Restless Giant: The United States From Watergate to Bush v. Gore (71 page)

   role of, in world economy,
61
–62,
360

   schools and,
255

   sexual immorality and,
255

   social problems’ impact on,
268
–69,
348

   sports and,
278
–79,
278
n
65

   as target of terrorism,
198

   television’s impact on,
259
,
282
–83,
285
,
286
,
288
–89

   universities and,
263
,
278

   violent crime and,
255
,
260
–61,
273
–74

   vulgarity and,
255

America 2000,
239

American Apartheid,
305

American Association of Retired People.
See
AARP

American Beauty,
348

American Civil Liberties Union,
275

American Dream,
8
,
32
,
32
n
48,
153
,
168
,
187
,
203
,
317
,
423

American Federation of Teachers,
30

American Foundation for AIDS Research,
181

American hostages, in Lebanon,
198
,
207
,
209
–13

American Indian Movement.
See
AIM

American Indians.
See
Native Americans

“Americanization,”
297

Americans with Disabilities Act,
241

Anderson, John,
148
,
150

Anderson, Martin,
161
,
162

Anderson, Terry,
210

Angels in America,
288

Angola,
104

Annie Hall,
53

Anti-Catholicism,
68

Anti-gay rights,
141

Anti-Semitism,
68

AOL,
351

apartheid,
173
,
195
,
256
,
337

Apocalypse Now,
100

Apollo 13,
287

Apple Computer,
59
–60,
361

Arab-Israeli hostilities,
206
–7

Arafat, Yasser,
335

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge,
406

Argentina,
103

Aristide, Jean-Bertrand,
339
,
340
,
340
n
57

Arkansas Bar Association,
397

Arms-for-hostages swap,
210
–13

Art, America and,
261
–62

Aryan Brotherhood,
261

Asia: East,
295
,
299
,
301
,
302

   Southeast,
98
–102

Asian Americans,
26
,
27

“Asian Tigers,”
203

Aspin, Les,
335
,
338
,
341

el-Assad, Hafez,
198

Assassination: Ford, attempts on,
42
,
93

   of Kennedy, John,
xi
,
5
,
9
,
72
–73,
73
n
92,
92
,
276

   of Kennedy, Robert,
xi

   of King,
xi
,
5
,
40
,
73
,
277

   of Malcolm X,
xi

   Reagan, attempt on,
155
–56

Assault weapons,
331
,
331
n
36

Association of Trial Lawyers of America,
275

Atomic bomb, India’s testing of,
4

Austin,
21

Authorities, disrespect for,
71
–73

Autobiography of Malcolm X
(Haley),
17

Automobiles,
5
–6,
6
n
13

   energy and,
119
,
354
–55

   foreign,
7

   increase in,
38
,
38
n
64,
348
,
348
n
4

   manufacturing of,
7

Baby boomers,
9
,
45
,
63
,
79

Baghdad,
234
,
336

Bahrain,
237

Bailout,
63

Baird, Zoe,
327

Baker, James,
154
,
160
,
225
,
232
,
413
,
418

Baker, Russell,
250

Bakke, Allan,
30
–31,
31
n
45,
32
,
32
n
47

Bakker, Jim,
140
,
265

Bangladesh,
195

Barnouw, Erik,
42

Basic Instinct,
284

Batman and Robin,
285

Battle Cry of Freedom
(McPherson),
288

Bayh, Birch,
150

Begin, Menachem,
122

Beirut, embassy in,
198

Belgrade,
225
,
368
,
401

Bell, Daniel,
75

Bell, Terrel,
33

Bellah, Robert,
186
,
258

Beloved
(Morrison),
171

Bennett, Tony,
287

Bennett, William,
180
,
263

Bentsen, Lloyd,
155
,
220
,
332

Berkshire Hathaway,
351

Berlin Wall,
195

Bernstein, Carl,
71

Bernstein, Leonard,
289

The Beverly Hillbillies,
289

Biden, Joseph,
220

Bilingual education,
35
,
35
nn
55–56,
36
,
85
,
292

Bill of Rights,
423

bin Laden, Osama,
379
–86

Biotechnology,
61

Birth control pills,
47

Black Caucus,
114

Black Hawk Down,
338

“Black Monday,”
203

Blackmun, Harry,
31

Blacks.
See
African Americans

Blankenhorn, David,
256

Bloom, Allan,
255

Board of Education of Oklahoma City v. Dowell,
313
n
57

Bob Jones University,
137
,
138
n
72,
145

Bob Jones University v. the United States,
138
n
72

Bobbitt, Lorena,
284

Body of Evidence,
284

Boesky, Ivan,
186
,
186
n
102

Bok, Derek,
11

Boland, Edward,
208

The Boland Amendment,
208
,
209
,
212

Bolivia,
198

Bomb, atomic,
4

Bombings,
198
,
207
,
234
,
261
,
276
,
367
,
380
–81