B continued to see use as late as the 1990s on Honeywell mainframes, and on certain embedded systems for a variety of reasons, including limited hardware in the small systems ; extensive libraries, tools, licensing cost issues ; and simply being good enough for the job on others.

Since the 1990s, violent conflict has occurred between some transmigrant and indigenous populations ; in Kalimantan, thousands were killed in fighting between Madurese transmigrants and the indigenous Dayak people.

The Viola Concerto was revised and polished in the 1990s by Bartók's son, Peter ; this version may be closer to what Bartók intended ( Chalmers 1995, 210 ).

States often said to exhibit crony capitalism include the People's Republic of China ; India, especially up to the early 1990s when manufacturing was strictly controlled by the government ( the " Licence Raj "); Indonesia ; Argentina ; Brazil ; United Kingdom ; Malaysia ; Israel ; Russia ; the United States ; Tasmania ; and most other ex-Eastern Bloc states.

; at the peak of the influx, by the early 1990s there were 36, 000 Sudanese refugees in Mboki in south-east C. A. R.

The use of cadmium in applications such as pigments, coatings, stabilizers and alloys declined due to environmental and health regulations in the 1980s and 1990s ; in 2006, only 7 % of total cadmium consumption was used for plating and coating and only 10 % was used for pigments.

As recently as the late 1990s it was rather run-down ; it underwent a controversial gentrification in recent years ( in conjunction with the development of the nearby University Park at MIT ), and continues to grow more expensive.

* Spence, Jonathan D. The Search for Modern China ( 1999 ), 876pp ; well written survey from 1644 to 1990s excerpt and text search ; complete edition online at Questia

* Milestone Radio: In two separate rounds of license hearings in the 1990s, the CRTC rejected applications by Milestone Radio to launch a radio station in Toronto which would have been Canada's first urban music station ; in both cases, the CRTC instead granted licenses to stations that duplicated formats already offered by other stations in the Toronto market.

The House of Lords of the UK parliament had, for example through the 1990s, over 700 members with a hereditary right to being a lawgiver ; this practice was reformed in 2004, still some 92 parliamentary seats are set aside for hereditary peers as of 2012.

Their enrollment at CUNY dropped precipitously ; there were further enrollment declines through the 1980s and into the 1990s.

The shift from a command economy to a market economy has proven to be difficult ; in particular, there were no theoretical guides for doing so before the 1990s.

; Telephone system: large system ; underwent extensive upgrading during 1990s and is reasonably modern ; Telecom Egypt, the landline monopoly, has been increasing service availability and in 2006 fixed-line density stood at 14 per 100 persons ; as of 2007 there were three mobile-cellular networks and service is expanding rapidly

) Some proposals are solicited, and some are not ; the NSF funds both kinds.

Examples of national facilities include the NSF ’ s national observatories, with their giant optical and radio telescopes ; its Antarctic research sites ; its high-end computer facilities and ultra-high-speed network connections ; the ships and submersibles used for ocean research ; and its gravitational wave observatories.

; 1952: After moving its administrative offices twice, NSF begins its first full year of operations with an appropriation from Congress of just $ 3. 5 million, a figure far less the almost $ 33. 5 million requested.

; 1958: The NSF selects Kitt Peak, near Tucson, Arizona, as the site of the first national observatory, a research center that would make state-of-the-art telescopes available to every astronomer in the nation.

Shortly thereafter, a presidential directive based on the treaty gives the NSF the responsibility for virtually all U. S. operations and research on the continent ; the U. S. Antarctic Program continues to this day.

; 1960: Emphasis on international scientific and technological competition further accelerates NSF growth.

The foundation starts the Institutional Support Program, a capital funding program designed to build a research infrastructure among American universities ; it will be the single largest beneficiary of NSF budget growth in the 1960s.

; 1972: The NSF takes over management of twelve interdisciplinary materials research laboratories from the Defense Department's Advanced Research Projects Agency ( DARPA ).

; 1985: In November, the NSF delivers ozone sensors, along with balloons and helium, to researchers at the South Pole so they can measure stratospheric ozone loss.

; 1994: NSF, together with DARPA and NASA, launches the Digital Library Initiative.

; 2000: NSF joins with other federal agencies in the National Nanotechnology Initiative, dedicated to the understanding and control of matter at the atomic and molecular scale.

; 2004 – 5: NSF sends " rapid response " research teams to investigate the aftermath of the Indian Ocean Tsunami and Hurricane Katrina.

; 2007: NSF requests $ 6. 43 billion dollars for FY 2008.

The University is home to several national centers and institutes, including the Net-Centric Software and Systems Center — an NSF Industry / University Cooperative Research Center ; the Semiconductor Research Corporation, Center for Electronic Materials Processing and Integration ; the Institute of Applied Science ; the Center for Advanced Scientific Computing and Modeling ; the Texas Center for Digital Knowledge ; and the Center for the Study of Interdisciplinarity.

Douceur and her niece, believing Douceur's condition to be grave and believing an earlier medevac flight possible, contacted Senator Jeanne Shaheen for assistance ; as the NSF continued to state Douceur's condition did not qualify for a medevac attempt and conditions at the base would not permit an earlier flight, Douceur and her supporters brought the situation to media attention.

These “ signatures ” are of great relevance to LIGO ( Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory ), a multi-institution gravity-wave experiment for which Thorne has been a leading proponent — in 1984, he cofounded the LIGO Project ( the largest project ever funded by the NSF ) to discern and measure any fluctuations between two or more ' static ' points ; such fluctuations would be evidence of gravitational waves, as calculations describe.

NSF was discovered by James Rothman and colleagues in 1987 while at Stanford University ; they identified NSF after observing that a cytoplasmic factor, required for membrane fusions, was inactivated by treatment with N-ethylmaleimide.

Without such forward planning, investment funds are wasted because manufacturing facilities are completed before there is power to operate them or before there is transport to service them ; ;

The funds recouped by reductions in item 12 above are used: first, to increase the unadjusted allotments to the specified minimum in those States where the unadjusted allotment is less than the minimum allotment ( item 13 above ) ; ;

According to Blair ( 1997 ) British Steel faced serious problems at the time of its formation, including obsolescent plants ; plants operating under capacity and thus at low efficiency ; outdated technology ; price controls that reduced marketing flexibility ; soaring coal and oil costs ; lack of capital investment funds ; and increasing competition on the world market.

This is an important step in the recognition of Breton and other minority languages of France ; however, it doesn't explicitly give more actual recognition, rights or funds to these languages.

The Trustee's job includes notifying creditors of the estate and dealing with creditor inquiries ; ensuring that the bankrupt complies with his or her obligations under the Bankruptcy Act ; investigating the bankrupt's financial affairs ; realising funds to which the estate is entitled under the Bankruptcy Act and distributing dividends to creditors if sufficient funds become available.

" The politicians created the mortgage giants, which then returned some of the profits to the pols-sometimes directly, as campaign funds ; sometimes as " contributions " to favored constituents.

May concurrently hold the title of Treasurer or oversee such a position ; Finance deals with accounting and audits, while Treasurer deals with company funds.

* Chief Investment Officer or CIO – high-level corporate officer responsible for the assets of an investment vehicle or investment management company and / or responsible for the asset-liability management ( ALM ) of typical large financial institutions such as insurers, banks and / or pension funds ; generally reports to the CEO or CFO.

Connecticut's other traditional industry is financial services ; for example, insurance companies in Hartford and hedge funds in Fairfield County.

* raise funds for emergency response equipment in their community ;

However only a small minority actually had a voice ; Parliament was elected by only a few percent of the population, ( less than 3 % as late as 1780 ), and the power to call parliament was at the pleasure of the monarch ( usually when he or she needed funds ).

Two controversies arose during the campaign which tested him and his staff but were without effect on the campaign ; one involved a report that Nixon had improperly received funds from a secret trust – Nixon spoke out adroitly to avoid potential damage but the matter permanently alienated the two candidates.

All articles expending funds are directed to the Finance Committee ; articles dealing with planning and zoning to the Planning Board ; articles relating to by-laws to the By-Law Committee.