He was Prime Minister from 1997 to 1999 and resigned after 18 months, fearing that he would lose a challenge.

Following the two accidents in 1997, astronaut Jerry Linenger felt that the Russian authorities attempted a cover-up to downplay the significance of the incidents, fearing that the Americans would back out of the partnership.

In August 1997 Liverpool, having been unable to agree a new contract with McManaman and fearing that the player might leave on a Bosman free transfer, accepted a £ 12 million bid for the player from Barcelona.

Ownership of the Amiga line passed through a few companies, from Escom of Germany in 1995, and then to U. S. PC clone maker Gateway in 1997, before an exclusive lifetime license was made to Amiga, Inc., a Washington company founded by former Gateway employees Bill McEwen and Fleecy Moss in 2000.

Pursuant to an agreement between the United States and Russia, the Makah tribe of Washington claimed four whales from the IWC quota established at the 1997 meeting.

He illustrated an adaptation of Aesop's Fables for the University of Washington Press in 1997.

The logo replaced the striping pattern that had been on the uniforms since the team's inception ; save for color variations, the striping pattern was similar to that used by the Washington Redskins ( until 1979 ), Green Bay Packers ( until 1997 ), and Cleveland Browns ( still in use ), which is likely why the change was made.

The most well-known building on campus is the Chapel of St. Ignatius, designed by New York architect Steven Holl, born in Bremerton, Washington: the 1997 building won a national Honor Award from the American Institute of Architects in 1998.

In 1997, the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs ( which is critical of United States and Israeli policies ), praised the Times ( along with The Christian Science Monitor owned by the Church of Christ, Scientist ), and the Times ’ sister publication The Middle East Times for their objective and informative coverage of Islam and the Middle East, while criticizing the Times generally pro-Israel editorial policy.

In 1997, Al Sharpton, a Christian minister and a candidate for the 2004 presidential election, who had also taken part in other Unification Church events and holidays, took part in a blessing ceremony at RFK Stadium, Washington, D. C., as a wedding-vow renewal with his wife.

* Stokes, D. E., ( 1997 ) Pasteur's Quadrant: Basic Science and Technological Innovation, Brookings Institution Press, Washington D. C.

* 1997: Tim Page, Washington Post, " for his lucid and illuminating music criticism.

Washington, D. C .: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1997.

* United States Federal Courthouse, Washington, DC, 1997

* Sue Magnier – Entrepreneur ( 1997 ), King of Kings ( 1998 ), Rock of Gibraltar ( 2002 ), Footstepsinthesand ( 2005 ), George Washington ( 2006 ), Henrythenavigator ( 2008 ), Camelot ( 2012 )

" The Effect of Otitis Media with Effusion ( ie., with fluid accumulation ) on Infants ' Detection of Sound " by Lynne Werner and Jeffrey Ward from the University of Washington, Infant Behavior and Development, 20 ( 2 ), 1997.

" The 300 + member SDSU Marching Band, " The Pride of the Dakotas ", given the special name the Millennium Band in 2000 by the South Dakota State Legislature, has marched in the 1981 and 1997 Presidential Inaugural Parades in Washington, D. C .; A Capital Fourth in 2000 in Washington DC which was broadcast on PBS ; the 2003 and 2008 Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, California making them the second collegiate band in the history of the Rose Bowl to be invited to march twice when their team was not competing ; and the Korean War Monument Dedication at the state's capital Pierre in 2004, in the company of two other college bands and 60-some high school bands from across the state.

Agnieszka Holland's Washington Square ( 1997 ) was well received by critics, and Jane Campion tried her hand with The Portrait of a Lady ( 1996 ) but with much less success.

Washington, D. C .: Brassey's, 1997.

: " Richard Mentor Johnson, 9th Vice President ( 1837 – 1841 )", Vice Presidents of the United States, 1789 – 1993 ( PDF ), Washington, D. C .: U. S. Government Printing Office, 1997: pp. 121 – 131.

Wag the Dog is a 1997 black comedy film starring Dustin Hoffman and Robert De Niro, co-starring Anne Heche, Denis Leary and William H. Macy about a Washington spin doctor who, merely days before a presidential election, distracts the electorate from a sex scandal by hiring a Hollywood film producer to construct a fake war with Albania.

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.

Starting in 1995, Hampshire Police began a series of at least 56 raids, code named ' Operation Washington ', that eventually resulted in the August to November 1997 Portsmouth trial of Green Anarchist editors Booth, Saxon Wood, Noel Molland and Paul Rogers, as well as Animal Liberation Front ( ALF ) Press Officer Robin Webb and Animal Liberation Front Supporters Group ( ALFSG ) newsletter editor Simon Russell.

In 1997, Washington residents voted unanimously to join a lawsuit against the City of Waterbury, which operates a reservoir at the headwaters of the Shepaug River in the adjacent town of Warren.

Washington and Main street, 1997.

The Washington County Housing and Redevelopment Authority purchased the land and sold it to the city in 1997.

The school began as St. John the Baptist Parish School in 1955, and its current name was adopted in 1997 to reflect its collective sponsorship by St. John the Baptist, Hillsdale ; St. Andrew ’ s Church, Westwood ; Our Lady Mother of the Church, Woodcliff Lake ; St. Gabriel the Archangel, Saddle River ; and Our Lady of Good Counsel, Washington Township.

This would make it a language family about as old as Indo-European ( 4000 to 7, 000 BC according to several hypotheses cited in Mallory 1997: 106 ) but considerably younger than Afroasiatic ( c. 10, 000 BC according to Diakonoff 1988: 33n, 11, 000 to 16, 000 BC according to Ehret 2002: 35 – 36 ).

Acknowledging the lack of progress in relation to bilateral relations and the internal situation following the position adopted in 1997, the EU adopted a step-by-step approach in 1999, whereby sanctions would be gradually lifted upon fulfillment of the four benchmarks set by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe.

On 6 May 1997, following the 1997 general election which brought a Labour government to power for the first time since 1979, it was announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown, that the Bank of England would be granted operational independence over monetary policy.

Colombia planned to finance US $ 4 billion of the estimated US $ 7. 5 billion overall cost, most of which would go towards the social portion of the project, but was ultimately unable to do so due to the state's 1997 – 1998 economic crisis.

Interestingly, Kile would go on to finish fifth in voting for the Cy Young Award the following year, as he had in 1997 ( the year before he joined the Rockies ).

She would remain in the city until 1997.

Devo would perform off and on from 1997 on.

At a summit in Aleppo, Syria, in 1997, the World Council of Churches ( WCC ) proposed a reform in the calculation of Easter which would have replaced the present divergent practices of calculating Easter with modern scientific knowledge taking into account actual astronomical instances of the spring equinox and full moon based on the meridian of Jerusalem, while also following the Council of Nicea position of Easter being on the Sunday following the full moon.

During the 1980s and 1990s, in which Gen Xers would have been teenagers or young adults, the United Kingdom was politically marked by conservative Thatcher-era government followed by the more centrist tenures of John Major ( 1990 – 1997 ) and Tony Blair ( 1997 – 2007 ).

Originally, it was scheduled to be released in August 1997, when he would promote it with a concert in Central Park.

The Electoral success of New Labour in 1997, which would be led by two Prime Ministers with Scottish connections, Tony Blair ( who was brought up in Scotland ) from 1997 to 2007 and Gordon Brown from 2007 – 10, opened the way for constitutional change.

After two consecutive playoff appearance, the Colts would regress and go 3 – 13 during the 1997 season.

However, in the case of Hong Kong, irredentism was incidental: The New Territories part of the British colony were only on a lease expiring in 1997 anyway and, with their surrender, it was thought the Crown territory of Hong Kong itself would be nonviable as an entity independent of mainland China.

Simon paid out early on the bet in 1997 ( before his death in 1998 ) based on his expectation that prices would remain above 1996 levels ( which they did ).

By 1997, the phrase had entered the legal lexicon as seen in an opinion by Supreme Court of the United States Justice John Paul Stevens, ' An example of " junk science " that should be excluded under the Daubert standard as too unreliable would be the testimony of a phrenologist who would purport to prove a defendant ’ s future dangerousness based on the contours of the defendant ’ s skull.

However, as Kwanzaa gained mainstream adherents, Karenga altered his position so that practicing Christians would not be alienated, then stating in the 1997 Kwanzaa: A Celebration of Family, Community, and Culture, " Kwanzaa was not created to give people an alternative to their own religion or religious holiday.

After a visit to Transmeta in late 1996, Torvalds accepted a position at the company in California, where he would work from February 1997 until June 2003.

In 1997, owner Carl Pohlad almost sold the Twins to North Carolina businessman Don Beaver, who would have moved the team to the Piedmont Triad area.

Pete Carroll, Parcells's successor, would also take the team to the playoffs twice in 1997 & 1998 before being dismissed as head coach after the 1999 season.

Neither the Sovereign nor the House of Lords had any meaningful influence over who was elected to the Commons in 1997 or in deciding whether or not Blair would become Prime Minister.

With the introduction of the Titantron entrance screen in 1997, WWF / WWE wrestlers also had entrance videos made that would play along with the their entrance music.