The Eighties in America - Salem Press (2009)

was released in 1982. In 1986, the United States passed the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act; the first person prosecuted under the ...

posed to the environment by new and existing tech- nologies. It also increased the demand for new tech- nologies that could help ...

came operational. Ten beams produced up to 100 trillion watts of infrared power. The same year, the Strategic Defense Initiative ...

look at the figures and technologies of the per- sonal computing movement. Benedick, Richard.Ozone Diplomacy. Boston: Har- vard ...

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Science-fiction films The Eighties in America Selected Science-Fiction Films of the 1980’s Year Title Director 1980 The Em ...

Science-Fiction Franchises TheStar WarsandStar Trekmovie franchises—the latter includingStar Trek II: The Wrath of Khan(1982),St ...

rienced world, and this concern of science fiction converged powerfully with film’s ability to construct visceral illusions in s ...

Impact It has been argued that, of all genres, sci- ence fiction is one of the most consistently allegorical of social and polit ...

with great daring, and featuring a bravura perfor- mance by Robert De Niro,Raging Bullset a 1980’s standard for serious American ...

each week and each chapter would end with a cliff- hanger to draw audiences back the following week. Star Warsdid much the same ...

and costume designs from scratch. This fact also drove the trend toward sequels. After the 1980’s, movie sequels became a mainst ...

Skurzynski, Gloria.Are We Alone? Scientists Search for Life in Space. Washington, D.C.: National Geo- graphic, 2004. Paul P. Sip ...

open than American films in dealing with sexual matters. The director, who was only twenty-six when the film premiered at the Su ...

The Supreme Court held that the Civil Rights Act was intended to “strike at the whole spectrum of dis- parate treatment of men a ...

MacKinnon is largely responsible for defin- ing and conceptualizing sexual harassment. Rundblad, Georganne. “Gender, Power, and ...

Shepard, Sam Identification American playwright, actor, director, and screenwriter Born November 5, 1943; Fort Sheridan, Illin ...

Shields, Brooke Identification American model and actor Born May 31, 1965; New York, New York Shields was a 1980’s personality ...

Simpson, Maria. “Does She or Doesn’t She? Re- visited: The Calvin Klein Jeans Ad.”Etc.: A Review of General Semantics38 (Winter, ...

Further Reading Madison, Christopher. “Shultz Shows How to Sur- vive and Even Prosper in His High-Risk Post at State.”National J ...

Flight 232 from Denver to Philadelphia with a stop in Chicago. The DC-10, a wide-bodied jet with three engines—one on each wing ...