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, it has focused on improving relationships with Western countries, cultivating links with other Portuguese-speaking countries, and asserting its own national interests in Central Africa through military and diplomatic intervention.

Since the Fall of Communism, the country's political leadership decided to pursue a pro-NATO policy, thus reducing military personnel and weaponry.

Since it would take place in international waters, Kennedy obtained the approval of the OAS for military action under the hemispheric defense provisions of the Rio Treaty.

Since the end of the Cold War, the focus of civil defense has largely shifted from military attack to emergencies and disasters in general.

Since the 1990s the region has experienced an exceptionally tumultuous period in its regional economy with the collapse of large portions of the ground fishery throughout Atlantic Canada, the closing of coal mines and a steel mill on Cape Breton Island, and the closure of military bases in all three provinces.

Since the beginning of the second Intifada the DFLP has carried out a number of shooting attacks against Israeli targets, such as the 25 August 2001 attack on a military base in Gaza that killed three Israeli soldiers and wounded seven others.

Since military upkeep took the largest portion of the imperial budget, any reforms here would be especially costly.

Since then, the country has had two presidents: Francisco Macías Nguema, the former mayor of Mongomo under the Spanish colonial government, and Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo ( Macías's nephew ), who has ruled since 1979 when he staged a military coup d ' état and executed Macías.

Since 1962, when France stationed military personnel in the region, French Polynesia has changed from a subsistence economy to one in which a high proportion of the work force is either employed by the military or supports the tourist industry.

Since most of these enclaves are occupied by the military, military law is especially concerned with these enclaves, especially the issue of establishing who has jurisdiction and what type of jurisdiction.

Since then, Guatemala's history has been divided into periods of democratic rule and periods of civil war and military juntas.

Since Galileo was designed to provide the highest possible precision ( possibly even greater than GPS ) to anyone, the US was concerned that an enemy could use Galileo signals in military strikes against the US and its allies ( some weapons like missiles use GNSS systems for guidance ).

Since 2002, the naval base has contained a military prison, the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, for persons alleged to be unlawful combatants captured in Afghanistan and later in Iraq.

Since then there has been a steady decline in their use and popularity for leisure, military and commercial passenger transport use.

Since World War II France has been a leading member in the UN, the European Union and NATO, and remains a strong economic, cultural, military and political influence in the 21st century.

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

Since then HK has designed and manufactured more than one hundred different types of firearms and devices for the world's military and law enforcement organizations.

Since the early days of writing politicians, diplomats and military commanders understood that it was necessary to provide some mechanism to protect the confidentiality of correspondence and to have some means of detecting tampering.

Since then, all major military powers have developed or adopted IFVs.

Since late 2001, the military of Afghanistan and the United States armed forces have established a number of bases, with the one at Jalalabad Airport being the largest.

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 1980s issues of power, such as those examined in Eric Wolf's Europe and the People Without History, have been central to the discipline.

Since patents and regulation ( e. g., U. S. Food and Drug Administration regulation in the U. S .) are very important issues for biotech enterprises, bioengineers are often required to have knowledge related to these issues.

Since dachshunds are prone to back issues, the goal is to expand this treatment to dogs in a normal population.

Since the nominal values of these new issues were lower than their intrinsic worth as metals, the state was minting these coins at a loss.

Since then, there have been several issues of agreement as well as of dispute.

Since in 2008, the CSU lost its absolute majority in Bavaria and formed a coalition with the FDP, the grand coalition had no majority in the Bundesrat and depended on FDP votes on important issues.

Since it is no longer maintained ( essentially replaced by the open source freeglut ) the above design issues are still not resolved in the original GLUT.

Since the Supreme Leader of Iran is the ultimate clerical authority, Hezbollah's leaders have appealed to him " for guidance and directives in cases when Hezbollah's collective leadership too divided over issues and fail to reach a consensus.

* 1981 – The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China issues its " Resolution on Certain Questions in the History of Our Party Since the Founding of the People's Republic of China ", laying the blame for the Cultural Revolution on Mao Zedong.

Since demurrer procedure required an immediate ruling like a motion, many common law jurisdictions therefore went to a narrower understanding of pleadings as framing the issues in a case but not being motions in and of themselves, and replaced the demurrer with the motion to dismiss for failure to state a cause of action or the application to strike out particulars of claim.

Since then, the People's Republic of China has been involved in disputes with the ROC over issues of sovereignty and the political status of Taiwan.

Since its inception, the Universal Life Church has come into legal conflicts over such issues as the validity of ordinations and the tax-exempt status of the organization.

Since then, Perot has been largely silent on political issues, refusing to answer most questions from the press.

Since the 17th Party Congress, Li's influence has considerably waned and he is no longer active on China's political scene, partially owing to the corruption issues that plague him and his family.

Since the 1990s, a handful of films ( such as Spider-Man 2 ) have used it for this purpose, but the usage of digital intermediate for compositing has largely negated these issues.

Since Transnational environmental NGOs advocate for different issues like public goods, such as pollution in the air, deforestation of areas and water issues, it is more difficult for them to give their campaigns a human face than NGOs campaigning directly for human rights issues.

Since its establishment in 1998, the CCYC has given input to the BOCC and other county departments and organizations on various issues important to youth.

Since the 1980s, increased political and public attention has been paid to the rights and social issues of the indigenous tribes of Taiwan.

Since the late 20th century and the rise of Indian activism over sovereignty issues, as well as many tribes ' establishment of casino gambling on reservations as a revenue source, the US Supreme Court has been asked repeatedly to address the IRA's constitutionality.

Since the end of the Cold War, Norway has developed a model to foreign policy known as the " Norwegian model ," the goal of which is to contribute to peace and stability through coordinated response among governmental and non-governmental Norwegian organizations ; acting as an honest broker in international conflicts ; an informal network of Norwegian individuals with access and credibility among parties ; and the willingness to take the long view in international issues.

Since then, in its campaigns and undercover investigations, it has focused on four core issues — opposition to factory farming, fur farming, animal testing, and animals in entertainment — though it also campaigns against fishing, the killing of animals regarded as pests, the keeping of chained backyard dogs, cock fighting, dog fighting, and bullfighting.