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An explosion disrupted the




                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Olympic Games.  Just as the




                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Games were turning Atlanta




                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            into a giddy metropolis over­




                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           flowing with tourists, a black-


                                        s peace in the Middle                                                                                     President Clinton and Vice                                                                                                powdered pipe bomb packed






                                                                                                                                                  President Gore maintained a                                                                                               with nails exploded in the Cen­
                                             East remained un­


                                                                                                                                                  consistent lead during the cam­                                                                                          tennial Olympic Park.  One per­



                                                stable, the United                                                                                paign.  During his first term,                                                                                            son died instantly and another





                                                                                                                                                  Clinton formed a close working                                                                                            died of a heart attack.  More

                        States prepared for the ex-

                                                                                                                                                  relationship with Gore.                                                                                                  than  100 people were injured.





                        citement of the







                        summer Olympics








                        and the Presiden­








                        tial campaign.  Un­







                        rest and violence








                       were punctuated








                       with brief mo­







                        ments of peace.










































































































                        Fifty-three year old, Shannon                                                                                             Months after TWA Flight 800




                        Lucid set the women's record                                                                                             exploded in midair in the sum­




                       for 188 consecutive days in                                                                                                mer of 1996, investigators were




                        space.  She also amassed 223                                                                                             still searching for a cause.  The




                        days in orbit since 1995, mak­                                                                                           jumbo jet plunged into the At­




                        ing her America's most experi­                                                                                            lantic Ocean just minutes after




                        enced astronaut.                                                                                                         taking off from Kennedy Airport.




                                                                                                                                                 All 230 people were killed.
















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