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//**The period from the late-1960's to the early-1980's was a time of repeated "Bad News" in America; the following is a partial list of events from the era. . .**//  //It seemed America could not do anything right (that's why so many Americans celebrated GOOD NEWS when the U.S. Olympic hockey team defeated the U.S.S.R. 4 - 3 in the semi-final round, and then won the gold defeated Finland) //
 * //Tet Offensive (1968)//
 * //Concert at Altamont (1969)//
 * //Watergate Scandal (1969 - 1974)//
 * //Fall of Saigon (1975)//
 * //"Stagflation" (1973 - 1982)//
 * //Love Canal Disaster (1977 - 1978)//
 * //Three Mile Island (1979)//
 * //Iranian Hostage Crisis (1979 - 1981)//
 * //U.S. Boycott of the Moscow Olympics (1980)//
 * //Attempted Assassination of President Reagan (1981)//