Restless Giant: The United States From Watergate to Bush v. Gore (80 page)

Morals: advancement of,
144

   collapse of,
33
,
45
,
184

“Morning Again in America,”
153
,
188
–89

Morris, Dick,
320
,
320
n
6,
367
,
370
,
372
,
376
,
390

Morris, Edmund,
146

Morrison, Toni,
171
,
288
,
319

Moscow,
123

Moseley Braun, Carol,
306
,
306
nn
34
–35

Movies: America and,
283
–85,
287
,
287
n
85

   sexual revolution and,
46

Moyers, Bill,
150

Moynihan, Daniel Patrick,
133
,
133
n
58,
159
,
257
,
329
–30,
375

Mozambique,
104

MRIs (magnetic resonance imaging),
61

Ms.,
178

Mubarak, Hosni,
379

Mugabe, Robert,
198

Multiculturalism,
26
,
301
–4

Munro, Alice,
288

Murder rate,
40

Murphy Brown,
270

Music, America and,
282
,
287

Muslims,
196
,
198
,
336
,
339
–40

   Albanian,
400
–401

   in Bosnia,
225
–26,
368
–71

   Jews fighting with,
4

   terrorism and,
379
,
380
–81,
384
–85

My Left Foot,
287

NAACP,
243

Nader, Ralph,
73
,
116
,
405
,
409
,
419

   NAEP (National Assessment of Educational Progress),
34

NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement),
xii
,
226
,
251
,
333
–35,
360
–62,
402
,
403

NARAL Pro-Choice America,
270

NASDAQ,
361

Nation of Islam,
309

A Nation at Risk: The Imperative for Educational Reform,
33
,
239
,
315

National Air and Space Museum,
262

National Assessment of Educational Progress.
See
NAEP

National Education Association.
See
NEA

National Endowment for the Arts.
See
NEA

National Energy Plan.
See
NEP

National Missile Defense program.
See
NMD

National Museum of Art,
262

National Organization for Women.
See
NOW

National Public Radio,
287

National Rifle Association.
See
NRA

National Right to Life Committee,
133

National Security Council.
See
NSC

Nations, in conflict,
199

Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
241

Native Americans,
26
,
27
,
63
,
241
,
241
n
53,
301
–2,
350
,
358
,
358
n
47

NATO,
99
,
123
,
205
,
216
,
225
,
340
,
368
,
370
,
392
,
392
n
14,
400
–401

Natural Born Killers,
284

NBC,
285

NEA (National Education Association),
114

NEA (National Endowment for the Arts),
261
,
262

Nebuchadnezzar,
230

Nelson, Willie,
287

Neo-conservatives,
132

NEP (National Energy Plan),
120

Netscape,
361

New Deal,
90
,
116
,
149
,
163
,
345

New Deal coalition,
107

New Democrats,
190
,
329

“New Guilded Age,”
293

New Republic,
393

New Right,
132
–33

New York,
93

New York City,
39
,
40
,
46

New York Daily News,
98

New York Philharmonic,
289

New York Times,
12
,
24
,
38
,
48
,
66
,
72
,
148
,
211
,
238
,
242

Newman, Paul,
6

News Corporation,
285

Newsweek,
14
,
25
,
178
,
203
,
284

Nicaragua,
122
,
195
,
207
–9,
210
,
226

Nichols, Terry,
261
,
367

Nicholson, Jack,
6

Nightline,
286

Nike,
278
–79

1970s: African Americans and,
16
–17

   disrespect for authorities in,
71
–73

   economy in,
62

   election of 1976,
76
,
76
n
3,
89
,
104
–7

   entitlement gains of,
14
,
75

   family and,
74
–75

   hedonism in,
69

   liberal activists in,
78
–79

   loss of civic-mindedness in,
70

   as “Me Decade,”
14
,
69

   nation’s ambitions during,
73
–74

   pessimism of,
13
–14

   rights gains of,
14

   Social Security in,
66
,
67
,
90
,
113

   technological advances of,
14

   understanding of,
13
–14

1980s: election of 1980,
128
–33,
145
n
94,
147
–51,
149
n
105,
200

   election of 1984,
189
–91

   election of 1988,
218
–24,
238

   Social Security in,
57
,
163
–65,
164
nn
35–36

1990s: African Americans and,
316
–17

   election of 1992,
247
–53,
252
nn
76–77,
292

   election of 1996,
366
–79

   poverty in,
349

   Social Security in,
248
,
318
,
321
,
374
,
392
,
402

   workforce in,
349
–50,
350
nn
8–9

Nixon, Richard: busing and,
22

   economic policies of,
6
–7

   Ford’s pardon for,
4
,
5
,
94

   money and,
82