In the middle of the last century, for example, motivational researchers sought psychological knowledge about consumers in the hopes of subconsciously influencing them through subliminal advertising. (newsweek.com)
As a share of GDP, program spending for the federal government is at a very low level compared to previous years, dating from the middle of the last century. (3dpolicy.ca)
The lay people do not handle a very abrupt change in doctrine, therefore incremental policy has been the conscious strategy of the the Brethren since the middle of the last century when the Church embraced corporate philosophies and procedures. (religion.blogs.cnn.com)