Since the 1970 NFL-AFL merger, league rules were changed to allow the Super Bowl home team to pick their choice of jersey.

Since 1985, the UMC has been exploring a possible merger with three historically African-American Methodist denominations: the African Methodist Episcopal Church, the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, and the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church.

Since the merger, they have made the playoffs 24 times, third most in the league.

Since the merger, the 2000s has been the decade with the fewest playoff berths for the franchise.

Since 2006, the Vikings have been known especially for their strong run defense (# 1 in the NFL in 2006, 2007, and 2008 ; they are the first NFL team to accomplish this since the AFL – NFL merger in 1970 ), anchored by the Williams Wall consisting of defensive tackle Kevin Williams and nose tackle Pat Williams ( no relation ).

Since its foundation in 1980 and merger with Alliance 90 after the German reunification, Kelly's party, now named Alliance ' 90 / The Greens, has become one of Europe's most important Green parties.

Since 2003, the city's borders have been coterminous with those of the county because of a city-county merger.

Since the merger, the black background has been replaced with green, to symbolize the new parent company.

Since Apple Inc's merger with NeXT in 1996, EOF has evolved into a fully integrated part of WebObjects, an application server also originally from NeXT.

Since the merger of the two categories in 1967, the academy has traditionally avoided giving out the award to contemporary films.

Since the merger into one singular category for color films in 1967, films set in modern times have won only twice, despite the majority of those nominated being contemporary.

Since the post merger Matsumoto's ( the new city of Matsumoto ) area is too big because the city now includes the mountainous areas, the data of the former city ( the old city of Matsumoto ) is listed on the right.

Since the merger the head of this major nature conservation area has been Andreas Pusch.

Since the merger of the surrounding and satellite settlements, Hastings has grown to become the largest urban area in Hawke's Bay.

Since the merger of the communes of 1977, the small commune of Pironchamps was integrated into Farciennes.

Since the arms officially became obsolete after the merger, they were re-granted in 1974.

Since the merger with the rival American Football League ( AFL ) in 1970, it has been officially called the AFC – NFC Pro Bowl, matching the top players in the American Football Conference ( AFC ) against those in the National Football Conference ( NFC ).

Since 1974, Tipton has been part of the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell, which was created by a merger of the former West Bromwich and Warley boroughs.

Since then several economists, media and shareholders have questioned the intentions of Arcelor in announcing its merger with Severstal due to a perceived opacity in the transaction.

Since the Total-Petrofina merger in 1999, all of FINA's former marketing assets and the Big Spring refinery have been owned by Texas-based Alon USA.

Since the merger, it forms a part of the University commonly known as Gløshaugen, after the geographical area in which it is situated.

Since the merger of Euronext and NYSE since 2006, now completed in 2007, this market is now a division of NYSE Euronext, named NYSE Alternext.

Since the Sprint Nextel merger the company determined that because Sprint's CDMA network was already 3G and going to EVDO ( broadband speeds ), and then EVDO Rev A, it would be redundant to keep upgrading the iDEN data network.

Since the merger, it has been claimed that the name change took place upon the merger, but the historical record to the contrary is clear.

Since a Skeletal Age rating can be made at any age during growth, from Elbow, Shoulder, Knee, or Foot as well as Hand, it seems to be the method of choice when one wishes to study most aspects of skeletal developmental progress during childhood.

Since the Apostolic Age, the use of the definite article before the word Christ and its development into a proper name signifies its identification with Jesus as the promised Jewish messiah.

Since the Age of Enlightenment, emancipation, and haskalah in the modern era, Jewish citizens are bound to Halakha only by their voluntary consent.

Since the Bronze Age, he has also utilized various battlesuits in many stories.

Since the dawn of the Space Age, close observation by probes has found that Earth and the other planets share characteristics such as volcanism, hurricanes, tectonics, and even hydrology.

Since Hume had already made many of the same " moral attacks upon Christianity " that Paine popularized in The Age of Reason, scholars have concluded that Paine probably read Hume's works on religion or had at least heard about them through the Joseph Johnson circle.

Since the Middle Age, the kings of Denmark and Denmark – Norway carried the titles King of the Wends and Goths.

Since the Bronze Age, the region's natural fertility has been greatly extended by irrigation works, upon which much of its agricultural production continues to depend.

Since the last Ice Age, water levels in the region have undergone great changes.

Since February 2009, the fifth age, the Age of Mortals, has been used.

Since February 2009, the Age of Mortals has been used for most of the setting's new novels.

Since the publication of Schriften ( Writings, 1955 ) fifteen years after his death, Benjamin's work -- especially the essay " The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction " ( 1936 )-- is of seminal importance to academics in the humanities disciplines.

Since the legendary " deluge " ( Younger Dryas ) 10. 000 years ago the connections rapidly established and similar cultures started on all the different continents, leading to parallel cultures on the respective continents, leading to the ethnicities, constitutions and civilizations we know as Stone Age and Classical Antiquity.

Since 2005, EA has published seven games that received " Universal Acclaim " ( Metacritic score 90 or greater ): Battlefield 2, Crysis, Rock Band, FIFA 12, Mass Effect 2, Mass Effect 3 and Dragon Age: Origins.

* Kirkendall, Richard S. A Global Power: America Since the Age of Roosevelt ( 2nd ed.

* Kirkendall, Richard S. A Global Power: America Since the Age of Roosevelt ( 2nd ed.

Since their prophecy, the Sidereal Exalted have split into two factions: The Bronze Faction of the Sidereal Exalted supported and orchestrated the purge of the Solar Exalted from Creation, and continues to do so with the Wyld Hunt of the Realm ; and the Gold Faction, which supported the Solars and has had little in the way of power and influence at the end of the First Age.

Robert Jordan is very clear that the world before the Breaking was much different geographically, and thus physical descriptions must first differentiate between the planet ’ s appearance in the Age of Legends or “ The World Since the Breaking ” ( after insane male Aes Sedai and the Dark One's minions shattered the world, drastically altering it geographically ).

Since his defeat, he is working as a consultant for Age UK.

Since it was built by Amroth in the Third Age, it quickly became the most populated place of Lothlórien and by the end of that age also became the most important settlement of the Galadhrim in Middle-earth.

Since most of the following events were dated according to the Shire-reckoning, their years in the Fourth Age cannot be stated with certainty.