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#838

From: Strawberry Shortcake <ssylvii2001@...>
Date: Fri Sep 13, 2002 8:47 pm
Subject: September 13th

1981
The 33rd Emmy Awards: �Hill Street Blues� is the big winner

1981
April Moon sets the women's handbow distance record of 1,039 yds & 13"

1981
The Atlanta Falcons tie the record of 31 points in the 4th quarter (vs Green Bay)

1981
John McEnroe beats Bjorn Borg for U.S. Open title

1981
Entertainment Tonight premiers on TV

1982
Philip Ober actor (Gen Stone-I Dream of Jeannie), dies at 80

1982
50 people die in Spantax Airlines DC-10 on takeoff from Malaga, Spain

1982
RCA Records announced that David Bowie had left for the South Seas to begin filming "Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence."

1983
US mint strikes 1st gold coin in 50 years (Olympic Eagle)

1984
STS 41-G launch vehicle moves to launch pad

1985
Sting began his first solo tour in San Diego to promote his album "Dream of the Blue Turtles."

1985
John Williams introduces the new �Today Show� theme

1986
Captain EO, a 17-minute, three-dimensional, musical, science-fiction flick starring Michael Jackson, made its gala premiere at Disneyland in Anaheim, CA and at Disney�s Epcot Center in Orlando, FL this day. The innovative movie cost approximately $1,000,000 a minute to produce.

1986
Miss America (1987), crowned this night in Atlantic City, NJ, was Kellye Cash, the grandniece of singer Johnny Cash. It was the first year that the contestants� measurements were not publicized. Women�s groups had been protesting the Miss America Pageant, especially the judging of contestants in swim suits, saying it was humiliating and demeaning to women.

1988
Hurricane Gilbert becomes strongest (26.13 barometer) hurricane in recorded in the Western Hemisphere

1989
Fay Vincent named baseball commissioner

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#839

From: Strawberry Shortcake <ssylvii2001@...>
Date: Fri Sep 20, 2002 11:32 pm
Subject: September 20th

1980
Plaque dedicated in Thurman Munson's memory at Yankee Stadium

1980
A long-term border dispute erupted into full-scale war when Iraq attacked Iran. A cease-fire was not in effect until August 1988.

1982
NFL players begin a 57 day strike

1984
NBC-TV debuted The Cosby Show. Bill Cosby played Dr. Heathcliff (Cliff) Huxtable. His lovely wife, Clair, was played by Phylicia Rashad. The Huxtable kids were Sondra, age 20 (Sabrina Le Beauf), Denise, age 16 (Lisa Bonet), Theodore, age 14 (Malcom-Jamal Warner), Vanessa, age 8 (Tempestt Bledsoe) and Rudy, age 5 (Keshia Knight Pulliam). The premiere was the most watched show of the week and the show went on to become an Emmy Award-winner and one of the most popular on television for eight years.

1984
A very large car bomb guided by a suicide Islamic Jihad driver destroys the front of the US Embassy in Lebanon, killing 14. The exposion was heard ten miles away.

1985
Curtis Strong is convicted for selling cocaine to pro baseball players

1985
Walt Disney World's 200-millionth guest

1986
"Matlock" starring Andy Griffith, premiered on NBC.

1986
Officials in Latvia test the structural integrity of a 40 year old bridge by placing 14 heavy vehicles containing gravel atop it. 250 feet of the bridge falls, killing ten people.

1986
NBC�s The Golden Girls won best comedy honors and CBS�s Cagney & Lacey won for top drama at the 38th Emmy Awards held in Pasadena, CA.

1986
The number one pop hit in the U.S. was Stuck With You, by Huey Lewis & The News. The song, from the multi-platinum album Fore!, was stuck at #1 for three weeks.

1987
Alain Prost wins record 28th Formula one auto race

1989
Richard "The Night Stalker" Ramirez is found guilty on 43 counts, including 13 murder charges, burglary, sodomy and rape. Ramirez terrorized residents of Southern California during a string of murders, sexual attacks and burglaries. He would leave pentangles in a victim's blood across a wall at the scene of a murder or rape.

1989
F.W. de Klerk was sworn in as president of South Africa.

1989
France's T.G.V. Atlantique becomes the fastest train in commercial service (186 mph).

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#840

From: Strawberry Shortcake <ssylvii2001@...>
Date: Mon Sep 23, 2002 9:29 pm
Subject: The Radical 80's Site

The Radical 80's Site Award Winner!!

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#841

From: Strawberry Shortcake <ssylvii2001@...>
Date: Tue Sep 24, 2002 6:02 pm
Subject: September 24th

1982
Prince's "1999" single was released.

1982
Tennis great Bjorn Borg retires at 26

1982
U.S., Italian & French peacekeeping troops begin arriving in Lebanon

1984
Paul McCartney release �No More Lonely Nights�

1988
The hardest working man in show business, and also the Godfather of Soul, James Brown is arrested after a bizarre hot pursuit through Georgia and South Carolina. He was finally stopped when state police shot out both his front tires. Brown was charged with assault, carrying an unlicensed pistol, carrying a deadly weapon at a public gathering, and several traffic violations. Sentenced to 6 years, served 2.

1988
The Rev. Barbara C. Harris of Philadelphia was elected Suffragan Bishop of Massachusetts. She was the first woman to be elected a bishop of the Episcopal Church.

1988
Guns N�Roses Appetite for Destruction reached #1 on the Billboard album chart. The tracks: Welcome to the Jungle, It�s So Easy, NighTrain, Out Ta Get Me, Mr. Brownstone, Paradise City, My Michelle, Think About You, Sweet Child O� Mine, You�re Crazy, Anything Goes, Rocket Queen.

1988
Seoul Summer Olympics flashes: 1) Carl Lewis ran the fastest 100 meters of his life, 9.92 seconds, but was beaten by Canadian Ben Johnson�s 9.79. �I ran the best I could, and I'm pleased with the race.� Lewis said. (Lewis did become the recipient of the that gold medal when Johnson tested positive for steroids, a banned substance for Olympic athletes.) 2) Jackie Joyner-Kersee amassed a world-record score (7,291) in the heptathlon (seven different track-and-field events for women).

1988
Canada's Ben Johnson runs drug-assisted 100 m in 9.79 sec

1988
Billy Carter, President Carter's brother, dies of cancer at 51

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#842

From: Strawberry Shortcake <ssylvii2001@...>
Date: Wed Sep 25, 2002 7:48 pm
Subject: September 25th

1980
Drummer John Bonham of Led Zeppelin died from choking on his own vomit after drinking a huge amount of vodka the night before the band's US tour. He was 32.

1980
On the Tomorrow Show, Chevy Chase calls actor Cary Grant a "homo". Grant sues. But rumors of his homosexuality followed him for years; the one thing that is known for certain is that Grant is the first person to use the word "gay" in its modern context in film: In Bringing Up Baby, while in a pink fluffy silk rope he exclaimed "I've just gone GAY all of a sudden!".

1981
Sandra Day O'Connor became the first female justice of the U.S. Supreme Court when she was sworn in as the 102nd justice.

1981
Rolling Stones begin their 6th U.S. tour (JFK Stadium in Philadelphia)

1982
Pennsylvania prison guard George Banks kills 13 people (5 were his own children)

1983
Bob Forsch pitches his second career no-hitter, Cards beat Expos 3-0

1985
Akali Dal wins the Punjab State election in India

1986
Antonin Scalia is appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court

1986
One of the twelve known 1894-S Barber Head dimes in existence is purchased for $83,000 at a coin auction in California

1987
The auction of the valuables reclaimed from the Wydah, sunk off Cape Cod in 1717, raises $400 million

1989
The Vatican admits it was wrong to imprison Galileo in 1676 for saying that the Earth revolved around the Sun, not the other way around

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#843

From: Strawberry Shortcake <ssylvii2001@...>
Date: Thu Sep 26, 2002 5:42 pm
Subject: September 26th

1980
The Cuban government closes Mariel Harbor ending the �freedom flotilla� of immigrants attempting to flee Cuba since last April

1980
Soyuz 38 returns to Earth

1981
The new, larger twin-engine Boeing 767 makes its maiden flight in Everett Washington

1983
The longest winning streak in sports -- 132 years -- was broken. It was the America�s Cup race and the United States team expected to maintain their title; one they were defending for the 25th time. Challenger Australia II won!

1983
Ali Haji-Sheikh kicks a NY Giant-record 56-yard field goal

1983
Cosmonauts Titov & Strekalov are saved from the exploding Soyuz T-10

1984
Pres Reagan vetoes sanctions against South Africa

1984
Britain & China initial the agreement to return Hong Kong to China in 1997

1984
History was made at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City. Neil Shicoff, lead tenor in the The Tales of Hoffmann, was unable to perform due to illness. His understudy, a chap named William Lewis, was a bit under the weather as well, and his voice began to falter during the performance. So, Kenneth Riegel was called in to sing the part from the orchestra pit while Mr. Lewis lip-synced the part on stage.

1984
Liz Taylor starred in the season opener of the TV soap, Hotel. Despite incredibly biting bits from John Belushi on NBC�s Saturday Night Live regarding her plumpness at the time, viewers were quite amazed when Ms. Taylor appeared in a gown -- with a 24-inch waistline. Definitely no more, �I followed Liz Taylor to McDonald�s to watch the numbers change,� from Joan Rivers.

1985
Shamu, the first killer whale to survive being birth in captivity, is born at Sea World in Orlando FL

1986
"Crocodile Dundee" opened in theaters nationwide.

1986
William H. Rehnquist was sworn in as the 16th chief justice of the United States, while Antonin Scalia joined the Supreme Court as its 103rd member.

1986
Dallas, on CBS-TV, smashed NBC�s Miami Vice in the overnight ratings. The episode, from Southfork Ranch, had Bobby Ewing (Patrick Duffy) returning from the dead -- in the shower, no less! Pam Ewing (Victoria Principal) was a bit perplexed. So were the viewers. Somebody had stayed up very, very late writing this episode.

1987
Whitney Houston�s fifth consecutive #1 U.S. single hit the top. Didn�t We Almost Have It All was a cut from her LP, Whitney, which was number one on the album charts from June 27 to Sep 11 that year.

1988
Canada's Ben Johnson is stripped of his 100-m gold after failing to pass a drug test

1988
NYC's Rockefeller Center is declared a national landmark

1988
The Polish Communist Party picks propaganda chief Rakowski as the new Prime Minister

1988
U.S. space shuttle STS-26 is launched

1989
Vietnamese troops leave Cambodia after 11 years of occupation

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#844

From: Strawberry Shortcake <ssylvii2001@...>
Date: Sun Sep 29, 2002 9:05 pm
Subject: 80's Cartoon Chaos

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#845

From: "xb4ever" <xb4ever@...>
Date: Thu Oct 3, 2002 5:19 am
Subject: '80s New Wave Artist from Liverpool, England

To those interested:

Know-It-All Records presents Peter Coyle, vocalist of the Liverpool,
England-based '80s New Wave/indie-pop band the Lotus Eaters,
performing live in New York. Some of you might remember such New Wave
classics from the Lotus Eaters like "German Girl" and "The First
Picture of You," the latter included in one of the "Hardest Hits"
compilations. ("The First Picture of You" sold over 100,000 records
in the U.K.)

Peter Coyle is one of Liverpool, England's finest songwriters
and most unpredictable independent artists, renowned for his work in
such bands as the Jass Babies and the Lotus Eaters as well as his own
hard-to-find solo oeuvre. His influence can be heard in such
critically acclaimed artists like Travis and Badly Drawn Boy.

Know-It-All Records presents Peter Coyle in his U.S. debut:

Tues Oct 22
Lion's Den
214 Sullivan St.
Between Bleecker and West 3rd

Tickets are $10
7pm Doors
8pm showtime
18 to enter / 21 to drink

PLEASE ORDER YOUR TICKETS NOW HERE:

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Thanks!

For a sample of Peter Coyle performing live, check out this recent
performance on BBC Radio 2:

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#846

From: "skyesurfer_mlp" <skye@...>
Date: Sun Oct 6, 2002 7:57 pm
Subject: Introduction and My Little Pony stuff :)

Hello.  :)

I'm new here, so I guess I should introduce myself.  My name is
SkyeSurfer, I'm 22 and I love 80s toons and toys :)

I collect My Little Ponies mainly, but also My Child dolls, Fashion
Star Fillies, Sylvanian Families, Rainbow Brite, and Cherry Merry
Muffin (all but the ponies and My Child dolls I generally only pick
up at flea markets and thrifts, not online).  I'm also thinking of
getting some Strawberry Shortcake dolls if I see them...

I've got two websites.  One is called The eBay Report, and is a My
Little Pony price guide based on eBay (in desperate need of update
*wince*).  The other is called The Haven, and is sort of a homepage
and pony site smooshed together.

If anyone here is interested in My Little Ponies (either collecting
or browsing for the sake of nostalgia), I have some ponies for
auction on my website right now.  There are 80 ponies for auction
(though some have already been bought with the Buy Now option), and
a raffle where you could win a hard to find pony.

http://www.skyesurfer.net/haven/auctions/auctionframe.htm
The above link will take you to the auction page directly, but you
can use the menu to see the rest of the site.  (Go to skyesurfer.net
if you'd like to see the splash page as well.)

http://www.skyesurfer.net/ebayreport
And this is the URL for the eBay Report.  It's outdated and a bit
ugly *laughs*.  Anyone have a nice seamless newspaper background?

Nice to meet y'all and thanks for listening  :)

-SkyeSurfer

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#847

From: Strawberry Shortcake <ssylvii2001@...>
Date: Tue Oct 8, 2002 6:19 pm
Subject: October 8th

1980
Bob Marley collapses onstage during a show in Pittsburgh (it was his last show as he died of cancer seven months later)

1981
A package from the Unabomber detonates at the University of Utah; there are no injuries.

1981
President Reagan greets predecessors Jimmy Carter, Gerald R. Ford & Richard Nixon before sending them to Egypt for Anwar Sadat's funeral

1981
USAC appeals panel restores disputed Indy 500 victory to Al Unser

1982
Poland bans all labor organizations, including the Solidarity Party

1982
Fernando Lamas actor/director, dies at 67 of cancer

1982
NJ Devils first victory, beating NY Rangers 3-2 at the Meadowlands

1984
Anne Murray won the Country Music Association�s Album of the Year Award this day for A Little Good News. Murray was the first woman to win this award.

1985
The Palestine Liberation Front terrorist hijackers of the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro shoot and kill 69-year old, wheelchair-bound American passenger passenger Leon Klinghoffer, a retired Jewish businessman from New York, dumping his body and wheelchair overboard (his body is found several days later when it washes up on a Syrian beach)

1988
Chart Toppers: Love Bites - Def Leppard, Red Red Wine - UB40, Don�t Be Cruel - Cheap Trick, Honky Tonk Moon - Randy Travis

1988
A fire in Seattle's Space Needle causes it to be evacuated (causes $2,000 in damages)

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#848

From: "Andy Piantanida" <piantanida31@...>
Date: Sun Oct 13, 2002 1:45 am
Subject: Name Them Lyrics

Okay, quick 80's song lyrics trivia:

Is anybody out there?
Anybody there?
Does anybody wonder?
Anybody care?

Oh, I just gotta know
If you're really there
And you really care. . . . . .


What song/what band?

-Andy P.

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#849

From: MSuspense@...
Date: Sun Oct 13, 2002 8:57 pm
Subject: Re: Name Them Lyrics

MSuspense@...

Foolin by Def Leppard.

Maggie

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#850

From: Strawberry Shortcake <ssylvii2001@...>
Date: Mon Oct 14, 2002 7:30 pm
Subject: Greatest Eighties Protest Songs

"(Sisters are) Doin' It for Themselves", Eurythmics & Aretha Franklin
Advocates Women's Lib. That's exactly what this piece is all about: We're comin' out of the kitchen/ 'Cause there's somethin' that we got to say to you/ sister's are doin' it for themselves/ standin' on their own two feet/ and ringing their own bells

"(We Don't Need This) Facist Groove Thing", Heaven 17

"19", Paul Hardcastle
This song was released in early 1985 and depicted the life of young American soldiers,most of them were under 20 years old,in the Vietnam war.

"99 Luftballons", Nena

"All She Wants to Do is Dance", Don Henley
Protest against the U.S. involvement with the Contras in Nicaragua. All Americans wants to do is dance, while the molotov cocktails, and sales of guns and drugs are going on around her. And the boys (the CIA, NSA, etc.)are making a buck or two.

"Another Day in Paradise", Phil Collins

"Bad Reputation", Joan Jett

"Biko", Peter Gabriel
Very relevant entry -- This song, first published in 1980 on his third self-titled album, is about Apartheid.

"Black Boys On Mopeds", Sinead O'Connor
About the social results of Margret Thather's government.

"Black Stations/White Stations", M+M

"Bonzo Goes to Bitburg", The Ramones

"Born in the U.S.A.", Bruce Springsteen

"Bring the Noise", Public Enemy

"Broken Bones", House of Freaks
A song about domestic violence from their 1989 release Tantilla.Chorus A thousand miles away from home/With nowere in the world to go/Can you still love me with broken bones?

"Broken Land", The Adventures

"Bullet the Blue Sky", U2

"The Call Up", The Clash

"Channel Z", The B-52's
vaguely anti-media

"Cherokee", Europe
Describes the life of a native American tribe who lived the settlement of the white man on their lands

"Chocolate Cake", Crowded House
Anti-American (TV, Out of shape residents, Politics etc)

"Coup d'etat", the Circle Jerks

"Dear God", XTC

"Dirty Laundry", Don Henley

"Dogs of War", Pink Floyd

"Don't Believe The Hype", Public Enemy

"Don't Give Up", Peter Gabriel

"Eat The Rich", Krokus

"Everything Counts", Depeche Mode
about the sharks (producers,etc.) in the music industry

"F--- Tha Police", N.W.A.

"Fall of the Peacemakers", Molly Hatchet
It's a anti-violence song not really geared toward any specific action just violence in general . It asks the question How many times must good men die, how many times must the children cry ,till we suffer from the sadness, stop the madness ... its a very moving song and powerful if one takes the time to contemplate the lyrics

"Fall On Me", R.E.M.
anti-acid rain

"Farm On The Freeway", Jethro Tull
Protesting the development/destruction of farmland in England and America. Lyric: They're busy building airports on the south side. Silicon chip factory on the east. And a big road's pushing through on the valley flor. A machine born , six lanes at the very least.

"Fight for Your Right To Party", Beastie Boys

"Fight The Power", Public Enemy

"Five Minutes", Bonzo Goes To Washington

"Freedom of Speech", Ice-T

"Funny Vibe", Living Colour

"The Future's So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades", Timbuk 3
allegedly an anti-nuke song

"Ghost Town", The Specials
This song was about the growing of unemployed British young men in the early 1980's in towns such as Birmingham, Liverpool, Watford

"Gimme Hope Joanna", Eddy Grant
against apartheid in South Africa

"God is a Bullet", Concrete Blonde

"Gods of War", Def Leppard

"Guns in the Sky", INXS

"Hangin Tough", New Kids on the Block
This is a song about standing up for yourself and feeling like you can do things without getting into stuff that could get you into trouble like drugs and alcohol

"Hell is for Children", Pat Benatar
A song that brought attention to the world of child abuse and their abusers: It's all so confusing, this brutal abusing They blacken your eyes, and then apologize You're daddy's good girl, and don't tell mommy a thing Be a good little boy, and you'll get a new toy Tell grandma you fell off the swing

"Here we go (for the women of the working class)", Mal Finch
It is a protest song written for the coal mine strike

"Hip To Be Square", Huey Lewis and the News
This song is a perfect anthem of a time when being conservative was cool. God bless Huey and the boys for this song!

"Hiroshima/Johnny Wanna Live", Sandra Cretu (Voice of Enigma)
One of Europe's finest pop starts Sandra became a household phenomenon with Maria Magdalena (1984, however Hiroshima was an outcry for the tragedy, the aftermath in Japan, and Johny wanna Live is the only song I know that made European charts in protest of animal cruelty and testing. Peace.

"Holiday in Cambodia", Dead Kennedys

"I Can't Drive 55", Sammy Hagar

"I Don't Wanna Be a Hero", Johnny Hates Jazz
anti-war

"If I Had a Rocket Launcher", Bruce Cockburn

"Institutionalized", Suicidal Tendencies
Pretty straightforward rant about rebelling against traditioanl values...standard teen fare!

"Invincible (Ballad of Billie Jean)", Pat Benatar

"I Remember California", R.E.M.
environmental

"It's A Mistake", Men At Work

"It's Like That", Run-D.M.C.

"It's The End of the World As We Know It.", R.E.M.
Protests against Neuclear Arms and Neuclear War. Everytime I hear: It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine it sends shivers down my spine.

"I Will Not Go Quietly", Don Henley

"Janie's Got a Gun", Aerosmith
Steve Tyler said he wrote this song after reading an article about kids and guns, but he also wanted to make a point about child abuse

"Johnny Can't Read", Don Henley

"Johnny Hit And Run Pauline", XTC
An anti-rape song. The band stopped playing this song because people, and especially 19 and 20 year old boy-men, were into it for all of the wrong reasons so they don't play it anymore!

"Just The Way It Is", Phil Collins

"Kinky Sex Makes the World Go Round", Dead Kennedys

"Knock Em Dead Kid", M�tley Cr�e
About a kid who gets beaten by the police..

"Land of Confusion", Genesis

"Lawyers In Love", Jackson Browne

"Lean On Me (Ah Li Ayo)", Red Box
Against the, then, British Government, refusing to listen to the voice of the working classes. The opening lines Are we happy, Are we scared, Are we shouting, never heard

"The Lebanon", Human League
Describes what it's like to be in bombed-out Beirut in the mid-80's

"Let's Go All the Way", Sly Fox

"Living In Sin", Bon Jovi
Protests against religeous standards

"London Calling", The Clash

"Love is a Battlefield", Pat Benatar
I think that this song is about the shabby ways that street kids are treated when they run away from home. Street kids don't really know what love is until they finally decide to get off of the streets. It proves that running away from your problems just leads to more problems.

"Love Vigilantes", New Order

"Luka", Suzanna Vega
child abuse

"Mandela day", Simple Minds
A song written in 1989 by Simple Minds for the liberation of former South African president Nelson Mandela at that time.

"Mandinka", Sinead O' Connor

"Master and Servant", Depeche Mode

"The Message", Grandmaster Flash

"Mothers Of The Disappeared", U2
Dedicated to all those who have lost a friend or family during wars, riots and other types of violence.

"My City was Gone", The Pretenders

"Nazi Punks, F--- Off!", Dead Kennedys

"New Dress", Depeche Mode
A song about Princess Diana's huge spending on Dresses while the world is suffering. This song was written in 1986 on the Depeche Mode BLACK CELEBRATION LP.

"The New World", X

"No Sell Out", Malcom X/Keith LeBlanc

"The One I Love", R.E.M.
This song is about domestic abuse.

"One Man One Vote", Johnny Clegg & Savuka
Anti-apartheid song written in 1989

"One", Metallica

"Orange Crush", R.E.M.
Vietnam/war

"Original Sin", INXS
This is a song protesting the supposed taboos of interracial sexual relationships.
"Original Sin", INXS
This song is about harmony between the races and interracial dating.

"Papa Don't Preach", Madonna

"Party For Your Right To Fight", Public Enemy

"People Are People", Depeche Mode
A great song about racial equality.

"Pink Houses", John Cougar Mellencamp

"Pride In The Name Of Love", U2
A song about the social injustices that were going on and political prisoners in Northern Ireland which inspired the movie: In The Name Of The Father!

"Radio Gaga", Queen

"Rain On The Scarecrow", John Cougar Mellencamp

"Rock the Casbah", The Clash
anti mideast war

"Russians", Sting

"Scatterlings of Africa", Savuka
The leadear of Savuka, English born Johnny Clegg was one of the many persons who wanted to get rid of apartheid in South Africa. Although not engaged politically in the fight against this evil regime, he fought against apartheid with his songs. The band formed in early 1985 was made up of 3 white and 3 black musicians. Other well known protest songs made in the late 80's included,"Asimbonanga"(1988),"Great heart"(1987) and "One man one vote"(1989).Johnny Clegg was often known as the "white Zulu"

"Seeds", Bruce Springsteen

"Shock the Monkey", Peter Gabriel
anti vivisection

"Sign O' The Times", Bruce Springsteen

"Solidarity", Little Steven and Disciples of Soul

"Solid Rock", Goanna
Australian audiences would remember this one. It still gets played daily by commercial rock stations all over the country. This is a song about the settlement of Australia

"Stigmata", Ministry
anti-religion

"Still in Saigon", Charlie Daniels

"Stop The Violence", Boogie Down Productions

"Suffer The Little Children", Pat Benatar
Definitely a strong protest against child abuse.

"Sun City", Artists United Against Apartheid

"Sunday Bloody Sunday", U2
About a massacre in Ireland and the ammount of violence in the world

"Talkin' 'bout a Revolution", Tracy Chapman
This highlights social inequity and a world controlled

"Tell Me Why", Expose
protested gang violence

"They Dance Alone (Cueca Solo)", Sting
About the missing men in Chile.

"This Is England", The Clash

"This Note's For You", Neil Young

"Toy Soldiers", Martika
It doesn't necessarily show in-your-face protest, but it's still a song that brings the dangers of drug addiction to attention. "...we all fall down, like toy soldiers..." (damage from drugs) "...How could I be so blind to this addiction? If I don't stop, the next one's gonna be me..." (death, overdose)

"Two Tribes", Frankie Goes to Hollywood

"The Ultimate Sin", Ozzy Osbourne
anti nuke war

"Under the God", David Bowie/Tin Machine
religious

"Video Killed The Radio Star", The Buggles
This is protesting tv taking over everything

"Violence is Golden", John Fogerty
Released in 1986, another song about war and its consequences.

"Walking On A Thin Line", Huey Lewis and the News

"The War Song", Culture Club

"Watching the Wheels", John Lennon

"The Way It Is", Bruce Hornsby and the Range

"We Didn't Start the Fire", Billy Joel

"We Kill The World", Boney M
It is a song against the way people treat nature... and their environmental crimes
"Well Paid Scientist", Dead Kennedys

"We're Not Gonna Take It", Twisted Sister

"We've Got a Bigger Problem Now", Dead Kennedys

"What About the Love", Amy Grant
About the excesses of the eighties.

"What's So Funny About Peace, Love and Understanding?", Nick Lowe

"What's The Matter Here?", 10,000 Maniacs
Protests child abuse

"When the Children Cry", White Lion

"When the Shit Hits the Fan", the Circle Jerks

"White Lines (Don't Do It)", Grandmaster Flash

"Who Protects Us From You? Boogie Down Productions ",

"World Leader Pretend", R.E.M.

"Young Turks", Rod Stewart

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#851

From: zootsuit91@...
Date: Tue Oct 15, 2002 12:43 am
Subject: Re: Greatest Eighties Protest Songs

Although it's not a Protest song, I just wanted to mention what I consider the
"New" 9/11 tribute song;  Don Henley's "New York Minute". Whenever I hear it
now-a-days, I think of that fateful day.

"In a New York minute....(oooh oooh oooh) everything can change"

                        Phil

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#852

From: Strawberry Shortcake <ssylvii2001@...>
Date: Tue Oct 15, 2002 9:04 pm
Subject: October 15th

1981
Mork has Mindy's baby.

1983
U.S. Marine sharpshooters kill 5 snipers at Beirut International Airport

1984
Public telephones flew on 20 flights beginning this day for those who had credit cards. Costs for the Airfone service: $7.50 for a three-minute call, $1.25 for each additional minute anywhere you wanted to call in the United States.

1985
Shelley Taylor of Australia makes fastest swim ever around Manhattan Island (6 hours 12 minutes 29 seconds)

1985
Space Shuttle Columbia carries Spacelab into orbit

1987
The NFL Players Association orders an end to the 24-day players' strike

1988
Amnesty International's Global Concert Tour ends in Buenos Aires

1988
The NCAA record is set for rushing yardage (768 yards-Oklahoma)

1988
Red Red Wine, by UB40, was the first reggae hit to make it to number one in the U.S. From the album Labour of Love, Red Red Wine was #1 for only one week, but turned out to be UB40�s signature song.

1989
Wayne Gretzky, while playing for the Los Angeles Kings, surpassed Gordie Howe's NHL scoring record of 1,850 career points.

1989
Billy Graham is given the 1,900th star on Hollywood Blvd

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#853

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Date: Wed Oct 23, 2002 7:26 pm
Subject: October 23rd

1980
The resignation of Soviet Premier Alexei N. Kosygin was announced.

1981
U.S. National Debt hits $1 trillion

1983
At 6:22 a.m. suicide terrorists drive a large TNT-loaded Mercedes truck into the Marine compound at the Beirut Lebanon airport and crashes into the first floor of the four-story concrete building where approximately 300 service members are quartered resulting in an explosion that killed 220 Marines and 21 other U.S. service members (At almost exactly the same instant, another suicide bomber in a pick-up truck full of explosives crashed into the nine-story building that houses French paratroopers, obliterating the building and killing nearly 60 French soldiers)

1987
Robert Bork is refused, the senate voting a record 58 to 42 to refuse him a seat on the Supreme Court. Apparently this was because he admitted to smoking marijuana as a youth.

1989
After 33 years of Soviet rule, Hungary became an independent republic.

1989
George Harrison releases his �Best of Dark Horse 1976-89� album

1989
The 62nd U.S. manned space mission STS 34 (Atlantis 5) returns from space

1989
Charles Stuart alleges he and his pregnant wife, Carol, had been shot in their car by an African American robber, fanning racial tension in Boston (Carol Stuart and her prematurely delivered baby died from the shooting, but Charles Stuart was implicated later in the killings and was subsequently found dead, an apparent suicide)

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#854

From: Strawberry Shortcake <ssylvii2001@...>
Date: Fri Oct 25, 2002 8:05 pm
Subject: October 25th

1980
Barbra Streisand�s Woman in Love, from the number one album, Guilty, was the number one song in the U.S. Both the album and the single were #1 for three weeks.

1982
Bob Newhart returned to TV in another sitcom with the debut of "Newhart" on CBS

1983
2,000 U.S. Marines and Rangers, assisted by soldiers from six Caribbean nations, invaded Grenada to take control away from the Soviet-Cubans. A political coup just one week earlier had made the tiny Caribbean Island a Soviet-Cuban colony. President Reagan stated the action is needed to protect U.S. citizens there (Grenada is a country with 1/2,000th the U.S. population)

1984
John Cougar Mellencamp reached the two-million-dollar sales mark with his album, Uh-Huh. Also, country group Alabama went to the three-million-dollar mark with two albums this day: Feels So Right and Mountain Music.

1984
"Give My Regards to Broad Street" premieres (Gotham Theater-NYC)

1985
The Kosmos 1700 communications satellite is placed in geostationary orbit

1986
The International Red Cross is ousted from South Africa

1986
Michael Sergio parachutes into Shea Stadium during game 6 of the World Series (the Boston Red Sox lose the game to the NY Mets when a routine ground ball goes through Boston first baseman Bill Buckner's legs, allowing the winning run to score in the 10th inning, despite the fact that earlier in the inning Boston was one strike away from winning its first World Series since 1918; the Mets go on to win the Series in Game 7)

1986
New Jersey-based rock band Bon Jovi rose to number one in the U.S. with their Slippery When Wet album. It was the number one album for eight -- count �em -- eight weeks. Track listing: Let It Rock, You Give Love a Bad Name, Livin� on a Prayer, Social Disease, Wanted Dead or Alive, Raise Your Hands, Without Love, I�d Die for You, Never Say Goodbye, Wild in the Streets.

1987
The World Series began in a dome for the first time and the team with the best record at home happened to play in that dome. The St. Louis Cardinals were pounded in the first game, but fought back and forced the series to seven games before the Minnesota Twins could claim the championship -- their first -- on this day.

1988
ABC News reports on the popularity of potbellied pygmy pigs as pets

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#855

From: Strawberry Shortcake <ssylvii2001@...>
Date: Tue Oct 29, 2002 8:37 pm
Subject: October 29th

1981
The TV comedy "Gimme A Break," starring Nell Carter, made its debut on NBC.

1982
Car maker John DeLorean is indicted for drug trafficking (later acquitted)

1982
Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson release �The Girl is Mine�

1983
After four weeks at #1 on the pop music charts, Bonnie Tyler�s Total Eclipse of the Heart slipped to #2 -- replaced by Islands in the Stream by Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton.

1983
Pink Floyd�s Dark Side of the Moon became the longest-charting album of all time when it logged its 491st week on the Billboard Top 200 album chart. The previous champ had been Johnny�s Greatest Hits, by Johnny Mathis (490 weeks: April 1958-July 1968). Dark Side of the Moon stayed on the chart for 724 consecutive weeks (740 weeks altogether) and didn�t drop off until July 13, 1988. Michael Jackson�s Thriller sold the most copies ever -- 40 million -- but it spent �only� 122 weeks on the album chart.

1984
Golfing great Tom Watson won his sixth PGA Player of the Year title; the most won by any golfer since the award was first given in 1948. Jack Nicklaus had accumulated five of those titles.

1988
2,000 U.S. anti-abortion protesters are arrested for blocking clinics

1989
NYC MTA opens the 63rd street extension to the subway

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#856

From: "Andy Piantanida" <piantanida31@...>
Date: Fri Nov 1, 2002 4:39 am
Subject: Jam Master Jay: January 21, 1965 - October 30, 2002

Oh man, I cannot believe Jam Master Jay was killed last night.

Although I'm honestly not a rap/hiphop fan, I am a total fan of Run
DMC, & any gangsta trashy idiot billionaire rapper today should
realize they owe it ALL to Run DMC.

RIP, Jason Mizell.

-Andy P.

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#857

From: Strawberry Shortcake <ssylvii2001@...>
Date: Wed Nov 6, 2002 7:27 pm
Subject: November 6th

1981
A black-footed ferret is found in Wyoming (previously thought extinct due to prairie dog eradication programs)

1983
U.S. Army helicopters drop hundreds of leaflets over northern and central Grenada urging residents to cooperate in locating any members of the Grenadian army or Cuban resistance

1984
Marvin Gay Senior (yes, spelled without the 'e') received five years' probation for shooting his son, singer Marvin Gaye. He had pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter.

1984
U.S. President Ronald Reagan defeated liberal Democrat challenger, Walter F. Mondale, in a �landslide� election. Reagan won in 49 states.

1984
For the first time in 193 years, the New York Stock Exchange remained open during a presidential election day. Traders shouted �Boo! Boo! Boo!� in disgust, but the Dow Jones industrial average jumped almost 15 points on sales of 101.2 million shares.

1985
The 22nd Space Shuttle Mission (61A) is launched (Challenger 9 - lands at Edwards AFB)

1985
Rabbits invaded the bunny hutch at the Playboy Empire Club in New York City. Sixteen males in tuxedos, minus shirts, joined with 52 bunnies for the first time in the 25-year history of the Playboy Clubs.

1986
WOR-TV in Secaucus, NJ paid $182,000 per episode of The Cosby Show -- for the fall, 1988 season. The price was a record offering for a syndicated show. It beat the previous mark of $80,000 per show (for Cheers).

1986
Edy�s Ice Cream Company took out a $250,000 policy to protect the taste buds of John Harrison, ice cream taste-tester.

1986
Reagan signs the landmark immigration reform bill

1988
Beatle/boozehound Ringo Starr checks into an alcohol rehabilitation center. While many consider Ringo the least talented Beatle, he has shown exceptional acting ability in his "Atouk zug zug Lana" role (Caveman, 1981).

1989
Cathy Yvonne Stone lost a Supreme Court bid for a share of Hank Williams Senior's copyright royalties. She claimed to be his daughter.

1989
Kitty Dukakis, wife of Presidential candidate and Massachusetts governor Michael Dukakis, is hospitalized for drinking rubbing alcohol. According to Hunter S. Thompson, "She was a really good advertisement for speed for twenty-six years."

1989
In the hopes of freeing U.S. hostages held in Iran, the U.S. announces that it will unfreeze $567 million in Iranian assets held since 1979

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#858

From: Strawberry Shortcake <ssylvii2001@...>
Date: Fri Nov 8, 2002 11:20 pm
Subject: November 8th

1980
Scientists at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California announce that the Voyager 1 space probe has discovered the 15th moon of Saturn

1980
Bruce Springsteen�s album, The River, hit #1 for four weeks in the U.S. Tracks on the album: The Ties that Bind, Sherry Darling, Jackson Cage, Two Hearts, Independence Day, Hungry Heart, Out in the Street, Crush on You, You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch), I Wanna Marry You, The River, Point Blank, Cadillac Ranch, I�m a Rocker, Fade Away, Stolen Car, Ramrod, The Price You Pay, Drive All Night, Wreck on the Highway.

1983
Martha Layne Collins (D) is elected as the first female governor of Kentucky

1983
W Wilson Goode (D) is elected as the first African American mayor of Philadelphia

1984
The first attempt to rescue two crippled satellites took place as the space shuttle Discovery lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. (The mission was accomplished on November 14th.)

1986
This day saw the biggest blowout of the year happen. Oklahoma defeated Missouri, 77-0, in a college football game.

1988
Vice President George Herbert Walker Bush and running-mate Indiana Senator Dan Quayle were elected President and Vice-President of the United States. They defeated Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis and his running-mate, Texas Senator Lloyd Bentsen. Bush was inaugurated the 41st president of the United States on January 20, 1989. He was the first incumbent vice president to win election since Martin Van Buren won in 1836.

1987
Chart Toppers: I Think We�re Alone Now - Tiffany, Causing a Commotion - Madonna, Mony Mony "Live" - Billy Idol, Am I Blue - George Strait

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#859

From: Strawberry Shortcake <ssylvii2001@...>
Date: Thu Nov 14, 2002 7:41 pm
Subject: November 14th

1981
Paul �Bear� Bryant tied the record of Amos Alonzo Stagg for most football wins. The Alabama Crimson Tide notched win #314 for Coach Bryant. Alabama beat Penn State, 31-16.

1981
For the second week in a row, Daryl Hall and John Oates owned the top spot on the pop music charts with Private Eyes.

1986
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced that Ivan Boesky would have to pay $100 million in fines and alleged profits to settle insider-trading charges against him. The settlement was just $6 million less than the entire S.E.C. budget for 1986.

1987
The Dirty Dancing movie soundtrack was the number one album in the U.S. It was number one for a total of eighteen weeks. The remainder of the top-five that week: 2)-Tunnel of Love (Bruce Springsteen); 3)-Bad (Michael Jackson); 4)-Whitesnake (Whitesnake); 5)-A Momentary Lapse of Reason (Pink Floyd).

1987
Sonny and Cher sang "I Got You Babe" on the David Letterman show.

1988
The T-V comedy "Murphy Brown," starring Candice Bergen, made its debut on CBS.

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#860

From: Strawberry Shortcake <ssylvii2001@...>
Date: Tue Nov 19, 2002 9:46 pm
Subject: November 19th

1984
20-year-old Dwight Gooden of the New York Mets became the youngest major-league pitcher to be named Rookie of the Year in the National League. The Mets pitcher led the majors with 276 strikeouts.

1985
U.S. President Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev met for the first time as they began their summit in Geneva.

1986
Philadelphia�s Mike Schmidt became only the third player in National League history to win the Most Valuable Player award three times. Roy Campanella of the Dodgers and Stan Musial of the Cardinals also won three National League MVP honors.

1988
Shipping heiress Christina Onassis died in Buenos Aires, Argentina, at age 37.

1989
U.S. beats Trinidad, 1-0, qualifying for the 1990 world soccer cup finals (the U.S.'s first qualification since 1950)

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From: Strawberry Shortcake <ssylvii2001@...>
Date: Wed Nov 20, 2002 6:39 pm
Subject: November 20th

1980
Steve Ptacek makes the first solar-powered flight in the Solar Challenger

1981
Ringo releases his �Stop & Smell the Roses� album

1983
An estimated 100 million people watched the controversial ABC movie "The Day After," which depicted the outbreak of nuclear war.

1984
�You deserve a break today...� by knowing that 35 years and 11 months after the very first McDonald�s hamburger was sold, the 50 billionth burger was made by Edward Rensi, president of Mickey D�s. The milestone was celebrated this day at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York City.

1984
The largest crowd to see the unveiling of a Hollywood Walk-of-Fame star turned out as Michael Jackson got his piece of the sidewalk right in front of Mann�s Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles. �The Gloved One� became star number 1,793 on the famed walk.

1986
In its annual list of Products of the Year, Fortune magazine congratulated �Risk takers and innovators who reached for the brass rings and grabbed gold.� On that list: Uncle Sam�s gold eagle coin, Kodak�s lithium batteries, and the toy Laser Tag with light-emitting pistols.

1987
"Sign 'O' The Times," Prince's third movie, opened.

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From: Strawberry Shortcake <ssylvii2001@...>
Date: Fri Nov 22, 2002 12:11 am
Subject: November 21st

1980
An estimated 83 million TV viewers tuned in to the CBS prime-time soap opera "Dallas" to find out who shot J.R., played by Larry Hagman. It turned out to be Kristin Shephard, played by Mary Crosby.

1980
Singer Don Henley was arrested after a nude 16-year-old girl was found in his Los Angeles home suffering from a drug overdose. Henley was fined and given probation.

1980
The third deadliest hotel fire in history occurs at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas, caused by faulty wiring; 84 people dead. Helicopters were used to rescue stranded guests from the top floors.

1980
John & Yoko pose nude for photographer Allan Tannenbaum.

1981
Olivia Newton-John started the first of 10 weeks at the top of the pop music charts when Physical became the music world�s top tune.

1982
The National Football League (NFL) resumed its season following a 57-day player's strike.

1983
Michael Jackson�s video �Thriller� premieres in Los Angeles movie theatres

1989
The proceedings of Britain's House of Commons were televised live for the first time.

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#863

From: Strawberry Shortcake <ssylvii2001@...>
Date: Mon Nov 25, 2002 10:28 pm
Subject: Bobby Brown Leaves New Edition

1984
The Ethiopian famine relief song "Do They Know It's Christmas" by Band Aid was recorded. The session was organized by singer Bob Geldof.

1984
The �Golden Bear�, Jack Nicklaus, sunk an 8-foot birdie putt on the last hole to win the second Skins Game -- for $240,000. He beat Tom Watson, Arnold Palmer and Gary Player (the 1983 winner).

1985
Bobby Brown announced he was leaving the group New Edition for a solo career.

1986
The Iran-Contra affair erupted as President Reagan and Attorney General Edwin Meese revealed that profits from secret arms sales to Iran had been diverted to Nicaraguan rebels.

1986
Don Shula of the Miami Dolphins ended speculation about his possible move to another NFL franchise by signing with the Dolphins again.

1987
Harold Washington, the first black mayor of Chicago, died in office at age 65.

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Date: Tue Nov 26, 2002 10:05 pm
Subject: Old records & magazines

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From: Strawberry Shortcake <ssylvii2001@...>
Date: Mon Dec 2, 2002 10:00 pm
Subject: Michael Jackson's Thriller!

1982
Singer-songwriter David Blue died while jogging in New York.

1982
Barney B. Clark became the first recipient of an artificial heart. The 61-year-old retired dentist from Seattle underwent a 7�-hour operation at the University of Utah Medical Center in Salt Lake City. The operation was performed by a surgical team headed by Dr. William C. DeVries. Clark survived with the artificial heart for over 3 months. He died on March 23, 1983.

1983
MTV first aired Michael Jackson's "Thriller" video.

1984
Dan Marino connected for four touchdown passes and set an NFL record for TD passes in a season (37 to that point; he finished the season with 48). Miami�s Dolphins lost the game, however, to the Los Angeles Raiders, 45-34.

1985
The highest-rated Monday Night Football telecast was seen this night on ABC-TV. The Miami Dolphins beat the Chicago Bears, 38-24. The Miami win snapped the Bears� 12-game winning streak.

1986
Jerry Lee Lewis checked into the Betty Ford Clinic to overcome an addition to painkillers.

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#866

From: "Andy Piantanida <piantanida31@...>" <piantanida31@...>
Date: Wed Dec 18, 2002 3:44 am
Subject: VH-1 80's episodes this week

Holy mackrell!  Is anyone watching the 80's shows on VH-1 tonight?
Oh man, is it great.  Rubik's cubes, the A-Team, Michael Jackson,
Rocky, you name it.  Evidently it's on all week.  Totally
awesome. . .

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#867

From: Strawberry Shortcake <ssylvii2001@...>
Date: Fri Dec 20, 2002 7:50 pm
Subject: December 20th

1980
Shirley Temple Black became a grandmother. Her oldest daughter gave birth to a baby girl ... with curls, no doubt.

1980
TV experimented, as NBC covered the meaningless NFL game between the New York Jets (4-11) and the Miami Dolphins (8-7). No announcers were in the booth. The only sounds heard were field noise and spectators as the pictures tried to convey the emotion of the game. Headlines the next day read, �Jets Silence Dolphins 24-17.�

1981
The musical "Dreamgirls," which was loosely based on the career of Diana Ross and the Supremes, premiered on Broadway.

1983
Joe Gibbs of the Washington Redskins was named NFL Coach of the Year by the Associated Press. He became the first head coach to receive this honor in consecutive years since 1961-62 (when Allie Sherman, of the New York Giants, was so honored). Joe Gibbs took the Redskins to a 14-2 finish in the 1983 season.

1985
Robert Penn Warren was designated Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry of the U.S. Library of Congress for 1986-1987. The library has used consultants since 1937, when Joseph Auslander was appointed the first Consultant in Poetry, but Robert Penn Warren was the first to be called Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry.

1986
The Bangles� Walk like an Egyptian moved to the top of the "Billboard" "Hot 100". It was #1 for three weeks.

1986
Randy Travis joined the Grand Ole Opry.

1989
The United States launched Operation "Just Cause," sending troops into Panama to topple the government of Gen. Manuel Noriega.

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