The Eighties in America - Salem Press (2009)

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of the universe. Guth asserted that, contrary to theo- retical expectations, the universe is flat, homoge- nous, and uniform in ...

data on X-ray sources, especially galactic clusters and candidate black holes. In 1989, the Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) wa ...

stroyed or acquired by AT&T (also known as the Bell system). In the wake of this development, which was miti- gated only sli ...

Institute, 1982. Extremely comprehensive practi- cal legal analysis prepared for distribution to law- yers and other professiona ...

women and three men were chosen. The trial began on January 6, 1982. Williams was represented by At- lanta attorney Mary Welcome ...

A charismatic political strategist who spent his for- mative years in the Deep South, Lee Atwater capital- ized on his innate ab ...

responsible for the victories of Reagan and, espe- cially, Bush, but it also influenced the strategies and tactics adopted in fu ...

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Baby Fae heart transplantation The Event The first cross-species heart transplant into a human infant Date October 26, 1984 ...

come an accepted medical practice after the Baby Fae case, and even research related to such trans- plantation became heavily re ...

O’Donnell pulled her to safety at 7:55p.m.on Octo- ber 16. Miraculously, Jessica sustained only minor wounds and, for the most p ...

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aside and let fellow preacher Jerry Falwell take over until things cooled off. When Falwell discovered that the Bakkers were in ...

On the West Coast, San Francisco Ballet, consid- ered one of the most prestigious regional compa- nies, underwent deep restructu ...

of twentieth century dancers from the point of view of the early twenty-first century. Garis, Robert. “Millennium: The Years of ...

On June 11, Marvin Miller—the executive direc- tor of the Major League Baseball Players Associa- tion, who led the negotiations— ...

Reds in the middle of the 1984 season to assume the role of player coach. On September 11, 1985, Rose moved ahead of Ty Cobb to ...

pitch five no-hitters in his career. In 1989, Ryan at the age of forty-two became the first pitcher to re- cord five thousand ca ...

lowing day. Some 712 games had been canceled dur- ing the strike. Hoping to generate fan enthusiasm, owners devised a complicate ...

Sports Programming Network (ESPN) started to broadcast games; Turner Broadcast Station (TBS) took over cable rights in 1984. Oth ...