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...reporter hates to lose a story, especially at the behest of a Communist diplomat who makes house calls. But journalists also have to be careful about a version of the Heisenberg uncertainty principle in physics: sometimes by observing -- and reporting -- a phenomenon, we alter it, perhaps to the detriment of people who have cooperated with us. If, as Lukanov feared, publishing a profile of him were to end a career that was supposedly so promising, then not only would I have burned my source but I would also have misinformed my readers. So I swallowed hard and sent a cable...
...Saturday night is a pretty tame affair. Twist the dial a few notches, however, and there's mayhem aplenty. One evening a few weeks ago, a man was impaled on the handle of a hay rake by a wolflike demon that had risen from hell at the behest of a satanic cult. A couple visiting an art gallery wondered why the sculptures of terrified people looked so unnervingly lifelike. (Any guesses?) And Freddy Krueger, the razor-clawed maniac from the Nightmare on Elm Street films, was back to his old tricks, scaring the wits out of people in their sleep...
...quite right to say the performances are bad. Presumably at Berkoff's behest, they are as exaggerated as in a Victorian melodrama, the emotional colors underlined by music as tinkly or percussive as in Beijing opera. In a further attempt to weight the scales in favor of the sensitive outcast, Baryshnikov's speeches are candidly written and delivered with touching directness. Most remarkable, however, are his agility and grace in evoking the lumbering, graceless creature. Skittering across the floor, or toppled over backward and trying to right himself, or dangling from the spider web of piping that represents a ceiling...
...much anticipated talks, expected to last six weeks, had come at the behest of Communist Party chief Wojciech Jaruzelski's government, which called for negotiations last August. Walesa is demanding that Solidarity once more be legalized and blames the government for "ruining" the country. The government insists that the independent union not return to the "anarchy" of the past, endorse unpopular economic reforms or participate in "nonconfrontational " elections. The initial face-off indicated that even tougher negotiations lie ahead as the two parties try to reach a reconciliation...
...answer this, one must locate the factor that distinguishes the 1988-89 academic year from all of its predecessors. The answer is obvious--the drastically-shortened shopping period. Implemented this year at the behest of the College faculty, this innovation has only served to confuse and handicap students seeking to construct a decent schedule for themselves...