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Alexander I, Czar of Russia, issued a ukase claiming the entire Pacific Coast of North America and the surrounding seas down to the 51st parallel (the northern tip of Vancouver Island). Monroe directed his Secretary of State-a prickly genius named John Quincy Adams-to draft a protest. Foreshadowing a...
First and most obviously, said De Gaulle, the two nations must unite to thwart Soviet "ambitions of dominance." Secondly, he reasoned, "because the alliance of the free world-Europe and America-cannot preserve its self-confidence and solidity unless there exists on the old continent a dam of power and...
...corner on 22% of the British shoe market, makes periodic Italian tours to keep up with the latest in footwear; British Motor Corp.'s Harriman turned to Italian Stylist Pinin Farina to design autos that would sell better on the Continent. Harriman has also tailored his autos to continental tastes in less visible ways, e.g., learning that Germans like slow-revving engines, he heightened the gear ratios on the cars that he sent to Germany. Result: though B.M.C. must buck steep tariff walls so long as Britain is not a member of the Common Market, its exports...
Not all of Europe's big businessmen are totally reconciled to the notion of all-out competition. Belgium's Nokin and The Netherlands' Philips are both clearly worried lest the Common Market Executive in Brussels cracks down too harshly on pricing agreements among European manufacturers. But unlike...
Mamelukes & Missionaries. Moore-head's book is a historical morality play that sets up timely echoes in the modern imagination. At a time when the white man is leaving Africa, it details and dramatizes the manner of his arrival on that vast continent. As history goes, it is a...