By the mid-first millennium ( ca 700 ) until about 1500, the inner Vazimbas as much as the coastal Vezos clans welcome new visitors and / or immigrants.

By the mid-first decade of the 21st century, the rate of crime had fallen by 58 % from historic highs associated with severe drug problems in the mid-1990s, though murders remained high for a city of its size.

By managing all four populations as one-through strategic transfers, gene-loss is reduced from 8 % per decade to 2 % per decade, without any increase in bongo numbers in Kenya.

By the early 2000s ( decade ), however, the university quietly reexamined its position on accreditation as degree mills proliferated and various government bureaucracies, such as law enforcement agencies, began excluding BJU graduates on the grounds that the university did not appear on appropriate federal lists.

By the middle of the decade, some of the 1950s generation of American comedians, such as Jerry Lewis, went into decline, while Peter Sellers found success with international audiences in his first American film The Pink Panther.

By then Wilson was the last surviving member of Attlee's cabinet and the unveiling of the statue would be the last public appearance by Wilson, who was by then in the first stages of Alzheimer's Disease and who died in May 1995 after a decade of ill health.

By the end of that decade, calculator prices had reduced to a point where a basic calculator was affordable to most and they became common in schools.

By the end of the decade, similar calculators were priced less than $ 10 (£ 5 ).

By 1931, Curtiz had already been in Hollywood for half a decade, making as many as six films a year.

By the end of the decade, Gumby and Pokey had appeared in commercials for Cheerios cereal, most notably Frosted Cheerios.

By the turn of the decade, the hinged mitt became standard catchers ' equipment.

By the middle of the decade the first true kickboxing events were being held in Osaka.

By the first decade of the 20th century, a number of business entities had formed themselves into trusts, which dominated their industries.

By the end of the 1980s, membership had fallen to just over 6, 000, 000 — little more than half the level of a decade earlier — and it also counted against the Labour Party's hopes of regaining power, as its relationship with the trade unions had traditionally been seen as a strength but after the Winter of Discontent it was seen as a liability.

By the end of 1917, Trotsky was unquestionably the second man in the Bolshevik Party after Lenin, overshadowing the ambitious Zinoviev, who had been Lenin's top lieutenant over the previous decade, but whose star appeared to be fading.

By 2000s ( decade ), the VAZ designation was dropped from market names in favour of Lada and simplified export naming conventions were adopted, so VAZ-2104 effectively became Lada 2104, VAZ-2110 became Lada 110, VAZ-2114 became Lada Samara hatchback or Lada 114 and so on, though model indices continue to be used in both technical and marketing materials.

By 1956, the city had grown to, and doubled in size over the next decade to its current size of roughly.

By the turn of the decade, the punk rock movement had split deeply along cultural and musical lines, leaving a variety of derivative scenes and forms.

By the middle of the decade, he had gained complete control of the suburb Cicero, and had installed his own Mayor in office.

By the end of the decade oil was Switzerland's primary energy source.

By then he could not walk because of both the infection in his injured leg and an infirmity in his other from a traffic accident a decade earlier.

By the end of the decade, two thirds of UNCHR's budget was focused on operations in Africa and in just one decade, the organization's focus had shifted from an almost exclusive focus on Europe.

By the end of the decade, similar material met with little, if any opposition when it was released in Berlin theatres.

By the end of the decade, a new Schlesinger production team, including directors Friz Freleng, Tex Avery, Robert Clampett, and Chuck Jones was formed.

By the turn of the 21st century, Battery Park City was mostly completed, with the exception of some ongoing construction on West Street.

By the early 21st century, weakness in the Faroese economy had been eliminated and, accordingly, many minds turned once again to the possibility of independence from Denmark.

By 15: 00, the 3rd Reconnaissance Regiment and part of 21st Panzer Division from the north and 33rd Reconnaissance Regiment and the Baade Group comprising elements from 15th Panzer Division from the south were in place under Lieutenamnt-General ( General der Panzertruppe ) Walther Nehring.

By the 21st century, the Netherlands had become a modern, dynamic country with a successful, internationally oriented economy ( the 16th largest in the world in 2010 ) and a high standard of living.

By 1901, the San Joaquin Basin was the main oil-producing region of California, and it remains so in the 21st century, with huge oil fields including the Midway-Sunset, Kern River, and Belridge fields producing much of California's onshore oil.

By the 21st century, there would be about as many people who were Scotch Canadians and Scottish Americans as the 5 million remaining in Scotland.

By the 21st century, an estimated 80 million people worldwide claim some Irish descent ; among them are 41 million Americans who claim " Irish " as their primary ethnicity.

By 1934, a board game called Monopoly had been created which formed the basis of the game sold by Parker Brothers and its parent companies through the rest of the 20th century, and into the 21st.

By November 1990, only four months later, the 5th Battalion had deployed and in early 1991 the 21st Guards Battalion had also been formed, four staff courses had been run, support weapons and logistics training was well advanced ( indeed a logistics battalion deployed as early as July 1990 ) and an operational test exercise had been conducted.

By the turn of the 21st century, the turntable had become a niche product, as the price of CD players, which reproduce music free from pops and scratches, fell far lower than high fidelity tape players or turntables.

By the 21st century, vertebrate paleontologists were beginning to adopt phylogenetic taxonomy, in which all groups are defined in such a way as to be monophyletic ; that is, groups include all descendants of a particular ancestor.

By the beginning of the 21st century, the majority of low end and mobile systems relied on RISC architectures.

By the second half of the 21st century, in the time the game is set, these events are accepted as commonplace.

By contrast in 21st century Britain, nearly half of all children are born outside marriage, and nine in ten newlyweds have been cohabitating.

By the 21st century it will be the oldest tertiary institution in Australia.

By the start of the 21st century, a modified " short-cut " version was being served by fast-food chains in servings up to.

By the late 20th and early 21st centuries, the government blamed crashing fish populations on overfishing, especially off the Northern California and Oregon coast, which lie directly adjacent to the migration paths of Sacramento River salmon.

By the early years of the 21st century, western clothing styles had, to some extent, become international styles.

By the early 21st century it will be the oldest manufacturing company in Great Britain.

By the beginning of the 21st century, systematic Yankee ways had permeated the entire society through education.

By the turn of the 21st century, the climate of scholarly opinion shifted somewhat on this belief: some contemporary researchers argue that publishing plays was a risky and marginal business — though this conclusion has been disputed by others.

By the early 21st century computer-generated imagery, advanced film scanning, digital intermediate methods and film stocks with higher resolutions optimized for special effects work had together rendered VistaVision mostly obsolete even for special effects work.

By the 21st century, neither DFS nor AFS had achieved any major commercial success as compared to CIFS or NFS.

By the early 21st century, due to further modification and dredging, the harbour is capable of harbouring vessels of over 170, 000 deadweight.