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Aretha Franklin, once the world's greatest living soul singer, has sold out. The erstwhile Queen of Soul, who had a string of big singles in the 1960s--"Spanish Harlem," "Respect," "Think," "House That Jack Built"--has returned to the music scene with a giant media splash. You know: the kind that goes "Pop, $$$$, thud...
...that I want to make a splash or anything. It's just that in the past few years I've taken a real beating from various Head of the Charles parties, river festivals, sunbathers, joggers and vandals. The problem is that the MDC just can't seem to coordinate sound public policy with limited state funding to keep me in tip-top shape...
...agreeing to an interview with TIME, Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev was obviously hoping to have his words read and analyzed around the world. As it turned out, his well-informed if one-sided comments made the desired splash. In the U.S., the interview and a subsequent meeting with a group of visiting Senators got such heavy TV play that a State Department official grumbled about "Gorbachev getting more camera time than Brooke Shields." In Western Europe, France's respected Le Monde front-paged the interview, while the Milan daily Corriere della Sera, generally considered to be the most influential newspaper...
...same is true for funnyman John Candy. As the perverted older brother in Splash, he added life and silly comic wit to what was otherwise a fun, but not necessarily funny story. In Vacation, his brief appearance provided a welcome relief to Chevy Chase's not so funny slapstick...
...that divestment would not be just a one-shot deal, only a splash across the nation's headlines retaining its impact for maybe a month...