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At least 25% more Americans are expected to vacation in Western Europe this year than in 1986, and the numbers may go much higher. During the first four months of this year, Lufthansa Airlines carried 32% more passengers from the U.S. to Europe than it did a year ago, and...
But as it happened, Kennan's vision of a politically neutral or centrist "Mittel Europa" was not fulfilled in the post-Hiroshima world, and the fate of the continent has remained in thrall to U.S. and Soviet nuclear arsenals. While the U.S. did not attempt to dominate Europe economically either...
Today he still devotes much of his time to Europe, although he keeps an apartment in New York City. Ramey enjoys the Continent's greater musical sophistication and adventurous repertoire. "Many singers make a career of doing the same operas over and over," he says. "But I am always looking...
Citicorp needed to act boldly because the foreign-debt uncertainty was sapping its ability to compete with aggressive rivals, such as the Japanese, British and Swiss. Only three years ago, Citicorp ranked as the world's No. 1 banking company. Last year it slipped to No. 5 behind a group...
For two decades NATO's strategy of flexible response has depended on three elements: strong conventional forces in place in Europe, balanced nuclear forces deployed in support of allied forces on the Continent, and U.S. strategic systems as the ultimate deterrent force. Today this doctrine is firmly established among Western...