The Eighties in America - Salem Press (2009)

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Heavy metal The Eighties in America Selected 1980’s Heavy Metal Albums Year Title Performer 1980 British Steel Judas Pries ...

The press and critics also attacked heavy metal. The 1984 mockumentary filmThis Is Spin ̈al Tap spoofed heavy metal musicians. M ...

Impact During the 1980’s, heavy metal blossomed into a number of unique musical styles and sounds. Their fast-paced rhythms, gui ...

by doing so, she has come to feel isolated and alone. She admonishes the crowd by telling them that she feels stranded, when she ...

Critics Circle Award. In 1986, Henley contributed the screenplay for a film adaptation ofCrimes of the Heart, directed by Bruce ...

The completed project, Heritage USA, included office and studio space for the Bakkers’ television production company; a campsite ...

rence Fishburne and Hartman. The show was a huge hit with children and adults, running five years, earning fifty-nine Emmy nomin ...

Hershiser, Orel Identification American baseball pitcher Born September 16, 1958; Buffalo, New York Orel Hershiser was one of th ...

Hill Street Blueswas a classic example of what has come to be known as “quality television,” featuring serious (although also fr ...

http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/H/htmlH/hill streetb/hillstreetb.htm. Thompson, Robert J.Television’s Second Golden Age: From ...

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Hip-hop and rap The Eighties in America Selected 1980’s Rap Songs Year Song Performer 1982 “Planet Rock” Afrika Bambaataa ...

clearly influenced by graffiti in the 1980’s, Jean- Michel Basquiat is perhaps the best known. Hip-Hop Film The emergence of gan ...

hip-hop culture and rap music played—or did not play—into racial stereotypes. The influence of hip-hop on film was enormous, esp ...

Hobbies and recreation organizations (HMOs) Definition Leisure-time activities and pastimes Americans engaged in a wide variety ...

pear. The main factor in the arcades’ decline was the development of Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), which quickly became t ...

they were for teenagers and those in the eighteen- to-twenty-four-year-old range. Running and jogging claimed more than 40 milli ...

At the amateur level, the surprisingly strong perfor- mance of the United States in the 1980 Winter Olym- pics led many American ...

Romania, and West Germany, the United States ad- vanced to the medal round undefeated, with a rec- ord of 4 wins, 0 losses, and ...

Wallechinsky, David.The Complete Book of the Winter Olympics.1998 ed. Woodstock, N.Y.: Overlook Press, 1998. A brief overview an ...

Holmes, Larry Identification World heavyweight boxing champion from 1978 to 1985 Born November 3, 1949; Cuthbert, Georgia Holmes ...