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...stick up for a new American President. George W. Bush sat with the British Prime Minister at his country house last Thursday afternoon, chewing over Bush's determination to build a U.S. missile shield. The President was pressing to take the Atlantic alliance and the world in a brave new direction, moving from an era of treaties and verification to one of...well, Blair didn't know what. He wanted a few details to play against the angst felt by his European confreres. "What do you want me to support?" he asked. "What are you proposing?" Speaking to the press...
Remember the "indispensable nation"? That was Madeleine Albright's catchphrase for the U.S. role in international affairs. Yet Monday's decision by the nations of the industrialized and developing world to adopt the Kyoto Accord - despite its rejection by Washington - may be a sign that the Home of the Brave is in danger of growing dispensable...
...ultimate brave person,” according to Watergate reporter Bob Woodward. “The ideal boss,” according to former Post Managing Editor Robert Kaiser. “Our maximum leader,” in the words of Post gossip columnist Lloyd Grove...
...whole of Europe has heaved a sigh of relief because of Jeffords' brave decision. We were beginning to get frightened of what the cold-war-revival government was going to do next. Surely most of the decisions of the Bush Administration cannot be supported by a majority of American citizens. Here in Germany we are very happy to see that a government which was elected by accident has been forced into compromising. SILKE FELGENTREU Hamburg, Germany...
...unemployable in the high-tech sectors on which the city is basing its future. Marseillais could close ranks again should they feel left behind by their city's success - and that could bring back the old mentality that until recently only audacious migrants like Dalila Gherras were prepared to brave...