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Ronald Reagan becomes president
" Ronald Reagan was the president and saw firsthand his impact on the events there that initiated the fall of Soviet-backed Communism"(Jason Allen Ashlock, Constantinos E. Scaros, Karolina Fraczkowska) -
The Challenger
"Shuttle disaster would occur prematurely. During the decade preceding the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster in January, 1986"(Guy B. Adams, Danny L. Balfour) -
Tax Reform Act
"TAX REFORM ACT of 1986 (TRA86) constituted the most sweeping change in the U.S. federal in- come tax since it became a tax." (Alan J. Auerbach, Joel Slemrod) -
George H. W, Bush becomes president
" President George W. Bush prefers to govern exclusively through his party on the domestic side."(Bert A. Rockman) -
Gulf Crisis
"The Gulf crisis of 1990-1991 was, by any standards, one of the more significant international crises" (Fred Halliday) -
Hurricane Andrew
"During Hurricane Andrew and Morphological Change Along the Louisiana Coast Gregory" (Gregory W. Stone, J.P. Xu, Xiongping Zhang) -
Bill Clinton re-elected
"The Clinton presidency has been an especially difficult one for scholars to evaluate, and nowhere have the paradoxes been so prominent as in economic policy." (M. Stephen Weatherford, Lorraine M. McDonnell) -
The Refuge Improvement Act of 1997
"The Refuge Improvement Act of 1997 established a statutory mission and management standards for the National Wildlife Refuge system" (J. MICHAEL SCOTT, THOMAS LOVELAND, KEVIN GERGELY, JAMES STRITTHOLT, NANCY STAUS)