* Disposals of bulk chemicals businesses at that time included the sale of its Australian subsidiary, ICI Australia, for £ 1bn in 1997, and of its polyester chemicals business to DuPont for $ 3 billion also in 1997.

In 1997 Unilever sold the speciality chemicals businesses National Starch & Chemical, Quest, Unichema and Crosfield to ICI for US $ 8 billion.

In July 1997, ICI Australia became an independent Australasian company after its parent company, ICI Plc, divested its 62. 4 per cent shareholding in the company.

Trotman was a director of ICI from 1997 until 2003 and became Chairman in January 2002, having previously served on the ICI Board since 1997.

In November 1997, Borland acquired Visigenic, a middleware company that was focused on implementations of CORBA.

In September 1997, the Commodore brand name was acquired by Dutch computer maker Tulip Computers NV.

Godzilla 1985 has been released on home video several times in the U. S. The first release was by New World in the mid 80's, another by Starmaker video ( who had acquired some of New World's library ) in the 1992, and again by Anchor Bay in 1997 All home video releases include the Bambi Meets Godzilla animated short with the exception of the Starmaker release.

In December 1997, PGP Inc. was acquired by Network Associates, Inc. (" NAI ").

That company was acquired by Network Associates ( NAI ) in December 1997, and Zimmermann stayed on for three years as a Senior Fellow.

In 1997, Raven made an exclusive publishing deal with Activision and was subsequently acquired by them.

Rival network Channel 5 also acquired repeat rights for a full rerun of the series, starting in 1997.

In 1998, Henderson and Valenzuela were gone, but newly acquired ( from the 1997 World Series champion Florida Marlins ) pitcher Kevin Brown had a sensational year ( his only one with the Padres ) and outfielder / slugger Greg Vaughn bounced back after a poor 1997 season and hit 50 home runs ( overlooked in that season of the Mark McGwire-Sammy Sosa race ).

For licences first acquired after 1997, that weight was reduced to, not including trailers.

For example: Activision acquired Raven ( 1997 ), Neversoft ( 1999 ), Z-Axis ( 2001 ), Treyarch ( 2001 ), Luxoflux ( 2002 ), Shaba ( 2002 ), Infinity Ward ( 2003 ) and Vicarious Visions ( 2005 ).

These facilities were privatised in 1997 as Merlin Communications, which were later acquired and operated as part of a wider network for multiple broadcasters by VT Communications ( now part of Babcock International Group ).

In 1970, the Vindolanda Trust, a registered charity, was founded to administer the site and its museum, and in 1997, the Trust took over the running of the Roman Army Museum at Carvoran, another Hadrian's Wall fort, which it had acquired in 1972.

Following an announcement on December 20, 1996, on February 4, 1997, Apple Computer acquired NeXT for $ 429 million, and used the OPENSTEP for Mach operating system as the basis for OS X.

Formed in 1986, it acquired ( and subsequently merged ) the Computer Film Company in 1997.

Framestore acquired the Computer Film Company ( CFC ) in 1997 which was one of the first digital film special effects companies, developing technology for digital film scanning, compositing, and output.

SoftICE was originally produced by a company called NuMega, and was subsequently acquired by Compuware in 1997, which in turn sold the property to Micro Focus in 2009.

In 1995, Steinway Musical Properties, parent company of Steinway, merged with the Selmer Company to form Steinway Musical Instruments, which acquired the flute manufacturer Emerson in 1997, then piano keyboard maker Kluge in 1998, and the Steinway Hall in 1999.

* Berkeley Systems in Berkeley, California, founded in 1987, acquired in 1997, closed 2000.

The category acquired the moniker ' V8 Supercars ' in 1997 after event-management company IMG won the rights to promote the series in 1997, and led the championship on a rapid expansion.

In 1997 General Dynamics acquired the Computing Devices International Division of Ceridian.

In April 1997, Linotype-Hell AG was acquired by Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG.

US operator Primus acquired Axicorp ( rebadged as Primus Telecom ) in 1997, gaining a carriers license and expanding into internet services.

Arbor Day reached its height of popularity on its 125th anniversary in 1997, when David J. Wright, noticed that a Nebraska nonprofit organization called the National Arbor Day Foundation had taken the name of the holiday and commercialized it for their own use as a trademark for their publication " Arbor Day ," so he countered their efforts, launched a website, and trademarked it for " public use celebrations " and defended the matter in a federal district court in the United States to ensure it was judged as property of the public domain, the case was settled in October 1999.

Thus, on January 16, 1997, the Diamondbacks were officially voted into the National League while their expansion counterparts in Tampa Bay were voted into the American League.

Agreements also were struck with rebels from the National Front of Chad ( FNT ) and Movement for Social Justice and Democracy in October 1997.

Charles has opened the National Lottery draw ( 1997 ) and his home has featured on Through the Keyhole.

* From the Field: A Collection of Writings from National Geographic ( 1997, editor )

Adams has also received the National Cartoonist Society Reuben Award and Newspaper Comic Strip Award in 1997 for his work on the strip.

In May 1997, following the demonstrations that led to the ousting of Bucaram and appointment of Alarcón, the people of Ecuador called for a National Assembly to reform the Constitution and the country's political structure.

The Marlins have the distinction of winning a World Series championship every year they qualified for the postseason, doing so in 1997 and 2003 — both times as the National League wild card team.

In the 1997 National League Championship Series, Brown, riddled with the flu, proceeded to pitch a complete game in Game Six, defeating the Atlanta Braves and helping the Marlins reach the World Series, which they eventually won over the Cleveland Indians.

Frederik Willem de Klerk ( born 18 March 1936 ), often known as F. W. de Klerk, was the seventh and last State President of apartheid-era South Africa, serving from September 1989 to May 1994. de Klerk was also leader of the National Party ( which later became the New National Party ) from February 1989 to September 1997.

In 1997 he also gave over the leadership of the National Party and retired from politics.

Regulation: The National Communications Authority ( NCA ), an independent regulator, was created in 1997, deriving its statutory framework from the NCA Act 1996.

Center on National Security and Law, University of Virginia, 1997: entire.

* 1997 – Foreign Associate, U. S. National Academy of Sciences

The film is ranked number 45 on the American Film Institute's list of 100 Funniest Movies of all Time, and was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress in 1997 for being " culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.

Years later, in a 1997 CNN / National Security Archive interview, Brzezinski detailed the strategy taken by the Carter administration against the Soviets in 1979:

** National Tournament Top 10 finishes: 1967, 1968, 1969, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1988, 1989, 1995, 1997, 1998 and 2000

In October 1997, Indonesia and the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) reached agreement on an economic reform program aimed at macroeconomic stabilization and elimination of some of the country's most damaging economic policies, such as the National Car Program and the clove monopoly, both involving family members of President Soeharto.

The Jell-O Gallery museum is operated by the Le Roy Historical Society and located at the Le Roy House and Union Free School, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.

In the middle of this era, in 1997, the Royals declined the opportunity to switch to the National League as part of a realignment plan to introduce the Arizona Diamondbacks and Tampa Bay Devil Rays as expansion teams.

Among Kain's other honours are the Performing Arts Award ( 1992 ) and the National Arts Centre Award ( 1997 ).

After considerable progress in negotiations conducted by the United States, United Nations, Organization of African Unity, and the Economic Community of West African States, disarmament and demobilization of warring factions were hastily carried out and special elections were held on 19 July 1997 with Charles Taylor and his National Patriotic Party emerging victorious.

In 1997, Mean Streets was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being " culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.