Word: transatlanticism
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After the Iraq Election Now that the Iraq election is over, we Americans should say we have done all we can and get out [Jan. 31]. Iraq belongs to the Iraqis, and only they can rule their country. Our staying would give legitimacy to the claim that we are occupying...
Moreover, the entire argument about Sunni participation is empty. Yes, the legitimacy of the election would be in question if the government had denied Sunnis the right to vote. But low Sunni turnout was hardly the work of the Iraqi government. To the contrary: the coalition authority and provisional Iraqi...
Roland Emmerich had to brace himself. The German director of such U.S. blockbusters as Independence Day and The Day After Tomorrow was leaving behind the warm breezes of Hollywood to plunge into wintry Berlin, because he heads the judging panel at this year's Berlin Film Festival, which starts this...
MEANWHILE IN BELGIUM ? A Room to Remember Tom Hanks faced the prospect of being bedless in Bastogne when he announced late plans to visit the town next week for the 60th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge. With all hotels booked, the local tourist office launched an appeal, eventually...
Success for Rutan's maverick creation was by no means assured. There were 24 teams competing for the X Prize purse, which was set to expire at the end of this year. Modeled on the Orteig Prize--which motivated Charles Lindbergh's celebrated transatlantic flight in 1927--the X Prize...