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...Beethoven, but they all know Marciulionis. This past season as the Golden State Warrior's sixth man, he was fourth in the N.B.A. in points scored for minutes played. "He is the most exciting player I have seen in the tournament so far," said Puerto Rican coach Raymond Dalmau Perez, who at that point had not had to face Jordan...
...Marisel Perez, director of student affairs, expressed the mood of many students and faculty: "The anger was very internal, and now the anger has passed...
...When Perez returned to the presidency a little more than three years ago, the boom was over, and he was like a reformed alcoholic preaching fiscal temperance. He cut government spending, moved to privatize industries and embarked on what was in many ways a model program for the developing world...
...therein, ironically, lies part of the reason for the February coup. In the '70s, when Perez first served as President, the world price of oil tripled. Suddenly awash in petrodollars, Perez's government splurged on public $ works and inefficient state-owned enterprises. Kickbacks, bribes and currency scams became fairly common business practices. The middle class could patronize private clinics and schools. Since almost everyone had a piece of the action, few complained...
...like the consolidation of democratic rule, the transition from socialism to a free-market economy requires a strong state. Venezuela today barely qualifies. Perez II is saddled with the legacy of Perez I. Many of those high- visibility projects that he unveiled in his first term have become rusted and potholed monuments to governmental incompetence. The reputation for corruption that many bureaucrats, businessmen, bankers, judges and journalists acquired back in the '70s and '80s now feeds cynicism and alienation in those sectors of society that are feeling the crunch of austerity. No longer able to afford expensive alternatives, the middle...