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ineteen ninety-one, ninety-two saw a world in turmoil, upheav­ al, and, ultimately, optimism.
better about the "standing-down” of America's long-range nuclear bombers. In what seemed like a heartbeat, the dec­ ades of fear of a possible world-wide nu­ clear holocaust disappeared.
The economic recession worsened in the Summer and Fall of 1991. President Bush began to be perceived as strong on for­ eign affairs, but weak on domestic issues. The presidential election campaign shift­ ed into high gear in the spring of ’92 with George Bush facing a field of six potential challengers for November. But no Mario. Yet.
Posters were hung during SADD awareness week this year. Kelly Boskos stands under one of these while waiting in the lunch line. Karen Allen and Kristin Greeley with their friend Kelly.
Mr. Moretli’s Participating in Government class teaches a lot about current events and how they relate to us and our government. Paul Falcone is found working diligently on one of Mr. Moretti’s interesting assignments.
Adam Jankowski and Stephen Judge discuss the latest news in the Clarence Thomas hearing. That hearing caught the entire nation’s attention in the fall of 1991.
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With the defeat of Iraq in the Gulf War, America’s place as a world peace-keeper seemed secure. The discovery by U.N. in­ vestigators of Saddam Hussein’s nuclear weapons program seemed to justify to most the decision by the U.S. to go to war.
The Communist Party finally fell from power in the Soviet Union, and the Soviet Union itself broke apart into independent republics. While most agreed that their transition to a market economy will be a slow and painful process everyone felt
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