is the crown of St Edward above a crossed sword and baton, above two silver stars, above the word " AUSTRALIA ".

Since the mid &# 8209 ; 1990s, Monsanto indicates that it has sued 145 individual U. S. farmers for patent infringement and / or breach of contract in connection with its genetically engineered seed.

Since the mid 1990s, Lumpkin County has been recognized as " The Heart of Georgia Wine Country.

Since 1953, Route 10 has seen improvements that eliminated the Ledgewood Circle at the western terminus in 1998 and improved safety along the portion of the route in Hanover and East Hanover Townships in the mid 2000s.

Since the mid 1980s, there have been teen comedies and teen dramas such as in the UK ; Byker Grove ( 1989-2006 ) and Grange Hill ( 1978-2008 ) and that are geared toward older children ( typically between the ages of 12 and 15 ).

Since the mid 20th century chemical fluorescent stains, such as DAPI which binds to DNA, have been used to label specific structures within the cell.

Since the mid 1990s, several competitors ( e. g., Siemens AG ( later Infineon Technologies AG, now Intel mobile communications ), NEC, Texas Instruments, STMicroelectronics ( formerly SGS-Thomson ), Motorola ( later Freescale ), Intersil, etc.

Since the 1930s, the Baak Doi label heaquartered in Shanghai had been published under the EMI banner and since then, EMI had also been the dominant label in the cantopop market in Hong Kong until the genre's decline in the mid 1980s.

Since the mid 1990s, Billie Godfrey has worked with the band as a backing vocalist and appears with them at concerts.

Since the mid 1990s a string of successful alternative Australian acts have emerged ; artists to achieve both underground ( critical ) and mainstream ( commercial ) success include You Am I, Grinspoon, Powderfinger and Jet.

Since the mid 1980s, the university has managed to expand and catch up with advanced Western currents in all fields.

Since the mid 1970s, most federal Liberals in BC had chosen to support the British Columbia Social Credit Party at the provincial level.

Since the beginning of widespread cannabis prohibition around the mid 20th century, most countries have not re-legalized it for personal use, although more than 10 countries tolerate ( or have decriminalized ) its use and / or its cultivation in limited quantities.

Since the 1960s, composite airframes and quieter, more efficient engines have become available, and Concorde provided supersonic passenger service for more than two decades, but the most important lasting innovations have taken place in instrumentation and control.

Since the 1960s, the islands have diversified away from their traditionally agriculture-based economy towards tourism and financial services, becoming one of the wealthiest areas in the Caribbean.

Since the 1960s, the bass guitar has largely replaced the double bass in popular music as the bass instrument in the rhythm section.

Since the 1960s, blackjack has been a high profile target of advantage players, particularly card counters, who track the profile of cards that have been dealt and adapt their wager and playing strategies accordingly.

Since the 1960s / 1970s, Blissymbols have become popular as a method to teach disabled or handicapped people to communicate.

Since the 1960s, applied ethics has revived the ideas of casuistry in applying ethical reasoning to particular cases in law, bioethics and business ethics, so the reputation of casuistry is somewhat rehabilitated.

Since the international adoption of the MKS standard in the 1940s and the SI standard in the 1960s, the technical use of CGS units has gradually declined worldwide, in the United States more slowly than elsewhere.

Since the early 1960s, it has been known that volcanism has occurred on other planets and moons in the Solar System.

Since then McLean has stated that the lyrics are also somewhat autobiographical and present an abstract story of his life from the mid-1950s until the time he wrote the song in the late 1960s.

Since at least the 1960s, macroeconomics has been characterized by further integration as to micro-based modeling of sectors, including rationality of players, efficient use of market information, and imperfect competition.

Since at least the 1960s, when Marc Bloch's Feudal Society ( 1939 ) was first translated into English in 1961, many medieval historians have included a broader social aspect that includes not only the nobility but all three estates of the realm, adding the peasantry bonds of manorialism and the estates of the Church ; this is sometimes referred to as " feudal society " since it encompasses all members of society into the feudal system.

Since the 1960s, West and later reunified Germany has been attracting migrants primarily from Southern and Eastern Europe as well as Turkey, many of whom ( or their children ) over time acquired German citizenship.

Since the 1960s rather complex mathematical models have been developed, facilitated by the availability of high speed computers.

Since the 1960s, academic history has seen the emergence of new approaches and topics such as social history, demographic history, ethnic history, women's history, environmental history and cultural history.

Since the 1960s and 1970s a large body of scholarship has provided evidence and analysis of the extent to which heterosexuality and homosexuality are socially organized and historically changing.

Since the 1960s various Scottish shops and manufacturers have created vegetarian haggis, substituting various pulses, nuts and vegetables for the meat in the dish.

Since the 1950s and 1960s in particular, the Irish have become assimilated into the British population.

Since the early 1960s, it has published 12 volumes, the first in 1971 and most recently in 2008 ; three more volumes are planned.

Since the 1960s, he has worked with public interest, consumer, family farm, environmental and community organizations at the local, state and national level.

Since the 1960s, orca has steadily grown in popularity ; both names are now used.

Since the 1960s, a theory based on Linear B phonetic values suggests that Linear A language could be an Anatolian language, close to Luwian.

Since the beginning of the 1960s Ladoga has become considerably eutrophicated.

Since the 1960s, the mainland population has declined by 60-70 %; though there has been a small increase on Motunau Island.

Since the 1960s, the number of people claiming Native American ancestry has grown significantly and by the 2000 census, the number had more than doubled.

Since the 1960s the Chief rabbinate of Israel has moved somewhat closer to the positions of Haredi Judaism.