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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Viet Nam Veterans Memorial. From the time the design was chosen in 1981 until its completion in 1982, Maya Ying Lin's somber black granite dead end in Washington was controversial. Conservatives objected that it was both meaninglessly abstract and too dovish. But as soon as it was dedicated, with...
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982). All of Steven Spielberg's gifts -- his narrative gusto and suburban wit, his technical finesse and an emotional directness that buoys the heart -- blend sublimely in this fable of intergalactic friendship. One of the greats.
Les Miserables (1987). Victor Hugo's tale of the downtrodden and a doomed revolution electrified 19th century Europe. Set to an emotion-drenched score and given a nonpareil staging, it has stirred audiences all over the late 20th century world.
Nightline (ABC, 1980- ). From the hostage crisis in Iran (which inspired ABC to start a late-night news program in November 1979) to teary Tammy Faye Bakker, all the decade's major stories were illuminated by Ted Koppel's probing questions. When a crisis is brewing, and even when one...