Word: diplomatized
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...basic problem is a growing mutual incomprehension, like a middle-aged married couple losing touch with why they used to love each other. One American diplomat calls it a "tectonic shift" of values and expectations. Charles Grant, director of the Centre for European Reform in London, says that "the security threats applying to each side of the Atlantic are increasingly varied, and not of high salience to the other. The Americans worry about missiles raining down from rogue states. The European governing classes worry about the mess they made of the Balkans in the '90s and want to do better...
...partly to enlist popular backing for the increased defense spending Washington wants too. "It's not just an economic and financial zone, but an ensemble of countries that want to unite in order to manage their affairs better and play a role in international affairs," says a senior French diplomat. But few think tanks in Washington follow the E.U., few Americans have worked in Brussels, and when Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld recently delivered a major speech on transatlantic ties, he never uttered the words "European Union." That captures Washington's view that Europeans fuss too much over the fine points...
...only twins with differences in our family. My father, a writer and former diplomat, had an identical twin brother, Francis, who was a right-brained banker. Francis, who died in 1992, also had identical twin daughters. My cousin Rose is an intense adventurist while her sister Peg is softer and more traditional...
...economy has shrunk by almost 50% over the past decade; average monthly salary is around $30. Four households out of five are living below subsistence levels, and more than 90% of people are materially worse off than they were under communism. Unemployment is so bad, according to one diplomat, that "all these girls have to do all day is walk the streets." Says Ala Mandacanu, one of the few Moldovan politicians not afraid to speak out on the issue: "People here are willing to do anything for money...
...only twins with differences in our family. My father, a writer and former diplomat, had an identical twin brother, Francis, who was a right-brained banker. Francis, who died in 1992, also had identical twin daughters. My cousin Rose is an intense adventurist while her sister Peg is softer and more traditional...