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...Germans laid the groundwork for this controversy by starting World War II, which led to food rationing, which led to a European craving for bananas. The English, whose food is barely edible even in peacetime, encouraged banana farming in their Caribbean colonies to guarantee themselves a continuous and secure supply of something fun to eat. The French followed suit...
Memo from the it's-just-as-nutty-over-there-as-it-is-over-here department: in their trade talks the Europeans have agreed on a free flow of a lot of stuff, including wheat, lawyers and intellectual property, but not bananas. After endless meetings, a banana split hangs over Europe...
...This banana split is one small example of how diplomats and economists can promote free trade and all the GATT principles they want, but the basic issues can be talked to death and never get resolved. Like free love, free trade breaks down whenever there are people involved who want to protect their interests -- in this case, bananas...
Although some of the pieces are interesting enough, don't make a special trip to the MFA for this show. The radio commercial tries to make "Grand Illusions" sound intriguing: "There may be only one way to peel a banana, but there are countless ways to paint one." There are many confusing and unthinking ways to hang...
More prize announcements all through the week, includingthe Big Banana -- the Peace Prize on Friday...