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Other peoples tend to be even more critical. If the protectionist noises in America amount to a sort of restive snarling here and there across the countryside, such sounds abroad are full screams that sometimes translate into government policy. The French last October began funneling Japanese videotaperecorder imports through a tiny customs station at Poitiers. Some 200,000 items were blocked by delays for inspection and other red tape until the ban was lifted in April this year. As other economies around the world feel increasingly threatened, their fears could set off waves of protectionism that might cripple the world...
...publication of Masks in the United States seems to be an attempt to capitalize upon the growing. American interest in Japanese films, art, philosophy and literature Unfortunately, novels such as Masks tend to detract from the quality of some of the truly great Japanese literature which has recently become available in American markets. Leave Masks on the shelf Similar stories are easily found in the grocery store next to copies of the National Enquirer A true interest in Japanese literature will best be served by the novels of Soveki or Mishima...
...report blames the price hikes not only on the suppliers but on Pentagon purchasing agents for failing to insist on greater competition among parts manufacturers, and for not reforming contracting procedures to prevent absurd markups. In practice, Pentagon agents tend to prefer "sole source" contracts with a major manufacturer, who will acquire the parts from subcontractors and take a profit as middleman. When bids on parts are sought, the Pentagon's buyers often deem the competition "adequate" even if the only "bidders" are the prime contractor and one of its subcontractors, whose business often depends upon remaining on good...
...with the stringent austerity measures that President Miguel de la Madrid imposed to restore health to Mexico's anemic economy. The peso lost more than three-quarters of its value last year; inflation is still running at 80% annually; and unemployment or underemployment has reached 35%. These problems tend to have more of an impact on Mexicans who live in the northern states, closer to the U.S. border. The PAN, a center-right party that generally favors private enterprise, had mounted a slick, expensive campaign. PAN officials took a cue from candidates north of the border by financing their...
...their part, Americans are finding summertime conditions in Europe less than idyllic. The hassle has to be viewed as part of the fun. Airports, particularly in Spain, Italy and Greece, tend to be chaotic. In Athens or Rome, it can take half a day to cash a traveler's check at a bank. Pickpockets have proliferated in most major cities, particularly in Seville, Madrid and Paris, where organized bands of small boys prey on the unwary in places like the Louvre; there local police have even enlisted American tourists to act as decoys. And travelers protest as bitterly...