Articles by Craig Winneker
Let the Music Do the Talking
BRUSSELS -- As is so often the case, something Barbra Streisand did got me to thinking. The singing legend's triumphant return to the live concert stage featured a lengthy and, by most accounts, supremely unfunny skit lampooning George W. Bush....
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Europe Rising?
We might forgive Europeans a little gloating in recent weeks over some economic news of the man-bites-dog variety. It seems the EU outperformed both the US and Japan in the last quarter, posting a 0.9 percent growth rate (with an...
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A Conversation with Boyden Gray
On his recent visit to Vienna to meet with EU leaders, US President George W. Bush was met with angry protests and tough, sometimes belligerent, questions from the European Press corps. But is all as bad as it seems? TCS...
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Transatlantic Trade-Off
BRUSSELS -- Not surprisingly, press coverage of this week's visit by US President George W. Bush to Vienna for a summit meeting with EU leaders focused on what divides Europe and America -- especially the effort by European governments to...
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Old School Europe
A timely political scandal may provide an unexpected boost to an idea that has so far attracted little enthusiasm: a European version of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Proponents of a new EU academic research Mecca -- chief among them...
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A Whiff of Anti-Americanism
CANNES, France -- How do you tell when a particular Cannes Film Festival is, say, a tad less glamorous than its predecessors? When the money quote of the week comes from Al Gore. At a press conference before the screening...
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The Struggle for 'Open Europe'
The French, it seems, have finally found a cause for which they are willing to go to war. Unfortunately, in this fight, victory equals defeat. I'm not referring to the pathetic display of pseudo-revolutionary nostalgia staged for the last several...
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Gambling on the Future
LAS VEGAS -- This desert town has always been an oasis of dreams -- some good, some bad, but almost all about the same thing: hitting it big. It's a town where glamour meets gauche, where high-rollers mix with hicks...
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Innovation Time: For TCS and the EU
BRUSSELS -- Since TCS Europe was launched in the summer of 2002, the European Union has weathered a lot of ups and downs, from its historic enlargement to include former communist bloc nations to its bitter internal split over whether...
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How to Wear Your Heart Just Under Your Sleeve
BRUSSELS -- This summer's hottest fashion accessory is the silicone rubber message bracelet. Look down at your wrist. If you're not wearing one, you probably are a self-centered person who does not give a damn about any important issue...
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