His next film was the challenging, controversial dark comedy of sex and perversion in American suburbia — titled Happiness ( 1998 ).

The CIRA continues to oppose the Belfast Agreement and, unlike the Provisional IRA ( and the Real IRA in 1998 ), the CIRA has not announced a ceasefire or agreed to participate in weapons decommissioning — nor is there any evidence that it will.

On 10 March 2009 the CIRA claimed responsibility for the fatal shooting of a PSNI officer in Craigavon, County Armagh — the first police fatality in Northern Ireland since 1998.

* S. Barnett ; Nonthermal issues: Cavitation — Its nature, detection and measurement ; Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology, Volume 24, Supplement 1, June 1998, Pages S11-S21

# Journey to Cubeville — September 1, 1996 to January 18, 1998

# Don't Step in the Leadership — January 12, 1998 to October 18, 1998

# Random Acts of Management — October 19, 1998 to July 25, 1999

* Random Acts of Catness — 1998 ; ISBN 0-8362-5277-2

* Dilbert Meeting Book Exceeding Tech Limits — 1998 ; ISBN 0-7683-2028-3

* Trapped In A Dilbert World – Book Of Days — 1998 ; ISBN 0-7683-2030-5

* Brainchildren: Essays on Designing Minds ( Representation and Mind ) ( MIT Press 1998 ) ( ISBN 0-262-04166-9 ) — A Collection of Essays 1984 – 1996

The Detroit River was designated as an American Heritage River in 1998 and a Canadian Heritage River in 2001 — the only river to have dual designations.

He resigned following investigations into his financial activities and his successor, Glenn Hoddle, similarly left the job for non-footballing reasons after just one international tournament — the 1998 World Cup — in which England were eliminated in the second round again by Argentina and again on penalties ( after a 2 – 2 draw ).

Osama bin Laden issued two fatwās — in 1996 and then again in 1998 — that Muslims should kill civilians and military personnel from the United States and allied countries until they withdraw support for Israel and withdraw military forces from Islamic countries.

* Álex González ( 1998 – 2005 ) — Alex Gonzalez was one of the premier defensive shortstops in the game during his tenure with the Marlins, and provided a walk-off homerun in the 12th inning during Game 4 of the 2003 World Series.

* Livan Hernandez ( 1996 – 1998 ) — Hernandez's rookie season coincided with the 1997 World Series.

* Charles Johnson ( 1994 – 1998, 2001 – 2002 ) — A four-time Gold Glove Award winner, in 1997 Johnson set a Major League single-season record for catchers by playing in 123 games without committing a single error.

* Derrek Lee ( 1998 – 2003 ) — Lee won a Gold Glove in the 2003 championship season.

* Edgar Renteria ( 1996 – 1998 ) — Rentería is remembered for his 11th inning two-out RBI single in Game Seven of the 1997 World Series to give Florida a 3 – 2 triumph over the Cleveland Indians.

* Gary Sheffield ( 1993 – 1997 ) — Sheffield hit 112 home runs with the Marlins from 1994 to 1998, including a club record 42 in 1996, and made the All-Star Game in 1996.

* Northwood Hall — Classrooms and faculty offices for business and psychology departments, completed in 1998.

Sales of the full-size Holden Suburban SUV sourced from Chevrolet commenced in 1998 — lasting until 2001.

* In 1998, Benoît Lecomte was the first man to swim across the northern Atlantic Ocean without a kick board, stopping for only one week in the Azores.

The Azores are occasionally stricken by tropical cyclones such as Hurricane Jeanne ( 1998 ) and Hurricane Gordon ( 2006 ).

The only historical eruptions occurred in 1761, along a fissure on the eastern face of Santa Bárbara, and in 1867 and between 1998 – 2000 from submarine vents off the western coast ( Serreta ( Azores )).

In 1998, with the authorization of the Bishop of the Azores, an illuminated-cross was constructed behind the chapel by the Associação Católica Cristo Jovem.

In 1998, with the authorization of the Bishop of the Azores, an illuminated-cross was constructed behind the chapel by the Associação Católica Cristo Jovem.

* 1998 – An earthquake in Slovenia, measuring 5. 6 on the Richter scale occurs near the town of Bovec.

Global earthquake epicenter s, 1963 – 1998

* 1998 – An earthquake measuring 6. 1 on the Richter Scale in northeast Afghanistan kills more than 5, 000.

* 1998 – Papua New Guinea earthquake: A tsunami triggered by an undersea earthquake destroys 10 villages in Papua New Guinea killing an estimated 3, 183, leaving 2, 000 more unaccounted for and thousands more homeless.

* 1998 – A magnitude 6. 6 earthquake hits northern Afghanistan, killing up to 5, 000.

* The most prominent natural disasters of the decade include: Hurricane Andrew striking South Florida in August 1992, the crippling super storm of March 1993 along the Eastern Seaboard, the devastating 1994 Northridge earthquake in Los Angeles, the Great Hanshin earthquake in Kobe, Japan in January 1995, the Blizzard of 1996 in the eastern U. S., the US drought of 1999, the deadly Hurricane Mitch which struck Central America in October 1998, and the destructive Oklahoma tornado outbreak in May 1999, the August 1999 İzmit earthquake in Turkey, and the September 1999 Chi-Chi earthquake in Taiwan.

The town suffered natural disasters in 1944 ( earthquake ) and in 1998 ( ice storm ).

The strongest earthquake registered in the last 30 years occurred on July 9, 1998, and had its epicenter 5 kilometers northeast of Ponta da Ribeirinha, on the island of Faial, reaching a 5. 8 magnitude.

Jayapura was struck by the Aitape Tsunami after the 1998 Papua New Guinea earthquake.

* Mkhitar Gosh ( Armenia, 4 December 1998 )-for outstanding contribution to the elimination of the consequences of the Spitak earthquake, humanitarian assistance and reconstruction work.

On May 4, 1998, a part of the island was destroyed by a submarine earthquake.

In May 1998, Faisebad was struck by an earthquake ; Khadr's new charity was among those NGOs which accompanied emergency supplies to the area in United Nations flights.

During the 1998 earthquake, which hit affected the northern communities of the island, several houses were damaged and the parochial church was unusable.

The ruins of the Ribeirinha Lighthouse after the 1998 earthquake that affected many of the parishes of Faial

A quarter of a century later, the Church of São Mateus da Ribeirinha was constructed, and would remain the center of religious life in the parish until the violent earthquake of July 9, 1998.

Following the earthquake of 1998, the building was abandoned due to major cracks and deterioration of the internal structure.

The parish is crossed by important geological faults: Chã da Crus Fault ( reactivated during the 9 July 1998 earthquake ), the Ribeirinha-Espalhaftos Fault and the Carapeto Fault oriented along a north-northwest to south-southeast alignment.

( 1998 ) consider the possibility of a structural fault, aligned northeast to southwest coincident with the Ribeirinha-Espalhafatos Fault that occurred during the 1998 earthquake.

This church survived until the 9 June 1998 earthquake that destroyed many of the bridges and homes in Salão.

It has 32 floors and, at high, is the tallest base-isolated structure in the world, having undergone a seismic retrofit from 1998 to 2001 so that the building will sustain minimal damage and remain functional after a magnitude 8. 2 earthquake.