Since Laos is of no more purely military value to Moscow itself than it is to Washington, this approach might be expected to head off Mr. Khrushchev for the moment.

Since then, Brunei, Vietnam, Laos, Burma, and Cambodia also have joined ASEAN.

Since the fall of the Eastern European communist regimes, the Soviet Union, and a variety of African communist regimes, only a few currently remain, including: China, Cuba, Laos, North Korea, and Vietnam.

Since United States armed forces personnel were never officially acknowledged as being in Laos, all hell broke loose upon landing at Udorn.

Since the early 21st century, the California-born khaen player Jonny Olsen has achieved notoriety in Laos and Thailand by appearing on numerous Thai and Lao TV Shows and performing live concerts in Thailand and the U. S. Olsen is the first foreigner to win a khaen championship in Khon Kaen, Thailand in 2005.

Since the 1930s the Indochinese Communist Party had established wholly Vietnamese cells in Laos.

Since the 1970s, Cabramatta has been a centre for immigrants and refugees from Asian backgrounds, particularly Vietnam, China, Laos, Cambodia and Thailand.

Since the 1960s however, the greatest waves of immigrants have been from former French colonies: Algeria ( 1 million ), Morocco ( 570, 000 ), Tunisia ( 200, 000 ), Senegal ( 45, 000 ), Mali ( 40, 000 ), Cambodia ( 45, 000 ), Laos ( 30, 000 ), Vietnam ( 35, 000 ).

Since then, a number of surveys have confirmed the presence of a tiny population in Thailand ( possibly numbering as few as two individuals, discounting recent reintroductions ), a small population in Vietnam ( possibly less than 100 individuals ), and more sizable populations in Burma, Laos and Cambodia.

Since 1975, no expatriate missionaries have been permitted to work within Laos.

Since then the proof has gained wider acceptance, although doubts remain.

Since the late 1990s, bzip2, a file compression utility based on a block-sorting algorithm, has gained some popularity as a gzip replacement.

Since then both Israel and Hezbollah have asserted that the organization has gained in military strength.

Since the late 90s in Austria, slow release oral morphine has been used alongside methadone and buprenorphine for OST and more recently it has been approved in Slovenia and Bulgaria, and it has gained approval in other EU nations including the United Kingdom, although its use is not as of yet not as widespread.

Since the late 1980s especially, prose poetry has gained increasing popularity, with entire journals, such as The Prose Poem: An International Journal, Contemporary Haibun Online and Modern Haibun & Tanka Prose devoted to that genre.

Since the 1960s, Pentecostalism has increasingly gained acceptance from other Christian traditions, and Pentecostal beliefs concerning Spirit baptism and spiritual gifts have been embraced by non-Pentecostal Christians in Protestant, Catholic, and Orthodox churches through the Charismatic Movement.

" Since the human race started from the point of greatest poverty, that is, from the point where there were the most obstacles to be overcome, it is clear that all that has been gained from one era to the next has been due to the spirit of property.

Since the 1990s some Spanish companies have gained multinational status, often expanding their activities in culturally close Latin America.

Since then, the game has gained " The Original Adventure " as a subtitle, and comes in the same black packaging used by the sequel.

Since 1996, when Sweden and Finland formally won a final exemption from the European Economic Area rules with 60-tonne and 25. 25-metre combinations, all other member states gained the ability to adopt the same rules.

( Since the Northern Mariana Islands was a part of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands and became a commonwealth of the USA in 1986, it is technically the only area to have not joined as a part of another state or gained full independence as a sovereign nation.

Since 1945, the " album format " gained popularity, a book-like format about half the former size.

Since the modern manufacturing process is unknown to them, members, leaders, and prophets of the cults maintain that the manufactured goods of the non-native culture have been created by spiritual means, such as through their deities and ancestors, and are intended for the local indigenous people, but that the foreigners have unfairly gained control of these objects through malice or mistake.

Since the 1950s heffalumps have gained substantial fame outside the Pooh stories.

Since then Respect gained a seat from Labour at a by-election, and in three separate groups a total of 8 Labour Councillors and one Conservative defected to Lutfur Rahman's independent group.

Since its introduction in 1968, this theory has gained both detractors and followers in the anthropological literature.

Since 2008, under the leadership of the European Public Health and Agriculture Consortium ( EPHAC ), the public health nutrition narrative has gained traction in policy circles.

Since then, rooibos has grown in popularity in South Africa, and has also gained considerable momentum in the worldwide market.

Since the war is, World War I, Jews have occupied the villages of Maramureş and Bukovina, and gained the absolute majority in the towns and cities in Bessarabia.

Since Cicotte had a much more successful career – and also gained later notoriety as one of the players implicated in the Black Sox scandal – his name is the one most often associated with the invention of the pitch today.

Since January 7, 2005, Dessau has gained notoriety for the mysterious death of asylum seeker Oury Jalloh from Sierra Leone in his cell at a Dessau police station.

Since the beginning of the 20th century, some forms of American popular music have gained a near global audience.

Since his role is to intervene when either Law or Chaos have gained an excess of power, he is always doomed to be surrounded by strife and destruction, although he may go through long periods of relative quiet.

Since these automobiles quickly gained an excellent reputation, and there were more automobile makers that produced — or at least planned to — under the label " Ohio ", the name was soon changed.

Since Osaka is the largest city in the region and its speakers gained the most media exposure over the last century, non-Kansai-dialect speakers tend to associate the dialect of Osaka with the entire Kansai region.

Since it is important, for the record let's have the full name ''.

Since those boards generally lacked multiplier and voltage adjustment, and normally only supported 133 MHz FSB, adjustments would still be needed for full speed operation.

Since gaining independence from the United Kingdom in 1960, Cyprus has had a record of successful economic performance, reflected in strong growth, full employment conditions and relative stability.

Since the ecclesiastical new moon falls on a date from 8 March to 5 April inclusive, the paschal full moon ( the 14th of that lunar month ) must fall on a date from 21 March to 18 April inclusive.

Since this occurs only when the Moon is on the far side of the Earth from the Sun, lunar eclipses only occur when there is a full moon.

Since " Barbellion " was the real author's pen name, many reviewers believed Wells to have been the true author of the Journal ; Wells always denied this, despite being full of praise for the diaries, but the rumours persisted until Barbellion's death later that year.

Since ice hockey is a full contact sport and body checks are allowed, injuries are a common occurrence.

According to the what economist Nicholas Barr describes as the " classical definition of income :" the 1938 Haig-Simons definition, " income may be defined as the ... sum of ( 1 ) the market value of rights exercised in consumption and ( 2 ) the change in the value of the store of property rights ..." Since the consumption potential of non-monetary goods, such as leisure, cannot be measured, monetary income may be thought of as a proxy for full income.

Since the Celtic year was based on both lunar and solar cycles, it is most likely that the holiday would be celebrated on the full moon nearest the midpoint between the winter solstice and vernal equinox, or when the primroses, dandelions, or other spring flowers rise up through the snow, or when the sun aligned with the passage tombs in the pre-Celtic megaliths.

Since there are many different reference ellipsoids the latitude of a feature on the surface is not unique: this is stressed in the ISO standard which states that " without the full specification of the coordinate reference system, coordinates ( that is latitude and longitude ) are ambiguous at best and meaningless at worst ".

Since computer screen images usually have full white somewhere in the picture, the backlight will usually be at full intensity, making this " feature " mostly a marketing gimmick.

" Since Juliet was born Lammas eve, she came before the harvest festival, which is significant since her life ended before she could reap what she had sown and enjoy the bounty of the harvest, in this case full consummation and enjoyment of her love with Romeo.

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

Since it is difficult to control machine pistols when they are fired in full automatic mode, in the 1970s, some manufacturers developed an " intermittent-fire " setting that fires a burst of three shots instead of a full-automatic stream.

Since then, the event has expanded into a full weekend and is held in a different city each year.

Since 2005 Apple Inc .' s Mac OS X operating system has come bundled with a dictionary application and widget which credits as its source " Oxford American Dictionaries ", and contains the full text of NOAD2.

Since the amendment's adoption, four presidents have served two full terms: Dwight D. Eisenhower, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush.

Since the cylinder in these revolvers is firmly attached at the front and rear of the frame, and since the frame is typically full thickness all the way around, fixed cylinder revolvers are inherently strong designs.

Since transmit data and receive data are separate circuits, the interface can operate in a full duplex manner, supporting concurrent data flow in both directions.

Since the mid-1990s, the Ministry of Information and Communications ( MIC ) has pursued a policy of high-speed telecommunication infrastructure as a foundation to build a “ knowledge-based society .” In the telecommunications sector, competition was allowed on an incremental basis and, in the market for value added services, full competition was allowed.

Since all that is required for a full recovery is the resumption of normal vitamin C intake, it is easy to treat if identified correctly.

Since the early 1990s, the legitimatization of the principle of national self-determination has led to an increase in the number of conflicts within states, as sub-groups seek greater self-determination and even full secession, and as their conflicts for leadership within groups and with other groups and with the dominant state become violent.

Since Wyman's retirement in 1993, the band's full members have been Jagger, Richards, Watts and guitarist Ronnie Wood.

Since the wave still has the same very long period, the tsunami may take minutes to reach full height.