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...chord with his puckish comparison between the E.U. and the U.S.S.R. "The parallels are perfect," he says. "The only difference is that the Soviets rewarded you if you overproduced, the E.U. if you underproduce." The Estonian Director of the Office of European Integration, Henrik Hololei, understands why some people object. "It's interesting that this trend is growing particularly active and sizable in those potential member countries that are developing quicker than others," he says. "People there realize more clearly that the E.U. does not give answers to all the questions. Most people can live with this. Some cannot." Slovenia...
...money. Naturally, she marries him. Soon she's making eyes at Philip Bosinney (Ioan Gruffudd), the brilliant, artistic architect whom Soames hires to build a country house. Their affair sends Soames into an obsessive rage and precipitates family conflicts that span generations. Irene is more than a love object; she is modernity. The Forsytes long for her to perk up their tired blood, but she proves to be too much, and too good, for them...
...Commonwealth did object in Gomes and Pomey’s case, but the defendants’ lawyers argued that Tim T. should not apply...
...night (around age 15), they have developed an understanding of the power and danger of alcohol. They do not revere it as a wonderful substance that can turn sad times into happy times—rather, they see it as an accessory to food, an object that augments good times but doesn’t create them...
...years ago. The snag for those who care about this is that the ill is being done?on the surface at least?by Hong Kong people themselves, who, in another of the stock phrases of 1997, would rule Hong Kong free from the shackles of colonialism. So who can object...