Word: expression
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...memorable moments. "Brezhnev's was the first of my Red Square state funerals, but I missed it," he says. "I chose instead to be one of 30 journalists permitted to go into the Kremlin's pearl white, czarist-era Hall of St. George to watch the world's leaders express condolences to Brezhnev's successor, Andropov." Amfitheatrof had armed himself with a strong pair of Soviet-made binoculars to monitor Andropov's expression as he greeted such disparate visitors as George Bush and Fidel Castro. "The binoculars were large and conspicuous," recalls Amfitheatrof, "and as I watched the face...
Eastern's new service was just the latest salvo in the air-fare wars. Last week People Express dropped its lowest charge from $129 to $99 for some coast- to-coast flights. United and American quickly jumped in with $109 fares. But many tickets have restrictions. Passengers on American, for example, must fly on a Tuesday or Wednesday and pay a 25% penalty if they cancel...
...sports world's most overwrought flyer since Broadcaster John Madden. "What may stop him is that flying," says his father Walter, from whom he inherited the queasy sensation. On Canadian airlines, Gretzky is brought to the cockpit for soothing by the pilots. It is hard to express what a towering figure he is north of the 49th parallel. His $21 million hockey contract extending to the end of the millennium constitutes about a third of his earnings after adding cereals, pillowcases and Barbie-size Wayne dolls. All the same, he tolerates the attention without strain and enjoys pointing out that...
...EasyLink, an electronic mail service that zips messages between users of computers. So far, however, the two-year-old EasyLink has been the company's biggest cash drain, consuming more than $110 million in 1984 alone. The electronic mail business suffers from a surplus of competing services, including Federal Express's ZapMail and GTE's Telemail. Few, if any, are making money...
While Clark's teammates express great respect for him, most also agreed that he was "burned out" when he got here...