In 1982, a radical liberalization of the law on cable was proposed by the Information Technology Advisory Panel, for the sake of promoting a new generation of broadband cable systems leading to the wired society After setting up and receiving the conclusions of the Hunt Inquiry into Cable Expansion and Broadcasting Policy, the Government decided to proceed with liberalization and two pieces of legislation: the Cable and Broadcasting Act and the Telecommunications Act, were enacted in 1984.

The thermoregulatory hypothesis ( first proposed by Darwin in 1871 and later developed by Dr. Peter Wheeler, 1984, 1985 ) suggests that a need for decreased body hair originated as a response to climate change that began approximately 3 million years ago.

* 1984 – Prince Charles calls a proposed addition to the National Gallery, London, a " monstrous carbuncle on the face of a much-loved and elegant friend ," sparking controversies on the proper role of the Royal Family and the course of modern architecture.

The motivation of digital subscriber line technology was the Integrated Services Digital Network ( ISDN ) specification proposed in 1984 by the CCITT ( now ITU-T ) as part of Recommendation I. 120, later reused as ISDN Digital Subscriber Line ( IDSL ).

His second marriage, from 1983 to 1984, was to actress and author Carrie Fisher to whom he proposed after a New York Yankees game.

In 1984, the Reagan Administration reversed its course, though in the meantime the original deadline had been extended ; Elizabeth Dole, then Transportation Secretary, proposed that the two passive safety restraints be phased into vehicles gradually, from vehicle model year 1987 to vehicle model year 1990, when all vehicles would be required to have either automatic seat belts or driver side air bags.

In the United States, a diagnosis of seasonal affective disorder was first proposed by Norman E. Rosenthal, MD in 1984.

According to one study by Steinbach ( 1984 ), a classic interaction in NLP can be understood in terms of several major stages including establishing rapport, gathering information about a problem state and desired goals, using specific tools and techniques to make interventions, and integrating proposed changes into the client's life.

As early as 1984, she proposed a moratorium on the application in Illinois of the death penalty.

Also in 1984, Feinstein proposed banning handguns in San Francisco, and became subject to a recall attempt organized by the White Panther Party.

The mission was proposed in 1984 and approved in 1985 ; a project team was formed in 1993 and development work began in 1996.

He proposed a plan in 1984, known as the MacBride Principles, which he argued would eliminate discrimination against Roman Catholics by employers in Northern Ireland and received widespread support for it in the United States and from Sinn Féin.

In 1984, K. Mani Chandy and J. Misra proposed a different solution to the dining philosophers problem to allow for arbitrary agents ( numbered P < sub > 1 </ sub >, ..., P < sub > n </ sub >) to contend for an arbitrary number of resources, unlike Dijkstra's solution.

The SART algorithm ( Simultaneous Algebraic Reconstruction Technique ) proposed by Andersen and Kak in 1984 has had a major impact in CT imaging

This approach was proposed by Trevor Hastie in his thesis ( 1984 ) and developed further by many authors.

Rodrigues ( 1984 – 1985 ) proposed eight tentative branches of Tupí – Guaraní:

In 1984 his public spending negotiations with his Treasury colleagues resulted in a proposed plan for extra research funding for universities financed through the curtailment of financial support to students who were dependent children of more affluent parents.

Although Crass formally split up in 1984, Penny Rimbaud, Gee Vaucher, Eve Libertine, Steve Ignorant, Andy Palmer and Pete Wright came together in November 2002 to put on a concert at the Queen Elizabeth Hall on London's South Bank in opposition to the at that time proposed War on Iraq.

President Ronald Reagan had proposed the idea of tax reform in 1984, but Packwood's initial response was indifference.

It was proposed in 1984 by Leslie Valiant.

ID-based encryption was proposed by Adi Shamir in 1984.

A non-functioning mock-up of the proposed Finial turntable was shown at the 1984 Consumer Electronics Show ( CES ), generating much interest and a fair amount of mystery, since the patents had not yet been granted and the details had to be kept secret.

After significant ridership gains in 1984 PennDOT proposed to Amtrak that a second frequency be added to the route.

Janina Kaminska at the UK Home Office proposed the term in 1984.

Although first proposed in 1980, it was not until 1984 that the ROC's executive-level Government Information Office ( GIO ), which regulates mass media activities and serves as the government press bureau, attempted to create a separate entity that would produce public interest programs for broadcast on the ROC's then-existing three terrestrial networks.

The first TCP implementations to handle congestion well were developed in 1984, but it was not until Van Jacobson's inclusion of an open source solution in the Berkeley Standard Distribution UNIX (" BSD ") in 1988 that good TCP implementations became widespread.

Borrowing from technologies pioneered in the US and Australian markets ( where strict emissions regulations meant the inclusion of high compression carburetted engines was not feasible ) the new derivative was originally only available in the Vitesse model, but from 1984 onwards it was also offered in the luxury Vanden Plas range, badged as the Vanden Plas EFi.

The 1985 edition of the Copa Libertadores saw the inclusion of three Argentine teams, Independiente as the previous years champions, Ferro Carril Oeste as the champions of the 1984 Nacional and Argentinos Juniors as the champions of the 1984 Metropolitano.

The inclusion was so successful with fans that Needham continued to insert comedic outtakes in his future directorial efforts such as Smokey & The Bandit 2 ( 1980 ), Cannonball Run ( 1981 ), Stroker Ace ( 1983 ) and Cannonball Run 2 ( 1984 ).

He was for five years Poet Laureate of his home state, New Hampshire ( 1984 – 89 ), and can list among the many other honours and awards to have come his way: the Lamont Poetry Prize for Exiles and Marriages ( 1955 ), the Edna St Vincent Millay Award ( 1956 ), two Guggenheim Fellowships ( 1963 – 64, 1972 – 73 ), inclusion on the Horn Book Honour List ( 1986 ), the Sarah Josepha Hale Award ( 1983 ), the Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize ( 1987 ), the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry ( 1988 ), the NBCC Award ( 1989 ), the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in poetry ( 1989 ), and the Frost Medal ( 1990 ).

The inclusion of religious symbols in public holiday displays came before the Supreme Court in Lynch v. Donnelly ( 1984 ), and again in Allegheny County v. Greater Pittsburgh ACLU ( 1989 ).

" Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now " is a single by The Smiths that reached # 10 on the UK Singles Chart in June 1984 before its inclusion on the compilation album, Hatful of Hollow.

Mario Lemieux, one of the most highly touted NHL draft picks in history, was due to be drafted in the 1984 NHL Entry Draft.

In the summer of 1984 the team's fortunes changed forever when it received the third pick of the 1984 NBA Draft, after Houston and Portland.

* Shawn Abner, former professional baseball player and # 1 1984 Draft Selection

* Ben Abner, former professional baseball player and 1984 Draft Selection

This prompted Maddux to declare eligibility for the 1984 Major League Baseball Draft after graduation.

Maddux was drafted in the second round of the 1984 Major League Baseball Draft by the Cubs, and made his major league debut in September 1986 ; at the time, he was the youngest player in the majors.

* The Scream: First Draft, the third annual group show Ouroboros ( 1984 ), ISBN 0-920301-04-5

Young signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 1985 after being the first player selected in the 1984 NFL Supplemental Draft of USFL and CFL Players.

The Colts traded him to the Denver Broncos for QB Mark Herrmann, rights to OL Chris Hinton and a first-round pick ( OG Ron Solt ) in the 1984 NFL Draft on May 2, 1983.

Roy was drafted in the 3rd round, 51st overall in the 1984 NHL Entry Draft by the Canadiens, which he disliked, being a fan of the rival Quebec Nordiques.

Buhner was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the second round of the 1984 Major League Baseball Draft and was traded shortly thereafter to the New York Yankees.

Glavine was drafted by both the Los Angeles Kings in the 1984 NHL Entry Draft ( in the 4th round, 69th overall — two rounds ahead of future National Hockey League star Brett Hull and five rounds ahead of Luc Robitaille, both 2009 Hockey Hall of Fame inductees ), and the Atlanta Braves Major League Baseball organization in the 2nd round of the 1984 amateur baseball draft.

Saberhagen was drafted out of high school by the Kansas City Royals in the 19th round of the 1982 Major League Baseball Draft and made his major league debut on April 4, 1984.

The Calgary Flames selected him in the sixth round of the 1984 NHL Entry Draft, 117th overall.

He was the first round pick of the Calgary Flames, 12th overall in the 1984 NHL Entry Draft.

After the season, Roberts was drafted by the Calgary Flames in the 1984 NHL Entry Draft.

Before the 2004 NBA Draft, Gordon thought that he would be drafted anywhere from 7th to 12th, but as the draft got closer he claimed to have an inkling that the Bulls might draft him third as they did with Michael Jordan 20 years earlier in the 1984 NBA Draft.

The New York Rangers drafted him in the 1984 NHL Entry Draft as their second pick ( 2nd round, number 35 ), and Helminen headed for the NHL in the fall of 1985.

Eligible for the 1984 NHL Entry Draft but unselected, he chose to attend Cornell University where he played hockey and lacrosse for the Big Red.

Olczyk was drafted by the Chicago Blackhawks in the 1984 NHL Entry Draft, first round, third overall.

He was drafted second overall by the New Jersey Devils in the 1984 NHL Entry Draft behind Mario Lemieux.

Following his rookie season with the Generals, he was drafted by the New Jersey Devils in the 1984 NHL Entry Draft with their sixth pick, 107th overall.