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Mark James Kilroy was born on March 5, 1968, in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. His parents were James William "Jim" Kilroy (1943-2024), a chemical engineer, and Helen Josephine Kilroy (1944-2014), a volunteer paramedic. [1] They moved to Texas from the Midwest after their son was born. [2]
Dorothy Ann Richards (née Willis; September 1, 1933 – September 13, 2006) was an American politician who served as the 45th governor of Texas from 1991 to 1995. A Democrat, she first came to national attention as the Texas State Treasurer, when she gave the keynote address at the 1988 Democratic National Convention.
Dunlap, Riley E., and Angela G. Mertig, eds. American environmentalism: The US environmental movement, 1970–1990 (2014) Ehrman, John. The Eighties: America in the Age of Reagan. (2005) Ferguson Thomas, and Joel Rogers, Right Turn: The Decline of the Democrats and the Future of American Politics (1986). Greene, John Robert. (2nd ed. 2015) excerpt
He began his campaign with a tumultuous rally in Texas on July 19 with Bush, where he proclaimed the campaign slogan, "We can make America great again." [69] The Carter campaign attempted to deny the Reagan campaign $29.4 million (equivalent to $108,718,255 in 2023) in federal campaign funds, the legal limit for campaign spending. [70]
The 1980s (pronounced "nineteen-eighties", shortened to "the '80s" or "the Eighties") was the decade that began on January 1, 1980, and ended on December 31, 1989.. The decade saw a dominance of conservatism and free market economics, and a socioeconomic change due to advances in technology and a worldwide move away from planned economies and towards laissez-faire capitalism compared to the 1970s.
The big date is sneaking up on us. On March 2, 2036, Texas will celebrate the bicentennial of its independence from Mexico. For its 100th birthday, back in 1936, parties rippled across the state ...
Perot famously stated during the October 15 debate that NAFTA would create a "giant sucking sound" on American jobs. [80] The populism of Ross Perot is hard to define and is a contested topic amongst political scientists. Perot was described as a "classical populist", [81] liberal populist, "telepopulist" and also a "third way" populist. [82]
The incident occurred in Midland, Texas, where firemen and police developed a plan to drill a parallel shaft to the well where Jessica was lodged—and drill another horizontal cross-tunnel to rescue her. Enlisting the help of local oil drillers, officials hoped to free McClure quickly. But they then discovered that the well was surrounded by rock.