The Eighties in America - Salem Press (2009)

along with the publicly recog- nized veteran journalist Michael Herr. The relationship between these men shaped Kubrick’s vi- si ...

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Gallagher Identification American stand-up comic and entertainer Born July 24, 1947; Fort Bragg, North Carolina Thanks to ma ...

See also Business and the economy in the United States; Cable television; Comedians; Consumerism; Herman, Pee-Wee; Reagan, Ronal ...

Gangs Definition Subcultural groups of persons—often young persons—attributing allegiance to specific territories and often en ...

oped a tradition of signaling their allegiance by dec- orating one side of their bodies more than the other side. The Folks iden ...

Garneau had earned a bachelor of science degree in engineering physics from the Royal Military Col- lege in Kingston, Ontario, i ...

fluences, he named sculptor Con- stantin Brancusi before listing ar- chitects Alvar Aalto and Philip Johnson. Gehry’s work becam ...

Gender gap in voting Definition The difference in the percentage of men and the percentage of women voting for a given candida ...

Explanations for the Gender Gap An interplay of social, economic, and psychological factors produced the gender gap. Most explan ...

316-330. Assesses how changing party preferences contributed to the gender gap. Barbara E. Johnson See also Conservatism in U.S. ...

Emmy Awards during the 1980’s, including two Em- mys for Outstanding Drama Series, in 1981 and In 1982, Anthony Geary won the D ...

Impact During the 1980’s, the members of Genera- tion X began to develop their own generational identity, largely in reaction to ...

procedure was used to identify the locus of numer- ous other genetic mutations. Human Genome Project Mapping the entire se- quen ...

by such social characteristics as a polarization of a city’s various communities, racial tensions, urban decay, and a growing cr ...

often undertaken by a hybrid of municipal entities and private companies, sometimes accompanied by grassroots community groups, ...

excelled in music and gymnastics. He won a gymnas- tics scholarship to the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, where he majo ...

Subsequent Events Gere reestablished himself as a major star in 1990, when he teamed up with Julia Roberts in the blockbuster hi ...

fects alone were not a draw. When the similarly tongue-in-cheek time-travel action filmBack to the Fu- ture(1985) also became a ...

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Gibson, Mel The Eighties in America bases pumping his fist back and forth and was mobbed by his delighted teammates at hom ...

Gibson, William Identification American cyberpunk writer Born March 17, 1948; Conway, South Carolina Gibson’s novels and stori ...