Macro zoom lenses began appearing in the 1970s, but traditionalists object to calling most of them macro because they stray too far from the technical definition – they usually do not focus closer than 1:4 ratio with relatively poor image quality.
De La Soul collaborated with the athletic sneaker giant Nike to produce two versions of the Nike Dunk under their skateboarding division, Nike SB. The sneakers were an instant hit and sold out at most retail stores.
At this time, Quebec was a settlement of some fifty white men who were all transient soldiers, fur trappers, or missionaries. The economy of the settlement was dependent on some 20,000 beaver pelts that were annually returned to French merchants in exchange for supplies.
Air Force (SAF/GC) to establish a high-level working group to review cadet complaints concerning the Academy’s program of deterrence and response to sexual assault. The Secretary also asked the working group to review allegations of sexual assault reported from January 1993 through December 2002.
The city admitted an operating deficit of at least $600 million, though the actual total city debt was actually more than $11 billion. and the city was unable to borrow money from the credit markets. Carey appointed Rohatyn to head a blue-ribbon advisory committee to look for a long-term solution to the city’s fiscal problems.
In February 1996, The Smoking Gunns forfeited the WWF World Tag Team Championship after Billy Gunn sustained a neck injury. The Bodydonnas won a tournament for the vacant titles, defeating The Godwinns on March 31, 1996 in the finals of the WrestleMania XII pre-show, after Sunny ran interference.
Rhythm Nation. Rhythm Nation is a song by American singer Janet Jackson, released as the second single from her fourth studio album Janet Jackson’s Rhythm Nation 1814 (1989). It was written and produced by Jackson, in collaboration with James Jimmy Jam Harris III and Terrence Terry Lewis.
The vibrant colours, still evident today, were produced from dye plants: weld (yellow), madder (red), and woad (blue). One of the panels, The Mystic Capture of the Unicorn, only survives in two fragments.