By 1982, the perceived passivity of the FARC, together with the relative success of the government's efforts against the M-19 and ELN, enabled the administration of the Liberal Party's Julio César Turbay ( 1978 – 1982 ) to lift a state-of-siege decree that had been in effect, on and off, for most of the previous 30 years.

By 1978, it was widely practiced by members of the group.

By contrast, the water level of the Caspian Sea has been rising steadily since 1978 for reasons that scientists have not been able to explain fully.

By 1978 most of the country's wealth and power was in the hands of the organisation which grouped these three tribes: the Gikuyu-Embu-Meru Association ( GEMA ), together comprising 30 % of the population.

By the end of his first season with Liverpool, Dalglish had played 62 times and scored 31 goals, including the winning goal in the 1978 European Cup Final final at Wembley against Bruges.

By early 1978, the D. C. jazz-fusion group Mind Power had transformed into Bad Brains, one of the first bands to be identified with hardcore punk.

By 1978 Parr had realized that Density Functional Theory ( DFT ) would be extremely useful in quantitative calculations of chemical and biological systems, especially those with high molecular weights.

By the 1970s, critics within the field such as Terry Carr and Damon Knight were using sci-fi to distinguish hack-work from serious science fiction, and around 1978, Susan Wood and others introduced the pronunciation " skiffy ".

By 1978, the Somali troops were ultimately pushed out of the Ogaden.

By 1978, the Somali troops were ultimately pushed out of the Ogaden.

By September 1978, the agency believed Skylab was safe for crews, with all major systems intact and operational.

By 2008, the economy was 16. 7 times the size it was in 1978, and 12. 1 times its previous per capita levels.

" Lipstick ", the B-side to " Promises ," shared the same ascending progression of notes in its chorus as Magazine's first single, " Shot By Both Sides ," also released in 1978.

By 1978 more than 300 men had joined the protest.

* Japanese — Alcoholic Kidz: " Pierrot " ( 2009 ); Aya Kamiki: " Pierrot " ( 2006 ); Berryz Kobo: " Kokuhaku no Funsui Hiroba " (" Fountain Plaza of My Confession " ; contains lyric " I am Pierrot "); Tanaka Koki of pop group KAT-TUN: " Pierrot ", from Break the Records: By You & For You ( 2009 ); Yellow Magic Orchestra: " Mad Pierrot ", from Yellow Magic Orchestra ( 1978 ).

By early 1978, Volkswagen had reported 90, 000 Rabbits sold with automatic seat belts.

By 1978, Matsushita alone produced just over half of all Japanese VCRs.

By July 1978, a personal computer project was under way.

By 1978, Brzezinski and Vance were more and more at odds over the direction of Carter's foreign policy.

Other known singles were " Tell It Like It Is " ( 1975 ), Dusty Springfield's " Little By Little " ( 1976 ), and " Too Young " ( 1978 ).

By 1978 he was earning up to $ 50, 000 ($ today ) annually from appearances at Star Trek conventions attended by Trekkies.

By 1978 the Duck family were ingrained sufficiently in popular culture that a character in the movie Corvette Summer quips " Just call me Gladstone Duck ‏" after being lucky.

By August 1978, this had evolved to the final configuration of one aft port and five ports in a spherical compartment at the forward end of the station.

By 1978, Holmes was reputed to be earning as much as $ 3, 000 a day as a porn actor.

In 1995, Nicks was reunited with Lindsey Buckingham and contributed the duet " Twisted " to the Twister movie soundtrack, while in 1996 the Sheryl Crow penned " Somebody Stand By Me " featured on the Boys on the Side soundtrack, and Nicks also remade Tom Petty's " Free Fallin '" for Fox's TV hit Party of Five.

By the mid 1970s and early 1980s, the original wave of singer-songwriters had largely been absorbed into a more general pop or soft rock format, but some new artists in the singer-songwriter tradition ( including Billy Joel, Stevie Wonder, Madonna, Michael Jackson, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, Mark Heard, Lucinda Williams, Kate and Anna McGarrigle, Patti Smith, Elvis Costello, Cyndi Lauper, Kate Bush, Rickie Lee Jones, Stevie Nicks, Cheryl Wheeler, Loudon Wainwright III, The Roches and Warren Zevon ) continued to emerge, and in other cases rock and even punk rock artists such as Peter Case, Paul Collins and Paul Westerberg transitioned to careers as solo singer-songwriters.

By September 1975, Zevon had returned to Los Angeles, where he roomed with then-unknown Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham.

By this stage she had become a highly respected background vocalist, continuing to tour with such acts as with Rita Coolidge, Stevie Nicks, George Michael, and Bette Midler.

By the late 1970s and early 1980s the original wave of singer-songwriters had largely been absorbed into a more general pop or soft rock format, but some new artists in the singer-songwriter tradition ( including Michael Jackson, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, Mark Heard, Lucinda Williams, Patti Smith, Kate Bush, Rickie Lee Jones, Stevie Nicks, Cheryl Wheeler and Warren Zevon ) continued to emerge, and in other cases rock and even punk rock artists such as Peter Case, Paul Collins and Paul Westerberg transitioned to careers as solo singer-songwriters.

By failing to do as he was told instantly -- to take out a permit or return the gun to his car -- he had played into Lord's hands.

By 1898, rustling losses had been driven down to the lowest level ever seen in Wyoming.

By the death of his father in 1888 he had come into possession of the family estate and had re-assumed its traditions.

By the time Lilian had been graduated from public school, her parents were doing quite well.

) By the time the streetcar pulled away, he had fallen in love with Paula.

By this time she had learned that it was futile to argue with her young husband, yet the uncomfortable fact remained: the American Congregationalists were sending them as missionaries to the Far East and paying their salaries.

By the age of six young Johnny indicated that he had the call.

By September 1940 the Suite had developed into a collection of six songs, `` four spirituals, a dream, and a lullaby ''.

By now he had become Regius Professor of Modern History at Cambridge and had been honored by the award of the Order of Merit.

By both standards Thomas had the right to be proud.

By June 19, 1788, he had presented himself to its Commander in Chief, the Governor of the Southern Provinces, the Director of the War College -- The Prince.

By 1783 her legions had managed to annex the Crimea amid scenes of wanton cruelty and now, in this second combat with the Crescent, were aiming at suzerainty over all of the Black Sea's northern shoreline.

By this time word had got around that an American doctor was on the premises.

By this time Woodruff had accurately measured Pike as a man of great personal pride, a man who would fly into a towering rage if his integrity were questioned, and who would be anxious to avenge himself.

By 1834 the art of oratory had reached a very high level in the United States as a literary form.

By the time he was under the covers he had forgotten about seeing Kate.

By 1937 he had clarified his intentions to serve his people: `` I have striven for clarity and melodious idiom, but at the same time I have by no means attempted to restrict myself to the accepted methods of harmony and melody.

By the time the film was released we were three million dollars over-spent, war was imminent and the public apparently had forgotten all about Mother Cabrini.

By this time Churchill was not so cordial toward moving Poland westward as he had been at Teheran, where he and Eden had both heartily approved the idea.

By December, 1958, when ' Abdallah Ibrahim became President of the Council, elections had even greater importance.

By 800 social and cultural security had been achieved, at least on a simple plane ; ;

By this time large numbers of the audience had left the hall.