Compiled by Richard Hite

Abbey, Edward, 292

Acheson, Dean, 367

Acid rain, 299–300

Acton, Lord, 120–21

Adams, John Quincy, 329, 364

Advertising, 244–46

Affirmative action, 160, 184–85

Agency for International Development, 44

Agnos, Arthur, 142

Agriculture, 191–96, 349, 350

AIDS, 179, 216, 220, 249–53, 292, 305

Airline industry, 190

Airline Pilots Association, 26

Alar, 297–98

Albania, 191, 333

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