Since arms pass from parents to offspring, and there is frequently more than one child per couple, it is necessary to distinguish the arms of siblings and extended family members from the original arms as passed on from eldest son to eldest son.

Since the cancellation of the XM8 program, and into 2008, the LSAT rifle program has been pursued for the next generation of U. S. small arms.

Since the United Nations refused to help suppress the rebellion in Katanga, Lumumba sought Soviet aid in the form of arms, food, medical supplies, trucks, and planes to help move troops to Katanga.

Since this period is different from the rotation period of the galactic spiral arms, the sun, and the earth with it, will periodically pass through the arms ( estimates of the period are uncertain and vary from 143 million years to 176 million years ).

Since at least 2006, Iran has arranged arms shipments to select Taliban members, including small arms and associated ammunition, rocket propelled grenades, mortar rounds, 107mm rockets, and plastic explosives.

Since then the coat of arms of Dithmarschen has shown a warrior on horseback, representing a knight of Rantzau.

Since Bheeshma thought the easterners were skilled in fighting from the backs of elephants and in fighting with bare arms, he deemed Bhima to be the most ideal person to wage wars in that region.

Since 1995 the province Norrbotten has a coat of arms of its own, but the county arms have not been changed accordingly.

Since the name Ski is derived from the old Norse word meaning a field used for horse racing, the arms are canting.

Since 1974 Härjedalen Municipality uses the same coat of arms, but without the coronet.

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 2002, all warrant officers have worn the new national coat of arms, the classes and appointments being indicated by the shape of the surrounding frame, and the addition of stars and crossed swords above the arms.

Since the hands are tied behind the victim's back, this will cause a very intense pain and possible dislocation of the arms.

Since the garrison's supplies were limited, Buchanan authorized a relief expedition of supplies, small arms, and 200 soldiers.

Since 1555, it has also been the church of the College of Arms, and many officers of arms are buried there.

Since the 15th century the crowns have been regarded as the " main " arms of Sweden and thus can be used independently as the lesser coat of arms of the country.

Since 1982 the paper abandoned the use of the current royal coat of arms and returned to using the Hanovarian coat of arms of 1785.

Since then, no city in Japan has had the name " Tokyo " ( present-day Tokyo is not officially a city ).

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

Since September 2010, the Parliament of Catalonia has considered Aranese Occitan to be the officially preferred language for use in the Val d ' Aran.

Since the time of the first drafts of the barcode it has very rarely been officially used by commercial or political institutions.

Since March 29, 2009 the airport is officially known as Lennart Meri Tallinn International Airport, in honour of the leader of the Estonian independence movement and second President of Estonia Lennart Meri.

Since 1989, in recognition that the responsibility of reporting the State of the Union formally belongs to the president who held office during the past year, newly inaugurated Presidents have not officially called their first speech before Congress a " State of the Union " message.

Since no heir had yet been produced by either monarch, the act's implications were unforeseeable, but it forged bonds between the Polish and Lithuanian nobility and a permanent defensive alliance between the two states, strengthening Lithuania's hand for a new war against the Teutonic Order in which Poland officially took no part.

Since then, the " Three Eastern Provinces " ( 東三省 ) was officially used by the Qing government in China to refer to this region, and the post of Viceroy of Three Northeast Provinces ( 東三省總督 ) was established to take charge of these provinces.

Since July 2011 Chongqing is officially linked to Duisburg, Germany by a freight rail across Eurasia.

Since the definition of comarques is traditionally a non-official and sometimes ambiguous, many new proposals have been made since the comarques were first officially designated as different towns attempt to adjust the official comarques with what they consider to be their traditional comarca.

Since it was the local government district that officially held city status under the 1982 letters patent, when it was abolished, it also ceased to be a city.

Since 1990, the Montagnais people have generally chosen to be officially referred to as the Innu, which means human being in Innu-aimun, while the Naskapi have continued to use the word Naskapi.

Since 1983, Reform Judaism in the United States of America officially adopted a bilineal policy: one is a Jew if either of one's parents is Jewish, provided that either ( a ) one is raised as a Jew, by Reform standards, or ( b ) one engages in an appropriate act of public identification, formalizing a practice that had been common in Reform synagogues for at least a generation.

Since 1924, Waynesboro has made numerous territorial acquisitions from areas of Augusta County through annexation and officially became an independent city in 1948.

Since the Mid-Manhattan Expressway that would have connected the route to New York's Interstate 495 ( Long Island Expressway ) was canceled, Interstate 495 officially became New Jersey Route 495 in 1979 with signs being changed in 1989.

Since the former city of Hull represents a large area distinct from what was formerly known as Gatineau, to be officially correct and specific many people say " vieux secteur Hull " ( the former Hull part of town ) when speaking of it.

Since the former city of Hull represents a large area distinct from what was formerly known as Gatineau, to be officially correct and specific many people say " vieux secteur Hull " ( the former Hull part of town ) when speaking of it.

Since necromancy is officially banned in Ankh-Morpork, he is instead the Head of the Department of Post Mortem Communications ( although he acknowledges this is just a fancy way of saying necromancy ).

Since the municipality resides in Montgomery County, it is officially part of the Greensboro / High Point / Winston-Salem DMA.

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

Since then Hu has officially taken on the three institutions in the People's Republic of China where power lie, the party, the state, as well as the military, thus informally, has become the paramount leader.

Since China's Muslims speaking various Turkic, Mongolic, or Iranian languages are all included into those other groups ( e. g., Uyghurs, Dongxiang, or Tajiks ) the " officially recognized " Hui ethnic group consists predominantly of Chinese speakers.

Since only 70 men were reported as missing, this would suggest that 14 of the men officially marked down as ‘ killed ’ had in fact been captured.

Since 2012 this regions officially had become autonomous Khaatumo State of Somalia