1985 Miracle Yearbook

President Ronald Reagan and Vice President George Bush sought re-election in 1984. He vowed not to raise taxes and ran on his record of the previous' four years. His tactic worked. President Rea- gan won re-election with the biggest electoral vote in the nation's history with 49 per- cent of the total vote. The United States Marines arrived in Beirut in 1982. Leba- non was torn by civil war and foreign invasion. In 1984 when the Marines left, more than 260 Marines were dead, Lebanon was still at war with most of its territory occupied by foreign troups and its gov- ernment tottering. 126 Current Events