Word: transatlanticism
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Behind a bulletproof plastic shield, like travelers in a time machine, a jubilant Ronald Reagan and his guest, French President François Mitterrand, watched the Bicentennial celebration of a transatlantic partnership that brought independence to the 13 colonies. "The surrender at Yorktown," Reagan told the crowd of 60,000...
The proudest boast of Britain's Sir Freddie Laker is that he made transatlantic air travel affordable to the masses. For instance, his walk-on Laker Skytrain service from New York City to London costs only $250 one way, less than half of what most other airlines have been...
Nothing piques him more than the sight of Europe influencing America: the White Gods, Gropius and Mies, land among the prostrated natives and colonize them, as simply as that. But, of course, it was not that simple. What happened was not invasion, but long reciprocal exchange, intellectual barter, as it...
The decline, and even the disappearance, of some once great American newspapers is to those who love the craft of newspapering like the personal loss so many travelers felt when the great transatlantic liners disappeared. Those big liners had their distinct personalities-the French liners with their exuberant meals, the...
This year, however, Yanks can strike up a new chorus of "I love Paris in the springtime"-or summer, or fall. Reason: the dollar is back in grace. The exchange rate has improved 31% since a year ago, making U.S. purchasing power greater than it has been since 1969; and...