Word: bande
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...resilient Fleetwood Mac has proved that, like platform shoes, it is a vestige of the 1970's that won't go away. The band's two new releases, "Silver Springs" and "The Landslide" clog the easy-listening airwaves. Fleetwood Mac even made an appearance at this year's Grammy Awards, singing a medley of their "favourites." Although the performance seemed rushed and dissonant (as medleys often do by virtue of fitting half a dozen hits into two minutes of stage time), the crowd did not seem to mind. The applause, especially from the forty-something section of the audience...
...Back at Kirkland, I skip the General Wong's chicken, the Indian-style potatoes and the tofu Thai noodles, and go straight for cereal.) When I return to Rialto at seven o'clock, the Pearl Jam that was playing earlier has given way to the sounds of a big band. And, in a way that reminds me of that scene in "The Shining," the place has been completely transformed. The bar is packed and the lively dining room gives off a warm glow. Meanwhile, back in the kitchen everyone's still busy at work, including Ms. Adams. Her hair...
...that the tobacco deal he had painstakingly negotiated among impossibly contrarian parties was disintegrating yet again--this time over how much authority the Food and Drug Administration should have to regulate tobacco products. McCain studied his hands for a moment, as if he were surprised to see the rubber band that he always keeps around his right wrist. Then he looked up. "It's O.K. We knew this was going to happen," he said calmly. "Remember, steady strain. You gotta keep a steady strain...
Delia is a pop singer who leaves a mean husband and two baby daughters in Cayro, Ga., to run off to Los Angeles with rock star Randall Pritchard and his pretty-good band, Mud Dog. Ten years later, her homing instinct kicks in after Randall is killed in the spectacular motorcycle wreck that hooks the reader on the first page of the novel...
Finally, the Police motorcycles turn on their sirens and roll around the corner of Boylston onto Tremont. They are followed by a marching band of 20 bagpipers, a mounted detachment of the Boston Police, and a small contingent of Greek-American veterans. Several floats from Greek Orthodox churches, clubs and schools drift past while their costumed riders wave and smile. A military jet flies low overhead, and a single propeller plane pulls an enormous Greek flag through...