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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...become a political union; tabloids regularly caricature meddling, know-nothing Brussels bureaucrats. An ICM survey taken after Blair's U-turn showed that only 25% of the British public planned to vote in favor of the constitution; according to Eurobarometer, the E.U.'s polling arm, average support for the pact in the rest of Europe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tony's Big Adventure | 4/25/2004 | See Source »

...We…made a pact that we had no agenda politically,” he says. “I have a lot of feeling, but I’m not an advocacy journalist...

Author: By Simon W. Vozick-levinson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Embedded With the Embeds | 4/16/2004 | See Source »

...INDICATORS In Good Company The European Commission issued warnings to three more euro-zone countries set to breach the region's stability pact this year. Finance commissioner Pedro Solbes slammed the Netherlands , Italy and Greece (along with serial offenders France and Germany) for running budget deficits in excess...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bizwatch | 4/11/2004 | See Source »

...paced jig to warm up the crowd. Playing up Ireland’s greatest export—whiskey—the next jig was purely inspired by this “water of life.” The band claimed to be singing about whiskey because of their Lenten pact of abstinence but that was quickly dispelled by fiddler Ciarn Tourishís cry of “Yeah right...

Author: By Elsa B. O riain, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Altan Perform Irish Folk Music at Harvard | 4/9/2004 | See Source »

...presidential candidates' strategies for beating Bush. But genuinely Democratic politicians have been missing in action since the 1960s. The Democrats are vying for the hearts and minds of the party faithful, but they abandoned their core values and hung their supporters out to dry long ago. They made their pact with the devil to stay in office no matter what the cost. Principles were the first casualty. Democrats should stop their charade and join the Republicans. After all, enough Dems sided with the G.O.P. to pass tax cuts, reform Medicare and approve the invasion of Iraq. At least we know...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 3/1/2004 | See Source »

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