Since they commonly translate thoughts and feelings into deeds, hands naturally represent action, and since nearly half the characters in Great Expectations are of the underworld or closely allied to it, the linking of hands with crime or violence is not to be wondered at.

Since the Weimar Republic lacked the quantity of raw materials available to the United States and Great Britain, it had to rely on the proficiency of a skilled labor force and an ability to export innovative and high quality goods.

Since the beginning of Norman rule in the 12th century, the city has functioned as the capital in varying geopolitical entities: Lordship of Ireland ( 1171 – 1541 ), Kingdom of Ireland ( 1541 – 1800 ), island as part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ( 1801 – 1922 ), and the Irish Republic ( 1919 – 1922 ).

Since 2003, Canada has also been working with Gabon in the Group of Friends of the Great Lakes Region, which Canada co-chairs, in support of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region.

Since 1997, all newly-found Mersenne primes have been discovered by the “ Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search ” ( GIMPS ), a distributed computing project on the Internet.

Since the privatisation of British Rail there is no longer a single approach to design on railways in Great Britain.

" Since Diodorus's history includes such luminaries as Alexander the Great and Hannibal, this is high praise indeed.

Since New York based Thomas would have known about the wide spread hoax and the contents of the 1876 published book were developed during or right after The Great Tom Collins hoax of 1874, the hoax event is the most plausible source of the name for the Tom Collins cocktail.

Since the time of the first Norman invaders from England, Ireland has been subject to control and regulation, firstly by England then latterly by Great Britain.

Since 1986, Doe has also maintained a busy second career as an actor, appearing in such films as Oliver Stone's Salvador, Allison Anders ' Border Radio and Sugar Town, the Jerry Lee Lewis biopic Great Balls of Fire, Miguel Arteta's The Good Girl, Craig Mazin's The Specials, Paul Thomas Anderson's Boogie Nights, and the independent feature Roadside Prophets, in which he starred with Beastie Boy Adam Horovitz.

Since the season of Great Lent is moveable, beginning on different dates from year to year, accommodation must be made for various feast days on the fixed calendar ( Menaion ) which occur during the season.

Since the prevailing winter winds tend to be colder than the water for much of the winter, the southeastern shores of the lakes are almost constantly overcast, leading to the use of the term The Great Gray Funk as a synonym for winter.

Since the Great Lakes region was the core of Iroquoian-language speakers, scholars have theorized that the Cherokee migrated South from that region.

Since 1996, he has written a Great Movies series of individual reviews of what he deems to be the most important films of all time.

Since the Great Salt Lake is a shallow lake with gently sloping shores around all edges except on the south side, small variations in the water level greatly affect the extent of the shoreline.

Since the exile of James II, the ' Jacobite Cause ' had striven to return the Stuarts to the thrones of England and Scotland, in 1707 united as Great Britain.

Since 1746 these took place in the Great Hall of the Green Gate building.

Since the 1960s, there have been many sightings of big cats across Great Britain.

Since 1935, both sides of the Great Seal have appeared on the reverse of the one-dollar bill.

Since the Great Depression, Swedish national politics has largely been dominated by the Social Democratic Workers ' Party, which has held a plurality ( and sometimes a majority ) in parliament since 1917.

Traditionally it is the period of the Twelve Apostles, dating from the Great Commission until the death of John the Apostle ( about 100 AD Since it is believed that John lived so long and was the last of the twelve to die, there is some overlap between the apostolic age and the first Apostolic Fathers.

Since the 1950s a fast development of Irkutsk city began after the Great Patriotic War, modern industrious look of a city was being built up.

Since the time of Pietro della Valle, it has been beyond dispute that they represent the Persepolis captured and partly destroyed by Alexander the Great.

Since " Life " wanted a perfect Saturday night, and one they considered typical, the photographer did not select a town still blighted by the Depression ... What " Life's "' readers wanted, it seemed, was a stereotyped village that confirmed their nostalgic beliefs about small towns in which no one is bored, poor, or lonely ; and the magazine's photographers and editors-like Norman Rockwell in his " Saturday Evening Post " covers-gave them exactly that kind of town.

Since the Great Depression, the city became an administrative and commercial center.

Since 1930, the Chairman of the Federal Reserve, Eugene Meyer, had pressed Hoover to take a more active approach to ameliorating the Great Depression.

Since 1906, the German Oriental Society has been excavating at Hattusa ( with breaks during the two World Wars and the Depression, 1913 – 31 and 1940 – 51 ).

Since Salieri also tries to help men of Italian blood in the onslaught of the Great Depression, he offers Tommy the ' chance ' to work for the Salieri organization.

Since talking in 1999 for the first time about his experience of depression, he has supported the charity Depression Alliance, and in 2011 raised £ 20, 000 for it in 3 days.

His best-known books were Only Yesterday ( 1931 ), a book chronicling American life in the 1920s, and Since Yesterday ( 1940 ), which covered the Depression of the 1930s.

Since 1828 however, it has missed 17, mainly in the in the 19th century and during the Great Depression and World War II, voting mostly Republican.

Since 1929, Germany was suffering from the Great Depression as unemployment rose from 8. 5 % to nearly 30 % between 1929 and 1932, while industrial production inside Germany dropped roughly 42 %.

" Safety For Savings Since 1893 "... an old Standard slogan that was never tested so severely as during the Crash of 1929 and subsequent Great Depression.

Since 2003, Kupperberg has written numerous non-fiction books for young adults, including: Spy Satellites, The Tragedy Of The Titanic, Astronaut Biographies: John Glenn ( a Society Of School Librarians International Honor Book, 2004 ), Critical Perspectives On The Great Depression, The Nature Of Disease, Edwin Hubble And The Big Bang, The History Of The New York Colony, Rodeo Clowns, Origins Of The Action Heroes: Spider-Man, Cutting Edge Careers In Robotics, and In The News: Hurricanes for Rosen Publishing.

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

Since the colonial era, Rhode Island would rotate its legislative sessions between Providence, Newport, Bristol, East Greenwich and Kingston and did not have a fixed capital.

Since 1953 Breezy has been serving the Blackstone Valley as well as the rest of Massachusetts and neighboring states Rhode Island and Connecticut With three three hundred foot waterslides, free parking, game rooms, snack bar, certified lifeguards, and picnic tables, Breezy Picnic Grounds & Waterslides sits off the edge of the Whitin Reservoir.

Since families were not permitted to be with American service personnel stationed there, his wife and children stayed with her mother in Barrington, Rhode Island.

Since 1969, the Chorus has rehearsed and performed in what is now the George Kent Performance Hall ( The Former Immaculate Conception Church building of Westerly, Rhode Island ).

Since 1981, the Chorus of Westerly has presented and performed in one of Rhode Island's largest free outdoor music events, Summer Pops.

Since its inception they have been involved in the annual Punks for a Princess fundraiser in Rhode Island and play regularly between Manchester, NH and Boston, MA.

Since 1968, Meek has been an active member of the Trinity Repertory Company in Providence, Rhode Island, and has appeared in more than 100 Trinity Rep stage productions.

Since 1999, Andrade and Faxon have also served as hosts of the CVS Charity Classic, a golf tournament held at the Rhode Island Country Club each June, whose proceeds benefit the two players ' charity.

Since 1999, Andrade and Faxon have also served as hosts of the CVS Charity Classic, a golf tournament held at the Rhode Island Country Club each June, whose proceeds benefit the two players ' charity.

Since 2005, school students in New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont have been participating in NECAP, and Maine joined the assessment program in 2009.