The Nineties in America - Salem Press (2009)
from her childhood a favorite book titledIn His Steps, written by Christian novelist Charles Sheldon in 1896. In the novel, Shel ...
X X-Files, The Identification Science-fiction television series Creator Chris Carter (1956- ) Date Aired from September 10, 19 ...
of the week” to simply bizarre to comedy. When Duchovny opted out of his recurring role in the final two seasons, Scully became ...
sprang up, includingBuffy the Vampire Slayer,La Femme Nikita,Dark Angel, andAlias. Xena was also somewhat unique among televisio ...
Y Y2K problem Definition An abbreviation for “year 2000 problem”; also called the millennium bug Date Expected to occur just a ...
The Event Itself Very few com- puter failures occurred when the year 2000 arrived. Problems that oc- curred were minor, and some ...
Yahoo! Identification Internet services company Date Founded in 1994 The company’s founders created one of the first successfu ...
could extend the length of time a user stayed at the site. This allowed Yahoo! to create more revenue from advertising. In 1997, ...
World War II, she proudly represented her nation in competition and as President George H. W. Bush’s special presidential delega ...
sional consideration of the Family Medical Leave Act, and the debate over abortion in the back- ground, female politicians also ...
Year-round schools Definition Institutions that use a calendar in which students attend school approximately the same number o ...
frustration for parents if their children did not have common vacation times; extensive packing between sessions, as classrooms ...
Z Zone diet Definition A mixed carbohydrate, protein, and lower-fat diet designed to help a person’s body function more effici ...
Entertainment: Major Films of the 1990’s The one hundred titles listed here are a representative sampling of 1990’s films rega ...
Oscar as the no-nonsense cowboy in charge of the greenhorns. The Fisher King(TriStar; dir. Terry Gilliam) A cyni- cal radio talk ...
geted. With cameos by Julia Roberts, Bruce Willis, and other stars as themselves. Reservoir Dogs(Live Entertainment/Miramax; dir ...
1994 Crumb(Crumb Partners I/Superior Pictures; dir. Terry Zwigoff) Acclaimed documentary about ec- centric underground comic-boo ...
emphasized the first pairing of De Niro and Pacino, the film has gained stature as one of the greatest crime films and as Mann’s ...
Tin Cup(Gary Foster/Monarchy Enterprises/Re- gency Enterprises/Warner Bros.; dir. Ron Shel- ton) An ambitionless golf pro (Kevin ...
tor James Whale (Ian McKellen), best known for Frankenstein(1931), and his relationship with a young gardener (Brendan Fraser) w ...
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