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European Salon de News, Discussion et Klatsch - 27 October | 126 comments (126 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

That test fails here, though:

"Europe can only exist on the "world stage" thanks to France." or "Europe can only exist on the "world stage" thanks to Germany." make a lot more sense than "Europe can only exist on the "world stage" thanks to Britain."

"Few can believe that suffering, especially by others, is in vain. - Galbraith"

by Cyrille (cyrillev domain yahoo.fr) on Tue Oct 27th, 2009 at 05:17:00 AM EST
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Re: Europe (4.00 / 3)

Actually, if you interpret "stage" in its theatrical sense, with actors pretending to be what they are not in reality, it does make more sense with Britain than with Germany...

by gk (g k quattro due due sette "at" gmail.com) on Tue Oct 27th, 2009 at 05:35:19 AM EST
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Re: Europe (4.00 / 2)

When it comes to theatrics, we have a French president who'll give Tony a run for his money any day...

Europeans think a hundred miles is a long way. Americans think a hundred years is a long time.

by Bernard on Tue Oct 27th, 2009 at 06:39:03 AM EST
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European Salon de News, Discussion et Klatsch - 27 October | 126 comments (126 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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