By 1997, the refinery reached the same rate of production it was at before the war.

By 1996, the cemetery and marker were in poor condition, but a new granite headstone was erected in 1997.

By the 1920s, the U. S. reached what is still its era of greatest-ever output, producing an average of 800 feature films annually, or 82 % of the global total ( Eyman, 1997 ).

By the end of 1997 the consolidated public sector deficit decreased to 4. 6 % of GDP — with public sector spending falling from 62 % of GDP to below 50 %— the current account deficit was reduced to 2 % of GDP, and government debt was paid down to 94 % of annual export earnings.

By the end of 1997, Hungary had shifted much of its trade to the West.

By 1997, the federal government had already cut tariffs to 22. 5 percent from 57. 5 percent ten years earlier, and by 2000 were planning to reduce this even further down to 15 percent.

By November 1997, rapid currency depreciation had seen public debt reach US $ 60 bn, imposing severe strains on the government's budget.

By 1997, it was apparent that the IA-64 architecture and the compiler were much more difficult to implement than originally thought, and the delivery of Merced began slipping.

By 1997, the phrase had entered the legal lexicon as seen in an opinion by Supreme Court of the United States Justice John Paul Stevens, ' An example of " junk science " that should be excluded under the Daubert standard as too unreliable would be the testimony of a phrenologist who would purport to prove a defendant ’ s future dangerousness based on the contours of the defendant ’ s skull.

By this time the " New " Labour Party was seen as a reformed and fresh alternative under the leadership of Tony Blair, and after eighteen years in office the Conservatives lost the 1997 general election in one of the worst electoral defeats since the Great Reform Act of 1832.

By this time billionaire Sir James Goldsmith had set up his own Referendum Party, siphoning off some Conservative support, and at the 1997 General Election many Conservative candidates were openly expressing reluctance to join.

By the time Labour returned to government in 1997 after 18 years in opposition, Tony Blair ( leader since 1994 ) had abandoned the Labour policy of going back on Tory-led union reforms, as well as ending the commitment of nationalisation of industries and utilities.

By 1997, the Ministry of Information and Telecommunications was created to formulate and implement policies regarding the development of the ICT sector.

By the end of 1997 GemStone III and DragonRealms had become the first and second most played games on AOL.

By the late 1990s MIPS was a powerhouse in the embedded processor field, and in 1997 the 48-millionth MIPS-based CPU shipped, making it the first RISC CPU to outship the famous 68k family.

By late 1997, however, search engine providers realized that information stored in elements, especially the attribute, was often unreliable and misleading, and at worst, used to draw users into spam sites.

By 1997, software synthesizers were beginning to take hold among electronic musicians.

By December 1997, the IMF had approved a USD $ 21 billion loan, that would be part of a USD $ 58. 4 billion bailout plan.

By 1997, the predominantly Kulyabi-led Tajik government and the UTO successfully negotiated a power-sharing peace accord and implemented it by 2000.

By 1997, 81 % of the developing world's wheat area was planted to semi-dwarf wheats, giving both increased yields and better response to nitrogenous fertilizer.

By 1997 Scottish and Newcastle claimed that it was the most widely distributed alcoholic product in both pubs and off licences in the country.

Bob Marley in France noted as a Rasta. By 1997, there were, according to one estimate, around one million Rastafari faithful worldwide.

By the end of the 1990s, Judd had managed to achieve significant fame and success as a leading actress, after leading roles in several thrillers that performed well at the box office, including Kiss the Girls in 1997 and 1999's Double Jeopardy.

By 1997 it would sell for only $ 500, due to the proliferation of guns in Japan during the 1990s.

By the mid 1990s, Miramax had expanded to distribute the films of many notable independent-minded filmmakers like Quentin Tarantino and Woody Allen.

By Haitian standards, Magloire's rule was firm, but not harsh: he jailed political opponents, including Fignolé, and shut down their presses when their protests grew too strident, but he allowed labor unions to function, although they were not permitted to strike.

By bidding up the price of housing, many white neighborhoods effectively shut out blacks, because blacks are unwilling, or unable, to pay the premium to buy entry into these expensive neighborhoods.

By January 1998, the government had shut down a third of Korea's merchant banks.

By May 1826 Jefferson's health was so frail that he was virtually a shut in and spent most of his waking hours going over his finances and debts.

By far the most destructive method is to weld the weapon shut by inserting one or more armed thermite grenades into the breech and then quickly closing it.

By 1956, the DuMont network had shut down.

By suspending all public utilities, the strikers hoped to shut down the city, effectively forcing the strikers ’ demands to be met.

By the end of the 1960s though, the Latin music establishment shut down boogaloo airplay and the movement fizzled out.

By the eleventh round, Rosario's eye was almost completely shut and he was spitting blood from his mouth ; the fight was stopped by his corner, and Rosario lost.

By this time, he had angered many townspeople in Sulphur Springs, having begun his own university church to compete with local congregations and attempting to shut down Sunday recreational events.

By 1880, the company had shut down, and by 1888, the population declined to less than 10 people.

By 1900 the mines began to shut down.

By 1860, the factory was shut down.

By, virtually every industrial enterprise in Petrograd had been shut down, together with many commercial and service enterprises.

By 1827, she was under the care of a full-time physician as her body, which had always been frail, began to shut down.

By the fifth round, Tyson's left eye was swelling shut from Douglas ' many right hands, and ringside HBO announcers proclaimed it was the most punishment they had ever seen the champion absorb.

By the end of the fight, Tyson's eye had swollen almost completely shut.

By October 2007 it was reported that the Chinese government had shut down or given notice to over 1, 300 factories around the lake.

By 2004, Klasky-Csupo shut down production on most of its shows, including Rugrats, and in 2006, shut down production on all their shows except the new pilots they created.

By 1900, output was at an all-time low and James Smithwick was advised by auditors to shut the doors of the brewery.

By the start of 1930, 50 mills had shut down and 21, 000 people were unemployed.

By the time the production line shut down in 1943, CC & F had produced over 1, 400 Hurricanes.

By this time AOL had grown to be both much larger than GEIS, so all AppleLink content was to be moved over as well, allowing the GEIS service to be shut down.