Word: britishism
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...Romeikes are fanatics. I resent the tone of the article, which implies that Germany is an oppressive and intolerant country. That is complete nonsense. Germany is very liberal, it just doesn't support religious fanaticism, which is a good thing. And I'm not even German - I'm British. Nicola Stöhr, BRUEGGEN, GERMANY...
...Smaller parties will flex their muscles if there's a hung Parliament. This raises the specter of political instability, gridlock and even a second general election within the year. Such an outcome could only exacerbate the economic turbulence that has contributed to the recent roller-coaster ride of the British pound. After a recent poll showed Labour and Conservatives running neck and neck, the pound plunged 2% against the dollar in a few hours. Britain clings to a nostalgic sense of its place in the world as a top-tier global economic power. It's still the world's sixth...
...crucial feature of any British plan: revenue from the tax would be funneled directly into state coffers - remember that $250 billion deficit - and not into an insurance fund to be tapped in the event of any future catastrophe. Such a pool, the U.K. reckons, could simply encourage banks to behave recklessly, safe in the knowledge they'd be covered for any damage. Germany's proposal is different. Having had to nationalize or buy stakes in a string of beleaguered banks since the crisis began, the German government wants to pass the bill for future bailouts to the banks themselves. Lenders...
...genre is crime fiction, which encompasses everything from [British] cozies to that romantic Raymond Chandler, slumming angel-type detective to Dashiell Hammett, who actually had hardboiled characters. Easy Rawlins is not hardboiled. He's around a lot of hardboiled people, but he himself is a family guy. He's domestic. He has some kids that he's adopted. I guess he has a real kid somewhere. He has a house and works in the garden, that kind of stuff. That's not a hardboiled character. (See TIME's weekend critic picks...
...cross section of society Friedman used to draw his conclusions, but it's possible they may have been a bit skewed. His previous three books were explorations of the psychology of a small but prominent group of people with powerful matriarchs and lots and lots of nannies: the British royal family...