In 1987, he was awarded the National Medal of Technology: " For his forceful promotion of statistical methodology, for his contributions to sampling theory, and for his advocacy to corporations and nations of a general management philosophy that has resulted in improved product quality.

In 1987, before Clarence aired and after rejecting Hall's offer of the part of Falstaff in a Royal National Theatre production of Henry IV, Part 1 & 2, Barker retired from show business, aged 58, " at the height of his fame ", citing a decline in his own writing quality, lack of ambition and ideas, and a desire to go out on top so as not to damage his legacy, as well as concerns about the state of his heart.

As digital technology progressed since the CD releases of The Beatles ' studio albums in 1987, audiophiles became increasingly disappointed with the sound quality of the official CDs.

An excellent example of this quality improvement noticeably reducing a sampled channel can be found in the introduction to Electronic Arts ' game Skate or Die ( 1987 ).

By 1987, water quality had improved sufficiently to try restocking the upper river, and large numbers of yearling trout were released into the river in April.

Super VHS ( S-VHS ) full-size camcorders were released in 1987, exceeding the broadcast quality at the time, and provided an inexpensive way to collect news segments or videographies.

::* S-VHS-C ( 1987 ): An upgrade to provide near-laserdisc quality.

In 1987, he co-founded MicroWarehouse, with Peter Godfrey and Bob Bartner, a company that pioneered direct IT marketing via high quality catalogues.

In November 1987, the then head of Vauxhall, John Bagshaw, told Car magazine that the Asconas built in the UK were considered of equivalent quality to those built elsewhere in Europe, adding that " they can't tell them from the German ones ".

The race has been staged every year since 1987, apart from 1991, and throughout the 90's the numbers have increased significantly, as did the quality of the top end of the field, with winners including Bobby Quinn and Terry Mitchell.

The development team planned to take tracking software into a new standard of quality, enabling tracking scene composers to make audio of the same quality as other existing professional packages, while still keeping the proven layout that originated with Soundtracker in 1987.

Three improved DX7 II models were released between 1987 and 1989, all of which featured updated internal circuitry with improved sound quality ( from 12-bit to 16-bit ), and a more aesthetically pleasing hard-plastic case with conventional buttons and larger sliders:

He returned to Vancouver's BC Place Stadium to cheering crowds of thousands on 22 May 1987 after raising $ 26 million for spinal cord research and quality of life initiatives.

The breakthrough came in 1987 when Dijkkamp and Venkatesan were able to laser deposit a thin film of YBa < sub > 2 </ sub > Cu < sub > 3 </ sub > O < sub > 7 </ sub >, a high temperature superconductive material, which was of more superior quality than films deposited with alternative techniques.

“ Establishing documented evidence which provides a high degree of assurance that a specific process will consistently produce a product meeting its pre-determined specifications and quality attributes .” ( Source: FDA Guidelines on General Principles of Process Validation, 1987 ) Latham, Director, MNL Limited, www. mnl-limited. com 5 / 7 / 06

The company eschewed advertising, preferring the quality of the product to speak for itself, until 1987, when Boddingtons was advertised on Granada television in the North West of England.

The tracker format was originally developed on the Commodore Amiga personal computer in 1987, but due to the PC becoming more capable of producing high quality graphics and sound, the demo scene spilled out onto the platform in droves and took the tracker format with it.

In 1987, Odin finally closed their doors, mainly due to an inability to expand the size of their teams while maintaining the quality that had put the company on the map in the first place.

Despite those hard conditions, the recording quality was rather high and Aquarium's albums between 1980 and 1987 are considered by most fans as their best.

As a result of John Mark's being born with Down syndrome and a congenital heart defect, Stallings eventually became heavily involved in projects promoting better education and quality of life for the developmentally disabled ; the two appeared in a 1987 NFL public service announcement for the United Way.

In 1987 Bill Wyman created the Ambition Invention Motivation Success project ( or the AIMS project ) which was a vehicle to give young bands all around the country a chance to work out of the Mobile Studio and produce a top quality demo.

McElroy's writing is often grouped with that of William Gaddis and Thomas Pynchon, due to the encyclopedic quality of his novels, particularly the 1, 192 pages of Women and Men ( 1987 ).

Notably different in tone and quality from the 1987 debut, it is the first example of Scott Burns ' work heard on many of the death metal and grindcore albums of that era.

By 1987 China possessed a diversified telecommunications system that linked all parts of the country by telephone, telegraph, radio, and television.

In 1987 the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications ( now the Ministry of Information Industry ) administered China's telecommunications systems and related research and production facilities.

In 1987, the European Commission published its Green Paper on telecommunications, which focused on liberalization.

Beginning in 1987, the New Zealand telecommunications market was progressively deregulated.

For example, in " Connecting the Clouds-the Internet in New Zealand ", author Keith Newman cites agency statistics regarding telecommunications cost decreases ( the Stats NZ report said " New Zealand average residential phone call pricing plummeted 50 % between 1987 and 1993 ") and national finances ( the Stats NZ report said " The current account deficit for the year ended March 2007 was $ 13. 9 billion ( 8. 5 percent of GDP )").

Shaanxi Provincial TV Tower is a free standing concrete telecommunications tower built in 1987 in Xian, China.

When it started in 1970, the Universal Press Syndicate gave cartoonists a 50-percent share on the ownership of their works, while the Creators Syndicate ( founded in 1987 ) granted artists full rights to the strips, something that Universal Press did in 1990. followed by King Features in 1995, while before 1999 both the Tribune and United Feature services began granting rights to creators over their works ; however the latter three syndicates only applied this to new strips, or to ones popular enough.

Financial services have also become important to the city since the establishment of Dublin's International Financial Services Centre in 1987, which is globally recognised as a leading location for a range of internationally traded financial services.

Initially named " Digital European Cordless Telephone " at its launch by CEPT in November 1987, following a suggestion by Enrico Tosato of Italy, its name was soon changed to " Digital European Cordless Telecommunications " to reflect its broader range of application, including data services.

The line was opened by Queen Elizabeth II on 30 July 1987, and passenger services began on 31 August.

In 1987, Joshua Sinai of the Library of Congress wrote that the Syrian Arab Army was the dominant military service, and as such controlled the senior-most posts in the armed forces, and had the most manpower, approximately 80 percent of the combined services.

However, in the 1987 – 1988 academic year, the U. S. joint services began participation with three U. S. Air Force graduates ; officers from the U. S. Navy and U. S. Marine Corps followed in the next two years.

Lerner briefly moved on to direct computer services at Schlumberger, but returned full-time to Cisco in 1987.

John Caine ( born in Salford, Lancashire, England ) is an author and playwright who was appointed MBE in 1987 for his services to theatre.

In 1987 she was appointed director of the Community Health Services in the Central Sydney Area, which put emphasis on early childhood services, migrant and Indigenous health as well as the elderly.

Gretzky had converted his personal services contract with Pocklington into a standard five-year player's contract with the Oilers in the summer of 1987 with an option to declare himself an unrestricted free agent after the 1988 – 89 season.

The Docklands Light Railway ( DLR ) was extended to Stratford in 1987, and to Stratford International in 2011, with services to Poplar, Canary Wharf, Lewisham, London City Airport, the Excel Centre, Beckton and Woolwich Arsenal.

In 1987 it began regular cargo services between London and Lagos and Entebbe.

Later, between 1980 and 1987, under Reagan's New federalism, federal aid dropped 55 %, while cuts were made to government-funded services and tax rates were increased.

In early 1987 E. Gerald Corrigan, then president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, recommended a legislative “ overhaul ” to permit “ financial holding companies ” that would “ in time ” provide banking, securities, and insurance services ( as authorized by the GLBA 12 years later ).

The County of Grey receives a monthly payment ( approximately $ 12, 000 as of 2011 ) for which they have no obligation to maintain the property ; the City of Owen Sound kept the police services in the old courthouse until 1987 / 88 and then leased it to an arts council.

In 1987 the newly rebuilt station opened for services to the south, some of the remaining parts of the original station being lost ( the old parcels office, some platforms and the mosaic floor from former waiting rooms ) and others incorporated ( notably the now-sealed entrance, with GWR crest, in Livery Street ).

Pitts offered his services to the Soviets in 1987 while he was assigned to the FBI's New York office where he was assigned to hunt and recruit KGB officers.

He also helped lead worship services at his church, the Fresno Vineyard, from 1987 to 1991 with his wife Debbie.

The first aircraft landed on 31 May 1987, with the first commercial services operating from 26 October 1987.

The longer-range A310-300s that joined Pan Am's fleet from 1987 enabled reintroduction of non-stop, daily Tegel – JFK scheduled services.

* Berlin European UK was a Berlin-based UK regional airline founded in 1986 as Berlin Regional UK by a former British Airways general manager for that airline's Berlin operation to begin domestic and international regional scheduled services to destinations not served by any of West Berlin's contemporary scheduled operators from April 1987, utilising BAe Jetstream commuter turboprop planes.

The airport was renamed Southwest Florida International Airport in 1993, although it had hosted international flights since 1984 and U. S. Customs since 1987, primarily for services to Germany.