From the mid 1980s, Algerian cinema began to go through a long period of lethargy where major productions became rare.

The best selling model, the Amiga 500, was introduced in 1987 and became the leading home computer of the late 1980s and early 1990s in much of Western Europe.

During the 1980s and 1990s, she became one of the first CCM artists to cross over into mainstream pop on the heels of her successful albums Unguarded and Heart in Motion, the latter of which included the No. 1 single " Baby Baby ".

By the late 1980s, the cellular industry's subscriber base had grown into the millions across America and it became necessary to add channels for additional capacity.

The Clintons ' personal and business affairs during the 1980s included transactions that became the basis of the Whitewater investigation that dogged his later presidential administration.

An increasing percentage of the ranks are " long-service " volunteer professionals ; women were allowed to serve in the armed forces beginning in early 1980s when the Brazilian Army became the first army in South America to accept women into career ranks ; women serve in Navy and Air Force only in Women's Reserve Corps.

In the 1980s aluminum alloy frames and other components became popular due to their light weight, and most mid-range bikes are now principally aluminum alloy of some kind.

The language and its variants became widespread on microcomputers in the late 1970s and 1980s, when it was typically a standard feature, and often part of the firmware of the machine.

The 1980s saw severe cuts in government funding and above-inflation increases in fares and the service became more cost-effective.

Carbamazepine became widely used to treat bipolar disorder in the late 1980s and early 1990s, but was displaced by sodium valproate in the 1990s.

British businessman Bernie Ecclestone owned Brabham during most of the 1970s and 1980s, and later became responsible for administering the commercial aspects of Formula One.

In December 2011, Rodrigo Carreras became the Costa Rican ambassador to Israel for the second time, after his posting there in the 1980s.

The " minicomics " form, an extremely informal version of self-publishing, arose in the 1980s and became increasingly popular among artists in the 1990s, despite reaching an even more limited audience than the small press.

These portable devices first became popular with the wearable computer movement in the 1980s.

In the 1980s, concept albums also became popular among rock bands like Kiss, with their album, 1981's Music from " The Elder ", which went on to become the group's poorest selling and charting album in their history, primarily because of its radical departure in musical style compared to Kiss's previous offerings.

In the 1980s, cocktails again became popular, with vodka often substituted for gin in drinks such as the martini.

The band became part of the American hardcore punk movement of the early 1980s.

A few artists still managed to score disco hits in the early 1980s, but the term " disco " became unfashionable in the new decade and was eventually replaced by " dance music ", " dance pop ", and other identifiers.

Relational systems placed heavy demands on processing resources, and it was not until the mid 1980s that computing hardware became powerful enough to allow them to be widely deployed.

The study of distributed computing became its own branch of computer science in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

In the early 1980s, NYC disco DJ Larry Levan, known for his eclectic mixes, gained a cult following, and the Paradise Garage, the nightclub at which he spun, became the prototype for the modern dance club where the music and the DJ were showcased.

Ecuador became a relatively heavy importer of arms in the late 1970s and early 1980s, averaging US $ 150 million annually and reaching a peak of US $ 280 million in 1982.

Using explosives for fishing, called dynamite fishing, became popular in the 1980s and is still practiced by some even though it is illegal today.

The city is west of the former site of Times Beach, the site of dioxin contamination discovered in the 1980s ; the area was cleaned up and became Route 66 State Park.

Benson became perhaps the most famous name in the business in the late 1980s, publishing his first book in 1989 and developing one of the first draft-software simulation programs.

Revived in the 1980s by American, Swedish, and British dancers, the Lindy Hop is now represented by dancers and loosely affiliated grass roots organizations in North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and Oceania.

For example, in the 1980s and 1990s, some researchers proposed ( based primarily on the similarity of the visual pathways ) that the Megachiroptera were in fact more closely affiliated with the primates than the Microchiroptera, with the two groups of bats having therefore evolved flight via convergence ( see Flying primates theory ).

Throughout the 1980s and 1990s scholars published studies arguing that commercial bank affiliate underwriting during the 1920s was no worse, or was better, than underwriting by securities firms not affiliated with banks and that commercial banks were strengthened, not harmed, by securities affiliates.

Previously affiliated with the Liberal Party of Canada, the British Columbia Liberal Party has been independent of its federal counterpart since the late 1980s and subsequently displaced the British Columbia Social Credit Party as the province's de facto liberal-conservative coalition opposed to the social democratic, pro-union British Columbia New Democratic Party.

Early hip-hop acts affiliated with the Five Percenters, and who spread its teachings through hip hop, include two MC's of the late 1980s – early ’ 90s conscious-rap era — Rakim of Eric B.

During the 1980s and 1990s, stations that had been operated by other educational institutions and community groups became affiliated with the network.

In the 1980s, a cadre of officers and NCOs from the Bermuda Regiment was briefly attached to a battalion of the affiliated Royal Anglian Regiment deployed to Belize, guarding against a threatened invasion by Guatemala.

From the late 1980s the Institute of Zoology had been affiliated to the University of London.

The most glorious run in team history came in the 1980s after the team affiliated with the Montreal Expos.

BFSU was affiliated with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from its establishment to the early 1980s and is now a key university under the Ministry of Education.

Some of his mentors included Peter Walker, affiliated with the team involved in the World Trade Center Memorial project ; Richard Haag, famous for his Gas Works Park project in Seattle ; and Laurie Olin who, in the 1980s, served as the head chair of the landscape architecture program at Harvard University.

In the late 1970s and 1980s, the Israel Football Association was not affiliated with any confederation.

Until the 1980s, most commercial radio stations were affiliated with large networks such as Capital Cities / ABC, CBS, Mutual Network, NBC, and others ( e. g., RKO in the 1980s ).

Producers affiliated with the studio in the 1980s and 1990s included Lou Giordano, studio manager Gary Smith, Sean Slade, Paul Q Kolderie, and Tim O ' Heir.

Born in Balkh province, Atta Mohammed joined the mujahideen fighting the Soviet presence in Afghanistan in the 1980s and became affiliated with the Jamiat-e Islami party.

The lineup depicted includes Jim Sclavunos of Nick Cave's group ; Sclavunos also played with Falco in the early 1980s on Panther Burns ' Blow Your Top album with Jim Duckworth of the Gun Club and was affiliated for a number of years with the band, as was bassist Kai Eric, also depicted.

The battle boiled during the late 1970s and early 1980s and came to a head when the racing teams affiliated with FOCA, an equivalent to a racing team union, boycotted the 1982 San Marino Grand Prix.

WKLT is also affiliated with the 1980s based show " The Tour Bus " which can be heard on Sunday nights.

In the 1980s, Wibberley's organization the Dayspring Church of God became affiliated with the Bethel Church.

Since the 1980s, Hojjatieh has been frequently cited in unfounded conspiracy theories which claim that real power lies in hands of people who are secretly affiliated with Hojjatieh.

By the end of the 1980s, AQ claimed to have 40, 000 people on its membership list ( including members of regional associations affiliated with AQ, such as the Townshippers ' Association ).