Word: events
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...organizers of Earth Day 1990 hope it will have a similar galvanizing effect, that it will change individual behavior and launch a decade of environmental activism. This time the event will be international, reflecting the recognition that all the major environmental threats are global in scope. More than 100 countries, including Hungary and Uganda, have started to form committees and plan activities. Says Denis Hayes, a San Francisco lawyer and chairman of Earth Day 1990, an international umbrella organization: "The whole thrust of Earth Day as we go into the 1990s is an environment that is much brighter...
...Earth Day 1990 headquarters in Palo Alto, Calif., 20 staff members are plotting strategy as if the event were a political campaign. "We're organizing neighborhoods, regions and special constituencies," says communications director Diana Aldridge. The group has taken a few marketing cues from Madison Avenue as well. As part of a drive to raise $3 million, Earth Day 1990 is licensing its logo, which will be plastered on everything from coffee mugs to windbreakers. Posters and ads will soon appear carrying the slogan EARTH DAY 1990: WHO SAYS YOU CAN'T CHANGE THE WORLD...
...perhaps fitting that the biggest event of the decade was the ostentatious party Harvard threw for itself on the occasion of its 350th birthday in 1986. Prince Charles and luminaries of all stripes were on hand for the week-long festivities in September, as were angry protesters, who disrupted a black-tie dinner for big donors to call attention to Harvard's investments in South Africa...
...event, rapid implementation of a 100 percent randomization scheme without careful analysis is the worst possible route to follow...
...often the most overhyped oenological event of the year. In 1989, however, the arrival of Beaujolais Nouveau -- the early fermented version of France's most popular red bistro wine -- is something to celebrate. Tart and short- lived in off-vintages, this year's Nouveau is fresh (as it should be), fruity (ditto) and surprisingly well rounded -- the best wine they have made, growers say, since 1985. Nouveau's good structure bodes well for the quality of the longer-lasting (five years or more), higher-priced Beaujolaises bearing such village names as Brouilly, Chenas, Julienas and Morgon, which will arrive...