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...with DM-day come and gone, the mood is uneasy. While West Germans fret over the blank check they have signed, East Germans fear that before they enter the earthly paradise, they may have to pass through a purgatory of inflation and unemployment. They are also concerned that they may prove to be easy pickings for predatory Westerners, or Wessis in G.D.R. parlance. Certainly, the Wessis are coming. Hotels are packed with Western businessmen eager to cut deals, whether the object of desire is a state-owned company, retail floor space, or a summer home on the Baltic...
...easy to dismiss protests about pop entertainment as prudishness. Most concerned parents fret not so much about sex as about the combination of sex and violence. In heavy-metal music, there is often little difference between sex and rape. Too much of today's entertainment carries messages that are damaging to young psyches and dangerous to society. Among them: 1) women are sexual objects to be used and abused by men; 2) violence is an effective means of resolving conflicts; 3) it is O.K. to hate another class of people...
...American Conservative Union puts it. Says Heritage Foundation Vice President Burton Pines: "It is a sign of enormous triumph that there are no galvanizing issues for conservatives today." It is a sign of danger as well: in periodicals and forums, even as conservatives celebrate their recent accomplishments, they fret about imminent splintering...
...predilection for fascism and aggression might somehow lurk in German genes, Europeans are concerned about their economic future. The powerful $1.2 trillion West German economy already dominates the twelve-nation organization. Some members believe the addition of 16 million hardworking East Germans will increase that control, while others fret that Bonn's expected preoccupation with rebuilding the worn-out infrastructure in the eastern regions will delay European integration...
...likely to take place sooner than almost anyone expected, East Germans are beginning to realize that they are going to lose the attractive sides of communism (subsidized housing, guaranteed jobs) as well as the less desirable aspects (secret police, censorship). Across the border, meanwhile, West Germans are starting to fret about the high costs of adopting their poor relations...