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Authors: James T. Patterson
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military,
12
social, of Clinton,
321
–22,
331
,
342
,
372
welfare, of Carter,
111
.
See also
Domestic policies; Economic policies; Education policies; Energy policies; Environmental policies; Foreign policies
Polish-American Congress,
30
Political conservatism,
xii
,
130
–34
Politics: international,
195
revulsion towards,
89
–92
television’s impact on,
90
Popular culture,
14
,
17
,
68
,
178
,
197
,
291
Pornography,
48
,
267
Portugal,
104
,
198
Poverty: in 1990s,
349
African Americans and,
18
,
306
–9,
306
n
36,
307
n
39,
308
n45
crime and,
41
rate of,
8
,
8
n
21,
50
,
50
n
21,
63
,
164
,
164
n
37,
358
,
358
n
46
Powell, Colin,
193
,
201
,
225
–27,
225
n
20,
232
,
327
,
335
Powell Doctrine,
232
,
234
,
238
Powell, Lewis,
31
A Prairie Home Companion,
287
Praise the Lord ministry.
See
PTL Pregnancy,
184
,
268
,
268
n
40,
365
Presley, Elvis,
277
Prison,
2
,
172
,
173
,
265
,
273
,
274
,
300
,
305
,
342
Privacy right of,
47
Professional Air Traffic Controllers’ Organization.
See
PATCO
Promise Keepers,
257
,
267
Property tax,
66
Proposition
13
,
66
,
133
Proposition
63
,
292
Proposition
187
,
298
Proposition
209
,
303
,
303
n
26
Proposition
227
,
303
PTL (Praise the Lord ministry),
140
Public Works Act of 1977,
113
The Public Interest,
132
Pulp Fiction,
284
Putnam, Robert,
258
–59,
362
Al Qaeda,
380
,
384
,
386
,
392
Qatar,
237
Quayle, J. Danforth,
150
,
219
,
270
Quinlan, Karen Ann,
67
,
67
n
80
Rabin, Yitzhak,
335
–36
Racial issues,
3
,
9
,
11
,
14
,
37
,
45
,
173
–74,
312
–17
Rain Man,
287
Ray, Robert,
397
Reagan Democrats,
131
,
323
Reagan Doctrine,
204
,
204
n
23
Reagan, Nancy,
160
Reagan, Ronald,
xii
,
14
,
28
,
102
1976 election and,
104
1980 election of,
128
–29,
145
n
94,
147
–51,
149
n
105
1984 election and,
189
–91
abortion and,
177
affirmative action and,
171
–74
assassination attempt on,
155
–56
background of,
129
–30
criticism of,
159
–62,
184
–85,
201
–2
domestic spending cut by,
154
,
156
–57,
162
,
170
,
191
economic policies of,
158
–60,
162
–63,
166
–70,
169
n
53
environmental policies of,
176
–77
foreign policies of,
199
–200
as “Great Communicator,”
153
health insurance and,
183
–84
immigration legislation and,
300
Iran-contra scandal and,
193
,
207
–13,
212
n
38
Iranian hostage crisis and,
125
–26
liberals and,
153
,
170
,
177
,
179
,
186
,
242
military expenditures of,
154
,
162
,
200
–202,
200
n
13
as president,
124
race relations and,
173
–74
Social Security and,
163
–65,
164
nn
35
–36
Soviet Union and,
194
–97,
201
–2,
204
–7,
213
–17
tax cuts by,
154
,
155
–57,
162
,
165
–66,
166
n
42,
170
,
191
“Reaganomics,”
158
–59
Recession: Bush, George H. W. and,
247
Ford and,
96
–97
Great,
7
Red China,
2
Red Scare,
9
Red Storm Rising
(Clancy),
206
Redford, Robert,
6
Reebok,
278
–79
Reed, Ralph,
256
,
267
Reedy, George,
2
Reeves, Richard,
93
,
94
Regan, Donald,
154
Rehabilitation Act of 1973,
67
Rehnquist, William,
242
,
366
Reich, Robert,
221
Religion,
142
Religious conflicts,
199
,
337
Religious conservatives,
3
,
136
,
177
,
256
,
259
,
266
Religious intolerance,
9
,
79
Religious Right: Bush, George W. and,
222
controversies concerning,
256
,
260
,
265
,
267
,
268
rise of,
134
–35,
137
–38,
140
,
144
–46,
150
,
150
n
106,
421
Reno, Janet,
327
,
327
n
27,
342
,
389
Republican Right,
102
Republicans: Clinton and,
371
–72
Clinton’s impeachment and,
395
–99
fund-raising of,
222
rise of,
78
–79
splits within,
246
Watergate’s impact on,
79
.
See also
Election(s)
Republika Srpska,
371
Resignation, of Nixon,
xi
,
1
–2,
1
n
1,
10
Restore Our Alienated Schools.
See
ROAR
Reverse discrimination,
30
Richards, Ann,
221
Riggs, Bobby,
53
“Rights revolution,”
10
,
10
n
25,
11
,
14
Rights Talk,
274
Rights-consciousness,
67
,
88
,
274
–77
Riots,
244
–45,
293
The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers
(Kennedy),
202
,
255
Rising Sun: A Novel
(Crichton),
203
ROAR (Restore Our Alienated Schools),
20
Roberts, Oral,
140
Robertson, Marion “Pat,”
140
,
219
,
256
,
266
RoboCop,
284
RoboCop
2
,
284
RoboCop
3
,
284
Rockefeller, Nelson,
72
,
95
Rocky,
68
Rodriguez, Alex,
285
Roe v. Wade,
3
,
52
,
52
n
27,
133
,
134
,
136
–38,
171
,
243
,
243
n
60,
270
,
271
,
330
n
35
Rolling Stones,
46
Roosevelt, Franklin D.,
78
,
81
,
148
Roots
(Haley),
16
–17,
68
Roseanne,
280
Rosenthal, A. M.,
398
Roth, Philip,
xi
,
363
Rowan, Carl,
255
Roxbury,
21
Rudy,
287
Rumsfeld, Donald “Rummy,”
94
–95,
98
,
103
Russia,
196
,
225
,
228
,
336
,
379
.
See also
Soviet Union
Rust Belt,
7
,
59
,
132
,
167
,
347
Rwanda,
339
,
341
Sacajawea,
266
Sadat, Anwar,
122
,
122
n
36
Safire, William,
418
Sahl, Mort,
221
Saigon,
101
SALT I (Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty),
102
SALT II (Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty),
122
,
123
,
139
,
146
San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez,
36
n
59
Sanctions.
See
Economic sanctions
Sandinistas,
207
–8,
226
Sarajevo,
370
SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test),
33
,
34
,
239
,
239
n
46,
314
,
314
n
59
Saturday Night Fever,
14
Saturday Night Live,
71
,
98