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...promises, arrogance, spin-doctoring and being too focused on his public image, and to a lesser extent on taxes and crime. The only issue on which the Conservatives are clearly ahead is Europe - the scope of European Union powers, and on preserving the pound rather than going over the Euro. But Europe ranks fifth or sixth in importance on the list of voter concerns, and on crime, the economy, taxes, public services, health and education, Labor is either ahead or more or less even with the Tories. And Blair has promised a referendum on Europe and the pound, so that...
...That's the day the euro is scheduled to be introduced for retail purchases. The transition to the new currency will surely go smoothly, though there is the potential for at least minor confusion and delay. Only after you spend some time examining the photograph do you realize that it's a gently absurd, tongue-in-cheek version of what could go wrong. But of course, spending time chuckling over this image is the whole point. At the bottom are the words "On Europe. On Time." Yes, that Time. Welcome to our new advertising campaign. The bakery scene...
...After all, Wim Duisenberg, the euro-zone's Alan Greenspan, had just declined to cut interest rates last week, citing not only the apparent "downward stickiness" of price inflation amid Europe's economic slowdown but also a belief that the region's own storm clouds were dissipating, and at the talks nobody seemed inclined to savage him for it. Officials also urged the new guy, freshly appointed Japanese finance minister Masajuro Shiokawa, to go ahead with sure-to-be-painful economic reforms back home - and never mind the short-term risks to the rest of the economic world...
BARBRA STREISAND Diva inks memo saying W. stole Fla. as latest talley says he won. Foot in mouth not just Euro's problem...
...Manhattan. "In the past five years," says Emile Garcin, owner of a French real estate agency that caters to foreigners, "the number of Americans buying chateaus has doubled." One big reason is the strong dollar, which has gained 40% against the franc since 1995 and 20% against the euro since that currency was launched two years...