But it went from five billion birds to zero in just a couple decades.

In the following decades, the national governments in Paris and London began printing official newsletters.

For several decades now, the society of the Niger has been undergoing tremendous transformations, both economic and social.

Well, I think out ahead of us a few decades is peak gas, and beyond that, peak renewables.

During the several decades of war, a number of de facto districts were created and district administrators were appointed to them.

Three of the Chinese commanderies fell to local resistance within a few decades, but the last, Nakrang, remained an important commercial and cultural outpost until it was destroyed by the expanding Goguryeo in 313.

These offenses were perpetrated decades ago.

We should not repeat the mistakes that were made six decades ago.

By providing a few billion dollars per year in assistance now, the donor world would ensure a prosperous, democratic, and stable partner in India for decades to come.

The velocity for a manned round trip of a few decades to even the nearest star is several thousand times greater than those of present space vehicles.

Indeed, France and the United States seem to have switched roles from just a few years ago.

LOS ANGELES A few weeks ago, the world was on the edge of disaster.

It often takes a few weeks before most symptoms resolve.

Europe started its industrialization several hundred years ago, but for China, it has only been dozens of years.

In a few decades, when China s economy equals America s in size, the winner will be hard to pick.

Commodity futures are generally traded before their expiration date.

But just a few months ago, Judy was diagnosed with stage three lung cancer.

A couple of weeks ago, my son and I saw a man attack a woman on Telegraph.

My delegation also condemns the terrorist attack that took place in Netanya some days ago.

A few decades ago, it was Japan that thought it was going to be Number One, and its businessmen, politicians, and bureaucrats were not shy about letting the rest of the world know.

Namun dalam beberapa dekade saja, seperempat jenis hiu dan pari terancam punah. Kejadian ini timbul karena kesalahan kita sendiri dan menjadi tanggung jawab kita untuk memperbaikinya.

The answer to the emerging markets question would have been straightforward a few years ago.

I met with a Shiite taxi driver whose father was killed in Najaf just a few days before.

What began just a few months ago as an attitude of protest has quickly become a social norm.

ISTANBUL Just a few years ago, Europe headed Turkey s agenda.

The issue , as it came to be called by Bonesmen, was debated for decades.

A couple of decades later, various forms of capitalism have worked wonders for some former communist and socialist countries. Poland is an excellent example of a successful economic and political transition.

Sabaean influence is now thought to have been minor, limited to a few localities, and disappearing after a few decades or a century.

We go back to Walter Reed, and a kid, literally, 20 some odd days before that was blown up.

They currently occur within a few days either side of May 8 and November 10.

It took more than four decades for the PLO to recognize Israel.

A few years ago, some regarded Japan as having overtaken the US.

Lawyers work out prenuptial contracts, and then the complexities of divorce negotiations.

This all happened a couple of years ago just before Yahoo! gave up on search entirely and handed that part of its business over to Microsoft.

A few years ago, there was worry about the risk of a disorderly unwinding of global imbalances.

A few years ago, people were looking and laughing at me saying why do you want to restore the marshes?

The Turks and Caicos Islands also had suffered quite extensive damage to part of the Territory a few weeks earlier.

I shall now address a few more specific matters in order to illustrate the general comments I have just made.

Of these, 240 beneficiaries had been absorbed by partner employers and have already signed work contracts.

Mr. President, it was in your country, Sweden, just over three decades ago that environmental law was born.

Over the course of a few decades, major city centers across the world began to resemble each other much more closely, with the same brands, designs, and lifestyles.

Some years ago, I proposed that every country should add to its monuments to heroism some monuments to its national shame.

I have visited Kosovo on a couple of occasions after the events of March 2004 and again a few weeks ago.

In their experiments, subjects, acting as employers, were asked to choose among types of employment contracts and then observe the outcomes when other subjects, acting as employees, responded.

The answer to the emerging markets question would have been straightforward a few years ago. It is not today.