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This summer in Brussels - the closest thing there is to a capital of the E.U. - there is an almost palpable sense that the dream of an ever closer union between Europe's nations is a thing of the past. Ordinary Europeans are making it plain they believe there are limits on how far the process of integration should go. At the same time, there is a sense of bafflement that others do not share the same sense of idealism that many in Brussels insist motivates their work. News of the Irish no hit Brussels "like a bomb," says French stagiaire...
There's some defiance, some insistence that the E.U. really matters. "Ten years ago, Africans had an American Dream," says one E.U. development worker. "Now they want to live in Europe. They see the power of our aid, our tolerance and our openness." But Europe's voters aren't so starstruck. To the contrary, the view of Brussels as a dream-addled dictatorship ? is sometimes fostered by national politicians and the press. "The E.U. is so often depicted as its extremes," says Margot Wallstrom, who in 2004 became the E.U.'s first Commissioner of Institutional Relations and Communications. "Either...
...lying if I said that I was thinking about these more philosophical issues when I made my decision. I was merely thinking about whether I had enough money saved up to make it to September and whether losing a summer of interning might make me lose that dream...
...Other, a hit at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival (where Chahine received a 50th Anniversary life-achievement award) and at the Toronto and New York fests, is a delirious blast - a politico-romantic amalgam of melodrama and music, at a pace and pitch that Bollywood directors wouldn't dare dream...
...those who were genuinely victimized by predatory or unscrupulous lenders as opposed to those who simply made bad financial decisions (especially property flippers) and took on more housing debt than they and their salaries could ever afford. "We want folks to be able to hold on to the American dream," says Daniel Rosemond, the Miami Gardens director of community development. "But at the same time, in a low-wage region like South Florida, we have to be realistic about people who, frankly, aren't ready to be homeowners...