Last winter, January through March 1981, remember Midterm, turn- about, basketball playoffs? But also recall Ronald Reagan ' s inauguration and the nation decorated with yellow ribbons as we welcomed the Amer- ican hostages home from their Ira- nian ordeal. While the class of ' 82 sweated SAT ' s and ACT ' s, the world gave us a nightmare of killings in Atlanta, the trial of Mao Tse Tung ' s widow and the gang of four, and Ruth Love as Chicago ' s new school super- intendent. Superbowl XV pitted the Philadelphia Eagles against the Oak- land Raiders, Britain ' s Prince Charles announced his engagement to Lady Diana Spencer, and Walter Cronkite told us the way it was for the last time. A winter of budget cuts, Reagan Red, El Salvador and a new TV show Hill Street Blues was chased by loyal fans through prime-time-slotland. April through June baseball, boys ' tennis, and track seasons, the 50 ' s sockhop, graduation parties, final ex- ams filled our thoughts while Jane Byrne moved from the Gold Coast to Cabrini Green. A nation, horrified by a troubled young man ' s attempt on the President ' s life, increased pro- tests for and against handgun control. Finishing homework during commer- cials, we saw Oscars awarded to Sis- sy Spacek, Robert DeNiro, and the film ORDINARY PEOPLE, and got up early to see Space Shuttle Co- lumbia launched. Adding fuel to the handgun fire was the assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II. It ' s like shooting God was the stunned global reaction. As France ' s national elections brought Socialist Francois Mitterand to power, Bobby Sands and other hunger strikers made their supreme sacrifice for patriotism. A White Sox winning streak ended with a baseball strike and CTA RTA prob- lems kept us off the trains downtown as public transportation prices soared. Defense buildups and tax cuts captured the nation ' s attention when the President ' s bickering advi- sors didn ' t. Joe Louis ' death was mourned and Israel ' s increasing bel- ligerence caused anxiety. July through September, the sum :
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