Its trade deficit has been increasing at a large rate since 1997 ( See chart ) and increased by 49. 8 billion dollars between 2005 and 2006, setting a record high of 817. 3 billion dollars, up from 767. 5 billion dollars the previous year.

It was not until 1997, however, that a direct experiment, by S. Lamoreaux, described above, quantitatively measured the force ( to within 15 % of the value predicted by the theory ), although previous work van Blockland and Overbeek ( 1978 ) had observed the force qualitatively, and indirect validation of the predicted Casimir energy had been made by measuring the thickness of liquid Helium films by Sabisky and Anderson in 1972.

In the general election of 1997, for example, 13. 5 million people voted for the Labour Party led by Tony Blair ; 9. 6 million for the Conservative Party, led by John Major, the previous Prime Minister ; and, 5. 2 million for the Liberal Democrat Party led by Paddy Ashdown.

The game was rematched on October 27, 1997, as a near-national telecast on ABC's Monday Night Football, the only time ABC aired a rematch of the previous season's Super Bowl.

In 1997, X released a compilation called Beyond and Back: The X Anthology, which focused heavily on the early years with Billy Zoom and included a number of previously unreleased versions of songs that had appeared on their previous albums.

; 11. 00 ( 1997 ): The first HP-UX release to also support 64-bit addressing ; previous releases had been 32-bit only.

The previous LLNL record of seven awards was reached five times – in 1987, 1988, 1997, 1998 and 2006.

* Leisure Suit Larry: Collection Series ( 1997 ): This two-CD collection included everything the previous collection contained, plus the SVGA talkie version of Larry 6, a Larry 7 preview, and Larry's Big Score: Pinball.

The previous versions, Minuteman-I and Minuteman-II, were in service from 1962 until 1997.

Partly as a result of these credits but also as a result of previous reforms, average GDP growth exceeded the population growth rate of 2. 8 % in 1997 ( 3. 5 %), 1998 ( 3. 9 %), 1999 ( 4. 7 %) and 2000 ( 4. 8 %).

In 1997, King World Productions bought the worldwide format rights to Hollywood Squares from MGM, successor-in-interest to the series ' previous production companies Orion and Filmways.

In the 1997 – 98 NBA season Larry Bird coached the team, under whom they posted a new franchise record, finishing 58 – 24, a 19-game improvement from the previous season.

In the 1997 off-season, the Stars signed star goaltender Ed Belfour as a free agent after a well publicized falling out with the San Jose Sharks, who had traded a number of players to Chicago to obtain him in January in the previous season.

De Sutter found by looking at a previous study done in 1997, that by using SET ( single embryo transfer ) the twin birth rate dropped from 30 % to 21 %.

In 1997, Barrett, who had originally replaced Rusay on guitar, left Cannibal Corpse to rejoin his previous bands Malevolent Creation and Solstice.

The previous record, from 1997, was 18 seconds.

The closest the Conservatives have ever come to losing this seat was at a by-election in November 1997, at the height of Tony Blair's ' honeymoon period ' as Prime Minister, following the resignation of the previous MP Piers Merchant in a sex scandal.

Columbus High School was formed by the merger of the city's two previous high schools, Stephen D. Lee High School and Caldwell High School ; the schools were merged in 1992 and the campuses in 1997.

There were reunions and subsequent tours from Van Halen ( with Hagar in 2004 and then Roth in 2007 ), The Who ( delayed in 2002 by the death of bassist John Entwistle until 2006 ) and Black Sabbath ( with Osbourne 1997 – 2006 and Dio 2006-7 ) and even a one off performance by Led Zeppelin ( 2007 ), renewing the interest in previous eras.

" The frequently repeated story that eBay was founded to help Omidyar's fiancée trade Pez candy dispensers was fabricated by a public relations manager in 1997 to interest the media, which were not interested in the company's previous explanation about wanting to create a " perfect market ".

In 1997 Briggs and Nedin reported from South Australia a new specimen of Myoscolex which was much better preserved than previous specimens, leading them to conclude that it was a close relative of Opabinia-although this interpretation was later questioned by Dzik, who instead concluded that Myoscolex was an annelid worm.

In 1997, Saturn became the first General Motors North American vehicle to be fully built with right-hand-drive on the same assembly line as the left-hand-drive vehicles ( the previous right-hand-drive GM North American vehicle were built in the countries with left-hand road rule using the CDK kit and customised dashboard and steering components ) as it entered the Japanese market.

The mechanics in the " 138 patent " describe an arcade cabinet similar to Sega's previous arcade game Harley-Davidson & L. A. Riders ( 1997 ), but also describe the arrow navigation system and pedestrian avoidance aspects that were used in Crazy Taxi.

In late summer 2003, a compilation album titled Giving the Devil His Due was released which included several demo tracks submitted by the band prior to their signing with Roadrunner Records in 1997, along with several alternative studio recordings and remixes of various tracks from their previous albums.

Additionally, a previous owner removed and sold for scrap the 3 cast iron discharge pipes that previously allowed a controlled release of water.

Citizen exhaustion due to the conflict's newfound intensity led to the election of president Belisario Betancur ( 1982 – 1986 ), a Conservative who won 47 % of the popular vote, directed peace feelers at all the insurgents, and negotiated a 1984 cease-fire with the FARC and M-19 after a 1982 release of many guerrillas imprisoned during the previous effort to overpower them.

In the case of Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty and Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, the American versions were released first, followed by the Japanese versions and then the European versions, with each regional release offering new content not found in the previous one.

In 1883 Wells persuaded his parents to release him from the apprenticeship, taking an opportunity offered by Midhurst Grammar School again to become a pupil-teacher ; his proficiency in Latin and science during his previous, short stay had been remembered.

The book was the first to be written after the release of Dr. No in cinemas and Sean Connery's depiction of Bond affected Fleming's interpretation of the character, to give Bond both a sense of humour and Scottish antecedents that were not present in the previous stories.

2004 saw the eventual release of Coffee and Cigarettes, a collection of eleven short films of characters sitting around drinking coffee and smoking cigarettes that had been filmed by Jarmusch over the course of the previous two decades.

1998 then saw a further increase of activity, with the signing of Salako, and the release of albums for all three of their signed bands-most notably Belle & Sebastian's ' The Boy With The Arab Strap ', which enjoyed similar approval from reviewers and fans to the band's previous release.

Shortly after the release of Physical Graffiti, all previous Led Zeppelin albums simultaneously re-entered the top-200 album chart, and the band embarked on another North American tour, now employing sophisticated sound and lighting systems.

With the release of Movement in November 1981, New Order initially started on a similar route as their previous incarnation, performing dark, melodic songs, albeit with an increased use of synthesisers.

The group released the album It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back in 1988, which performed better in the charts than their previous release, and included the hit single " Don't Believe the Hype " in addition to " Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos ".

His most recent release is the album Itstrumental, a return to Paul's previous work, depending on how one saw POTB.

As in his previous incarceration, this experience led to creative production — this time in the form of spiritual freedom, as reflected in the release of his first volume of poetry, Lucasta.

To Venus and Back, a two-disc release of original studio material and live material recorded from the previous world tour, received mostly positive reviews and included the first major-label single available for sale as a digital download.

On 10 January 2011 the band released their twelfth studio album, Red Barked Tree, which ( according to press release and BBC ) "... rekindles a lyricism sometimes absent from Wire's previous work and reconnects with the live energy of performance, harnessed and channelled from extensive touring over the past few years ".

X slightly redefined their sound with this release, making it somewhat more polished, eclectic and radio-ready than in previous albums.

" The film grossed more than $ 90 million in its United States release, more than Eastwood's two previous films combined.

Even with its release several years previous, several prominent video game websites still praise the game in retro-reviews.

It regulates when and what information companies must and cannot release publicly in relation to the bid, sets timetables for certain aspects of the bid, and sets minimum bid levels following a previous purchase of shares.

Each release's engine contains improvements on the previous version, although by far the most significant improvements were made in the third release.

Reviews of B-Sides and Rarities were generally good ; Devin Grant of The Post and Courier wrote that " For an album full of odds and ends, this Cake release is every bit as good, and every bit as fun, as the band's previous studio releases ", while Catherine P. Lewis of The Washington Post noted that, although several live tracks reduced the album's strength, " there are still enough charming nuggets to make this album less disposable than the typical rarities compilation ".

On June 14, 2010 Kent announced their ninth studio album, En plats i solen ( Swedish for " A Place in the Sun ") due for release on June 30, only seven months after the release of their previous studio album, Röd.