Word: nationalism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Monday morning would come and Wall Street would be desolate, the first casualty of the commuter strike. Simultaneous strikes in other cities would paralyze the nation. Maybe even the world. All because the Eastern machinists wouldn't take a mere 50 percent pay cut. The nerve of them...
...dark days seemed to have ended at last -- the years of the Depression and the dust bowl -- and Americans were regaining their pride and self-confidence. They had touched bottom, but they had pulled themselves up. As the '30s ended, the New York World's Fair summed up the nation's suddenly buoyant mood with its official march, Dawn of a New Day. And who, in the atmosphere of optimism that marked the start of 1939, could have doubted that...
...began in 1963 it has been practically forgotten. Still, from time to time, small outbreaks continue to paint medical maps with red spots like those of the disease itself. Since last November 1,500 cases have been reported in the Houston area alone, vs. 2,900 in the entire nation all last year. New Jersey last week declared a medical emergency in five counties; 36 cases had come to light in the previous two weeks, and authorities expect "hundreds" more...
...nation's capital became its murder capital in 1988, with 372 slayings. This year has started out even worse: 93 killings as of Saturday, vs. 55 at the same point a year ago. To stop the slaughter, the D.C. city council voted last week to impose a 90-day curfew on children under 18. Those caught after 11 p.m. (midnight on weekends) would be hauled to police stations; parents of repeat offenders would be fined. Police are skeptical. In murder cases, says Police Chief Maurice Turner, the "average victim is 31, and the average perpetrator is over...
...been a revolution without much fanfare, but a revolution nonetheless. While the nation's attention focused on the plight of the urban underclass, millions of black Americans marched quietly into the mainstream, creating a vibrant middle class with incomes, educations and life-styles rivaling those of its white counterpart. For them, the passions and suffering of the civil rights struggle have culminated, as they were meant to, in the mundane pleasures and pangs of middle-class life. Theirs is the infrequently told success story of American race relations...