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Many Europeans complain not just about Bush's style but about his substance as well. They disagree with a broad range of his policies, ranging from his opposition to the Kyoto treaty on global warming to his support of the death penalty. The gravest gulf comes over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, where Europeans believe Bush's inaction and support for Israel lend credence to Islamist claims that the war on terrorism and the war on Iraq are really a war against Islam...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 6 Reasons Why So Many Allies Want Bush To Slow Down | 2/3/2003 | See Source »

...doctrine has stressed its toughness--the way, for example, that the Administration claims the right to take military action on its own, without U.N. sanction. All of this is said to be of a piece with the Administration's supposed arrogance in international affairs, with its claims that the Kyoto accord on global warming or the treaty on the International Criminal Court should not apply to the sole superpower...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Trouble with Saving the World | 12/30/2002 | See Source »

Topjian learned the art of sushi-making during a summer studying under an Okinawan sushi chef named Umezu in New York City. He had already spent a semester in Kyoto his junior year. When Quincy Grillemaster Justin A. Erlich ’03 asked Topjian to start making sushi for the Grille about a month into the second semester of last year, the event was so popular he could barely roll fast enough. Now he serves sushi weekly, and is on his way to becoming a Grille institution...

Author: By Michael S. Hoffman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Eastern Exposure | 11/21/2002 | See Source »

...what will happen to our environment. Scientists have already completed a forecast of global ocean temperatures for the next 50 years, and a full set of climate predictions will be ready by year's end. Soon, instead of speculating about the possible environmental impact of, say, the Kyoto accord, policymakers will be able to plug its parameters into the virtual Earth, then skip ahead 1,000 years to get a handle on what effect those policies might have. That kind of concrete data could revolutionize environmental science. By digitally cloning the Earth, we might just be able to save...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Earth Simulator | 11/18/2002 | See Source »

...than the Texan in the White House. The man does not lack confidence. Chirac wants France - and himself - to be seen as an alternative to American power. Like his hero Charles de Gaulle before him, Chirac is not afraid to stand up to the States, whether on Iraq, the Kyoto treaty, trade or defense. When he gets slapped down, he barely seems to notice. He believes France is a "beacon," as he puts it, that offers the world a consensual, socially-aware model of governance at odds with what he views as the unilateral American approach. And within...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Europe's Lone Ranger Rides Again | 11/3/2002 | See Source »

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