Restless Giant: The United States From Watergate to Bush v. Gore (82 page)

   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

   money and,
82
–83,
88
,
91

   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

   Hispanics and,
307
,
307
n
38

   rate of,
8
,
8
n
21,
50
,
50
n
21,
63
,
164
,
164
n
37,
358
,
358
n
46

   “Urban crisis” and,
38
,
39

   war on,
xi
,
95

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

el-Qaddafi, Muammar,
198
,
207

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

   campaign issues of,
145
,
147
–49

   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 governor,
130
,
147

   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

   job growth and,
169
,
169
n
55

   liberals and,
153
,
170
,
177
,
179
,
186
,
242

   military expenditures of,
154
,
162
,
200
–202,
200
n
13

   PATCO strike and,
157
–58,
159

   as president,
124

   race relations and,
173
–74

   Religious Right and,
177
,
190

   Social Security and,
163
–65,
164
nn
35
–36

   Soviet Union and,
194
–97,
201
–2,
204
–7,
213
–17

   Supreme Court and,
174
,
174
n
64

   tax cuts by,
154
,
155
–57,
162
,
165
–66,
166
n
42,
170
,
191

   vision of,
146
–47,
192

“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

   Reagan and,
177
,
190

   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