At the end of the 1980s, the word " cartoon " was shortened, and the word " toon " came into usage with the live action / animated feature Who Framed Roger Rabbit ( 1988 ), followed two years later by the TV series Tiny Toon Adventures ( 1990 ).

At the start of 1986, Essendon were considered unbackable for three successive flags, but a succession of injuries to key players Paul Van der Haar ( only fifteen games from 1986 to 1988 ), Tim Watson, Darren Williams, Roger Merrett and Simon Madden led the club to win only eight of its last eighteen games in 1986 and only nine games ( plus a draw with Geelong ) in 1987.

At the end of the 80s he made a comeback of sorts ; Yada Yada ( 1988 ), produced by George Kooymans, was well-received, and he toured Germany with a renewed Wild Romance ( which saw the return of Danny Lademacher ).

At a 1988 meeting at Kirribilli House, Hawke and Keating discussed the handover of the leadership to Keating.

At an unprecedented emergency Central Committee plenum called by Gorbachev in September 1988, three stalwart old-guard members left the Politburo or lost positions of power.

At the 1988 Games, Karch Kiraly and Steve Timmons led the U. S. men's team to a second straight gold medal, and the Soviets won the fourth gold in the women's tournament.

At the beginning of 1988, nearly one million Yerevantsis engaged in demonstrations concerning these subjects, centered on Theater Square.

* September 17 – At a small rally in Harlem, televangelist Pat Robertson announces his candidacy for the 1988 Republican presidential nomination.

At the 1988 Winter Olympics, held in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, short track was a demonstration sport.

At an estimated cost of DKK 21. 4 billion ( 1988 prices ), the link is the largest construction project in Danish history.

At the UEFA Euro 1988, Van Basten scored a total of five goals, including a hat trick against England, the winning goal in the semi-final against West Germany, and a spectacular volley in the final against the Soviet Union.

At present, the Polish theatre actor possibly best-known outside the country is Andrzej Seweryn, who in the years 1984 – 1988 was a member of the international group formed by Peter Brook to work on the staging of the Mahabharata, and since 1993 has been linked with the Comédie Française.

At the Ronald Reagan / Mikhail Gorbachev summit in Moscow ( 29 May – 1 June 1988 ) between leaders of the United States and the Soviet Union, it was decided that Cuban troops would be withdrawn from Angola, and Soviet military aid would cease, as soon as South Africa withdrew from Namibia.

At The Beatles ' 1988 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, George Harrison at one point stated that there were only two " fifth Beatles ": Derek Taylor and Neil Aspinall ( referring to the Beatles ' public relations manager and road manager-turned-business-executive, respectively ).

At Demme's personal recommendation, Pfeiffer joined the cast of Stephen Frears's Dangerous Liaisons ( 1988 ) alongside Glenn Close and John Malkovich, playing the virtuous victim of seduction, Madame Marie de Tourvel.

At the same time, under the terms of the 1988 Act the DRC company was liquidated and management of the crossing was contracted to Le Crossing Company Limited on behalf of the Highways Agency.

At Belfort WC 1988, he scored 8 / 15 for a joint 4th – 7th place, as Garry Kasparov won.

At Reykjavík WC 1988, he scored 7 / 17 for a joint 15th – 16th place, with Kasparov again winning.

At the 1988 election, Kirner shifted to the Legislative Assembly, becoming MP for Williamstown, and was promoted to the Education portfolio.

* The success of the Intifada gave Arafat and his followers the confidence they needed to moderate their political programme: At the meeting of the Palestine National Council in Algiers in mid-November 1988, Arafat won a majority for the historic decision to recognise Israel's legitimacy ; to accept all the relevant UN resolutions going back to 29 November 1947 ; and to adopt the principle of a two-state solution.

At the 1988 Summer Olympics, she was the flag bearer for the United States team at the Opening Ceremony.

At Teglholmen in 1988 a spare parts and key components production factory was established as was an R & D Centre at the same site in 1992.

In 2004, during the Australian leg of her " At Last " tour, she performed part of the song a cappella at the request of the audience, since the single reached the Top 10 there in 1988 and was very well known.

At the 1988 reunion, Jason Bonham, the son of Led Zeppelin's late drummer John Bonham, played drums.

At Coral Springs ' 25th Anniversary Party, the Guinness World Record for " Largest Hamburger and Milkshake " was broken on July 10, 1988.

At one time, Pressman Toys manufactured a product called Domino Rally that contained tiles and mechanical devices for setting up toppling exhibits.

At the age of 22, Collins headed to Hollywood and landed sultry roles in several popular films, including The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing ( 1955 ) and Rally ' Round the Flag, Boys!

At the next round on Rally Catalunya, it was a difficult rally for Solberg — he struggled to maintain a good pace and in the end finished sixth, almost 3 minutes adrift from the winner, Loeb.

At his home event, Toivonen had to retire due to an engine failure, but he finished ninth at the RAC Rally.

At the 1000 Lakes Rally, Toivonen retired due to an accident during the 11th special stage.

At 24 years and 86 days, he remained the youngest driver to win a WRC event until his countryman Jari-Matti Latvala won the 2008 Swedish Rally at the age of 22.

At the June 2002 legislative election, DL competed in alliance with the Rally for the Republic and other Chirac supporters as the Union for the Presidential Majority ( UMP ).

At the Autosport Awards, Kankkunen was presented the " International Rally Driver Award " for the second year running.

At the penultime round, the Rally Catalunya, he was leading by almost a minute over Sainz and McRae and seemed to be heading towards his first WRC victory on tarmac, as well as closing in on his fifth title.

At the head of the cabinet, he was faced with the conflict which divided the parliamentary majority between the " Giscardians " and the neo-Gaullist Rally for the Republic ( RPR ) led by his predecessor Jacques Chirac.

At the 1960 1000 Lakes Rally, nearly half of the 85 entries were from foreign countries.

At the 2011 Rally Finland, Loeb made history by becoming the first non-Finn to win the event twice.

At the 2007 Rally Finland, Ford secured a one-two with Grönholm taking the win and Hirvonen the second place ahead of Loeb.

* At the Rally to Restore Sanity and / or Fear on October 30, 2010, Jon Stewart used the imaginary threat of " corbomite " in bottled water to illustrate how media figures ( personified by Stephen Colbert ) create and magnify fears in the public.

At the end of 2008, Subaru decided to withdraw from the World Rally Championship.

At the beginning of the series, Jonathan Washington had just skipped bail for drug smuggling charges, only to be captured by Rally Vincent.

At the Rally Portugal, she started her long partnership with the Italian co-driver Fabrizia Pons.

At the Acropolis Rally, Mouton won ahead of the Opel duo Walter Röhrl and Henri Toivonen, and closed to within 20 points of the championship leader Röhrl.

At the inaugural Autosport Awards gala, Mouton won the International Rally Driver of the Year award.

At the RAC Rally, a slight mistake led to a puncture and Mouton dropped from third to fifth.

At the Scottish Rally, Mouton had been closing in on the leading Wilson until a transmission problem forced her to retire.

At the Ulster Rally, she set the fastest time for the first stage but then dropped out with a mechanical failure.

At Reason Rally Washington D. C. March 23, 2012

At the time of the June 2008 local elections, Mvouba is President of the National Coordination of the Rally of the Presidential Majority ( RMP ), the coalition supporting Sassou-Nguesso.