An attempt to increase majority elements by tweaking the system parameters ( more smaller districts, d ' Hondt method used ) by ČSSD and ODS during their " opposition agreement " 1998 – 2002 was vehemently opposed by smaller parties and blocked by the Constitutional Court as going too much against the constitution-stated proportional principle ; only a moderated form was adopted.

Although the concept of consilience in Whewell's sense was widely discussed by philosophers of science, the term was unfamiliar to the broader public until the end of the 20th century, when it was revived in Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge, a 1998 book by the humanist biologist Edward Osborne Wilson, as an attempt to bridge the culture gap between the sciences and the humanities that was the subject of C. P. Snow's The Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution ( 1959 ).

In 1998 another attempt was made with the Service Plus and Dignite for student and teacher.

In 1998, Lycos paid $ 58 million ($ million today ) for Tripod in an attempt to " break into the portal market.

The first attempt at underwater exploration of the North Pole was made by a Russian firefighter and diver Andrei Rozhkov with a support of Diving Club of Moscow State University on April 22, 1998 but ended in fatality.

Oviedo became the Colorado candidate for president in the 1998 election, but when the Supreme Court of Paraguay upheld in April his conviction on charges related to the 1996 coup attempt, he was not allowed to run and remained in confinement.

In 1998, the American Psychiatric Association issued a statement opposing any treatment which is based upon the assumption that homosexuality is a mental disorder or that a person should change their orientation, but did not have a formal position on other treatments that attempt to change a person's sexual orientation.

* 9 February 1998 – Eduard Shevardnadze, the Georgian head of state, survives an assassination attempt in Tbilisi.

In 1998, Hyundai began to overhaul its image in an attempt to establish itself as a world-class brand.

They went through a failed expansion attempt in the mid-1990s and became economically unviable, resulting in the chain being sold to McDonald's in 1996 ; the last Georgie Pie restaurant was closed in 1998.

In December 1998, a second attempt was announced by the Chechen Security Service, who discovered a container filled with radioactive materials attached to an explosive mine.

A likely explanation for the multitude of bugs is that the game may have been rushed to meet the 1998 Christmas season, possibly as an attempt to beat Half-Life to market.

The 1997 – 2000 term was marked by the Bloc's fight against the passage of the Clarity Act, the attempt by Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien ( himself a Quebecer who represented a strongly nationalist riding ) and Stéphane Dion, a Quebec minister in Chrétien's cabinet, to codify the Supreme Court of Canada's 1998 decision that Quebec could not secede unilaterally.

By January 1998, the WWF began broadcasting more violence, swearing, and more edgy angles in its attempt to compete with WCW.

The Knights moved to Florida to become the Pensacola Ice Pilots in 1996, but Nashville made one more attempt at a minor league franchise in the CHL from 1996 to 1998.

Grim Fandango was an attempt by LucasArts to rejuvenate the graphic adventure genre, in decline by 1998.

A 1998 attempt at an around-the-world balloon flight by Branson, Fossett, and Lindstrand ends in the Pacific Ocean on 25 December 1998.

Since its 1998 reopening, the station has been open at the same times as most other stations, including weekends, in an attempt to relieve the pressure on the increasingly busy nearby station.

The cover story of the May / June 1998 issue entitled Plain Crazy: The Joint Strike Fighter Story discussed the development of a new set of military fighter jets that could " blow a hole in the attempt to create a leaner Post-Cold War military.

In 1998, the state began a proposed project to widen U. S. Route 231, in an attempt to ease intrastate travel flow.

The first attempt at implementation began in 1960, but it was not until 1998 that an implementation was released, and this was incomplete.

The paper did attempt to return to its highly politicised 1980s incarnation by running a front-cover story in March 1998 condemning Tony Blair, who had previously associated himself with Britpop bands such as Oasis, and this received a certain level of attention in the wider media, but was generally not seen as coherent or well-argued.

He uses effects such as two Ibanez TS-9 Tube Screamers ( with Analogman's Silver Mod ) in sequence, the famous Univibe clone, the Black Cat Vibe, a Ross compressor ( he switched to Analogman's Bicompressor around 1998, dropped the compressor from his rig in 2002, and resumed use the Ross Compressor in 2008 when a group of fans who desired the return of Trey's " signature " Ross compressor sound pooled their resources to obtain a vintage Ross Compressor and sent it to Trey in an attempt to compel him to return the vintage effect pedal to his rig.

Keeping for Australia in the away leg of its home-and-away qualifier with Iran in a failed attempt to qualify for the 1998 World Cup, Australia losing on away goals in what Bosnich described as " the lowest moment in Australian football ".

In another 1998 event, Elizabeth Ward Gracen recanted a six-year-old denial and stated she had a one night stand with Clinton in 1982.

In Spring 1998 Gracen recanted her six-year-old denial and stated she had a one night stand with Clinton in 1982.

Gingrich's hold on the leadership was weakened significantly by that and several other controversies, as he faced a caucus revolt in 1997, and after the Republicans lost House seats in 1998 ( although retaining a majority ) he did not stand for a third term as Speaker.

After the 1998 midterm elections where the Republicans lost seats, Gingrich did not stand for re-election.

"), and Mark McGwire's single season record-tying home run in 1998 (" Pardon me while I stand up and applaud!

In 1998, the Ang Lee film " Ride with the Devil " was filmed on the old main street of Pattonsburg, which served as a stand in for 1863 Lawrence, Kansas.

On October 13, 1998, the Supreme Court rejected an appeal, allowing the Sixth Circuit decision and the city amendment to stand.

The U. S. want Masri to stand trial for 11 counts relating to the taking of 16 hostages in Yemen in 1998, advocating violent jihad in Afghanistan in 2001, supporting James Ujaama in an attempt to establish a terrorist training camp in late 1999 and early 2000 near Bly, Oregon and of providing aid to al-Qaeda.

In 1998, Jagland made several now-famous statements that were met with ridicule, including, " We will come again, yes, we are here already ", " We put the foot down and stand on it " and " I usually don't look backwards, nor do i look forward ".

* Beatmania Append 3rdMix ( December 23, 1998 ): The first stand alone append disc to be sold.

In 1998 the Cleveland City Council honored him for having had the " courage and foresight " to stand up to the banks, which saved the city an estimated $ 195 million between 1985 and 1995.

from 1998 to 2003, and when a new main stand was built at Nene Park in 2001, it was named the Airwair Stand.

These were first created in 1998 but have since evolved and changed during subsequent conferences, in particular to take a clearly anti-capitalist ( not just anti-neoliberal ) stand, to avoid confusion with right-wing anti-globalisers and to strengthen the perspective on gender.

When the former Spion Kop end was replaced by a new stand in 1998, it was named the Bill Shankly Kop and was designed with different coloured seats providing an image of Shankly's head and shoulders.

This would stand as the record until it was surpassed by Ricky Williams in 1998.

Sinclair tried to persuade the NPA to allow him to stand again in New England, but they had already chosen another candidate and Sinclair had no choice but to retire, which he did at the October 1998 election.

Donaldson was not allowed to stand in the 1998 assembly election as a party rule stopped MPs, apart from the leader and deputy leader, from going forward as assembly candidates.

In 1998, while on tour in support of Nine Lives, Tyler suffered a ligament injury when his mic stand came crashing into his knee.

Foster called him to stand in for an ailing Andrea Bocelli to rehearse a duet, " The Prayer ," with Celine Dion at the rehearsal for the Grammy Awards in 1998.

The party was officially registered on January 8, 1987, by then leader, Denis R. Patenaude and deregistered on November 14, 1998 for failing to have at least ten candidates stand for election.

In 1998 Havelange announced that he was to stand down as FIFA president after 24 years in charge.

Their British profile increased, they subsequently appeared as recurring guests on the 1998 BBC one series, " The Ben Elton Show " a stand up / variety show fronted by Elton, but also featuring the return of Ronnie Corbett's ' armchair monologue ' in a regular slot, and a different musical guest each week.

Komen's 1998 indoor and 1996 outdoor records for 3, 000m still stand, and he remains the only man to run back-to-back sub-four-minute miles.

The West Stand ( right ) from 1985 is the only single-tier stand at Ullevaal after the renovation in 1998.