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Transportation or Cars By: Cassie Heiserman

Moving people and goods is a crucial function for any growing city. The private automobile is the primary mode of transportation. However, construction of adequate roads and highways to accommodate the increasing number of cars is often a controversial subject. The location of a highway is especially problematic if it passes through established neighborhoods or business districts. Air travel has replaced trains and buses as the preferred means of long distance travel. However, the city is ever diligent in promoting intra-city bus travel. ferrari, crx, and firebird

the google doc presentation URL [|http:] ** 10 Fashion Fads of the 1980’s ** ** Aaron Czesak ** **Shoulder Pads:** We don’t know why anyone wore shoulder pads but they did. **Members Only Jackets:** Who didn’t want a Members-Only jacket? **UNITS:** Usually found at a one-size-fits-all store. You could buy six different pieces of clothes and that would be your UNIT, you could create a whole wardrobe with your UNIT. **Stretch Pants:** This idea was to make people look good, but it failed. It caused a triangle-leg effect that made even the thinnest person look big. **Oversized Tops:** Big sweaters, sweatshirts and t-shirts were totally hot and wearing them over a miniskirt or a pair of legging //docs.google.com/PresentationEditor?id=dg3hqvmn_0fcj5crgz
 * Mini Skirts:** Women thought that the shorter the skirts the better they are. These were often paired with leg warmers.
 * Leg Warmers:** Mainly these were used when you would wear the mini skirts. The idea was to keep your legs warm.
 * Huge Earrings:** This was when the women would wear the huge earrings.
 * Fingerless Gloves:** The fingerless gloves were mainly used by rock stars and then the people started to wear them. Most popular with music**.**
 * Parachute Pants:** These pants started out being super tight, and then ended up being baggier than a potato sack.

The election of 1984 was between Republican candidate Ronald Regan (California), and his running mate George H W Bush (Texas), and Democratic candidate Walter Mondale (Minnesota), and his running mate Geraldine Ferraro (New York). By the time the election of 1984 came around Ronlad Regan was ready for the challenges of a second election, and second term, he without a doubt accepted the Republican nomination on August 23, 1984 in Dallas Texas. Regan, and Bush won the election with 525 electoral votes (54.4 million popular votes), and Mondale, and Ferraro lost with 13 electoral votes (37.5 million popular votes) Regan and Bush worked hard during the election, and they knew they had an advantage with already serving one term in office wile, Ferraro had not, Mondale however was Jimmy Carter's vice president, so he did have expierience in the white house before the election. Regan had an advantage with public speaking. He often won his debates because he knew when it was time to be serious and talk about important matters, and he also knew when he could joke around, and pull a few laughs out of some people. Mondale was not like that, he was serious a lot of the time, mostly because he was an older man. //
 * The Election of 1984**

[] http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/24154/election_of_1984_the_test_of_the_reagan.html?cat=37
 * http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/ronaldreagan/ **

// In the 1980’s, Ted Turner created Cable News Network (CNN). Rupert Murdoch paid one billion dollars for Twentieth Century Fox. In 1986, 82% of Americans watched television daily, and the average household had their television set on for seven hours a day. The Cosby Show, Cheers, and Family Ties were popular shows during the 80’s. //

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//The two major developments were the advent of MTV and compact discs. Music became more diverse with new wave, heavy metal, rap, techno pop, alternative rock, and new country sounds. Music became a huge marketing tool as filmmakers, and TV producers of everything to sneakers to soft drinks used hit songs to sell their products. MTV, or Music Television, may have been the most influential entity in music during the 1980s. MTV gave bands and artists exposure for their music in a widely popular medium. The first video to play on MTV was “Video Killed the Radio Star” by the Buggles. The new wave and Synthpop included bands like The Police, the B-52’s, and Duran Duran, which was one of the more popular bands that came out in the 1980s era. Rock ‘N Roll was the main style of music in the 80s. Popular bands were Van Halen, Def Leppard, and Aerosmith. It was also an era of Glam Rock, which include bands like Motley Crue, Poison, and other bands with wild hair and flashy stage outfits. Twisted Sister wore makeup as a form of shock and rebellion against the strict culture. There was also a form of harder rock and metal, called Thrash Metal. Thrash metal bands included Metallica, Megadeth, and Slayer. Many artists like Michael Jackson, Madonna, and Phil Collins have gained popularity in the 80s and have been popular since that era. Other musicians like Bon Jovi, Bruce Springsteen, and John Mellencamp are still creating best-selling albums and sellout concerts. The 1980s was a decade of greed, because the strength of the economy, more people were spending more money on themselves and luxuries and conveniences. The record industry created a statement with their anti-corporation music and their concerts to bring awareness into other parts of the world. Some of the artists were Blondie, Bucks Fizz, Cher, David Bowie, R.E.M, the Bangles, and The Cure.
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 * Inventions of the 1980's **
 * 1982**- The First Artificial Heart
 * Dr. William DeVries implanted an artificial heart
 * The patient to receive the heart lived for 112 days



**1985- ** The CD- ROM
 * Compact Disc that contains data accessible but not writable by a computer.
 * Some CDs hold both computer data and audio with the latter capable of being played on a CD player
 * [[image:320px-Etiquette_cd-rom_01.svg.png width="161" height="161"]]

1986- ** The disposable camera
 * The disposable camera was first developed by Fujifilm
 * Parents, and children were able to take photos, creating the "snap happy" stereotype that still persists today.

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