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...last 12 years were nothing less than an extended hunting season for high-priced lobbyists and Washington influence peddlers. On streets where statesmen once strolled, a never-ending stream of money now changes hands -- tying the hands of those elected to lead...
...Statesmen preen with the conceit that they can alter the forces of history and cool the passions of humanity with their bold leadership or clever diplomacy, and on occasion they do. But in the case of ingrained historic hatreds, true change can come only from the volition of the peoples involved. For reasons that can be explained by hardheaded circumstance -- though not fully understood -- men wake up one morning exhausted by their enmity and replace it with more rational considerations, a resetting of the psychic gyroscope that finally counts the cost of hatred too high. From that point, peace...
...surprisingly -- express unhappiness with the direction their nations are taking: 71% in the U.S., 70% in Canada, 63% in Britain, 61% in France. The surveys bear out a growing sense that electorates see their leaders not as temporarily lost pathfinders so much as empty suits. Deriding the gallery of statesmen manque he saw before him, columnist Norman Stone of the Times of London quoted Nietzsche: "I sowed dragons and I reaped fleas...
...Queen Elizabeth, but the government takes splendid care of it. More important, the imperial family enjoys the nation's respect, unlike the beleaguered Windsors, who may be only a few tapes away from oblivion. As crown princess, Owada will deal with the world's most powerful and interesting people -- statesmen, business leaders, educators, artists -- and travel the globe. If she decides she wants to learn something new -- say, the violin or calligraphy -- tutors of consummate skill are right at hand...
...integrated Community, unfettered by internal barriers, will be able to compete better against overseas rivals, that is far from its only purpose. After the wreckage of two world wars, European statesmen reasoned that only by interlocking their economies could they make war among themselves unthinkable...