Since FIDE titles are for life, a GM or IM does not count for the purposes of this requirement if he had not had a GM or IM result in the five years prior to the tournament.

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

`` Since when did they allow beardless kids into the saloon bars of this town, boys ''??

Since Rhode Island at that time did not have such sanction, his opinion was not popular.

Since 1953 California has led the nation in enacting guarantees that public business shall be publicly conducted, but not until this year did the lawmakers in Sacramento plug the remaining loopholes in the Brown Act.

Since the complicated process of establishing new communes and reviewing the rudimentary plan left by the French did not even begin until the fall of 1957, this goal appears somewhat ambitious.

Since the A.L.A.M. holdings embraced only about twenty-five per cent of motor vehicle patents, the denial of rights to independent companies did not retard technical progress in unlicensed sectors of the industry.

Since they did not glance curiously at us once, I guessed that there was a penalty for distraction.

Since his symptoms did not seem to resemble those of the plague, Rieux records his death as a " doubtful case.

" Since the playwright's wishes were not protected by copyright, Ibsen decided to avoid the danger of being re-written by a lesser dramatist by committing what he called a " barbaric outrage " on his play himself and giving it an alternative ending in which Nora did not leave.

Since then he has been a harsh critic of clumsy bank policies and argued that no one should be able to do what he did.

Since the Dictator exercised his own authority, he did not suffer this limitation, which was the cornerstone of the office's power.

Since it is possible for such things not to exist, there must be some time at which these things did not in fact exist.

Since for the Aztecs, gold had no intrinsic value, they did not have big solid pieces of gold, instead they preferred wood covered with gold.

The Oral Torah is the primary guide for Jews to abide by these terms, as expressed in tractate Gittin 60b, " the Holy One, Blessed be He, did not make His covenant with Israel except by virtue of the Oral Law " to help them learn how to live a holy life, and to bring holiness, peace and love into the world and into every part of life, so that life may be elevated to a high level of kedushah, originally through study and practice of the Torah, and since the destruction of the Second Temple, through prayer as expressed in tractate Sotah 49a " Since the destruction of the Temple, every day is more cursed than the preceding one ; and the existence of the world is assured only by the kedusha ... and the words spoken after the study of Torah.

Since the USSR's collapse, Russia faced many problems that free market proponents in 1992 did not expect.

Since there was no apparent practical use for such a device at the time, the patent application was most likely simply a precaution in case someone else did find a use for the so-called Edison effect.

Since he was on the losing side of the long 4th-century contest between the allies and enemies of Arianism ( Eusebius was an early and vocal supporter of Arius ), posterity did not have much respect for Eusebius ' person and was neglectful in the preservation of his writings.

Since You Bet Your Life was mostly ad-libbed and unscripted — although writers did pre-interview the guests and feed Groucho ready-made lines in advance — the producers insisted that the network prerecord it ( instead of being broadcast live ).

Since the Church did not make either of these laws, she cannot be their arbiter — only their guardian and interpreter.

Since antiquity in various parts of the world, and since the 17th century in England, it had been known that citrus fruit had an antiscorbutic effect, when John Woodall ( 1570 – 1643 ), an English military surgeon of the British East India Company recommended them but their use did not become widespread.

Since the Knights ( KOL ) allowed an array of members into their association, they ended up getting rid of many because they did not fit the title.

Since he lacked formal education in Latin and mathematics, contemporary scholars mostly ignored Leonardo the scientist, although he did teach himself Latin.

Since 1902, Edison had also been notifying distributors and exhibitors that if they did not use Edison machines and films exclusively, they would be subject to litigation for supporting filmmaking that infringed Edison's patents.

Since it did not have a writing system, when the Spanish conquistadors, when they arrived, wrote the language in their own alphabet without distinguishing long vowels.

Since the standard qualifications for the college were not met — Marcus did not have two living parents — they must have been waived by Hadrian, Marcus ' nominator, as a special favor to the child.

Since the award was not as effective at advertising as Chalmers had hoped, it was discontinued after 1914.

Since the award criteria state that the Bronze Star Medal may be awarded to " any person ... while serving in any capacity in or with " the U. S. Armed Forces, awards to members of foreign armed services serving with the United States are permitted.

* Since 2006 it helped establish the Sir Arthur Clarke Award, the most prodigious award given in the United Kingdom for contribution in all field of space research and exploration.

Since 1952, more than 50 Stanford faculty, staff, and alumni have won the Nobel Prize, and Stanford has the largest number of Turing award winners ( dubbed the " Nobel Prize of Computer Science ") for a single institution.

Since 2004, a Player of the Year ( POY ) award has been given to the player with the most points accumulated throughout the WSOP.

Since the late 1960s other songwriter's award has been presented for genre-specific categories including Grammy Award for Best Country Song, Grammy Award for Best Rock Song, Grammy Award for Best R & B Song and most recently in Grammy Award for Best Rap Song and Grammy Award for Best Gospel Song.

Since 1967, the award ceremony has been broadcast on U. S. national television and includes songs from the nominated musicals, and occasionally has included video clips of, or presentations about, nominated plays.

Since its inception, however, the award has commonly been referred to as the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress.

Since the merger of the two categories in 1967, the academy has traditionally avoided giving out the award to contemporary films.

Since 1947, the Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans has bestowed an annual award on " outstanding individuals in our society who have succeeded in the face of adversity " and scholarships " to encourage young people to pursue their dreams with determination and perseverance ".

Since 1985, the Seattle International Film Festival has awarded the Golden Space Needle award each year to the festival's most popular movie.

Since 2001, only one player, Pittsburgh's Evgeni Malkin, has won the award more than one time, doing so twice in 2008 – 09 and 2011 – 12.

Since the first scholarship award in 1964, to Robert Henry, D. D. S., the Committee has awarded over US $ 1m in scholarships to Forks students.

Since its beginnings in 1984 it has become the United Kingdom's most publicised art award.

Since 1990 Mensa has also sponsored the annual Mensa Mind Games competition, whereat the Mensa Select award is given by American Mensa to five board games that are " original, challenging, and well designed.

Since the Second World War, the award has been open to army and naval aviation officers, and since 1993 to other ranks as well ; the Distinguished Flying Medal, previously awarded to other ranks, has been discontinued.

Since 2000, more than 400 companies from 5 continents have been given the award.

Since 1979 the award ceremony has been held during the annual Campbell Conference of the Center for the Study of Science Fiction ( CSSF ), University of Kansas.

Since the first award presentation in 1957, the IRC has made it to 45 recipients, 23 of which were American ; the majority of awards have been to politicians.

Since its inception, American artists have been presented with the award more than any other nationality, though it has been presented to musicians from the United Kingdom four times, from Australia once, and from South Africa once.

Since then, the award was presented in 1992 and 1994, and has been awarded each year since 2005.

Since its inception, American artists have been presented with the award more than any other nationality, though it has been presented to vocalists from Canada three times.

Since the award was established in 1988, no player has won it more than once, but players from the same team have won it in different years.

Since the first Super Bowl was held in 1967, the MVP award has been given to 41 players.