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Still, glasnost, seen from the queues instead of from the theater seats, must appear as little more than a pretty plaything for the rich. Up to 30% of Moscow's 9 million citizens live in communal flats. If there is any choice at all in the stores, crowded with shoppers whom shortages have made ruble-rich, it is between the shoddy output of state enterprises and the higher quality -- and prices -- offered by co-ops. "There is more freedom now, but life is harder," a Russian friend said. Reality is a daily grind: commuting from cramped flats to unsatisfying work...
Deutsch's speech, "Visibility and Power: Chicanas in the Southwest," was based upon her recent book, No Seperate Refuge: Culture, Class and Gender on an Anglo-Hispanic Frontier in the American Southwest 1880-1940. In her book, she examines the communal life of the Hispanic woman, the way Anglo society changed that life and the effects this had on what she called the "visibility" of Chicanas...
...Williams spun this voluptuous sort of word web for maybe 15 minutes in Good Morning, Vietnam and won an Oscar nomination. What does Bogosian deserve? For most of this engrossing, infuriating movie, he sits in a radio studio and just talks, a shaman sparking his listeners' minds around the communal campfire. It is a spellbinding turn...
...would be a vote for stability, for conservative continuity and, yes, for upholding the limited-Government legacy of Ronald Reagan, while smoothing off some of its rough ideological edges. Dukakis offers more of a risk and potentially more of a reward. His selection would mark a return to more communal values, as the nation gave liberalism another chance to adapt to a changed environment and redeem its faith in activist Government...
...heard that people do find Levine a good teacher," said Amenta, "but he said he is uncomfortable doing anything in a communal setting. That is not how we work...