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Jesse Jackson - in the Presidential run in 1984
Bruce Talamon
LIFE, p. 253
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Colin Powell - first Black to head the Joint Chiefs of Staff - and his wife, Alma - 1993
Cynthia Johnson / Time
LIFE, p. 253
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Act Up protesters in front of FDA headquarters in Maryland protesting lack of AIDS medical R?D - 1988
J. Scott Applewhite / AP
LIFE, p. 340
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Jerry Falwell and his teleministry team (the 'Moral Majority')
William E. Savro / The New York Times
LIFE, p. 341
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Well armed mujahedin confronting Soviet troops in Afghanistan
Steve MCurry / Magnum
LIFE, p. 349
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Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer wed - July 29, 1981
David Burnett / Contact
LIFE, p. 355
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O.J. Simpson pursued by L.A. cops after learning of being charged with the murder of his ex-wife and her boyfriend - June 17, 1994
Joseph Villarin / AP
LIFE, p. 356
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Assassination attempt of the Pope by a Turkish gunman - May 13, 1981
Fotam
LIFE, p. 359
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Reagan wounded by gunman - March 30, 1981
Ron Edmonds / AP
LIFE, p. 359
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Egyptian President Anwar Sadat assassinated by Muslim fundamentalists - October 6, 1981
Nakram Gadel Karim / Liaison
LIFE, p. 359
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Paul Allen and Bill Gates with their MS-DOS program - July 1981
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
LIFE, p. 360
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Troops clear dead Leftists from the streets of suburban San Salvador - 1982
Don McCullin
LIFE, pp. 360-361
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IRA member Bobby Sands funeral - Belfast - 1981
(He fasted to death in protest against English 'occupation' of Northern Ireland.
Nine others followed his example. But this dramatic demonstration failed to move English PM Thatcher)
Jake Sutton / Liaison
LIFE, p. 361
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A Christian-Muslim bridal couple making their way through the rubble of Beirut's Green Line (separating the two religions)
Jay Ullal / Black Star
LIFE, p. 364
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Rap album Run-D.M.C. brought rap out of the ghetto and into gold in 1984 -
and also scored as rap's first MTV video, Rock Box
Ken Regan / Camer 5
LIFE, pp. 366-367
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NBC's The Cosby Show - 1984
(This healthy picture of family life would rank among the top five TV shows from 1984-1991
and top the charts at #1 from 1985 to 1988)
NBC
LIFE, p. 366
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Madonna (Coccone) at a 1985 concert
Anthony Suau / Liaison
LIFE, p. 367
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'Pro-Life' protest against abortion
Diana Walker / Time
LIFE, p. 373
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Stepehn Hawking - published in 1988 the science best-seller A Brief History of Time
Terry Smith
LIFE, p. 373
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George Bush, Ronald Reagan and Michail Gorbachev at New York's Governors Island - December 1988
Dirck Halstead / Time
LIFE, p. 374
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A lone protester and Chinese T-59 tanks at Tiananmen Square - 1989
Stuart Franklin / Magnum (both pictures)
LIFE, p. 375
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Dr. Jack Kevorkian ('Doctor Death') with his potassium chloride IV drip
AP
LIFE, p. 377
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Anita Hill at 1993 Senate confirmation hearings on Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas
Scott Andersen / AP
LIFE, p. 377
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Los Angeles police officers beating Rodney King after he led them on a late night chase - March 3, 1991
George Holiday / KTLA-TV
LIFE, p. 380
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Rodney King after his beating
LIFE, p. 380
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Los Angeles' South-Central district on fire as Blacks protest the trial verdict
(50 people died; over 2,000 injured; 12,000 arrested; $1 billion in damages)
Scott Weersing / Liaison
LIFE, pp. 380-381
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House Speaker Newt Gingrich
P.F. Bentley / Time
LIFE, p. 398
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Knossos - Aerial view
Gordon Gahan / NGS Image Collection
LIFE, pp. 402-403
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Horses excavated at the imperial tomb near Xi'an (northwext China)
Eastfoto / Xinhua News Agency
LIFE, p. 407
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Crosses on a hilltop in Littleton, Colorado
Kevin Moloney / Liaison
LIFE, pp. 412-413
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Dr. Benjamin Spock (1903-1998)
Bob Gomel / Life
LIFE, p. 419
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Diana, Princess of Wales, and Mother Teresa
Mike Segar / Reuters / Archive Photos
LIFE, p. 419
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