The UK signed the Berne Convention in 1887 but did not implement large parts of it until 100 years later with the passage of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act of 1988.

The Marxist FUTH, with an estimated 16, 000 members in the early 1990s, was first organized in 1980 by three communist-influenced unions, but did not receive legal status until 1988.

Dalglish did not play in Liverpool's 1988 – 89 campaign, and he made his final league appearance on 5 May 1990 as a substitute against Derby.

Though Philby claimed publicly in January 1988 that he did not regret his decisions, and that he missed nothing about England except some friends, Colman's mustard, and Lea & Perrins Worcestershire sauce, his KGB-appointed wife Rufina later described Philby as " disappointed in many ways " by what he found in Moscow.

Rust's return to Germany on 3 August 1988 was accompanied by huge media attention, but he did not talk to the assembled journalists ; his family had sold the exclusive rights to the story to the German magazine Stern for DM 100, 000.

The hiring of Dave Cutler, former VMS architect, in 1988 created an immediate competition with the OS / 2 team, as Cutler did not think much of the OS / 2 technology and wanted to build on his work at Digital rather than creating a " DOS plus ".

Singapore general election, 2006 marked the first time since 1988 the PAP did not return to power on nomination day, with the opposition parties fielding candidates in over half of the constituencies.

The Cowboys ' 3-13 record in 1988 did have a silver lining, it was the worst in the league and thus gave the Cowboys the first pick in the 1989 NFL Draft.

Just two years after the 1988 Iraq and Iran truce, " Saddam Hussein did what his Gulf patrons had earlier paid him to prevent.

Other songs from this session did not appear until the 1988 bootleg Lion's Share, along with four tracks from their infamous last show at the Starwood.

Questions about Dan Quayle's experience and temperament did not help the 1988 presidential campaign of George H. W.

** In Omaha, Nebraska, in the only vice presidential debate of the 1988 U. S. presidential election, the Republican vice presidential nominee, Senator Dan Quayle of Indiana, insists he has as much experience in government as John F. Kennedy did when he sought the presidency in 1960.

* Crisis ( 1988 – 1991 ) was a sister publication that did not follow the format of 2000 AD, but did share many editorial staff and creative teams.

Among the coauthors of this 1990 paper were Kip Thorne, Mike Morris, and Ulvi Yurtsever, who in 1988 had stirred up renewed interest in the subject of time travel in general relativity with their paper Wormholes, Time Machines, and the Weak Energy Condition, which showed that a new general relativity solution known as a traversable wormhole could lead to closed timelike curves, and unlike previous CTC-containing solutions it did not require unrealistic conditions for the universe as a whole.

WAIS did not adhere to either the standard or its OSI framework ( adopting instead TCP / IP ) but created a unique protocol inspired by Z39. 50: 1988.

interview in 1988, Kazan said, " I did whatever was necessary to get a good performance including so-called Method acting.

Other sports which were once held in Staines but are no longer to be found there include: boxing ( there were weekly programmes off the High Street in the 1930s, and local hearsay suggests bare-knuckle events were held at the Crooked Billet earlier in the 20th century ); wrestling ( bouts were included in boxing programmes of the last 1930s ); motorcycle football ( a club existed in the 1960s ; and American football ( a short-lived team called Staines Removers entered the Budweiser League in 1988, but failed to start the season, although they did play some friendly matches at their base on The Lammas ).

Collaborations with Bill Sharpe of Shakatak helped little, though two singles the duo recorded, " Change Your Mind ", did see chart action, reaching No. 17 and " No More Lies " reaching No. 35 in 1988 in Britain.

The last two presidential elections where Clark County did not vote for the national winner were 1968, when it voted for Humphrey over Nixon, and 1988, when it voted for Dukakis over Bush.

He moved to Internazionale in 1987 but did not do very well, and soon moved to Girondins Bordeaux in 1988 where he again disappointed.

Not long after Wilson's retirement, his mental deterioration from Alzheimer's disease began to be apparent, and he did not appear in public after 1988 when he unveiled the Clement Attlee statue at Limehouse Library on 30 November of that year.

The BCEM is the newest certifying body in emergency medicine, and since 1988 the only organization in the United States that will grant board certification in emergency medicine to a physician who has not completed an emergency medicine residency ( but did complete another residency, such as one of the primary care residencies ).

* In 1988, in his Banting lecture, Gerald M. Reaven proposed insulin resistance as the underlying factor and named the constellation of abnormalities syndrome X. Reaven did not include abdominal obesity, which has also been hypothesized as the underlying factor, as part of the condition.

He fulfilled all requirements of the homestead act in 1979 but did not receive his deed until May 1988.

In 1988, Dr Tu was one of many asked by Life Magazine to give their impressions on " The Meaning of Life.

* Trinder, Barrie Stuart ( 1988 ) The Most extraordinary district in the world: Ironbridge and Coalbrookdale: an anthology of visitors ' impressions of Ironbridge, Coalbrookdale and the Shropshire coalfield, 2nd ed., Chichester: Phillimore / Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust, ISBN 0-85033-685-6

: The studies by Jamieson, Lydon and Zanna ( 1987, 1988 ) showed that attitude similarity could predict how people evaluate their respect for each other, and social and intellectual first impressions which in terms of activity preference similarity and value-based attitude similarity respectively.

The current most senior living descendant of the Electress Sophia who is ineligible to succeed due to the act is George Windsor, Earl of St Andrews, the eldest son of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, who married the Roman Catholic Sylvana Palma Tomaselli in 1988 ; he would now be 29th in the lines of succession if he had not lost his place.

He is best known in the film industry for his role as Prince Humperdinck in Rob Reiner's 1987 film The Princess Bride, though he also has had supporting parts in some other successful films such as the original Child's Play ( 1988 ).

After decades of planning, the realisation of the three-tier school system began in 1988 under the aegis of the Head of Education, Basil George, when the Prince Andrew School was opened for all pupils of 12 onwards.

Presided over in 1983 by Her Royal Highness Princess Anne, on 20 February 1988 His Royal Highness Prince Edward is the guest of honour.

A few of the many Carolina League players who have gone on to star in the Major Leagues are: Johnny Bench ( Peninsula, 1966 ), Wade Boggs ( Winston-Salem, 1977 ), Barry Bonds ( Prince William, 1985 ), Rod Carew ( Wilson, 1966 ), Dock Ellis ( Kinston, 1965 ), Dwight Evans ( Winston-Salem, 1971 ), Dwight Gooden ( Lynchburg, 1983 ), Andruw Jones ( Durham, 1996 ), Chipper Jones ( Durham, 1992 ), Willie McCovey ( Danville, 1956 ), Joe Morgan ( Durham, 1963 ), Dave Parker ( Salem, 1972 ), Tony Pérez ( Rocky Mount, 1962 ), Andy Pettitte ( Prince William, 1993 ), Jorge Posada ( Prince William, 1993 ), Darryl Strawberry ( Lynchburg, 1981 ), Bernie Williams ( Prince William, 1988 ), and Carl Yastrzemski ( Raleigh, 1959 ).

Prince Edward met with Sauvé at Rideau Hall on June 4, 1988, to present the Governor General with royal Letters Patent permitting the federal viceroy to exercise the Queen's powers in respect of the granting of heraldic arms in Canada, leading to the eventual creation of the Canadian Heraldic Authority, of which Sauvé was the first head.

As with most Disney characters, she was given small cameos in the featurettes Mickey's Christmas Carol ( 1983 ) and The Prince and the Pauper ( 1990 ), and the 1988 feature Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

* In 1988 he was awarded the Prince of Asturias Award for Sports and the Peace Prize awarded by South Korea.

* The Prince of Pennsylvania ( 1988 )

Prince Claus was appointed Honorary Fellow of The International Institute of Social Studies ( ISS ) in 1988.

Almost lost to time and the elements, the land, including all of the ruins, was bought in 1988 by Prince Hubertus Fugger who restored the gardens and renovated the grounds into an upscale golf resort.

The 1988 comedic drama film, The Prince of Pennsylvania, and the 1996 comedy film, Kingpin were filmed throughout the borough.

Jack the Ripper was released in 1988 with Marc Culwick as Prince Albert Victor.

** Prince Constantin Jean Philippe Marie Albert Marc d ' Aviano of Nassau, Prince Jean's eldest son, was born on July 22, 1988.

Most notoriously, Prince Charles described the building in 1988 as " a clever way of building a nuclear power station in the middle of London without anyone objecting ".

It would take until 1988 for the first Best in Show at Westminster, Great Elms Prince Charming II.

The July 1988 Annual Dinner took place in Dartmouth House, Mayfair, with Guests-of-Honour being Crown Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia, and the Duke of St. Albans.

Hip hop became very much at the service of the rapper and Cash Money and DJ Jazzy Jeff, saddled with B-list rappers like Marvelous and the Fresh Prince, were accorded maybe one track on an album-for example, DJ Jazzy Jeff's " A Touch of Jazz " ( 1987 ) and " Jazzy's in the House " ( 1988 ) and Cash Money's " The Music Maker " ( 1988 ).

IPAC was officially opened by Prince Charles and Princess Diana in 1988.

Following the Conservative victory in the 2006 election, Prime Minister Stephen Harper named MacKay as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency ; he was also tasked to be the political minister for both his home province, and for neighbouring Prince Edward Island, just as his father Elmer had done between 1988 and 1993.