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...with a new language and a new culture, I have become a cross between Jesse Helms and one of the dogs from Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey--and not just in the sense that I'm wrinkly and prone to spontaneous napping. I mean that I'm seriously pro-U.S. and definitely ready to go home. Yesterday, Britney Spears came on the radio and all three of my senior male companions began shrieking like Nebraskan seventh-graders outside the MTV building. That kind of American dementia is a sure sign that Let's Go has become...

Author: By David A. Fahrenthold, | Title: There's No Place Like home | 4/4/2000 | See Source »

...often mentioned that India has many of the world's poor, he rarely saw them. So sanitized was the President's view that many Indians wondered whether he was too optimistic in his assessment of India's potential for progress and, by extension, for the prospect of improved Indo-U.S. relations. But Clinton has always been an optimist. What better trait for someone who wants to be a peacemaker...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Damascus Primary | 4/3/2000 | See Source »

...kits. "The Russian market may be chaotic," says Klaus Liske, BMW's local production director, "but we're confident that we've found a good home." As it happens, BMW's latest plant is a former Soviet naval factory that was built by Germans before the war to make U-boats. "A good German foundation," Liske notes, "for our move into Russia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In From The Cold | 3/13/2000 | See Source »

...wanted to show that even a company like El Al, with its close ties to the U.S., would "take a good look at our product." Two weeks later, El Al voted to buy A330s along with Boeing's 777s--the first time the carrier agreed to buy a non-U.S. plane. U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright has lobbied to roll back the sale; it's on hold pending a review of financing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Americans Abroad: Propelling Airbus | 3/13/2000 | See Source »

Perhaps like representatives manipulating the tax code to benefit sorghum growers and bauxite mines, administrators could hope to shape students taste with favorable exchange rates for quality products. A couple of changes to the fine print and U-Mass Amherst students will soon be known throughout the Commonwealth for their subtle and sophisticated taste in drinks...

Author: By The Editors, | Title: Dartboards | 3/10/2000 | See Source »

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