Throughout 1996 and 1997, the WWF lost much of its leading talent to WCW, including Razor Ramon ( Scott Hall ), Diesel ( Kevin Nash ), Sycho Sid ( Sid Eudy ), Alundra Blayze ( Debrah Miceli ), and Rick Rude ( Richard Rood ).

He was awarded the ' Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion ' in 1997 and the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Community Leadership and India's second highest civilian honour, the Padma Vibhushan in 1999.

Ramon had been selected as a Payload Specialist in 1997 and trained at the Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas, from 1998 until 2003.

Anand received a Ramon Magsaysay Award for Government Service in 1997.

That includes players like Ron Washington ( 1977 ), Bob Welch ( 1977 ), Ron Roenicke ( 1978 – 1979 ), Mike Scioscia ( 1978 ), Dave Stewart ( 1978 ), Orel Hershiser ( 1980 – 1981, 1991 ), Fernando Valenzuela ( 1980 ), Steve Sax ( 1981 ), Sid Bream ( 1982 ), Sid Fernandez ( 1983 ), Franklin Stubbs ( 1983 ), Ramon Martinez ( 1988, 1996 ), John Wetteland ( 1988 ), Eric Karros ( 1990 ), Pedro Martinez ( 1991 ), Raul Mondesi ( 1991 – 1992 ), Eric Young ( 1991 ), Mike Piazza ( 1992 ), Henry Blanco ( 1993 – 1996 ), Todd Hollandsworth ( 1993 ), Chan Ho Park ( 1994 ), Miguel Cairo ( 1995 ), Paul LoDuca ( 1995, 1997 ), Paul Konerko ( 1996 ), Alex Cora ( 1997 ), Dennys Reyes ( 1997 ), Adrian Beltre ( 1998 ) and Eric Gagne ( 1999 ).

The term alphasyllabary was suggested for the Indic scripts in 1997 by William Bright, following South Asian linguistic usage, to convey the idea that " they share features of both alphabet and syllabary ".

All churches apart from the Armenian Apostolic Church must register with the government, and proselytizing was forbidden by law, though since 1997 the government has pursued more moderate policies.

A liberal foreign investment law was approved in June 1994, and a Law on Privatization was adopted in 1997, as well as a program on state property privatization.

This was the first $ 50 coin issued by the U. S. Mint and no higher was produced until the production of the $ 100 platinum coins in 1997.

Ozanam was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1997.

The 1899 act mentioned above was replaced in 1997 — until then the government had stated there were no ethnic minority groups.

It was discovered only as recently as 1997.

By 1997, the refinery reached the same rate of production it was at before the war.

Like his mother, neither he nor Christine sought a divorce for the next thirty years and it was only in 1997 that they formally divorced ; Ayckbourn married Heather Stoney.

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.

Esquisse d ’ un Programme was published in the two-volume proceedings Geometric Galois Actions ( Cambridge University Press, 1997 ).

In New York, the New Normannii Reik of Theodish Belief was founded in 1997 and is led by Dan Halloran, but in 2009 many members split off and formed the Arfstoll Church of Theodish Belief, White Marsh Theod, and Álfröðull þjóð.

In a 1997 open letter to Ms. magazine she expressed displeasure that what she considers a way to ensure her own artistic freedom was seen by others solely in terms of its financial success.

In 2001, it achieved high rankings in the annual Maclean's University Rankings, including Best Overall for Primarily Undergraduate University in their opinion survey, and it received the Canadian Information Productivity Award in 1997 as it was praised as the first university in Canada to fully utilize information technology in the undergraduate curriculum.

FIC demonstrated the first Socket 7 AGP system board in November 1997 as the FIC PA-2012 based on the VIA Apollo VP3 chipset, followed very quickly by the EPoX P55-VP3 also based on the VIA VP3 chipset which was first to market.

The first Windows NT-based operating system to receive AGP support was Windows NT 4. 0 with service pack 3, introduced in 1997.

She is a Privy Councillor and was the Member of Parliament for Maidstone from 1987 to 1997 and for Maidstone and The Weald from 1997 to 2010.

She was first elected to the House of Commons in the 1987 general election as member for the constituency of Maidstone ( which became Maidstone and The Weald in 1997 ).

After she covered the 10cc song " The Things We Do For Love " for the Mr. Wrong soundtrack, Behind the Eyes was released in September 1997.

The organization was formed in December 1997 to " provide IP registration services as an independent, nonprofit corporation.

The first president of ARIN was Kim Hubbard, from 1997 until 2000.

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.

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.

Sprint PCS later selected CDMA as the radio interface for its nationwide network and built out a parallel CDMA network in the Baltimore-Washington area, launching service in 1997.

He assumed command of Third ( U. S .) Army / Army Forces Central Command in Atlanta, Ga. in May 1997, a post he held until June 2000 when he was selected for promotion to general and assignment as Commander in Chief, United States Central Command.

In 1997, the game is selected by a panel of experts as the greatest of the NBA's first 50 years.

The selected papers of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, Rutgers, 1997.

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

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

One of Keaton's most iconic and brilliantly-constructed short films, Cops was deemed " culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant " by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in their National Film Registry in 1997.

It won the Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject and in 1997, was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress having been identified as " culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant ".

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

In 1997, the original reels were selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry as being deemed " culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.

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

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

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

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

In 1997, the film was deemed " culturally significant " by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.

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

Filmed by internee Dave Tatsuno ( 1913-2006 ), it was deemed " culturally significant " by the United States Library of Congress in 1997, and was the second amateur film ever selected for preservation in the National Film Registry ( behind the " Zapruder " film of the JFK assassination ).

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

At the start of the 1997 – 98 season, a new selection policy was announced: the Test and ODI teams became separate entities, with specialists in each form of the game selected accordingly.

Many cattle farmers have switched to growing Christmas trees, and in 1997, 2007 and 2008, an Ashe County Christmas tree was selected as the official White House Christmas Tree by the National Christmas Tree Association.

Another exceptional quilt which Dollie collaborated on, " The Cherry Tree ," is now part of the National Archives in Washington D. C. The quilt was selected as part of a featured exhibition which toured the U. S. in 1997.

Originally selected for inactivation in 1997, Air Force officials delayed the decision in recognition of the Nomads ' connection with Khobar Towers.

In the winter of 1997, as part of Kentucky's elk restoration project, Salyersville became one of the locations selected for the release of elk into the wilderness area of the mountains.