Word: thanked
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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When the State Concert Agency relaxed its regulations in 1986, rock bands suddenly could play their music in big halls, with thousands of screaming fans in attendance. The effect was electrifying, and the kids knew whom to thank for the lighter touch. One of the new bands, a Moscow-based group called Grand Prix, introduced a song last year called simply Gorbachev. The haunting chorus ("I understand! Gorbachev!") is less a tribute to the man in power than a defiant youth anthem, undoubtedly the first to use a Soviet leader as an emblem of teenage aspirations...
...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...
Orel Hershiser's agent must be really popular with the Dodger brass. Can you just give Orel $7.9 million now, or else he might have to leave L.A.? Thank you very much...
...Towers, past racks of pink minks, turquoise ostrich feathers, Mexican blankets and red sequined gowns, he fusses with a model's hair. He directs a seamstress to stitch a new lining in a fur cape. Three minutes before showtime, Kelly joins hands with everyone for a revival-style prayer: "Thank God for making us be together," he says. "You make me so happy." The group bursts into cheers of "Yay! Yay!" and the music flicks on to the opening song, Real Love...
Finally, passengers may be disturbed by the hordes of picketers outside the terminal. Offer to escort them out and remember to thank them for flying Frank's Friendly Airlines...