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In 1996, under new owner John Moores ( a software tycoon who purchased controlling ownership in the team in 1994 from Tom Werner, who subsequently formed a syndicate that purchased the Boston Red Sox ) and team president Larry Lucchino, and with a team managed by former Padres catcher Bruce Bochy ( a member of the 1984 NL championship squad ), the team won the NL West in an exciting race, sweeping the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium in the final series of the regular season.
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After the Soviet withdrawal, between 1992 and 1996, he was minister of defense in the new government of the Islamic State of Afghanistan under president Burhanuddin Rabbani, and acted as its military leader in the civil war against competing militias around Kabul.
The arctic fox is classed as a " prohibited new organism " under New Zealand's Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996 preventing it from being imported into the country.
From 1994 to 1996, Marvel Comics published a monthly Beavis and Butt-Head comic under the Marvel Absurd imprint by a variety of writers, but with each issue drawn by artist Rick Parker.
During 1996, the Ministry of Public Security established the Fuerza Pública or Public Force which reorganized and eliminated the Civil Guard, Rural Assistance Guard, and Frontier Guards as separate entities ; they are now under the Ministry and operate on a geographic command basis performing ground security, law enforcement, counter-narcotics, and border patrol functions.
After the first free elections in 1994, de Klerk became deputy president in the government of national unity under Nelson Mandela, a post he kept until 1996.
In Russia, under chapter 54 of the Civil Code ( passed 1996 ), franchise agreements are invalid unless written and registered, and franchisors cannot set standards or limits on the prices of the franchisee's goods.
After the fall of Kabul to the Taliban on September 27, 1996, Ahmad Shah Massoud and Abdul Rashid Dostum, two former archnemesis, created the United Front ( Northern Alliance ) against the Taliban that were preparing offensives against the remaining areas under the control of Massoud and those under the control of Dostum.
Human Rights Watch cites no human rights crimes for the forces under direct control of Massoud for the period from October 1996 until the assassination of Massoud in September 2001.
For the 1996 national elections, the center-left parties created the Olive Tree coalition while the center-right united again under the House of Freedoms.
In April 1996, national elections led to the victory of a center-left coalition, Olive Tree, under the leadership of Romano Prodi.
* A convict, about to be released from a TBS-clinic, murdered the owner of a garage in 1996 while under the influence of drugs.
Mark Wahl of Critical Angle Inc., Tim Howes, and Steve Kille started work in 1996 on a new version of LDAP, LDAPv3, under the aegis of the Internet Engineering Task Force ( IETF ).
Derrick recorded a solo EP under the moniker Today's Sounds in 1996, and later on in 1999 took charge of re-issuing the Puppets ' original seven records on Rykodisc as well as putting out their first live album, Live in Montana.
In 1996, after a ten-year absence, Hay and Ham reunited under the Men at Work moniker to tour South America.
Unlike other mozzarellas — 50 % of whose production derives from non-Italian and often semi-coagulated milk — it holds the status of a protected designation of origin ( PDO 1996 ) under the European Union.
After biomechanical analysis under simulated playing conditions, Muralitharan's action was cleared by the International Cricket Council, first in 1996 and again in 1999.
" In 1994, Stephenson joined with his uncle, J. Frederick George, to publish a political thriller, Interface, under the pen name " Stephen Bury "; they followed this in 1996 with The Cobweb.
All Cynomys species are classed as a " prohibited new organism " under New Zealand's Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996, preventing it from being imported into the country.
Founded under Conservative legislation that privatised the railways, Railtrack took control of the railway infrastructure on 1 April 1994 and was floated on the Stock Exchange in May 1996.
The most successful soap operas in Italy are the evening Un posto al sole ( A place under the sun ), which airs on the channel Rai 3 since 1996 and the daytime Centovetrine ( Hundred shop windows ), which began its airing in 2001 on Canale 5.
In accordance with its rights under the Constitution, in 1996 the Nevis Island Administration under the Concerned Citizens ' Movement ( CCM ) of Premier Vance Amory initiated steps towards secession from the Federation, the most recent being a referendum in 1998 that failed to secure the required two-thirds majority for secession.
Subsequently, the Sierra Leonean Government and the UN agreed to set up the Special Court for Sierra Leone to try those who " bear the greatest responsibility for the commission of crimes against humanity, war crimes and serious violations of international humanitarian law, as well as crimes under relevant Sierra Leonean law within the territory of Sierra Leone since 30 November 1996.
The first SN system, known as SN-0, was released in 1996 under the product name Origin 2000.
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The institution moved to a new campus constructed on the Gorge Road, north of the central business district, in 1996.
By 1996, the cemetery and marker were in poor condition, but a new granite headstone was erected in 1997.
* The CEO-The PFY's uncle Brian from 1996 until 2000, when the BOFH and PFY moved on to a new company
Cyprus ratified the new world trade agreement ( General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, GATT ) in 1995 and began implementing it fully on 1 January 1996.
During this time, they still produced prolifically for artists on their new label as well as continuing Solid Steel on Kiss FM, running the night club Stealth ( Club of the Year in the NME, The Face, and Mixmag in 1996 ) and multimedia work with Hex.
Earl Mason, hired from Inland Steel effective on May 1996, immediately made an impact as the new CFO.
In 1996 Weston had been acquitted of the murder of Vikki Thompson at Ascott-under-Wychwood on 12 August 1995, but following the discovery of compelling new evidence in 2009 — Thompson's blood on Weston's boots — he was arrested and tried for a second time.
* Plutonium PAK / Atomic Edition: The Atomic Edition of Duke Nukem 3D was released in November 1996, and contained the original 3 episode game as well as a new eleven-level fourth episode.
In 1996, new rules introduced a single engine ( a detuned Judd V8 engine, re-engineered by and badged as a Zytek ) and chassis ( Lola ), to go along with tyre standardization ( Avon ) introduced in 1986.
After the series ended, two OVAs, compiling various scenes from the series along with a few minutes of new footage, were released in 1996 as Gundam Wing: Operation Meteor I, II and III.
In late 1996, Aristide broke with Préval and formed a new political party, the Lavalas Family ( Fanmi Lavalas, FL ), which won elections in April 1997 for one-third of the Senate and local assemblies, but these results were not accepted by the government.
In 1996, the Ministry of Finance introduced a new pension system instead of the fully state-backed one: private pension savings accounts were introduced, which were 50 % social security based and 50 % funded.
The HTTP WG planned to publish new standards in December 1995 and the support for pre-standard HTTP / 1. 1 based on the then developing RFC 2068 ( called HTTP-NG ) was rapidly adopted by the major browser developers in early 1996.
The horror film style has changed over time, but in 1996 Scream set off a " chain of copycats ", leading to a new variety of teenage, horror movies .< ref name = Stack > This new approach to horror films began to gradually earn more and more income as seen in the progress of Scream movies ; the first movie earned six million and the third movie earned one-hundred and one million.
In 1996, a new movement known as the Taliban, rose to power, defeated most of the warlords and took over roughly 80 % of Afghanistan.
The December 1996 signing of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium agreement to build a new pipeline from western Kazakhstan's Tengiz Field to the Black Sea increases prospects for substantially larger oil exports in several years.
In 1996, a new political party the Democratic National Union Movement was formed by Ieng Sary, who was granted amnesty for all of his roles as the deputy leader of the Khmer Rouge.
Gradual political reforms in the 1990s culminated in the constitutional reform of 1996, which created a new bicameral legislature with expanded, although still limited, powers.
In June 1996, Henry Wallace was appointed President, and he set about restructuring Mazda and setting it on a new strategic direction.
Dooms 1996 successor, Quake, offered new opportunities for both gameplay and customization, while retaining the ability to record demos.
By 1996, the club was set to build a new ballpark near the site of County Stadium, which would have a retractable roof to counter the unpredictable Wisconsin weather in the spring and autumn.
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