The Eighties in America - Salem Press (2009)

slides left six hundred people dead; total damage, in- cluding fisheries, approached one billion dollars. North of the equator, ...

understand weather patterns better, they could help prepare for future extreme events. Examining tree rings in the American Sout ...

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Elections in Canada The Eighties in America Results of Canadian Elections, 1980-1988 February 18, 1980 Incumbent prime min ...

form of economic reform and better relations with the United States. The key turning point in the campaign was a leadership deba ...

and Our Times. Vol. 2. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1997. Detailed study of the political ca- reer of Pierre Trudeau, incl ...

known challenger, cutting his reelection margin to a few thousand. Democratic winners included Gover- nor Michael Dukakis in Mas ...

dent, covering his administration, achievements, and failures. Witcover, Jules.Party of the People: A Histor y of the Dem- ocrat ...

was nominated on the first ballot with 1,939 delegate votes. Anderson received 37 votes, and Bush got 13. Reagan then had to cho ...

were left with the impression that the president had been reduced to desperately flailing away at his op- ponent. Carter’s initi ...

The Eighties in America Elections in the United States, 1980
325 gan and 35,480,115 for Carter. John Anderson re- ceived 5,719 ...

Elections in the United States, 1984 The Event American politicians run for office Date November 6, 1984 Buoyed by a well-like ...

to New York City as “Hymietown.” Because the cor- nerstone of Jackson’s campaign was tolerance for di- versity—advocated by his ...

organized crime, specifically the numbers racket. The vice presidential candidate was forced to spend the better part of a month ...

coupled with Minnesota’s ten, gave Mondale a bare 13 votes in the electoral college. Reagan had 525. The popular vote was 54,455 ...

United States, 1988; Ferraro, Geraldine; Hart, Gary; Jackson, Jesse; Liberalism in U.S. politics; Mondale, Walter; Reagan, Ronal ...

the Dukakis fold in September.) The Iowa caucuses revealed that the initiative had passed—at least temporarily—to Gephardt, who ...

political “lightweight” and who would later become the butt of jokes that belittled his intellectual capaci- ties. Committing hi ...

vid Karnes of Nebraska. Bentsen, simultaneously running to retain his Senate seat in Texas, easily defeated Republican Beau Boul ...

yards in seven straight seasons (1985-1991). Known for his fourth-quarter heroics, he led the Broncos to forty-seven comeback vi ...

worldwide in its initial release. Fans were well aware thatStar Warswas the first film in a projected trilogy and that the trilo ...