The Eighties in America - Salem Press (2009)

Environmentalism had gotten off to a fast start in the 1970’s, and environmental groups had registered several notable successes ...

layers of bureaucracy, and in some cases the leader- ship became distant from the membership. The ma- jor groups each had specif ...

groups lessening their public criticism of corporate polluters. Some corporations with poor environ- mental records also saw gif ...

equal intrinsic value, influencing the thinking of some environmental activists. Although deep ecol- ogy resonated with some wou ...

Epic films Definition Film genre defined by its broad narrative scope and corresponding stylistic grandeur Historical epics be ...

winners. The film has been interpreted both as an exercise in self-analysis, in which Kurosawa worked through his own battles wi ...

present and emphasizes the present importance of history. Erdrich once told a reviewer: “I’ll follow an inner thread of a plot a ...

so it can be rescued. Nine-year-old Henry Thomas played the boy, Elliott, in a performance critic Roger Ebert called the best li ...

the film were representatives of the bureaucratic fed- eral government, which represented a danger to the alien and the boy who ...

Reagan also sought to strengthen the U.S. strate- gic position by pressuring Western European na- tions to allow him to deploy m ...

Washington, D.C.: Pergamon-Brassey, 1986. Com- piles essays on Reagan’s policies written by Ameri- can and European scholars in ...

Herzfeld—stepped down with the election of the ELCA’s first presiding bishop, Herbert Chilstrom. On January 1, 1988, the ELCA of ...

ity of theExxon Valdezspill, which was the largest in U.S. history. The magnitude of the spill and its po- tential impact overwh ...

negligent discharging of oil and was fired by Exxon. Exxon was sued and in 1994 was found negligent by a jury in Anchorage, Alas ...

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Facts of Life, The Identification Television comedy series Date Aired from August 24, 1979, to May 7, 1988 The Facts of Life ...

The 1980’s was known as a decade of consumerism. Yuppies (young upwardly mobile professionals or young urban professionals) enjo ...

perstars such as Madonna and Michael Jackson, fa- vored denim jackets, piles of chunky jewelry, leg warmers, lingerie worn outsi ...

of the 1970’s by using his influence as a so-called tele- vangelist to form a political action group called the Moral Majority i ...

Company (NBC), debuting on September 22, 1982, and ending on May 14, 1989. Its initial ratings were disappointing, but the show’ ...

Farm Aid Identification Nonprofit organization and benefit concerts Date Organization established August, 1985; concerts held ...