Slavery was gradually phased out of existence in the North and was fading in the border states and urban areas, but expanded in highly profitable cotton states of the Deep South.

Since 2004 AGP has been progressively phased out in favor of PCI Express ( PCIe ).

AMPS and D-AMPS have now been phased out in favor of either CDMA2000 or GSM which allow for higher capacity data transfers for services such as WAP, Multimedia Messaging System ( MMS ), and wireless Internet access.

The town's traditional industry, most importantly cotton manufacturing, bleaching and printing, have been phased out.

It remains in service, although it is being phased out in aviation applications in favor of the more advanced AIM-120 AMRAAM.

The Self-Defence Forces of Japan also employ the Sparrow missile, though it is being phased out and replaced by the Mitsubishi AAM-4.

Sparrow is now being phased out with the availability of the active-radar AIM-120 AMRAAM, but is likely to remain in service for several years.

This system was phased out in the 1990s and replaced with the RUM-139 Vertical Launch ASROC, or " VLA ".

The British strategic bombing force largely came to an end when the V bomber force was phased out ; the last of which left service in 1983.

Similarly, the USAID phased out a long-standing bilateral partnership with Botswana in 1996, after successful programs emphasizing education, training, entrepreneurship, environmental management, and reproductive health.

Earlier generations will remember other notable characters who have been phased out, such as Biffo the Bear and Lord Snooty.

Under the terms of the U. S .- Chile FTA, the price bands will be completely phased out for U. S. imports of wheat, wheat flour, and sugar within 12 years.

The camellos will be phased out in April 2008 with Chinese Zhengzhou Yutong Buses.

In 2003 the U. S. National Institute for Standards and Technology, NIST, proposed that 80-bit keys should be phased out by 2015.

Although the system established by the Sitges agreement was phased out by 1974, the 1886 Colombian constitution — in effect until 1991 — required that the losing political party be given adequate and equitable participation in the government which, according to many observers and later analysis, eventually resulted in some increase in corruption and legal relaxation.

Red Hat is the only Linux distribution to which CDE has been ported, although it has since been phased out in favour of GNOME.

Nissan phased out the Datsun brand in March 1986.

Dynamite has been mostly phased out in favor of water gel explosives, which are cheaper to manufacture, and in many ways are safer to handle.

Digital television signals must not interfere with each other, and they must also coexist with analog television until it is phased out.

The last DKW car was the F102 which ceased production in 1966 ; after this the brand was phased out.

So, in 1967, Volkswagen bought the company and phased out the DKW-Vemag production.

The mercury battery using zinc and mercuric oxide provided higher levels of power and capacity than the original dry cell for early electronic devices, but has been phased out of common use due to the danger of mercury pollution from discarded cells.

However, a planned referendum on a roadmap towards independence in 2001 was called off following Danish Prime Minister Poul Nyrup Rasmussen saying that Danish money grants would be phased out within four years if there was a ' yes ' vote.

The infamous penal colonies, including Devil's Island, were gradually phased out and then formally closed in 1951.

By 1798, the Council of Ancients had discussed the " inevitable " change from the problematic image of Hercules, and Hercules was eventually phased out in favor of an even more docile image.

Most of the original, licensed, characters in the supporting cast have been phased out in the more recent series and stories.

While mythology was phased out, the gods, heroes and stories are brought to life through folklore.

In 1999, the series was canceled, but the stories were continued in the pages of Sonic the Hedgehog until it was phased out completely by Sonic issue 125.

With # 12, the horror and science fiction stories were phased out, and the comic then focused primarily on shock and crime stories for the remainder of its run.

Beating was phased out in the 1980s, the last recorded caning being administered by then Lower Master Jack Anderson to Sebastian Doggart, in January 1984.

Steel, once a major industry during the booming 1950s and 1960s, phased out after the late 1980s crisis, as Italy moved away from the heavy industry to pursue more technologically advanced and less polluting productions.

This research continued throughout the 1980s while the Titan II ballistic missile was being phased out and utilized for early spacecraft launch.

Use of the anesthetic was phased out during the 1980s and 1990s as newer anesthetic agents became popular.

Many Japanese automakers phased in gear reduction starters in the 1970s and 1980s.

In the middle 1980s, the ADPE-FMF equipment was gradually phased out in favor of IBM-PC class microcomputers running off-the-shelf software and Marine Corps developed applications written in Ada.

In 1977, President Jimmy Carter and the 95th Congress increased the FICA tax to fund Social Security, phased in gradually into the 1980s.

Towards the end of the 1980s due to tightening emission standards, the Pinto engine began to be phased out-the 1. 8 in 1988 replaced by a 1. 8 CVH, the 2. 0 in 1989, replaced with the Ford I4 DOHC engine and the 1. 6 in 1992, replaced by the 1. 6 CVH first seen in the Escort in 1980, described as a " CFi ", a single point fuel injection system with a catalytic converter. The 2. 9 L Cologne engine was available in the Sierra XR4x4 and the Sierra Ghia.

Depending on the status of the base market, corporate development may also look at shifting away from a shrinking consumer market while seeking market share in a different consumer market with newer products. For example, many typewriter manufacturers during the 1980s and 1990s slowly phased out their core business and began to focus more on computer parts and accessories as a way to continue operations.

The AMX-13 tank was phased out of service with the French Army in the 1980s.

By the early 1980s the site was subject to a phased closure after large quantities of blue asbestos were found on the site.

After the acquisition by ARCO, the dinosaur was phased out, but at least one service station, in Winona, Minnesota, retained the original look through the 1980s.

Beginning in the 1980s, the role of Hurtigruten changed ; operating subsidies were gradually phased out and the operators put more emphasis on tourism.

The card was phased out of service in the late 1980s.

The existing 100 newest carriages ( only from the 1980s ) may be phased out with capacity being taken up by regional railcars.

The music played at the station was phased out during the 1980s, and by 1990, the station's lineup mainly consisted of talk shows.

Due to emission requirements it was phased out towards the end of the 1980s to be replaced by the CVH engine and DOHC engine, the latter being ( contrary to popular belief ) a completely new design and not a twin-cam development of the Pinto unit.

In the 1970s and 1980s, with steam heating of trains gradually being phased out, all locomotives fitted with the equipment gradually had their steam heating boilers removed.

The M1 was phased out during the 1980s in favor of the PASGT helmet, which offered increased ergonomics and ballistic protection.

Used since the 1980s, this device is rapidly being phased out, and will no longer be supported in the near future.

The Samba was not the only Talbot model to see customer interest waning ; as the 1980s progressed, all Talbots began to sell rather poorly and the range was gradually phased out.

It entered service in the 1960s and was phased out in the 1980s.

The B43 was phased out in the 1980s, and the last B43 weapons were retired in 1991 in favor of the newer B61 and B83 weapons.

In the late 1980s, the mining engineering degree was phased out because of falling enrollment.