Since its return to democracy in 1990, Chile has been an active participant in the international political arena.

Since independence was granted in 1963 relations have been usually amicable, both being part of the Commonwealth of Nations, a successor to the empire which aims to promote mutual co-operation, democracy and other cultural values and ties with each member state.

Since 1992 the nation has officially been governed as a constitutional democracy from its capital at Antananarivo.

Since the Spanish transition to democracy, there have not been coalition governments ; when a party has failed to obtain absolute majority, minority governments have been formed.

Since the French Revolution, aristocracy has generally been contrasted with democracy, in which all citizens hold some form of political power.

Since 1966, it has been a constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy, modelled on the British Westminster system, with Elizabeth II, Queen of Barbados, as head of state.

Since the full restoration of democracy in 1991, only one man, Jerzy Buzek, has served a full four-year term as Prime Minister.

Since these natural living systems can be neither changed nor replaced by man, some argue that an ecoregional democracy which follows their borders strictly is the only form of decentralization of larger political units that will not lead to endless conflict, e. g. gerrymandering, in struggle between social groups.

Since the introduction of parliamentary democracy, six referendums have been held: the first was about alcohol prohibition in 1922, and the most recent was about euro membership in 2003.

Since theocracy is the rule of God or its priests, and democracy the rule of the people or of the majority, pharmacracy is therefore the rule of medicine or of doctors.

Since the 1963 general elections, the PAP has dominated Singapore's parliamentary democracy and has been central to the city-state's rapid political, social, and economic development.

Since its inception in 1994, the UW had to cope with internal frictions between various factions: liberal socialists ( such as Leszek Balcerowicz ), those proposing a more liberal economic agenda in a more conservative, bourgeois guise ( such as Donald Tusk ), more progressive social democrats such as Jacek Kuroń, and intellectual former civil rights activists such as Bronisław Geremek or Tadeusz Mazowiecki, who also has a strong background in liberal Catholicism and leans towards Christian democracy.

Since the return of democracy, Argentina has also turned into strong proponent of enhanced regional stability in South America, the country revitalized its relationship with Brazil ; and during the 1990s ( after signing the Treaty of Peace and Friendship of 1984 between Chile and Argentina ) settled lingering border disputes with Chile ; discouraged military takeovers in Ecuador and Paraguay ; served with the United States, Brazil and Chile as one of the four guarantors of the Ecuador – Peru peace process.

Since the 1930s, however, coups d ' état have disrupted this democracy.

Since constitutional law cannot be altered by state legislatures, this direct democracy component gives the people an automatic superiority and sovereignty, over representative government ( Magelby, 1984 ).

Since Japan's period of parliamentary democracy began, there has been controversy over the performance of the " Kimigayo " anthem at public ceremonies.

Since 1994, hundreds of implementations of direct deliberative democracy have taken place throughout the world.

Since foundation, the party's policies have broadened from environmentalism to include policies aligned with the philosophies of grassroots democracy, social justice, conservation, and the peace movement.

Since Zahle's had support from a small majority in the Folketing his Social Liberal Party and the allied Social Democrats felt that the king had effectively staged a state coup against the Danish democracy.

Since Lebanon is a multireligious state and consensus democracy, having a national unity government is more favorable in this country.

Since then the government has sponsored the creation of Community Planning Councils, which evolved into the Communal Councils, now considered the base of the participatory democracy.

Since the Romans used a form of direct democracy, citizens, and not elected representatives, voted before each assembly.

Since the restoration of democracy in Chile, in 1990, he and his wife Angélica have divided their time between Santiago and the United States.

Since the very beginning the Foundation has not limited itself to assisting democracy in Poland, but it has made the support to democratic changes in the region one of its top priorities.

Since the great flood of these dystopias has appeared only in the last twelve years, it seems fairly reasonable to assume that the chief impetus was the 1949 publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four, an assumption which is supported by the frequent echoes of such details as Room 101, along with education by conditioning from Brave New World, a book to which science-fiction writers may well have returned with new interest after reading the more powerful Orwell dystopia.

Since Óscar Arias returned to office, the political debate has centered on whether to approve or reject CAFTA.

Since 1980, the Dead Sea basin has been dry and the algae and the bacteria have not returned in measurable numbers.

Since the firearms were no longer licenced, they could not be returned until a new licence was issued ; upon seeking a renewal of their licences, applicants were informed that a new Garda policy was in place that would refuse licence applications for all pistols and all firearms over. 22 in calibre.

Since mid-2009, oil export earnings have returned to levels seen before Operation New Dawn and government revenues have rebounded, along with global oil prices.

Since then there have been three democratic changes of government: in 1996, the democratic-liberal opposition and its leader Emil Constantinescu acceded to power ; in 2000 the Social Democrats returned to power, with Iliescu once again president ; and in 2004 Traian Băsescu was elected president, with an electoral coalition called Justice and Truth Alliance ( DA ).

Since the 1980s, the number of yellow fever cases have been increasing again and A. aegypti has returned to the urban centers of South America.

Since then, Mondale has returned to working at the law firm of Dorsey & Whitney and remains active in the Democratic Party.

Since then, most of the refugees have returned and the country is secure for tourists.

Since the peace agreement was signed in 1992, the country has returned to its pre-independence levels of political stability.

Since the late 1990s, Ricky Skaggs, who began as a bluegrass musician and crossed over to mainstream country in the 1980s, returned to bluegrass with his band Kentucky Thunder.

Since the Unknown Warrior being returned to New Zealand for Armistice Day 2004, more ceremonies are now being held in New Zealand on Armistice Day and more churches are now observing Remembrance Sunday.

Since then the newspaper has returned to a more toned down style.

Since the end of the communist era some of the churches have been renovated and returned to their congregations.

In 1944 he returned to producing pictures with the huge success Since You Went Away, which he also wrote.

Since Paul's journey to Cyprus is usually dated to the first half of the 40s ( and some scholars would date his visit even earlier ), it is thought Sergius first served his three years as Proconsul at Cyprus, then returned to Rome, where he was appointed curator.

Since returning to Japan in 1961, Yoko Ono had been recommending colleagues look Maciunas up if they moved to New York ; by the time she had returned, in early 1965, Hi Red Center, Shigeko Kubota, Takako Saito, Mieko Shiomi and Ay-O had all started to make work for Fluxus, often of a contemplative nature.

Since the fringes would occasionally disappear due to vibrations by passing horse traffic, distant thunderstorms and the like, it would be easy for an observer to " get lost " when the fringes returned to visibility.

Since the 1980s, however, there has been a big increase in straw quality as specialist growers have returned to growing older, tall-stemmed, ' heritage ' varieties of wheat such as Squareheads Master ( 1880 ), N59 ( 1959 ), Rampton Rivet ( 1937 ), Victor ( 1910 ) and April Bearded ( early 1800s )

Since the bell returned to Philadelphia, it has been moved out of doors only five times: three times for patriotic observances during and after World War I, and twice as the bell occupied new homes in 1976 and 2003.

Since then they have been awarded compensation, and many have returned to the general area.

Since he was not assigned a unit, he nearly returned home.

Since the minimax algorithm and its variants are inherently depth-first, a strategy such as iterative deepening is usually used in conjunction with alpha-beta so that a reasonably good move can be returned even if the algorithm is interrupted before it has finished execution.

Since its disassociation with the palace, silat did not develop in the national defence institution and returned to the countryside.