1995

by Campbell, W. Joseph

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