In 1987, Joshua Sinai of the Library of Congress wrote that the Syrian Arab Army was the dominant military service, and as such controlled the senior-most posts in the armed forces, and had the most manpower, approximately 80 percent of the combined services.

In 1987, Andersson wrote music and co-produced the soundtrack with Anders Eljas for the film Mio in the Land of Faraway, based on Swedish author Astrid Lindgrens Mio, my Mio.

In 1987 Lowell Liebermann wrote his Sonata for Contrabass and Piano Op. 24.

Jim Kerr of Simple Minds was so moved by the results of the Enniskillen bombing in 1987 that he wrote new words to the traditional folk song " She Moved Through The Fair " and the group recorded it with the name " Belfast Child ".

Show creators Julia Smith and Tony Holland also wrote a book about the show in 1987, entitled EastEnders: The Inside Story ( ISBN 978-0-563-20601-9 ), telling the story of how the show made it to screen.

In 1987, Otomo continued working in anime, directing an animated work for the first time: a segment, which he also wrote the screenplay and drew animation for, in the anthology feature Neo Tokyo.

Daniel Henninger wrote, in a Wall Street Journal editorial, " Ronald Reagan tore down this wall ( the Fairness Doctrine ) in 1987 ... and Rush Limbaugh was the first man to proclaim himself liberated from the East Germany of liberal media domination.

Referring to the book's original 1987 publication in a Rolling Stone review pegged to the book's republication in 2002, the critic Jon Caramanica wrote, " It might well be the most comprehensive biography ever written about a pop act while it was still in its prime.

After he left The Band, Robbie Robertson became a music producer and wrote film soundtracks ( including acting as music supervisor for several of Scorsese's films ) before a highly praised comeback with a Daniel Lanois produced, eponymous solo album in 1987.

On the Indigo Girls album 1200 Curfews ( Disc 2 ) Amy Ray starts the song " Land of Cannaan " ( which originally was on their 1987 Strange Fire album ) by saying " When I first wrote this song it was a ballad, and then I heard The Replacements, and it wasn't any more.

In 1987 he wrote a rambling seven-page " hacking manifesto of sorts, complete with his theories on Hagbard Celine and the Illuminati.

Collaborative software was originally designated as groupware and this term can be traced as far back as the late 1980s, when Richman and Slovak ( 1987 ) wrote:

In 1987 Italian singer-songwriters Claudio Lolli and Francesco Guccini wrote a song, Keaton, about his work in Italy on the film Due Marines e un Generale

He then wrote the script, basing the character of Lindsey on Hurd and finished it by the end of 1987.

Michael Belluomo, editor of Sportswear International Magazine, Oct / Nov 1987, P. 45, wrote that in 1965, Limbo, a boutique in the New York East Village, was " the first retailer to wash a new pair of jeans to get a used, worn effect, and the idea became a hit.

During the debate in 1987 over a free trade agreement between Canada and the United States, Atwood spoke out against the deal, including an essay she wrote opposing the agreement.

In her second memoir, This ' N That ( 1987 ), Davis wrote, " I am still recovering from the fact that a child of mine would write about me behind my back, to say nothing about the kind of book it is.

Individual performances continued to receive praise ; in 1987, Bill Collins analyzed The Letter ( 1940 ), and described her performance as " a brilliant, subtle achievement ", and wrote, " Bette Davis makes Leslie Crosbie one of the most extraordinary females in movies.

Hellraiser ( also known as Clive Barker's Hellraiser ) is a 1987 English horror film based upon the novella The Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker, who also wrote the screenplay and directed the film.

In his autobiography Warrior ( 1987 ) he wrote:

DeLaria is also known for her touring " musical comedy about perverts ," Dos Lesbos ( 1987 – 1989 ) as well as Girl Friday, a comedy she conceived, wrote, directed and starred in, and which won the 1989 Golden Gull for Best Comedy Group in Provincetown, Massachusetts.

Sargent wrote a rebuttal to these criticisms ( also not published until 1987 ) in which he did not deny that what Blackmore saw occurred, but her conclusions based on those observations were wrong and prejudiced.

" For many years now ," he wrote in 1987, " I have been addressing myself primarily, not to other critics, but to students and a nonspecialist public, realizing that whatever new directions can come to my discipline will come from their needs and their intense if unfocused vision " ( Auguries 7 ).

In 1987 Anarchy, A Graphic Guide, which Harper wrote and illustrated, was published by Camden Press: This has become a definitive and popular introduction to the subject, combining a thorough and inclusive overview of anarchism with his distinctive illustration.

From 1987 to 1991, he served as major general, and then was promoted to lieutenant general.

Map of Atlantic major hurricanes during post -" Modoki " seasons, including 1987 Atlantic hurricane season | 1987, 1992 Atlantic hurricane season | 1992, 1995 Atlantic hurricane season | 1995, 2003 Atlantic hurricane season | 2003 and 2005 Atlantic hurricane season | 2005.

His major subsequent films include The French Connection ( 1971 ), in which he played Jimmy " Popeye " Doyle ; The Poseidon Adventure ( 1972 ); The Conversation ( 1974 ); Superman ( 1978 ), in which he played arch-villain Lex Luthor ; Hoosiers ( 1986 ); Mississippi Burning ( 1987 ); Unforgiven ( 1992 ); The Firm ( 1993 ); Crimson Tide ( 1995 ); Get Shorty ( 1995 ); The Birdcage ( 1996 ); Enemy of the State ( 1998 ); and The Royal Tenenbaums ( 2001 ).

The labour movement went through a process of reorganization from 1987 to 1991 from which emerged the present configuration of three major labour union federations, Rengo, Zenroren, and Zenrokyo along with other smaller national union organizations.

From the late 1970s to around 1987, the armed forces were involved in the Chadian-Libyan conflict with four major incursions into Chad.

Lord Peter Wimsey was played by Ian Carmichael in a series of independent serials that ran from 1972 to 1975 and adapted five novels ( Clouds of Witness, The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club, Five Red Herrings, Murder Must Advertise and The Nine Tailors ) and by Edward Petherbridge in 1987, in which three of the four major Wimsey / Vane novels ( Strong Poison, Have his Carcase and Gaudy Night ) were dramatised.

A major production of the show was mounted in London by the English National Opera in 1987.

It was embodied most strongly in the visual arts, music, and literature, but had a major impact on historiography ( Levin 1967 ,), education ( Gutek 1987, ch.

Kew's third major conservatory, the Princess of Wales Conservatory, designed by architect Gordon Wilson, was opened in 1987 by Diana, Princess of Wales in commemoration of her predecessor Augusta's associations with Kew.

During 1987 the Geumgangsan Dam was a major issue that Seoul sought to raise in talks with Pyongyang.

Under the 1987 statute, the Guard of the Rock are all enrolled as ' Criminal Police Officers ' ( in addition to their military role ) and act to assist the police in investigating major crime.

A major expansion was undertaken for the 1987 Canada Winter Games which saw extensive sports facilities built at the campus.

Films such as Class ( film ), The Breakfast Club, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Mannequin ( 1987 film ), Porky's, Pretty In Pink, Sixteen Candles, St. Elmo's Fire ( film ), Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Weird Science and Valley Girl were popular teen comedies of the era and launched the careers of several major celebrities such as: Emilio Estevez, Anthony Michael Hall, Forest Whitaker, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Andrew McCarthy, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald, Sean Penn and Nicolas Cage.

It was a major component in completing the single market and came into force on 1 July 1987.

Also the importance of education with ‘... schools being designed to create “ functioning community ”- forging tighter links between parents and the school ’ ( Coleman & Hoffer, 1987 ) linking that without this interaction, the social capital in this area is disadvantaged and demonstrates that social capital plays a major role in education.

On August 24, 1987, the five major objects closest to the Earth — the Sun, the Moon, Mercury, Venus, and Mars — were within approximately five degrees of one another, the Sun setting first, followed by Mars, Venus, Mercury, and the Moon, in that order, within 20 minutes.

The economic recovery programs implemented by the PNDC in 1983 and the proposal for district assemblies in 1987 were major elements in the government's strategy to address these fundamental and persistent problems.

She finally scored a major box-office hit as Sukie Ridgemont in the 1987 adaptation of John Updike's novel The Witches of Eastwick, alongside Jack Nicholson, Cher and Susan Sarandon.

In 1987, Ryan led the major leagues in both ERA ( 2. 76 ) and strikeouts ( 270 ) at the age of 40 — but finished 8 – 16 as the result of extremely poor run support.

His father had earlier paid for an extension to house the major part of the Turner Bequest, which in 1987 was transferred to a wing paid for by Sir Charles Clore.

In 1987, the Clore Wing opened to house the major part of the Turner bequest and also provided a 200 seat auditorium.

The major biographies are the uplifting two-volume Aneurin Bevan by Michael Foot ( 1962 and 1974 ) and the more sceptical Nye Bevan and the Mirage of British Socialism, by John Campbell ( 1987 ).

On May 28, 1987, a West German pilot named Mathias Rust landed a light aircraft on St Basil's descent next to Red Square, causing a major scandal in the Soviet Air Defence Forces.