After three decades of amassing material, Boasians felt a growing urge to generalize.

After several decades of being the battlefield where the Kingdom of Castile and the Crown of Aragón clashed, Alicante became a major Mediterranean trading station exporting rice, wine, olive oil, oranges and wool.

After several decades, the Army gave up the small camp linked to the Ubii-settlement.

After decades in opposition the Whigs came to power under Grey in 1830 and carried the First Reform Act in 1832.

After decades of escalating overexploitation the cod fishery all but collapsed in the 1990s, and the Pacific salmon industry also suffered greatly.

After decades of neglect and damage from wartime, Cambodia's rail network is currently being reconstructed as part of the Trans-Asian Railway project with modern trains replacing the current open-access system of " bamboo trains ", homemade bamboo mats powered by go-kart or water pump engines.

After the 1974 invasion following a Greek junta-based coup attempt, Makarios secured international recognition of his Greek Cypriot government as the sole legal authority on Cyprus, which has proved to be a very significant strategic advantage for the Greek Cypriots in the decades since.

After losing a dismal 103 games in 1966, the Cubs brought home consecutive winning records in ' 67 and ' 68, marking the first time a Cub team had accomplished that feat in over two decades.

After several decades of harassment and re-proselytising, and perhaps even more importantly, the systematic destruction of their religious texts, the sect was exhausted and could find no more adepts.

After decades of growing interest in and development of experiential education and scouting ( not Scouting ) in the United States, and the emergence of the Scout Movement in 1907, in 1910 Boy Scouts of America was founded in the merger of three older Scouting organizations: Boy Scouts of the United States, the National Scouts of America and the Peace Scouts of California.

After the turbulent Year of the four emperors in 69, the Flavian Dynasty reigned for three decades.

After 1944 Communists were a factor to consider for a few decades, and the Finnish People's Democratic League, formed by Communists and others to the left of Social Democrats, even was the largest party after 1958 elections.

After the Gatling gun was replaced in service by newer recoil-or gas-operated non-rotating machine guns and automatic cannons, the approach of using multiple rotating barrels fell into disuse for many decades, reappearing after World War II with the development of the M61 Vulcan.

After decades of small-scale conflict the Portuguese were defeated in Kenya by Arabs from Oman.

After some decades Guanyin returned to Fragrant Mountain to continue her meditation.

After 1783 the ranks of free blacks expanded markedly, due both to manumission of the enslaved in the South during the first two decades after the Revolutionary War, attributable both to slaveholders inspired by its ideals and to others inspired to manumission by Quaker, Methodist and Baptist preachers active in those years.

After surviving a period of financial uncertainties, the institute saw significant expansion in the last two decades of the 19th century under President Francis Amasa Walker.

After several decades of almost incessant fighting, Bulgaria came under Byzantine rule in 1018.

After some instability during the first two decades of communist rule in Mongolia, there was no significant popular unrest until December 1989.

After several decades of intensive political lobbying by midwives and consumers, fully integrated, regulated and publicly funded midwifery is now part of the health system in the provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, and Nova Scotia, and in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut.

After decades of “ low intensity conflict ” in Maguindanao between 1976 and 2000, President Estrada ’ s “ All Out War ” strategy declared in 2000 led to the displacement of more than 930, 000 individuals.

After decades, the reforms strengthened Qin economically and militarily and transformed it into a highly centralized state with an efficient administrative system.

After decades of rivalry between the medieval kingdoms, modern Nepal was created in the latter half of the 18th century, when Prithvi Narayan Shah, the ruler of the small principality of Gorkha, formed a unified country from a number of independent hill states.

After two decades of decline, however, the team left Philadelphia for Kansas City in and became the Kansas City Athletics.

After a long debate in the House, a second attempt passed Congress on January 13, 1865, and was sent to the state legislatures for ratification.

" After a vigorous debate, a formal vote for impeachment was held in the House of Representatives on December 5, 1867, and failed, 57 – 108.

After some internal debate, he says, he decided to join.

After extensive debate, the U. S. Senate confirmed Thomas to the Supreme Court by a vote of 52 – 48 ; the narrowest margin since the 19th century.

After much reluctance and debate New Zealand agreed to change for the Tests and the All Blacks became the All Whites for the first time.

After several rounds of debate between Job and his friends, in a divine voice, described as coming from a " cloud " or " whirlwind ", God describes, in evocative and lyrical language, what the experience of being the creator of the world is like, and rhetorically asks if Job has ever had the experiences or the authority that God has had.

After the debate, the President of the University, Lee C. Bollinger, stated that he did not favor reinstating Columbia's ROTC program, because of the military's anti-gay policies.

After a further decade of debate, in 1983, JTS voted to admit women for ordination as Conservative rabbis, also without adopting an explanatory responsum.

After much debate from the Athenians, it was decided to revise the laws, including the homicide law, in 409.

After articulating the biological species concept in 1942, Mayr played a central role in the species problem debate over what was the best species concept.

After a debate between the two deceased bards, the god brings Aeschylus back to life as more useful to Athens on account of his wisdom, rejecting Euripides as merely clever.

After a very heated national debate, legislation was passed in 1985 that gave women an equal right to decide what surname or surnames they and their children would use.

After some debate about the exact site for the tower, a contract was signed on 8 January 1887.

After a heated debate, the President of the Volkskammer, Sabine Bergmann-Pohl, announced the results at 2: 30 am on 23 August:

After the initial discovery of introns in protein-coding genes of the eukaryotic nucleus, there was significant debate as to whether introns in modern-day organisms were inherited from a common ancient ancestor ( termed the introns-early hypothesis ), or whether they appeared in genes rather recently in the evolutionary process ( termed the introns-late hypothesis ).

After the two week-long debate, a vote was held and he was not censured.

After heated debate in Congress, Adams successfully argued to restore the lost funds with interest.

After much debate, the House of Representatives voted down all resolutions that condemned Jackson in any way, thus implicitly endorsing Monroe's actions and leaving the issue surrounding the role of the executive with respect to war powers unanswered.

After an exhaustive and divisive debate with the non-Hindi speakers, Hindi was adopted as the official language of India in 1950 with English continuing as an associate official language for a period of fifteen years, after which Hindi would become the sole official language.

" After the 2001 cancellation of performances of excerpts from " Klinghoffer " by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, debate has continued about the opera's content and social worth.

After much debate a future campus location was selected in what was then a semi-rural part of North Ryde, and it was decided that the future university be named after Lachlan Macquarie, an important early governor of the colony of New South Wales.

After some debate, it was agreed to adopt a Masorti form of service, using the siddur Sim Shalom.

After much debate many of the immigrants were transported to Nauru, an arrangement known in Australia as the " Pacific Solution ".

* 1777 – American Revolutionary War: After 16 months of debate the Continental Congress approves the Articles of Confederation.