Since its economy was highly dependent on the rest of the former Soviet Union for energy and raw materials, the breakdown in trade following the breakup of the Soviet Union had a serious effect, exacerbated at times by drought and civil conflict.

Since the breakup of the Chicago Bulls championship roster in the summer of 1998, the Western Conference has dominated, with the Los Angeles Lakers and San Antonio Spurs combining to win the title in nine of fourteen years.

Since the breakup of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in the early 1990s, the foreign policy of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ( renamed Serbia and Montenegro in 2003 ) was characterized primarily by a desire to secure its political and geopolitical position and the solidarity of ethnic Serbs in the Balkan region through a strong nationalist campaign.

Jones and Walker played young sweethearts in Since You Went Away, but in real life they were married at the time and going through a bitter breakup.

Since the breakup of the original line-up, various members of the band performed in other bands and have reformed several times to tour and record in Specials-related projects.

Since the breakup of the Soviet Union, approximately one million Armenians have joined the diaspora largely as a result of difficult economic conditions in Armenia.

Since the breakup of the USSR, the U. S team has become increasingly successful with the 1996 Olympic team victory of the Magnificent Seven in Atlanta, the 2003 Worlds team victory in Anaheim, and a multiple medal hauls in both WAG and MAG at the 2004 Olympics.

Since then, the group has reunited as Split Enz several times, though its members have gone on to create other successful musical groups with one another since the breakup in 1984, such as Crowded House, Schnell Fenster, Citizen Band and the Finn Brothers.

Since the breakup of Neutral Milk Hotel, Jeff Mangum has appeared live very infrequently, including once, at the Kings Arms pub in Auckland, New Zealand, at the request of the Tall Dwarfs's Chris Knox.

Since the breakup, the company's films have been distributed under the " Alliance " banner for English and " Alliance Vivafilm " for French releases.

Since Croatia never declared a state of war during the breakup of Yugoslavia, this option has not been exercised in practice.

Since the breakup of Labelle, Patti, Sarah, and Nona have reunited on occasion.

Since the breakup he has released further material on his website attacking his previous relationship Patsy Kensit and criticising himself for getting involved.

Since the breakup, Monique Powell has focused her efforts on her studio career.

Since the Second Consonant Shift was beginning to occur at this time, Robinson says :" Thus many take the runic inscriptions from before about 550 as evidence for a surprisingly late breakup of Common Germanic ( excluding East Germanic ) into North and West Germanic ...."

Since the breakup of the Soviet Union a few years earlier, the Russian economy had been slowly collapsing and the budget for space exploration was reduced by around 80 %.

Since the breakup, the members have gone on to work on their own projects.

Since Led Zeppelin's breakup in 1980, Cole has contributed to unofficial Led Zeppelin biographies, most notably Stephen Davis ' much-maligned biography Hammer of the Gods.

Since the band's breakup, vocalist Frank Turner has made a career as a solo folk / punk artist.

Since the breakup of this lineup, McDougall has been performing at local venues around the Winnipeg area with the Donnie McDougall Band.

Since the drops are formed by the breakup of a liquid jet, the process is only suitable for liquid or slurry.

Since the breakup, the family members have undergone space weathering.

Since the breakup of the Central Nucleus in 1973, he had led his own group of followers but it was not until 1979 that they constituted themselves as a separate party.

Since the breakup of the Soviet Union, he has been acclaimed throughout the Russian-speaking world and has performed in numerous locations in Russia, Europe, and the United States.

Since the deciding bodies he had chosen were more concerned with the former, the prizes went to scientists and not to engineers, technicians or other inventors.

Since Johnson's proclamations allowed the Southern states to control the procedure and conduct of their elections in 1865, prominent former Confederate leaders were elected to the U. S. Congress ( but not seated ).

The former main altar of the hermitage church in Warfhuizen in the Netherlands with a mural of Anthony the Abbot and a reliquary with some of his relic s. Since then they have been moved to a new golden shrine on a side-altar especially made for them.

Since then, consistent liberalization and astute economic management has led to the removal of 95 % of all price controls, low unemployment, a positive balance of payments position, a stable exchange rate, a shift of exports from former communist economic bloc markets to Western Europe, and relatively low foreign debt.

Since these were important positions, the senators were aghast at their being placed in the hands of former slaves.

Since 1972 the former communities of Pellheim with Pullhausen, Assenhausen, Lohfeld, and Viehgarten have been incorporated into Dachau.

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 reunification, the German government has spent vast amounts of money on reintegrating the two halves of the city and bringing services and infrastructure in the former East Berlin up to the standard established in West Berlin.

Since the mid-nineteenth century, the Imperial Palace has been called " Kyūjō " ( 宮城 ), then Kōkyo ( 皇居 ), and located on the former site of Edo Castle in the heart of Tokyo.

Since this act was explicitely forbidden by the former Council, another Council was convened in 879.

Since real political power belongs to the sole legal party, in certain states under Marxist constitutions of the constitutionally socialist state type inspired by the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ( USSR ) and its constitutive Soviet republics, there was no formal office of head of state, but rather the leader of the legislative branch was considered to be the closest common equivalent of a head of state as a natural person.

Since 2001 it is part of the Hanover district ( Region Hannover ), which is a municipal body made up from the former district ( Landkreis Hannover ) and city of Hanover ( note: although both Region and Landkreis are translated as district they are not the same ).

Since the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, and more recently, the 2004 and 2007 enlargements of the European Union, the main waves of migration came from the former socialist countries of Eastern Europe ( especially Romania, Albania, Ukraine and Poland ).

Since 2000 he has portrayed Odafin " Fin " Tutuola, a former undercover narcotics officer transferred to the Special Victims Unit.

Since it was from dealing with ecclesiastical-political questions that Wycliffe turned to reformatory activities, the former have a large part in his reformatory writings.

Since Hitler was not really interested in obtaining the former colonies, especially if the price was a brake on expansion into Eastern Europe, Ribbentrop was forced to turn down the Anglo-French offer that he had largely brought about.

Since 1995, Lomography has been the sole distributor of that camera outside of the former Soviet Union, and has since moved into producing their own range of analog cameras, and other imports such as the Diana camera.

Since then, former next-door neighbor RKO closed up shop in 1957 ; Warner Bros. ( whose old Sunset Boulevard studio was sold to Paramount in 1949 as a home for KTLA ) moved to Burbank in 1930 ; Columbia joined Warners in Burbank in 1973 then moved again to Culver City in 1989 ; and the Pickford-Fairbanks-Goldwyn-United Artists lot, after a lively history, has been turned into a post-production and music-scoring facility for Warners, known simply as " The Lot ".

Since the papacy of Heraclas in the 3rd century, the Bishop of the Alexandria in both the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria and the Greek Orthodox Church of Alexandria continue to be called " Pope ", the former being called " Coptic Pope " or, more properly, " Pope and Patriarch of All Africa on the Holy Orthodox and Apostolic Throne of Saint Mark the Evangelist and Holy Apostle " and the last called " Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa ".

Since the end of World War II, many former colonies in the Pacific have become independent states.

Since the Soviets claimed to have first detected the new element they suggested the name kurchatovium, Ku, in honor of Igor Kurchatov ( 1903 – 1960 ), former head of Soviet nuclear research.

Since 2000, the employees and assets of the former administrative regions have been organized into the Aufsichts-und Dienstleistungsdirektion Trier ( Supervisory and Service Directorate Trier ) and the Struktur-und Genehmigungsdirektionen ( Structural and Approval Directorates ) Nord in Koblenz and Süd in Neustadt ( Weinstraße ).

Since the ousting of former Federal Yugoslav President Slobodan Milošević in October 2000, the Democratic Opposition of Serbia ( DOS ) coalition government has implemented stabilization measures and embarked on an aggressive market reform program.

Since the ousting of former Federal Yugoslav President Slobodan Milošević in October 2000, the Democratic Opposition of Serbia ( DOS ) coalition government has implemented stabilization measures and embarked on an aggressive market reform program.