Since 1917, Puerto Ricans have been included in the compulsory draft whenever it has been in effect and more than 400, 000 Puerto Ricans have served in the United States Armed Forces.

Since it has the power to draft initiatives, it makes it ideally suited as an arena for interest representation.

Since most of the participants were diplomats accredited to the French government and not professionals, it was agreed unanimously that a body of technical, legal experts be set up to study the draft convention prior to its submission to the diplomatic conference for approval.

Since 1980, the Hawks have drafted a grand total of three players who have ever been chosen to play in an All-Star game ( Doc Rivers, Kevin Willis, and Al Horford ; Dominique Wilkins was actually selected by the Utah Jazz and traded to the Hawks a few months after the draft ).

Since the team lost Harper, Wennington and Barry in the offseason, Brand and fellow rookie Ron Artest led the team throughout the year, especially after Kukoc missed most of the season due to injury and was then dealt for a draft pick at the trading deadline.

Since 1776 nearly 150 state constitutional conventions have met to draft or revise state constitutions.

Since that time, neither Jane Finn nor the draft treaty have been found.

Since he was a restricted free agent, Washington had the option to match the offer sheet ; they declined, however, and received two first round picks plus $ 100, 000 in cash, turning into five first-round picks if the Capitals did not have a top-7 draft pick in the 1991 or 1992 entry drafts, as compensation ( two of these picks would become Sergei Gonchar and Brendan Witt ).

Since 1992, was played during ceremonial events and oathtaking ceremonies in the Slovenian Territorial Defence in line with the draft Rules on Service in the Territorial Defence, adopted on 15 April 1992, and later in the Slovenian Armed Forces, based on a government decree from 1995, because it calls to the defence of the homeland.

Since women are excluded from combat, Congress concluded that they would not be needed in the event of a draft, and therefore decided not to register them.

Since they are insiders, they know the coding, punching of a demand draft.

Since 1997, the draft has consisted of six rounds, with teams drafting in inverse order of their records in the previous season.

Since the Government of India is considering to hand over the historical ' Kangla Fort ' measuring about, after its vacation by the Assam Rifles, on 20 November 2004 in presence of the Prime Minister of India, the State Cabinet has recently approved the draft ' Kangla Fort Ordinance, 2004 '.

Since he was at this time considered only a general SS member, not assigned to permanent full time duties, Kappler was not exempt from the draft and he became a Schütze in the Wehrmacht on June 11, 1935.

( Since the fall of the Soviet Union, draft evasion has skyrocketed ; officials regularly bemoan the ten or so percent that actually appear when summoned.

Since bicyclists have the same responsibilities as drivers of vehicles per CVC 21200, but not as drivers of motor vehicles, it is perfectly legal for bicyclists to draft and race on open public roads in California.

Since in most triathlons, cyclists do not draft as in many other forms of road racing, triathletes can gain a significant advantage by riding a bicycle which reduces wind resistance.

Since the Bills had the worst record in the 1984 season, they held the first pick in both the regular NFL draft and the supplemental draft in 1985.

Since that pick was traded to Cleveland and it was used for the 1985 supplemental draft, the Bills essentially forfeited the first overall pick in the 1986 draft.

Since his team, the Kentucky Colonels, had folded, Gilmore went into the special 1976 ABA dispersal draft, and he was chosen with the first overall pick by the Chicago Bulls.

Since 1990s, scholars and experts are increasingly entrusted by the NPC Legislative Affairs Commission to form drafting groups to prepare the first draft of the basic laws ( this was the case for the Contract Law ( 1999 ), the Law of Rights in rem ( 2007 ), the Law of Tort Liability ( 2009 ) and the Law of the PRC on the Law Applicable to Foreign-related Civil Relations ( 2010 )).

Since early 2005, multiple implementations based on draft versions of the Media Dispatch Protocol have been in use, both for technical testing, and, since April 2005, for real-world production work.

Since the House of Lords no longer had the power to block the bill, the Unionist's Ulster Volunteers led by Sir Edward Carson, launched a campaign of opposition that included the threat of armed resistance in Ulster and the threat of mutiny by army officers in Ireland in 1914 ( see Curragh Incident ).

Since 2008, the International Association of Bomb Technicians and Investigators ( IABTI ) have sponsored a nationwide charity campaign in the U. S., building beeping Easter eggs every year for visually impaired children.

Since its start, the campaign has generated close to US $ 28 million, € 15 million in donations.

Since 2004 ( when the RPGA discontinued Virtual Seattle ) Shadowrun Missions ( SRM ) has offered fans a “ living campaign ” that allows for persistent character advancement.

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.

Since 2007, Aniston has worked in a publicity campaign for the drink SmartWater ; on March 7, 2011, she released a YouTube video, titled " Jennifer Aniston Goes Viral ", for SmartWater, tripling online interest in the product within 24 hours of the release.

Since Davis was a conservative, many liberal Democrats bolted the party and backed the third-party campaign of Senator Robert M. La Follette of Wisconsin, who ran as the candidate of the Progressive Party.

Since then, campaign finance limitations continue to be regulated in the Courts.

Since he was serving in Japan as the Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers occupying that nation, he was unable to campaign for the nomination.

Since the first class graduated, SAMS planners have supported every major military campaign, providing " the Army with many of its top campaign planners for the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries ".

Since Roundup is a key ingredient in the multibillion-dollar aerial coca eradication campaign undertaken by the government of Colombia with U. S. financial and military backing known as Plan Colombia, increasing popularity of Boliviana negra amongst growers could have serious repurcussions for the War on Drugs.

Since legionaries were required to serve in a complete campaign, no matter how long it was, soldiers often left their farms in the hands of wives and children.

Since 14 months is less than two years, he was eligible to run again in 1968, but withdrew early in the campaign, amid his sagging political popularity in the ongoing Vietnam War.

Since the FDP had never claimed such a candidacy ( and hasn't done since ) and had no chance of attaining it against the two major parties, this move was widely seen as flippant political marketing alongside other moves, such as driving around in a campaign van dubbed the Guidomobile, wearing the figure 18 on the soles of his shoes or appearance in the Big Brother TV show.

Since the purchasing of The Weather Channel by NBC Universal in 2008, the network has participated in the " Green is Universal " campaign, which occurs twice a year, usually being in April and November.

Since 1964 there had also been a growing campaign for equality reforms in Northern Ireland.

The Stew and County are tied together with the campaign ’ s theme: “ Since 1828 when Ol ’ Jimmy Matthews created Brunswick Stew, we ’ ve been doing things a special way.

Since its launch in Paris in December 2008, Global Zero ( campaign ) has grown to 300 leaders, including current and former heads of state, national security officials and military commanders, and 400, 000 citizens worldwide ; developed a practical step-by-step plan to eliminate nuclear weapons ; launched an international student campaign with 75 campus chapters in eight countries ; and produced an acclaimed documentary film, Countdown to Zero, in partnership with Lawrence Bender and Participant Media.

Since the campaign began to remove horses from there over 400 have been passively trapped, taken from the park, and 200 of these have been re-homed.

Since 2005, colorful mayor John Fetterman has launched a campaign to attract new residents to the area from the artistic and so-called creative communities.

Since 2006, R. J. Reynolds has been the subject of a Farm Labor Organizing Committee ( FLOC ) campaign to reduce the exploitative nature of its tobacco procurement system.

Since the height of the Provisional Irish Republican Army ( PIRA ) campaign, the entrance to Downing Street has been closed, preventing the general public from getting near Number 10.

Since a scorched earth campaign requires that there be a war of movement, World War I provided little opportunity in general for this policy as it was a stalemated war fought mostly in the same concentrated area for its entire duration.