Word: instead
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...former columnist for the conservative Le Figaro-is significant. This changed view of the U.S. is not the crude anti-Americanism of the postwar years, when walls were defaced with scrawled outcries of YANKEE GO HOME! and leftist crowds repeatedly rioted against the all-powerful U.S. It is instead the increasingly widespread belief, even among many of America's traditional friends, that U.S. strength has declined so much that Washington can no longer be relied upon as the leader of the Western alliance. Says Christoph Bertram, director of London's International Institute for Strategic Studies: "In the past...
...point is not that Europeans may be richer than Americans but that they are reluctant to follow what they regard as a faltering U.S. leadership. Instead, they are impressed by the U.S. unwillingness or inability to curb its wasteful energy consumption and 'to defend its shrinking currency. "The Americans view the future with less hope than at any time since World War II, and they have every reason for their skepticism," says Dieter Buhl, who writes on U.S. affairs for Hamburg's influential Die Zeit. "Galloping inflation and record interest rates undermine their standard of living, which...
...handled the situation properly -yes. If we had worked out a grand strategy with them, if we had a plan instead of reacting to each incident, but we didn't. We turned to the Europeans and said, "Hey, you know, join us in something or other...
...overbearing and probably plotting condominium with the Soviets. Now that the power balance is no longer clear cut and the American nuclear shield no longer as protective, no one can blame Europe for trying to be realistic. But would in not be the better part of realism to seek, instead of accommodation and special deals with the Soviets, joint measures against them? That may be easily said on the American side of the Atlantic but not so easily on a continent shared with Soviet tanks. Europe, however, cannot have it both ways. If the U.S. is to be impressed...
Valente's ouster was especially acrimonious. Instead of a polite parting common to executive firings, the RCA press release stated bluntly: "Mr. Valente's performance over nearly six months did not meet expectations." Industry insiders say RCA Chairman Edgar H. Griffiths, 59, was offended by Valente's loose work habits and freewheeling lifestyle, such as his personal use of company airplanes...