Digital audio,256-257, 589;
workstation, 256
Digital cameras,257-258, 669
Digital divide,258-259
Digital Domain, 333
Digital Millennium Copyright Act
(1998), 157, 224
Digital pets, 319, 863
Digital poetry, 678
Digital video discs, 256,278-280, 754;
extras, 279
Digitization, 686
Dilbert(Adams), 214
Dimas, Trent, 640
Dinkins, David, 231,259-260, 372
Dion, Celine, 860, 1005
Diplomats, 25, 74, 129
Direct marketing, 836
Directors, 26, 205, 331, 334, 509,
834
Disability rights, 35, 705
Disaster films, 858
Disasters, 161, 276, 290, 438, 579,
607-609, 622, 629, 635, 815, 849,
873, 891.See alsoNatural disasters
Discovery program, 555, 793
Disease-resistant plants, 362
Diseases, 912
Disney.SeeWalt Disney Company
Disparate impact, 184
District of Columbia Metropolitan
Police Department, 587
Diversity visas, 442
Diving, 639
Divorce; marriage and, 250, 553-554
Dixie Chicks, 1005
DNA.SeeDeoxyribonucleic acid
Dr. Dre, 243, 418, 1005
Doggystyle(Snoop Doggy Dogg), 243,
418
Doherty, Shannen, 99
Dolan v. City of Tigard(1994), 825,
992
Dole, Bob, 35, 190, 219,260-262, 302;
female voters and, 785
Dolly (sheep), 200, 364
Dolores Claiborne(King), 486
Domain name system, 455
Domestic partnerships,263-264.See
alsoCivil unions; Marriage; Same-
sex marriage
Domestic terrorism, 542, 632, 846,
879
Donati, Bobby, 354
Donna Karan, 325
Donnie Brasco, 964
“Don’t ask, don’t tell” policy (1993),
264-266, 431
Doom(video game), 864, 897
Doonesbury(Trudeau), 215
Dot-com bubble, 126, 136, 812
Dot-coms, 33,267-270, 773, 943
Douglas, Buster, 115, 425, 802, 877
Douglas, Michael, 89
Dove, Rita, 9
Dow Corning, 774
Dow Jones Industrial Average, 811
Downsizing; restructuring and,270-
271
Downward Spiral, The(Nine Inch
Nails), 611
Drag performers, 733
Drama films, 667
Dramedies, 27, 621, 764
Draper, John, 396
Dreadlocks, 399
Dream Team (basketball), 91,271-
272 , 645
Drexler, Eric, 601
Drive-by shootings, 272
Droughts, 608
Dru Hill, 1005
Drudge, Matt, 107,272-274, 474
Drudge Report, 273, 474
Drug advertising, 5,274-275, 666.See
alsoPharmaceutical industry
Drug companies.SeePharmaceutical
industry
Drug Enforcement Administration,
276, 617
Drug trafficking, 565, 616
Drug use, 10, 230,275-276, 283;
Marion Barry and, 81
Drugs, prescription.SeeMedications
Du, Soon Ja, 528
Dubroff, Jessica,276-277
Duchovny, David, 947
Duke, David,277-278
Dumb and Dumber, 962
Dumont, Mario, 695
Duran, Francisco Martin, 915
Durenberger, David, 745
DVDs.SeeDigital video discsEagleburger, Lawrence, 463
Earned Income Tax Credit, 137
Earnhardt, Dale, 803
Earth Day 1990,281-282Earth in the Balance(Gore),282-283,
378
Earth Summit.SeeUnited Nations
Conference on Environment and
Development
Earthquakes, 607, 622
East Coast rap wars, 244, 418, 597,
765
Eastern philosophy, 327
Eastwood, Clint, 3, 881
Eaton, Robert, 70
eBay, 420, 943
E-books, 686
Economic Growth and Regulatory
Paperwork Reduction Act (1996),
987
Economics, 811
Economy; Canada,132-133, 311;
crime and, 228; United States,
134-138, 381
Ecstasy (drug), 276,283-284
Edmonds, Kenneth Brian.See
Babyface
Educate America Act (1994),284-
285 , 288, 986
Education; autistic children, 67;
bilingual, 508; British
Commonwealth and, 146;
Canada,285-287; charter schools,
288; curricular content, 287; First
Nations, 286; homeschooling,
428-431; immigrants, 507;
intelligent design movement, 452-
453; multiculturalism, 287;
policies, 284; racial integration,
698; school funding, 709; school
vouchers, 288; testing, 288;
United States, 135, 251,287-290;
year-round, 956-957
Education Reform Act (1998), 286
Educational television, 172, 174
Edward Scissorhands, 959
Edwards v. Aguillard(1987), 452
Effexor, 666
Egan, James, 290
Egan v. Canada(1995), 290
Egerszegi, Krisztina, 639
Egoyan, Atom, 331
EgyptAir Flight 990 crash,290-292,
570
Eighth Amendment, 253, 824
Elderly, 161; abuse of,293-294
Elders, Joycelyn,294-295
Elections, Canadian,295-297XXII
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