Word: diamond
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Coaches never count non-recruited athletes out. As baseball Coach Alex Nahigian says, "You might find a diamond in the rough...
...matter. Not anymore, now that UB40 finally has its breakthrough American record, a splendid, island-tinged version of Neil Diamond's 1968 Red Red Wine. This is the same song UB40 couldn't put over five years ago. By one of those odd combinations of luck and fluke that make the music business so curious, + J.J. Morgan, a deejay at KKFR-FM in Phoenix, played the tune during a show in May, and, he reports, "within 24 hours, Red Red Wine was our most requested song. We didn't intend to make it a hit. It just happened...
Nice timing too. In fact, Diamond's song is a fine introduction to UB40's sun-splashed funk, as long as listeners follow its affable lead and plunge into such originals as Sing Our Own Song (on the 1986 LP Rat in the Kitchen) or Dance with the Devil on the most recent album. It is on those tunes, righteous and rhythmic, that the band really proves itself. Red Red Wine may be a good song to hang your hat on, but on a UB40 tune like Sing, a band could proudly stake a reputation...
...that Trump gets a fleet of 17 Boeing 727s, landing facilities in Boston, New York City and Washington, and the right to stencil his already ; household name on the tail of an Establishment institution. And never one to leave well enough alone, Trump vowed to run it as a "diamond," with immaculate planes swooping in and out on time, providing his signature brand of first-class service to passengers who recognize it when they...
...executive at Manhattan's Harry Winston jewelers confirms that Mrs. Reagan has continued to borrow expensive accessories, even though there had been some White House embarrassment in 1981 at disclosures that Winston had given her a | diamond necklace and diamond earrings for the first Inaugural Ball. At retail, the combination would be worth about $480,000. "At times Mrs. Reagan has borrowed items," this source says. "She has worn on other occasions -- but not in America -- a pair of diamond earrings that are $800,000 with ten-carat drops...