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Transgender community............ 865
Travolta, John.................. 867
Troopergate................... 869
Trump, Donald................. 870
TV Martí..................... 871
TV Parental Guidelines system......... 872
TWA Flight 800 crash.............. 873
Twenty-seventh Amendment.......... 874
Twin Peaks.................... 875
Tyson, Mike................... 876

Unabomber capture............... 879
Unforgiven.................... 881
United Nations................. 882
Updike, John.................. 883
UPN television network............. 884
U.S. Capitol shooting.............. 885
U.S. embassy bombings in Africa........ 886

Vagina Monologues, The.............. 890
ValuJet Flight 592 crash............. 891
Ventura, Jesse.................. 892
Versace murder................. 894
Viagra...................... 895
Victoria’s Secret................. 896
Video games................... 897

Waco siege.................... 900
Wallace, David Foster.............. 903
Wal-Mart..................... 904
Washington, Denzel............... 905
Water pollution................. 906
WB television network.............. 908
Wegman, William................ 908
Weil, Andrew................... 909
Welfare reform................. 910
West Nile virus outbreak............ 912
Where’s Waldo?franchise............. 914
White House attacks............... 915
Whitewater investigation............ 915
Whitman, Christine Todd............ 917
Wigand, Jeffrey................. 918
Wilder, L. Douglas................ 919
Will and Grace.................. 920
Winfrey, Oprah................. 921
Wolfowitz, Paul................. 922
Women in the military............. 923
Women in the workforce............ 925

Women’s National Basketball Association

(WNBA).................... 928

Women’s rights................. 928

Woods, Tiger................... 931

Woodstock concerts............... 933

World Cup of 1994............... 935

World Trade Center bombing......... 937

World Trade Organization protests....... 939

World Wide Web................. 941

Wuornos, Aileen Carol............. 944

WWJD bracelets................. 945

X-Files, The.................... 947

Xena: Warrior Princess.............. 948

Y2K problem................... 950

Yahoo!...................... 952

Yamaguchi, Kristi................ 953

Year of the Woman............... 954

Year-round schools............... 956

Zone diet..................... 958

Entertainment: Major Films of the 1990’s... 959

Entertainment: Academy Awards........ 967

Entertainment: Major Broadway

Plays and Awards............... 969

Entertainment: Most-Watched U.S.

Television Shows............... 977

Entertainment: Emmy Awards......... 979

Legislation: Major U.S. Legislation....... 983

Legislation: U.S. Supreme Court

Decisions................... 990

Literature: Best-Selling U.S. Books....... 997

Literature: Major Literary Awards....... 1000

Music: Popular Musicians........... 1003

Music: Grammy Awards............ 1012

Sports: Winners of Major Events....... 1021

Time Line................... 1027

Bibliography.................. 1042

Web Sites.................... 1047

Glossary..................... 1050

List of Entries by Category........... 1055

Photo Index.................... III

Personages Index................ VII

Subject Index.................. XV

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