University of Denver - Kynewisbok Yearbook (Denver, CO)

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Mike Gallegos Above: Craig Morton, the Denver Broncos' - running quarterback. was an essential part of the teamwork that made the Broncos a fairly successful team this year. Right: Denver's skyline, full of cranes and skeletons of new buildings, is constantly changing. Below: Another famous landmark in downtown Denver is the Brown Palace Hotel, surround- ed by modern buildings, -J x I! 4; I duh . u; o t IIHHH' HHHH' IHHI'H IIHlll- H H e l' 'l 5:341 ' I . .7. ' -;-J-ai-J--'.- I' ,I,III,I;II .. .'-:l'q+. I n . .-------e------------- I I ! I i V 1 i l ' ' I I ' . I l I D I I a n m.thm-m -0 . , L .--+b-e-p ---- .- h ---m l u.- - n . c- I I .m --iIP-- - l e -...LL--- - 1.4.7, 5137 Mike Gallegos Mike Gallegos

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THE WORLD WE LIVED IN January to June 1981 he press, politicians, civic leaders and others called it a time of renewal for America. And if there was one special day when it all seemed to begin anew, it was the day the hostages came home and Ronald Reagan became the nation's fortieth president January 20th, 1981. The Reagan Administration began to reorganize the countryis priorities, both at home and abroad. The mood of the people grew conserva- tive. It was as if everyone had grown tired of the confrontation politics of the sixties and seventies. The street demo was iout'-at least for the time being. Guys with long hair cut it short and shaved their mustaches and beards. The neat look was iinf A tongue-in-cheek guide to social mo- bility, We Preppy Handbook? became a national bestseller. The change in fashion reflected a new, more sober approach to the new decade, in strong contrast to the wild party of the sixties and the long hangover of the seventies. uWerenit the seventies a drag? asked John Lennon, a few days before he was shot dead outside his home in New York in the last days of 1980. iiOh, no, ifs all happening again, we groaned, as we watched over and over again on TV the images of panic and confusion which erupted on a Washington sidewalk as a Colorado man, John Hinckley, shot at the President one dn'zzly afternoon in early April. Miraculously, the President was not too seriously wound- ed. A month later, this time on the streets of the Vatican, more shots were fired, and the man who fell was Pope John Paul H. Once again, although more badly hurt than Reagan, the victim of senseless violence survived. The world could scarcely believe its good fortune.