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...have been voicing grave misgivings about relinquishing ever-more sovereignty to this non-nation that goes by the name of Europe. The Franco-German power play has sharpened those anxieties even more. The fiercest battle in Europe's constitutional conclave, as in any such convention, is about balancing the weight of small states against the clout of the bigger ones. By acting as they did, France and Germany unwittingly gave Britain, Poland and Spain a foretaste of worse things to come. Why hop on a train where two engineers, by dint of their size and power, are more equal than...
...rest of your natural term. It's a work as provocative as it is encyclopedic. Not everyone is going to agree with Schultz's choices, and the author is aware of the quagmire she's got herself into. "Why give the Pork Pit in Montego Bay the same weight as Paris' legendary Taillevent?" she asks, referring to two well-known but very different restaurants. The answer is that the world would ultimately be a much less delectable dish if it were only composed of truffles. Only a die-hard travel writer (which Schultz is - and one who claims descent from...
...judicial decision, and their petition efforts encouraging Harvard to join the lawsuit should be applauded. Members of the Law School’s faculty have promised to file suit against the Pentagon; while this would be a momentous and significant step, such a suit ultimately cannot carry the weight that an official legal challenge from the University would...
...added later in the meeting that she was in favor of the amended resolution because it would carry more weight if it had the full support of the council...
...cell phone on reforming Medicare. "I don't think they were used to that," Frist told Time, noting that Republicans had traditionally seen the group as being too close to Democrats. "But I made it clear I needed them." It worked. AARP-which boasts 35 million members-threw its weight behind the G.O.P overhaul...