Из книги Алекса:
I was introduced to the bass player from Coldplay, who was at the bar. He was a very serious young man. He was observing the chaos with some hauteur. He explained carefully that his band's reinvigorated North American promotional strategies would boost sales in key secondary markets, coast to coast, album on album. Fair to say it did.
Интересный контраст с рассказом об американском туре Blur под кодовым названием "наш менеджер идиот, мы банкроты, поехали в Штаты срубим немного наличных".
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Прекрасный контраст.