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...bureau chief for Agence France-Presse. The French government tried to parlay its relatively good standing in the Muslim world - a result of its traditional backing for Arab causes and its opposition to the Iraq war - into a positive outcome. "Because of France's distinguished position in rejecting the Anglo-American occupation of Iraq, we appeal to the people who kidnapped the journalists to spare their lives," the Jordanian Islamic Action Front declared in a rare display of unity with the national government. Negotiating a release, though, is a tricky business. "The problem is, the nature and control of these...
...Advocate has a historic role in the history of the University; it has been a very significant literary presence, not only to the University but also to the Anglo-American literary tradition, and the Advocate house, itself, is part of that tradition,” Atlas says...
Tony’s tasty restaurant reviews and his candid endpapers on being an Anglo-American hybrid would earn him a hero’s welcome from the magazine on their own. Yet the Crimson’s staff director gets extra kudos for directing FM’s staff to meet his exacting standards as proofer. FM’s favourite Brit never fails to catch and criticise a spelling mistake, but is always eager to relieve us of a few aluminium cans of American beer and keep the crew in good humour. The staff were always keen...
...moved to England when I was eight months old. I was educated in England, but returned to America during school holidays to visit my grandparents, and then came to Harvard three and a half years ago. In short, I sound English, but, in reality, I am something of an Anglo-American hybrid...
...contrast to the one-sided diplomacy on display during Bush’s trip to London, Love Actually’s fictional press conference expresses an idealized vision of Anglo-American relations. Well, idealized as far as the Brits are concerned, anyway. America, in spite of being the world’s foremost superpower, should listen to the frank advice offered by its transatlantic allies. As one writer put it last year in The Spectator, a conservative British political magazine, Britain should play Greece to America’s Rome. While no longer in charge of an empire of their...