European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 28, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Seville in hard times sees Hope in 92 fair by Edward Schumacher new York times sensuous Seville the storied City in the heart of Andalusia the mythical Homo of Don Juan. Carmen and Figaro is reaching into its past to leap Inlo the future Aller largely being overlooked by me 20th Century. Seville is to act As Host to a world s fair in 1902 to celebrate the sooth anniversary of Columbia s discovery of America thai discovery Loci to Seville s once being one of Tho Weall Hiesl cities in the world for nearly 200 years Seville Ollivi airy managed the new colonies and i hair Irac. Bui the City has Long since fallen on hard times the people of Seville Hope thai the world s fair will till the City s tar tunes and make Seville once again a proud locus of world attention enthusiasm Over the Lair is such that Many people Sheie cannot hide heir gloating Over obstacles Hal Mincica Sinny male it seem cd Tarn thai Chicago which Vas to be co has  the fair will drop Oul leaving Seville to take on is risks a it the glory alone Tho Pavale sponsors of the Chicago Lair have been stalled since the Illinois legislature refused them funds last your chances seem slim that a bailout will be found Belore the year end deadline set by the inner National Bureau of expositions Tho pans based Agency Hal officially designates worlds lairs we Don t want any rivalry bul it seems evident to us that one Center will certainty work belter than two Francisco Arance Sanchez the Deputy commissioner and director general of the fair said in an interview to think we can do Al All " Seville is the spiritual Home of flamenco and bullfights and Spanish gypsies whitewashed houses glaring under Iho Bright Sun hold Cool inner patios calmed by the tinkle of Small fountains Tho City s narrow streets Are Alivo each night Wilh the Strum of guitars and on weekends the imposing Maes Trania tills with the shouts of die As the ritual of a Mihoin one of Seville s Many ornate lampposts near a Cathedral downtown. Tate Between Man and Bull plays itself out. The Taba Calora. Tho statue Laden tobacco factory where Carmen betrayed her Lover is today the University of Seville. Lovers is Roll among Iho Orange Trees along the nearby Banks of the Guadalquivir where the Torre Del Oro stands As a reminder of the great sailing ships that once unloaded their now world riches hero. It is in Seville where the medieval Mcd Rish and Spanish cultures most folded producing Archit Clial masterpieces such As Tho Alcazar Palace. The Archive of the indies and perhaps above All the Seville Cathedral the . I. A splendid 12lh Century minaret 1h3t   3i the Cathedral s lower is a Symbol of Hie c by i Ach culture enhanced Iho other to produce a sensibility thai considers life As Arl. And form and Lun at least As important As substance ii is a sensibility thai has Long a it acted writers and artists irom around the world bul for All its Charm the City with a population of 700.000, has Long been Sull ering Polly crime and unemployment in Seville Are among the highest in 3pan there id Little Industry. And the land of surrounding Andalusia is so poor and dry that agriculture is mostly Pohlable Only on Largo tracts with Lew workers after Iho death of Francisco Franco in 1975, Tho cily s fathers began a concerted Effort to modernise bul some of their forays were misguided. A $200 million subway system already under construction was cancelled last year because the work was destroying the foundations of historical buildings Andalusia has been having greater Success in attracting Louism to its Mediterranean and Atlantic beaches where cons Duclion is booming and attracting some Light High technology Industry. The world s fair is now critical to the Region s Hopes to leap Forward Seville was very stopped up unlit  mayor Manuel Del Valle said in an Irsle View. The world s Lair will Pul us on the troll  City lathers applied in 1981 to act As Hollo a 1992 fair partly on the grounds thai it was to a local monastery Santa Maria do tas Cuevas. That Columbus developed Many of his theories and plotted his voyage. The theme of the fair is All discovery in human development. Interest in for by Lindsey Gruson new York times t a time when american interests Are increasingly intertwined with those of other nations Many leaders in government business and education say the United states has been hurl by its inattention la foreign languages cultures and affairs. Out schools and colleges around Tho Nalion Are struggling to catch up and students diplomats business loaders and others have become increasingly aware of the need Over the last few years. 70 colleges and universities have added some foreign language study As a requirement Lor admission or graduation. Some colleges have set up special foreign studies institutes such As the latin american and Caribbean Center at Florida International University and the Joseph h Lauder Institute of management and International studies at the University of Pennsylvania at the College level economic sell interest is at least partly responsible for instance said Lisa Philips. A legislative assistant to the Senate subcommittee on education the arts and humanities the Chase Manhattan Bank now does More recruiting at the Georgetown Center for strategic and International studies than it does Al Harvard business school Harvard business students see they re getting beat out by Georgetown students she said thai s a powerful motivator " a recent study for the Southern governors association concluded. We have yet to learn a critical lesson the language of Trade is the language of the customer. To do nol adequately know the Globe nor the cultures of the people that inhabit it. That fact seriously impedes America s ability to participate in global decision making " when Iho makers of Pepsi cola moved into the that soil drink Market they began an advertising Campaign with their american slogan. Come alive you re in the Pepsi generation " the company said it later realized Bonanza for i by Milan Ruzicka associated press Alk in t cheap in Tho european Community. Tho common Market expects to spend $760 million next year for written and Oral Ira Stalions of the Mno languages used in its deliberations All Hoursh Only 2 percent of Tho budget the amount far exceeds the $540 million the Community will spend of Lood Aid in 1907 ii also is $35 million More than the dec will spend on research into new technologies this year. Spam and Portugal raised the common markers membership to 12 and added Spanish and portuguese to the English. German italian. French. Dutch. Danish and greek already spoken. The european parliament alone spent $150 million in 19kb. Nearly Hall its budget translating papers and interpreting debates of us monthly plenary sessions in Strasbourg. Franco and those of its committee meetings in Brussels. Belgium in 1982. The legislature which has Only limited Powers adopted a special Resolution insisting on absolute Equality a Cleon Tho Community languages Al All meetings of parliament and its bodies " the re solution said limiting Tho number of languages Woolri interfere Wilh Iho democratic Nalbro of the 518 member parliament the parliament uses More than 400 translators Lor documents and 440 interpreters Lor debates in Strasbourg and Brussels ii costs the parliament $2,4 million a year to translate about 1,400 of its motions Tor resolutions Many of which Are political statements that Are thrown away by delegates. At the dec s executive commission in Brussels a computer keeps track of meetings. It assigns 350 full Lime interpreters to daily meetings in Brussels and around the world. Ii also can of Inlo a Reserve Pool of Page 14 the stars and stripes sunday deceit