This was an instance of decades colliding.
For instance, after decades of unsuccessful efforts by his predecessors, Mr Bloomberg has secured direct control over the city's schools.
For instance, seven decades ago, a number of poorer or smaller countries were protesting their International Monetary Fund quotas, which determine power in the fund.
For instance, for decades nothing was done about deregulating the electricity market and reforming the agricultural co-operative [Japan Agriculture, JA].
For instance, the decades of lynching of black men in America – including 14 year-old Emmett Till in 1955 – were allegedly to protect the purity of white women.
This appears to be the first instance in decades that a wholly new species of bird has been described in the continental United States.
In indigenous regions of Guatemala, for instance, after decades of government violence and discrimination, as well as increasing controversy about placing children for foreign adoption, outsiders are sometimes unwelcome and information is not easy to unearth.
In Morocco, for instance after decades of vaccination, SPPV is still responsible for substantial economic losses in sheep breading [ 4].
For instance, past decades saw great interest in specific models for network structure (e.g., the "small-world" model) and their implications (Watts and Strogatz, 1998).
On most weekdays, a fleet of trucks and couriers collects materials from offices and delivers them to Iron Mountain's facilities — there are more than a thousand of them worldwide — where they are stored, in some instances, for decades.
