The Eighties in America - Salem Press (2009)

weathered a coronary episode, and a boating acci- dent has made life seem dearer. Nevertheless, to the film’s supporters in the ...

United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland that aimed to bring an end to the fighting in Northern Ireland. O’Neill retired as Sp ...

The film, which was actor Robert Redford’s direc- torial debut, proved very successful. It received several awards, including Ac ...

allowed law enforcement agencies to prosecute sev- eral members of organized crime factions at once, for crimes committed over s ...

See also African Americans; Drug Abuse Resis- tance Education (D.A.R.E.); Epic films; Film in the United States; Indian Gaming R ...

killed in a plane crash on March 19, 1982, Osbourne fell deeper into drug and alcohol abuse. His mar- riage to Sharon Arden in J ...

tion near Halley Bay. During the mid-1980’s, the cause of dramatic declines in ozone density over the Antarctic was open to deba ...

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Pac-Man Identification Video game and character Date Released as an arcade game in the United States in 1980 Initially a coi ...

achieved a level of success and cultural recognition worthy of the original. In addition to board, card, and video games, li- ce ...

checked in an item of baggage at Frankfurt, then left the plane before it took off from London. However, no immediate leads were ...

drugs through Panama and into the United States, among other nations. Noriega had retained power despite the results of two pres ...

sion occurred in and around the capital, Panama City. Quickly, the U.S. forces involved in the opera- tion moved to secure the P ...

Parental advisory stickers Identification Warnings of potentially objectionable content, affixed to recorded music In response ...

inappropriate for minors. All such stickers—which came to be nicknamed Tipper Stickers—would read simply, “Parental Advisory: Ex ...

meanor were very popular with the public, and the show shot to the top of the ratings. Its ratings dipped when Pauley took time ...

free rein to his innovative creativity. Within this at- mosphere of big business and big spending, Pei led American architecture ...

Peller, Clara Identification American television-commercial actor Born August 4, 1902; Chicago, Illinois Died August 11, 1987; ...

Impact The playful commercials featuring Peller offered an endearing portrait of a determined octo- genarian who, despite her si ...

Performance art Definition Art form that incorporates live performance alongside other aesthetic modes Performance art continu ...

sound, video, and live performers played on tradi- tional stages. Symptomatically, at the beginning of the decade, Laurie Anders ...