Since 1982, however, the arguments have been easier to make, because lawyers have been able to cite the relevant sections of the constitution rather than rely upon legal abstraction.

Since 1982, two thirds of the community's power has been supplied by wind turbines, and a third by diesel generators.

Since 1982 Kabir has been a voting member of the prestigious Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, who are responsible for presenting the Oscar awards.

Since 1982, foreign observers believed that this department operated both at home and abroad in their mission to seek out and eliminate Saddam's perceived opponents.

Since 1982, when the International Organization for Standardization adopted Pinyin as the standard romanization of Chinese, many Western languages have changed from spelling this loanword dao in national systems ( e. g., French EFEO Chinese transcription and English Wade – Giles ) to dao in Pinyin.

Since 1982, it has become much smaller, with a different customer base and product focus.

Since its sale in 1982, UPI has changed ownership several times and was twice in Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization.

Weather satellites have been available to infer sea surface temperature ( SST ) information since 1967, with the first global composites occurring during 1970 .< ref > Since 1982, satellites have been increasingly utilized to measure SST and have allowed its spatial and temporal variation to be viewed more fully.

Since it was the local government district that officially held city status under the 1982 letters patent, when it was abolished, it also ceased to be a city.

Since 1982, Herndon has been a paid employee of Wild Country Inc. as the drummer for Alabama, according to the court papers.

Since 1982, following the French government ’ s policy of decentralisation, overseas departments have elected regional councils with powers similar to those of the regions of metropolitan France.

Since 1982, Shaffer has served as musical director for David Letterman's late night talk shows: as leader of " The World's Most Dangerous Band " for Late Night with David Letterman ( 1982 – 1993 ) on NBC, for which he also composed the theme song, and as leader of the CBS Orchestra for the Late Show with David Letterman ( 1993 – present ) on CBS.

Since 1979, Mahopac has had a regionally competing marching band ( The Cavaliers ) and since 1982 the rock ensemble Illusion.

Since 1982, the League Cup has been named after its sponsor, giving it the following names:

Since then, the company has sometimes used 1982 as the starting birth year for this generation.

Since at least 1982, the Internet has provided a new venue for support groups.

Since 1982, the LSO has been based in the Barbican Centre in the City of London.

Since pinyin became the international standard for Chinese romanization in 1982, other romanizations ( including the Wade-Giles system, Gwoyeu Romatzyh developed by Yuen Ren Chao, and Latinxua Sin Wenz ) have become rarely used.

Since 1982, two sub-districts of Causeway Bay ( Causeway Bay North, and Causeway Bay South ) have been grouped into the Eastern District of district board elections whilst Causeway Bay Middle was grouped with the Wan Chai District to the west.

* Ermont in France, Since 1982.

Since 1982, RMI has grown into a broad-based " think-and-do tank " with more than 85 staff and an annual budget of some $ 13 million.

Since the abolition of the post Chairman of the Communist Party of China in 1982, the General Secretary is the highest-ranking official of the party and heads the Secretariat, Politburo of the Party and its Standing Committee.

Since its founding, the most important position in the PRC has been that of the General Secretary ( as Chairman before 1982 ).

Since 2011 the town has also been host to the annual Charlie Chaplin Comedy Film Festival, which was founded to celebrate Chaplin's legacy and to showcase new comic talent.

Since the turn of the millennium, notable successes among cult and midnight movies have been Donnie Darko ( 2001 ), the 2001 comedy Wet Hot American Summer, an absurdist parody of the pre-MTV summer camp genre, and the comic book adaptation Ghost World.

Since the dawn of comic strips, the ownership of them has been a recurrent issue.

Since the introduction of the comic book format in 1933 with the publication of Famous Funnies, the United States has produced the most titles, along with British comics and Japanese manga, in terms of quantity of titles.

Since a comic book shop in his area traded 2 old comics for 1 new, he only had 2 Duck comics left from his sister's collection by the 70s, one of them being The Golden Helmet.

Since 1998, he has owned the film rights to Mike Allred's off-beat comic Madman.

Since Appleby stopped drawing Roger, the comic has run reprints of Robert Nixon strips from the 1980s.

Since 1988 some of his comic stories have been published in the USA by Gladstone Publishing ; it was the first time that this happened to an Italian Disney author.

Since late 2004, he has suffered from a reemergence of his focal dystonia which has affected his ability to draw for lengthy periods on paper, though it causes no real problem now that he draws the comic on a graphics tablet.

Since his knowledge of English wasn't very extensive, he asked for the only Mad artist he knew of that spoke Spanish, Cuban-born artist Antonio Prohías, creator of the comic Spy vs. Spy.

Since the debut of the prototypical superhero Superman in 1938, stories of superheroes — ranging from brief episodic adventures to continuing years-long sagas — have dominated American comic books and crossed over into other media.

Since comic book and role-playing fandom often overlap, these labels have carried over into discussions of superheroes outside the context of games:

: Since 2009 the adult comic magazine Viz has incorporated a cryptic crossword credited to Anus.

Since 1985, superhero publishers such as DC and Marvel have had frequent " summer crossover " series designed to tie many of their comic book titles together under a single storyline.

Since leaving inking duties on Spawn with issue # 70 ( February 1998 ), McFarlane has illustrated comic books less often, focusing on entrepreneurial efforts, such as McFarlane Toys and Todd McFarlane Entertainment, a film and animation studio.

Since then English translations were published by many other companies ( Epic Comics, Comcat, Mojo Press, Dark Horse Comics ) resulting into all kinds of formats and quality — from b / w, American comic book sized budget collections to full color European style albums with many extras.

Since this movie predates their comic strip marriage, Abner makes a last-minute escape, ( natcherly!

Since the comic centers around a community of role-playing gamers, the characters are seen playing many games that are analogues of real-world games ( some of which were then published as real-world games ).

Since February 2005, he has contributed the comic strip Familia Tipo in the newspaper El Periódico.

Since his inception, Nightcrawler has had a regular presence in Marvel-related comic books and video games.

Since 2007, the Met has performed the work in a darkly comic new production with English translation by David Pountney that was originally created for the English National Opera.

Since then it appeared regularly in the popular Belgian comic book series Spirou et Fantasio until Franquin stopped working on the series in 1968 and the character dropped out soon afterward.

Since October 26, 1998, Kochalka has kept a daily diary comic strip.

Since its debut on June 12, 2000 the comic has updated daily, begun to support its author, and been nominated for four Hugo Awards.