The Eighties in America - Salem Press (2009)

Mexico and the United States Definition Diplomatic relations between neighboring countries Despite President Jimmy Carter’s ef ...

America. Ambassador Gavin, who had lost favor among many moderate Republicans, was replaced in 1986 by Charles Pilliod. The Iran ...

in a serving station in the delicatessen. The im- proper installation of an electrical cable and its exposure to warm moisture o ...

Miami Riot of 1980 The Event Race riot Date May 17-19, 1980 Place African American sections of Miami, Florida The Miami Riot o ...

though one white man was arrested on suspicion of murdering a black rioter, the evidence was insuffi- cient to result in a forma ...

popularize the city’s Art Deco and neomodernist ar- chitecture, as well as its general Caribbean and La- tino cultures. In retro ...

ain but not in the United States. Shortly thereafter, they announced the group’s dissolution. Michael, ready to pursue a solo ca ...

operating systems, including OS/2, Windows, and Windows NT. Windows Microsoft was impressed with the XEROX Alto computer, which ...

XENIX, DOS, and the Mac. During the early 1980’s, Microsoft developed Chart and File for the Mac, and these were later included ...

ton, not fully appreciating the importance of the is- sue in the region in general, decided not to press Israel too hard. Howeve ...

organization. The international body thus had to meet in Geneva, Switzerland, in December, 1988, where Arafat not only confirmed ...

moderate Iranian elements that could lead to re- gime change from the existing radical anti-Ameri- can religious fundamentalists ...

lucid and scholarly account of the policies of Sec- retaries of State Haig and Shultz. Less critical than most sources. Taylor, ...

Further Reading Baird, Robert M., and M. Katherine Baird, eds.Ho- mosexuality: Debating the Issues. Amherst, N.Y.: Pro- metheus ...

War II-era battleships of theIowaclass to serve as ar- mored cruise-missile platforms. The Pentagon also spent more money on nuc ...

an independent life. Miller described characters in an era preoccupied with self-awareness and a subse- quent sense of empowerme ...

ate collections of short but poignant tales of average despondent Americans waiting for their Godot. Minimalist Authors and Infl ...

McDermott, James Dishon.Austere Style in Twentieth- Centur y Literature: Literar y Minimalism. Lewiston, N.Y.: Edwin Mellen Pres ...

was in Japanese with English subtitles. Clavell’s book had been a best seller, but the networks took a big risk in adapting the ...

In the mid-1980’s, all three networks changed ownership. The large media corporations that ac- quired the networks instituted co ...