Curry College - Curryer Yearbook (Milton, MA)

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Vice President George Bush, after serving for eiglit years in the Ronald Reagan administration, got the expected nod at the Republican National Convention in New Or- leans in the summer of 1988. His choice for run- ning mate was unex- pected - Senator Dan Quayle of Indiana. The public opinion polls show ed that the inexperi- enced 41 year-old sena- tor was not a popular choice. President George Bush raised his right hand as he was sworn into office as the 41st president of the United States by Chief Justice William Rehnquist outside the west front of the Capitol. First lady Barbara Bush held the Bible for her hus- band, while former Presi- dent Reagan looked on in the background.

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President Ronald Reagan and Soviet Leader Mil hail S. Gorbacliev worked for several years to bring the two countries together. After a treaty was signed to eliminate certain nu- clear weapons, 1988 was the year the efforts of these two leaders went into effect. The Democrats went to Atlanta in the summer of 1988, and decided on Michael Dukakis, the governor of Massachu- setts, to be its candidate for the President of the United States. He de- cided to pick Lloyd Bentsen, a senator from Texas, as his running mate.

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Renewed Spirit The shuttle Discovery blasted into orbit in Sep- tember, the first space flight since the shuttle Challenger mission ended tragically 73 sec- onds after liftoff on Janu- ary 28, 1988. The Dis- covery ended its suc- cessful four day, 1.6 mil- lion mile mission with a triumphant landing at Edwards Air Force Base in California. Remembrance Amid tears and grief, thou- sands of people who had died of AIDS were memori- alized in October in cere- monies centered on a huge quilt that was made by friends and family members of the victims. Each of the panels measured three feet by six feet and all 50 states and a dozen foreign coun- tries were represented in the 375,000 square foot quilt. Good Will It became an international effort of good will. Russian and American rescuers cut through the ice in Alaska to save two California gray whales. The whales were trapped in the ice for more than three weeks. News media from around the world converged on the tiny village of Barrow, Alaska, to cover the successful res- cue.