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...restructuring of corporations, heavy debt loads and the perceived lack of leadership have been bothering the consumer, and a lot of this hasn't changed much yet," says Donald Ratajczak, an economist at Georgia State. Forecasters thus predict an anemic 1.5% growth rate for 1992, far below the robust 5.5% average for the first year of past turnarounds. Such sluggishness would scarcely reduce unemployment, which stands at 7.3% and could climb even higher as the Pentagon demobilizes the armed forces and slashes military contracts...
Concerns of a protracted engagement particularly chill the U.S., which is footing 30% of the peacekeeping bill. With the economy less than robust, isolationism on the rise and the November elections approaching, Congress recently warned the Bush Administration that it may not fund large increases for U.N. peace forces. There is hardly any doubt that either the U.S. or other major donors will ante up, but so far little money has reached U.N. coffers...
...France's national anthem, the Marseillaise, whose music once inspired the men of the Midi to boot out invading Prussians, march on Paris -- whistling the tune as they went -- depose the King and fire the imagination of all Europe. That was 200 years ago. Today the song's robust words, which bristle with righteous anger at la tyrannie and enjoin the children of revolutionary France to "drench our fields" with the "tainted blood" of the enemy, are under siege by those who feel the piece smacks of political incorrectness...
...demonstrated that he could prosper outside New England. Clinton's big win in Georgia was his first victory of the year, but the nominating process puts him in a strong position for this week's Super Tuesday contests. His treasury is the plumpest of all, his organization the most robust -- and with seven of the 11 contests in Southern and Border states, he has the home-field advantage...
...Valley. The book, also by Loesser, is intermittently burdened with the same irritating cuteness and insincerity that lumbers Crazy for You and so many others of its ilk. The score, as well, has an overabundance of the customary novelty songs ("Big D little a double l a s") and robust group numbers set in town squares. But the show achieves absolute emotional believability in the performance of the title role by Spiro Malas, a baritone behemoth who does not stint either the character's crudeness or his virtue. When he stands alone, singing of his needs, the patina...