Word: flavorfully
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...nation that has always adored social satire, Mikhail Zhvanetsky, 55, is the undisputed comic laureate of glasnost. Once forced to circulate tapes of his routines underground, today Zhvanetsky plays thousand-seat arenas, appears on national television and counts Politburo member Alexander Yakovlev among his fans. To give readers a flavor of his comedic style, TIME asked Zhvanetsky to write a monologue about his trip to the U.S. last year...
...Jane Amsterdam. A respected veteran of the glossy Manhattan Inc., Amsterdam has moved slowly since arriving at the Post last May. While she has curtailed most of the Murdoch-era excesses, revived the paper's credibility and boosted staff morale, the Post still retains much of its traditional gamy flavor. DEVIL- LOVING TEXAS TEEN NABBED IN MOM'S SLAYING was the headline over one story last week...
...their masters. Booker T. Washington wrote in his autobiography Up from Slavery that there was one point on which former slaves were generally agreed: "that they must change their names." This process of shucking off so-called slave names, commonly in favor of names with an African or Islamic flavor, persists. Malcolm Little became Malcolm X and then Malik al-Shabazz. Cassius Clay transformed himself into Muhammad Ali. Lew Alcindor became Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Civil rights activist Stokely Carmichael changed his name to Kwame Ture. The writer LeRoi Jones converted to Amiri Baraka...
...apartment buildings are still there, and some small businesses still hold on to their leases, competing with the video and furniture stores for space. But while the old and the new seem to be peacefully coexisting, the neighborhood itself has taken on a different flavor, area business owners and community activists...
With Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Pedro Almodovar has become the flavor of the month internationally. Now Hollywood is panting for his services...