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...notably during the first scene. A woman (Lucinda Childs) wanders across the front of the stage. Behind her a piece of white scrim is blown by a wind machine, representing the white wall of a terrific blizzard. A shrill voice booms through the P.A. system, then--Riiiip!--Frau von Kessel (Elizabeth Franz) and her servant tear the scrim and stick their torsos through it. It's supposed to look clever and mysterious, these two figures popping out of the waving whiteness, but it's just a cheap and cosmetic stunt...
...lost woman, Jeanine, joins von Kessel on her sleigh. The imperious old Junker, who has obviously seen better days, won't share her blanket with the younger woman. "But why won't you share? It's not fair," Jeanine whines, symbolizing the struggle of Old Europe vs. New Europe in pathetic clarity. Of course, Jeanine wins the blanket, and the last good room at their destination, the old-fashioned Richilieu...
...Richard Kessel, executive director of the New York State consumer-protection board, scoffs at that. Says he: "Most of New York Tel's costs are due to the divestiture, and it is unfair to try to stick consumers with the costs. We did not ask for the breakup." Says Sylvia Siegel, the director of the San Francisco-based group TURN (Toward Utility Rate Normalization): "It's a mess. In fact, it's a holy mess. The telephone companies are using divestiture as an excuse to get all the price increases they ever wanted...
...moneymen, however, predict that the dollar will fall back to the depths reached in late 1979. International experts generally believe that the U.S. is finally confronting its inflation problems, and they are betting that this will mean a stronger dollar in the future. Says Joop van Kessel, an economist at the Amsterdam-Rotterdam Bank: "There is a general feeling that things are working for the best in the U.S. That confidence has a lot to do with Reagan's cowboy image and strong personality." Even European government officials, who have been battling to bolster their currencies, give Reagan...
DIED. Joseph Kessel, 81, globetrotting French journalist and author of some 50 novels; in Avernes, France. Raised in Russia, Kessel flew far-flung missions for the French air force during World War I, experience he later evoked in his war and adventure tales. During World War II, he took a dangerous part in the French Resistance and he wrote lyrics for the movement's anthem, Chant des Partisans. Three of his best-known novels became movies: The Lion, The Horsemen, and Belle de Jour, filmed by Luis...