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...learn what a real Belgian passport looks like," he continues. "All those Au Pair girls with their international student I.D. cards are laughed...
...variety of beer, on the other hand is excellent. The sophisticated drinker can ponder European integration while sampling Belgian beer (try the cherry and the strawberry ones), solid dark German brews and, of course, the traditional French ones. If you're lucky, you might get a chance to down some Eastern European Budweiser. But don't forget: Service is included in the price of drinks...
...EVENING last summer, I sat on the porch of the home of a family friend, a Belgian official of the European community (EC), and listened as he made the case that the time had come for a politically unified European superstate. "We have more people than you Americans, and a giant GNP," he said. "Why should we play second fiddle to you in matters of security and foreign policy...
...Euro-federalists hate the fact that, as the Belgian foreign minister Mark Eyskens noted, "The EC is an economic giant but a political dwarf and a military worm." They want to start changing this state of affairs at Maastricht, with as firm a call for political union as they can wheedle out of Britain. A federal Europe, they say, will not be flat-footed when crises arise...
...project lives up to Celis' expectations, he could be a model of how the new law can help the U.S. economy. The plan is to use American ingredients to produce a Belgian-style white beer that will compete with imported beers. Meanwhile, the city of Austin gets jobs, a potential tourist attraction and a local beer -- something it has not had since 1878. Celis finds Texas appealing because it is well located for shipping to both coasts, not to mention that the Lone Star State has plenty of beer drinkers...