Word: hope
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...superstars--even a smattering of grandfathers--but precious few genuine adults. Mick Jagger still can't get no satisfaction, even when charging over $300 a ticket. Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page and Robert Plant are still endlessly riding their stairway to heaven. And while Pete Townshend may no longer hope to die before he gets old, no Who reunion feels complete without a rendition of My Generation...
...When Springsteen introduced Bob Dylan's Chimes of Freedom in what was then the communist German Democratic Republic, he told the audience, "I want to tell you, I'm not here for or against any government. I came to play rock 'n' roll for you East Berliners in the hope that one day all the barriers will be torn down." Though the concert was broadcast on both state television and radio, this statement was censored...
...Wimbledon, she had become the first woman ever to advance to that point from the qualifying rounds. The "quallies," as they are known, are Grand Slam tennis' low-rent district, in which players uninvited to the world's most prestigious tournament slog through sparsely attended matches in the hope of winning their way onto Centre Court. The talent and moxie it takes to advance through the quallies and into the semifinals were enough to make Stevenson a sensation. Then the question of her paternity arose and overshadowed even her powerful tennis game. And she became a symbol for a virtual...
Thousands of miles away in Africa, retired industrialist Noel de Villiers is aiming to set up a contiguous chain of cross-border ecotourism parks and nature reserves linking protected areas from Cairo to the Cape of Good Hope. Known as the Open Africa Initiative and endorsed by former South African President Nelson Mandela, the project hopes to bring local communities directly into the global tourist market, but it's still largely a dream. The goal is for tourism income from the parks to be plowed back into community development. "What we're saying is that it's about time that...
Guided and trained by GTZ, Germany's technical-aid agency, and INRENA, Peru's natural-resources institute, the Matsiguenkas hope to profit from tourism without destroying their own fragile way of life. Contact between tourists and themselves is kept to a minimum; photography is curbed; and tour-group access is limited to certain locations and times of year. The operation is run by a small group of Matsiguenkas, some technical advisers from GTZ and a hired administrator who collects payments. Profits go entirely to the Matsiguenkas to be used as they choose. So far, that has been mostly for medicines...