The Eighties in America - Salem Press (2009)

USA for Africa was composed predominantly of American musical artists, including some legendary Motown artists. These pop music ...

See also Blondie; Bon Jovi; Cable television; Devo; Duran Duran; Fads; Farm Aid; Fashions and cloth- ing; Generation X; Go-Go’s, ...

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Mulroney, Brian The Eighties in America States and Canada would be eliminated by 1998. This agreement was followed by a Ca ...

Further Reading Kaplan, William.Presumed Guilty: Brian Mulroney, the Airbus Affair, and the Government of Canada.To- ronto: McCl ...

this concept of assimilation was a major purpose of schools. Other educators supported a “salad bowl” approach—that is, keeping ...

Impact Multiplex theaters resulted from market forces that transformed the traditional format for film presentation. Stanley Dur ...

considered by some a vanity project, marked the be- ginning of a downward career slide lasting until the late 1990’s. Having a p ...

Ghostbusters, Murray received a Golden Globe nomi- nation for best actor in a musical or comedy. Murray used the clout he acquir ...

keyboards of any kind. The subgenre essentially combined punk rock sentiments with pop-oriented vocals. The approach to instrume ...

viewers outside the East Coast to the genre. In 1983, Run-D.M.C.’s “Rock Box” became the first rap video to air on MTV. Lesser-k ...

Music Films Films that incorporated dance were common throughout the 1980’s. For breakdancing, there wereBreakin’andBreakin’ 2: ...

banned from airplay, “Girls on Film,” which was the beginning of a long string of controversy in the music video industry. Music ...

form, and a number of directors used them to boost their careers in the quest to direct a feature or inde- pendent film. Music v ...

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Nation at Risk, A Identification Government report critical of American education Date Released on April 26, 1983 The highly ...

See also Closing of the American Mind, The; Educa- tion in the United States; Mainstreaming in educa- tion; Multiculturalism in ...

published as a national anthem in Quebec City by Arthur Lavigne in April, 1880. On June 24, the new anthem was both sung and pla ...

National Education Summit of 1989 The Event President George H. W. Bush and the nation’s governors discuss problems in America ...

perceptions about a “crisis” in education,A Nation at Riskbecame enormously influential and played an important role in elevatin ...

Oil-rich Alberta withheld 100,000 barrels per day from the market to protest price limits. Exploration and production in several ...

Further Reading Gardner, Martin R.Understanding Juvenile Law. New- ark, N.J.: LexisNexis, 2003. Pegram, Thomas R.Battling Demon ...