Beginning in the mid-1980s, church executives undertook a controversial and ambitious foray into electronic broadcast media.

Beginning in the mid-1980s, and particularly around the end of the decade, North Korea began slowly to modify its rigid self-reliant policy.

Beginning in the mid-1980s, under the administration of President Ali Hassan Mwinyi, Tanzania undertook a number of political and economic reforms.

Beginning in the mid-1980s, less invasive treatments such as extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy, ureteroscopy, and percutaneous nephrolithotomy began to replace open surgery as the modalities of choice for the surgical management of urolithiasis.

Beginning in the mid-1980s, actors such as the burly ex-bodybuilder Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone wielded automatic weapons in a number of action films.

Beginning in the mid-1980s, Hughes ' health problems due to over eating, drugs and alcohol began to seriously affect his musical projects, and this contributed to very short stints with Gary Moore and Tony Iommi, as Hughes was unable to tour with them properly due to his bad health.

Beginning in the early to mid-1980s some elements of the combat support companies ( the mortar and scout platoons ) were merged into the Headquarters Company with the staff and support elements, others were moved to their parent type organization ( ground surveillance radar and air defense ), and in infantry battalions the heavy anti-tank missile platoon was organized as a separate company ( E Company ).

Beginning in the mid-1980s, the advent of the personal computer and fax machine, plus breakthroughs in telecommunications, created opportunities for office workers to decentralize.

Beginning in the mid-1980s, investigators recognized that many HSPs function as molecular chaperones and thus play a critical role in protein folding, intracellular trafficking of proteins, and coping with proteins denatured by heat and other stresses.

Beginning in the mid-1980s, Miles turned to writing mystery fiction.

Beginning in the mid-1980s, the company expanded its services to cover mechanical and electrical equipment.

Beginning in the mid-1980s work began on extending the system northwards through the city centre.

Beginning with Reginald Fessenden's audio demonstrations in 1906, it was also the original method used for audio radio transmissions, and remains in use today by many forms of communication —" AM " is often used to refer to the mediumwave broadcast band ( see AM radio ).

Beginning with Augustine of Hippo, many have seen a connection to Noahide Law, while some modern scholars reject the connection to Noahide Law () and instead see as the basis.

Beginning early on there were many tributes, and parodies made.

Beginning around 1960, the philosopher and historian of ideas Max Fisch ( 1900 – 1995 ) emerged as an authority on Peirce ; Fisch ( 1986 ) includes many of his relevant articles, including a wide-ranging survey ( Fisch 1986: 422 – 48 ) of the impact of Peirce's thought through 1983.

Beginning in the 1980s and 1990s, many governments presiding over planned economies began marketization ( or as in the Soviet Union, the system collapsed ) and moving toward market-based economies by allowing individual enterprises to make the pricing, production, and distribution decisions, granting autonomy to state enterprises and ultimately expanding the scope of the private sector through privatization.

* Beginning in the 1970s, many parents responded to the initial conversion with " deprogramming.

Beginning three days after the vessel grounded, a storm pushed large quantities of fresh oil on to the rocky shores of many of the beaches in the Knight Island chain.

Beginning around the 3rd century BC, it took two centuries to become a dominant literature of Ancient Rome, with many educated Romans still reading and writing in Ancient Greek, as late as Marcus Aurelius ( 121 – 180 AD ).

Beginning in 2004, she favored what many consider to be the Democratic Party's position, and urged President George W. Bush to support federally funded embryonic stem cell research in the hope that this science could lead to a cure for Alzheimer's disease.

Beginning in the early 2000s, many ski manufacturers began designing skis and bindings together, creating an integrated binding system.

Beginning with the Ottoman Empire, many modern sharia jurisdictions have created penal law codes ( Qanun ) that cover areas that are not specifically mentioned in sharia law, although they may not contradict sharia law.

Beginning with the Inferno, he made many cultural references to his time.

Beginning in the 1980s, ramen became a Japanese cultural icon and was studied around the world from many perspectives.

Beginning in the mid-1970s, balloon envelopes have been made in all kinds of shapes, such as hot dogs, rocket ships, and the shapes of commercial products, though the traditional shape remains popular for most non-commercial, and many commercial, applications.

Beginning in 1907, with The Merry Widow, many of the Viennese operettas were adapted very successfully for the English stage.

* Beginning with his Beloved Son, many of the science fiction novels of George Turner

Beginning in the late 20th century, many authors began to observe a deterioration in the social networks of the United States.

Beginning in the early 14th century, the popularity of the seven deadly sins as a theme among European artists of the time eventually helped to ingrain them in many areas of Catholic culture and Catholic consciousness in general throughout the world.

" Beginning in 1947 Swedish psychiatrist Snorre Wohlfahrt evaluated early trials, reporting that it is " distinctly hazardous to leucotomize schizophrenics " and lobotomy to be " still too imperfect to enable us, with its aid, to venture on a general offensive against chronic cases of mental disorder " and stating that " Psychosurgery has as yet failed to discover its precise indications and contraindications and the methods must unfortunately still be regarded as rather crude and hazardous in many respects.

Beginning in the late 1960s, Baez began writing many of her own songs, beginning with " Sweet Sir Galahad " and " A Song For David ", both songs appearing on her 1970 ( I Live ) One Day at a Time album ; the former song was written about her sister Mimi's second marriage, while the later was a tribute to Harris.

Beginning with " The Deaths of Roland Barthes " in 1981, Derrida produced a series of texts on mourning and memory occasioned by the loss of his friends and colleagues, many of them new engagements with their work.

Beginning in the 1990s, many states received waivers from the federal government to create Medicaid managed care programs.

Beginning about 1950, and mostly since about 1980, lactose and many other products, mainly food additives, are made from both casein and cheese whey.

Beginning with the Catholic Revival in the 19th century, the appearance of Anglican altars took a dramatic turn in many churches.

Beginning the season with much hype, many considered the Heat as the team to break the single season record of 72 regular season victories set by the Chicago Bulls.

Beginning in the 1880s and 1890s through the end of his life in 1926, Monet worked on " series " paintings, in which a subject was depicted in varying light and weather conditions.

Most of Noland's paintings fall into one of four groups: circles, or targets ( see Beginning illustrated ), chevrons, ( see infobox ), stripes, and shaped canvases.

Beginning in the Tang Dynasty, many paintings were landscapes, often shanshui ( 山水, " mountain water ") paintings.

Beginning with an idea he had on a plane journey, Botero produced more than 85 paintings and 100 drawings in exploring this concept and " painting out the poison ".

Beginning in 1964, Rothko began painting a series of black paintings, which incorporated other dark hues and texture effects.

Beginning as an outpost established with the Australian Overland Telegraph Line on the North-South transport route between Darwin and Adelaide, Katherine has grown with the development of transport and local industries including mining-particularly gold mining ; a strategic military function with RAAF Base Tindal ; also as a tourism gateway to the attractions of nearby Nitmiluk National Park, particularly Katherine Gorge and its many ancient rock paintings.

Beginning in the 1950s Ardon adopted a complex system of symbolic images in his paintings, taken from the Jewish Mystical tradition ( Kabbalah ), from the Bible and from a tangible reality.

Beginning with a small family collection of paintings, Phillips, a published art critic, expanded the collection dramatically.

Beginning under the instruction of Sir William Allan, he attained early distinction as a delineator of the human figure ; and his first pictures established his fame so completely, that at a very early age he was appointed professor of coloring in little kiddie paintings, joined rowing, in the Trustees Academy of Lawnbowls.

Images based on his paintings have featured on postage stamps issued by many countries, and the pioneering director / animator Karel Zeman used Burian paintings to produce models and 2-D animated images for his 1955 landmark feature film Cesta do pravěku ( released in the US as Journey to the Beginning of Time ).