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...Because it's more powerful than anyone else.) Elsewhere, the old ways of thinking about the "national interest" - that guiding light of the Westphalian system - have fewer adherents than they once did. Not long ago, the national interest of, say, the Netherlands could be defined by a necessity to protect Dutch blood and soil. It would be absurd to imagine that the modern Dutch think that way now. For a sensible Dutch government, it makes sense to define the things that really matter in terms of the international opportunities available to its companies, and in the commitment to global environmentalism...
...ordinary boss. Since he declared the commission's conditions unacceptable, three Senators--Republican Phil Gramm and Democrats John D. Rockefeller and Ernest Hollings--have expressed concern to the Europeans. Hollings, new chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, said the developments supported those who think the E.C. seeks to "protect and promote European industry at the expense of its U.S. competitors," and warned that "denial of a merger...would undermine an already strained E.U./U.S. trade relationship...
...Lundy offered to reward Roger Clinton with stock in a Venezuelan coal deal, sources told TIME. To protect Clinton from discovery of the payment and assure it remained tax free, the sources said, Lundy suggested to Clinton in November, 1999 that Lundy would transfer the stock to a mutual friend, Dan R. Lasater, a Little Rock financier who was convicted in the mid-1980s for buying drugs from Roger Clinton. The House committee has obtained records showing that Clinton deposited in his bank $100,000 in travelers checks on Nov. 30, 1999, with some of the checks purchased in Venezuela...
...French have long led the war against globalization and American unilateralism. They’re famous for trying to protect their culture, and particularly their language, from outside encroachment. They loathe the fast-food restaurants replacing sidewalk cafes, and they cannot abide the arrogant Americans who can’t seem to call slices of potatoes des frites instead of, ironically, French fries...
...fact be resolved is not as important as the fact that people are worried by them.) A variety of views parade by, each carefully presented as no more or less valid than the last; one Catholic rejects stem cell research, but another accepts it; the Methodists might want to protect embryos, but traditional Jewish law treats them “as if they were water.” Finally, the Commission tries to split the baby—perhaps literally—by deciding that embryos merit some respect as “a form of human life...