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...reviews every part of this complex story, from the Marshall Plan, the Cold War and the upheavals of 1968 to the aftershocks from the fall of the Berlin Wall, offering useful and sometimes surprisng judgments on all of them. His book now becomes the definitive account of Europe's rise from the ashes and its take off into an uncertain future...
...brain aneurysm-needs to sound. At his most frightened (Falling Off the Face of the Earth), there's an easy melody and notes of assurance from the impeccably played instruments. And when he contemplates all his choices (The Painter) and wonders if he has got lost, the voices that rise behind in the chorus are so unmistakably warm that you feel certain they will guide him back. Best Tracks: The Painter, When God Made...
...funding gap with a mix of benefit reductions and revenue increases. The proposed benefit reductions include progressive benefit cuts—meaning that high income earners would face larger cuts—and a gradual increase in the retirement age to 68. The revenue increases include a rise in the payroll tax cap to 90 percent of earnings, and an additional mandatory contribution of 1.5 percent of payroll into new Personal Retirement Accounts (PRA’s), which would be matched by a 1.5 percent contribution from the Trust Fund. Once given a PRA, individuals can choose to have their...
...race in an Aston Martin DB9 to Monte Carlo, and an SLR McLaren to Oslo. One of the best-made programs you’ll find on TV today. 1. “Rome”HBO made a masterpiece with this series, following Julius Caesar’s rise to power. Its acting is impeccable, its sets extraordinary, and each one hour episode feels like a movie in its own right. Its only flaw is that we have to wait so long for Season Two.—Alex C. BritellFor those of you who don?...
...parks, nightclubs and at football games. It's not a clash of religions, civilizations or even ideologies. They may dress or have their hair cut differently, but the combatants are pea brains in a pod: Australian-born, idle and stunted. They're spectators in the new economy, and the rise of the smart worker has left them smelling like losers...