Word: berlins
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...sustained attempt to live a fiction, and to cast its spell over the minds of others." The words are not Neal Gabler's. They are taken from Sir Isaiah Berlin's characterization of Benjamin Disraeli. But it is a measure of this book's range, seriousness and distance from the typical Hollywood history that Gabler can comfortably evoke an Oxford scholar's description of a 19th century English Prime Minister to define the achievements of the first generation of movie mogul-ogres...
...play focuses on Max (Paul D'Alessandris), who lives with Rudy (David Gammons) in 1930s Berlin. Once openly gay, Max and Rudy are forced by the newly homophobic climate to suppress their sexual selves, lest they be arrested for such a crime as holding hands in public. Eventually they are caught and sent to a concentration camp, where Max discovers it is even more dangerous to be branded with the pink triangle that signifies homosexuality than to wear the yellow star of the Jew. In order to adapt and survive, Max must betray Rudy and sacrifice his humanity, though...
...that sounds more like something to be found on the approaches to the Berlin Wall, then it would probably surprise Americans to learn that foreigners entering the U.S. are often accorded a good deal less courtesy than they would expect, perhaps demand, from a Mexican official. Proffering my British passport, with its multiple-entry visa to the U.S. inside, to a Customs officer, the conversation goes like this...
Even before Berlin, the bankers had been getting the message. Lenders are recognizing that the $1.2 trillion debt load carried by the developing nations has stifled growth. No longer can the problem be papered over by stretching out payments, granting new loans and hoping for the best. Many bankers at least grudgingly support some form of debt relief -- an actual reduction in the amount of money owed. Still, the debate over how to provide that relief | has only begun. U.S. Treasury Secretary Nicholas Brady suggested continuing the policies of his predecessor James Baker, who called for reforms of debtor economies...
Just five days before the start of the Berlin conference, more than 400 commercial banks showed that they were capable of orchestrating a significant reduction in Latin American debt. They agreed on a plan that could slash Brazil's $110 billion debt load by $18 billion within five years. Some of the loans will be exchanged for equity stakes in Brazilian businesses. The banks will suffer losses, although technically Brazil did not default on any of its loans. As the bankers view the transactions, the loans have been reduced but not forgiven...