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...Worst case is pump prices and power bills go through the roof, whole incomes disappear, and everybody just skulks around feeling miserable. And not buying stuff...
...Checkpoint, a tin-roof shantytown next to the entrance to the former base, those young Catholic girls have had to grow up quickly. Melinda Basilan started working the strip stage at the Tahitian Queen when she was 16 years old. Now, she has two children. Stephanie is three, and her father is English. John Michael is two; his father is an American from Georgia. The Yank has promised to visit in May, but no one in the dirt alley is holding his breath. Checkpoint is filled with mothers waiting for fathers who never come back...
...delicacies. The journey begins in Phnom Penh, a city of wide boulevards where the Mekong meets the Tonle Sap River. The first leg starts at dawn?a six-hour ride upriver on a modern ferry to the town of Kratie. For the best views, pick a spot on the roof?as far forward as possible to avoid being soaked by spray. The Mekong is more than 1 km wide at this point, and fishermen throwing butterfly nets from bobbing sampans are a common sight. Arriving in Kratie at noon, you have time for lunch and a short siesta. Then hire...
...stage ever. Most of Brooks' famous lines and bits are here, including the memorable Springtime for Hitler production number, staged by Stroman with goose-stepping pizazz. The new songs--Brooks wrote the music and the lyrics--are a sprightly retro pastiche, ranging from mock Fiddler on the Roof, to mock Astaire and Rogers, to mock Bavarian beer hall. There's a chorus line of old ladies with walkers, a flock of pigeons doing the Nazi salute and more gay jokes than have crossed a stage since Liberace. The show delivers such a wealth of vaudeville exuberance that the few quibbles...
...hours. When the market goes down, I fast for a day. Thanks to Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, I have lost 130 lbs. so far. By the time Greenspan has finished wrecking the economy, I'll be wafer thin. Thanks to him, when I jump off the roof and land on someone walking below, I'll be too light to do any damage. RICK GRIGSBY Munster...