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Christopher, Warren....... 182
Cirque du Soleil......... 183
Civil Rights Act of 1991..... 184
Classical music.......... 186
Clean Air Act of 1990...... 187
Clinton, Bill........... 188
Clinton, Hillary Rodham.... 191
Clinton’s impeachment..... 193
Clinton’s scandals........ 196
Cloning.............. 199
Clooney, George......... 201
Clothing.SeeFashions and
clothing
CNN coverage of the Gulf
War.............. 202
Cochran, Johnnie........ 204
Coen brothers.......... 205
Coffeehouses........... 206
Cohen, William S......... 207
Cold War, end of......... 208
Columbine massacre....... 210
Comedians............ 212
Comic strips........... 214
Computer-generated imagery.
SeeCGI
Computers............ 216
Conservatism in U.S.
politics............. 219
Contract with America...... 220
Copyright legislation....... 224
Country music.......... 225
Crime............... 227
Crown Heights riot........ 231
Cruise, Tom........... 233
Culture wars........... 234

Dahmer, Jeffrey.......... 238
Damon, Matt........... 239
Dances with Wolves......... 240
Dayton Accords.......... 241
Dead Sea scrolls publication... 242
Death Row Records....... 243
Defense budget cuts....... 244
Defense of Marriage Act of
1996.............. 246
DeGeneres, Ellen......... 247
Demographics of Canada.... 248
Demographics of the United
States............. 250
Depo-Provera........... 253
Devers, Gail............ 254
Diallo shooting.......... 255
Digital audio........... 256
Digital cameras.......... 257

Digital divide........... 258

Digital video discs.SeeDVDs

Dinkins, David.......... 259

Divorce.SeeMarriage and divorce

Dole, Bob............. 260

Domestic partnerships...... 263

Don’t ask, don’t tell....... 264

Dot-coms............. 267

Downsizing and

restructuring......... 270

Dream Team........... 271

Drive-by shootings........ 272

Drudge, Matt........... 272

Drug advertising......... 274

Drug companies.See

Airline industry

Drug use............. 275

Dubroff, Jessica.......... 276

Duke, David........... 277

DVDs............... 278

Earth Day 1990.......... 281

Earth in the Balance........ 282

Economy.SeeBusiness and the

economy in Canada; Business

and the economy in the

United States

Ecstasy.............. 283

Educate America Act of

1994.............. 284

Education in Canada....... 285

Education in the United

States............. 287

Egan v. Canada.......... 290

EgyptAir Flight 990 crash.... 290

Elder abuse............ 293

Elders, Joycelyn.......... 294

Elections in Canada....... 295

Elections in the United States,

midterm............ 297

Elections in the United States,

1992.............. 299

Elections in the United States,

1996.............. 302

Electric car............ 306

Electronic mail.SeeE-mail

Electronic music......... 308

E-mail............... 310

Embassy bombings in Africa.

SeeU.S. embassy bombings in

Africa

Employment in Canada..... 311

Employment in the United

States............. 312

ER................. 314

Etheridge, Melissa........ 315

Europe and North America... 316

Euthanasia.SeePhysician-assisted

suicide

Fabio............... 318

Fads................ 319

Faludi, Susan........... 320

Falwell, Jerry........... 321

Family and Medical Leave Act

of 1993............ 323

Farrakhan, Louis......... 323

Fashions and clothing...... 325

Feng shui............. 327

Fen-phen............. 328

Ferguson, Colin......... 328

Fermat’s last theorem

solution............ 330

Film in Canada.......... 331

Film in the United States.... 333

Fisher, Amy.SeeLong Island

Lolita case

Fleiss, Heidi............ 337

Flight 592 crash.SeeValuJet

Flight 592 crash

Flight 800 crash.SeeTWA

Flight 800 crash

Flight 990 crash.SeeEgyptAir

Flight 990 crash

Flinn, Kelly............ 338

Food trends............ 339

Football.............. 341

Forbes, Steve........... 343

Foreign policy of Canada.... 344

Foreign policy of the United

States............. 346

Forrest Gump............ 349

Frasier............... 350

Friends............... 351

Games.SeeToys and games

Gardner Museum art theft.... 354

Gates, Bill............. 354

Gay rights.SeeHomosexuality

and gay rights

Gehry, Frank........... 356

General Motors strike of

1998.............. 357

Generation Y........... 358

Genetic engineering....... 360

Genetically modified foods... 361

Genetics research........ 364

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