The Eighties in America - Salem Press (2009)

fuel tank. Sixty-five seconds into the flight, the ex- haust burned through the wall of the external tank, releasing hydrogen. A ...

ter made the Y-shaped smoke trail left in the disinte- grating shuttle’s wake one of the most widely seen and troubling images o ...

show focused on drinking. It tended to focus on pure comedy and to avoid social issues of the time, even though most of the char ...

Eastwick, the thrillerSuspect, and the comedyMoon- struck. She received the Academy Award for Best Ac- tress for her role inMoon ...

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Children’s literature The Eighties in America Selected American and Canadian Children’s Books, 1980-1989 Year Published Ti ...

The Eighties in America Children’s literature
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Children’s literature The Eighties in America Year Published Title Author/Illustrator 1986 (continued) Shadow in Hawthorn ...

trend was felt by children’s publishers as well. For ex- ample, Random House—a publisher of children’s classics likeThe Cat in t ...

In addition to these Newbery and Caldecott hon- ors for nonfiction, the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) establish ...

tions. This atmosphere of caution and censorship may also have had an effect on the choice of chil- dren’s books published durin ...

become a staple of children’s television. The show, which had garnered critical praise for its innovative approaches to early ch ...

both aired in Canada during the 1980’s, the country also produced several of its own shows, many with a longevity equal to or gr ...

raising his three young daughters with the aid of two other single males. Many story lines revolved around the girls’ behavior o ...

scale back the cartoon programming they aired. De- spite this backlash, the Warner Bros. franchise con- tinued to thrive in the ...

China and the United States Identification Diplomatic and economic relations between China and the United States The political ...

dom” into the square, modeled after the Statue of Liberty. On June 3-4, Chinese troops violently cleared Tiananmen Square. Video ...

When the Canadian Liberal Party returned to power under the leadership of Prime Minister Pierre Tru- deau in 1980, Jean Chrétien ...

1984, he sought election as leader of the Liberal Party but was defeated by his rival, John Turner. In a political autobiography ...

publican Reagan had crusaded to reduce the role of government in economic affairs. If he lived up to his free market beliefs, he ...

In 1986, the U.S. Congress impeached Nevada fed- eral judge Harry E. Claiborne, convicted him, and removed him from the bench. C ...