Since the ranks of envoy and minister resident are effectively obsolete, the designation of legation is no longer used today.

Since most exoplanets are in single star systems, the implicit " A " designation was simply dropped, leaving the exoplanet name with the lower-case letter only: 51 Peg b.

Since the mid-1990s, the term " kcmil " has been adopted as the " official " designation of a thousand circular mils, but the designation " MCM " still remains in wide use.

Since the mid-20th century Witchcraft has become the designation of a branch of neopaganism, specifically those Wicca traditions following Gerald Gardner, who claimed a religious tradition of Witchcraft with pre-Christian roots.

Since synthetic ultramarine is chemically identical with lapis lazuli, the " hue " designation is not used.

Since the end of the First World War, aircraft types in British military service have generally been known by a name ( e. g. " Spitfire "), with individual variants recognised by mark numbers, in contrast to the systems such as that used in the United States, where an aircraft type is primarily identified by an alphanumeric designation.

Since the early 1800s, when feudalism was abolished in the various Italian states, it has often been granted as a simple hereditary title without any territorial designation or predicato.

Since the advent of high-power rocketry, which began in the mid-1980s with the availability of G-through J-class motors ( each letter designation has twice the energy of the one before ), a number of companies have shared the market for larger and more powerful rockets.

Since 2003, Frisco has received the designation " Tree City USA " by the National Arbor Day Foundation.

Since most of the villages of Beaujolais, outside of those classified as Cru Beaujolais, villages have little international name recognitions most producers choose to maintain the Beaujolais-Villages designation.

Since township and range lines are six miles apart, the " T1SR20E " part of the designation instantly places the location somewhere between zero and six miles south of the baseline, and 114 and 120 miles east of the principal meridian.

Since the Karabiner 98k rifle was shorter than the earlier Karabiner 98b ( the 98b was a carbine in name only, a version of Gewehr 98 long rifle with upgraded sights ), it was given the designation Karabiner 98 Kurz, meaning " Carbine 98 Short ".

Since it was the first design from Junkers to serve in the Luftstreitkräfte's " J-class " of armored, infantry co-operation aircraft, which also had aircraft designed by Albatros and AEG serving with it in the same capacity, the curious and confusing instance of the Junkers J 4 armored all-metal sesquiplane getting the German military designation " J. I " was one caused solely by the Luftstreitkräfte's choice of letter for all of their armored, ground forces co-operation aircraft class in World War I, with other J-class aircraqft coming from Albatros Flugzeugwerke and the aviation division of AEG.

Since 2003, the European Union has actively sought to restrict the use of geographical indications by third parties outside the EU by enforcing laws regarding " protected designation of origin ".

Since 2002, feta has been a protected designation of origin product in the European Union.

Since May 2011 these sections have been joined, and the section from Pie-IX to the new interchange lost its A-25 designation ( approx.

Since retiring as an active Justice of the United States Supreme Court, Associate Justice David Souter has sat on the First Circuit by designation in several cases.

Since July 2002, feta has been a protected designation of origin ( PDO ), which limits the term within the European Union to feta made exclusively of sheep's / goat's milk in Greece.

Since 1970, it has carried the M-1 designation.

Since flyby and orbital spacecraft imagery of Mars began to become available in the 1960s, dark-light albedo features on the planet have seen shifting of names to reflect the true nature of the topography, and Sinus Meridiani consequently was given a new designation, Terra Meridiani (" Meridian Land ").

Since the discovery of Antiope's binary nature, the name " Antiope " technically refers to the slightly larger of the two components, with the smaller component bearing the provisional designation S / 2000 ( 90 ) 1.

Since its inception, approximately 1, 000 individuals have held this designation.

Since that time, most cave conservancies have chosen to use the NSS Cave Conservancy designation and / or participate on the conservancies committee.

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 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 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.