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...So for better or worse, the French seem to be in a completely different kind of universe than the one the proponents of an Anglo-Saxon kind of capitalism would advocate....
...In the past, French author-politicians have channelled the maritime musings of former footballer Eric Cantona (“When seagulls follow the trawler, it is because they think sardines will be thrown into the...
...Emily Roebling was a remarkable woman, and crucial to the construction of the great bridge, but I am willing to bet that had my name been Eric, no one would have raised the issue....
...There is good new housing (Maccreanor Lavington’s Saxon Court is an excellent, urbane tower) and bits of the impressive Victorian infrastructure have been repurposed into the art school and a shopping mall...
...Mr Lombard suggests it is an example of France’s often state-led economy: “It’s probably difficult to explain to Anglo-Saxon readers . . ....
...details, but one that stood out for Due Diligence was the suggestion by a prominent Italian academic that the former Corriere HQ is akin to a priceless cultural institution, for which “homogeneous” Anglo Saxon...
...Many there saw the demise of the old German Democratic Republic not as the triumph of democracy but like a “war that they had lost”, says Eric Hattke of Atticus, a non-governmental organisation in Dresden...
...It began in 1902 with a bequest from Cecil Rhodes, the enthusiastic imperialist who argued that Anglo-Saxons deserved to be the dominant global race....
...“The Anglo Saxon world does not fully understand the mechanics of French elections.”...
...Jones’ Latin and Anglo-Saxon texts speak conversely of continuities of history, culture, place....
...In the Anglo-Saxon poem “The Dream of the Rood”, the crucifixion is narrated by the cross on which Christ died....
...Far from being examples of the worst excesses of capitalism, these Anglo-Saxon nations emerge from the IMF data set as countries with relatively strong growth, low inequality and high redistribution....
...But Eric, a tall Parisian who works at one of the many stands on the Gare du Nord’s concourse, is typical of thousands of occasional fare-dodgers....
...Some were established in the 9th and 10th centuries, though the only surviving Saxon fabric is at the west end of All Hallows by the Tower....
...in Paris, a gigantic phallic symbol that looms over Eric Reinhardt’s tale of erotic obsession....
...Even though private investors are less interested in equities than those in Anglo-Saxon countries or even in Germany, they are quite keen to put savings into money markets, fixed income or property funds...
...Eric Hobsbawm, the British historian who died last year, had an abiding affection for South America. He first visited in the 1960s and returned often....
...Separately, 21st Austria has been created by some leading companies with the aim of raising the country’s profile, notably among the big institutional Anglo-Saxon investors which are so important for Austria...
...Thanks to Flora Britannica, I discovered it’s also known as priest’s pintle (from the Anglo Saxon for penis), parson’s billycock, cocky baby, cuckoo cock and (a late 20th coinage by a nine-year-old) willy...
...In the 1970s counties that had existed since Saxon times were abolished for administrative convenience, with insidious consequences for the nation’s sense of local identity....
...It argues that the radical transformations of Epstein, Gaudier-Brzeska and Eric Gill definitively shaped 20th-century sculpture....
...Relative to gross domestic product, as fund managers Eric Sprott and David Franklin point out, China has been busily stimulating its economy more than anyone – injecting the equivalent of fully 64 per cent...
...Hence the inclusion of Eric Schmidt of Google and the insurgent Arianna Huffington of The Huffington Post. Let the debate begin....
...“In continental Europe you do not have the risk-taking Anglo-Saxon culture where people accept that the return on equity is balanced by the risk of losing your money,” says Philippe Carrel, global head of...
...Mr Wallinger says his horse refers to the white horse banner said to have been brought by the Saxon invaders Hengist and Horsa (“Horse” and “Stallion”) when they landed in Kent....
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