Word: fervor
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...hugest American star since Elvis Presley. Born in the U.S.A. has been a best-selling album for more than a year, and Bruce Springsteen is playing Super Bowl-size venues to accommodate old fans and new. Audiences sing the record's title track with anthemic fervor, but Springsteen remains an uncompromising populist and chronicler of the lost American promise...
...rhythm of her typing is like a fox trot, steady and deliberate. It is a hot summer day in San Francisco, and Michelle, a chubby black 14-year-old, is practicing her office skills with great fervor, beads of sweat trickling down her brow. She is worried about the future. "I have to get my money together," she frets. "I have to think ahead." Indeed she must. In three weeks this tenth-grader with her hair in braids is going to have a baby. "I have to stop doing all the childish things I've done before," she gravely resolves...
...rock stars organized by Geldof under the rubric Band Aid raised $11 million. The Live Aid concert, held in London and Philadelphia the same July day and broadcast live around the world, brought in an additional $72 million. The success of these projects, as well as Geldof s cocky fervor, inspired such allied enterprises as FarmAid, Fashion Aid and--in the late spring of '86--Sport Aid. He knows that much more than a shower of dollars is required to combat famine. "We could spend our money tomorrow, and it could keep 30 million people alive for seven weeks...
...between exports and imports was the strong U.S. dollar. American businesses found it increasingly difficult to compete in foreign markets because their wares were too expensive. At the same time, low-priced imports pummeled U.S. industries at home. The trade imbalance held back the economy and raised protectionist fervor to a level not seen since the Great Depression. More than 200 anti-import bills surfaced in Congress, including measures to keep out shoes and textiles. "The protectionist pot is about to boil over," Senate Majority Leader Robert Dole proclaimed on a trip to Japan in August. "I have never seen...
...with baseball, that came later. No, I fell in love with what that team meant to my little rock of an island, with the fervor and the passion, with the tears of the grown men and the glee of the little boys...