However Juhanen ( 1992 ) is skeptical about an affiliation of Japanese to Altaic languages, while Róna-Tas ( 1998: 77 ) remarked that a relationship between Altaic and Japanese, if it ever existed, must be more remote than the relationship of any two of the Indo-European languages.

In 1981, a split-season format forced the first ever divisional playoff series, in which the New York Yankees won the Eastern Division series over the Milwaukee Brewers ( who were in the American League until 1998 ) in five games while the Oakland Athletics swept the Kansas City Royals in three games in the Western Division.

Pendragon ( acquired in 1998 by Green Knight Publishing, and 2005 by White Wolf ), while related, has sufficiently different mechanics that it can be seen as a separate system.

The reincorporation of Cuba as an active member had arisen regularly as a topic within the inter-American system ( e. g., it was intimated by the outgoing ambassador of Mexico in 1998 ) but most observers did not see it as a serious possibility while the Socialist government remained in power.

Daily strips have suffered as well, in 1910 the strips had an unlimited amount of panels, covering the entire width page, while by 1930 most " dailies " had four or five panels covering six of the eight columns occupied by a traditional broadsheet paper, by 1958 those four panels would be narrower, and those would have half of the space a 1910 daily strip had, and around 1998 most strips would have three panels only ( with a few exceptions ), or even two or one on an occasional basis, apart from strips being smaller, as most papers became slightly narrower.

In 1998, 10 % of the richest population had 42. 5 % of income, while 10 % of the poor had only 0. 6 % of income.

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 "

Coleman was charged with assault in 1998, while he was working as a security guard.

This may even lead to an institutional variability, as in North Korea, where, after the presidency of party leader Kim Il-Sung, the office was vacant for years, the late president being granted the posthumous title ( akin to some ancient Far Eastern traditions to give posthumous names and titles to royalty ) of " Eternal President " ( while all substantive power, as party leader, itself not formally created for four years, was inherited by his son Kim Jong Il, initially without any formal office ) until it was formally replaced on 5 September 1998, for ceremonial purposes, by the office of Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, while the party leader's post as Chairman of the National Defense Commission was simultaneously declared " the highest post of the state ", not unlike Deng Xiaoping earlier in the People's Republic of China.

In King Leopold's Ghost ( 1998 ), Adam Hochschild argues that literary scholars have made too much of the psychological aspects of Heart of Darkness while scanting the horror of Conrad's accurate recounting of the methods and effects of colonialism.

* 1998 – During a historic visit to Cuba, Pope John Paul II demands the release of political prisoners and political reforms while condemning US attempts to isolate the country.

" Richard Holmes, in 1998, declared the importance of the poem's Preface while describing the reception of the 1816 volume of poems: " However, no contemporary critic saw the larger possible significance of Coleridge's Preface to ' Kubla Khan ', though it eventually became one of the most celebrated, and disputed, accounts of poetic composition ever written.

" In December 1998, while DJ ' ing at a club he met and became friends with MTV host Carson Daly.

" In 1998, while her husband was afflicted with Alzheimer's disease, Nancy told Vanity Fair, " Our relationship is very special.

* Similarly, Daniel Wallace's Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic Proportions ( 1998 ) adapts the epic to the American South, while also incorporating tall tales into its first-person narrative much as Odysseus does in the Apologoi ( Books 9-12 ).

More recently, Lass ( 1998 ) writes that phonology refers broadly to the subdiscipline of linguistics concerned with the sounds of language, while in more narrow terms, " phonology proper is concerned with the function, behaviour and organization of sounds as linguistic items ".

Pol Pot died in 1998 while under house arrest by the Ta Mok faction of the Khmer Rouge.

The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 ( Public Law 105-85 ) changed the criteria to delete authorization for award of the Purple Heart to any civilian national of the United States while serving under competent authority in any capacity with the Armed Forces.

After the bodies were exhumed in June 1991, they sat in laboratories until 1998, while there was a debate as to whether they should be reburied in Yekaterinburg or St. Petersburg.

The Central Intelligence Agency supported a variety of covert actions designed to depose Saddam Hussein, while Congress approved the Iraq Liberation Act in 1998 aimed at providing Iraqi opposition groups with increased financial assistance.

Hurricane Georges in 1998 produced strong winds of up to while passing over St. Kitts, downing power lines, telephone lines, and trees across the island.

Bono died on January 5, 1998 of injuries sustained when he hit a tree while skiing on the Nevada side of Heavenly Ski Resort near South Lake Tahoe, California.

Some may remember that the month before her 1998 victory her opponent, Don Jelinek, accused her of having disguised her identity while visiting Wilmington College, the college that rival Councilmember and Jelinek supporter Kriss Worthington attended.

Sam Lantinga created the library, first releasing it in early 1998, while working for Loki Software.

In 1998, the duo appeared at Luciano Pavarotti's benefit concert with May performing " Too Much Love Will Kill You " with Pavarotti, later playing " Radio Ga Ga ", " We Will Rock You ", and " We Are the Champions " with Zucchero.

When the UK version ended in 1998, many of the performers, such as Stephen Frost and Mike McShane, began performing with The Comedy Store Players and remain performing to date.

Elliott Smith performing " Miss Misery ( song ) | Miss Misery " at the 70th Academy Awards | 1998 Academy Awards.

On March 5, 1998, Smith made his network television debut on Late Night with Conan O ' Brien performing " Miss Misery " solo on acoustic guitar.

" That definition was re-affirmed in 1998, when the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights document called " Conscientious objection to military service, United Nations Commission on Human Rights resolution 1998 / 77 " officially recognized that " persons performing military service may develop conscientious objections.

In December 1998, he celebrated his ninetieth birthday performing the opening night of his one-man show, An Evening with Quentin Crisp, at The Intar Theatre on Forty-Second Street in New York City ( produced by John Glines of The Glines organisation ).

Page and Plant became a full-fledged performing act from 1994 through 1998, releasing the Unledded album in 1994 and following with an enormously successful tour in 1995: Fourteen years of speculation from their fans and occasional sniping between the two former members ended when Jimmy Page and Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin reconvened their former musical partnership to produce No Quarter.

From 1991 to 1998, the group took a hiatus from recording and spent time trying to perfect the art of performing live with an orchestra.

McLachlan performing for Good Morning America in 1998

In 1998, in addition to performing her own set, she performed a cover of " Sad Lisa " with rock band Phish at the annual Bridge School Benefit concert in California, hosted by Neil Young, after which McLachlan began an extended period away from recording or touring.

In May 1998, before the release of Is This Desire ?, she was featured on Tricky's Angels with Dirty Faces, performing lead vocals on " Broken Homes " and also contributed to Sparklehorse's 2001 album It's a Wonderful Life performing guitar, piano, and background vocals on two songs, " Eyepennies " and " Piano Fire.

In 1998, the band appeared in the movie BASEketball, performing in the stands to rouse the crowd.

Sidney Simien aka Rockin ' Sidney and Count Rockin ' Sidney, ( April 9, 1938 – February 25, 1998 ) was an American R & B, zydeco, and soul musician who began recording in the late 1950s and continued performing until his death.

40th Grammy Awards | 1998 winner Sean Combs ( credited as Puff Daddy ), performing in 2006

In 1998 the Russian broadcaster Channel One prepared to run internal preselections, but soon organisers realised that because of low average results in previous years Russia would not qualify to compete in 1998 ( though there were rumours that Channel One had planned to name Tatyana Ovsienko as their representative, performing " Solntse moyo ").

In the 1998 feature film The Wedding Singer ( starring Adam Sandler ) in a clip towards the end, the elderly Rosie ( played by Ellen Dow ), whom Robbie ( Sandler ) has been teaching to sing, surprises everyone when she gets up on stage and starts performing this song.

Eric Jacobson began performing Grover in 1998 ; he has performed the character regularly since 2002, although Oz still performs him occasionally.

In 1998 Lesh underwent a liver transplant as a result of chronic hepatitis C infection ; since then, he has become an outspoken advocate for organ donor programs and when performing regularly encourages members of the audience to become organ donors ( tracks identified as the " donor rap " on the live recordings of his various performances ).

After performing in his own show in Edinburgh in 1998, McGowan was approached by a BBC executive about working on a series, which he wanted Ancona to be involved in.

Judge Dread died from a heart attack as he walked off stage after performing at The Penny Theatre in Canterbury on the 13 March 1998.

In the 1998 film Free Enterprise, Shatner performed " No Tears For Caesar " in the movie's closing scene with rap artist The Rated R, with Shatner performing Mark Antony's speech from Julius Caesar over Rated R's rap.