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This scene is part of the cultural underground in Iran today. Among those who can afford them, American rock videocassettes are a big favorite. Groups of young men, many of them draft dodgers, pool their money to buy video recorders. The regime's efforts to eradicate all Western influences, and especially such evils as music, dance and free speech, have spawned a thirst for whatever the Islamic republic denounces as sinful. Example: the continuing popularity of a satirical videotaped movie called Samad Becomes the Imam, featuring a goofy, rustic character who emerges as the supreme ruler of the Islamic state...
...want, including imported luxury goods, but at sky-high prices. Because the salaries of lower-paid workers have increased little if at all since the revolution, many have taken additional, part-time jobs. To help them cope with inflation, the government has issued special ration books permitting them to buy food staples for roughly a tenth of the price the same items would cost on the open market...
Bragg has several messages--ranging from "Take responsibility for your nation's foreign policy," to "Every story has (at least) two sides," to his favorite: "and it's something that I've repeated around the world and it's remained the same, and that is: Buy My Records...
...more than "Buy My Records," the best Bragg slogan is his cheerful smirk, "You'd be surprised." He applies it to the marketability of political pop music as well as to a mischievous fantasy about how easily the Lone Star State could turn into the Red Star State...
West Germany and the rest of Europe may need lower taxes and a more expansive money supply to help stimulate sluggish investment. High interest rates have discouraged many European companies from borrowing to build additional capacity or buy new equipment. Even cash-rich firms often hold back because they think they can earn a better return by lending out funds than by making capital investments. Complained Giersch: "We don't have enough investment because our firms would rather buy U.S. bonds...