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...flow of history, there is sometimes a tide that can sweep in the most profound changes. The people of Eastern Europe sense just such a tide washing over them now, a political swell that has already propelled Solidarity to power in Poland, transformed Communism to socialism in Hungary and punched through the Wall in Berlin. Last week the irresistible tide reached Bulgaria and even pounded at the entrenched Communist regime in Czechoslovakia. Men and women across the full breadth of the East bloc were attempting to catch the wave, aware that it must be done before a historic opportunity...
...play was a swell show; it had something for everyone. The main thing preventing it from being an equally swell movie is the fact that it is a movie. A film must offer us something a little more spectacular than half a dozen white chicks sitting around talking. Accordingly, Harling's adaptation hustles them out of the beauty shop and into the life of the town. Suddenly the people they talked about so amusingly behind their backs must be met face- to-face. The conflicts and confusions that sounded so hilarious in the recounting are spread out realistically. And reality...
...seems there is a ground-swell sentiment in favor of turning the concept of a club into more than a distasteful slogan; these people want to bring such groupings into reality. In other words, it is the drive to create artificial social divisions at Harvard...
...Francisco's Waiters on Wheels service, which opened for business 18 months ago, delivers some 200 meals each night. Most of its customers are two- income families whose idea of a swell evening is dining in front of the VCR. Says the company's president, Constantine Stathopoulos: "It's all about economics and time. We give them more time to relax." Waiters on Wheels usually gets a 20% to 30% discount from the restaurants, then charges clients the regular restaurant prices. Other delivery services make their money directly from the clients, charging a fee of 20% of the menu prices...
Experts say it is unlikely that Congress will seriously consider changing its hands-off policy toward cable before the FCC completes its in-depth report. Nor do Washington watchers detect any ground swell of enthusiasm for efforts to roll back the 1984 legislation that deregulated the industry. Says a Senate staffer who keeps a close watch on cable developments: "There's a feeling of 'If it ain't broke...