Nearly a decade and a half of frustration followed.

As decade followed decade, she changed the number but not the tune.

Khrushchev failed to make a complete break, and two decades of stagnation followed his ouster in 1964.

If the next few decades follow the pattern of the last few, Asian living standards will approach those in the West.

Almost a decade of peace followed the 1923 strike.

A decade of hard times followed, marked by the abandonment of entire communities.

Following Elliott's success, over a decade of failure followed.

But the most turbulent decade followed the overthrow of the constitutional monarchy in 1958.

Nearly three decades of astonishing economic growth have followed.

During the two decades preceding and following the Civil War almost all building activity ceased within the region.