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...jolts its passive characters -- and spectators -- into a world where every action has its moral consequences. The royal family proves unheroic and useless in a crisis. Neighborliness among the peasants turns to mistrust in a brilliant song of mutual finger pointing, Your Fault. Several characters die brutally in the grasp of the giantess or at the hands of panicky fellow citizens. Yet what comes out of this chaos is not the jollity of happy endings but a deeper reassurance, born of tolerance and community and shared sacrifice, articulated in the haunting ballad No One Is Alone -- a song as tuneful...
WASHINGTON--White House and congressional budget negotiators, a deficit-reduction blueprint suddenly slipping from their grasp, considered yesterday delaying cost-of-living increases for Social Security recipients and federal workers...
...power base of Acting Party Chief Zhao Ziyang, offers a glimpse of just how potent the economic force of self-interest can be. The energetic proprietress of the "Freindship" restaurant points to fresh fish writhing in a bucket, trying to persuade passersby that her culinary skills outshine her grasp of English spelling. A street stall displaying posters of the rock group Wham! advertises a dazzling red-and-blue "American garment." Private traders without permanent stands spread out blankets with photos of movie stars, horoscope cards and plastic hair brushes...
Reagan has a dramatically limited grasp of events, but he heads a powerful central Government and retains a remarkable hold on people's affection. And the message out of Black Monday is that he could be buried by history just like Hoover...
Beyond his grasp...