The Eighties in America - Salem Press (2009)

Literature in the United
States............. 591
Little Mermaid, The........ 596
Live Aid.............. 596
Lockerbie bombing.SeePan
Am Flight 103 bombing
Loma Prieta earthquake..... 599
Louganis, Greg.......... 601
Louisiana World Exposition... 602
Lucas, Henry Lee........ 603
Ludlum, Robert......... 604

McDonald’s massacre.SeeSan
Ysidro McDonald’s
massacre
McEnroe, John.......... 605
McKinney Homeless Assistance
Act of 1987.......... 606
McMartin Preschool trials.... 607
Madonna............. 609
Mafia.SeeOrganized crime
Magnet schools.......... 610
Magnum, P.I............ 612
Mainstreaming in
education........... 613
Malathion spraying........ 615
Mamet, David........... 616
Marathon of Hope........ 617
Mariel boatlift.......... 618
Marriage and divorce...... 620
Married... with Children..... 622
Martial arts............ 624
Martin, Steve........... 624
Martin Luther King Day..... 625
MAS*Hseries finale...... 626
Max Headroom.......... 628
Medicine............. 629
Meech Lake Accord....... 632
Meese, Edwin, III......... 633
Mellencamp, John Cougar.... 634
Meritor Savings Bank v.
Vinson............. 635
Mexico and the United
States............. 636
MGM Grand Hotel fire..... 637
Miami Riot of 1980........ 639
Miami Vice............. 640
Michael, George......... 641
Microsoft............. 642
Middle East and North
America............ 644
Military ban on
homosexuals......... 648
Military spending........ 649

Miller, Sue............ 650

Minimalist literature....... 651

Miniseries............. 653

Minivans............. 655

Minorities in Canada....... 656

Miracle on Ice.......... 657

Missing and runaway

children............ 659

Mommy track........... 660

Mondale, Walter......... 662

Montana, Joe........... 664

Montreal massacre.SeeÉcole

Polytechnique massacre

Moonlighting........... 665

Moral Majority.......... 666

Mothers Against Drunk

Driving (MADD)....... 668

Mötley Crüe........... 668

Mount St. Helens eruption... 669

MOVE............... 671

Movies.SeeFilm in Canada; Film in

the United States

Mr. T............... 673

MTV................ 674

Mullet............... 677

Mulroney, Brian......... 677

Multiculturalism in

education........... 679

Multiplex theaters........ 680

Murphy, Eddie.......... 681

Murray, Bill............ 682

Music............... 683

Music videos........... 686

Musicals.SeeBroadway musicals

Nation at Risk, A......... 689

Nation of Yahweh........ 690

National Anthem Act of

1980.............. 690

National Education Summit

of 1989............ 692

National Energy Program.... 693

National Minimum Drinking

Age Act of 1984........ 694

Native Americans......... 695

Natural disasters......... 697

Navratilova, Martina....... 699

Naylor, Gloria........... 700

Neoexpressionism in

painting............ 701

Neo-Nazis.SeeSkinheads and

neo-Nazis

Network anchors......... 702

New Coke............. 704

New Mexico State

Penitentiary Riot....... 705

New Wave music......... 706

Nicholson, Jack.......... 708

Night Stalker case........ 710

Nighthawk.SeeStealth fighter

Nobel Prizes........... 711

North, Oliver........... 714

Nuclear Waste Policy Act of

1982.............. 715

Nuclear winter scenario..... 716

Oates, Joyce Carol........ 719

Ocean Rangeroil rig disaster... 720

O’Connor, Sandra Day...... 721

Olson, Clifford.......... 722

Olympic boycotts......... 722

Olympic Games of 1980..... 724

Olympic Games of 1984..... 728

Olympic Games of 1988..... 731

On Golden Pond.......... 735

O’Neill, Tip............ 736

Ordinary People.......... 737

Organized crime......... 738

Osbourne, Ozzy......... 740

Oscars.SeeAcademy Awards

Ozone hole............ 741

Pac-Man.............. 743

Pan Am Flight 103 bombing... 744

Panama invasion......... 745

Parental advisory stickers.... 748

Pauley, Jane............ 749

PC.SeePolitical correctness

Pei, I. M.............. 750

Peller, Clara............ 752

People’s Court, The......... 753

Performance art......... 754

PG-13 rating........... 755

Phantom of the Opera, The..... 756

Photography........... 757

Plastic surgery.......... 759

Platoon.............. 761

Play, the.............. 762

Poetry............... 764

Poindexter, John......... 766

Political correctness....... 767

Pollution.SeeAir pollution;

Water pollution

Pop music............. 768

Pornography........... 772

Post office shootings....... 774

Power dressing.......... 776

Preppies............. 777

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