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...that most Brits abhor. Blair has reformed the House of Lords to gut it of its historical privileges. He is busy merging the British armed services into a pan-European force. After the next election, he is all but committed to abolishing the pound sterling in favor of the euro...
...Public finances are in great shape, the government has a big surplus, growth is high and there's no sign of inflation. Conservative Party leader William Hague has not caught the country's imagination. They've got some pet issues, such as rising crime and opposition to Britain adopting Euro. But the government is not giving them very much of a target. There may be a lower turnout in this election, and Blair's margin of victory may be smaller in light of creeping disillusion among many voters who voted him in last time, but things are still well enough...
...musicians ("There are too many musicians already in music") and that producers help them compose their songs. Then there's the unabashed entrepreneurship. The rock/techno trio, based in Berlin, wears bizarre homemade clothes, which are sold on its website for DKNY prices (cut-up shirt with detachable arms: 100 Euro; that's about $95 to those of you outside the E.U.). But these Chicks have created a sensation among hip young Europeans, and they're setting out to win the hearts of American rock fans. If the group's first U.S. tour this spring doesn't attract attention, the loss...
They don't take themselves too seriously though. As a kind of self-mocking joke, they routinely perform a cover of Euro Trash Girl by the American rock band Cracker, a song satirizing expatriate life in Europe. "We're very excited about coming to America," says Murray-Leslie, sincerely. The feeling should be mutual...
...move hurts Iraq, the U.N. and the countries receiving reparations. So why is Saddam doing it? Diplomatic sources say switching to the euro will favor European suppliers over U.S. ones in competing for Iraqi contracts, and the p.r. boost that Baghdad would probably get in Europe would be another plus...