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  1. The 1970s: Music
    from The 1970s (2007)
    ...Not surprisingly, songs of the 1970s reflected movements underfoot, and a number of feminists adopted Helen Reddy’s song, “I Am Woman (Hear Me Roar),” as their rallying cry. Reddy has been quoted as saying that, after joining the feminist movement, she needed to create the song that she wished she could find as an anthem. Although initial sales...
  2. The Long Dark Years of the 1970s
    from Harley-Davidson Motor Company (2008)
    ...Harley style, it was a hit. The bike soon had a loyal following, and became the foundation for the FX line of cruisers for the next 30 years. Through the 1970s and early 1980s, bikes like the Low Rider, Wide Glide, and Sturgis could all claim the Super-Glide as their early ancestor. The Super-Glide put the world on...
  3. The 1970s: Performing Arts
    from The 1970s (2007)
    ...The 1970s served as a comeback decade for the movies. Although television had gobbled up increasing numbers of America’s leisure hours, a combination of blockbuster movies and technological advances such as Panavision and Dolby sound, and more believable special effects such as those seen in Star Wars and Jaws, enticed people to return to the movie theater. Young...
  4. Cost of Products in the 1970s
    from The 1970s (2007)
  5. The 1970s: World of Youth
    from The 1970s (2007)
    ...country. The Supreme Court became involved in many judicial disputes, as well, as the civil rights legislation passed in the 1960s became fraught with confusion and differing interpretations in the 1970s . The contraceptive pill, cited as perhaps the greatest impetus for change for women in the twentieth century, was improved upon during the 1970s ; coupled with...
  6. The 1970s: Advertising
    from The 1970s (2007)
    ...Shortly before—and after—the 1970s decade began, significant changes took place in the advertising world, in large part because of the increasing concern for consumer protection. Consumer rights issues rose to the forefront largely because of activist lawyer Ralph Nader, who published a significant number of investigative books that questioned the appropriateness, thoroughness, and safety of many contemporary laws,...
  7. The 1970s: Everyday America
    from The 1970s (2007)
    ...In the 1970s , Americans dealt with a decade of sweeping social, cultural, and political changes as best as they could. Few conventions were left unchallenged; perhaps this decade could be best summed up as the years of no sacred cows. Minorities continued their efforts to effect change and to institute laws that protected their civil rights. Countless women,...
  8. Anthony B (C. 1970s–)
    from Caribbean Popular Music: An Encyclopedia of Reggae, Mento, Ska, Rock Steady, and Dancehall (2006)
  9. Deadhead
    from Historical Dictionary of the 1970s (1999)
    ...The term ‘‘deadhead’’ emerged in the late 1960s and 1970s to describe an individual addicted to the music and the concerts of The Grateful Dead* band....
  10. Black Power
    from Historical Dictionary of the 1970s (1999)
  11. The 1970s: Leisure Activities
    from The 1970s (2007)
    ...The 1970s were a giant cauldron of fads, fancies and fetishes … trendy times.1 Certain fads of the 1970s —such as Mood Rings and Pet Rocks—instantly captured the attention of Americans; other trends, including the Little People Originals—eventually renamed Cabbage Patch Kids—were invented in the 1970s but didn’t receive widespread acclaim until the following decade....
  12. Progressive Rock in the 1970s: But Is It Art?
    from The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Rock History, Volume 4: From Arenas to the Underground, 1974-1980 (2006)
    ...cacophonies. The Who's 1969 “concept” album Tommy helped establish the idea of the album as a sustained narrative, an oft-imitated theme in progressive rock. In the late 1960s and early 1970s , Pink Floyd and the Velvet Underground broke ground for avant-garde artists who conducted wild musical experiments with rock and technology. These characteristics defined progressive rock. The strain...
  13. Bad Company
    from Historical Dictionary of the 1970s (1999)
  14. Boston
    from Historical Dictionary of the 1970s (1999)
  15. Earth Day
    from Historical Dictionary of the 1970s (1999)
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