She experienced a mild stroke in 1998 at her holiday home in Mustique.

The Catholic News Agency ( CNA ), in an online news story article posted by Alejandro Bermudez on Saturday, March 31, 2012, stated that, in response to a specific request made personally to Cuban President Raul Castro by Pope Benedict XVI, during his Apostolic Visitation of Leon, Mexico and the island in March of 2012, following the pattern of small advances in Church-Cuban relations, it was decreed by the Communist Party and Castro and his advisers that in 2012, Good Friday would be made a holiday, with a possibility that the move could perhaps be made permanent ( following the move of the late Pope John Paul II, who got Fidel Castro to declare Christmas Day a holiday-which is still the case-due to a personal request during his landmark trip in 1998 ).

As a result, Disney Channel stopped airing both shows except for their holiday episodes, but Disney Channel began airing reruns of Lizzie McGuire in a multi-episode blocks two afternoons each week on September 12, 2009, thus making it the first Disney Channel series to air between 1998 and 2002 to be added back on the schedule after being removed from the channel's lineup.

From 1998, contestants had the choice of either a car or a holiday.

A Furby ( plural Furbys or Furbies ) is a electronic robotic toy resembling a hamster / owl-like creature which went through a period of being a " must-have " toy following its launch in the holiday season of 1998, with continual sales until 2000.

Catapulting demand for these toys during the 1998 holiday season drove the resale price over $ 100, and sometimes as high as several hundred dollars.

With Hasbro's support, Tiger was able to rush through the development process and get the Furby on the shelves for the 1998 holiday season, during which it was a runaway hit -- the " it " toy of the 1998 and 1999 seasons.

Situated in the Puck County in Pomeranian Voivodeship since 1999, previously in Gdańsk Voivodeship ( 1975 – 1998 ), Władysławowo is a sea port and a popular seaside holiday destination.

::*" Moon-Calf " ( 1998 )-A retired astronaut finds hints of an ancient space voyage while on holiday in England.

Soul Train later created two additional annual specials: The Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards, first airing in 1995, celebrated top achievements by female performers ; and the Soul Train Christmas Starfest, which premiered in 1998, featured holiday music performed by a variety of R & B and gospel artists.

lastminute. com was founded in London by Martha Lane Fox and Brent Hoberman in 1998 to offer late holiday deals online.

At the start of 1998 the Thomson Travel Group acquired the Scandinavian holiday operation, Fritidsresor Group, and its airline Blue Scandinavia, now renamed Britannia Nordic ( now known as TUIfly Nordic ).

However, during the holiday season of 1998, the safaris were continued at night and dubbed Kilimanjaro Night Safaris.

Hard Rain opened on Martin Luther King long weekend in 1998 earning fifth place with $ 7, 076, 110 from Friday to Sunday and $ 8, 009, 024 including the holiday Monday.

For the 1998 holiday season the Fruity and Cocoa flavors were altered and renamed " Bedrock Blizzard.

*: An Easter family holiday in 1998 ends in tragedy when a truck collides with a caravan on the Hume Freeway near Violet Town, Victoria, killing a 12-year-old boy.

The parties deferred this issue, and finally a settlement was reached in 1998, when the jurors awarded Coppola $ 20 million as compensation for losing the film project, Pinocchio.

Ron Eyerman and Andrew Jamison, in Music and Social Movements: Mobilizing Tradition in the Twentieth Century ( 1998 ), take issue with what they consider Denisoff's reductive approach to the history and function of song ( and particularly traditional song ) in social movements.

* The Rise of Pentecostalism ", Christian History 58 ( 1998 ) special issue.

As of 1998, two special issues of this magazine had addressed Pentecostalism's roots: " Spiritual Awakenings in North America " ( issue 23, 1989 ) and " Camp Meetings & Circuit Riders: Frontier Revivals " ( issue 45, 1995 )

* Boogeyman ( 1998, Dark Horse Comics ), a four issue mini-series of humorous horror stories ( with Mark Evanier ).

In that issue, # 149 ( 1998 ), Greystone built a time machine meant to take him and his compatriots back to the future.

Naval History Magazine, Oct. 1998 125th Anniversary issue, pp. 31 – 34.

Two magazines Vinyar Tengwar, from issue 39 ( July 1998 ), and Parma Eldalamberon, from issue 11 ( 1995 ), are exclusively devoted to the editing and publishing of J. R. R.

Within equities, asset manager SSgA, issue a family of ETFs the SPDRs ; one of which attempts to match the daily performance of the index, the DIAMONDS, introduced in 1998 ().

Defence consolidation became a major issue in 1998, with numerous reports linking various European defence groups — mainly with each other but also with American defence contractors.

Global issue of high-yield bonds more than doubled in 2003 to nearly $ 146 billion in securities issued from less than $ 63 billion in 2002, although this is still less than the record of $ 150 billion in 1998.

Two journals — Vinyar Tengwar, from issue 39 ( July 1998 ), and Parma Eldalamberon, from issue 11 ( 1995 ) — are today exclusively devoted to the editing and publishing of J. R. R.

In the 17 July 1998 issue of the journal Science, a group of biologists reported how they sequenced the genome of T. pallidum.

After a 1994 plan was approved and a bond issue passed, additional elementary magnet schools were opened and district attendance plans redrawn, which resulted in the Topeka schools meeting court standards of racial balance by 1998.

Morris declined immediate reply, accusing Karsh of a " mélange of distortions, half-truths, and plain lies ", but published a lengthy rebuttal in the Winter 1998 issue of the Journal of Palestine Studies.

Naval History Magazine, Oct. 1998 125th Anniversary issue, pp. 31 – 34.

Since leaving inking duties on Spawn with issue # 70 ( February 1998 ), McFarlane has illustrated comic books less often, focusing on entrepreneurial efforts, such as McFarlane Toys and Todd McFarlane Entertainment, a film and animation studio.

The third and last issue of the soundtrack, Love, Peace & Happiness: The Original Yoshi's Story Soundtrack, contained 28 tracks, and was released in Germany on April 9, 1998, published by Nintendo of Europe GmbH.

refused to issue licences to women until 1998.

Defence consolidation became a major issue in 1998, with numerous reports linking various European defence groups — mainly with each other, but also with American defence contractors.

The April Fools ' Day 1998 issue of Nintendo Power claimed that the cryptic phrase would be discussed on the non-existent page 128, and also featured a facetious article titled " Luigi 64 ", commenting humorously on the rumor.

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.

* Ring ( film ), a 1998 horror film by Hideo Nakata

Other serials include Apagorevmeni Agapi ( Forbidden Love ) 1998 – 2006 ; Gia mia thesi ston Ilio ( A Spot Under the Sun ) 1998 – 2002 ; Filodoxies ( Expectations ) 2002 – 2006 ; Vera Sto Deksi ( Ring on the Right Hand ) 2004 – 2006.

* Ring ( 1998 )

Post-Colonial perspectives on the vampire legend are provided in Nalo Hopkinson's novel Brown Girl In The Ring ( 1998 ), which features the Soucouyant, a vampire of Caribbean folklore, and in Tananarive Due's My Soul to Keep ( 1995 ) and its sequel The Living Blood ( 2001 ).

De La Hoya was The Ring's " Fighter of the Year " in 1995 and Ring Magazine's top-rated Pound for Pound fighter in the world in 1997 & 1998.

Beyond the Ring: The Role of Boxing in American Society, Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1998 ISBN 0-252-06145-4

* Foss Bank Bridge, rebuilt in 1998, now carries South-east bound Inner Ring Road traffic.

* Layerthorpe Bridge, re-built in 1998, now carries North-west bound Inner Ring Road traffic and traffic between Peasholme Green and Layerthorpe.

In 1998, Ring named Marciano as the 6th greatest Heavyweight Champion ever.

In the following years, she made several moderately successful American films, including Incognito ( 1997 ); U. S. Marshals ( 1998 ), starring opposite Wesley Snipes and Tommy Lee Jones ; The Big Brass Ring ( 1999 ), with William Hurt ; and the entertaining History Is Made at Night ( 1999 ), with Bill Pullman and Bruno Kirby.

* The Ring: The Legend of the Nibelungen, 1998, ( Adventure game ) -- ( Cryo )

He also participated in Ring Magazines " Fight of the Year " a total of four times ( 1997, 1998, 2002 and 2003 ).

* Ring O ' Fire 12 "-( 1998 Justa Record )

Following the success of the two direct-to-video films, and the international success of Hideo Nakata's Ring ( 1998 ), Kurosawa and Ring screenwriter Hiroshi Takahashi helped Shimizu develop Ju-on as a theatrical feature starring Megumi Okina and Takako Fuji.

W. G. Rigby's children's tale The Ring of Tima ( 1998 ) is set in the Forest of Bowland.

He was also the winner of the 1996 King of the Ring tournament, as well as the 1997, 1998 and 2001 Royal Rumbles.

McMahon continued to do everything he could to ruin Austin, and he finally scored a big victory for his side at the 1998 King of the Ring tournament.

Notable examples are Ring ( 1998 ) and Ju-on: The Grudge ( 2003 ).

Highlights of his tenure in Sydney included Wagner's Ring Cycle in concert, a focus on the works of his personal favourite Mahler and tours of Europe ( 1995 ), Japan ( 1996 ) and the United States ( 1998 ).

* Rock am Ring Festival 1998

Korngold's two remaining operas, Der Ring des Polykrates and Die Kathrin have both been recorded ( in 1996 and 1998 respectively ) by the German record label CPO.

The 1998 Holiday Issue of Ring ranked Baer # 20 in " The 50 Greatest Heavyweights of All Time ".