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...Britain may be small - and its press sometimes small-minded - but Hare has helped stretch its artistic influence across the Atlantic. His plays set theater fans buzzing in both London and New York City; most recently The Vertical Hour, a look at the Anglo-American political and cultural divide, and before it, Stuff Happens, about the run-up to the Iraq war in the White House. In 2007, Hare directed Vanessa Redgrave on Broadway in a well-received adaptation of Joan Didion's The Year of Magical Thinking. And his screenplays are like catnip to the Hollywood A-list...
...need to work shoulder-to-shoulder with the next American administration to tackle the issues,” Lamassoure added. He pointed to the diplomatic crisis between Russia and Georgia and problems like global warming and nuclear proliferation as areas where Americans and Europeans could work together. Lamassoure also said that France’s president, Nicolas Sarkozy, has brought about a significantly more pro-American climate in his country. He noted that Sarkozy has rejected socialism—the president has repeatedly said he admires the Anglo-American economic systems—and that he has announced that...
...Steelworkers and Unite will remain largely autonomous, national entities, but they'll be guided by an Anglo-American umbrella leadership that will coordinate common policy. Gerard and Unite General Secretary Derek Simpson will likely serve as co-chairmen...
...closeness to Bush, and before that to Bill Clinton, never quite won him the influence he expected - Blair "massively overstated the importance of personal charisma and personal connections," says Katwala - and Britons became disenchanted with their then leader precisely because of this closeness and the sulfurous taint of the Anglo-American alliance on Iraq. Katwala maintains that Brown's businesslike approach to foreign leaders is in tune with the times. Denis MacShane, a former Labour Foreign Office Minister, echoes the point: "Brown wants respectful state-to-state relations with tricky countries like Russia and China, but he's not getting...
...small as it may seem, the new name does a far better job of encapsulating the department and what it stands for. The Department of English and American Literature and Language is not actually in the business of teaching English and American literature and language. Rather, it teaches about the structure and works of the English language. While the department’s current name implies that only works from the Anglo-American tradition would fall within its purview, in fact authors from backgrounds ranging from South African to Polish are routinely taught in its courses. What unites these authors...