Word: shortly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...moment, only a tiny minority have aired such views. But they illustrate an ancient dilemma that Gorbachev may soon confront: once people are allowed to voice long-forbidden thoughts, how do you get them to stop short of some line that the state considers safe...
Through 2 1/2 hours and ten opening bands, the kids have stood shoulder to shoulder waiting for their favorite group. Finally, a short, well-built young man, his hair shaved severely around the sides, appears onstage. He grins demonically and defiantly surveys the crowd. Behind him a swarm of guitarists, horn players, a keyboardist and a drummer troop onto the stage. A drumbeat clears the air, and suddenly the band is cruising through the infectious opening rhythm of The Man in the Hat. The lead singer grabs the microphone and shrieks, "Heading for a meeting/ Across the frozen intersection...
...manufacturers cranked out a record 100,000 microcomputers last year, bringing the total number of personal computers to an estimated 200,000. That is a far cry from the 30 million machines Moscow estimates the country can absorb. By all accounts, Gorbachev's electronic- literacy program will fall far short of its ambitious goal of installing a million computers in the schools...
...joking reminder came from the group to keep the speech short. After all, we had only one glass to pass around. The hour was getting late, and everyone wanted a chance to drink na pososhok, a toast before taking up your walking stick, as the Russians say. One for the road, however rough and long it might...
...name is Mikhail, and I'm an alcoholic," says the next speaker. Sober only a short while, Mikhail, 41, stayed home from work on his last birthday out of fear that his co-workers would insist on celebrating the event with a bottle. "I don't want to talk about my drinking tonight. I just want to thank you for the chance to express myself honestly. Until I came here, I had never done that before...