Tommy Boy (film; 1995), 153–54
Toobin, Jeffrey, 88, 89, 136, 138, 213n28, 214n37, 215n49, 236n26, 238n52, 239n88, 240n96
Tosh, John, 160
Toubon, Jacques, 164
Toy Story (film; 1995), 5, 179
train crashes, 174, 177
Tramble, André P., 10
transpacific balloon flights, 165
Traub, James, 225–26n50
“trials of the century,” 213n15
Tripp, Linda, 142–43, 240n101
trolls, online, 49
Tucker, Jim Guy, 174
Tuđman, Franjo, 105–6, 112–13, 117, 119, 121, 122 fig. 18, 223–24n16, 224n17, 232n170
Turner Broadcasting System, 176
Turow, Scott, 213n21
20/20 (TV news program), 185n13
Twitter, 21, 159
UCLA, 167
Uelmen, Gerald, 213n15, 216n51
Unabomber, 55, 169, 176
“unconscious transference,” 67, 208n63
United Nations, 127, 169, 172; “American Exceptionalism” and, 233n181; Bosnia peacekeeping troops of, 225nn34–35; Bosnia safe areas of attacked, 109, 157; 50th anniversary celebrations, 177; Holbrooke as US ambassador to, 128; World Conference on Women (Beijing, China; 1995), 175, 176
United Nations Security Council, 166, 233n181
United Press International (UPI), 131
United States: Bosnian War as viewed in, 105, 223nn10–12; Bosnia peacekeeping troops from, 114, 121, 123–24, 125, 179–80, 231n149, 231–32nn164–65; economy of, 149; exceptionalism and hubris in, 104; government shutdown in (1995), 131–35, 138 fig. 20, 139, 179, 181, 235n23; government shutdown in (2013), 153–54; interventionist ethos of, 124–25; 100 dollar bill, redesigning of, 176; papal visit to, 176, 177; partisan divide in, 146, 243nn125–26, 243n130; psychology of fear in, 55; race relations as perceived in, 88–94, 90 fig. 15, 92 fig. 16, 217n70; wealth and justice in, 96
United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, 53
United States Congress, 11, 18, 20; antiterrorism legislation passed in, 75–76; budget impasses in, 131–35, 134 fig. 19, 179, 181, 235n13, 236nn31, 34; Clinton impeachment vote in, 145, 242–43n123; flag desecration legislation in, 172; Republican control of, 130, 163; Starr report to, 145, 148, 240–41n101, 242n119; telecommunications bill in, 203n196; term-limit amendment proposed, 167, 170. See also specific branch
United States House of Representatives, 130, 134 fig. 19, 145, 191n8; Judiciary Committee, 245n147
United States Interior Department, 133, 235n23
United States Justice Department, 174
United States Marine Corps, 64, 171
United States Navy station (Newport, RI), 226n62
United States Postal Service, 170
United States Secret Service, 170, 171
United States Senate, 31, 145, 149–51, 166, 169, 170, 172, 242n123
United States State Department, 80, 181
United States Supreme Court, 32, 142, 146, 170, 174
United States Treasury Department, 73
University of Arkansas, 167
University of Connecticut, 167
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 34–35, 196nn83, 87
University of Oklahoma, 63
University of Pennsylvania, 74
University of Tennessee, 168
USA Patriot Act (2001), 76
USA Today, 50, 64, 188n49, 215n50
Vaidhyanathan, Siva, 202n174
Vanderbilt University, 30
Van Ess, John K., III, 53
Vanity Fair magazine, 100, 154–55, 216n58, 247nn12, 16
Vatican, 181
Victor/Victoria (musical), 178
video-rental business, 14–15, 189n75
“Vietmalia” syndrome, 125, 126, 231n163
Vietnam-US relations, reestablishment of, 173
Vietnam War, 123, 125
Waco (TX), Branch Davidian standoff in (1993), 52–53
Wales, Jimmy, 49–50
Walker, Jesse, 207n54
Wallace, Mike, 17–18
Wall Street Journal, 13, 17, 18, 37, 45–46, 64, 156–57, 159, 189n75, 199–200n130
Walt Disney Company. See Disney Corporation
Walters, Barbara, 238n61
Washington (DC), 1, 73–75, 163, 170, 173, 210n89, 210–11n91
Washington Free Beacon (conservative website), 154
Washingtonian magazine, 151
Washington Post: Amazon.com coverage, 201n158; Bezos’s purchase of, 46, 202n168; Bosnian War poll conducted by, 223n11; on Calvin and Hobbes retirement, 246n5; on Clinton-Lewinsky vs. Watergate scandals, 245n145; on Clinton presidency, 131, 145, 148; DC heightened security precautions opposed by, 72 fig. 11, 73, 74–75, 210–11n91; on Gingrich, 236n30; government shutdown, coverage of, 132, 153–54; Holbrooke interview with, 181; Internet coverage of, 194n54; Million Man March, coverage of, 10, 187nn36, 45; O. J. Simpson trial, coverage of, 89; Oklahoma City bombing, coverage of, 67; Packwood sex scandal, coverage of, 150; on political polarization, 243n125; on Powell, 217n78; Syrian civil war, coverage of, 248n30; tobacco industry advertising in, 17; Unabomber manifesto published by, 176
Washington Post Magazine, 208n60
Watergate scandal, 70, 135, 143, 149
Watson, Thomas, Jr., 46
Watterson, Bill, 152, 153, 246nn5–6
Weaver, Randy, 174, 204n3
Weaving the Web (Berners-Lee), 202n183
Web logs (blogs), 29
Weekly Standard (conservative opinion journal), 175
Westinghouse Electric Corporation, 173
whistleblowers, 17–18
White House (Washington, DC): as Clinton-Lewinsky scandal site, 3 (see also Clinton-Lewinsky sex scandal); interns working in, 2, 135–36; O’Grady invited to, 171; security breaches at, 170; security-related precautions near, 1, 73–74, 210n89
White House Office of Legislative Affairs, 137
Whitewater scandal, 143, 174, 241n101, 242n119
Wigand, Jeffrey S., 17–18, 190n93
wiki, the: as creativity/collaboration site, 47–50, 203n192; defined, 23, 47; drawbacks of, 49; first online use of, 167; name of, 47–48
Wikipedia, 21, 47, 49–50
wikitorials, 49
Wilford, John Noble, 184n10
Wilke, John R., 197n99
Wilkinson, Beth, 209n68
Will, George, 144
Williams, Dennis, 88
Williams, Matt, 50–51, 203n198
Willwerth, James, 215n47
Wilson, Woodrow, 144
Windows 95 (computer operating system): advertising for, 12, 188n52; Apple counter-campaign, 13, 188n57; hyperbolic launching of, 11–14, 37, 188n49, 188n54; press coverage of, 11–13, 12 fig. 3, 14; sales of, 13, 175, 188n60; technical innovations of, 188–89n63
Wines, Michael, 236n34
Winfrey, Oprah, 163
Winter Olympic Games (2002), 171
Wired (magazine), 27, 46, 50, 159, 196n86
wireless connections, 22
wiretapping, 75, 177
women: as astronauts, 165; in military academies, 174; Million Man March and, 186–87n36; NCAA basketball championship game, 167–68; UN conference on (Beijing, China; 1995), 175, 176
Wonder, Stevie, 10
Wood, Evelyn, 175
Woods, Ron, 68
“words of the year,” 22, 191n8
World News Tonight (ABC news program), 17
World Series, 178
World Trade Center (New York, NY): terrorist attack on (1993), 64, 69, 71, 165, 204n9, 206n43, 209n76; terrorist destruction of (2001), 71–73
World War II: 50th anniversary of end of, 169; iconic images of, 174; partisan divide and, 243n130
World Wide Web, 48; browser market, 37–38, 160, 171, 192n22; challenge to mainstream media, 15–16; as commerce site, 40, 42, 47, 202n174; conference on (1997), 27–28; as creativity/collaboration site, 202–3n185; creator of, 48, 194n46; digital innovations for, 23–25; early days
of, in public memory, 21–23, 39–40; fears about, 28–31, 172; government regulation of, 31–32; increased use of, 20; in mainstream consciousness, 1; as news source, 50–51; “spiders” for indexing, 181. See also Internet
Wright, Orville, 111
Wright, Susan Webber, 142, 146–47, 240n96
Wright, Wilbur, 111
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (Dayton, OH), 103, 112, 115, 177, 179, 228–29n99. See also Dayton Agreement (1995); Dayton peace negotiations (1995)
Wu, Harry, 171
Yahoo!, 24
Yang, Jerry, 24
Yardley, Jonathan, 217n78
Yousef, Ramzi Ahmed, 69, 70, 165, 209n76–77
Yugoslav Army, 223n5
Yugoslav Federation, breakup of, 104, 223n4
Zak, Dan, 153–54
Zepa (Bosnia), 108
Zuicker, Anthony, 99, 221n123
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