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MALEVOLENT: (while forcing indentured servants to spit polish his Gucci loafers...
...opening speech, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing greeted Convention delegates in all 11 official languages of the European Union - and in Polish. It was a nice gesture, even though Poles said he mangled the words. But it was hardly enough. Almost half of the national delegates are from the 13 candidate countries. The real prospect that as many as 10 of them will join the European Union in 2004 was what spurred the organization to take on the task of reforming its institutions lest they freeze up when the newcomers arrive. Yet many of the candidates feel they have...
...star of a Mozart opera, though, is always its score, and the orchestra, directed by Schuler, performs the original score with polish. The solid orchestration grounds the adapted opera with a familiar sound that provides the necessary foundation for liberties with the libretto...
...from there. I’ve never been taken care of so well. They forced liquor on us. The first day we had five shots of vodka at nine in the morning. We finished 19 bottles that day. Then there was a dance party with a bunch of old Polish grandmas...
...else" meant, first, an official warning from the E.U. Commission: "Achtung, you are getting too close to the target. Mend your ways - now!" Second, it meant heavy financial penalties if the limit was breached. Thus, Teutonic discipline would reign from Cork to Calabria, Portugal to the Polish border. Back then, nobody imagined that Germany would ever act as fox in charge of the chicken coop. But this is precisely what is happening...