Word: continente
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Behind his argument is a large body of British opinion that the benefits of membership in the Common Market have been oversold. Many Britons believe that the 13.6% jump in the cost of food last year can be blamed directly on the subsidies that French farmers collect under the EEC...
European bankers worry that some day one government, most likely Italy's, will default on paying interest on its loans, putting several banks under and setting off a Continent-wide banking panic. Even if that is avoided, the most strapped nations will be sorely tempted to cut their imports...
With blue carpeting and simulated yellow-stained-glass windows, pulpit and miniature organ, the decor of the three tiny chapels is Modern Fundamentalist. What distinguishes the houses of worship is their mobility. Semitrailers with lighted crosses on their tractor cabs, they belong to Transport for Christ, a nomadic nondenominational mission...
Outdoor Restaurant. The Japanese, who spent more than $1 million for their pavilion, have included a pristine Nipponese garden with a languid stream flowing through it like a haiku. Australia, concerned with its environment, candidly displays its depredations of wallabies and alligators as well as other species unique to its...
To thousands of people in the West, Willy Brandt has been one of the truly heroic figures of the postwar world. He is still remembered by many as the fighting mayor of West Berlin. More important, though, he was a statesman-realist who was determined to confront and conquer Germany...