Sentences with phrase «in the quarter of a century since»

In the quarter of a century since the Vietnam War, much has changed in the military.

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I'm an adult and have been in the same city now since essentially for a quarter of a century.

It's been more than a quarter - century since the world's first exchange - traded fund debuted right here in Canada, and over the years those of us in the industry have got pretty adept at rhyming off the benefits of ETFs.

It's been more than a quarter of a century since Randy Hibshman first introduced Little League Baseball's Challenger Division in Coral Springs.

Elizabeth observes: «Most women religious would admit that, in the quarter century since Vatican II, the rather short - lived euphoria of the «nun in the world» has been replaced by a long - suffering, quiet frustration at the lurking possibility of permanent extinction.

The fourth period witnesses numerous attempts to answer these questions though it can not be denied that in some quarters little has changed in the pursuit of studies in our field since the turn of the century.

And since the science of comparative religion has grown up in the past quarter - century, it is a live question to every thoughtful person.

Since Whitehead was nearly forty when the Queen died in 1901, we should see him as a man of the Victorian age whose intellect bore its best fruit a quarter of a century later.

Ferguson would later describe Hargreaves» Red Devils career as a «disaster», writing in his autobiography that he considers the midfielder, who made just 27 Premier League starts in four seasons, one of his worst signings in over a quarter of a century as United boss; a sad indictment for Hargreaves when you consider that flops such as Bebe and Anderson had pitched up at the Theatre of so - called Dreams since the turn of the millennium alone.

Since losing control of the Florida Congressional Delegation over a quarter - century ago, the Democrats have their best opportunity to regain control in 2018.

BY SAM SCHWARTZ Lower Manhattanites are getting «railroaded» (or should I say «trucked») and have been for a quarter century ever since an act of Congress dictated that tolls on the Verrazano Bridge should be collected only in the Staten Island - bound direction.

Since the outdoor shopping mall opened nearly a quarter - century ago in Orange County's Town of Woodbury, it has become one of the top ten tourist attractions in New York State.

By the next election, it will be almost a quarter of a century since a Conservative leader walked into Downing Street as a Prime Minister secure in his or her Parliamentary foundation.

Of the trillion or so barrels of oil produced since the dawn of the Oil Age in the 19th century, a full quarter have been burned in just the first decade of the 21st centurOf the trillion or so barrels of oil produced since the dawn of the Oil Age in the 19th century, a full quarter have been burned in just the first decade of the 21st centurof oil produced since the dawn of the Oil Age in the 19th century, a full quarter have been burned in just the first decade of the 21st centurof the Oil Age in the 19th century, a full quarter have been burned in just the first decade of the 21st centurof the 21st century.

By Science's centennial, a quarter - century ago, many gaps still remained in knowledge of the cosmos; some of them have since been filled, while others linger.

It's been a quarter century since government regulations limiting emissions of sulfur and nitrogen oxides from coal - fired power plants began to neutralize the problem of acid rain, but lakes in the northeastern U.S. and eastern Canada have been sluggish to recover.

Reigning Best Picture winner Moonlight stood out for focusing on the kind of characters that remain underrepresented in the quarter - century since Juice.

This is all to say that it comes as something of a surprise to come back to the Coens» auspicious debut, Blood Simple, over a quarter - century after it was released and a solid decade since I last saw it, and find that it remains the one true oddity in the Coen canon that I had faintly remembered it as.

Ain't In It For My Health: A Film About Levon Helm Director: Jacob Hatley In Ain't In It For My Health Levon Helm finds himself thrust into the musical spotlight for the first time in a quarter century, but a Grammy nomination and ever - growing audiences force him to confront the dark times that have haunted him since The Band's demise: Throat cancer, bankruptcy, drug addiction and the tragic loss of bandmates Richard Manuel and Rick DankIn It For My Health: A Film About Levon Helm Director: Jacob Hatley In Ain't In It For My Health Levon Helm finds himself thrust into the musical spotlight for the first time in a quarter century, but a Grammy nomination and ever - growing audiences force him to confront the dark times that have haunted him since The Band's demise: Throat cancer, bankruptcy, drug addiction and the tragic loss of bandmates Richard Manuel and Rick DankIn Ain't In It For My Health Levon Helm finds himself thrust into the musical spotlight for the first time in a quarter century, but a Grammy nomination and ever - growing audiences force him to confront the dark times that have haunted him since The Band's demise: Throat cancer, bankruptcy, drug addiction and the tragic loss of bandmates Richard Manuel and Rick DankIn It For My Health Levon Helm finds himself thrust into the musical spotlight for the first time in a quarter century, but a Grammy nomination and ever - growing audiences force him to confront the dark times that have haunted him since The Band's demise: Throat cancer, bankruptcy, drug addiction and the tragic loss of bandmates Richard Manuel and Rick Dankin a quarter century, but a Grammy nomination and ever - growing audiences force him to confront the dark times that have haunted him since The Band's demise: Throat cancer, bankruptcy, drug addiction and the tragic loss of bandmates Richard Manuel and Rick Danko.

Over the past quarter of a century — and since well before NCLB was enacted — access to arts education in the public schools has become less and less equitable, with minority students and students attending high - needs schools most often shortchanged (Rabkin & Hedberg, 2011; Yee, 2014; GAO, 2009; Stringer, 2014).

The logical system that has been needed since the Range Rover appeared in 1970, and began with the adoption of Defender 20 years later, has at last reached maturity a further quarter of a century later.

Since its inception a quarter of a century ago, Infiniti has been lurking in the shadow of Nissan.

In the quarter century since the debut of the original RAV4, demand for crossovers has grown substantially, and sales of the compact Toyota have grown with it, eventually becoming the Japanese brand's number - one seller in the U.S.. However, the RAV4 last got a redesign in 2013, so to keep it fresh, Toyota just pulled the sheets on a new fifth - generation at the 2018 New York International Auto Show, bringing updated exterior styling, a redesigned interior, the latest safety tech, and a new architecture under the skiIn the quarter century since the debut of the original RAV4, demand for crossovers has grown substantially, and sales of the compact Toyota have grown with it, eventually becoming the Japanese brand's number - one seller in the U.S.. However, the RAV4 last got a redesign in 2013, so to keep it fresh, Toyota just pulled the sheets on a new fifth - generation at the 2018 New York International Auto Show, bringing updated exterior styling, a redesigned interior, the latest safety tech, and a new architecture under the skiin the U.S.. However, the RAV4 last got a redesign in 2013, so to keep it fresh, Toyota just pulled the sheets on a new fifth - generation at the 2018 New York International Auto Show, bringing updated exterior styling, a redesigned interior, the latest safety tech, and a new architecture under the skiin 2013, so to keep it fresh, Toyota just pulled the sheets on a new fifth - generation at the 2018 New York International Auto Show, bringing updated exterior styling, a redesigned interior, the latest safety tech, and a new architecture under the skin.

It's been more than a quarter - century since the world's first exchange - traded fund debuted right here in Canada, and over the years those of us in the industry have got pretty adept at rhyming off the benefits of ETFs.

From 1980 through 2006, stock performance of REITs moved in tandem with the broader market only 47 % of the time, according to an analysis for The Wall Street Journal by Citi Private Bank in New York... Since then, as the bank's research shows, REIT correlations have jumped to nearly 80 %, erasing more than a quarter of a century in decoupling.

«At the quarter - century mark of 1925, the great bull market was under way, and Graham, then 31, had enjoyed impressive success as an investor in the challenging years since 1915.

Today, more than three quarters of a century since it all began, we are continually setting the bar for humane programming in our region.

In the nearly quarter of a century since «pet superstores» surfaced in the Southwest United States, the pet specialty channel has had the best of timeIn the nearly quarter of a century since «pet superstores» surfaced in the Southwest United States, the pet specialty channel has had the best of timein the Southwest United States, the pet specialty channel has had the best of times.

Today marks a quarter century since the iconic system first went on sale in the United States, becoming the best - selling system of its time while setting the standard by which all future systems would be judged.

In the quarter of a century, Mario has become one of the most globally recognized characters in the world of entertainment since Nintendo game designer Shigeru Miyamoto's team put the finishing touches to his first most important adventure, Super Mario Bros. for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NESIn the quarter of a century, Mario has become one of the most globally recognized characters in the world of entertainment since Nintendo game designer Shigeru Miyamoto's team put the finishing touches to his first most important adventure, Super Mario Bros. for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NESin the world of entertainment since Nintendo game designer Shigeru Miyamoto's team put the finishing touches to his first most important adventure, Super Mario Bros. for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES).

I stopped being a developer around a quarter of a century ago and have seen so many changes since then, with most of the exciting ones happening in the last few years,» said Ahmad.

In the nearly quarter of a century since that pivotal show (which would come to define the Young British Artists), Hirst has become one of the most influential artists of his generation.

In the nearly quarter of a century since that pivotal show, Hirst has become one of the most influential artists of his generation.

It's been almost a quarter of a century since Diebenkorn died of heart failure, in 1993, at the age of 70.

Meanwhile, a mid-career survey of sculpture by Urs Fischer occupies about half of MOCA's Grand Avenue exhibition space, plus most of the museum's Geffen warehouse in Little Tokyo — the first time both buildings have been turned over to a living artist since the museum opened a quarter - century ago.

Almost a quarter century since the artist's last in - depth retrospective at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art in 1979, this exhibition includes rarely seen works from the Guston estate.

Warhol, an iconic American artist whose reputation has only increased in the quarter - century since his death, is best known for appropriations of images from popular culture — advertisements, mass - media photographs and celebrity portraits — that challenged the conventional definitions and subjects of art.

Meanwhile, in October, Lebanon's National Museum, which hardly ever does anything at all, quietly reopened its lower floor galleries, which have been closed since the end of the civil war, a quarter of a century ago.

In the quarter - century since it opened to the public, the Menil has established an international reputation for presenting acclaimed exhibitions and producing many scholarly publications; pioneering partnerships with other cultural and educational institutions across Houston, Texas and the United States; and conducting groundbreaking research in the conservation of modern and contemporary arIn the quarter - century since it opened to the public, the Menil has established an international reputation for presenting acclaimed exhibitions and producing many scholarly publications; pioneering partnerships with other cultural and educational institutions across Houston, Texas and the United States; and conducting groundbreaking research in the conservation of modern and contemporary arin the conservation of modern and contemporary art.

DESPITE THE UNDIMINISHED reputation of Willem de Kooning as one of America's preeminent gestural abstractionists, more than a quarter century has passed since his work was last afforded a comprehensive museum survey in the US.

In nearly a quarter of a century since then, Hirst has gone on to become one of the most influential artists of his generation and has remained dedicated to exploring the complex relationship between art, love, life and death.

His position: • No evidence of increasing lake clarity as a result of secchi measurements since 1946 • The interplay of stratification and plankton productivity are not «straightforward» • Challenges O'Reilly's assumption on the correlation of wind and productivity - the highest production is on the end of the lake with the lowest winds • A strong caution using diatoms as the productivity proxy (it is one of two different lake modes) • No ability to link climate change to productivity changes • More productivity from river than allowed for in Nature Geopscience article • Externally derived nutrients control productivity for a quarter of the year • Strong indications of overfishing • No evidence of a climate and fishery production link • The current productivity of the lake is within the expected range • Doesn't challenge recent temp increase but cites temperature records do not show a temperature rise in the last century • Phytoplankton chlorophylla seems to have not materially changed from the 1970s to 1990s • Disputes O'Reilly's and Verbug's claims of increased warming and decreased productivity • Rejects Verburgs contention that changes in phytoplankton biomass (biovolume), in dissolved silica and in transparency support the idea of declining productivity.

The estimated rise since 1990 is 7 - 8 cm, already half the 20th century rise in a quarter of the time.

The average rate of sea - level rise in the 20th century was 15 cm / century, but in the quarter - century since 1990 it has been 30 cm / century and is showing signs of further acceleration in more recent measurements.

Both wetland drying and the increased frequency of warm dry summers and associated thunderstorms have led to more large fires in the last ten years than in any decade since record - keeping began in the 1940s.9 In Alaskan tundra, which was too cold and wet to support extensive fires for approximately the last 5,000 years, 105 a single large fire in 2007 released as much carbon to the atmosphere as had been absorbed by the entire circumpolar Arctic tundra during the previous quarter - century.106 Even if climate warming were curtailed by reducing heat - trapping gas (also known as greenhouse gas) emissions (as in the B1 scenario), the annual area burned in Alaska is projected to double by mid-century and to triple by the end of the century, 107 thus fostering increased emissions of heat - trapping gases, higher temperatures, and increased firein the last ten years than in any decade since record - keeping began in the 1940s.9 In Alaskan tundra, which was too cold and wet to support extensive fires for approximately the last 5,000 years, 105 a single large fire in 2007 released as much carbon to the atmosphere as had been absorbed by the entire circumpolar Arctic tundra during the previous quarter - century.106 Even if climate warming were curtailed by reducing heat - trapping gas (also known as greenhouse gas) emissions (as in the B1 scenario), the annual area burned in Alaska is projected to double by mid-century and to triple by the end of the century, 107 thus fostering increased emissions of heat - trapping gases, higher temperatures, and increased firein any decade since record - keeping began in the 1940s.9 In Alaskan tundra, which was too cold and wet to support extensive fires for approximately the last 5,000 years, 105 a single large fire in 2007 released as much carbon to the atmosphere as had been absorbed by the entire circumpolar Arctic tundra during the previous quarter - century.106 Even if climate warming were curtailed by reducing heat - trapping gas (also known as greenhouse gas) emissions (as in the B1 scenario), the annual area burned in Alaska is projected to double by mid-century and to triple by the end of the century, 107 thus fostering increased emissions of heat - trapping gases, higher temperatures, and increased firein the 1940s.9 In Alaskan tundra, which was too cold and wet to support extensive fires for approximately the last 5,000 years, 105 a single large fire in 2007 released as much carbon to the atmosphere as had been absorbed by the entire circumpolar Arctic tundra during the previous quarter - century.106 Even if climate warming were curtailed by reducing heat - trapping gas (also known as greenhouse gas) emissions (as in the B1 scenario), the annual area burned in Alaska is projected to double by mid-century and to triple by the end of the century, 107 thus fostering increased emissions of heat - trapping gases, higher temperatures, and increased fireIn Alaskan tundra, which was too cold and wet to support extensive fires for approximately the last 5,000 years, 105 a single large fire in 2007 released as much carbon to the atmosphere as had been absorbed by the entire circumpolar Arctic tundra during the previous quarter - century.106 Even if climate warming were curtailed by reducing heat - trapping gas (also known as greenhouse gas) emissions (as in the B1 scenario), the annual area burned in Alaska is projected to double by mid-century and to triple by the end of the century, 107 thus fostering increased emissions of heat - trapping gases, higher temperatures, and increased firein 2007 released as much carbon to the atmosphere as had been absorbed by the entire circumpolar Arctic tundra during the previous quarter - century.106 Even if climate warming were curtailed by reducing heat - trapping gas (also known as greenhouse gas) emissions (as in the B1 scenario), the annual area burned in Alaska is projected to double by mid-century and to triple by the end of the century, 107 thus fostering increased emissions of heat - trapping gases, higher temperatures, and increased firein the B1 scenario), the annual area burned in Alaska is projected to double by mid-century and to triple by the end of the century, 107 thus fostering increased emissions of heat - trapping gases, higher temperatures, and increased firein Alaska is projected to double by mid-century and to triple by the end of the century, 107 thus fostering increased emissions of heat - trapping gases, higher temperatures, and increased fires.

You may wonder why the government finds the need to pursue such action since 1) U.S. carbon dioxide emissions have already topped out and have generally been on the decline for the past 7 - 8 years or so (from technological advances in natural gas extraction and a slow economy more so than from already - enacted government regulations and subsidies); 2) greenhouse gases from the rest of the world (primarily driven by China) have been sky - rocketing over the same period, which lessens any impacts that our emissions reduction have); and 3) even in their totality, U.S. carbon dioxide emissions have a negligible influence on local / regional / global climate change (even a immediate and permanent cessation of all our carbon dioxide emissions would likely result in a mitigation of global temperature rise of less than one - quarter of a degree C by the end of the century).

This is also an area, I've discovered, it's been the same since I started practicing a quarter century ago, which is there's a whole lot of stuff that's not written in immigration law.

Howe says politicians, and leaders in the legal profession, have been saying the same thing in Nova Scotia for the past quarter - century, ever since the release of the Marshall commission report.

In the quarter century since a grassroots battered women's movement put partner violence on the national agenda, members of nearly every helping profession have wrestled with the task of integrating new information about abuse and new responsibilities toward its victims into existing professional paradigms and practices.