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...Bush's domestic politics also seem foreign in Europe-and in leading an alliance by persuasion and example, that hurts. Eleven out of 15 E.U. governments are leftist, "with very social preoccupations," says a senior French diplomat. There are conservatives in Europe too, but Bush's opposition to gun control, enthusiasm for genetic engineering and especially for the death penalty (it's banned in the E.U., but Bush as governor presided over more than 140 executions) are out of sync with the the thinking of many European governments. "Europeans were already worried about the cultural gap between them...
...Jacky sees them once a month, and she talks about how she likes to bring them new clothes and cook for them. When she talks about her kids, her almond-shaped eyes widen. "I used to dream of opening a small shop, like a gift shop or a 7-Eleven. Then I could take care of my children and make money. I used to dream about it all the time, and I even believed it was possible, that it was just barely out of reach...
...Eleven-year-old: Bleed...
...thinking what I'm thinking?" "Vanilla cappuccino?" I whispered. "Yes," he said. "But where?" For reasons that are unclear to me, my bro-in-law and I share a powerful affinity for those hot, disgusting, highly caffeinated beverages you can buy only from vending machines at 7-Elevens. Finding a 7-Eleven in your own neighborhood isn't exactly rocket science. But we were vacationing on alien terrain. Where, oh where, was the closest source of the Treacle of Life...
Fortunately, we had an onboard navigation system, the Magellan 750NAV, in our Hertz rental car. While I drove, Danny punched in our coordinates. The NAV system computed the location of the closest 7-Eleven and--miraculously--displayed turn-by-turn driving instructions on a large, easy-to-read map while also reading them aloud...