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Gaspardo is the strongest player. If a one-note character, he is at least energetic. And he has wonderful monologues to deliver. It is curious, though, that in delivering them he occasionally breaks the fourth wall and yells at the audience. As if we haven't suffered enough...
DISCUSSIONS of reunification, however, can expose several misconceptions about German attitudes, politics and the international context of the reunification. The following are five rather curious views of the German situation, all read or overheard on campus in the past weeks...
...military government, destroyed all savings and, by restoring the scarcity value of money, ended the barter economy. Eastern Europe suffers from another economic distortion: the incestuous trade patterns that are a legacy of the Stalinist years. Trade under Comecon, the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance, was based on a curious reverse mercantilism: the imperial country (the Soviet Union) supplied energy and raw materials that the colonies (the satellites) paid for in manufactured goods. Since the Soviet Union was chronically short of almost everything, it was an undemanding market, providing no incentive for East Europeans to develop products for sophisticated customers...
Thus, in one curious and ironic respect, the Administration is back to square one. It has traded its skepticism about Gorbachev's intentions for pessimism about his chances. That leaves the Administration, at least in its own eyes, still stuck with a dilemma about what prudent American policy should be. The strong inclination remains to wait and see, to test, to keep its powder dry and to be ready for someone other than Mikhail Sergeyevich...
Soon after the paintings went on display in Perth, curious anomalies arose. Sotheby's suggested to the Art Gallery that Irises might remain on view there for some weeks after the exhibition ended. The trustees of the museum wanted to be sure they would not be held liable for possible damage to Irises; there had already been demonstrations outside, protesting Bond's investments in Chile. The trustees called in government lawyers to check on the insurance of the Van Gogh...