We’re Spectators To Europe’s Show

August 9, 2012

The Olympics are not the only events in Europe that have Americans riveted, though we’re unaccustomed to watching from the sidelines.

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To See This U.S. Success Story, Go To England

June 14, 2012

Aon was a classic American business success. Now it’s based in London.

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Western Leaders Stand Together, Alone

September 28, 2009

The leaders of the United States, France and Britain wanted to show strength and resolve Friday as they denounced Iran’s belated disclosure that it is building a second nuclear fuel enrichment facility. Instead, they showed just how isolated the Western industrial democracies have become. There were 20 prominent heads of state in Pittsburgh that morning, gathered for the G-20 economic summit. President Obama, France’s President Nicolas Sarkozy and Prime Minister …

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Undoing Great Projects Of The Past

September 11, 2009

On June 26, 1959, Queen Elizabeth II and President Dwight D. Eisenhower boarded the Royal Yacht Brittania and floated through the gates of the St. Lawrence Seaway, declaring the series of locks and canals officially open. The seaway, which was jointly financed by the United States and Canada, cost $470 million to build, and the construction took five years to complete. While British explorers never found the Northwest Passage that …

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