The Eighties in America - Salem Press (2009)

piece ofSaturday Night Fever, a slice ofUrban Cowboy,a quart ofMartyand a 2-pound box ofArchie Bunker’s Place.” This negative as ...

free speech rights. He served more than five months in a federal prison for desecrating the U.S. flag after he appeared at a cou ...

ation of the soil bank in 1956. Before 1985, however, government programs designed to protect produc- tion and prices and those ...

an 80 percent decrease from the period thirty years prior. The agricultural conversion of wetlands dur- ing the decade accounted ...

tilla chips rivaled potato chips and onion dip in snack popularity, and previously unfamiliar ingredi- ents such as blue cornmea ...

Football Definition Team sport Professional and college football gained increasing popu- larity during the 1980’s, replacing b ...

led by legendary quarterback Joe Montana, defeated Miami 38 to 16 in Super Bowl XIX. The game be- came the most-watched live eve ...

replacement teams. In addition, the NFL instituted a controversial antisteroid policy in 1987 that would become the longest-runn ...

Nielsen ratings forMonday Night Footballincreased throughout 1980’s, as viewers continued to respond to the show’s mixture of sp ...

Impact Few actors have achieved the popularity of Harrison Ford. His portrayals of characters who meet extraordinary challenges ...

response to global economic problems. In 1984, the Conservatives won 211 seats in the House of Com- mons, and the Liberals dropp ...

Further Reading Doern, G. Bruce, et al.Faith and Fear: The Free Trade Stor y.Toronto: Stoddart, 1991. Insightful analysis of the ...

guerrillas. In Reagan’s second term in office, sophis- ticated but relatively inexpensive U.S. surface-to-air missiles known as ...

repressive Somoza regime, and many members of Congress were reluctant to support the right-wing army. Their reluctance only incr ...

ple and the U.S. Congress were reluctant to persist in Lebanon. President Reagan withdrew all U.S. troops in February, 1984, and ...

401(k) plans Definition Tax-deferred retirement savings programs Date Began November 10, 1981 The 401(k) plan was named for th ...

vance. Also, if the plans are outsourced to financial intermediaries, there is no administrative cost for the employer. Employee ...

when Fox became a major star. Alex P. Keaton was an archetypal 1980’s character, a high school-aged Re- publican who embraced gr ...

ownership of U.S. media by becoming a citizen of the United States. Murdoch and News Corporation intended to start a fourth broa ...

became known as reality programming.America’s Most Wantedprofiled criminals then at large and en- couraged the audience to ident ...