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...depth of the European-American bond is not limited to that sympathy alone. The great powers of Europe—Britain, France, and Germany??are among the most tolerant and democratic nations on earth, and terrorism appalls them as much as it appalls us. These common values have always underpinned the bond between...
What would we do if Europe was in ruins? Imagine, for a moment, that anarchy reigned in central Europe and six countries were fighting a bloody war of attrition for Germany??s natural resources. Suppose that Italy’s opposition leader was kidnapping children en masse and cutting off their hands if they refused to murder their parents and join his anti-government militia. Imagine that the Swiss government had fallen and a warlord from Geneva was stopping United Nations food rations from reaching a starving people. And imagine that such tumult was unfolding against a backdrop...
This legacy of harm generates a resounding claim for recompense. When Germany announced its “moral responsibility” for the Holocaust reparations (Wiedergutmachung) in 1954, the Federal Republic of Germany??s first Chancellor, Konrad Adenauer, stated that Germany was culpable for the “state-sponsored” crimes of the Nazi regime. Likewise, the U.S. government admitted its complicit nature in the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 for the Japanese interment camps in this country during World War II, and found that with governmental culpability comes the need for repair. Black reparations models...
Taylor’s strong finish in her preliminary heat, where she ran even with Germany??s Heike Meissner around the final turn for third place and then pulled comfortably ahead down the stretch, came as no surprise to those familiar with her victories at Penn Relays and NCAAs, where she passed Texas’ Angel Patterson on the final hurdle, or her final at U.S. Nationals where she beat favored Michelle Johnson down the stretch to earn the third and final spot on the U.S. National Team...