Again, Bandura recognized this years ago, decades ago.

The Scandinavian countries showed the way two decades ago.

They paid no heed to the large drag that Bush's unbalancing of America's public finances will impose on the US economy over the next several decades.

A worst case outcome there could set back the fight against polio by decades.

These parks were taken back by the war to what they once were decades ago graveyards.

But that's years ago, decades ago, and I think it's now time for a change.

The break with communism and reunification of Europe is now almost two decades old.

Will it turn inward, as it did after its defeat in Vietnam three decades ago?

For example, two decades ago, the conventional wisdom was that the US was in decline.

It could be said without any exaggeration that the weight of the Holocaust is even more present today than it was decades ago.

Indeed, the legacy of that dynamic was fully overcome in Europe only two decades ago.

In 2003, Libya s renunciation of its secret weapons revealed how another country had hoodwinked the Agency. And, only recently, the IAEA discovered that Egypt conducted non safeguarded nuclear experiments decades ago.

And, only recently, the IAEA discovered that Egypt conducted non safeguarded nuclear experiments decades ago.

A round of shock therapy à la Mrs. Thatcher two decades ago might have forged a new political consciousness.

Two decades ago, the international community was entering the final phase of efforts to secure peace in Bosnia.

Three decades ago, Sri Lanka had a shortage of doctors, where for each doctor, there were 6,000 people in the population.

But the USSR collapsed decades ago, and it's unclear how contemporary Russia will respond in 2017.

Two decades ago, Haqqani and several other warlords were funded and trained by Pakistan and the US working together.

I'm the artist of the decade.

In Zambia, for example, Sylva Banda ignited a craze for authentic traditional meals two decades ago with a chain of popular restaurants.

I was of the generation in my country that lived through the transition from dictatorship to democracy four decades ago.

Making matters worse for Europe s economy was the decision taken decades back to introduce a common currency without a common fiscal policy.

That kind of news would have shocked the nation decades ago, but the failure of the sugar cane harvest is no longer a concern in Cuba.

Such a turn of events would be equivalent to establishing the East Asia Free Trade Area, which the ASEAN 3 envisioned about a decade ago.

Iran s economy has struggled ever since the Islamic Revolution, partly because of the economic embargo imposed by the United States three decades ago.

Iran s economy has struggled ever since the Islamic Revolution, partly because of the economic embargo imposed by the United States three decades ago.

Is today s Union prepared to reverse a course first charted by such titans as Charles de Gaulle and Konrad Adenauer four decades ago?

Kennan recognized this tendency decades ago, when he warned that shortsighted policies at home and abroad had already put America in a vulnerable position.

Two decades ago, Japanese workers could expect to receive massive year end bonuses, typically amounting to one third of their salary or more.

Similarly, as recently as two decades ago, instantaneous global communication existed, but was economically out of reach for most people.

When Southeast Asia's colonial rulers were overthrown four decades ago, ethnic Chinese often shunned the nationalist movements that fought for independence.

This is quite problematic, as the Colombian military was one of the perpetrators during the the operation that resulted in the mass killings, almost two decades ago.

Hans Rosling The good news of the decade?

And if I go back in time, I've added some historical statistics here we go, here we go, here we go not so much statistics 100 years ago.

Only two decades ago, many Americans feared being overtaken after Japanese per capita income surpassed that of the United States. Books predicted a Japanese led Pacific bloc that would exclude the US, and even an eventual war between the two countries.

Communist China has experienced a monumental capitalist revolution in the last two decades, with an economy that is now six times bigger than it was 20 years ago.

Only two decades ago, many Americans feared being overtaken after Japanese per capita income surpassed that of the United States.

Stand back!

In his six years in office, he has repeatedly tried to bypass a polarized state legislature even the annual budget requires a two thirds majority by appealing directly to voters. Ballot initiatives were created 100 years ago to empower ordinary citizens, but in recent decades the process has been captured by self serving elites.

Since the US China rapprochement four decades ago, China has maintained a studied ambiguity regarding America s role as the guarantor of Asia s security.

Ballot initiatives were created 100 years ago to empower ordinary citizens, but in recent decades the process has been captured by self serving elites.

Although its modern incarnation originated in United States three decades ago, graffiti art can be found in the urban areas of almost every country.

But in future decades, priorities will change.

61 67. Declaration of a fourth disarmament decade

A screen shot from a 1986 LEGO sports cartoon produced in Hungary.