Since many European typewriters placed the parentheses with 8 and 9, those corresponding positions were chosen for the parentheses.

Since independence, Botswana has had the highest average economic growth rate in the world, averaging about 9 % per year from 1966 to 1999.

* Since Big Brother 2, the UK series always opens with a twist which have included the public being able to choose the final housemate out of three possibilities ( Big Brother 2 ), the public voting for a housemate to leave during the first week and then the housemates choosing between the two housemates with the least number of votes ( Big Brother 3 ), First Night Nominations ( Big Brother 4 ), Suitcase Nominations ( Big Brother 5 ), Unlucky Housemate 13 ( Big Brother 6 ), Big Brother Hood ( Big Brother 7 ), an all-female House and the first inclusion of twins as contestants ( Big Brother 8 ), the first couple to enter as housemates and set a secret task to hide their real relationship ( Big Brother 9 ), all " housemates " really being " non-housemates " who had to earn their housemate status ( Big Brother 10 ), a mole entering the House with an " Impossible Task " ( Big Brother 11 ), Jackie Stallone entering a house containing her son's ex-wife ( Celebrity Big Brother 3 ), the entrance of a non-celebrity in a celebrity edition ( Celebrity Big Brother 4 ) and Jade Goody's family announced to be visiting.

Since the formation of the first Fianna Fáil government on 9 March 1932, the party has been in power for 61 of the last 79 years.

Since 1989, Brooks has released 19 records in all, which include ; 9 studio albums, 1 live album, 4 compilation albums, 3 Christmas albums and 2 box sets, along with 77 singles.

Since 1927 South Australia has permitted majority verdicts of 11: 1, and 10: 1 or 9: 1 where the jury has been reduced, in criminal trials if a unanimous verdict cannot be reached in four hours.

Since the pot lays 10: 1 ( 9. 1 %), Alice will on average lose money by calling if there is no future betting.

Since probably the 5. 9 kiloyear event,

Since the 9 / 11 attacks in 2001, there has been mounting pressure to reform and modernize the royal family's rule, an agenda championed by King Abdullah both before and after his accession in 2005.

Since the Army XXI reform in 2004, the basic structure of the Land Forces has been reorganised in the following units: infantry brigades ( 2 and 5 ); mountain infantry brigades ( 9 and 12 ); armoured brigades ( 1 and 11 ).

Since then the Sloan Digital Sky Survey has found over 9, 000 white dwarfs, mostly new.

Since the magic packet is only scanned for the string above, and not actually parsed by a full protocol stack, it may be sent as any network-and transport-layer protocol, although it is typically sent as a UDP datagram to port 7 or 9, or directly over Ethernet as EtherType 0x0842.

Since becoming operational in Normandy on August 1, 1944 until May 9, 1945, the Third Army was in continuous combat for 281 days.

Since ( 9 / 8 ) / ( 10 / 9 ) = ( 81 / 80 )— the syntonic comma — the fundamental characteristics of meantone systems are that all intervals are generated from fifths, and the syntonic comma is tempered to a unison.

Since WMP 9 Series, the player features dynamically updated Auto Playlists based on criteria.

Since WMP 9 Series, 24 bit high-resolution CDs ( HDCDs ) are also supported, if capable audio hardware is present.

Since Windows Media Player 9 Series, the player supports crossfading, audio dynamic range ( Quiet Mode ) for WMA Pro and WMA Lossless, and auto volume leveling for certain media which includes volume level / gain information such as MP3 or Windows Media.

Since 2000 there has been only one centre in Belgium performing psychosurgery, carrying out about 8 or 9 operations a year ( some capsulotomies and some DBS ), mostly for OCD.

Since late July 2010, when Fox began to broadcast their sports programming with graphics optimized for 16: 9 displays rather than the 4: 3 safe area, the network has asked cable and satellite providers to comply and use the No. 10 Active Format Description code they now send out over Fox programming, which has 16: 9 content display in letterboxed mode on 4: 3 screens and has graphical elements optimized for the 16: 9 screen.

Since the events of September 11, 2001, American Muslims have participated in the Pilgrimage to promote and increase awareness of civil rights protections in the wake of widespread suspicions harbored against them in the post 9 / 11 world.

Since the bankruptcy, only seven additional satellites have been launched but an updated constellation of 66 satellites called Iridium NEXT is currently being developed and is planned for launch in 2015-2017 on SpaceX Falcon 9 Launch Vehicles from Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 3 in California.

Since the July 2006 elections, the country is led by a semi-presidential, strongly-decentralized state.

Since 20 July 2004, ELDR is politically represented in the European Parliament by the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe ( ALDE ) parliamentary group, formed in conjunction with the European Democratic Party.

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.

* Dubai, United Arab Emirates, ( Since 31 July 2011 ).

Since July 2012, Odyssey has been back in full, nominal operation mode following three weeks of ' safe ' mode on remote maintenance.

* Christine Clark, The British Malting Industry Since 1830, Hambledon Continuum ( 1 July 1998 ), ISBN 1-85285-170-8

Since 1 July 2011, Woodlands Train Checkpoint serves as the southern terminus of the KTM rail network.

Since the secession of South Sudan in July 2011, estimates place the current population of Sudan at a little over 30 million.

Since privatisation extensions have been made to the tram system, with the $ 28 million extension of the 109 to Box Hill opening on 2 May 2003, a $ 7. 5 million extension along Docklands Drive in Docklands opened on 4 January 2005, and a $ 42. 6 million extension of the 75 to Vermont South opening on 23 July 2005.

Since 2001, extremes at Hereford Credenhill have ranged from during July 2006, to as low as during December 2010

Since in early July 1940 it was believed by both Hitler and Raeder that Britain would soon surrender, the decision to resume the Z Plan, which meant spending hundreds of millions of Reichsmarks building warships that would take at least five years to finish, reflected plans for an ultimate war with the United States.

Since July 2007, there has also been a complete audio edition of the news-magazine available 9pm London time on Thursdays.

Since July 2011 Chongqing is officially linked to Duisburg, Germany by a freight rail across Eurasia.

Since the bulk of both troops and aircraft were American, Brereton, a U. S. Army Air Forces officer, was named by Eisenhower on 16 July and appointed by SHAEF on 2 August.

Since these two concepts were irreconcilable, Mečiar and Klaus agreed ( after intense negotiations, but without having consulted the population in a referendum ) on 23 July in Bratislava to dissolve Czecho-Slovakia and to create two independent states.

Since July 1996, the group had launched a string of attacks on civilians ( whom they identified as Catholics ), killing at least five.

Since 1997, the magician and comedian Carl-Einar Häckner, together with Swedish and foreign guest artists and a variety orchestra, have had a main stage variety during most of July each season.

500 Index Drops to Its Lowest Level Since 1997, Bloomberg News, July 19, 2002

Since his election in July 1994 to a 5-year term as Belarus's first President Alexander Lukashenko has consolidated power steadily.

Since July 2012, FIDE issues a ratings list once every month.

Since that time, the Seventh-day Adventists have held an annual camp-meeting on the site in July, with up to 20, 000 attending on weekends.

Since signing a ceasefire agreement in 2001, the latest available UNICEF figures show that the LTTE has abducted 5, 666 children until July 2006, although the organization speculates that only about a third of such cases are reported to them.

Since July 2000, the President and Superintendent General of the Apostolic Faith Church has been Darrel D. Lee, who also pastors the headquarters church.