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In 1977, distressed over losing their guaranteed seat in the Massachusetts General Court, inhabitants of Martha's Vineyard considered the possibility of secession from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, either to become part of another state ( having received offers from both Vermont and Hawai ' i ), reincorporating as a separate U. S. territory, or as the nation's 51st state.
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1977 and distressed
In " The Snout in the Alcove " ( 1977 ), the dreamer protagonist is distressed to find himself in the Dreamlands to which he had vowed never to return.
In 1999, Fannie Mae came under pressure from the Clinton administration to expand mortgage loans to low and moderate income borrowers by increasing the ratios of their loan portfolios in distressed inner city areas designated in the CRA of 1977.
1977 and over
Asterix or The Adventures of Asterix (, ) is a series of French comic books written by René Goscinny and illustrated by Albert Uderzo ( Uderzo also took over the job of writing the series after the death of Goscinny in 1977 ).
* 1977 – In Yonkers, New York, 24-year-old postal employee David Berkowitz (" Son of Sam ") is arrested for a series of killings in the New York City area over the period of one year.
After conflict over the 1970 constitution, a new constitution was written and approved in 1977, and Lamizana was reelected by open elections in 1978.
In 1977, Jay Kinney drew an underground comics strip in which the breatharians take over.
Upon Mercer's departure, Verne Lundquist joined the network, and became their play-by-play announcer by 1977, serving eight years in that capacity before handing those chores permanently over to Brad Sham, who joined the network in 1977 as the color analyst and occasional fill-in for Lundquist.
Doom was not the first first-person shooter with a deathmatch mode — Maze War was a multiplayer FPS in 1973, and by 1977 was running over ethernet on Xerox computers.
He then confounded the expectations of both his record label and his American audiences by recording the minimalist album Low ( 1977 )— the first of three collaborations with Brian Eno over the next two years.
Although Stephen Jay Gould's 1977 book Ontogeny and Phylogeny helps to reassess Haeckelian embryology, it does not address the controversy over Haeckel's embryo drawings.
He was assistant to his ex-West Ham boss Ron Greenwood after the latter took over the England job in 1977, player-manager of Telford United and manager of Chelsea from 1979 – 81.
Francis Gary Powers ( August 17, 1929 – August 1, 1977 ) was an American pilot whose Central Intelligence Agency U-2 spy plane was shot down while flying a reconnaissance mission over Soviet Union airspace, causing the 1960 U-2 incident.
Due to the threat of war, plans for a lavish museum were never implemented, but once the war was over it was possible to construct the relatively understated but well-lit modern exhibition extension, opened in 1977, that now houses much of the collection.
Dalglish also scored three days later on his Anfield debut in a 2 – 0 victory over Newcastle United, and he scored Liverpool's sixth goal when they beat Keegan's Hamburg 6 – 0 in the second leg of the 1977 UEFA Super Cup final.
* 1977 – ' Vrillon ', claiming to be the representative of the ' Ashtar Galactic Command ', takes over Britain's Southern Television for six minutes at 5: 12 pm.
By 1977 China had joined Intelsat and, using ground stations in Beijing and Shanghai, had linked up with satellites over the Indian and Pacific oceans.
By most accounts, Coca-Cola was India's leading soft drink until 1977 when it left India after a new government ordered The Coca-Cola Company to turn over its secret formula for Coke and dilute its stake in its Indian unit as required by the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act ( FERA ).
In 1977, DARPA created a packet radio network called PRNET in the San Francisco Bay area and conducted a series of experiments with SRI to verify the use of ARPANET ( a precursor to the Internet ) communications protocols ( later known as IP ) over packet radio links between mobile and fixed network nodes.
An early scanned display with raster computer graphics was invented in the late 1960s by A. Michael Noll at Bell Labs, but its patent application filed February 5, 1970 was abandoned at the Supreme Court in 1977 over the issue of the patentability of computer software.
It saw a resurgence once Graham Williams took over as producer in 1977.
The film wrapped in September 1977, 11 days behind schedule and $ 5 million over budget.
From 1975 to 1977, Skyhooks were — alongside Sherbet — the most commercially successful group in Australia, but over the next few years, Skyhooks rapidly faded from the public eye with the departure of key members, and in 1980 the band announced its break-up in controversial circumstances.
Tampa Bay only needed one more week to get their second win, a home win over the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1977 season finale.
A plagiarism case between Wire's music publisher and Elastica, over the similarity between Wire's 1977 song " Three Girl Rhumba " and Elastica's 1995 hit " Connection ", resulted in an out-of-court settlement.
** The 1977 Rugby League World Cup culminates in Australia's 13 – 12 victory over Great Britain at the Sydney Cricket Ground before about 24, 450 spectators.
* The Ogaden War ( 1977 – 1978 ) was another African conflict between Somalia and Ethiopia over control of the Ogaden region.
1977 and losing
Following Unitas ' departure, the Colts would make the playoffs three consecutive season from 1975 to 1977, losing in the divisional round each time.
Meanwhile, the huge Monaco ( Royal Monaco beginning in 1977 when the mid-sized Coronet was renamed " Monaco ") models hung around through 1977, losing sales every year, until finally being replaced by the St. Regis for 1979 following a one-year absence from the big car market.
The CDA remained the largest party, but it was forced to co-operate with the PvdA and D66 ( the PPR had left the alliance, after losing the 1977 elections ).
The ceremonial post of Deputy President pro tempore was created for Hubert Humphrey, a former vice president, in 1977 following his losing bid to become the Senate majority leader.
In 1977, the club reached the UEFA Cup final, only losing on away goals to Juventus.
In 1969, The Piper family agreed to sell Piper Aircraft to Bangor Punta Corporation, which started an eight-year court battle with the losing bidder, Chris-Craft Industries, culminating in a Supreme Court decision in 1977.
The win ends their NFL record 26-game losing streak encompassing the entire 1976 season and the first 12 games in 1977.
In 1977, he ran unsuccessfully for Georgia's 5th Congressional District seat, losing to Congressman John Lewis.
He began 1977 by losing to Mustafa Muhammad ( then Gregory ), but he quickly turned things around by facing the future three time world champion Marvin Johnson, for the United States Light-Heavyweight title.
In November 1977, on a comeback start Jerry fought seven losing rounds against the fast but light hitting Italian European Champion Lorenzo Zanon before a star-studded Las Vegas crowd, until his left hook turned the tables and knocked Zanon out in the ninth round.
Upset at losing the 1977 game under poor weather conditions, the Eskimos hoped for a rematch with Montreal in 1978.
Other names Mamby has fought include Roberto Durán ( losing by points in a non-title affair in 1976 ) and Saengsak Muangsurin ( losing a 15-round decision in Thailand in 1977 in an attempt to win Muangsurin's title, the same WBC belt Mamby would win from Saengsak's conqueror, Sang-Hyun ).
During the first top flight season, it managed to win both games against Valencia, managing a 5 – 1 home win against Barcelona in the 1964 – 65 campaign, but being relegated nonetheless, after losing in the playoffs against CD Málaga, and spent most of the following two decades in the second and third divisions – Segunda División B would not be created until 1977.
The party was also joined by the National Union of Independents ( UNI ) and the African Regroupment Party ( PRA ), which lost their status as political parties following the elections ( the 1977 Constitution limited the number of political parties to three, and PRA and UNI were the parties that came 4th and 5th thus losing their legal status ).
After taking those two league titles in 1977 – 78 and 1978 – 79, losing only one game in total ( winning 1 – 0 in 1977 – 78 ), Caernarfon were granted permission by the Welsh Football Association to join the Lancashire Combination league.
After the party's disppointing performance in the 1977 provincial election, that included losing second party status, Lewis stepped down and Michael Cassidy was elected leader in 1978.
After losing their first child at the age of four months in 1887, the Dudeneys had one daughter, Margery Janet ( 1890 – 1977 ).
He served continuously in the Dáil until losing his seat in the 1992 general election, having been TD for Dublin Finglas from 1977 to 1981 when Dublin constituencies were reconfigured as 3-seaters, before being returned for Dublin North-West in 1981.
Kerr was the Labor candidate in the Division of Braddon in the Australian federal election, 1977, losing to future Premier of Tasmania Ray Groom.
In this first season in the Football League Fourth Division Watford won the title at his first attempt during the 1977 – 78 season, losing only five of 46 games and winning the league by 11 points.
Pulman reached the semi finals of the World Championship when it was first held at The Crucible in Sheffield in 1977, narrowly losing to the eventual winner John Spencer by 18 frames to 16.
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