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...really about, he conjures up red herrings such as the Iraqi nuclear threat. The countries that now condemn Iraq are responsible for giving it whatever nuclear technology it now has. If the world is unanimous in its opposition to Saddam Hussein, as Bush says, no country will export advanced nuclear technology...
...death sentence was decreed as an emergency measure to rescue a vital export industry by curtailing wool production. During the past 18 months, Australia's prime overseas customers have cut back on purchases, leaving a glut of fleeces. Moreover, wheat farmers expect to see their incomes halved this year, and home-grown citrus sales have also soured. At a time when much of Australia is taking to beaches and playgrounds, the dreaming high summer of the Lucky Country's interior has turned into a nightmare...
...saturating the world with its myths, its fantasies, its tunes and dreams. At a moment of deep self-doubt at home, American entertainment products -- movies, records, books, theme parks, sports, cartoons, television shows -- are projecting an imperial self-confidence across the globe. Entertainment is America's second biggest net export (behind aerospace), bringing in a trade surplus of more than $5 billion a year. American entertainment rang up some $300 billion in sales last year, of which an estimated 20% came from abroad. By the year 2000, half of the revenues from American movies and records will be earned...
...always felt that the export of our vulgarity is the hallmark of our greatness," says Styron, who lived for many years in Paris and whose books always sell well in France. "I don't necessarily mean to be derogatory. The Europeans have always been fascinated by wanting to know what's going on with this big, ogreish subcontinent across the Atlantic, this potentially dangerous, constantly mysterious country called the U.S. of A." American popular culture fills a vacuum, vulgar or not. "French television is a wasteland; ours is a madhouse. But at least it's vital," says Styron. "Dallas...
...debt isn't necessarily to lay everybody off and have a depression. Massive bankruptcies would wipe out a lot of debt but also make us a lot poorer. No, muddling through is a better idea, working down the debt over many years. By making things for export rather than for our own consumption, by spending more on infrastructure and less on shopping centers, and by spending less on the elderly and more on preschoolers, we could gradually strengthen our national balance sheet...