Sentence examples for 1981 from inspiring English sources

But in 1981, the so-called "Pennsylvania edition" (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press) reverted to Dreiser's handwritten first draft, now held in the New York Public Library, and substituted his uncut holograph version as the scholarly text of the novel.

It cost $24m, in 1981 an unheard-of amount for an inherently small-scale film, and was withdrawn a week after release.

Sadly it ended up more like Arsenal in 1980 than Ipswich in 1981.

Maybe he simply needs to let it all go for a bit, to listen to three hours of Norwegian speed metal, take his run-up back to the sight screen and run in and bowl as fast as he can, however he can, just as Bob Willis did at Headingly in 1981 when Mike Brearley suggested he forget about bowling no-balls, just run in and whang it down.

Undertakings agreed by Rupert Murdoch upon his acqusition of the titles in 1981 mean that editors of the Times and Sunday Times "may be appointed... only by the agreement of a majority of the independent national directors".

To do so, would require News International to have the 1981 undertakings dispensed with – but the company has made no such application to ministers according to the Department of Culture, Media and Sport.

FitzGerald served as taoiseach twice in the 1980s in the 17th and 19th governments, leading two coalitions from July 1981 to December 1982 and again from December 1982 to June 1987.

Stevens was chairman of United Newspapers, which acquired the publisher of the Daily Express, Sunday Express, Daily Star and Daily Star Sunday in 1985, from 1981 to 1999.

I do recall a frisson of excitement reading a notice about Don Bradman's match at Liverpool (particularly as little appeared to have been done to upgrade the players' facilities between 1930 and 1981), and feeling privileged to be behind the shatterproof glass at Southport, a ground where I had sat on the grass to watch Clive Lloyd and Ken McEwan, among many others.

After the collapse of output of some 6-7% engendered by the financial crisis, output per capita grew by "just under 2%" from 2010 to 2013, whereas in 1981-84 and 1992-95 growas was over 8%.

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) visit comes amid fears that the reef's world heritage listing, which it has held since 1981, could be placed in jeopardy after rapid escalation in coal exports and gas exploration.