Chrysler Corporation
federal rescue......... 213
Claiborne, Harry E........ 214
Clancy, Tom........... 215
Classical music.......... 216
Close, Glenn........... 218
Closing of the American Mind,
The............... 219
Clothing.SeeFashions and
clothing
CNN............... 220
Cold Sunday........... 222
Cold War............. 223
Color Purple, The......... 227
Colorization of black-and-
white films........... 228
Comedians............ 230
Comic Relief........... 233
Comic strips........... 233
Compact discs (CDs)....... 235
Computers............ 238
Conch Republic......... 241
Confederacy of Dunces, A...... 242
Congress, U.S........... 242
Congressional page sex
scandal............ 246
Conservatism in U.S.
politics............. 247
Consumerism........... 249
Contragate.SeeIran-Contra
affair
Cosby Show, The.......... 251
Cosmos............... 253
Costner, Kevin.......... 254
Country music.......... 255
Crack epidemic.......... 259
Craft, Christine.......... 260
Crime............... 262
Cruise, Tom........... 265
Culture Club.SeeBoy George
and Culture Club
Cyberpunk literature....... 266
Dallas............... 269
Dance, popular.......... 271
D.A.R.E.SeeDrug Abuse
Resistance Education
(D.A.R.E.)
Davies, Robertson........ 272
Day After, The........... 274
Decker, Mary........... 275
Deconstructivist
architecture.......... 276
De Lorean, John......... 278
Demographics of Canada.... 279
Demographics of the United
States............. 282
Designing Women......... 286
Devo............... 287
Diets............... 288
Disability rights movement... 290
Disposable cameras....... 291
Divorce.SeeMarriage and
divorce
DNA fingerprinting....... 292
Do the Right Thing......... 293
Domestic violence........ 295
Doppler radar.......... 297
Douglas, Michael......... 297
Drug Abuse Resistance
Education (D.A.R.E.)..... 299
Dukakis, Michael......... 299
Dupont Plaza Hotel fire..... 301
Duran Duran........... 302
Dworkin, Andrea......... 304
Dynasty.............. 305École Polytechnique
massacre............ 307
Economic Recovery Tax Act
of 1981............ 309
Economy.SeeBusiness and the
economy in Canada; Business
and the economy in the
United States
Education in Canada....... 310
Education in the United
States............. 312
El Niño.............. 315
Elections in Canada....... 317
Elections in the United States,
midterm............ 320
Elections in the United States,
1980.............. 322
Elections in the United States,
1984.............. 326
Elections in the United States,
1988.............. 330
Elway, John............ 333
Empire Strikes Back, The...... 334
Environmental movement.... 335
Epic films............. 340
Erdrich, Louise.......... 341
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial..... 342
Europe and North
America............ 344Evangelical Lutheran Church
in America.......... 346
“Evil Empire” speech.See
Reagan’s “Evil Empire”
speech
Exxon Valdezoil spill....... 347F-117 Nighthawk.SeeStealth
fighter
Facts of Life, The.......... 350
Fads................ 350
Falwell, Jerry........... 352
Family Ties............. 353
Farm Aid............. 355
Farm crisis............ 356
Fashions and clothing...... 357
Fast Times at Ridgemont High... 360
Fatal Attraction.......... 361
Fax machines........... 362
Feminism............. 363
Ferraro, Geraldine........ 365
Fetal medicine.......... 366
Film in Canada.......... 367
Film in the United States.... 369
First Nations.SeeAboriginal
rights in Canada
Flag burning........... 374
Flashdance............. 375
Flynt, Larry............ 376
Food Security Act of 1985.... 377
Food trends............ 379
Football.............. 381
Ford, Harrison.......... 384
Foreign policy of Canada.... 385
Foreign policy of the United
States............. 387
401(k) plans........... 391
Fox, Michael J........... 392
FOX network........... 393
Freeway Killer.SeeBonin,
William
Full Metal Jacket.......... 395Gallagher............. 397
Gallaudet University
protests............ 398
Games.SeeToys and games
Gangs............... 399
Garneau, Marc.......... 400
Gay rights.SeeHomosexuality
and gay rights
Gehry, Frank........... 401xviiiThe Eighties in America