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...agree that promoting democracy and combatting tyranny are goals best achieved by working together. But the means to those ends often seem to come from completely different universes. Will President Bush gain a new appreciation for the E.U.'s way of doing things from his four-day stay on Planet Europe? Here's a look at three issues on which the U.S. and E.U. could actually learn something from each other...
...Call it the Jane Fonda school of economics: no pain, no gain. As in any good workout, the stretching of the euro has forced flabby European companies to become fitter. Since the rising euro means euro-zone goods sold abroad cost more, competitiveness has taken a blow, but not a brutal one. In Germany, for example, overall competitiveness has declined by only about 6% - far less than the dollar's depreciation - according to the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. How come? For one thing, Germany and the other 11 euro-zone nations now have a much bigger...
...Harvard men’s basketball team remains deep in thought about what might have been after its third close loss of the Ivy League season, it need look no further than tonight’s opponent to gain a measure of perspective...
...back. I can buy a 30-rack of Pabst Blue Ribbon for $14 at University Wine, and a 30 of Busch for $16. Psychologically, saving five-to-seven dollars per 30 is worth the walk up Massachusetts Avenue. And that’s not even counting the gain in getting better beer for less...
...will carry the Pudding Pot wherever I go, to gain entry to exclusive restaurants, nightclubs and political events,” he proclaimed...