In his book A Modest Proposal ( 1984 ), evangelical author Frank Schaeffer emulated Swift's work in social conservative polemic against abortion and euthanasia in a future dystopia that advocated recycling of aborted embryos and fetuses, as well as some disabled infants with compound intellectual, physical and physiological difficulties.

His later novels included fixups such as The Beast ( aka Moonbeast ) ( 1963 ), Rogue Ship ( 1965 ), Quest for the Future ( 1970 ) and Supermind ( 1977 ); expanded short stories ( The Darkness on Diamondia ( 1972 ), Future Glitter ( aka Tyranopolis ) ( 1973 ); original novels such as Children of Tomorrow ( 1970 ), The Battle of Forever ( 1971 ) and The Anarchistic Colossus ( 1977 ); plus sequels to his classic works, many of which were promised, but only one of which appeared, Null-A Three ( 1984 ; originally published in French ).

::::::::::::- Christie expressing her interest in archaeology, a passage from An Autobiography ( London, 1984 ), p. 389

::::::::::::- Christie wishing for an earlier exposure to Archaeology, a passage from An Autobiography ( 1984 ), p. 546

* Szatmary, David P. Shay's Rebellion: The Making of an Agrarian Insurrection ( 1984 ), 1787 in Massachusetts

The second generation was led by Fernand Braudel ( 1902 – 1985 ) and included Georges Duby ( 1919 – 1996 ), Pierre Goubert ( 1915 – 2012 ), Robert Mandrou ( 1921 – 1984 ), Pierre Chaunu ( 1923 – 2009 ), Jacques Le Goff ( 1924 – ) and Ernest Labrousse ( 1895 – 1988 ).

A third generation was led by Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie ( 1929 – ) and includes Jacques Revel, and Philippe Ariès ( 1914 – 1984 ), who joined the group in 1978.

Major successes include Absurd Person Singular ( 1975 ), The Norman Conquests trilogy ( 1973 ), Bedroom Farce ( 1975 ), Just Between Ourselves ( 1976 ), A Chorus of Disapproval ( 1984 ), Woman in Mind ( 1985 ), A Small Family Business ( 1987 ), Man Of The Moment ( 1988 ), House & Garden ( 1999 ) and Private Fears in Public Places ( 2004 ).

* Lyotard, Jean-François ( 1979 ), The Postmodern Condition, Manchester University Press, 1984.

* Alexandra Dahlström ( born 1984 ), Swedish actress

* B. V. L ’ vov ( 1984 ), Twenty-five years of furnace atomic absorption spectroscopy, Spectrochim.

** Andre Iguodala ( born 1984 ), NBA basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers

One of the earliest was Paul Prudhomme, who in 1984 began the introduction of his influential cookbook, Paul Prodhomme's Louisiana Kitchen, by describing the over 200 year history of Creole and Cajun cooking ; he aims to " preserve and expand the Louisiana tradition.

Alexis Korner ( 19 April 1928 — 1 January 1984 ) was a blues musician and radio broadcaster, who has sometimes been referred to as " a Founding Father of British Blues ".

The presidency passed to the sitting vice president, Ketumile Masire, who was elected in his own right in 1984 and re-elected in 1989 and 1994.

Bronski Beat were a popular British synthpop trio who achieved success in the mid 1980s, particularly with the 1984 chart hit " Smalltown Boy ".

The game between the Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals in particular was cited for putting Ryne Sandberg ( as well as the 1984 Cubs in general, who would go on to make their first postseason appearance since 1945 ) " on the map.

Citizen exhaustion due to the conflict's newfound intensity led to the election of president Belisario Betancur ( 1982 – 1986 ), a Conservative who won 47 % of the popular vote, directed peace feelers at all the insurgents, and negotiated a 1984 cease-fire with the FARC and M-19 after a 1982 release of many guerrillas imprisoned during the previous effort to overpower them.

Pressure from the U. S. government and critical sectors of Colombian society was met with further violence, as the Medellín Cartel and its hitmen, bribed or murdered numerous public officials, politicians and others who stood in its way by supporting the implementation of extradition of Colombian nationals to the U. S. Victims of cartel violence included Justice Minister Rodrigo Lara, assassinated in 1984, an event which made the Betancur administration begin to directly oppose the drug lords.

Persons who had a notable career in France returned to Corsica to write in Corsican, such as the musical producers, Dumenicu Togniotti, director of the Teatru Paisanu, which produced polyphonic musicals, 1973 – 1982, followed in 1980 by Michel Raffaelli's Teatru di a Testa Mora, and Saveriu Valentini's Teatru Cupabbia in 1984.

Licensed miniature manufacturers who produced official figures include Grenadier Miniatures ( 1980 – 1983 ), Citadel Miniatures ( 1984 – 1986 ), Ral Partha, and TSR itself.

Another young bassist of note is Esperanza Spalding ( born 1984 ) who, at 27 years of age, already won a Grammy for Best New Artist.

1984 ), we sounded " a cautionary note to those who would persistently raise arguments against the income tax which have been put to rest for years.

New directors who appeared in the 80s include actor Jūzō Itami, who directed his first film, The Funeral, in 1984, and achieved critical and box office success with Tampopo in 1985.

Although Johnson would attest in a 1984 radio interview that the " two tribes " of the song potentially represented any pair of warring adversaries ( giving the examples of " cowboys and Indians or Captain Kirk and Klingons "), the song does contain the line " On the air America / I modelled shirts by Van Heusen ", a clear reference to then US President Ronald Reagan, who had advertised for Phillips Van Heusen in 1953 ( briefly reviving the association in the early 1980s ), and whose first film had been titled Love Is On The Air.

Almost all the women who attended this service walked out with her, as well as a few men .” Her works include: The Church and the Second Sex ( 1968 ), Beyond God the Father ( 1973 ), Gyn / ecology: The Metaethics of Radical Feminism ( 1978 ), Pure Lust: Elemental Feminist Philosophy ( 1984 ), Webster ’ s First Intergalactic Wickedary of the English Language ( 1987 ), and Outercourse: The Be-Dazzling Voyage ( 1992 ).

A film crew who visited and filmed the attic in 1984 found no evidence either.

The first democratic elections since 1976 were held in December 1984 and were won by the Grenada National Party under Herbert Blaize who won 14 out of 15 seats in elections and served as Prime Minister until his death in December 1989.

While much of the attempt at gender equity in mainstream Christianity ( Judaism never recognized any gender for God ) is aimed at reinterpreting scripture and degenderizing language used to name and describe the divine ( Ruether, 1984 ; Plaskow, 1991 ), there are a growing number of people who identify as Christians or Jews who are trying to integrate goddess imagery into their religions ( Kien, 2000 ; Kidd 1996 ," Goddess Christians Yahoogroup ").

In 1984, Joy Division's bassist Peter Hook named Play Dead, as one of their heirs: " If you listen to a band like Play Dead, who I really like, Joy Division played the same stuff that Play Dead are playing.

Marion Zimmer Bradley, who acknowledges the influence of Murray, uses the figure of the " horned god " in her feminist fantasy transformation of Arthurinian myth, Mists of Avalon ( 1984 ), and portrays ritualistic incest between King Arthur as the representative of the horned god and his sister Morgaine as the " spring maiden ".

Later in 1984, while filming Breakin ', Marrow met Darlene Ortiz, who had been at the club in which the film was being shot, and the two began a relationship ; Ortiz was featured on the covers of Rhyme Pays and Power.

Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi ( Indirā Priyadarśinī Gāndhī, née Nehru ; 19 November 1917 – 31 October 1984 ) was an Indian politician who served as the third Prime Minister of India for three consecutive terms ( 1966 – 77 ) and a fourth term ( 1980 – 84 ).

And in 1984, when Joseph Ratzinger, then Cardinal Prefect of that Congregation, stated that he rejected the claim that children who die unbaptised cannot attain salvation, he was speaking for many academic theologians of his training and background.

Identical results were measured in a repeat run in 1984.

Teenage sexual activity ( as measured by age at first intercourse and current sexually active status ) actually increased significantly from 1984 to 1991, especially among women, but this was often overlooked since such changes were erroneously assumed to have already happened a decade before, and that the revolution was presumably over.

* Its highest measured windspeed was 263 km / h on 24 November 1984.

Laserdisc's support for multiple audio tracks allowed for vast supplemental materials to be included on-disc and made it the first available format for " Special Edition " releases ; the 1984 Criterion Collection edition of Citizen Kane is generally credited as being the first " Special Edition " release to home video, and for setting the standard by which future SE discs were measured.

Water flow in the Arkansas River ( as measured in central Kansas ) has dropped from approximately 248 cubic feet per second ( 7 m³ / s ) average from 1944-1963 to 53 cubic feet per second ( 1. 5 m³ / s ) average from 1984 – 2003, largely because of the pumping of groundwater for irrigation in eastern Colorado and western Kansas.

However, a 1984 study by Bauer showed that even though conscious face recognition was impaired, patients with the condition showed autonomic arousal ( measured by a galvanic skin response measure ) to familiar faces, suggesting that there are two pathways to face recognition — one conscious and one unconscious.

A Moreton Bay Fig at Pahi on the Kaipara Harbour, Northland, was measured in 1984 as 26. 5 metres ( 86. 9 feet ) high and 48. 5 meters ( 159 feet ) wide.

* the CIVIL warS: a tree is best measured when it is down, 1984

The segment between Xining and Golmud, measured 814 kilometers long, was completed in 1979, and became operational in 1984.