Since the mid 1950s, when urethane foam first made its appearance in the American market, growth has been little short of fantastic.

Since Daniel was a statesman during the Persian conquests, the Book of Daniel could have been written in a period when the Persians had their greatest influence on Aramaic, believed to be in the mid 6th century BC.

Since the mid 1980s, the United States has had a growing deficit in tradeable goods, especially with Asian nations ( China and Japan ) which now hold large sums of U. S debt that has funded the consumption.

Since the mid 1980s, the Chianti Classico zone has had its own DOCG recognized area separate from the greater Chianti region.

Since 2004 employment in the sector was somehow reduced to about 45, 000, in mid 2011, due to intense international competition in the garment sector.

Since the mid 1990s, thousands of surface scientists and thin film technocrats have latched on to the nanotechnology bandwagon and redefined their disciplines as nanotechnology.

Since the mid 1990s, the term Militia has all but vanished in favour of the term Primary Reserve.

Since the mid 1990s such sampling approaches have been the methods most predominantly used for practical radiosity calculations.

Since the mid – 20th century, heavy water consumption of farms and cities along the river has left only 20 % of its natural discharge to flow to the Gulf.

* Since the mid 1960s, water based fluorescent magenta paint has been available to paint psychedelic black light paintings.

Since their apex during the late 1980s to mid 1990s high technology fad, digital watches have mostly become simpler, less expensive time pieces with little variety between models.

Since the mid 1990s, the insignia of a Royal Australian Navy Rear Admiral is the crown of St Edward above a crossed sword and baton, above two silver stars, above the word " AUSTRALIA ".

Since the mid &# 8209 ; 1990s, Monsanto indicates that it has sued 145 individual U. S. farmers for patent infringement and / or breach of contract in connection with its genetically engineered seed.

Since the mid 1990s, Lumpkin County has been recognized as " The Heart of Georgia Wine Country.

Since 1953, Route 10 has seen improvements that eliminated the Ledgewood Circle at the western terminus in 1998 and improved safety along the portion of the route in Hanover and East Hanover Townships in the mid 2000s.

Since the mid 1980s, there have been teen comedies and teen dramas such as in the UK ; Byker Grove ( 1989-2006 ) and Grange Hill ( 1978-2008 ) and that are geared toward older children ( typically between the ages of 12 and 15 ).

Since the mid 20th century chemical fluorescent stains, such as DAPI which binds to DNA, have been used to label specific structures within the cell.

Since the mid 1990s, several competitors ( e. g., Siemens AG ( later Infineon Technologies AG, now Intel mobile communications ), NEC, Texas Instruments, STMicroelectronics ( formerly SGS-Thomson ), Motorola ( later Freescale ), Intersil, etc.

Since the 1930s, the Baak Doi label heaquartered in Shanghai had been published under the EMI banner and since then, EMI had also been the dominant label in the cantopop market in Hong Kong until the genre's decline in the mid 1980s.

Since the mid 1990s, Billie Godfrey has worked with the band as a backing vocalist and appears with them at concerts.

Since the mid 1990s a string of successful alternative Australian acts have emerged ; artists to achieve both underground ( critical ) and mainstream ( commercial ) success include You Am I, Grinspoon, Powderfinger and Jet.

Since the mid 1980s, the university has managed to expand and catch up with advanced Western currents in all fields.

Since the mid 1970s, most federal Liberals in BC had chosen to support the British Columbia Social Credit Party at the provincial level.

Since the beginning of widespread cannabis prohibition around the mid 20th century, most countries have not re-legalized it for personal use, although more than 10 countries tolerate ( or have decriminalized ) its use and / or its cultivation in limited quantities.

Since the 20th century, the appointment of Archbishops of Canterbury conventionally alternates between more moderate Anglo-Catholics and Evangelicals.

Since the early 20th century, the armed forces have pursued the goal of weapons self-sufficiency.

Since the early 20th century it has been commonly accepted that Old Irish Bel ( l ) taine is derived from a Common Celtic * belo-te ( p ) niâ, meaning " bright fire " ( where the element * belo-might be cognate with the English word bale in ' bale-fire ' meaning ' white ' or ' shining '; compare Anglo-Saxon bael, and Lithuanian / Latvian baltas / balts, found in the name of the Baltic ; in Slavic languages byelo or beloye also means ' white ', as in Беларусь ( White Russia or Belarus ) or Бе ́ лое мо ́ ре Sea ).

Since the second half of the 20th century most scholars have agreed with Martin Noth's thesis that the books of Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Samuel and Kings form parts of a single work.

Since the Anglo-Boer war the term " Boervolk " was rarely used in the 20th century by the various regimes because of this attempt to assimilate the Boervolk with the Afrikaners.

Since the second half of the 20th century, computers have been programmed to play chess with increasing success, to the point where home computers can play chess at a very high level.

Since the consolidation of newspaper comics by the first quarter of the 20th century, most cartoonists have used a group of assistants ( with usually one of them credited ).

Since the 20th century, another source of words has been Japanese using existing kanji ( Chinese characters used in Japanese ).

Since the later 20th century, use of CE and BCE has been popularized in academic and scientific publications, and more generally by publishers emphasizing secularism or sensitivity to non-Christians.

Since the early 20th century, the term is used almost exclusively in conjunction with the modern development of hydro-electric power, which allowed use of distant energy sources.

Since the early 20th century, certain logicians have proposed logics that deny the validity of the law.

Since the early 20th century, a form of standardized Mandarin ( described above ) has been the official and de facto national standard language in China and it is today one of the most frequently used varieties of Chinese among Chinese diaspora communities internationally.

Since the early 20th century, musical theatre stage works have generally been called, simply, musicals.

Since the start of the 20th century, complexity of total syntheses has been increasing, with examples such as lysergic acid and vitamin B12.

Since the 20th century, the work of physics research has been divided between theorists and experimentalists ( see scientific method ).

Since the 20th century, the term republicanism is more likely to refer to the policies of the Republican Party, the nation's right-wing political party, than to republican values generally.

Since the 18th century, particularly during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, some wealthy or ennobled families embraced Catholicism, including branches of the Asquith, Bellingham ( Ireland ), Bowyer ( England ), Calvert ( Maryland ), Cary-Elwes / Elwes ( since 1872 ), Feilding ( England ), Forbes ( Ireland ), Leslie ( Ireland ), Fraser ( Scotland ), Lane-Fox, Meynell, Noel ( Gainsborough ), Ashton Case ( or Ashton-Case ; England ), Radcliffe ( England ), Monckton, Pakenham ( Ireland ), Pontifex ( England ), Crichton-Stuart ( Scotland ) and Strickland ( Counts of Catena, Malta ) families.

Since the resettlement of Svalbard in the early 20th century, coal mining has been the dominant commercial activity.

Since the 20th century, Western legal systems have generally allowed for " greater women's rights " than Islamic law.

Since the first widespread promotion of t ' ai chi ch ' uan's health benefits by Yang Shaohou, Yang Chengfu, Wu Chien-ch ' uan, and Sun Lutang in the early 20th century, it has developed a worldwide following among people with little or no interest in martial training, for its benefit to health and health maintenance.

Since then, several V: TES expansions have been released, and the game was the only official source of material for the Old World of Darkness, until 2011 when the 20th Anniversary Edition of Vampire: The Masquerade was published and the Onyx Path was announced.

Since the end of the 20th century, the economic strength during the 1920s has drawn close comparison with the 1950s and 1990s, especially in the United States of America.

Since the latter half of the 20th century Artois has suffered along with similar areas because of the decline of the coal industry.

Since the turn of the 20th century phonics has been widely used in primary education and in teaching literacy throughout the English-speaking world.