Stockton massacre
Terrorism
Tort reform movement
Tylenol murders
U.S. Senate bombing
Disasters
AIDS epidemic
Cerritos plane crash
Challengerdisaster
Cold Sunday
Day After, The
El Niño
Exxon Valdezoil spill
Heat wave of 1980
Hurricane Hugo
Loma Prieta earthquake
MGM Grand Hotel fire
Mount St. Helens eruption
Natural disasters
Nuclear winter scenario
Ocean Rangeroil rig disaster
Sioux City plane crash
Times Beach dioxin scare
Twilight Zoneaccident
Yellowstone National Park fires
Economics
Black Monday stock market crash
Business and the economy in Canada
Business and the economy in the
United States
Canada-United States Free Trade
Agreement
Consumerism
Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981
Farm Aid
Farm crisis
Food Security Act of 1985
401(k) plans
Gentrification
Globalization
Home shopping channels
Income and wages in Canada
Income and wages in the United
States
Inflation in Canada
Inflation in the United States
Junk bonds
Military spending
National Energy Program (NEP)
Reaganomics
Recessions
Savings and loan (S&L) crisis
Social Security reform
Tax Reform Act of 1986
Unemployment in Canada
Unemployment in the United States
WelfareEducation
Affirmative action
Bennett, William
Closing of the American Mind, The
Drug Abuse Resistance Education
(D.A.R.E.)
École Polytechnique massacre
Education in Canada
Education in the United States
Information age
Just Say No campaign
McMartin Preschool trials
Magnet schools
Mainstreaming in education
Multiculturalism in education
Nation at Risk, A
National Education Summit of 1989
Political correctness
School vouchers debate
Standards and accountability in
education
Stockton massacreEnvironmental Issues
Agriculture in Canada
Agriculture in the United States
Air pollution
Biopesticides
Cancer research
Cold Sunday
El Niño
Environmental movement
Exxon Valdezoil spill
Food Security Act of 1985
Harp seal hunting
Heat wave of 1980
Malathion spraying
Mount St. Helens eruption
Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1983
Nuclear winter scenario
Ozone hole
Radon
Spotted owl controversy
Superfund program
Times Beach dioxin scare
Water pollution
Watt, James G.
Yellowstone National Park firesFilm
Academy Awards
Action films
Airplane!
Aliens
Back to the Future
Big Chill, The
Blade Runner
Blue Velvet
Brat Pack in acting
Breakfast Club, The
Bridges, Jeff
Broderick, Matthew
Cher
Close, Glenn
Colorization of black-and-white films
Comedians
Costner, Kevin
Cruise, Tom
Do the Right Thing
Douglas, Michael
Empire Strikes Back, The
Epic films
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Fatal Attraction
Film in Canada
Film in the United States
Flashdance
Ford, Harrison
Fox, Michael J.
Full Metal Jacket
Gere, Richard
Ghostbusters
Gibson, Mel
Hannah, Daryl
Heaven’s Gate
Hoffman, Dustin
Horror films
Hughes, John
Hurt, William
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Last Temptation of Christ, The
Little Mermaid, The
Martin, Steve
Multiplex theaters
Murphy, Eddie
Murray, Bill
Nicholson, Jack
On Golden Pond
Ordinary People
PG-13 rating
Platoon
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