Sentences with phrase «in the decades since»

The way that we take our drugs has continued to evolve in the decades since then — syringes became disposable, for example — and the progress is far from over.

In the decade since Skype launched in Tallinn, the company has spawned legions of startups, venture capitalists, and executives known locally as the «Skype mafia,» offering emigrants (digital or otherwise) a built - in set of co-founders, funders, and partners.

Nevertheless, the average VantageScore, which was developed by Experian and the other major national credit reporting companies Equifax and TransUnion, is now 675 — the highest in the decade since the Great Recession.

In the decades since the Holocaust, many Germans have made a concerted effort to memorialize the country's crimes — rather than ignore them — and Deutsche Bahn seems to have meant well in this case.

Clinton goes on to lament the plight of a woman standing nearby: «She has to take a brand - name drug, been taking it since the early 1980s,» the candidate says, explaining that the price of the drug has multiplied nearly 82 times in the decades since to $ 14,700 for a refill today.

Today's Wall Street Journal has an elegant and comprehensive review of the rise of Apple (aapl) in the decade since the iPhone launched, complete with a fascinating chart plotting the iPhone's success with that of other great products.

Much of the academic work on agency theory in the decades since has focused on ensuring that managers seek to maximize shareholder returns — primarily by aligning their interests with those of shareholders.

In the decade since their blockbuster international bestseller Winning was published, Jack and Suzy Welch have dug deeper into business, traveling the world consulting to organizations of every size and in every industry, speaking before hundreds of audiences, working closely with entrepreneurs from Mumbai to Silicon Valley, and, in 2010, starting their own fully accredited online MBA program, 30

In the decade since, more than a billion people have joined Facebook, and today they share a flood of stories every day.

Rice says in the decade since the Liberal government brought in the Coastal Ferry Act, fares have skyrocketed, ridership numbers have decreased, debt at the corporation has ballooned, and the government has failed to curb exorbitant executive bonuses.

Indonesia has the largest Muslim population and it has experienced productive and peaceful times in the decade since the Bali Bombings, actively committed to redressing a long history of human rights abuse and repairing once - frayed bonds with modern neighbors like Australia and New Zealand.

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In Tangled, the Walt Disney Company's new animated, feature - length, 3 - D adaptation of «Rapunzel,» critic Armond White finds, sadly, that the story of the girl with the very long locks not only «has been amped up from the morality tale told by the Brothers Grimm into a typically overactive Disney concoction of cute humans, comic animals, and one - dimensional villains,» but also that the film's «hyped - up story line... gives evidence that cultural standards have undergone a drastic change» in the decades since Walt Disney first set out to charm both children and adults with his animated retellings of fairy tales.

«Jews and Baseball» contains a rare interview with Koufax, who retired at the prime of his career because of pain in his pitching arm and has avoided the public spotlight in the decades since.

For the Ahmadis, the scrutiny of American Muslims in the decade since 9/11 has been treated as an opportunity to discuss beliefs and answer questions.

Whether or not legislation related to «The War on Drugs» intentionally targeted some minority communities or not, in the decades since, the results of the harsh drug laws — especially marijuana — have been devastating.

The Roman Catholic Church, for instance, has seen more changes in the decade since Vatican II than it saw in the previous century.

In the decades since then, Mom has spent time in hospitals, homeless shelters, jail, and prison.

The stewardesses wearing bits of red, white, and blue ribbon twisted in that little loop which has been asked to fill too many purposes in the decade since it was invented by AIDS activists.

In the decades since the Holocaust, however, Christianity has changed dramatically.

In the decade since it started formally measuring its sustainability impact, Smurfit Kappa reached full Chain of Custody certification for its entire raw material supply chain.

In the decades since, while our country stuck its neck out for marine mammals, a new local trade in cruelty picked up steam, largely hidden from the wider Australian community: live animal export.

So, how can once - mighty Cordova High recapture the glory and the players who have migrated east to Folsom and other communities in the decades since the Lancers were considered the area's best team?

In the decade since I had last been back, a recession had battered Spain's economy, leaving the country brittle.

They had a spell in the early sixties where they we're dominant, and believe me, I saw them, they we're a great side but we also had a great spell in the thirties when we we're, and there's no doubt about it, the best club side in the world with a superb stadium to match it, however, when it comes down trophy's» we're far ahead» winning silverware in every decade since the those glorious thirties, what it is?

In the decade since 2004 - 5, Arsenal players have lost 13,161 days to injury.

In the decades since then, she has endeavored to apply this perspective to her practice, teaching, research, writing, and advocacy.

Kye Kolar (Camp Name «Big Bird») became involved with Kesem as a cabin counselor at the University of Virginia in 2007 and his heart has stayed close to the cause as he and his wife have lost 3 grandfathers, an aunt, and many friends in the decade since.

August is World Breastfeeding Month, an indication of the changes society has seen in the decades since the bad old days of the Nestle boycott.

So, in the decades since feminist ideals have been instilled in the populous, it seems that more women should have been elected into high public office.

In the decades since, global warming and the threat posed by waste and pollution have been thrust into the spotlight.

But in the decades since the Syracuse Housing Authority was created in 1935, that precise schedule was lost and board appointments began to overlap, said Tom Carnrike, a city lawyer asked by Miner to research the matter.

According to WNYC, property taxes have doubled in the decade since Mayor Michael Bloomberg...

In the decade since Eliot Spitzer resigned as governor amid reports he had solicited and slept with a prostitute, more than two dozen New York state legislators have stepped down or been convicted in a variety of corruption cases, including former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver.

«Al Qaida is now weaker than at any time in the decade since 9/11 - and political progress through peaceful protest in the Middle East and North Africa has shown it to be increasingly irrelevant to the future.»

Whereas, Dr. King confronted unprecedented challenges with the knowledge and belief that, as one people united in principle and purpose, «we shall overcome» all prejudice, hate, and intolerance; his legacy lives on through the civil rights victories won during his lifetime, as well as those won in the decades since;

Technology has advanced in the decade since the last major congestion - pricing push in New York, and a growing number of cities and municipalities have harnessed it to unclog roads, shorten commutes and raise millions of dollars for transportation needs.

Dinosaurs have certainly become a lot prettier in the decades since I was a child.

More CTT - authored publications have appeared in the decade since, including analyses that extend the benefit to stroke prevention.

In the decade since genetically modified crops for human consumption became the norm, flawlessly smooth, plump red tomatoes and blemish - free bananas fill the aisles of the supermarkets where we send our butler robots to shop.

In the decades since, scientists put the Sagnac effect to work to track rotations.

IN THE DECADE since researchers first sequenced the human genome, obvious links between the genes and individual diseases have been slow to appear [see «Revolution Postponed,» by Stephen S. Hall; Scientific American, October].

In the decades since, falling snow has buried the camp roughly 35 meters further underneath the ice.

In the decades since, the environmental justice movement has grown from a scrappy army of the poor and disenfranchised into a powerful coalition that united the mostly white and college - educated traditional environmentalists, trade unionists, blue - collar workers and residents of some of the nation's most contaminated neighborhoods.

In the decade since, other researchers have cited the paper — now seen as prescient — 614 times.

Skeptics cite such a lack of epidemiologic evidence in the decades since the concern was first raised and say avoiding the third most common element in Earth's crust is impossible.

In the decade since the first human embryonic stem cells were isolated, the science surrounding stem cells has grown dramatically.

But in the decades since, his work has proven otherwise.

• A Stone Age Murder Mystery In the decade since a 5,300 - year - old freeze - dried body was pulled from a melting glacier in Austria, theories have been advanced about the cause of death.

In the decades since, Birnbaum has been instrumental in delineating the health effects of dioxins and other pollutants.