1977 saw a brief liaison with Arista Records that yielded the Prime Time album and, in October 1978, the single " It Doesn ’ t Matter Anymore ".

The Gilberts obtained internal self-government in 1977 and held general elections in February 1978 which saw Ieremia Tabai elected Chief Minister as only age 27.

Artist Marghe McMahon was inspired in 1978 to create a bronze statue of Tom playing the musical saw which sits in downtown Santa Cruz.

In 1978, the end of the program saw a return to the inner solar system, with the Pioneer Venus Orbiter and Multiprobe, this time using orbital insertion rather than flyby missions.

McNally saw the band play live in what would ultimately prove to be their final performance at The Casbah on 29 September 1978.

Gretzky's first and only WHA season, 1978 – 79, saw the Oilers finish first in the WHA standings, posting a league-best 48 – 30 – 2 record.

It was built between 1970 and 1978, during which it saw changes like different bumpers, a hard roof, front disc brakes, and square headlights.

After that, Lula rarely saw his father, who became an alcoholic and died in 1978.

1978 also saw the release of UK band The Human League's début single " Being Boiled ", and in the US Devo began moving towards a more electronic sound.

The year 1978 saw the first open revolt in party discipline.

Skateboard manufacturer Bruce Walker saw his performance and sponsored Mullen through Walker Skateboards in 1978 – 80.

James continued to record for Chess releasing two more albums in 1978, Etta Is Betta Than Evah and Deep in the Night, which saw the singer incorporating more rock-based music in her repertoire.

In 1978, he saw concerts by Pat Metheny and King Crimson and refers to this period as the " one year that changed me.

From a marketing viewpoint, these years saw the launch of the Daily ( 1978 ), the Turbo ( 1981 ) and the Turbostar ( 1984 ), three vehicles that symbolized Iveco's entrepreneurial success in Europe.

1978 – 79 saw India tour Pakistan for the first series between the arch rivals for 17 years.

Nervi first gained renown for his poems when he was only 18 years old, and 1978 saw the publication of his first collection La turoj de l ' ĉefurbo (" The Towers of the Capital ").

This period also saw the creation of the Currency Centre at Sandyford in 1978 so that banknotes and coinage could be manufactured within the state.

By the mid 1970s, a change in taxation rules and a general increase in advertising spend saw STV's fortunes recover, and in 1978, company profits had risen by 21. 8 % in the first six months of the year, allowing for an increase in local programming.

In 1978, nuclear physicist and author Stanton T. Friedman interviewed Jesse Marcel, the only person known to have accompanied the Roswell debris from where it was recovered to Fort Worth where reporters saw material said to be part of the recovered object.

In 1978, he saw even less time with Toronto, playing in just two games, going hitless in four at-bats.

1978 also saw Tyler make his acting debut as the leader of the Future Villain Band in the film Sgt.

1978 – 81 saw them gradually relegated to semi-fast or newspaper – parcel – sleeper services along the ECML ( destinations including,,, and ) plus occasional forays ' offline ' –-Liverpool Lime Street semi-fast and Edinburgh-via stoppers.

1978 saw changes being made, starting with Elizabeth's absence through most of season 6 due to Elizabeth Adare's pregnancy ( on screen Elizabeth is working on diplomatic missions for the Galactic Trig ).

1978 – 79 saw a finish in 13th place ; 19th the following season was still enough to stay clear of the re-election zone, and then 1980 – 81 saw the team produce its best season in over a decade, never being out of the top 10 and looking promotion contenders for a long spell before falling away to finish ninth.

Although it had been funding British experimental films as early as 1952, the British Film Institute's foundation of a production board in 1964 — and a substantial increase in public funding from 1971 onwards — enabled it to become a dominant force in developing British art cinema in the 1970s and 80s: from the first of Bill Douglas's Trilogy My Childhood ( 1972 ), and of Terence Davies ' Trilogy Childhood ( 1978 ), via Peter Greenaway's earliest films ( including the surprising commercial success of The Draughtsman's Contract ( 1982 )) and Derek Jarman's championing of the New Queer Cinema.

However, activists remembered the messy crash of the Soviet Union's nuclear-powered Cosmos 954 satellite in Canada in 1978, and the 1986 Challenger accident had raised public awareness of the possibility of explosive spacecraft failures.

The city of Dallas received the building well, and a local television news crew found unanimous approval of the new city hall when it officially opened to the public in 1978.

The East Building was honored on May 30, 1978, two days before its public unveiling, with a black-tie party attended by celebrities, politicians, benefactors, and artists.

Although he was not tried, he was stripped of his eligibility to run for public office ; Congress posthumously lifted this restriction in 1978, 89 years after his death.

Government opposition to Trade unionism in the United Kingdom was a major factor in economic crises during the 1960s and in particular the 1970s, culminating some would argue in the Winter of Discontent of late 1978 and early 1979, when a significant percentage of the nation's public sector workers went on strike.

In the U. S., public library users have borrowed on average roughly 15 books per user per year from 1856 to 1978.

Several key events occurred, which raised public awareness of the New Age subculture: the production of the musical Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical ( 1967 ) with its opening song " Aquarius " and its memorable line " This is the dawning of the Age of Aquarius "; publication of Linda Goodman's best-selling astrology books Sun Signs ( 1968 ) and Love Signs ( 1978 ); the release of Shirley MacLaine's book Out on a Limb ( 1983 ), later adapted into a television mini-series with the same name ( 1987 ); and the " Harmonic Convergence " planetary alignment on August 16 and 17, 1987, organized by José Argüelles at Sedona in the U. S. state of Arizona.

In August 1978, the World Assembly of Public Relations Associations defined the field as " the art and social science of analyzing trends, predicting their consequences, counseling organizational leaders, and implementing planned programs of action, which will serve both the organization and the public interest.

Following his beatification, his sarcophagus was placed under the Altar of St. Sebastian in the basilica's Chapel of St. Sebastian, where it remained until 8 April 2011 when it was moved to make way for the remains of Blessed Pope John Paul II ( 1978 – 2005 ) to be relocated to the basilica from the grotto beneath St. Peter's in honor of his beatification and in order to make his resting place more accessible to the public.

* Enver Hoxha's rule in Albania was characterized in the 1970s by growing isolation, first from a very public schism with the Soviet Union the decade before, and then by a split in friendly relations with China in 1978.

These were moderately successful, as the fiscal measures introduced after 1977, with reductions in income and wealth taxes and an increase in the medium-term public investment programme, was estimated to have created 160, 000 additional jobs in 1978 – 79, or 300, 000 if additional public sector employment was included in the figure ).

In 1978, he ran a true exploratory campaign, finding little public or media interest.

The first law concerning a fixed link was enacted in 1973, but the project was put on hold in 1978 as the Venstre ( Liberal ) party demanded postponing of various public spending.

In 1978, the Supreme Court ruled in Bakke v. Regents that public universities ( and other government institutions ) could not set specific numerical targets based on race for admissions or employment.

Taking off with the public as a legitimate musical act, they performed live gigs and released the hit album Briefcase Full of Blues in 1978, and were further popularized in a 1980 film.

However, since the passage of this Act in 1978, the US has, never achieved this level of employment, nor has such a reservoir of public employment been created.

The Merkle – Hellman knapsack cryptosystem was one of the earliest public key cryptosystems invented by Ralph Merkle and Martin Hellman in 1978.

In the late 1970s and during the 1980s, Lichtenstein received major commissions for works in public places: the sculptures Lamp ( 1978 ) in St. Mary ’ s, Georgia ; Mermaid ( 1979 ) in Miami Beach ; the 26 feet tall Brushstrokes in Flight ( 1984, moved in 1998 ) at Port Columbus International Airport ; the five-storey high Mural with Blue Brushstrokes ( 1984 – 85 ) at the Equitable Center, New York ; and El Cap de Barcelona ( 1992 ) in Barcelona.

* Nellie Award, best public affairs broadcaster in radio, 1978.

* Ralph Lowell ( 1890 – 1978 ), businessman, philanthorpist, and founding force behind Boston's WGBH public television

Pierce gained international public attention following the Oklahoma City bombing, as Timothy McVeigh was alleged to have been influenced by The Turner Diaries ( 1978 ), the novel written by Pierce under the pseudonym Andrew Macdonald.

The Enquiry into the NSW transport industry, including rail / road competition, ( 1978 – 80 ) under Commissioner Gavan McDonell, found that this centre was inefficient, should be moved, and the land used for other public purposes.

The Institute for Historical Review ( IHR ), founded in 1978, is an American organization that describes itself as a " public-interest educational, research and publishing center dedicated to promoting greater public awareness of history.