Restless Giant: The United States From Watergate to Bush v. Gore (73 page)

   “stimulus” package of,
113
,
127

   welfare policies of,
111

Casey, William,
208

Castro, Fidel,
72
,
104
,
198

CAT scans,
5

Catholics,
71
,
143
–44,
143
n
87,
422

CBN (Christian Broadcasting Network),
140

CBS,
285

CDC (Centers for Disease Control),
179

Center for Media and Public Affairs,
289

Centers for Disease Control.
See
CDC

Central America,
207
–9,
297

Centrists/Centrism,
221
,
222
,
252
,
253
,
402

CETA (Comprehensive Employment and Training Act),
157

Challenger,
153

Chappaquiddick,
128

Charles, Ray,
287

Charlie’s Angels,
46

Charlotte,
21

Chase, Chevy,
98

Chase Manhattan Bank,
60

Chávez, César,
266

Chechnya,
199

Cheers,
286

Chemical weapons,
230

Cheney, Richard,
131

   2000 election and,
405
,
422

   as Bush’s Defense Secretary,
225
,
227
,
228
,
232
,
233
,
237

   as Ford’s aide,
95
–96,
106

Cher,
287

Cherne, Leo,
98

Child, Julia,
355

Children’s Defense Fund,
86

Chile,
72
,
103
,
195
,
197

Chin, Vincent,
172

China.
See
People’s Republic of China; Red China

Chinatown,
6

Chinese Americans,
35

Christian Broadcasting Network.
See
CBN

Christian Coalition,
256
,
267
,
344

Christian Right,
257
,
266
,
267

Christianity Today,
136

Christians, born-again,
141

Christopher, Warren,
335
,
414

Chrysler,
63

Church and state, separation of,
142

Church Committee,
72
–73

Church, Frank,
150

CIA,
72
,
95
,
124
,
197
,
208
,
216
,
226
–27,
336
,
382
–83,
382
n
108

Cigarettes,
5
,
5
n
12

Cities, collapse of,
33

Citizenship: for African Americans,
xi

   for women,
xi

City of Richmond v. J. A. Croson Co.,
241
n
51

Civic-mindedness, in 1970s,
70

Civil Aeronautics Board,
115

Civil Libertarians,
227

Civil liberties,
12
,
24
,
25
,
86
,
90

Civil Rights Act of 1964,
15
,
18
,
67
,
171

   Title IV of,
22
,
31

   Title IX of,
52
,
54
,
115
,
272

   Title VII of,
24
,
27
,
27
n
37

Civil Rights Movement,
10

   affirmative action and,
15
,
16
,
16
n
8

   legal mandates and,
18

   progress of,
15
–17

   “set-asides” and,
15
,
24
,
113

   Supreme Court and,
15

Clancy, Tom,
206

Clark, Marcia,
312

Clark, Wesley,
400

“The Clash of Civilizations,”
199

Clean Air Act of 1970,
67
,
116
,
241

Cleopatra,
399

Cleveland,
39

Cleveland, Grover,
81

Clifford, Clark,
146

Clinic Entrances Act.
See
Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act

Clinton, Bill: 1992 election and,
247
–53,
252
nn
76–77

   1996 election and,
366
–78

   abortion and,
326
,
330

   America and,
260
,
272

   background of,
248
,
319

   Bosnia and,
368
–71,
371
n
79,
384

   campaign contributions and,
376
–77,
377
n
96

   campaign style of,
320

   as “Comeback Kid,”
250

   conservatives and,
324
,
330
,
375

   crime bill and,
341
–42

   defense spending of,
336
–37,
337
n
51

   domestic policies of,
252
,
272
,
318

   economy and,
394
,
403
–4

   education and,
402

   environmental policies of,
348
,
379

   federal budget and,
333
,
371
–72

   federal nominees of,
367

   as fiscal manager,
331
–33,
331
n
38,
404

   foreign policies of,
334
–41,
399
–402

   free trade policies of,
360
–62

   Gore and,
408

   as governor,
239
,
318

   health insurance and,
328
–30

   impeachment of,
xii
,
86
,
387
–99

   improprieties of,
342
–43

   Jones and,
342
–43,
388
–89,
391
,
393
,
394
,
394
n
19

   Lewinsky and,
387
–99

   liabilities of,
249
–50

   liberals and,
322
,
365
,
375
,
395

   Oslo Accords and,
335
–36

   Republicans and,
371
–72

   sexual preferences in military and,
328

   social policies of,
321
–22,
331
,
342
,
372

   Supreme Court and,
388

   taxes and,
249

   terrorism and,
379
–86,
393

   Vietnam and,
368

   welfare and,
341
,
371
,
376
,
402
,
404
,
404
n
42

   Whitewater River and,
342
–
43
,
388
,
393
,
397

Clinton, Hillary Rodham,
248
,
250
,
324
,
329
,
342
–43,
377
,
390
,
397