| A | B |
|---|
| William Jefferson Clinton (Bill) | 42nd president |
| H. Ross Perot | Texas billionaire who was a third-party candidate in 1992 election |
| Hillary Rodham Clinton | First Lady and health-care reformer |
| NAFTA | Trade agreement between Canada, Mexico, and the US |
| Newt Gingrich | Speaker of the House of Representatives |
| Contract with America | Republican plan for political reform |
| Kenneth Starr | Independent counsel who investigated Clinton |
| Al Gore | Clinton's vice-president, and Democratic candidate in 2000 election |
| George W. Bush | 43rd president of US |
| service sector | The part of the economy where businesses provide services rather than material goods |
| downsize | To reduce the number of workers on staff |
| Bill Gates | Extremely successful owner of Microsoft, a computer software company |
| NASDAQ | The technology-dominated stock index |
| dotcom | Internet related business |
| GATT | International trade agreement |
| information superhighway | Popular name for a proposed computer network |
| Internet | Worldwide computer network |
| telecommute | The ability of people to work out of their homes |
| Telecommunications Act | Controversial law to reform the communications industry |
| genetic engineering | Method of changing the genes of living cells |
| urban flight | Movement of people away from cities |
| gentrification | The rehabilitation of old neighborhoods and displacement of lower income people |
| Proposition 187 | California law which cut benefits to illegal immigrants |
