Word: concertized
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...article, Tsvetov told of the intense curiosity of Soviet audiences in asking him what Japan and its people were really like. He confessed that in his own reporting from Tokyo, a one-hour work stoppage on a suburban rail line would become "a class battle," while a concert by a group of Soviet amateur musicians would be portrayed as a "triumph of Soviet art that shook Japan." Tsvetov concluded by calling on Soviet journalists to rid themselves of the "stereotyped mentality that forces them to describe news events only in black or white." He urged his colleagues to rely more...
...just a few days, and not even a cold, driving rain could deter the lucky 82,699 ticket holders. They filed into Wembley past souvenir hawkers peddling T shirts, caps and, of all things, Confederate flags, one of the odder English associations with American football. A comfortingly familiar concert by the Band of the Grenadier Guards filled some of the pregame wait. Culture shock began in earnest with the arrival of the Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders, who romped onto the field and high-kicked for the astonished audience. "What is this?" a Brit demanded, as he riffled furiously through his program...
...press conference on the front lawn, Grechko started taking pictures of all the cameras that were focusing on him. Neighbors came by, and everyone had a good time. A young guy, in old jeans, a T shirt and long dark hair, was impressed. "It's like a rock concert," he said, which it wasn't. "You can feel the good vibes," which you could...
...times, they have been achangin', just as he said they would 23 years ago. This summer the Woodstock generation met the yuppie generation, as people who grew up with Bob Dylan and those barely out of their teens crowded into arenas, stadiums and concert halls across the country for the raspy-voiced troubadour's True Confessions show. By the time the tour ended last week, an estimated 1 million people had heard him and Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers perform nearly a quarter-century of Dylan's songs, from the vintage Masters of War through the rock anthem Like a Rolling...
...century, but she keeps up with it just fine. Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, far and away Britain's favorite royal, carries out a daunting round of official duties, and just because she turned 86 last week was no reason for slowing down: two art exhibitions, a concert and a conservation group were on her birthday-week itinerary. So was an appearance on the porch of Clarence House, her London residence, with her daughters, Queen Elizabeth and Princess Margaret, and two of her grandsons, accompanied by their wives (Prince Charles with the Princess of Wales and the new Duke...