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...biggest risks is what happens in the U.S., whose economy is just starting to cool as the Europeans heat up. "Much will depend on how abruptly the U.S. slows," says Barbara Böttcher at Deutsche Bank in Frankfurt, who nonetheless expects that the Continent will be able to sustain faster growth for some time. Her peers at Credit Suisse in London are less optimistic, pointing to surveys that suggest business confidence is already starting to decline. And some countries, especially Italy, remain stuck in a rut. Still, for much of the Continent, it all amounts to the first piece...
...definitely going to be huge. But the title is more about the big changes that were going on in my life. Before, I just cared about the moment. Now I want to do things that sustain...
...don’t know which way of life will win in Iraq, and which will wither away. Democracy allows a plurality of views to flourish. That’s its virtue. But our own history shows us that there are some differences of opinion a democratic nation cannot sustain. Then, it’s force that ultimately determines the will of “the people.”I saw “Peace at Gettysburg” near the fields. She poised on one foot atop a monument. Clutched by her side was an olive branch...
...Patey warned that "the prospect of low-intensity civil war and a de facto division of Iraq is more likely at this stage than a successful and substantial transition to a stable democracy. Even the lowered expectation of President Bush for Iraq - a government that can sustain itself, defend itself and govern itself and is an ally in the war on terror - must remain in doubt." He stressed that all was not lost, but his prescription for reversing the slide to civil war was a reminder of the growing challenge facing coalition forces in stabilizing Iraq...
...phone calls from friends and relatives. His six-year-old daughter, Zeinab, his brother, Tayseer, and his sister, Fatmeh, were killed. His wife, Rabab, and four-year-old son, Hassan, survived and were being treated in another hospital. A former student of Islam, Mohammed says that his faith will sustain him. "We believe in God. We have a history of sacrifice and martyrdom," he says. In 1996, the massacre at the UN base in Qana galvanized the West to arrange a ceasefire. But few residents here appear to hold out much hope that the fighting will end soon, blaming...