Word: bird
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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When Americans sit down to their Thanksgiving turkey this week, some uninvited guests could turn a nice meal into a miserable occasion. If the big bird is not thoroughly cooked, it could pass on bacteria that cause fever, stomach cramps, vomiting, diarrhea -- all the classic symptoms of food poisoning. Often the culprit is salmonella, a nasty microbe that, despite industry and government inspections, lurks in perhaps 35% of all poultry sold...
...economies by choking off business travel. Says Christopher Witkowski, executive director of the Washington-based Aviation Consumer Action Project: "Passengers will be paying more for service that is of a decreasing quality." In the long run, the industry will regain its strength. Boeing chairman Frank Shrontz, who enjoys a bird's-eye view of the business, maintains that passenger-traffic growth will average 5% or more for the next 15 years. The bulk of that growth, though, is likely to be carried by the Big Four...
...younger, far larger audience than ever before. At the same time, public interest in the music is being fed by the spread of jazz-education programs, the airing of jazz shows on PBS and some cable networks, and a spate of feature films glorifying the jazz mystique ('Round Midnight, Bird, Mo' Better Blues). As a result, people are beginning to get the message that jazz is not just another style of popular music but a major American cultural achievement and a heritage that must not be lost...
...great divide in American jazz took place after World War II, with the emergence of the bebop movement, spearheaded by Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie ("Bird") Parker. By the '60s, bebop had largely given way to experimental avant-garde styles. When fusion took over in the '70s -- although some musicians were still playing earlier styles -- many jazz fans began to bemoan the death of a great American tradition...
...country should be represented in music." His ultimate aim? "To find a place in my heart for a real, true expression. Something that is obvious to anybody who listens to it; you know, something moving -- and touching." It is a goal that his musical forebears -- from Bach to Bird -- would surely understand...