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...nationalists doubt that France's international aims and aspirations can be achieved only through participation in the European Union. Hence the leading role that the country has taken in promoting European military cooperation and in defending European economic interests. France's strategy of using Europe to enhance its own clout--and counterbalance America's overwhelming power--demands the kind of changes that Jospin's government is trying to make, even as it offers the proud French a new forum in which to practice their tenacious belief in France's own special destiny. Plus ca change, one might say, plus...
...where Federal Trade Commission Chairman Robert Pitofsky calls the wave of mergers "unprecedented," regulators are scrutinizing matchups like AOL-Time Warner for indications that the partners might use their clout to deny rivals access to their networks. In part to fend off regulators, AOL last week filed plans to open its wildly popular instant-messaging system to other Internet providers. A Vivendi-Seagram deal would probably face less U.S. scrutiny, since most of its distribution channels would be in Europe. European regulators, however, will take a hard look, just as they said they would do last week with Time Warner...
...monopolist now, and AOL-Time Warner would be no more of a cable monopoly than Time Warner (corporate overlord of this site) has been. It's more a question of corporate character - what kind of behemoth would AOL-Time Warner be? How would it wield its immense clout? And to the wary eyes of Washington, AOL's fiercely proprietary instincts when it comes to IM is a bad omen. If Bill Gates and Steve Case were on speaking terms, Gates might have this to pass on: If you want to be king, at least pretend to be benevolent...
...Jack E. White's commentary on radio host Don Imus and his obnoxious remarks [DIVIDING LINE, May 22]: Those of us who listen to (or watch) Imus' show have come to know that anyone is a likely candidate for his wrath. Color, creed, ethnic background, occupation, political clout or financial position save no one from his outbursts. The truth is, Don is a man who has a heart of gold--but the gold is protected by large sticks of dynamite, set to go off at any moment regardless of who is disturbing them. What we are losing in this country...
...they overwhelmingly favor more controls on guns, have been largely silent on the issue in public. But as each fresh shooting horror is met by the same inaction in Congress, a roiling frustration may be awakening an army of moms who see themselves as outsiders armed only with their clout as voters and agitators. And as politicians stare into the gender divide--polls show that about 72% of women, vs. 22% of men, favor more regulation of firearms--gun control could join more traditional women's concerns, such as education and health care, as a key issue in races across...