But far from being concerned about whether or not Russia will have achieved Utopia by 1980, the world is watching Moscow today primarily for clues as to whether or not there will be nuclear Armageddon in the immediate future.

And there must be many Soviet citizens who know what is going on and who realize that before they can hope to enjoy the full life promised for 1980 they and their children must first survive.

In this instance, there was a dosage of 562 during the first two hours and a total dosage of 1980 for the four-hour period, a four-fold increase.

After the mid-1960s, he became much less prolific, but his later work — including his final two epics, Kagemusha ( 1980 ) and Ran ( 1985 )— continued to win awards, including the Palme d ' Or for Kagemusha, though more often abroad than in Japan.

In 1980, van Vogt received a " Casper Award " ( precursor to the Canadian Aurora Awards ) for Lifetime Achievement .< ref >

Existing americium is concentrated in the areas used for the atmospheric nuclear weapons tests conducted between 1945 and 1980, as well as at the sites of nuclear incidents, such as the Chernobyl disaster.

* The Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources ( 1980 )

* 1980 – After two weeks of nationwide strikes, the Polish government was forced to sign the Gdańsk Agreement, allowing for the creation of the trade union Solidarity.

AIX / 370 was IBM's third attempt to offer Unix-like functionality for their mainframe line, specifically the System / 370 ( the prior versions were a TSS / 370 based Unix system developed jointly with AT & T c. 1980, and VM / IX a VM / 370 based system developed jointly with Interactive Systems Corporation c. 1984 ).

Gauntlett bought a 12. 5 % stake in Aston Martin for £ 500, 000 via Pace Petroleum in 1980, with Tim Hearley of CH Industrials taking a similar share.

According to the Center for Economic and Policy Research ( CEPR ), the period from 1980 – 2005 has seen diminished progress in terms of economic growth, life expectancy, infant and child mortality, and to a lesser extent education.

In 1980, Sakharov was stripped of all Soviet awards for " anti-Soviet activities ".

* Tribute, 1980 (" It's All for the Best ," lyricist )

Brazil's arms industry nearly collapsed after 1988, as a result of the termination of the Iran-Iraq War ( 1980 – 88 ), a reduction in world demand for armaments, and the decline in state support for the industry.

* Nicky Benz, a. k. a. for Nick Berk ( b. 1980 ), American wrestler

After performing for Queen Elizabeth II at a command performance in 1979, Haley made his final performances in South Africa in May and June 1980.

Martha and friends related that Bill did not want to go on the road any more and that ticket sales for that planned tour of Germany in the fall of 1980 were slow.

He also won a Golden Globe for that performance and BAFTA Awards for The Birdman of Alcatraz ( 1962 ) and Atlantic City ( 1980 ).

The mountain was the setting for a children's story, The Old Man of Lochnagar, told originally by Prince Charles to his younger brothers, Andrew and Edward, and published in 1980 with royalties accruing to The Prince's Trust.

The Society for Business Ethics was started in 1980.

Costas later did play-by-play for Chicago Bulls broadcasts on WGN-TV during the 1979 – 1980 NBA season.

This became the African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde ( PAICV ) in 1980, as Cape Verde sought to distance itself from Guinea-Bissau, following unrest in that country.

A new Constitution was approved by plebiscite characterized by the absence of registration lists, on September 11, 1980, and General Pinochet became president of the republic for an 8-year term.

For example, in the 1980 both cities claimed to be the " Oil Capital of Canada ".

For example, in 1980, a company called " Don't Ask Software ", founded by Randy Simon, created a version called " Abuse " for the Apple II, Atari, and Commodore PCs, which verbally abused the user based on the user's input.

For example, because Zork was available for years after its initial release in 1980, it continued to top charts in sales well into the mid-1980s.

For example, Jerry Fodor ( 1980 ) argues for narrow content ( although he comes to reject that view in his 1995 ), while David Chalmers ( 2002 ) argues for a two dimensional semantics according to which the contents of mental states can have both wide and narrow content.

For example, Smalltalk ( 1980 ), which was designed to be interpreted at run-time, allows generic objects to dynamically interact with each other.

For example, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters has supported Republican Party candidates on a number of occasions and the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization ( PATCO ) endorsed Ronald Reagan in 1980.

Perhaps the most high-profile example of this was, in 1980 the Metropolitan Police handing control of the Iranian Embassy Siege to the Special Air Service.

For example, Iowa State University reports the number of hog farmers in Iowa dropped from 65, 000 in 1980 to 10, 000 in 2002, while the number of hogs per farm increased from 200 to 1, 400.

While there are occasional opinions in the media expressed about the possibility of third parties emerging in the United States, for example, political insiders such as the 1980 presidential candidate John Anderson think the chances of one appearing in the early twenty-first century is remote.

Consider Peter Unger's example of a cloud ( from his famous 1980 paper, " The Problem of the Many "): it's not clear where the boundary of a cloud lies ; for any given bit of water vapor, one can ask whether it's part of the cloud or not, and for many such bits, one won't know how to answer.

In the United States, for example, there were 52 reported cases of diphtheria between 1980 and 2000 ; between 2000 and 2007, there were only three cases as the diphtheria – pertussis – tetanus ( DPT ) vaccine is recommended for all school-age children.

An example of a secular bear market was seen in gold during the period between January 1980 to June 1999, culminating with the Brown Bottom.

First formulated in this form by George Gilder in 1993, and attributed to Robert Metcalfe in regard to Ethernet, Metcalfe's law was originally presented, circa 1980, not in terms of users, but rather of " compatible communicating devices " ( for example, fax machines, telephones, etc.

An example of this was the British South Africa Police ( BSAP ), a paramilitary, mounted infantry force formed by the British South Africa Company of Cecil Rhodes in 1889 / 1890 that evolved and continued until 1980.

The number of torches made has varied from, for example, 22 for Helsinki in 1952, 6, 200 for the 1980 Moscow Games and 8, 000 for the London 2012 Games.

* The first generally agreed example of a " killer app " in gaming is Space Invaders, released for arcades in 1978 and ported to the Atari VCS ( Atari 2600 ) console in 1980, quadrupling sales of the then three year old Atari 2600 platform.

For example, there is a Zapata ( 1980 ) stage musical written by Harry Nilsson and Perry Botkin, libretto by Allan Katz, which ran for 16 weeks at the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, Connecticut.

The number of video game arcades in North America, for example, more than doubled between 1980 and 1982 ; reaching a peak of 13, 000 video game arcades across the region ( compared to 4, 000 today ).

For example, state chapters participated in campaigns to oust liberal members of Congress during the 1980 election.

The Montreal Company Location Historic District, which includes several of these company town houses, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 as a national example of industrial community planning.

The very high educational attainments of Asian Americans has often been noted ; in 1980, for example, 74 % of Chinese Americans, 62 % of Japanese Americans, and 55 % of Korean Americans aged 20 – 21 were in college, compared to a third of the whites.

A notable example is the 1980 Gdańsk Shipyard strike led by Lech Wałęsa.

Another is an " early and striking example of a major IID success is the very heart of NASA ’ s space shuttle software — the primary avionics software system, which FSD built from 1977 to 1980.

For example, a girl called Sari was born in the comic in 1980, and is now an adult punk-style girl.