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...Cooper fears an "intensely nationalistic Germany." Having lived in Germany for 19 years, and in the U.S. for four, I can safely say that German nationalism, compared to American nationalism, is miniscule, if not non-existent. In contrast to the America of 1989, we do not spend our time discussing flag-burning or standing up in high school to pledge allegiance to a piece of cloth. While the burning of foreign flags is illegal, every German can--and people do--burn as many German flags as he or she may wish...
...occasional smile, but West Germans and others still must file through cattle-chute-like passport control points, and are made to exchange 25 deutsche marks ($13.50) for East German marks, at the usurious rate of 1 to 1, one-tenth the black market quote, for every day they spend in the German Democratic Republic. In the evenings, the smell of coal smoke hangs over gray, dilapidated cities -- as it did in the bitter days right after World...
Lawmakers who retire after 1993 will also be forbidden to transfer campaign contributions into personal funds; such transfers can total hundreds of thousands of dollars. Congressmen will not be allowed to accept gifts worth more than $200, and where some members now spend several weeks or more on expenses-paid voyages around the globe, their paid junkets will be limited to four days in the U.S. and seven overseas. It was the most extensive revision of ethics rules in more than a decade...
...Salvador's young and struggled to bring peace to the country. Ellacuria's fierce hawklike face fairly shouted his fury at those responsible for the war's 70,000 dead, right wing and left. He had managed to anger both. Martin cared about the simple people; he would spend his weekends offering Mass and teaching first aid in the impoverished countryside. I found him a reliable source of information, especially because he oversaw the country's least biased public-opinion polls. A few years ago, a colleague asked Martin if there was any hope for El Salvador. "The only hope...
...public prattle about family values, no other holiday brings generations together without the lure of anything more tangible than a good dinner. Think of the novelty of an extended family forced to spend the day doing little other than talking, eating and digesting. Distractions are gloriously limited: the malls are closed and the televised sports offerings sparse. Unlike New Year's Eve, no one feels compelled to have the time of one's life or broods unduly when reality fails to conform to these exaggerated expectations. The perfect Thanksgiving is timeless, as families replicate their own familiar rituals, complete with...