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...southeastern French town of Aix-les-Bains, estimates that the market will grow 40% in the next two years. "Soon it will not be mostly a French phenomenon," he says. "Already we're exporting 15% of the 5,000 units we produce each year to Germany, Belgium, Switzerland and Greece...
...often in our democracy, the decision-making elite is insulated from the consequences of its decisions. In order for a democratic government to govern responsibly, burdens and sacrifices must be equitably distributed among all citizens. This principle is affirmed by democracies as diverse as Norway, Israel, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Colombia, all of which have universal conscription. Let us fight if we must, but let us be certain that our goals are worth the sacrifice of thousands of sons--everybody's sons...
...Within the European Free Trade Association, to which Norway belongs, sentiment for joining the Community is accelerating fast. Last year Austria announced its intention to apply, and Sweden followed suit two weeks ago. Finland is seriously pondering the issue, and a pro-E.C. initiative is gaining ground in Switzerland, the most resolutely standoffish country in the EFTA. Although fears still run high in Norway that the country would lose independence and control of its natural resources, concern is mounting that if everyone else joins up, Oslo could be left out in the cold...
...list included names such as "Aryan Acres," "Bad-ass neighbor of Switzerland," and "Cindy...
...must America lead? Why not try for the good life without world responsibility? Why not, in Luce's words, settle for being a more powerful Switzerland? Partly because Switzerland has always been only Switzerland, while America, after playing its global and historic role, would suffer a permanent sense of loss and dislocation. But more important, the world has become too interdependent for the U.S. to create a prosperous, isolated enclave...