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...Maybe. Go? Not yet. West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl's call for immediate talks about making the West German mark the common currency of both Germanys has added a new ingredient to the bubbling brew of unification discussion. Like Kohl's other efforts to seize the initiative, it drew a mixed reception. One skeptical voice was that of the Deutsche Bundesbank, legally responsible for protecting the value of the currency. But Kohl's proposal also jolted the average West German into awareness that unification has its price, payable in deutsche marks...
Fair enough. And remember the found, if cryptic, farewell of one Andover alumnus to another: "Have a good lemon-drop fest. Good seeing you. Thanks for the brew...
These are the good vibrations of August: soak up some rays on the beach, sip a brew or two and slap a volleyball over a net. A few years ago, Los Angeles beach boys thought it was cool if they were given a couple of six-packs for winning a beach-volleyball tournament. But times have changed. Last year Sinjin Smith, 32, beach-volleyball's top professional, earned nearly $135,000 for a season of bumping, setting and spiking out there on the sand, and he may do even better this year. Predicts Christopher Marlowe, an ESPN sports commentator...
Whatever the biological or social truth of Wolves, the novel's artistic conviction cannot be separated from its language, a private brew of nuance, unexpected humor and explosive strength that can already be quickly and appreciatively distinguished as the Chase style...
...Chicago brokerages are passing up the chance to rent $55,000-per-season "skyboxes" in Wrigley Field, even though treating clients to a Cubs game is a traditional way of bringing in new business. Many superstar brokers now make their own telephone pitches to court new clients, and brew their own coffee, after losing the assistants who handled those chores. Even senior partners are being laid off when their sales volume dwindles. "Loyalty and all that kind of stuff go out the window," says an executive of a major Chicago firm that is trimming 10% of its staff...