In early 2008, the State Commission for the Protection of Economic Competition named 60 companies having " dominant positions " in Armenia.

Minnesota State University, ( 10 July 2008 ).

* The State of American Cuisine-A report issued by the James Beard Foundation in July, 2008.

* On 24 January 2008, Peter Hain resigned his two cabinet posts ( Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and Secretary of State for Wales ) after the Electoral Commission referred donations to his Deputy Leadership campaign to the police.

* Adena, L. The ' Jesus Cult ' and the Roman State in the Third Century, Clio History Journal, 2008.

In a letter dated 18 February 2008, Castro announced that he would not accept the positions of president and commander in chief at the 24 February 2008 National Assembly meetings, saying " I will not aspire nor accept — I repeat I will not aspire or accept — the post of President of the Council of State and Commander in Chief.

China during the Great Depression: Market, State, and the World Economy, 1929-1937 ( 2008 )

The Book of Peace by Christine de Pizan. University Park: Penn State Press, 2008.

* In the 2008 HBO television movie Recount, Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris ( portrayed by Laura Dern ) compares herself to Queen Esther, of whom she says " was willing to sacrifice herself to save the lovely Jewish people.

On 17 January 2008, the Judge of the 17th Federal Court of Minas Gerais State forbade the sales of the game in the whole Brazilian territory.

Due to the decision in Robert P. Isabella v. Department of State and Office of Personnel Management, 2008 M. S. P. B.

* Before the 2008 season, the temporary luxury boxes installed for the 1999 All-Star Game were removed and permanent ones were added to the State Street Pavilion level.

Laycock ( Britannia the Failed State, 2008 ) has investigated this process of fragmentation and emphasised elements of continuity from the British tribes in the pre-Roman and Roman periods to the kingdoms that formed in the post-Roman period.

New Hampshire was rated the " Safest State " in the Nation in 2008 and 2009.

In September 2008, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met with Gaddafi and announced that US-Libya relations have entered a ' new phase '.

In 2008, the EPA expressed concerns to the State of Vermont that the Lake's cleanup was not progressing fast enough to meet the original cleanup goal of 2016.

* 2006 – 2008, John Spoor Broome Library, California State University Channel Islands, United States.

The group topped the national album chart again with State of Emergency in 2006 and White Noise in 2008.

Rock Bridge is a perennial powerhouse in both boys and girls tennis, having won the Girls State Title in 1999, 2002, 2003 and 2011 as well as the Boys State Title in 2008.

On January 1, 2008, Arkansas State University ’ s Mascot Selection Steering Committee decided to use the Wolves as a mascot.

In March 2008, the United States Department of State published a report to Congress, " Contemporary Global Anti-Semitism ", that described Return to Castle Wolfenstein as an " anti-Semitic video game " with no qualifications.

In 2008, the New York State budget provided St. John Fisher College with a $ 2 million grant to explore the feasibility of opening a law school in downtown Rochester.

In the 2000s, biopics such as Ali ( 2001 ), Frida ( 2002 ), 8 Mile ( 2002 ), Ray ( 2004 ), Walk the Line ( 2005 ), and Milk ( 2008 ) have become popular among filmmakers.

Bowie was chosen to curate the 2007 High Line Festival, selecting musicians and artists for the Manhattan event, and performed on Scarlett Johansson's 2008 album of Tom Waits covers, Anywhere I Lay My Head.

Lausanne became the first city in Switzerland to have a rubber-tyred metro system, with the m2 Line which opened in October 2008.

* The Other End of the Line ( 2008 )

British examples are At Risk ( 2004 ), Secret Asset ( 2006 ), Illegal Action ( 2007 ), and Dead Line ( 2008 ), by Dame Stella Rimington ( formerly the Director General of MI5 from 1992 to 1996 ) and The Code Snatch ( 2001 ) by Alan Stripp, formerly a cryptographer at Bletchley Park.

The heirs of Tolkien, including his son Christopher Tolkien, filed suit against New Line Cinema in February 2008 seeking payment of profits and to be " entitled to cancel ... all future rights of New Line ... to produce, distribute, and / or exploit future films based upon the Trilogy and / or the Films ... and / or ... films based on The Hobbit.

In 2008, Warner Bros. absorbed New Line Cinema, as a result, Warner added the New Line Cinema film and television library to its collection.

** William F. Buckley, Jr., American journalist, author, and commentator ( The Firing Line ) ( d. 2008 )

These films in particular, as well as others including Play Misty for Me ( 1971 ), Thunderbolt and Lightfoot ( 1974 ), The Outlaw Josey Wales ( 1976 ), Escape from Alcatraz ( 1979 ), Tightrope ( 1984 ), Pale Rider ( 1985 ), Heartbreak Ridge ( 1986 ), In the Line of Fire ( 1993 ), The Bridges of Madison County ( 1995 ), and Gran Torino ( 2008 ), have all received commercial success and critical acclaim.

** Green Line in Yokohama ( opened 2008 )

( 1988 ), Heart of Dixie ( 1989 ), Mystery Train ( 1989 ), The Silence of the Lambs ( 1991 ), Trespass ( 1991 ), The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag ( 1992 ), The Firm ( 1993 ), The Delta ( 1996 ), The People Vs. Larry Flynt ( 1996 ), The Rainmaker ( 1997 ), Cast Away ( 2000 ), 21 Grams ( 2002 ), A Painted House ( 2002 ), Black Snake Moan ( 2005 ), Forty Shades of Blue ( 2005 ), Walk the Line ( 2005 ), Hustle & Flow ( 2006 ), Nothing But the Truth ( 2008 ), Soul Men ( 2008 ), and The Grace Card ( 2011 ).

In early 2008, work began on the expansion of Subway Line MM1 from Milano / Sesto San Giovanni to Monza Bettola.

In collaboration with New Line Cinema, it produced the 1997 Spawn film and a new Spawn movie, planned in 2008.

In 2008, Crookston-based Agassiz Energy, LLC, announced that it had postponed indefinitely its plans for a $ 58. 5 million ethanol plant at the junction of the former Great Northern and Soo Line railroads, near the interchange of U. S. Routes 59 and 2.

Wayne-Route 23 station opened in January 2008 which offers train service via the Montclair-Boonton Line and regular bus service into the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Midtown Manhattan.

* MS Stockholm ( 1948 ), an ocean liner used by the Swedish American Line 1948 – 1959 ; collided with the SS Andrea Doria in 1956 ; as of 2008 sailing as MS Athena

On June 8, 2008, 13-year-old Taylor Paschal-Placker and her best friend, Skyla Jade Whitaker, 11, were shot to death while walking along County Line Road in Weleetka.

File: Aerial shot of Smethport, PA taken by Pilot Jim Line. JPG | The above photo is an aerial view of Smethport ( looking west ) taken on May 4, 2008.

According to Ministry of Transport statistics, the annual ridership for the Monorail Line in 2008 was 21, 765, 233.

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