Since the passage of the Act of Settlement, the most senior member of the Royal Family to have married a Roman Catholic, and thereby been removed from the line and later lines of succession, is Prince Michael of Kent, who married Baroness Marie-Christine von Reibnitz in 1978 ; he was fifteenth in the lines of succession at the time of his marriage.

Since 1978, the Communist Party has attempted to institutionalize transitions of power and consolidate its internal structure.

Since the Marxist revolution in 1978, the city has been a target of foreign-backed militant groups such as the Mujahideen, Taliban, Haqqani network, Hezbi Islami, and others.

Since 1978 black membership has grown, and in 1997 there were approximately 500, 000 black members of the church ( about 5 % of the total membership ), mostly in Africa, Brazil and the Caribbean.

Since the constitution of 1978 came into effect, however, this has never occurred.

Since the constitution of 1978 came into effect, there have not been any coalition governments, even if the party with the largest number of seats has failed to obtained absolute majority, though in such cases the party in government has had to rely on the support of minority parties to gain confidence and to approve the State's budgets.

Since the constitution of 1978 came into effect, these nationalities and regions progressively acceded to self-government and were constituted into 17 autonomous communities.

Since self-determination is not recognized in the Spanish Constitution of 1978, some Basques abstained and some even voted against it in the referendum of December 6 of that year.

Since 1978, the opening features the Aristo ( Heuer ) stopwatch.

Since starting operations in 1978, IFAD has invested US $ 12. 0 billion, DM 7. 5 billion in 860 projects and programmes that have reached some 370 million poor rural people.

Since medieval times, Thessaloniki was hit by strong earthquakes, notably in 1759, 1902, 1978 and 1995.

Since 1978 Microwave sounding units ( MSUs ) on National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration polar orbiting satellites have measured the intensity of upwelling microwave radiation from atmospheric oxygen, which is proportional to the temperature of broad vertical layers of the atmosphere.

Since 1978, a systematic excavation has led Loud in the setting of a regional research program on the evolution of the churches during the Middle Ages.

Since Intel's patents were from 1978, that paper would prove prior art and imply that the patents never should have been granted at all.

Since 1976, Spassky has lived in France with his third wife ; he became a French citizen in 1978, and has competed for France in the Chess Olympiads.

Since 1978, all German funds provided as part of government level cooperation have been in the form of non-repayable grants.

United States Air Force Unit Designations Since 1978.

Since 1978, the tournament has been played on acrylic hard courts at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens, New York City.

Since 1978 the US Open tennis tournament has taken place in Flushing Meadows Park.

Since the establishment of an archival policy for television in 1978, BBC archivists and others over the years have used various contacts in the UK and abroad to try to track down missing programmes.

Since the BBC library was first audited in 1978, missing programmes or extracts on either film or tape are often found in unexpected places.

Since 1978, each Mayor must also be an elected councillor.

Since 1978, it has housed the city's history museum.

United States Air Force Unit Designations Since 1978.

United States Air Force Unit Designations Since 1978.

Since the goal of our international planners is a World Government, this Atlantic Community would mark a giant step in that direction for, once American economic autonomy is absorbed, a larger grouping is a question of time.

Since their coming to power in 1997, controversies affecting the Labour Government such as David Blunkett's affair with Spectator editor Kimberly Fortier and financial scandals involving senior ministers and officials shifted the focus to sleaze within the Labour Party.

Since after independence from Portugal in 1975, a number of Cape Verdean students continued to be admitted every year at Portuguese high schools, polytechnical institutes and universities, through bilateral agreements between the Portuguese Government and the Cape Verdean Government.

Since the establishment of the Revolutionary Government of Cuba in 1959, the country has sent more than 52, 000 medical workers abroad to work in needy countries, including countries affected by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and the 2005 Kashmir earthquake.

Since July 2007, following the 2006 Palestinian legislative election and the following Battle of Gaza, Hamas has functioned as the de-facto ruler in the Gaza Strip, forming an alternative Hamas Government in Gaza.

Since 2003 Rose Revolution, new Government of Georgia implemented broad and comprehensive reforms, that touched every aspect of the country ’ s life.

Since 1985, the Guinean Government has adopted policies to return commercial activity to the private sector, promote investment, reduce the role of the state in the economy, and improve the administrative and judicial framework.

Since then, and even in recent years, public spokesmen in Haiti as well as international academics and statesmen have denounced this event as the payment of an illegitimate debt, in several cases calling on the French government to repay it ( the French government has never been willing to repay it, though there was a hoax following the 2010 Haiti Earthquake involving a fake website purporting to offer reparation payment on behalf of the French Government ).

Since the passage of the Instrument of Government of 1974, Swedish kings no longer have many of the usual parliamentary system head of state functions that had previously belonged to them.

Since the War Department required a large number of vehicles to be manufactured in a relatively short time, Willys-Overland granted the United States Government a non-exclusive license to allow another company to manufacture vehicles using Willys ' specifications.

Since the election of the Labour Government in 1997, there have been many changes in UK employment law.

Since independence, the Namibian Government has pursued free-market economic principles designed to promote commercial development and job creation to bring disadvantaged Namibians into the economic mainstream.

Since Filmer's views essentially require that the Stuart family be uniquely descended from the patriarchs of the Bible, and since even in the late 17th century that was a difficult view to uphold, Locke attacked Filmer's views in his First Treatise on Government, freeing him to set out his own views in the Second Treatise on Civil Government.

Since the January 1994 CFA franc devaluation, the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ), the World Bank, and other multilateral and creditors have been supporting the Government of Senegal ’ s structural and sectoral adjustment programs.

Since independence, the Government of Uzbekistan has stated that it is committed to a gradual transition to a market-based economy.

Since much of that area had been only recently conquered by Russia from the Ottoman Empire, and a large number of Orthodox Greek settlers had been invited to settle in the region, the Imperial Government picked a renowned Greek scholar, Eugenios Voulgaris to preside over the new diocese.

Since the Whitlam Government, the ALP has moved towards Social Democratic and Third Way ideals which are found among many of the ALP's Right Faction members.

Since the end of World War II, there has been debate over the terminology used to refer to Manzanar, and the other camps in which Americans of Japanese ancestry and their immigrant parents, were incarcerated by the United States Government during the war.

Since then, it has steadily grown ; many interest groups routinely seek to influence the French institutions as the Government and the French Parliament (“ National Assembly ” and “ Senate ”).

Since 2000 the Government of Solomon Islands has become increasingly insolvent.

Since the streamlining of the Taiwan Provincial Government in 1998, the government has been headed by a provincial council of nine members, led by the provincial governor.

Since 1985, the Government of Bolivia has implemented a far-reaching program of macroeconomic stabilization and structural reform aimed at maintaining price stability, creating conditions for sustained growth, and alleviating poverty.

Since 1998 this is the Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations ; when he is acting in this capacity the council has the status of the Government of the Realm to treat minor issues.