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Muslim-Croat Federation, 114, 116, 118, 119–20, 121, 122–23, 125
My American Journey (Powell), 93, 218n79, 218n86
Nasdaq, 37
Nation (magazine), 29
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), 4, 165, 170
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), 10, 180
National Center for Supercomputing Applications (University of Illinois), 34
National Crime Information Center, 63
National Enquirer, 19
National Family Week proclamation, 237n47
National Guard, 132–33
National Hockey League, 172
National Intelligence Estimate, 55, 204n9
national park closings, 132–33, 235n23
National Park Service, 11, 187–88nn45–46
National Science Foundation, 28
National Urban League, 10
Nation of Islam, 10, 177
Nature (journal), 98, 220n112
NBC, 143, 175, 177, 181, 206n37, 234n2, 241n103
NCAA basketball championships, 167–68
Negroponte, Nicholas, 14–15, 189nn67, 69–70
Nelvis, Bayani, 140
Netcenter, 39
Netscape Communications Corporation: AOL acquisition of, 38–39, 160, 199n118; emergence of, 22–23, 32, 34–35, 159, 203n196; IPO of, 36–37, 38, 39, 159–60, 198n103; leadership of, 32–34, 33 fig. 7; Microsoft and, 36, 37–38, 39, 171, 180, 197n99, 198n110; name of, 196n86; press coverage of, 198n103; rise of, 32, 35, 39, 195n73; significance of, 39–40; stock debut of, 174; Web browser of, 32, 37–38, 199n121
Netscape Navigator, 32, 35, 36, 160
Netscape Navigator 2.0, 35
Netscape Navigator 3.0, 38
Network World, 159
Neufeld, Peter, 83
New Century Network, 15–16, 190n85
New Hampshire, presidential primaries in, 165
New Jersey Devils, 172
New Lisbon (WI), 34
Newmark, Craig, 23
Newport (RI), 226n62
New Puritans, 7, 8 fig. 2, 194n61
news media: cable channels, 181; Clinton-Lewinsky coverage, 143–44; digital challenge to, 15–16, 23 fig. 5, 189nn78–79, 190n85; Internet coverage, 25–28, 25 fig. 6, 191–92n9, 194nn54, 56; O.J. Simpson trial, coverage of, 18–20, 190n96; Oklahoma City bombing, coverage of, 63–65, 205–6n32, 206nn35–36; online sources, 50–51; Packwood sex scandal, coverage of, 150; partisan divide and, 243n130; “public”/ “civic” journalism, 16–17; ratings as central issue in, 206n37; tobacco industry and, 17–18, 174, 190n93. See also specific newspaper; television network
News of the World (British tabloid), 185n14
Newsweek, 25–26, 28, 33 fig. 7, 34, 101–2, 159, 166, 205–6n32, 207n53, 241n104
NewsWorks, 16
New York (NY), 163, 165, 166, 171
New York Daily News, 133–35, 134 fig. 19, 169, 190n93
New Yorker, 89, 209n78, 247n13
New York Post, 156
New York Times: best-seller list of, 93; book reviews of, 8–9; Bosnian War, coverage of, 226n55; Bosnia peacekeeping poll of, 231n149; Clinton-Lewinsky, coverage of, 241n103, 245n144; on Clinton presidency, 108, 130, 140, 146, 234n2, 237n47; Dayton negotiations, coverage of, 112; on Discovery flight delay, 4, 184n10; film reviews of, 5; on Holbrooke, 109; Internet, coverage of, 16, 28, 36–37, 195n63; on Iranian nuclear potential, 163; Million Man March, coverage of, 187n36, 188n46; O.J. Simpson trial, coverage of, 19, 80, 95–96, 97, 220n114; Oklahoma City bombing, coverage of, 61, 66, 71, 210n86; Packwood sex scandal, coverage of, 150; presidential election (1996) polls of, 93; terrorist threat speculations in, 204n9; tobacco industry advertising in, 17; Unabomber manifesto published by, 176; website launched by, 24; Windows 95 advertising in, 188n52; Windows 95, coverage of, 12–13
Nichols, Terry J.: bomb-making expertise of questioned, 209n73; as McVeigh accomplice, 52, 66, 71, 169, 207–8nn55–56; purported terrorist connections of, 69; trial/sentencing of, 68, 180, 208–9nn67–68. See also Oklahoma City (OK) bombing (1995)
Nigeria, dissidents hanged in, 179
Nightline (ABC news program), 29, 228n98
Niles, Robert, 49, 203n192
1995: books published during, 7–9, 8 fig. 2, 186nn30–31; chronology, 163–81; comic-strip retirements during, 152–53, 163; controversies during, 10–11; cyberculture moments of, 203n196; exceptionality of, 2–3; “firsts” during, 5–7, 6 fig. 1; the improbable as characteristic of, 3–5; Internet use during, 16 fig. 4, 22; living standards during, 3, 184n4; media challenges during, 15–20; national mood during, 9; reappraisal of needed, 160–61; reminiscences about, 153–54; Windows 95 launch during, 11–14, 12 fig. 3; “words of the year,” 22, 191n8
Nixon, Richard M., 135, 149, 243n130, 245nn145, 148
Noble County Jail (Perry, OK), 62–63
Norfolk (VA), 226n62
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO): in American Exceptionalist narrative, 124; Bosnia aerial surveillance missions authorized by, 106, 170; Bosnia airstrikes of, 108, 109, 175, 228n92; Bosnia peacekeeping mission of, 114, 123, 124, 179, 231nn149, 164; Dayton failure and viability of, 114; leadership change in, 177
Northern Illinois University, 194n56
Northern Ireland, Clinton’s visit to, 180
Norway, terrorist attack in (2011), 157, 248n25
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, 169
Nunn, Sam, 212n11
NYPD Blue (TV program), 175
Obama, Barack, 128, 173, 233n187
Obamacare, 153
Observatoire de Haute Provence (France), 7
O’Grady, Scott F., 106, 170, 171, 224n22, 224nn24–25, 225n33
O.J. Simpson trial (1995): as anomaly, 83; car chase, 83; closing arguments, 176; crimes behind, 82–83, 84–85; defense case, 94–95, 96–97, 164, 173, 176, 220n114; defense team, 81, 83, 96, 214n34, 216n58; flashbulb moment in, 79, 94–95; forensic DNA evidence in, 1–2, 81, 83, 84, 95, 96–100, 153, 220n112, 220–21n117, 221n120, 221n123; Internet and, 20; jury in, 79, 86, 95, 213n27, 216n59; legal impact of, 156–57, 214n33, 219n106; motives in, 84–85; news coverage of, 18–20, 82 fig. 13, 95–96, 100, 190n96, 214n34, 219n99, 221–22nn125–26; opening statements in, 164; pivotal moment in, 87, 102; police conduct as issue in, 84, 85, 95, 98–99, 220–21n117; Powell-mania and, 93; prosecution case, 164, 176; prosecution team, 83–84; racial implications of, 80, 85, 88–94, 90 fig. 15, 175, 216nn62–63, 218n88; Simpson’s statement following, 101; as “trial of the century,” 1, 80–81, 153, 213n15, 214n38; trial proceedings, 85–88, 87 fig. 14, 171, 175, 214n37, 215–16nn46–52; verdicts announced in, 1, 19–20, 79–82, 82 fig. 13, 88, 94, 100, 176, 212nn1–3, 212n9, 212–13nn11–13, 213n15, 216nn58, 61, 218n88; wealth as factor in, 81, 96, 213n13, 219nn103–4, 221n117
Oklahoma City (Gumbel and Charles), 208n57, 209n73
Oklahoma City (OK), 52, 63, 76
Oklahoma City (OK) bombing (1995): casualties of, 53–55, 54 fig. 9, 168, 205n17; Clinton and, 130–31; federal investigation of, 62–63, 67–68, 207–8n56; as flashbulb moment, 79; historical significance of, 55, 70, 153, 168; iconic image of, 56–60, 57 fig. 10, 204n13, 205n17; improbable setting of, 3, 56; legacy of, 157, 248n25; McVeigh arrest in, 60–63, 168; McVeigh executed for (2001), 71; Middle East connection suspected in, 64–66, 168, 205–6n32, 206n43, 209nn76–77; motivations behind, 52–53, 157, 203–4n3, 247n18; online news coverage of, 50–51, 203n196; open-air memorial for, 76–78, 77 fig. 12; press coverage of, 63–65; remembrance ceremonies for, 55, 169; right-wing militia conspiracy theories about, 65–71, 207nn53–54, 208nn57, 60, 63–64, 209nn68, 71, 73, 79; security-related impact of, 1, 55, 71–76, 72 fig. 11, 170, 210nn86–89, 210–11n91, 211n97; trials/sentencings in, 68, 208–9nn67–68
Oklahoma City National Memorial and Museum, 205n24
Oklahoma Highway Patrol, 64–65
Omidyar, Pierre, 23–24, 192n13
100 dollar bill, redesigning of, 176
Online Journalism Review, 49
Operation Deliberate Force, 175
Orentlicher, Diane, 224n17
Oslo (Norway), terrorist attack in (2011), 157, 248n25
Ostrow, Joanne, 244n142
Others Unknown (Jones and Israel), 209n78
Overseas Press Club, 15
Pacific Bell, 29
Packwood, Bob, 149–51, 169, 175
Page, Larry, 21, 191n3
Panetta, Leon, 136, 139, 140, 240n93
Pardo, Norman, 155
Paris (France), Dayton Agreement signed in, 121–22, 179
Parks, Rosa, 10
Pataki, George, 166
PBS, 89
Pearl Harbor, Japanese bombing of (1941), 212–13n12
Perry (OK), 62–63, 168
Peru, Inca mummy discovered in (1995), 178
Philadelphia Inquirer, 2–3, 15, 18–19, 25 fig. 6, 28, 60, 95, 206n37
Philadelphia Zoo, 181
Philip Morris, 17, 174
Pillar, Paul R., 204n9
Pinterest, 159
Pixar, 179
Pocahantas (animated film; 1995), 171
Polyakov, Valeri, 167
popular culture, 243n130
pornography, 29–32, 172, 181, 194nn56, 61, 195nn62–64
Porter, Chuck, 56–60, 57 fig. 10, 204n12
Posner, Richard A., 148, 244n140
Powell, Colin L., 92–94, 178, 187n39, 217n78, 218nn79, 83, 86–87
Powell-mania, 92–94
Power, Samantha, 225n40
PowerScene (computerized simulation device), 116–17
Prentice, Jonathan, 13
presidential elections: 1992, 147; 1996, 124, 147–48, 165, 178; 2000, 146
Prodigy, 22, 24
Progressive Networks, 24
prostitution, 170
“public” journalism, 16–17
Purdum, Todd S., 219n98, 234n9, 236n31
Puritanism. See New Puritans
Pursuit of History, The (Tosh), 160
Putin, Vladimir, 158
al-Qaeda, 128–29
Quebec, 178
Queloz, Didier, 6–7, 177, 185n22
Rabin, Yitzhak, 2, 133, 178, 236n27
radial velocity, 6
Random House, 218n79
Rather, Dan, 206n37
Ray, Robert W., 147, 243n134
Reagan, Ronald, 243n130
RealAudio technology, 24
Reason (magazine), 3
Reasonable Doubts (Dershowitz), 212–13n12
Reeve, Christopher, 170
Reid, Robert H., 37
Reinhard, Johan, 178
Remnick, David, 247n13
Reporters’ Committee for Freedom of the Press, 18
Republican Party: Clinton criticized by, 106, 177; congressional budget impasses and, 179, 181, 236nn31, 34; congressional majority of, 130, 163, 168; “Contract with America,” 168; Gingrich as House speaker, 130, 191n8; government shutdown caused by (2013), 153–54; ideological homogeneity in, 146, 243n125; presidential election (1996), 92, 93, 165, 168, 170
Republika Srpska, 114, 120, 122–23
“resistance, leaderless,” 66
Reynolds, Mel, 174
right-wing militias, 65–71, 207nn53–54
Rimm, Marty, 30
Ripken, Cal, 175
R. J. Reynolds, 17
Road Ahead, The (Gates), 35, 197n91
Road to the Dayton Accords, The (Chollet), 118
Roberts, Gene, 15, 189n79
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (Cleveland, OH), 175
Roe v. Wade, 174
Rogers, Ginger, 169
Rohde, David, 115–16, 226n54, 228–29nn98–101
Rohrabacher, Dana, 209n77
Rolling Stones (rock band), 11
Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, 132
Roosevelt, Franklin D., death of, 212–13n12
Rosenberg, Howard, 19
Rosenberg, Julius and Ethel, 213n15
Rowan, Carl, 93, 218n83
Ruby Ridge (ID) siege (1992), 174, 204n3
Rulon-Miller, Todd, 33–34
Run of His Life, The (Toobin), 89
Russia, 158, 165
Rwandan genocide, US nonintervention in, 107, 126
Rybcznski, Witold, 74
Sacirbey, Muhamed, 117
Safari browser, 160
Safire, William, 108
Sale, Richard, 113, 126–27
Salk, Jonas, 172
Salon.com, 24
Salt Lake City (UT), 171
San Diego Chargers, 164
San Francisco Chronicle, 5, 12 fig. 3, 89, 160
San Francisco Examiner, 20
San Francisco 49ers, 164
San Francisco State University, 185–86n23
Sanger, Larry, 49–50
San Jose Mercury News, 167, 198n103
Santa Clara (CA), World Wide Web conference at (1997), 27–28
Santos, Paulo, 201n163
Sarajevo (Bosnia): Bosnian Serb siege of, 104–5, 126, 175; as Dayton negotiation issue, 113, 114, 115, 116–17; IFOR inaction in, 125; land corridor to, 116–17; Milošević’s concession of, 118, 229n115; UN safe areas in, 109; US negotiating team members killed near, 109–11, 174
Saro-Wiwa, Ken, 179
Scandal (TV series), 155
Scheck, Barry, 83, 98, 99, 221n120
Schiller, Lawrence, 215n47
Schroeder, Patricia, 133–35
Secure Sockets Layer, 39
Seeking Alpha, 201n163
Seinfeld (TV program), 9, 241n103
Selena (Mexican-American singer), 167
September 11 (2001) terrorist attacks, 71–73, 74, 128–29, 161
Serbia, 105, 106, 127
Sesno, Frank, 64
Sestanovich, Stephen, 123, 231n148, 232n175, 233n181
sex scandals, 4–5, 174, 175. See also Clinton-Lewinsky sex scandal (1995)
Shabazz, Qubilah, 164, 169
Shafer, Jack, 46
Shapiro, Andrew L., 29
Shapiro, Robert, 83, 214n37
Shaw, David, 81
Siddig Ali, Siddig Ibrahim, 165
Siewart, Jake, 147
Silajdžić, Haris, 116, 117, 119
Silberman, Steve, 196n86
Silicon Graphics, 32
Silicon Snake Oil (Stoll), 26–27
Silicon Valley (CA), 198n103
Simpson, Alan K., 150
Simpson, Arnelle, 173
Simpson, Jason, 101, 176, 222n129
Simpson, Nicole Brown, 18, 79, 81–83, 84–85, 86, 95, 98, 101, 156, 164, 176
Simpson, O. J., 84; acquittal of, 1, 81–82, 82 fig. 13, 88, 97, 100, 176, 178–79, 216n58; activities on night of murders, 82–83, 177; armed robbery/kidnapping conviction of (2008), 96, 155–56, 219n100, 247n18; arthritis medications of, 215n50; as celebrity, 213n13; civil suits against, 169; civil trial (1997), 95, 219n99; clothing of, 247n16; Dateline interview cancelled by, 177; DNA samples from, 98; legal team hired by, 81, 83, 96; motives for murders, 84–85; police questioning of, 214n35; post-trial statement of, 101, 176, 222n129; public opinion of, 100, 157, 219nn98–100, 222n127; residence of, 86, 100–101, 215n47; suicide notes written by, 214n29; telephone interviews given by, 178–79; during trial, 85–88, 87 fig. 14, 171, 214n37, 215–16nn46–51; wealth of, 213n13, 219nn103–4; writings of, 85–86, 96, 102, 164, 221n125. See also O. J. Simpson trial (1995)
Singer, Mark, 209n78
Sinn Féin, 166
60 Minutes (CBS news program), 17, 190n93, 238n64
Skype, 159
Slate.com, 21, 45
Sloan, Stephen, 63–64, 206n36
Slovenia, 104
smartphones, 14, 22, 248n36
Smith, Abbe, 96
Smith, Alex, 164
Smith, Leighton, 125
Smith, Michael, 164
Smith, Shawntel, 176
Smith, Susan, 2, 164, 173
Smith Corona Corporation, 172
social media, 2
1, 22, 159–60
Solana, Javier, 177
Solomon, Norman, 30
Somalia, US intervention in, 107, 125, 126
South Carolina, Smith murder trial in (1995), 2, 164, 173
Soviet Union, collapse of (1991), 125, 158
Spade, David, 153–54
spamming, 49
Spector, Robert, 41–42, 200n138, 201n150
speed limits, 180
speed-reading, 175
sports, 166, 167, 168, 172
Sprint, 28
spying, 165
Srebrenica massacre (1995), 2–3, 107–8, 115, 126, 157–58, 172, 225nn40–41, 229n100
Starr, Kenneth W., 143, 144–45, 147, 148, 240–41n101, 241n105, 242nn115–16, 242n119, 243n134
“Start Me Up” (Rolling Stones), 11
Stephanopoulos, George, 136
Stevens, John Paul, 32, 142
stock market speculation, 166
Stoll, Clifford, 26–27, 166, 193nn32–33
Stone, Brad, 43–44
St. Paul Pioneer Press, 224n25
Sun Microsystems, 24, 167
Super Bowl (1995), 164
Survivor Tree (Oklahoma City, OK), 77
Swisher, Kara, 192n22
Symington, Fife, 132–33, 235n23
Syria, civil war in, 158, 248n30
tablet computers, 248n36
taggants, 76
Takahashi, Dean, 188n57
Taliban, 128
talk radio, 131
Tapper, Jake, 237n38
telephone records, access to, 75
television, 9, 173, 175. See also specific network
Terre Haute (IN), 157
terrorism: antiterrorism legislation, 75–76, 170–71; Islamist, warnings of, 55; 1995 attacks, 55; Oklahoma City bombing and, 64; security-related precautions because of, 1, 55, 71–76, 72 fig. 11, 169, 204n10, 210nn86–89, 210–11n91; September 11 (2001) attacks, 71–73, 74, 161; trials for, 163, 165. See also Oklahoma City (OK) bombing (1995)
Terrorism and the Constitution (Cole and Dempsey), 75
Tetzeli, Rick, 35, 196n77
Thagard, Norman E., 4, 166, 170, 172
Thomas, Helen, 131
3Com Corporation, 27
Time magazine, 29, 30, 46, 71, 135, 172, 194nn54, 56, 223n12, 231n149, 236n36
Times, The (London, England), 11–12
Times Mirror Center for the People & the Press, 42, 191–92n9, 200n136, 223n10
Time Warner, 176, 192n22
tobacco industry, 17–18
Today (TV morning program), 143, 181
To End a War (Holbrooke), 226n55, 227n65
Toiv, Barry J., 139, 238–39n66
Tokyo (Japan), terrorist attacks in (1995), 55, 167