Word: europeanness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...religious-cultural dichotomy was becoming clear. Even for a somewhat unreligious person, the religious aspects of Judaism--the prayers, holidays, rituals and such--are themselves an integral part, indeed, the foundation of Jewish culture. For me, the Jewish cultural heritage consists of Eastern European Jews coming to New York City; for Jews in Tel Aviv or Warsaw or the Soviet Union, the cultural experiences that make up Jewish life may be different...
Such conflicts crop up in some of the most basic rituals of working life. "If an American wants an answer, he'll pick up the phone," says Kai Lindholst, a managing partner of Egon Zehnder, an international consulting firm. "A European will write a memo. The phone call will seem overly aggressive and pushy to the European manager, but the American needs to convey a greater sense of urgency because competition in the U.S. is so tough...
SEPARATE SOCIAL CIRCLES. Many U.S. employees feel left out of the established personal networks that exist in traditional European and Asian corporations. "Japanese managers work ten-to-twelve-hour days, then socialize until midnight," says James Lincoln, professor of international business at the University of California, Berkeley. "A lot of serious business is done, which cuts out the American manager and stirs up residual feelings of hurt and distrust...
...gone into an ecstasy of discovery (Rome, in 1630, was the world's capital of contemporary as well as ancient art, and the young artist was absorbing the lessons of Caravaggio, Poussin and Guido Reni), and the second time because Velazquez, now in his 50s, was basking in his European reputation. And in between, nothing but security and hard work...
Though many Western leaders have generously praised the reforms taking place in Poland and Hungary, they have been relatively stingy in offering any material encouragement. Now, however, the words may be matched by an ample infusion of cash. Last week the European Community proposed that 24 non- Communist industrialized countries, including its own twelve members, send $648 million in aid to Warsaw and Budapest next year...