At the time of its independence in 1960, DRC was the second most industrialized country in Africa after South Africa ; it boasted a thriving mining sector and its agriculture sector was relatively productive.

At that time, numerous influences-including a growing awareness of the unity and fragility of the biosphere following mankind's first steps into outer space ( see, for example, the Blue Marble ), increased public concern over the impact of industrial activity on natural resources and human health ( see, for example, the 1969 Cuyahoga River fire, the increasing strength of the regulatory state, and more broadly the advent and success of environmentalism as a political movement-coalesced to produce a huge new body of law in a relatively short period of time.

The park is a large open space with rectangular mounds and voids on the ground .< sup > photo </ sup > At first the park was criticized for being relatively uninviting ( with punched card pits promoting mosquito infestation and preventing safe active recreation ) and lacked trees or structures to shade students from the sun.

At the center of the S-curve a section of the blade remains relatively flat.

At the same time, as observed by Flipper singer Bruce Loose, the relatively restrictive hardcore scenes diminished the variety of music that could once be heard at many punk gigs.

At the same time, even within societies which allow polygyny, the actual practice of polygyny occurs relatively rarely.

At equilibrium, removal of slowly replicating sequences due to decay or outflow is balanced by replenishing, so that even relatively slowly replicating sequences can remain present in finite abundance.

At the beginning of the solar system, there were several relatively short-lived radionuclides like < sup > 26 </ sup > Al, < sup > 60 </ sup > Fe, < sup > 53 </ sup > Mn, and < sup > 129 </ sup > I present within the solar nebula.

At a distance of just under 12 light-years from the Solar System, it is a relatively nearby star.

At that time, the Walz was a relatively new dance in England, and the fact that it was a couples dance ( as opposed to the traditional group dances ), and that the gentleman actually clasped his arm around the lady's waist, gave it a dubious moral status in the eyes of some.

At the power stations the energy is produced at a relatively low voltage between about 2. 3 kV and 30 kV, depending on the size of the unit.

At the outset of the war, the French government ordered a blockade of the North German coasts, which the relatively small North German navy ( Norddeutsche Bundesmarine ) could do little to oppose.

At the same time, computers were relatively slow, so simple interpretation was very noticeably slower than executing machine code.

At the scale where humans exist and interact with the universe, Newtonian mechanics remain useful, and make relatively accurate predictions ( e. g. calculating the trajectory of a bullet ).

At the time, this was a relatively quiet sector of the front, but the first battalion was struck by a German heavy artillery bombardment on the afternoon of 12 March 1918 that buried 21 men of the unit — of which 14 remained entombed.

At lower excitation energy ( see neutron evaporation ), the effect of the shell will be enhanced and ground-state nuclei can be expected to have relatively long half-lives.

At Chartres, nearly all of the 176 windows were filled with equally dense stained glass, creating a relatively dark but richly coloured interior in which the light filtering through the myriad narrative and symbolic windows was the main source of illumination.

At first, Charles was relatively unconcerned as in many ways this could play into the hands of the French crown by weakening the position of the Count of Flanders over the long term.

At Hapgood's request, they had studied both Piri Reis and Oronce Finé maps during their off-duty hours, concluding that both were compiled from original source maps of Antarctica at a time when it was relatively free of ice, supporting Hapgood's findings.

At 1. 5 km altitude, retrorockets on the lander itself were ignited and, 40 seconds later at about 2. 4 m / s, the lander arrived on Mars with a relatively light jolt.

At the time, it was relatively uncommon for Hispanic people to appear on American television, and people suggested that he take accent reduction classes, which he refused.

At first the Coalition was seen as a political masterstroke, as the Conservative leader Bonar Law was given a relatively minor job ( Secretary for the Colonies ), whilst former Conservative leader A. J. Balfour was given the Admiralty, replacing Churchill.

At the opening of the 4th season episode " Revulsion ", relatively dated 2374, Tuvok was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Commander.

At the time his map was first published he was overlooked by the scientific community ; his relatively humble education and family connections preventing him from mixing easily in learned society.

At one time divorce was relatively uncommon.

) At this late date, it is impossible for St. Michael's College to find a suitable replacement for me.

At one point late in the day, when Palmer was lining up a 25-foot putt on the 16th, a thunderous cheer from the direction of the 18th green unmistakably announced that Player had birdied the final hole.

At various times in the past, and as late as the 1870s, the Bahr el Ghazal Depression, which extends from the northeastern part of the lake to the Djourab, acted as an overflow canal ; since independence, climatic conditions have made overflows impossible.

At the same time, the system's commercial regimentation and focus on glamorous escapism discouraged daring and ambition beyond a certain degree, a prime example being the brief but still legendary directing career of the iconoclastic Erich von Stroheim in the late teens and the ‘ 20s.

At some time between late 1792 and early 1793, a serious illness ( the exact nature of which is not known ), left Goya deaf, and he became withdrawn and introspective.

At that time Tiridates III the son of the late King Khosrov II, reigned.

At the same time, many have serious difficulties and support needs for many years, although " late " recovery is still possible.

At Wadowice, birthplace of John Paul II ( 50 kilometers southwest of Kraków ) is a museum dedicated to the late Pope's childhood.

At the onset of the Neoproterozoic the supercontinent Rodinia, which had assembled during the late Mesoproterozoic, straddled the equator.

At the time of his death at the age of 95, his was the longest papacy in Church history until it was surpassed by the 24-year papacy of Pius VI in the late 18th century.

At that late date the ancient authors were attempting to explain the provenance of the name.

At around the same time Grundy's created a new teen-oriented soap, The Young Doctors, which also screened on Channel Nine starting late 1976.

At the UPenn Museum the exhibition Iraq's Ancient Past, which includes many of the most famous pieces from the Royal Tombs, is expected to be open to visitors in late Spring 2011.

At the Austrian Court in Vienna in the late 17th century ( 1698 ) ladies were conducted around the room to the tune of a 2-beat measure, which then became the 3 / 4 of the Nach Tanz ( After Dance ), upon which couples got into the position for the Weller and waltzed around the room with gliding steps as in an engraving of the Wirtschaft ( Inn Festival ) given for Peter the Great.

At first, Alan of Brittany had custody of the duke, but when Alan died in either late 1039 or October 1040, Gilbert of Brionne took charge of William.

At first it attempted to present the género grande, but it soon yielded to the taste and economics of the time, and became the " temple " of the more populist género chico in the late 1870s.

At some point in the late 1890s, she underwent brain surgery at Boston's Massachusetts General Hospital.

At first, he played in other ensembles, and in late 1917 formed his first group, " The Duke ’ s Serenaders " (" Colored Syncopators ", his telephone directory advertising proclaimed ).

At the least, Michinaga pursued her and pressured her strongly, and her flirtation with him is recorded in her diary as late as 1010.

At the height of the frenzy, in the late 1980s and early 1990s, the Turtles ' likenesses could be found on a wide range of children's merchandise, from Pez dispensers to skateboards, breakfast cereal, video games, school supplies, linens, towels, cameras, and even toy shaving kits.

At the BBC, the late 2000s and early 2010s have seen a major resurgence in traditional-style sitcoms filmed in front of a studio audience and featuring a laughter track, such as Not Going Out, Miranda, Reggie Perrin, Big Top, Mrs Brown's Boys and In with the Flynns

" At the conclusion of the case, Polanski read a statement, saying in part, " The memory of my late wife Sharon Tate was at the forefront of my mind in bringing this action.

At its heart is Glenveagh Castle, a beautiful late Victorian ' folly ' that was originally built as a summer residence.

At least as late as Johannes Kepler ( 1571 – 1630 ), a belief in the geometric underpinnings of the cosmos persisted among scientists.

At this stage, it wasn't clear what atoms were-although they could be described and classified by their observable properties in bulk ; summarized by the developing periodic table, by John Newlands and Dmitri Mendeleyev around the mid to late 19th century.