Following an average deficit of around 44 percent of GDP from 1997 to 2000, the current account deficit has increased to over 35 percent of GDP since 2001 due to higher import demand combined with lower receipts from tourism and nutmeg exports.

Following the tension of Game Six, the Cardinals pitching and defense came undone in Game 7 and their offense was shut down by Saberhagen leading to the lowest batting average to date (. 188 by the Cardinals, later broken by 2001 Yankees ) and fewest runs ( 13 for the Cardinals, still stands ) of any team in a 7 game series, and the Royals won 11 – 0 to clinch the franchise's only World Series title.

Following Deacon's memories, Sviatoslav was a blue-eyed male of average height but of stalwart build, much more sturdy than Tzimiskes.

Following a succession of average westerns and the poorly received Foreign Intrigue ( 1956 ), Mitchum starred in the first of three films with British actress Deborah Kerr.

Following the English Restoration, admissions fell to an average of 57 a year.

Following the advice of Rogers Hornsby, he began using a heavier bat and blossomed into one of the National League's best hitters in 1923 when, he hit above. 300 for the first time with a. 338 batting average along with 12 home runs and 101 runs batted in.

Following the 1998 Russian economic crisis, the seven largest Latin American countries saw their investment rates plummet from an average of 7. 4 % per year in the five years prior to the crises to-4. 1 % in the year to follow.

Following the 1969 season in which Rojas hit only. 228 and hot prospect Denny Doyle tore through AAA with a. 310 average, the Phillies decided to include him in the blockbuster trade that sent slugging first baseman ( and known malcontent ) Dick Allen and right-handed pitcher Jerry Johnson to the St. Louis Cardinals for centerfielder Curt Flood, catcher Tim McCarver, outfielder Byron Browne, and left-handed pitcher Joe Hoerner, the trade that led ultimately to Major League baseball free agency.

Following this, he began to write prolifically, publishing an average of one book per year on the Labor Party press, Am Oved.

Following a solid season in Class B, Cepeda played for the Crabbers in the Puerto Rican Professional Baseball League ( LBPPR ) during the winter, concluding with a batting average of. 310, with 11 home runs and 40 RBIs.

Following a long string of shortstops coming from Venezuela, Salazar had below average range but compensated somewhat with a strong and accurate arm.

Following an average wait of 22 years, approximately 40 % of past Medal winners have gone on to win the Bank of Sweden Prize in Economics, presented annually since 1969 at the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony in Stockholm.

Following the Bodyline series, Voce declined severely as a bowler, but advanced as a hard-hitting batsman, to such an extent that he scored 1, 020 runs for an average of over 35 in 1933 – though from Nottinghamshire's perspective, this advance was nothing in comparison to the loss of 140 wickets from Larwood, and a cut of half in Voce's tally.

Following the public offering, Cosmos's share price skyrocketed, and the individuals involved in the scheme saw average profits of ¥ 66 million each.

Following a poor Ashes tour of England in 2005, where he recorded a total of 178 runs at an average of 19. 77, Martyn was dropped from the Australian Test side to play in the ICC Super Series 2005.

Following Operation Iron Hammer, the number of insurgent attacks dropped to an average of 18 a day.

Following oral administration zileuton is rapidly absorbed with a mean time to peak blood serum concentration of 1. 7 hours and an average half-life elimination of 2. 5 hours.

Following the procedure described in the gas in a box article, we can apply the Thomas-Fermi approximation which assumes that the average energy is large compared to the energy difference between levels so that the above sum may be replaced by an integral:

Following their 2010 advance to the 2nd League, they are currently drawing an average of 25, 000, which is at level with the last seasons attendance figures of the Italian top-team Juventus.

Following his first season of professional baseball that included a. 202 batting average with four home runs and 16 runs batted in, Jordan committed to the Great Falls Voyagers, a Rookie-level team in the Chicago White Sox system.

Following the partial conversion of London's Kensington High Street to shared space, accidents were reduced there by 44 % ( the London average was 17 %).

Following Stewart's retirement from international cricket at the end of the 2003 season, Batty was surprisingly not mentioned in media discussions over Stewart's replacement-despite a county average of 57 that season.

Following the creation of the Scottish Parliament in 1999 it was decided to redraw constituency boundaries so that the average population of Scottish constituencies was nearer the English average once the new Parliament in Edinburgh had settled down, thus reducing the number of constituencies from 72 to 59.

Following this, the widespread adoption of ailerons versus wing warping made aircraft much easier to control, and only a decade later, at the start of World War I, heavier-than-air powered aircraft had become practical for reconnaissance, artillery spotting, and even attacks against ground positions.

Following graduation, he established several experimental schools after an unsuccessful attempt to start a neo-Hassidic community in the Negev desert, and, at the age of 23, became Israel ’ s youngest school principal.

Following the successful completion of EDSAC, the Lyons ' board agreed to start the construction of their own machine, expanding on the EDSAC design.

Following an eighth-place finish in the 1969 – 70 season and a poor start to the 1970 – 71 season, Busby was persuaded to temporarily resume managerial duties, and McGuinness returned to his position as reserve team coach.

Following Mobil's merger with Exxon, at the start of 2000 BP acquired all the petrol retailing assets as well as the Coryton refinery ( but sold it to Petroplus in 2007 ).

Following the 2002 European floods, the Prague system sustained damage, and operation was halted until recently when Czech start up Lime & Tonic revived the Prague pneumatic postal system to integrate their reservations system with their merchants.

Following the end of the TFG's interim mandate the same month, the Federal Government of Somalia, the first permanent central government in the country since the start of the civil war, was also formed.

Following a pan-European agreement to introduce color TV only in 625 lines, France had to start the conversion by switching over to a 625-line television standard, which happened at the beginning of the 1960s with the introduction of a second network.

Following the start bit, the character is represented by a fixed number of bits, such as 5 bits in the Baudot code, each either a mark or a space to denote the specific character or machine function.

Following the sale, Margaret St. Pierre left WAIS Inc to start Blue Angel Technologies.

Following the start of this work, Fell drew up the first formal programme for the university's printing.

Following the resignation of Michael Reiss, the director of education at the Royal Society — who had controversially argued that school pupils who believed in creationism should be used by science teachers to start discussions, rather than be rejected per se — Polkinghorne argued in The Times that there is a distinction between believing in the mind and purpose of a divine creator, and what he calls creationism " in that curious North American sense ," with a literal interpretation of Genesis 1 and the belief that evolution is wrong, a position he rejects.

Following this, the widespread adoption of ailerons rather than wing warping made aircraft much easier to control, and only a decade later, at the start of World War I, heavier-than-air powered aircraft had become practical for reconnaissance, artillery spotting, and even attacks against ground positions.

Following a shaky start to the season the arrival of Bryan Hughes in October transformed the club's fortunes.

Following series two, the series went out of production, with Edmondson and Mayall concentrating on other solo projects, as well as starting the very popular Bottom stage shows ; but the series had been so well received that in late 1994, a third series was written and filmed, and broadcast at the start of 1995.

Following a tough start to his Loftus Road career, Hughes made sure of QPR's Premier League status following a dramatic 3 – 2 defeat at Manchester City on the last day of the season after a run of 5 straight home wins saw them escape the drop.

Following up his impulse, he made ready to start at once, and, accompanied by James Newman and Joseph Wood, went out to the Looking Glass on a tour of inspection.

Following the start of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler's anti-Jewish campaigns in 1933, Gold and his family left Germany because of his father's heritage.

Following further speculation that he could start racing in the NASCAR series as early as 2006, Dennis publicly offered Montoya an early exit from his contract with McLaren-Mercedes, provided that he resigned from receiving any payout to terminate his contract.

Following the start of the 1813 War of Liberation, Blücher was again placed in high command, and he was present at Lützen and Bautzen.

Following the acquittal, Stevens issued a statement saying, " I don't believe the jury's verdict is an expression of resistance to taxes or law enforcement or the start of a Boston Tea Party.

Following a late start, the Russian Baltic fleet was denied passage through the British-controlled Suez Canal.

Following the start of the Bosnian War on 1 April 1992 the JNA officially withdrew all its forces from Croatia and Bosnia in May 1992 and was formally dissolved on 20 May 1992 – its remnant forces being taken over by the new Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

Following an inconsistent start to the 2008 – 09 season Keane resigned, to be replaced by coach Ricky Sbragia as caretaker until the end of the season.

Following on from a strong start, deal activity slowed in the second half of 2011 due to concerns over the global economy and sovereign debt crisis in Europe.