The downfall in this system began on August 17, 1998, when Russia defaulted on its ruble debt and domestic dollar debt.

Since the retirement of Cal Ripken Jr. in 2001, the Orioles began a downward spiral, compiling a losing record in every season between 1998 and 2011.

However, after 1998, it began to describe the drink as Cuba Libre – literally translated as " Free Cuba " which is the original name of the drink and how it's mostly called in Latin America.

There have been eight series sweeps since interleague play began: four by the Cubs in 1998, 2004, 2007, and 2008, and four by the White Sox in 1995, 2008, and 2012.

C ' mon Digimon spawned the popular Digimon Adventure V-Tamer 01 manga, written by Hiroshi Izawa, which began serialization on November 21, 1998.

Recovery began in the 1990s, but growth has been constrained by the lack of suitable hotels and other infrastructure, despite a boom in construction of small and medium-sized hotels and restaurants, and by the impact of drought, the 1998 – 2000 war with Eritrea, and the specter of terrorism.

On the other hand, Michael K. Richardson, Professor of Evolutionary Developmental Zoology, Leiden University, while recognizing that some criticisms of the drawings are legitimate ( indeed, it was he and his co-workers who began the modern criticisms in 1998 ), has supported the drawings as teaching aids, and has said that " on a fundamental level, Haeckel was correct "

This ambiguity began in 1998 when people started to use the term “ open source software ” rather than “ free software .” People in the community of free software used these separate terms as a way to differentiate what they did.

Programming on GnuCash began in 1997, and its first stable release was in 1998.

Also in 1998, local assembly of the Vectra began at Elizabeth, South Australia.

Inflation was steady before Robert Mugabe in 1998 began a program of land reforms that primarily focused on taking land from white farmers and redistributing those properties and assets to black farmers, which sent food production and revenues from export of food plummeting.

The Colts began to improve towards the end of the 1998 season and showed continued growth in 1999.

The rivalry truly began heating up with the 1998 draft and the selections of Peyton Manning by the Colts and the ill-fated Ryan Leaf by the Chargers.

Based on information uncovered by the FBI in the 1998 United States embassy bombings case, the National Security Agency ( NSA ) began tracking the communications of Hada, Mihdhar's father-in-law.

In the 1998 elections, the Latvian party structure began to consolidate with only six parties winning seats in the Saeima.

As such the only major carrier on its territory is Interdnestrcom or IDC who began its operation in 1998.

Some began to return in 1998, but lack of housing limited the number.

After leaving ADM in August of 1995, Whitacre was hired as the CEO of Future Health Technologies ( FHT ), which soon thereafter FHT was renamed Biomar International, and he worked at Biomar until his incarceration began during early 1998.

Search engines began dropping support for metadata provided by the element in 1998, and by the early 2000s, most search engines had veered completely away from reliance on elements.

In June 1998, Nepal submitted its memorandum on a foreign trade regime to the World Trade Organization and in May 2000 began direct negotiations on its accession.

In September 2005, Nigeria, with the assistance of the World Bank, began to recover US $ 458 million of illicit funds that had been deposited in Swiss banks by the late military dictator Sani Abacha, who ruled Nigeria from 1993 to 1998.

Starting in 1998, experiments began to show that solar and atmospheric neutrinos change flavors ( see Super-Kamiokande and Sudbury Neutrino Observatory ).

Based on information uncovered by the FBI in the 1998 United States embassy bombings case, the National Security Agency ( NSA ) began tracking the communications of Mihdhar's father-in-law Ahmad Muhammad Ali al-Hada, who was facilitating al-Qaeda communications, in 1999.

In 1998, the NBA owners began a lockout which lasted 191 days and was settled on January 18, 1999.

The rebellion began in early 1989, active hostilities ended with a truce in October 1997 and a permanent ceasefire was signed in April 1998.

On June 30, 1998, MIPS held an IPO after raising about $ 16. 3 million with an offering price of $ 14 dollars a share.

Since 1998, The Centre for Conflict Resolution Studies has been offering courses leading to a Certificate in Conflict Resolution Studies.

In 1998, Hawker Pacific completed its initial public offering of common </ br > stock and used the proceeds to acquire the landing gear, flap track and flap carriage operation from British Airways.

In 1998 StarDivision began offering StarOffice for free.

He did so during the impeachment proceedings against President Clinton in 1998, offering $ 1 million for evidence and publishing the results in The Flynt Report.

The Savannah-Hardin County Center, a branch campus of Jackson State Community College, has operated in the City of Savannah, offering an Associate of Science degree in General Studies, since 1998.

It was left to deteriorate on its own ; claiming that it was beyond repair, it was then demolished on 1998 and rebuilt offering all modern amenities, but with its original proportions radically changed ; the original complex being much lower than its modern replacement.

In 1998, following the resignation of Suharto and his replacement by President Habibie, Jakarta moved towards offering East Timor autonomy within the Indonesian state, although ruled out independence, and stated that Portugal and the UN must recognise Indonesian sovereignty.

The Joy of Work ( 1998 ) by Scott Adams is a two-part book, the first offering recommendations as to how office workers can find happiness at their cubicle desks and the second sharing Adams ' formula for creating humor, based on his experience penning the Dilbert comic strip.

The initial public offering of the company on NASDAQ was on March 23, 1998.

Futurestep, a Korn / Ferry company, was founded in 1998 and is the global industry leader in high-impact recruitment solutions ; offering fully customized, flexible strategies to help organizations meet specific workforce needs.

Franklin Mint and Danbury Mint were two companies offering diecast vehicles mainly through mail catalogs and flyers ( Johnson 1998, p. 78 ).

The introduction in the Spring of 1998 of Distance Learning Courses ( also made available through the New Jersey Virtual University ) began offering students an alternative approach to selected classroom courses.

On 10 December 1998, Avianca officially opened its hub in Bogotá, offering an estimated 6, 000 possible connections per week, including greater numbers of frequencies, schedules and destinations served.

Optus Communications offered its first business-focused internet products in 1998 under the OptusNet product family, offering in-house developed dial-up and high-speed services.

The SABC's monopoly on free-to-air terrestrial television was broken with the introduction of privately-owned channel e. tv in 1998. e. tv also provided the first local television news service outside of the SABC stable, although M-Net's parent company, Multichoice, offers services such as CNN International, BBC World News and Sky News via direct-to-home satellite as part of its paid offering.

" The popularity of the clips led to MTV America offering a half-hour format called The Sifl & Olly Show in July 1998.

McDonald's began offering the Mighty Kids Meal on March 30, 2001 as a response to Burger King's Big Kids Meal, which had debuted in 1998.

In 1998 Reed Hastings founded Netflix, offering flat rate rental-by-mail to customers in the United States.

In 1998 Hastings and Marc Randolph co-founded Netflix, offering flat rate rental-by-mail to customers in the United States.

In September 1998, eBay launched a successful public offering, making both Omidyar and Skoll billionaires.

In 1996, the College completely revised its curriculum offering, resulting in nine new academic programs, including for the first time, the bachelor of science and an associate degree in flight. On May 5, 1998, a state-of-the-art 35, 000-square-foot addition to the building complex was completed.

In 1996, the College completely revised its curriculam offering, resulting in nine new academic programs, including for the first time, the Bachelor of Science and an Associate's degree in flight. On May 5, 1998, a state-of-the-art addition to the building complex was completed.

He founded the Orpheus Trust in 1998, based in a previous family home in Godstone, Surrey, offering performing arts experiences to young people with various disabilities ; he also started the Stilgoe Family Concerts series at the Royal Festival Hall, which feature young performers and regular commissions of new music.