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...special and not-quite-equal places in postwar Europe, West and East Germans are trying to find a way past their enforced separation that will not arouse the suspicion and hostility of their neighbors. In turn, West Germany's allies privately worry about the slightest symptoms in the public mood that might indicate a willingness to leave the Western alliance in favor of a neutralist reunification...
...arms race between the superpowers is accelerating and that the battlegrounds of World War II could be those of a future East-West conflict. That fear is in a sense a permanent symptom of Europe's subordinate, postwar place in the nuclear-dominated world. In Western Europe's uncertain mood, governments and institutions have begun to recognize that there are limits to their ability to deal with change. Authority and self-confidence have come under some strain. Once mighty traditional labor unions are on the defensive, losing membership and influence. Newly militant interest groups are striking or demonstrating with increasing...
...requires the kind of elegant, vigilant partnering usually associated with classical ballet and not much required in Taylor's lexicon. The dancers move through their roles in a slightly gingerly fashion, but they will loosen up. It may be that Roses is a little too idealized and courtly. In mood it has links to both Arden Court (1981), a brimming, buoyant, rather randy celebration, and the earlier Aureole (1962), a formal, pristine "white" ballet danced to Handel. In all these works, Taylor is like a benign god, bemused and profligate with his gifts: roles that buff his stage creatures...
...Reagan was in no mood to embark on another crusade, nor were his top aides, many of whom were busy changing jobs. Instead of working out a budget package with the Senate's Republican leadership, they frittered away an opportunity to deal with the deficit monster. During the campaign, Reagan boxed himself in by opposing any Social Security adjustments, and just four months ago proclaimed that vetoing any new taxes would "make my day." The budget that he submitted in February had no chance of approval even by the Senate, much less the Democratic-controlled House...
...express my disapproval of the cartoon regarding the death of Pope John Paul II that was in the April 4 issue of The Crimson. As a Catholic myself, I found it disrespectful and tactless. All Catholics are currently in a period of mourning and trying to lighten the mood with a comic was not appropriate as the subject of a satirical comic. I highly encourage the staff to reconsider publishing comics along those lines in the future...