The recent increase in species numbers is largely due to the explosion of detailed genetic data that reveals the evolutionary independence of populations, and to changing theoretical concepts of what a species is, inspired in part by the new genealogical data and the conceptual revitalization of phylogenetic systematics.
Oh, and while this has nothing to do with his ranking on this list, it's still incredibly awesome and noteworthy that he has successfully fought off HIV for over two decades, helped de-stigmatize AIDS through his high-profile advocacy, and launched a second career as an entrepreneur who opens businesses predominantly in poverty-stricken areas in efforts to spur urban revitalization.
Upon opening to the public in May 2000, the Tate Modern received critical acclaim and served as a catalyst for the revitalization of its South Bank neighbourhood.
But democratization of political life did not prove to be an acceptable substitute for economic revitalization.
With the revitalization of the imperial family, the Taira curried favour with the retired emperors.
Yokoyama Taikan, original name Sakai Hidemaro (born Nov. 2, 1868, Mito, Japan died Feb. 26, 1958, Tokyo) Japanese painter who, with his friend Hishida Shunsō, contributed to the revitalization of traditional Japanese painting in the modern era.
The second significant event of the 1990s was the revitalization of the industrial city of Bilbao, Spain, which used architecture as a central way to redefine itself.
The commercial revitalization of the southern Low Countries, particularly of Antwerp, was gradual, but it no doubt partly explains the flourishing artistic life during the period.
Because the Western origins of messianic terms and concepts give discussions of messianism an almost unavoidable Judeo-Christian slant, sociologists and anthropologists prefer more neutral terminology nativistic, renewal, or revitalization movements and crisis cults.
He restored public trust to the scandal-tainted department and continued to work for urban revitalization through targeted tax reductions, but he largely failed in his efforts to implement his ambitious initiatives.
