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Joan Quigley Joan Quigley
QUIGLEY, JOAN 1927- W HIT E HOUSE ASTROLOGER Stranger Than Fiction In Robert A. Heinlein's 1961 science-fiction novel Stranger in a Strange Landthe president of the world secretly receives advice from an astrologer. In 1988 it was learned that the wife of the... Read more
Edwin Meese 3d Edwin Meese 3d
Edwin Meese, 3d 1931-, American public official, b. Oakland, Calif. As a deputy district attorney of Alameda co., he was a tough prosecutor with little toleration for radical protest. As a result, Gov. Ronald Reagan appointed him secretary of legal affairs. Meese served as counselor to President... Read more
John M. Poindexter John M. Poindexter
REPORT ON THE IRAN-CONTRA AFFAIR (13 November 1987) In 1985, high-ranking officials in the Ronald Reagan administration began selling arms clandestinely to Iran for its war with America-supported Iraq. The money from these arms sales was laundered in Israel and diverted to the Contras, rebels... Read more
Reaganomics Reaganomics
REAGANOMICS REAGANOMICS denotes the economic policies of President Ronald Reagan in the 1980s. He sought to remedy the high inflation and recessions of the 1970s, which conservatives attributed to the heavy burden government imposed on private enterprise. Reagan called for sharp reductions in... Read more
Antonin Scalia Antonin Scalia
Antonin Scalia 1936-, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1986-), b. Trenton, N.J. He graduated from Harvard Law School (1960) and subsequently taught law at the Univ. of Virginia (1967-71) and the Univ. of Chicago (1977-82). In 1982, President Reagan named him to the federal Court of... Read more
animal-rights movement animal-rights movement
animal-rights movement diverse individuals and groups concerned with protecting animals from perceived abuse or misuse. Supporters are specifically concerned with the use of animals for medical and cosmetics testing, the killing of animals for furs, hunting for pleasure, and the raising of... Read more
Environmental Protection Environmental Protection
E NVIRONMENTALP ROTECTION Conservative Conservation During the 1990s several judicial and legislative challenges were made to environmental protection laws passed in previous decades. Reflecting a growing property-rights movement that sought to strengthen the... Read more
Donald Thomas Regan Donald Thomas Regan
Donald Thomas Regan , 1918-2003, U.S. government official and financier, b. Cambridge, Mass. A graduate of Harvard (B.A. 1940), he went to work (1946) at a brokerage house that became Merrill Lynch after serving as a Marine officer in World War II. Regan rose through the company to become its... Read more
National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee
National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee The National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC) is a presidential advisory board composed of leaders in various key industries. Its membership is made up of thirty chief executives who represent the... Read more
Thurgood Marshall Thurgood Marshall
Thurgood Marshall 1908-93, U.S. lawyer and Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1967-91), b. Baltimore. He received his law degree from Howard Univ. in 1933. In 1936 he joined the legal staff of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. As its chief counsel (1938-61),... Read more

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