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This film, like Duras's script for the 1959 Hiroshima Mon Amour, is a rueful East-West romance dredged from the writer's life. This no-name affair is a last tango in Saigon -- but with the man in thrall, not in control. The girl, who insists she is having sex only because the money her lover gives her helps support her family, knows the stronger partner is always the one who loves less. The man (Tony Leung, a wonderful Hong Kong actor) is singed, happily, by the flame of his ardor. His naked vulnerability is just...
Scott A. McNeely, a writer and editor for the Berkeley Guides, says that Fodor's may have chosen Berkeley to illustrate "the epitome of East-West coast differences." He admits that much of the guidebook rivalry is based on stereotypes. At Berkeley, students may be "more politically aware, more aware of what's going on around the world, than at other schools...
This is an election year, so Bush will probably have to keep public pressure on to pass the aid bill. Nevertheless, in his first official summit, Yeltsin accomplished far more than anyone had predicted. If the new nuclear accord holds firm, bilateral arms negotiations, long the meat of East-West relations, are probably now complete, making Yeltsin seem absolutely vital to the promising new shape those relations are taking. In Washington the Gorbachev image is beginning to fade...
...many disagreements. And he disavowed interest in another high-profile post, although rumors are rife that he longs to cap his political career with the German presidency. Some analysts reasoned that Genscher, Germany's most popular and peripatetic politician, knew he had shepherded his projects of European integration and East-West rapprochement as far as they could go. With the days of checkbook diplomacy ending for a nation strapped by the costs of unity, this was Genscher's chance...
SURE, THE INCUMBENT HAD ENjoyed unbeatable popularity ratings during the gulf war. But with the guns long since quieted and East-West tensions laid to rest, voters no longer cared about his performance abroad. They were too busy fuming about the recession at home and looking for someone to blame for the greed spawned by the conservative revolution of the '80s. They wanted to talk about domestic issues: health care, education and, of course, jobs. To distinguish himself from the perceived heartlessness of his predecessor, the incumbent called for a kinder, gentler nation. It was a nice touch, if somewhat...