Auto racing,67-69, 376, 803
Auto theft.SeeCarjacking
Autobiographies, 524
Automobile industry,69-72, 742;
Canada, 132; electric cars, 306-
308; strikes, 357; SUVs, 800
Avalanches, 607
Avary, Roger, 692
Avedon, Richard, 670
Ayd, Frank, 41
Ayeroff, Jeff, 727
Ayyad, Nidal A., 938
Baby-boom generation, 359, 419
Babyface, 1003
Baccei, Tom, 546
Bachman, Richard.SeeKing,
Stephen
Bacillus thuringiensis, 362
Backlash(Faludi), 320
Backstreet Boys, 117, 1003
Bad Boy Records, 244, 418, 597,
765
Badmotorfinger(Soundgarden), 30
Baehr v. Lewin(1993), 263
Baggio, Roberto, 936
Bailey, Donovan,73-74, 644
Baiul, Oksana, 642
Baker, James,74-75, 463
Baker v. Vermont(1999),75-76
Balanced Budget Act (1997),76-77,
412, 987
Balanchine, George, 77
Balboa, Marcelo, 935
Baldur’s Gate(video game), 898
Balkans, 113, 317, 346, 492, 882
Ballet,77-78
Baltic states, 316
Baltimore Orioles, 721
Bank of Credit and Commerce
International scandal, 745
Bankruptcy Reform Act (1994),
985
Barak, Ehud, 464, 569
Barbie dolls, 863
Barkley, Charles,79-80
Barnes & Noble, 269, 691
Barnes v. Glen Theatre, Inc.(1991),
824, 990
Barrie, Dennis, 550
Barrowman, Mike, 639
Barry, Dave,80-81
Barry, Marion,81-82
Barton Fink, 959
Base Closure and Realignment
Commission, 245
Baseball,82-86, 382, 538, 721, 790,
801; home run race, 427-428;
1994 strike,87-89; realignment,
86
Basic Instinct,89-90, 960
Basketball, 79,90-93, 271, 470-471,
549, 645, 650, 801; college, 91;
midnight, 571; women’s, 92, 928
Bass, Edward P., 103
Basu, Pamela, 151
Batouti, Gamil el-, 292, 570
Baywatch,93-94
BCS.SeeBowl Championship Series
Beanie Babies,94-95, 319, 863
Beastie Boys, 858
Beauty and the Beast(film),95-96, 959
Beauty and the Beast(musical;
Menken, Ashman, and Rice), 120
Beauty Myth, The(Wolf),96-97
Beavis and Butt-Head,97-98
Behe, Michael J., 452
Being John Malkovich, 965
Bellagio (megaresort), 502
Belle, Albert, 84
Bennett, William, 501
Bennis v. Michigan(1996), 993
Bergen, Candice, 593
Berkley, Elizabeth, 771
Berkshire Hathaway, 126
Bernardin, Joseph Cardinal,98-99,
712
Berners-Lee, Tim, 454, 457, 941
Berry, Shawn Allen, 138
Bertelsmann, 111
Beverly Hills, 90210,99-100
Bezos, Jeff, 33,100-101, 267
Biblical archaeology, 242
Big Lebowski, The, 206
Big Night, 963
Bilingual education, 508
Bin Laden, Osama, 53, 391, 570,
888
Bioethics, 365, 807
Biographers, 476
Biondi, Matt, 639
Biosphere 2,102-103
Biotechnology, 17, 360, 458
Bird, Larry, 90
Birth control, 253
Black Album (Metallica), 562
Black Canadians, 699; theater and,
850Black Hills White Justice(Lazarus), 605
Black holes, 62, 435, 757
Black rage (legal defense), 329
BlackBerry, 660
Blacks.SeeAfrican Americans
BLACKstreet, 1003
Blair, Bonnie, 642
Blair Witch Project, The,103-104, 820,
965
Blanks, Billy, 829
Blended families,104-106
Blige, Mary J., 1004
Blizzards, 608
Bloc Québécois,106-107, 159, 296
Blockbuster films, 333
Blogs,107-108, 272, 474
Blond Ambition World Tour
(Madonna), 543
Blood Brothers(Russell), 119
Blumenthal, Sidney, 273
Bly, Robert, 462
BMW of North America, Inc. v. Gore
(1996), 993
Boardman, Chris, 639
Bobbitt, John Wayne and Lorena,
108
Bobsleigh, 647
Bochco, Steven, 627
Body art, 319, 835
Body Count(Ice-T), 156
Bolton, Michael, 1004
Bombings, 482, 542, 569, 572, 632,
647, 846, 879, 886, 937
Bondar, Roberta,109-110
Bonds, Barry, 84
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, 597, 1004
Bono, Sonny,110-111, 225
Boogie Nights, 964
Book clubs,111-112
Book publishing.SeePublishing
Boondocks, The(McGruder), 215
“Boot Scootin’ Boogie” (Brooks and
Dunn), 226
Bopp, Thomas, 401
Borders Group, 269, 691
Bose-Einstein condensation, 755
Bosnia conflict,113-114, 316, 347;
peace agreement, 183, 241
Botha, Francois, 877
Bottle Rocket, 963
Bouchard, Lucien, 106, 296, 695
Boulmerka, Hassiba, 639
Bound, 963
Boutros-Ghali, Boutros, 882XVII
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