Since the obvious is not always true, the Republican National Committee wisely analyzed its defeat of last autumn and finds that it occurred, as suspected, in the larger cities.

Since the Byzantine army was still holding on after this defeat the sultan thought it was time to set up his secret weapon, a huge mobile tower.

Since playing a major role in the defeat of Napoleon, Russia had been regarded as militarily invincible, but, once pitted against a coalition of the great powers of Europe, the reverses it suffered on land and sea exposed the weakness of Tsar Nicholas ' regime.

Since the autumn of 1914 he had insisted that " from the standpoint of the working class and of the labouring masses from the lesser evil would be the defeat of the Tsarist Monarchy "; the war must be turned into a civil war of the proletarian soldiers against their own governments, and if a proletarian victory should emerge from this in Russia, then their duty would be to wage a revolutionary war for the liberation of the masses throughout Europe.

Since the defeat and expulsion of the ruling Kuomintang ROC government by the Communist Party of China from mainland China in 1949, the ROC government has controlled only Taiwan and its surrounding islands.

Since the defeat of the constitutional referendum in 2000, politics in Zimbabwe has been marked by a move from the norms of democratic governance, such as democratic elections, the independence of the judiciary, the rule of law, freedom from racial discrimination, the existence of independent media, civil society and academia.

Since the ace always plays high, A-5-4-3-2 is not considered a straight ; is simply ace-high no pair ( it would therefore lose to any king-high, but would defeat A-6-4-3-2 ).

Since then, Giscard has always attributed his defeat to Chirac, and he is widely said to loathe Chirac.

Since the 2004 election defeat the party has been the principal opposition in parliament.

Since the party's defeat in the 2008 general election, Labour has formed the second-largest ( in terms of parliamentary seats ) political party represented in the Parliament of New Zealand, and functions as the core of the Official Parliamentary Opposition.

Since his first election to a full term in 1972, Stevens never received less than 66 % of the vote before his 2008 defeat for re-election.

Since evil first entered the physical creation after the spiritual creation was complete, Zoroastrians maintain that for 9000 years the world continues to be a battlefield between Ahura Mazda and Angra Mainyu, which will end during the 12, 000th year, when the Saoshyants brings about the final renovation of the world to defeat evil.

Since the development of the modern gunfighter pā ( Māori fortress ), British forces found it difficult to capture the occupants or cause a decisive defeat, as Māori would abandon the pā at the point of defeat.

Since the idea was not only to defeat Germany but to destroy Nazism in general, that would have been a highly undesirable development.

Since then, aided by the destruction of a number of large arms smuggling vessels that belonged to the LTTE, and an international crackdown on the funding for the Tamil Tigers, the government took control of the entire area previously controlled by the Tamil Tigers, including their de-facto capital Kilinochchi, main military base Mullaitivu and the entire A9 highway, leading the LTTE to finally admit defeat on 17 May 2009.

Since this conflict brought him an ever growing political defeat, he moderated his struggle with the Catholic Church and in the wake of Pius IX's death on February 7, 1878, reconciled with the new Pope, Leo XIII, lifting some sanctions.

Since March of 1988, as commentator he has called some of boxing's most famous moments, such as Thunder Meets Lightning, when Julio César Chávez saved himself from a decision defeat by knocking out Meldrick Taylor ( who was leading the fight on two of the three official scorecards ) with only two seconds to go in the last round ; James " Buster " Douglas's upset of Mike Tyson for the World Heavyweight championship.

Since then, Marlene has dedicated and trained herself to defeat the Blue.

Since both armies had been weakened by the defeat at Trebia, four new legions were raised.

Since Kang won only one round of the game, he did not win the power of life and death-to save Ravonna and defeat the Avengers.

Since the Black Knight was not a member of the Avengers, he was not killed and was able to defeat Kang.

Since the election defeat McAllion has been working with Oxfam and resigned his membership of the Labour Party, subsequently joining the Scottish Socialist Party.

Since the defeat, he first started his own consulting business and then was nominated to become the Director of the Office of Management and Budget under President Bush.

Since the defeat of England in 2005 there has been an increased demand for tickets outstripping supply.

Since the Supreme Court's decision of that year this is more doubtful ; ;

( Since the time-span of the nation-state coincides roughly with the separate existence of the United States as an independent entity, it is perhaps natural for Americans to think of the nation as representative of the highest form of order, something permanent and unchanging.

Since it is not far from Viareggio, he will visit Puccini's house, as he never fails to do, to pay his respects to the memory of the composer of La Boheme, which he considers one of Puccini's masterpieces.

Since attack serves to stimulate interest in broadcasts, I added to my opening statement a sentence in which I claimed that German youth seemed to lack the enthusiasm which is a necessary ingredient of anger, and might be classified as uninterested and bored rather than angry.

Since the air is a continuum, the network of communication remains intact regardless of the positions or motions of the points ( the people ) in the net.

Since the hazards of poor communication are so great, p can be justified as a habitable site only on the basis of unusual productivity such as is made available by a waterfall for milling purposes, a mine, or a sugar maple camp.

Since the difficulty of drawing the net is great, we will merely discuss it.

Since a civilizational crisis involves also a crisis in private interests and in the ruling class, reaction is normally found among those who feel themselves to be among the ruling class.

Since civilizational change is the most difficult to perceive and analyze, it seldom is given adequate attention.

Since the slogans have little application to reality and are sanctimonious to boot, the applause is faint even in areas of the world where we should expect to find the greatest affection for free government.

Since more is known about Quiney than about any other acquaintance of Shakespeare in Stratford, his career may be followed to its sudden end in 1602.

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 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 little is known about autism, and almost nothing has been written for the layman, we'd like to share one experienced mother's comments.

Since the work is done by hand, the only limitation, it is said, `` is that of human conception ''.

Since the apparatus is new, it requires experimentation and changes in technique.

Since he has just shown who is top dog, he may not be ready to receive this highest honor in the gift of the Soviet people.

Since appeals to morality, to humanity, and to sanity have had such small effect, perhaps our last recourse is the deterrent example.

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.