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...essence of prison life is that it is boring, boring by definition and by design. Yet there are accidental Expressionist stage-set touches: Stateville's round, four-tier cell houses, each with its all-seeing gun tower at the hub; in a prison shop, a row of machine tenders, each man in a khaki shirt with WORK painted on the back; on a guard's desk a canvas bandoleer, in every numbered pouch a safety razor for daily distribution on death row; a jarring, hand-lettered sign, NO SNICKERS, that in fact refers to the commissary's candy-bar supply...
...government appears to have finally consolidated its powers. Until recently, political stability seemed beyond reach. Power struggles had racked virtually every sector of the government, and the economy was on the brink of ruin. An assassination campaign by leftist Mujahedin guerrillas claimed the lives of nearly the entire top tier of the government last year. Most costly of all has been the war with Iraq, which bled off $7 billion, or an estimated 17% of the government's annual budget. But the war also provided a strong rallying point for the nation. Says a Middle Eastern diplomat in Tehran...
Rates exploded after the PUC granted PG&E and San Diego Gas & Electric increases of $909 million and $166 million, respectively. In January, PG&E was also allowed to adjust its "tier system," by which the electrical charges go up as usage increases. As a result, at least 50% of the state's residents saw their bills double and in some cases triple...
...stay out of the hands of the larger energy companies. Said Bailey last week: "Had Mobil been permitted to acquire Conoco, there would have been other such mergers initiated by the major oil companies. A real threat existed that a large number of oil companies in the middle tier, like Conoco, would have been eliminated." Several of those firms, including Cities Service and Marathon, have already arranged their own lines of bank credit to fight off unfriendly takeover attempts...
...overture to the Harvard Gilbert and Sullivan Players' new production begins, the lights go up on a three-tiered, pink and white stage, with the operetta's title decked across the middle in green icing-like script: "Patience, or Bunthorne's Bride." The highest tier is a small semi-circle at the rear of the stage: around the perimeter, pink columns support a placard bearing one half of a red cutout heart. It's a satisfying moment when the significance of the set suddenly becomes clear: the whole thing is like a giant wedding cake...