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...Home Abroad The chilly public reception for President George W. Bush on his state visit to Britain [LETTER FROM LONDON, Nov. 17] was at odds with the welcome that President Ronald Reagan experienced 21 years ago on a similar diplomatic trip to London and other European capitals. After visiting Rome, Reagan and his wife, Nancy, spent two nights at Windsor Castle, outside London, as guests of Queen Elizabeth II. The larger purpose of his journey was to reassure Europeans that the U.S. remained committed to nato and genuinely sought peace and arms reduction with the Soviet Union. Although Reagan...
...sugary filling), washed down with punch and mead. The market in Brussels stretches from the 17th century Grand Place to Place Sainte-Catherine with its open-air ice rink; the highlight is the Man?ge d'Andr?a, a surrealist carousel with flying frogs, bionic spacemen and Jules Verne spaceships. In Rome, the market in the baroque Piazza Navona is worth a visit for its first-rate buskers alone. In Naples, the entire Via San Gregorio Armeno is given over to cr?che scenes and figurines. The largest of Vienna's markets takes place in front of the Rathaus, or City Hall...
...with punch and mead. The market in Brussels stretches from the 17th century Grand Place to Place Sainte-Catherine with its open-air ice rink; the highlight is the Manège d'Andréa, a surrealist carousel with flying frogs, bionic spacemen and Jules Verne spaceships. In Rome, the market in the baroque Piazza Navona is worth a visit for its first-rate buskers alone. In Naples, the entire Via San Gregorio Armeno is given over to crèche scenes and figurines. The largest of Vienna's markets takes place in front of the Rathaus, or City...
...concerned, anyway. America, in spite of being the world’s foremost superpower, should listen to the frank advice offered by its transatlantic allies. As one writer put it last year in The Spectator, a conservative British political magazine, Britain should play Greece to America’s Rome. While no longer in charge of an empire of their own, the Brits should continue to exert an influence on their former subjects, both civilizing the uncouth Americans and passing on a few words of imperial wisdom...
...your acknowledgment of the Let’s Go Rome 2003, you refer to a game called “sloshball”. Could you elaborate on this game...