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Precariousness is an essential element in the life of the entrepreneur, a French word now more associated with the much despised Anglo-Saxon "liberalism" and its merciless dog-eat-dog capitalism. But these days the best examples of the entrepreneurial spirit are hardly Anglo-Saxon: China, India, Korea, Chile, all rising and growing, even as France and much of Europe decline...
Instead of trying to innovate the thriller genre, Brown just took the trusty template and filled in the blanks, as if completing a jumbo-sized Mad Libs. Scientist ______ (boring Anglo-Saxon name) and the beautiful intelligence analyst ______ (another name) team together to battle the conspiracy of the ______ (sinister government agency). Writing an Expos paper should be so easy...
...Indeed, many of the protesters say their actions amount to a last stand for French workers against the predations of what they call "Anglo-Saxon ultraliberalism," as practiced in the United States, Great Britain and most of the rest of the world. But while the protesters take the limelight, often accompanied by anarchists who?ve never sat through a class, other students complain that they?re being prevented from taking key exams they need to graduate - and, yes, get jobs...
...holding us back now than used to be the case." Never a fan of the ambiguous word "multiculturalism," he also rejects the idea that Australia could build a federation of cultures. "There's no such thing as a nation without a dominant culture," he says. "We have a dominant Anglo-Saxon culture. It's our language, our literature, our institutions ... You can be part of the mainstream culture and still have a place in your life and your heart for your home country...
...usefully combined in one person a variety of European constituencies. As the former Prime Minister of Portugal - a fascist dictatorship until the 1970s - he was expected to understand the aspirations of the new democracies of Central and Eastern Europe; as an economic liberal and an Atlanticist - but not an Anglo-Saxon - he should have been able to bridge the gap between new and old Europe that opened up before the Iraq war. Above all, he was a fresh face. The two previous presidencies, led by Jacques Santer of Luxembourg and Romano Prodi of Italy, had left many disappointed and hoping...