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Supply Side Economic Theory |
high taxes siphoned off capital would otherwise be invested |
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AFDC |
Aid to Families with Dependent Children |
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"Star Wars" |
strategic defense initiative, weapons plan |
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Electionn 1984 |
Rep- Reagan won against Dem - Modale |
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Geraldine Ferraro |
first woman to run on major party ticket, ran as Dem. VP in '84 |
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Contras |
counterrevolutionaries in Nicaragua |
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Oliver North |
brains behind the diversion of funds in Iran-Contra affair |
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Sandinistas |
leftist regine of Nicaragua |
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Teflon Presidency |
phrase to describe Reagan's resiliancy: bad news just rolled off of him |
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Iran-Contra Scandle |
an arms for hostages deal with the revolutionary gov of Iran |
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Rehnquist |
appointed by Reagan as chief justice of US |
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Election 1988 |
Rep- Bush wins against D- Dukakis |
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Dan Quayle |
Bush's VP |
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M. Dukakis |
Dem. who ran for pres in 1988 |
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Anita Hill |
law proffesor that accused C. Thomas of sexually harasing her |
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FSLIC |
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance |
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Grenada |
tiny Caribbean island that Reagan had the marines invade |
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M. Gorvachev |
Soviet leader that agreed w/ Bush to eliminate all intermediate range missles based in Europe |
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Glasnost |
'openess', Gorvachev's policy |
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Perestioeka |
'economic restructuring', Gorvachev's policy |
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Desert Storm |
'libiration of Kuwait' in responce to Saddam Hussein's resistance to withdraw |
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Colin Powell |
chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff |
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Norman Schwarzkopf |
commanding general of the Desert Storm |
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Bill Gates |
co-founder of Microsoft |
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DNA |
deoxyribonucleic acid |
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NOW |
National Organization for Women |
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AIDS |
Aquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome |
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HIV |
Human Immunodeficienty Virus |
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Rodney King |
arrested black motorist who was badly beated by four white LA cops |
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World Wide Web |
www. used on websites |
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Koyoto Accord |
requieres industrialized countries to reduce greenhouse-gas emmisions |
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Election 1992 |
Dem- Clinton won against Bush |
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Ross Perot |
independent candidate of '92 election |
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M. Albright |
Sec of State apointed by Clinton |
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Newt Gingrich |
House speaker from GA |
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Eleciton 1996 |
Dem - Clinton wins gainst Rep Dole |
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Monika Lewinsky |
had an affair w/ Clinton |
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'chads' |
tiny, carbord pieces punched from ballots |
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Election 2000 |
Rep - GW Bush wins against Dem - Al Gore |
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Donald Rumsfeld |
Sec of Defense under GW Bush |
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Axis of Evil |
Iran, Iraq, N Korea |
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Kashmir |
country in Indian subcontinent,controled by china, pakistan, and india |
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Nancy Pelosi |
House Minority Leader under GW Bush |
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Kenneth Lay |
had a scandle w/ Enron company |