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...Europe Tightens Its Belt Re "Is the Good Life Out of Reach?" [Mar. 5], about the effect of a common currency on the cost of living in the European Union: Peter Gumbel made no mention of Britain, an E.U. country that has spurned the euro and kept its pound sterling. Wouldn't a comparison of economic conditions in Britain and those in other E.U. nations tell us something about whether the common currency is to blame for some of the ills mentioned? Alan Campbell, Cape Town, South Africa...
...disappointed that candidates in the current French presidential campaign rarely mention the E.U.? Oh, yes, I'm disappointed - to the point of indignation...
...your discussion on the upcoming French presidential elections in the What's Next package [March 19], you neglected to mention the role of François Bayrou, the popular leader of the Union for French Democracy and former Education Minister. He has been rising in the polls more rapidly than Nicolas Sarkozy and Ségolène Royal and is positioned to determine who will be France's next President. He will be able to sway votes to either Sarkozy or Royal--or even become Jacques Chirac's successor...
...Europe Tightens Its Belt Re "Is the good life out of reach?" [Feb. 26], about the effect of a common currency on the cost of living in the European Union: Peter Gumbel made no mention of Britain, an E.U. country that has spurned the euro and kept its pound sterling. Wouldn't a comparison of economic conditions in Britain and those in other E.U. nations tell us something about whether the common currency is to blame for some of the ills mentioned? Alan Campbell, CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA
...keeps forgetting to mention that he believes he would make a good President. ("I don't mean to toot my own horn," he said at the firehouse, when he finally remembered to boast.) Giuliani's biggest round of applause is usually the one when he's introduced...