Because of a wine glut ( wine lake ) in the generic production, the price squeeze induced by an increasingly strong international competition, and vine pull schemes, the number of growers has recently dropped from 14, 000 and the area under vine has also decreased significantly.

Because of this it could not raise a strong resistance against invaders, and were easily defeated and subjugated by the Shyris, ancient indigenous people who joined the Kingdom of Quito.

Because of the strong empirical support for special relativity, any modifications to it must necessarily be quite subtle and difficult to measure.

Because of its mission statement, Harvey Mudd College places an unusually strong emphasis on general science education, requiring a full one-third of math, science, and engineering courses, known as the " common core ," outside of one's major.

Because their text-only nature sidestepped the problem of writing for the widely divergent graphics architectures of the day, interactive fiction games were easily ported across all the popular platforms, even those such as CP / M not known for gaming or strong graphics capabilities.

) Because the yarn holding rows together is all on the front, and the yarn holding side-by-side stitches together is all on the back, stockinette fabric has a strong tendency to curl toward the front on the top and bottom, and toward the back on the left and right side.

Because of strong cultural, religious, linguistic, and economic ties, Nepal's association with India traditionally has been close.

Because of this, some accused Menzies of being pro-Nazi, whilst others saw it as an early example of his strong opposition to communism.

Because of the tectonic activity and strong currents, these archeologists claim that there is not sufficient stratification to be sure the recovered artifacts can be associated with the site.

Because they tend to have strong flavors and are used in small quantities, spices tend to add few calories to food, even though many spices, especially those made from seeds, contain high portions of fat, protein, and carbohydrate by weight.

Because bones come in a variety of shapes and have a complex internal and external structure they are lightweight, yet strong and hard, in addition to fulfilling their many other functions.

Because of this, the oligarchy that came into power after the " Meiji Restoration " of 1868 had a strong representation from the Satsuma province, with leaders such as Ōkubo Toshimichi and Saigō Takamori taking up key government positions.

* Because of aggressive lobbying and the United States ' strong libertarian traditions, the Internet service provider industry remains relatively unregulated in comparison to other communications industries.

Because strong, healthy blacks in their prime working and reproductive years were seen and treated as highly valuable commodities, it was not unusual for free blacks — both freedmen ( former slaves ) and those who had never been slaves — to be kidnapped and sold into slavery.

Because most WorldForge servers are run by volunteers without strong bandwidth and hardware capacities this direction also has practical reasons.

Because they do not interact with electromagnetism they cannot be seen directly, and because they do not interact with the strong nuclear force they do not react strongly with atomic nuclei.

Because a levee is only as strong as its weakest point, the height and standards of construction have to be consistent along its length.

Because of the presence of such oxide minerals, basalt can acquire strong magnetic signatures as it cools, and paleomagnetic studies have made extensive use of basalt.

Because helium-4 is very stable, there is a strong tendency on the part of two deuterium nuclei to combine to form helium-4.

Because of this, the hydrogen ion concentration increases by less than the amount expected for the quantity of strong acid added.

Because the Navy had failed to achieve what Tirpitz had promised, there was a very strong anti-navalist mood in Germany after 1918.

Because of his homely ways and strong Norfolk roots, he was often known to both friends and detractors as the " fat old Squire of Norfolk.

Because of the strong provincial loyalties held by these immigrants, the Qing government felt Taiwan was somewhat difficult to govern.

Because of their ability to set legal precedent in regions that cover millions of people, the United States Courts of Appeals have strong policy influence on U. S. law ; however, this political recognition is controversial.

Because of the recent invention of the cast plate glass method in 1848, which allowed for large sheets of cheap but strong glass, it was at the time the largest amount of glass ever seen in a building and astonished visitors with its clear walls and ceilings that did not require interior lights, thus a " Crystal Palace ".

Because of his frequent association with creatures, scholars often describe Cernunnos as the " Lord of the Animals " or the " Lord of Wild Things ", and Miranda Green describes him as a " peaceful god of nature and fruitfulness ".

Because the American Assembly had begun to take shape, he traveled around the country in mid-to-late 1950 building financial support from Columbia Associates, an alumni association.

Because of the association with Hakkō ichiu, the Kigensetsu celebration of 1940 is today considered controversial.

Because field hockey teams have one goalkeeper plus ten outfield players as does association football ( soccer ), there are many common formations between the two sports.

Because of this relationship between the congregations and the association, Unitarian Universalist congregations have a congregational polity of governance.

Because African countries face some of the most severe poverty and underdevelopment, and because 39 of those countries are the IDA's poorest member states, the association allocates approximately half of the IDA's resources toward financing projects in those countries.

Because of the association with individuality, the anonymous person is sometimes referred to as " faceless ".

Because of its herbal knowledge and entheogenic association the snake was often considered one of the wisest animals, being ( close to the ) divine.

Because of his association with snakes, he is sometimes disguised as Moses, who carried a snake on his staff.

Because of the public association with Hu and the " Tianamnen Massacre ", Hu's name became taboo on the mainland, and the Chinese government censored any mention of him in the media.

Because of this association, they are seen as " in charge " of water-related weather phenomenon.

Because of the frequent association between spin and press conferences ( especially government press conferences ), the room in which these take place is sometimes described as a spin room.

Because of its association with the goddess, māyā is now a common girl's name in India and amongst the Indian diaspora around the world.

Because of the association of raging bulls with strength and war, Monthu was also said to manifest himself in a white bull with a black face, which was referred to as the Bakha.

Later works include Laurence Sterne's eighteenth-century psychological novel Tristam Shandy, while in the nineteenth-century it has been suggested that Edgar Allan Poe's short story " The Tell-Tale Heart " foreshadows this literary technique .< ref >< http :// www. britannica. com / EBchecked / topic / 1785800 / The-Tell-Tale-Heart >.</ ref > Because of his renunciation of chronology in favor of free association, Édouard Dujardin's Les Lauriers Sont Coupés ( 1887 ) is also an important precursor to the stream of consciousness narratives of James Joyce and Virginia Woolf, and Joyce is believed to have known this work.

Because of this association, Hooke called them cells, the name they still bear.

Because of its long association with Toho, UPA is better known to cult-movie fans today as Toho's American distributor rather than a pioneer of animated cartoons, but the legacy of UPA is an important chapter in the history of American animation.

" Because of their association with the Circumcellions, they brought upon themselves repression by the imperial authorities, but they drew upon African regional sentiment, while the Catholic party had the support of Rome.

Because of its numbers, ubiquity and association with human settlements, the sparrow is culturally prominent.

Because the trade association does not pledge its credit, the vendor must rely upon the credit worthiness of each purchaser.

Because of her nearness to the English crown, Lady Margaret Douglas was brought up chiefly at the English court in close association with her first cousin, the future Queen Mary, who remained her lifelong friend.

Because of Watts's paintings of her and her association with him, she " became a cult figure for poets and painters of the later Pre-Raphaelite and Aesthetic movements, including Oscar Wilde ".

Because of Mao's popular association with Zhang's enemy, Cao Cao, Mao interpreted this as implying a confrontational relationship.