Word: europeanize
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...cold. Harvard students properly turn out in droves to hear panelists discuss, for example, the plight of farm workers in the United States, but few can take time out of their busy schedules to hear, for example, the president of Finland talk about changes in the European Union and their effect on the global economy, or to hear vice president of the European Commission Sir Leon Brittain discuss its work...
Students have provided their own answers for why Europe means so little to the United States. They claim that European news is far removed from their lives. America, they say, has enough to do to take care of its own people, produce its own exports and defend itself. But while America's first responsibility should be to its own people, it can't survive on its own. The U.S. depends on Europe politically and economically. Europe is America's closest ally. It is also the largest customer of American businesses. America cannot bury its head in the sand and hope...
Most likely, though, the lack of interest and patience for European affairs is ingrained in Americans from childhood. Americans have always been proud of their culture, and they indoctrinate their children with patriotism. Before they can speak, American children, unlike Europeans, learn to stand at the first notes of the Star Spangled Banner. Why search beyond this overwhelming culture for more, say the parents? Why bother to learn about Europe? Children grow up assuming that the world revolves around America. After all, America is already a productive country full of enthusiastic and ambitious citizens. Why should Americans reach beyond their...
First, out of neighborly devotion. With air travel, e-mail and global markets, Europe is at America's doorstep. Second, for America's own economic protection. While America turns a blind eye, Europe is gathering strength. Tony Blair, Jacques Chirac, Helmut Kohl and the other European leaders are not waiting for America's balance to tip toward Europe but are shaping their own future. And 11 of the 15 European Union countries have qualified to participate in the new common currency of the European Union, the Euro, which will become the currency of Europe next...
...European artists created architectural wonders that shame America's cities. European politicians are setting agendas for welfare reform that will dwarf what the Clinton administration has accomplished in its six years. And Europeans have preserved the safety of their cities, where crime rates are lower than those in the U.S. by orders of magnitude. In short, the Europeans already have much of what Americans would like to have...