THE long-awai
THE long-awaited Goode report on pensions, initiated after the Maxwell pension fund scandal, landed with a heavy thud and a sigh of dissatisfaction in the pension industry. WHILE the pension funds scrutinise the Goode Report, they are also looking forward with growing apprehension to November's Budget, writes Richard Thomson. Both were in that state which one might in the past have called 'between partners'. But there is an endearing exuberance in the way the cast throw themselves into the maelstrom of The Nose, sharing its 78 singing roles among a comparatively small number of singers who manage to make the enterprise look bigger by staying on stage when the score doesn't ask them to be there.
Most of the routines in Stuart Maunder's production are obvious enough and Roger Kirk's attractive sets hardly break new ground, but there is a confidence in the presentation that somehow transcends the need for originality.Once again, John Owen Edwards and his orchestra were on splendid form supporting a cast which was nearly always ideal. Above all, Waqar Younis and Wasim Akram have started a revolution. There were clearly problems in the script where people appeared to make defamatory statements to one member of the Royal Family about another, and these were altered.Others came to light once the voice-over was combined with the footage, such as when an announcer at a polo match said into the Tannoy, 'Please get the dog off the course', as a member of the Royal Family was walking across the ground This was cut. But the ethical system that crystallised around dinner soon became an art in itself. Finally, the peak school holiday booking season was a week or two late.But since late July it has been more or less all systems go, with healthy bookings at close to full brochure prices, and respectable margins.
Indeed, Kuzmins won the gold in the same event in Seoul and the man who finished second then, Ralf Schumann, of Germany, reversed the placings this time.. Interviewed on CBS television yesterday, the Vice-President, Dan Quayle, also floundered when pressed on the point, unable to say either how large the tax cuts would be, nor how the money would be found to pay for them.Perhaps more unfairly, Mr Bush may end up as the scapegoat for the delay in federal aid to clear up the devastation in southern Florida in the wake of Hurricane Andrew. No other government takes global duties more seriously; no other foreign ministry's officials spend so much time debating the future of international law and security. Keeping the energy level up among the large cast is Loach's toughest job.'We just have to remember the situation,' Loach tells them, then pauses for the translator to repeat his words in Spanish.