In 1981, at the height of his power, Castellano built a lavish 17-room mansion on a ridgeline in Todt Hill, Staten Island.

Three previous judges of the award, Malcolm Bradbury, David Holloway and W. L. Webb, met and chose Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children ( the 1981 winner ) as " the best novel out of all the winners.

In 1981, Hall moved to a product planning position with Mazda USA and again met Yamamoto, now chairman of Mazda Motors, who remembered their conversation about a roadster and in 1982 gave Hall the go-ahead to research the idea further.

This includes 12 years in a row from 1981 – 92 – all as a result of the scheduling formulas in place prior to 2002 ( this remains a record for most consecutive years in which two teams not from the same division met each other ).

An NRC study panel on the topic met in December 1981 and April 1982.

This was the first time that the two teams met in the NFC Championship since the 49ers narrowly beat the Cowboys during the 1981 season on a late touchdown pass known as " The Catch ".

He and Kathryn M. Drennan ( whom he met at San Diego State ) moved to Los Angeles on April 1, 1981 ( they would marry in 1983 ).

Pfeiffer's early acting appearances included television roles in Fantasy Island, Delta House and BAD Cats, and small film roles in Falling in Love Again ( 1980 ) with Susannah York, The Hollywood Knights ( 1980 ) opposite Tony Danza, and Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen ( 1981 ), none of which met with much critical or box office success.

Slayer was founded in 1981, when guitarist Kerry King met Jeff Hanneman while auditioning for a band.

The crisis group, referred to as the Special Situation Group ( SSG ) received a formal charter on December 14, 1981, but in fact only met once.

In 1981, while singing in a local New York bar, Lauper met David Wolff, who took over as her manager ( and at some point became romantically involved with her ) and got her signed with Portrait Records, a subsidiary of Epic Records.

DIA's publication in 1981 of the first in a series of whitepapers on the strengths and capabilities of Soviet military forces titled Soviet Military Power met with wide acclaim.

After that loss, he set his eyes on recovering his world title from the Japanese world champion, and so on April 9, 1981, they met again, this time in Wakayama, Japan.

As the story hit national news in the United Kingdom, further investigation revealed a link was established between the communities in 1981 when the mayor of Manteo, John Wilson, met with the mayor of Bideford, Pam Paddon, although it was recorded as friendly rather than formal twinning in Bideford.

In 1981, Stiles met Patricia McDonald at Punchlines where she was waitressing.

He maintained a relationship from 1981 to 1986 with American theatre journalist Albert N. Williams ( no relation ), whom Emlyn Williams met while appearing at the Northlight Theatre in the Chicago area with his one-man Charles Dickens show.

Einhorn's account of his life underground from the time he fled the United States in early January 1981 until he met his Swedish wife, Annika, in November 1987.

The Coen brothers first met Sam Raimi when Joel Coen worked as an assistant editor on Raimi's The Evil Dead ( 1981 ).

Originally designed by Larry Harris and published by Nova Game Designs in 1981, Games magazine also has inducted Axis & Allies into their buyers ' guide Hall of Fame., an honor the magazine extends to " games that have met or exceeded the highest standards of quality and play value and have been continuously in production for at least 10 years ; i. e., classics.

John Bell and Michael Houser met in 1981 in their dorm at the University of Georgia.

His second wife ( 1980-90 ) was actress Mary Steenburgen, whom he met and fell in love with while filming Time After Time, with whom he has two children: Lilly Amanda ( b. 21 January 1981 ) and Charles Malcolm ( b. 10 July 1983 ).

He is married to Jane Asher, whom he met in 1971 and married in 1981.

They met on April 12, 1981.

Bobby Ray Inman, the CIA's deputy director in 1981 and 1982, said LaRouche and his wife had visited him offering information about the West German Green Party, and a CIA spokesman said LaRouche met Deputy Director John McMahon in 1983 to discuss one of LaRouche's trips overseas.

Brady and Spence then met with government officials from the U. S. and Peru on 29 October, and " forecast a series of large magnitude earthquakes in the second half of 1981.

* 1981 – Space Shuttle program: mission STS-2, utilizing the Space Shuttle Columbia, marks the first time a manned spacecraft is launched into space twice.

The Phillies made the playoffs twice more in the 1980s after their Series win, in 1981 and 1983, where they lost to the Baltimore Orioles in the World Series, but they would soon follow these near-misses with a rapid drop back into the basement of the National League.

Depardieu has been nominated for the Best Actor in a Leading Role César 15 times during his career and won it twice, in 1981 and 1991.

McLean Stevenson, who had done so once in September 1978 and twice near the end of the second year of this version, appeared in nearly all of Season Three ( 1981 – 1982 ) and became a regular from the eleventh taped week through the end of the run.

Before 1981, Special Achievement Oscars were twice awarded to makeup artists for their work on a specific film:

She also was named Track and Field News " Athlete of the Year " twice, in 1981 and 1984

Relations with Israel were difficult under Andreas Papandreou, who was Greek prime minister twice, 1981 – 89 and 1993-96.

" The 300 + member SDSU Marching Band, " The Pride of the Dakotas ", given the special name the Millennium Band in 2000 by the South Dakota State Legislature, has marched in the 1981 and 1997 Presidential Inaugural Parades in Washington, D. C .; A Capital Fourth in 2000 in Washington DC which was broadcast on PBS ; the 2003 and 2008 Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, California making them the second collegiate band in the history of the Rose Bowl to be invited to march twice when their team was not competing ; and the Korean War Monument Dedication at the state's capital Pierre in 2004, in the company of two other college bands and 60-some high school bands from across the state.

Operating from a shophouse in Section 3, the council began operations on 1 January 1979 before moving twice ; first to the Kompleks PKNS building on 1981 and later to a newly-built 28-storey building called Wisma MPSA on 1988.

The highest recorded temperature in Sheridan,, has occurred twice, on July 19, 1956, and August 8, 1981.

Garret FitzGerald ( 9 February 192619 May 2011 ) was an Irish politician who was twice Taoiseach of Ireland, serving in office from July 1981 to February 1982 and again from December 1982 to March 1987.

She has twice won the Critics Circle Theatre Award – in 1981 for her performance in Much Ado About Nothing, and in 1993 for The Deep Blue Sea.

Originally, seven trees were planted in 1960 ; the one that survived managed to blossom twice, in 1974 and 1981.

The Livable Streets study by Donald Appleyard ( 1981 ) found that residents of streets with light traffic had, on average, three more friends and twice as many acquaintances as the people on streets with heavy traffic which were otherwise similar in dimensions, income, etc.

They fought twice, once in 1981 and once in 1989.

With an election not due until May 1984, the Alliance proved to be an instant hit with voters who were disgruntled with the Conservatives and Labour, as many opinion polls in late 1981 and early 1982 showed the Alliance as the most popular political party in Britain, peaking with a 50 % showing-up to twice the level on support shown for the Conservatives around this time.

He twice finished in the top-ten in the league in stolen bases ( & 1976 ), and twice led the league in doubles ( 1981 & 1983 ).

He was awarded as the NBA's Coach of the Year Award twice and he guided Bird, Kevin McHale, Robert Parish and the rest of the Boston Celtics to the 1981 NBA championship, defeating the Houston Rockets 4 games to 2 in the finals.

Monaco lost to Dundee United ( 1981 ) CSKA Sofia twice ( 1982 and 1984 ) and Universitatea Craiova.

At the 16 different World Championships from 1978 to 2007 inclusive, the women's team has failed to medal only twice ( in 1981 and 2006 ), and has won the team title seven times including 5 victories in a row ( 1994 – 2001 ).

She has been nominated twice for a Drama Desk Award, for What Every Woman Knows ( 1976 ) and for Knuckle ( 1981 ), respectively.

( This topic had been examined twice in the past, by the Davey Commission ( 1970 ) and the Kent Commission ( 1981 ), both of which produced recommendations that were never implemented in any meaningful way.

He was twice voted the Eclipse Award for Horse of the Year in 1981 and 1984, with his 1981 selection is the only one whereby the victor received all votes cast for that award.