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...YORKER, he is a meatball amidst the linguinous prose of Pauline Kael, et al, and in book form his essays stand up well. They are not meant to be read all together at one sitting, but to be savored, like stuffed peppers in chili sauce. If one dare bother to complain, Allen may not be clever enough. His stories are a form of verbal slapstick; he is desperately self-conscious when he puns...
...steady stream of workers flowed through the kitchen to sign up for membership. In the back bedroom, beneath a photograph of Pope John Paul II, workers sat at a round table discussing union organization with intellectuals and lawyers who had volunteered to advise them. The commotion did not bother Stanislawa Runowska, 68, a round-faced woman who lives in the flat with her daughter and three other relatives. "It is all for the good of the Polish nation," she explained with a smile. "We are patriots...
...eyes and clears his throat in mock despair, Waits insists that the Big Three-O is nothing to sweat over. "The big ages are sixteen, thirty-three-and-a-third, forty-five and seventy-eight," he laughs. "Turning thirty -- everybody thinks about it, I guess. But it don't bother me, I feel pretty healthy." At which point Waits lets loose a painful succession of coughs, a peal of mucus swirling in the lungs...
...countries, the government is reluctant to let its citizens go abroad. Exit visa applications can wait as long as a year or two to be granted, but even then one cannot necessarily leave--passports still remain in government custody and often are not released. Frequently Argentines don't even bother to apply for one--out of fear. "I would do anything to go to the US or Europe, but what about my family?" laments one businessman. "I would endanger their lives if I sought political asylum elsewhere...
...well, you will be referred to the Bureau of Study Counsel reading comprehension course, which will cost you. But if you do poorly, you might do well to take the minicourse. If you think you just had a bad day, don't sweat and don't bother signing up. If you've taken the Spanish, French or German placement test--Remember those? Remember the language requirement? --earlier in the day, you might merely be tired by the time you plough through the soporific reading...