Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. v. FCC
(1997), 995
TV Martí,871-872
TV Parental Guidelines system, 840,
872-873
TWA.SeeTrans World Airlines
TWA Flight 800 crash,873-874
Twain, Shania, 226, 598, 1011
Twenty-seventh Amendment,874-
875
Twin Peaks,875-876
Tyson, Mike, 115, 425, 802,
876-878
U2, 1011
UAW.SeeUnited Auto Workers
Ulcers, 558
Ulrich, Lars, 562
Ulysses (spacecraft), 793
Unabomber capture, 847,879-880
Unemployment; United States, 134,
704
Unforgiven, 3, 336, 881 , 961
Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
(1995), 986
Unified Team (Olympics), 637
Uniform Code of Military Justice,
264
Unions; automobile industry, 357;
membership, 135, 449;
professional sports, 84, 87, 341,
928
United Auto Workers, 357
United Nations, 788,882-883
United Nations Conference on
Environment and Development,
282, 883
United Nations Special Commission,
389
United Paramount Network.See
UPN television network
United States; Africa and, 7-9;
agriculture, 15-18; Bosnia conflict
and, 114, 241, 347; business, 134-
138; Canada and, 147-148; China
and, 175-177, 347; Cuba and, 506,
871; demographics, 250-253;
economy, 134-138, 381;
education, 135, 251, 287-290;
elections, 297-306; employment,
134, 312-314; Europe and, 316-
317; film, 333-337; fishing, 740;
foreign policy, 130, 346-349, 505,
569; Gulf War, 388-392; Haiti
intervention, 399-401, 882; health
care, 134, 408-411; immigration
to, 440-441, 444-445, 507; income,
135, 250, 447-449; international
trade, 130, 147, 176, 506, 618;
Israel and, 463-465; Kosovo
conflict and, 348, 492; Kyoto
Protocol and, 495; Latin America
and, 505-506; literature, 520-525;
manufacturing, 134; Mexico and,
564-565; Middle East and, 568-571;
national debt, 602-603; poetry,
677; population, 250; poverty,
135, 250, 449, 683; racial and
ethnic makeup, 252; recessions,
703-705; religion, 710-713; Russia
and, 316, 348, 734-736; Soviet
Union and, 130-131, 346;
terrorism in, 846; theater, 852-854;
unemployment, 134, 704; United
Nations and, 882; women’s rights,
930
United States Golf Association, 931
United States Marshals Service, 730
United States v....See name of other
party
Universal health care, 412
Updike, John, 521, 883-884
UPN television network, 838,884-
885 , 908
Urban heat island, 161
Urban planning, 827
U.S. Capitol shooting,885-886
U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.
SeeCommission on Civil
Rights, U.S.
U.S. Electricar, 307
U.S. embassy bombings in Africa,
570,886-889
USDA.SeeDepartment of
Agriculture, U.S.
USGA.SeeUnited States Golf
Association
Usher, 1011
USPTO.SeePatent and Trademark
Office, U.S.
Usual Suspects, The, 963
Utah Jazz, 549V-chip, 172
V-Day movement, 891
Vaccines, 558
Vacco v. Quill(1997), 823, 995
Vaerst, Ralph, 773Vagina Monologues, The(Ensler),890-
891
ValuJet Flight 592 crash,891-892
Vampire Chronicles, The (Rice), 719
Vancouver Summit, 735
Vandross, Luther, 1011
Van Dyken, Amy, 645
Vanilla Ice, 597
Van Thillo, Mark, 103
Van Winkle, Robert.SeeVanilla Ice
Variety shows, 445
Varma, Rahul, 851
Venetian, The (megaresort), 502
Venter, J. Craig, 437, 457
Ventura, Jesse, 708,892-893
Venus, 61, 793
Verhoeven, Paul, 771
Vermont; same-sex marriage, 75
Vernonia School District 47J v. Acton
(1995), 993
Versace, Gianni, 894
Versace murder,894-895
Very Necessary(Salt-n-Pepa), 418
VHS, 278
Viacom, 836, 885
Viagra, 666,895-896
Vice presidency; Al Gore and, 378;
Dan Quayle and, 694
Victoria’s Secret,896-897
Video art, 56, 908
Video games, 679, 864,897-899;
architecture and, 50; consoles,
864, 897; psychosocial effects, 898
Violence Against Women Act (1994),
406, 931
Violence on television, 172
Violent Crime Control and Law
Enforcement Act (1994), 393,
986
Vioxx, 275, 559, 666
Virginia, 919
Virginia, United States v.(1996), 371,
823, 994
Virginia v. Black(2003), 407
Virtual pornography, 165
Viruses, 912
“Vision of Love” (Carey), 150
Volcano Lover, The(Sontag), 790
Von Meister, Bill, 34
Voting, 726Wachowski, Larry and Andy, 556
Waco siege, 572, 713, 847,900-902;
Timothy McVeigh and, 901XL
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