Word: samantha
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...press published the text of Chernenko's reply to a letter from a Canadian student, Laurie Piraux, 18, of Calgary, Alta., who had asked Chernenko what could be done to secure world peace. His letter was ominously reminiscent of the one Andropov sent two years ago to Maine Schoolgirl Samantha Smith, inviting her to visit the Soviet Union. By the time Samantha arrived with her parents in July 1983, Andropov was apparently too ill to receive her. He made one more public appearance, in August 1983, before , disappearing from public view. His death was announced...
...hard for him to believe that all those destroyed landing craft, tanks and trucks had disappeared. "Look at the parking lot and the vacation houses," said Fuller. "The place has turned into a resort!" Still, he was moved by the sight. Hoisting his nine-year-old daughter Samantha onto his shoulders, Fuller moved across the 200 yards of beach to the water line. For a moment he stood there silently, then retraced his steps of 40 years ago with his child, instead of a pack, on his back...
...school, she gazes adoringly at senior named Jake (Michael Schoeiffling), but only gets attention from a fellow freshman known as the "Geek" (Anthony Michael Hall). The day progresses steadily downhill as Samantha returns home to find her grandparents have moved into her room for her sister's wedding. Finally, her family insists that she take a visiting exchange student to a school dance. Probably not the best birthday on record...
Such a story could get tiresome, but Hughes handles the material with an appropriately light touch. His deft comic touches includes inserting clips from the "Twilight Zone" soundtrack during some of Samantha's more trying moments...
...plot follows the expected twists and turns, with only limited credibility. Why, for example, does Jake take such a sudden, and almost obsessive, interest in the freshman Samantha' It's certainly not the way most sixteen year olds are likely to tell...