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...subjects, and everyone laughs at this musical. But after they stop laughing, the married people in the audience mumble about how true to life the squabbling is; never-married people vow that their marriages will never be like that. No matter which category you fall into, Punch and Judy Ger Divorced is a worthwhile night of theater...
Meanwhile, out on trendy South Beach, Dutch businessman Ger Vrielink is busy sorting a barrage of faxes from German catalog clients waiting for pictures from the latest fashion shoots. With six photography teams out, at $20,000 per team per day, he is a happy man. "There is no place in the world shooting more fashion than Miami today," he says, beaming, between calls...
...rumors about Miami are true. Just ask Jose, Ger and Ugo. "Foreigners" have taken over. There are Brazilians buying condos, Frenchmen opening clubs, Nicaraguans selling TVs and washers, Italians building public rail systems. And the Cubans -- everywhere. Today half the population of Miami's Dade County -- a million people -- were born in a foreign country. Dade is the largest metropolitan area in the U.S. with a Hispanic majority. Nearly 60% of its residents speak a language other than English at home, mostly Spanish. In Miami even a deejay for the new Latin MTV channel must be fluent in two languages...
...late, however, Beth's column has been much tamer. The most entertaining letter in recent weeks comes from "Stuck In The Middle," of an unspecified locale, who complains that both she and her best friend have fallen in love with "Ger," but Ger likes only her friend. Beth urges patience. "You could wait and possibly go out with him later. Teen-agers often date each other's exes after they've broken up, because they know each other so well." How Important? 2 How Pathetic? 2 Everyone has been through the does-he/she-like-me stage, so "Stuck"'s problems...
Inside a fenced government compound in the heart of Ulan Bator, Mongolia's capital, a traditional felt tent, known as a ger, rests on the concrete square. Inside the ger stands Mandakh Jiguur, 28, an artist who has abandoned his oils and watercolors for a higher calling: private enterprise. Spiritedly, he moves between the eight tables, pushing sausages, vodka and smoldering Mongolian hot pot on his customers. Jiguur heaves a sigh of relief that this day the authorities did not arbitrarily shut down his bar. "One day they tell you to stand up and start a business," says Jiguur...