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Eliot had his own jazzy barroom tempos. All is not gloom in The Waste Land, where the line "O O O O that Shakespeherian Rag" occurs. As the droll parade of people-cats pads by in Cats, it forms an anthropomorphical rag. Terrence V. Mann makes Rum Turn Tugger a prototype for an arrogant rock star. As Skimbleshanks, Reed Jones is endearingly batty about trains. An impromptu choo-choo is assembled on the spot out of large wheels, a lampshade and a teapot, which delights him and the audience equally...
...rising if still distant threat of reunification has hit like a typhoon. After Thatcher's visit, share prices on Hong Kong's stock market crashed 21% last week, while the Hong Kong dollar dropped by 4½%to U.S. $0.16, a new low. To deepen the gloom, Hong Kong's Financial Secretary, John Bremridge, announced last week that the colony's economy has been faring far worse this year than expected. Real economic growth will measure only 4%; it was 11% in 1981. Exports of goods produced in Hong Kong will decline 2%. And investments will...
...Gloom and foreboding...
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8.1 was up early again that morning to work on formulations that might break the deadlock, or at least provide enough incentive to keep both teams in the camp. A sense of gloom and foreboding still prevailed. Sadat's aides had told Brzezinski they were seriously considering leaving, convinced that Begin would never yield on the settlements...
...executives remain optimistic. Says George Morrow, president of Natural Gas Pipeline, which is managing partner for the project: "We are looking long term, at markets ten years and more down the road. A future shortage of domestic energy is inevitable, and I am bullish on gas. All is hardly gloom and doom." Observes Anthony Sousa, a member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission: "The nation is currently experiencing a surplus of natural gas, but that surplus may prove temporary...