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They are no longer strikingly different in the way they dispute power, practicing instead a pragmatism and consensus building that is unfamiliar, perhaps even unwanted. The disturbance involves what the French call the banalization of politics -- the end of ideology as the center of political life. Mitterrand's great achievement has been bringing the left into the political mainstream, giving it the respectability that was once a conservative preserve. But with the old partisan banners faded today, people sense a lack of choice in politics and are vaguely spoiling for a fight...
...ubiquitous until the revolution, has all but disappeared, and what is left is ineffectual. The scofflaw is pervasive. Drivers in newly purchased Mercedes and Audis routinely ignore speed limits even when overtaking the rare police vehicle. One reason for the lack of law enforcement is that eastern policemen are unfamiliar with the federal laws now in effect. The problem is compounded by a lack of manpower: thousands of police quit their jobs before unification or were dismissed because of party or Stasi connections...
...somewhere along the way, their journey went awry. After one wrong turn that placed them in the unfamiliar hustle-bustle of downtown New York, the couple concluded that an all-night drive in the direction of Disney World wasn't for them...
Tough competition calls for unfamiliar methods. Members of the Greater Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce are not the sort of people who skulk around to clandestine meetings, but the city is hungry for new business, and, by golly, they're willing to do what it takes. When a relocation consultant brought a corporate team to town to see what Greater Cincinnati could offer, the visitors insisted on complete secrecy. No problem! Eight Cincinnati corporate leaders gathered in a small club dining room to sing the praises of their town to "Bill, Bill, Bill and Mike," four strangers identified only...
Audiences unfamiliar with the play will be surprised to find that in the course of its two acts nothing actually happens--there is no plot, no intrigue and no denouement. The play's "message," if there is one, could be summed up in its opening line: "Nothing to be done...