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...rump state, legitimized only by the practice of what they call socialism. Hungary and Poland could dilute their socialism and still remain ethnic and national entities. But such experiments in East Germany, its leaders fear, would simply hasten the swallowing of their state by the larger Federal Republic next door. In the well-noted words of senior Communist Party ideologist Otto Reinhold, "What reason would a capitalist G.D.R. have for existing next to a capitalist Federal Republic? None, naturally...
...Valentin Falin, head of the international department of the Soviet party's Central Committee, said the East German leadership had "sharply rebuffed" advice from Moscow but was "powerless" to deal with the crisis. He predicted that "hard-to-control mass demonstrations" would break out in East Germany by early next year...
Mahagonny marks the start of a big season for Weill, who would have been 90 next March. The Threepenny Opera, with Sting as Mack the Knife, began previews in Washington last week and moves to Broadway in October. Menahem Golan soon plans to release a freewheeling film adaptation starring Raul Julia and Julia Migenes. There will be Weill festivals in Cleveland, London and Dusseldorf, and lots of new recordings. The Los Angeles Mahagonny makes an interesting beginning...
...their best customers. With all its regular rooms occupied, Bally's Grand Casino Hotel one evening assigned her to a suite with a Jacuzzi and a TV hidden in a marble plinth. Unhappily, the upgrade did not result in a night of rest. Explains Painton: "The man in the next room was a lucky gambler who celebrated his big win by singing reggae tunes at the top of his voice." That's Atlantic City...
...when a grand jury heard testimony from a witness who said she saw the mayor in a Virgin Islands hotel room last year with convicted drug dealer Charles Lewis and a quantity of cocaine. If Barry is forced to resign or decides not to run for a fourth term next year, Jesse Jackson may enter the race...