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The United States from 1970-1979 Social Studies Class Social Studies Class Bayleigh Bayleigh April 3, 2008 April 3, 2008
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Who’s In President Richard M. Nixon Chris Evert Richard Milhous Nixon served as the thirty-seventh president of the United States from 1969 to August of 1974. Chris Evert was such a good tennis player, and such a consistent winner, that her style was sometimes described as boring.
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Money Britain adopts decimal currency 180,000 Americans are millionaires 7.5 million millionaires in 2004
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Entertainment “Grease” Grease is a musical by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. “The Fifth of July” Fifth of July is a 1979 play by American playwright Lanford Wilson.
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Fashion and Beauty Punk styles If you're looking to expand your wardrobe, but aren't exactly sure where to find the latest punk fashions, you'll be happy to know you're literally only a few mouse clicks away! Jogging Outfits Gone are the days when you had to depend only on an old tracksuit for your jogging session.
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Music The Rolling Stones Arguably the most successful band in the history of rock music, the Rolling Stones enjoyed unmatched fame-and infamy-for the better half of the 20th century. Pink Floyd Rock band Pink Floyd holds one of the most impressive records in the music industry--its 1973 album Dark Side of the Moon has been on Billboard magazine's top two hundred chart longer than any other.
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Science Sound waves used to break up kidney stones First black hole discovered
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New Slang Words “Rock the boat” “Ring my bell”
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Art Mark Rothko “Black and White’’ Gray ” Mark Rothko, one of America's best known twentieth- century painters and a pioneer of the Abstract Expressionist school, was born Marcus Rothkowitz in Dvinsk, Russia, on 25 February 1903 Robert Rauschenberg “Venetian Series” Rauschenberg is with Jasper Johns the most influential of the artists who reacted against the high seriousness, solemn introspection, and spirituality of Abstract Expressionism and the critical reverence accorded to it; in the process he raised some fundamental questions about art and its relation to life.
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Bad Guys Gary Gilmore Gary Gilmore was executed by a volunteer firing squad in Utah on 7 January 1977, three months after being sentenced to death for killing two young Mormon men.
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Who Died Elvis Presley Elvis Aaron Presley, the "King of Rock and Roll," was one of the most influential figures in the early rock & roll scene. Mama Cass Elliott Cass Elliot (September 19, 1941 – July 29, 1974), born Ellen Naomi Cohen, was a noted American singer, best remembered as Mama Cass of the pop quartet The Mamas & the Papas.
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