Word: europeanization
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...comment that "independent Eurocommunism is harder to combat than the old dreaded monolith" [July 12]. My question is why do we have to combat them at all? These European nations are choosing their own form of government now just as the U.S. did 200 years ago. It scares me to think that there are many Americans who still label any non-American form of government as the enemy...
...under President Nixon in 1971-72, Connally's quick intelligence and grasp of economic affairs impressed the experts. He designed the strict wage and price controls that temporarily slowed inflation but in the long run were ineffective, partly because Government directives shifted so often. Though America's European allies grudgingly admire his shrewdness in ramming through the first devaluation of the dollar in 37 years, in order to start reversing the long string of U.S. payments deficits, they almost unanimously consider Connally to be devious, arrogant and abrasive. West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt is furious with him. Many...
...people and to the exclusion of their representatives in Congress. There is also a general feeling that we have yielded too much and put too much of an emphasis on negotiations with the Soviet Union, to the detriment of our relationships with South America, Canada, Japan and the European nations. And, there is an issue with our on-again, off-again export policies on agricultural products...
Rothenberg is equally optimistic about Jewish society in Israel. "Within two or three generations you will see intermarriage between European and Oriental Jews. Remember that we are much younger than you are --it is necessary to understand that these processes are long, and we are a young country..." But he sees no end to the separation of Arabs and Jews. "Living within one nation we are two separate nations of Arabs and Jews...
...those people living at Currier House, where the group is staying, notice that there are limits to that friendship. As in past years, members of the group have tended to subdivide into ethnic sects--European Jews stay with European Jews, Oriental Jews with Oriental Jews, and Arabs with Arabs. Particularly poignant was the scene at Currier House the day after the Israeli raid on Entebbe, according to those present. Jews embraced each other jo yously, while the Arabs sat together silently, nervously...