The Eighties in America - Salem Press (2009)

to men was approached and at times crossed by several of the most famous 1980’s actresses, in- cluding Weaver and Glenn Close, a ...

Roedid not prohibit states from issuing such value judgments. Justice Antonin Scalia wrote a separate concur- rence in favor of ...

during World War II, Caspar Weinberger worked in a San Francisco law firm before entering California Republican politics in 1952 ...

gitimacy, and that welfare programs, to the extent they were to be retained, should have stronger work requirements. Even sympat ...

the extent that such services were necessary for a family member’s employment or participation in an education and training acti ...

Gueron, Judith M. “Work and Welfare: Lessons on Employment Programs.”Journal of Economic Per- spectives4 (Winter, 1990): 79-98. ...

No organization claimed responsibility for the bombing. German investigators pursued several leads, including neo-Nazi German na ...

friends. Harry is going through a divorce and Sally through a breakup, and they find comfort in what is, for both of them, their ...

alternative lifestyles, including intravenous drug use, promiscuous sex, and homosexuality. Indeed, mis- conceptions about the d ...

physical stature (Gladney admires heavy people, be- lieving that bulk staves off death) cannot insulate him from the inevitable. ...

Stonemagazine. Hollywood had attempted similar combinations of live and cartoon characters, such as a dance scene featuring Gene ...

Mindy, which ran from 1978 to 1982. The American public was captivated by the manic, free-associating char- acter of Mork, who w ...

however, a scandal erupted when it was revealed that she had posed for nude photos a few years before en- tering the contest. As ...

Rainey’s Black Bottom(pr. 1984) received a Tony Award and the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for the best new play of 1984- ...

the gap between societal norms for public and pri- vate expression. While talking to her guests was im- portant, listening to th ...

emergence of women in rock during the 1980’s represented an age-old pattern of how women often achieve gender eq- uity in popula ...

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Women in rock music The Eighties in America Selected Women in Rock Music in the 1980’s Artist/Group Notable 1980’s Songs ...

ness in relationships (“Treat Me Right”). More im- portant, she dealt with subjects usually neglected by male rock singers, such ...

power of both the man and the woman. Fresh from the feminist movement of the 1970’s, which empha- sized gender equality, women s ...

Once these laws were in place, women entered pro- fessional schools in vast numbers, and opportunities began to open in typicall ...