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1 Unlike the era of the Plaza Accord in 1985 when the surplus with the US was the main agenda , criticism is flaring not only from Washington but also from other nations .
2 An old friend of President George Bush , Tower was a senator for Texas for 24 years and chaired the Armed Services Committee from 1981 to 1985 , but suffered humiliation in 1989 when the Senate rejected his nomination as Defence Secretary [ see pp. 36515-16 ] .
3 The vertical bar is a pipe command that passes the output of one command to another so the ECHO .
4 In the British context of the 1980s the political project that has come to be identified as ‘ Thatcherism ’ has commonly been seen as an attempt to legitimate both the reintegration of a restructured British economy into the global economy and the revision of the relationship between the state and civil society that the preferred version of restructuring required .
5 This mixing increases the tail rotor pitch to compensate for the increased torque when collective pitch is added , but in an autorotation landing there is no torque at all so the yaw effect is even more pronounced .
6 In the exercise of that right the landlord may exclude the tenant from occupation , but only for a reasonable time , and only if to do so is essential for the execution of the work ( McGreal v Wake ( 1984 ) 269 EG 1254 ) .
7 The threat of invasion too continued into more modern times , for the occupants of the Hall fled to York in great panic in 1779 when the battle of Flamborough Head took place and the Americans under John Paul Jones won a decisive victory .
8 Two years on , Pool have built on their deserved promotion of last year , banishing all fears of a relegation rebound , their fate in 1968–69 when the club last enjoyed life beyond the bottom division .
9 They gained a permanent home in 1961 when the groundsman 's hut became vacant .
10 We can add to our knowledge of the European from 1880 onwards the fact that he is more and more likely to be a city-dweller , and to live in an industrial city .
11 Pakistan were 699 for five in reply to India 's first innings score of 509 when the game was called off 10 overs into the final hour with Shoaib 203 not out .
12 The first real action took place in 1888 when the vessel was engaged in the defence of Suakin against Osman Digna .
13 But perhaps the biggest thing in popular music took place in 1948 when the LP was introduced ; an innovation of immense importance for the industry and public alike , and not least for Leonard who set about acquiring an enviable collection .
14 The town was an important Roman centre and the cathedral incorporates a Roman building which occupied the site in 1019 when the cathedral was begun ( 334 ) .
15 The cathedral was begun by Russian architects in 1471 but part of the building collapsed in the earthquake of 1472 so the work was handed over to an Italian architect and engineer , Aristotele Fioravanti from Bologna .
16 He was followed by Dr Marcello Caetano , a law professor , who remained in power until the popular Revolution of 1974 when the army overthrew the dictatorship .
17 Although the break was a nasty one , McCracken came back successfully at the beginning of 1921–22 when the Palace made their debut in Division Two and he played more games for us in that division than anyone else during our four year tenure there 1921–25 .
18 In temperate areas the epidemiology is somewhat similar to that of D. viviparus in that both the survival of overwintered larvae on pasture and the role of the ewe as a carrier are significant factors in the persistence of infection on pasture from year to year in endemic areas .
19 He did indeed return , in disguise and as a fugitive , seeking shelter for the night in 1646 when the war was lost .
20 Insert split rings along each tape , spacing them at an equal distance apart , at a distance to equal twice the depth of the bottom pelmet starting at lath channel .
21 In response to a further telephone call from the police station at 1.17 a.m. the ambulance services said that an ambulance would be at the scene in five to seven minutes .
22 There was much opposition inside and outside Parliament in 1984 when the law was changed allowing divorce petitions after just one year .
23 BBC Radio Cleveland will again be presenting a Lent Course in 1993 when the theme will consider the ‘ Beatitudes ’ .
24 That was certainly the case in 1990 when the Chancellor announced the introduction of TESSAs — Tax Exempt Special Savings Accounts .
25 Administratively Korea was dealt with by the Colonial Ministry until 1942 when the Home Ministry assumed responsibility .
26 All Home Improvement Loan borrowers who are resident in the UK , in employment and who will be under the age of 65 when the loan expires are eligible .
27 Bill Glazier was Palace 's aptly named and superb goalkeeper throughout most of our sojourn in Division Three , 1961–64 , and he was ever-present during our praiseworthy recovery under Dick Graham in the second half of 1962–63 , then in the magnificent promotion season of 1963–64 when the number of goals conceded was easily the lowest in our Division .
28 There has been speculation that the move might be the first step towards privatisation of the business formed as a state-owned entity in 1989 when the Government decided to withdraw the nuclear power sector from plans to privatise the rest of the electricity industry .
29 Over the last 4–5 years there has been a considerable amount of activity in the colony due to the expiry of the lease in 1997 when the land on which the colony has been built reverts back to its previous owner the Republic of China .
30 Halling Church remained a small building with a low spire until 1877 when the whole of the nave was rebuilt .
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