NASCAR, 67, 376, 803
NASDAQ, 267, 811
Nation at Risk, A(government
report), 287
Nation of Islam, 323, 574
National Aeronautics and Space
Administration, 61, 433, 554, 793
National Affordable Housing Act
(1990), 983
National and Community Service
Trust Act (1993), 37, 985
National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People,
10
National Basketball Association, 79,
90, 271, 470-471, 549, 650, 801
National Bioethics Advisory
Commission, 201, 807
National Broadcasting Company,
643, 760, 920
National Capital Revitalization and
Self-Government Improvement
Act (1997), 988
National Center for Human Genome
Research, 436
National Collegiate Athletic
Association, 91, 402, 471, 650, 931
National debt, 137,602-603
National Defense Authorization Act
(1991), 923
National Dialogue on Social Security,
787
National Elder Abuse Incidence
Study, 293
National Endowment for the Arts,
156, 550,603-605
National Football Conference, 341
National Football League, 341, 801
National Guard, 529
National Highway System
Designation Act (1995), 986
National Hockey League, 421-422,
647, 802
National Instant Check System, 393
National Inventors Hall of Fame, 460
National Labor Relations Board, 87
National League, 82, 86
National Markets Improvement Act
(1996), 986
National Organization for Women,
687, 930
National Partnership for Women and
Families, 323
National Rifle Association, 393
National Science Foundation
Network, 454
National Service Act (1990), 37
National Transgender Advocacy
Coalition, 866
National Transportation Safety
Board, 291, 874, 892
National Voter Registration Act
(1993), 727, 985
Native Americans,605-606, 698;
representations of, 240; writers,
523.See alsoFirst Nations
NATO.SeeNorth Atlantic Treaty
Organization
Natural disasters, 579,607-609, 622,
629, 635, 815.See alsoDisasters
Natural resources, 133
Naughty by Nature, 1009
NBA.SeeNational Basketball
Association
NBC.See National Broadcasting
Company
NBC Sports, 24
NC-17 rating, 89,609-610, 771
NCAA.SeeNational Collegiate
Athletic Association
NEA.SeeNational Endowment for
the Arts
Neanderthals; DNA analysis of, 755
Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous
(spacecraft), 793
Neeson, Liam, 748
Nelson, Lemrick, 232
Nelson, Prince Rogers.SeePrince
Nemov, Alexei, 645
Neoconservatism, 922
Neon Vernacular(Komunyakaa), 490
Nesbit, John Norris, 290
Netanyahu, Benjamin, 464, 569
Netflix, 280
Netscape Communications
Corporation, 812
Netscape Navigator, 267, 754, 942
Nettles, Bonnie, 413
Never Enough(Etheridge), 315
Nevermind(Nirvana), 30, 386, 612
New Age; medicine, 177; movement,
712
New Jersey, 917
New Kids on the Block, 117
New social history, 287
New traditionalism (country music),
227
“New world order,” 346New York City, 259, 371
New York City Ballet, 77
New York Knicks, 90
New York Police Department, 229,
531, 681
New York Rangers, 802
New York Stock Exchange, 811
New York v. United States(1992), 991
New York Yankees, 85, 801
Newton.SeeMessagePad
NeXT, 468
NEXTSTEP, 468
NFL.SeeNational Football League
NHL.See National Hockey League
Nichols, Terry, 542, 632
Nicholson, Jack, 3
Nicotine patch,610-611
Nigeria; British Commonwealth and,
145
Nigerian spam scam, 797
Nike, 932
Nikkei 225, 811
NIN.SeeNine Inch Nails
Nine Inch Nails,611-612
98 Degrees, 117, 1009
Nintendo, 679, 897
Nirvana, 30, 325, 386, 590, 596,612-
613 , 1009
Nixon, 963
Nixon, Cynthia, 764
Nixon in China(Adams), 186
NLRB.SeeNational Labor Relations
Board
No Fences(Brooks), 121, 226
Nobel Prizes, 585,614-616, 1000
Nolan, Yvette, 850
Nonpoint pollution, 906
Noriega, Manuel, 130, 160, 616
Noriega capture and trial,616-617
Norris, Orlin, 877
North America;Europe and, 316-317;
Middle East and, 568-571
North American Free Trade
Agreement, 130, 147, 179, 344,
444, 506, 564,618-619, 940;
effects on Latin America, 507
North American Free Trade
Agreement Implementation Act
(1993), 985
North Atlantic Treaty Organization,
114, 317, 492, 735
North Hollywood shoot-out,619-621
Northern Exposure,621-622
Northridge earthquake, 607,622-624XXXII
The Nineties in America