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...etween the years 1824 and 1828, senior officer of a small British Squadron on the West Coast of South America. His book published in the thirties obta... ...en in Burma, passing cer- tain strictures upon “the gentleman with the gun on his back” which I do not intend to make accessible to the public. Yet th... ...yhood; and I am not going to discard the beliefs of my boyhood for anybody on earth. The Brute, which is the only sea-story in the vol- ume, is, li... ...uppose I re- ally despised him because he was an old Castilian, a Spaniard born, and a Royalist. Those were certainly no reasons to scorn a man; but f... ...se were certainly no reasons to scorn a man; but for centuries Span- iards born had shown their contempt of us Ameri- cans, men as well descended as t... ...een dead, and a girl for whom it would have been better to have never been born. “So I marched my men back to the town. “After a few days, order havin... ...blow to the Royalist troops. For a proof he displayed to us the garrison’s flag. He took it from under his poncho and flung it on the table. The man w... ...of Six their sword-knots.’ “He flung a bunch of them on the table upon the flag. Then General Robles, whom I was attending there, spoke up in his loud... ...whispered words she could change the expression of his face and revive his flagging animosity. They told how after every skirmish, after every raid, a...

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...usand of that sort would never think of retreating. Their spectral advance on quaking London through Kentish hopgardens, Sussex corn-fields, or by the... ...porting guns, unrivalled park-hacks and hunters, promising babies to carry on the renown of England to the next generation, and a wonderful Press, and... ...te saddling of our an- cient nightmare of Invasion, putting the postillion on her, and trotting her along the high-road with a winding horn to rouse o... ...oduce to you will rarely let us escape from it; for the reason that he was born with so extreme and passionate a love for his country, that he thought... ...ce discastled them, 15 George Meredith they swam back to their places, as born warriors, urged by a passion for land, are almost sure to do; are inde... ...rit. Strength is the brute form of truth. No con- spicuously great man was born of the Romfreys, who were better served by a succession of able sons. ... ...our country to have politics as well as the other diseases— don’t follow a flag, be independent, keep a free vote; remem- ber how I’ve been tied, and ... ...he stood in the Liberal interest, the junior could not abandon the Liberal flag; so he seized it and bore it ahead of the time, there where Radicals t... ... trip their phantom dances like shadows on a fog, and waved it as the very flag of our perfectible race. So great was the impetus that Cougham had no ...

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...nd you know what a dread they have of moping. She was famous for her fun and high spirits besides her good looks, which you may judge of for yourself on a walk down most of our great noblemen?s collections of pictures in England, where you will behold her as the goddess Diana fitting an arrow to a bow; and elsewhere an Amazon holding a spear; or a lady with dogs, in the co...

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...d high spirits besides her good looks, which you may judge of for yourself on a walk down most of our great noblemen’s collections of pictures in En- ... ...ight arm to defend her reputa- tion with; and she would have done anything on earth to please him. There is a picture of her in an immense flat white ... ...le blue, like a pavilion, the broadest brim ever seen, and she simply sits on a chair; and V enus the Queen of Beauty would have been extinguished und... ... she was indeed very blamable. Women should walk in armour as if they were born to it; for these cold sneerers will never waste their darts on cuirass... ...gaze at one of our big ships coming out of an engagement home with all her flags flying and her crew manning the yards. That will give you an idea of ... ...ty. He was more, if he died at ninety-one; and Chillon Switzer John Kirby, born eleven months after the elopement, was, we know, twenty- three years o... ...arinthia Jane, the second child of this extraordinary union; both children born in wedlock, as you will hear. Sixty-three, or sixty-seven, near upon s... ...ts among sailors as ‘Old Showery,’ because of a remark he once made to his flag-cap- tain, when cannon-balls were coming thick on them in a hard- foug... ...o much to do more than nod a short approval of his fortitude. To sink with flag flying is next to sinking the enemy. There was talk of a girl present ...

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...hese warn- ings by the standard of a decade of realities. The book is weak on anti-aircraft guns, for example, and still more neg- ligent of submarine... ... been telling us this year in his War and the Future, that if mankind goes on with war, the smash-up of civilization is inevitable. It is chaos or the... ...Y Y Y Y 1 1 1 1 1 “THIS HERE PROGRESS,” said Mr. T om Smallways, “it keeps on. “You’d hardly think it could keep on,” said Mr. Tom Smallways. It was a... ... self-vivisection, and its pulsating dis- sepiments’ adorned with emphatic flag labels. Confronted they were, and there was no getting away from it. H... ... most home-like and comfortable quality, and it was made gayer by abundant flags. Along the road a quantity of peas- ant folk, in big pair-wheeled car... ...ng gestures. Then,the car hit the roof of the gatehouse smartly, snapped a flag staff, played a tune upon some telegraph wires, and sent a broken wire... ...of countless millions in Europe and America and Asia who, instead of being born rooted in the soil, were born struggling in a torrent they never clear... ... necks. “Vorwarts!” Some one ran before him with the portfolio, and he was borne rapidly along the broad avenue between the gas gen- erators and the a... ...ng, and he had never assisted at the killing of anything bigger than a new-born kitten. The incident that gave him his third shock was the execu- tion...

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...dle -- with him in it, too, and he is good for two hundred pounds, without his clothes; and there is no telling how much he does weigh when he is out on the war-path and has his batteries belted on. He is over six feet, is young, hasn?t an ounce of waste flesh, is straight, graceful, springy in his motions, quick as a cat, and has a handsome face, and black hair dangling d...

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... his clothes; and there is no telling how much he does weigh when he is out on the war path and has his batteries belted on. He is over six feet, is ... ...tions, quick as a cat, and has a handsome face, and black hair dangling down on his shoulders, and is beautiful to look at; and nobody is braver than ... ... that doubts that he is fine to see should see him in his beaded buck skins, on my back and his rifle peeping above his shoulder, chasing a hos tile ... ...Hundred, I reckon. I am satisfied with it. And am a happy horse, too, though born out of wedlock. And now we are back at Fort Paxton once more, after ... ...itable to a duke. So now she is Corporal General of the Seventh Cavalry, and Flag Lieutenant of the Ninth Dragoons, with the privilege (decreed by the... ...nsidered — be ing translated — means holidays. But the fact is, she was not born for study, and it comes hard. Hard for me, too; it hurts me like a p... ...st excellent, her Excellency Catherine, Corporal General Seventh Cavalry and Flag Lieutenant Ninth Dragoons, U.S.A., — on whom be peace!” “Amen. Did ... ...obody has been on my back since but the Corporal General Seventh Cavalry and Flag Lieutenant of the Ninth Dragoons, U.S.A., — on whom be peace!” “Ame... ...can tell you; and if you make friends with him he’ll be glad to, for he is a born gossip, and picks up all the tittle tattle. Being the whole Seventh ...

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...respondent was dis- couraged to the point of elimination—it was discovered on both sides that this was a struggle in which Opinion was playing a large... ...ultivated flower. There was Opinion flowering away at home, feeding rankly on rumour; Opinion in neu- tral countries; Opinion getting into great tangl... ...nk of me—and all this.” So we have this curious byplay of the war, and one day I find Mr. Nabokoff, the editor of the Retch, and Count Alexy Tolstoy, ... ..., that were pressed upon me by a friendly officer, were unfortunately lost on the line between V erona and Milan through the gross negligence of a rai... ...eality than a very young child. It has these dreams that we express by the flags of nationali- 16 War and the Future ties and by strange loyalties an... ...is war of Glory or the “Empire on which the sun never sets” or “the meteor flag of England” or of King and Country or any of those fine old headline t... ... into the mud they will continue to do evil things. All of the Allies have borne the thrusting and boasting of Ger- many with exemplary patience for h... ...nd glories of soldiering, the bright uniforms, the feathers and spurs, the flags, the march-past, the disciplined massed advance, the charge; all thes... ...rinking—in moderation, he has never done anything real from the day he was born. He has frequently not even faced the common challenge of matrimony. S...

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...as almost a new menace. A man felt the violence of the nightmare released now into the general air. Also there had been another wrangle among the men on the pit-bank that evening....

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...ow into the general air. Also there had been another wrangle among the men on the pit-bank that evening. Aaron Sisson was the last man on the little b... ...l home from work. He was late because he had attended a meeting of the men on the bank. He was secretary to the Miners Union for his colliery, and had... ...t it a beauty!” repeated Millicent. “Ay!—lop-sided though.” “Put something on, you two!” came the woman’s high im- perative voice, from the kitchen. “... ...t bloody,” said Josephine. “Wouldn’t I love it! I’d go in front with a red flag.” “It would be rather fun,” said Tanny. “Wouldn’t it!” cried Josephine... ...Lilly with good-humoured suspicion and incre- dulity. Lilly could not have borne it if the policeman had uttered any of this cockney suspicion, so he ... ...y came from the same dis- trict, from the same class. Each might have been born into the other’s circumstance. Like brothers, there was a pro- found ... ...ou speculate with your life and your talent. I admit the nature which is a born speculator. After all, with your flute, you will speculate in other pe... ...was a large stone house with its green shut- ters all closed. But from the flagpole under the eaves, over the central window of the uppermost floor—th... ...w of the uppermost floor—the house was four storeys high—waved the Italian flag in the melancholy damp air. Aaron looked at it—the red, white and gree...

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...tched with curious astonishment as a purple mist emanated from the Tabernacle on the altar where the Holy Eucharist was kept. A singular focus began... ...ords, only the rhythmic pulsing. He saw what he thought to be a smile forming on the face of the unworldly presence, his being filled with a soothin... ...e way,” his voice rising slightly, “I should warn you that Cardinal Berini is on the warpath again. I heard him shouting up and down the halls that ... ...of young Jesuit Priests from Venice. After that...” As Alfredo read off the day’s business, the Pontiff’s mind drifted off into the strange event ... ...the prelates how long the group would be visiting the Vatican. “Most of the day, Your Holiness,” he responded. “We’re giving them a complete tour,... ...any trouble.” Antonio relaxed, but only slightly. “Well, Holy Father, I was born in a small town just outside of Palermo...” Ah, Angelo Gallucci... ... agree to become part of this mission, the Angel of Death will visit his first-born." The words struck Antonio like lightening, sending shock waves ... ...lling these drugs are going to die. Except, in some cases, worse. Their first-born is going to die first." "What are you talking about?" Gallucci'... ...w the GIs liberated Germany. Joey's memories of tanks and jeeps with American flags whipping in the wind as they rumbled over the cobble-stoned stre...

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... volume to your Lordship, for the sake of the great kindness and friendship which I owe to you and yours. My volume will reach you when the Author is on his voyage to a country where your name is as well known as here. Wherever I am, I shall gratefully regard you; and shall not be the less welcomed in America because I am, Your obliged friend and servant....

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.......................................................... 179 CHAPTER V I GO ON THE VIGO BA Y EXPEDITION, TASTE SAL T-W A TER AND SMELL POWDER. ........... .......................................... 293 CHAPTER II I GO HOME, AND HARP ON THE OLD STRING . .......................................................... ... which I owe to you and yours. My volume will reach you when the Author is on his voyage to a country where your name is as well known as here. Wher- ... ...above Henry and Dorothea, who took the maternal name which the family hath borne subsequently, was made Knight and Baronet by King James the First; an... ...out all the world, and which numbered the wisest, the bravest, the highest born, the most eloquent of men among its members. Father Holt bade him keep... ...plimented him and my lady, who was mighty grand. Harry remembers her train borne up by her gentlewoman. There was an assembly and ball at the great ro... ...ned and deposed kings, and toasted past and present heroes and beauties in flagons of college ale. Thus, either from the circumstances of his birth, o... ...r d—d smiling red cheeks: ‘’Tis as they do at St. James’s; I put up my red flag when my king comes.’ I was the king, you see, she meant. But now, sir,... ...ur fleet came within view of Cadiz, our commander sent a boat with a white flag and a couple of officers to the Governor of Cadiz, Don Scipio de Branc...

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... lines, and the commandant of the city appointed, military administration began. The place assumed a mongrel aspect. Though all things were organized on a French system, the Spaniards were left free to follow ?in petto? their national tastes....

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...egan. The place assumed a mongrel aspect. Though all things were organized on a French system, the Spaniards were left free to follow “in petto” their... ...olonial battalions are to France. Its perma- nent cantonments, established on the island of Elba, served as an honorable place of exile for the troubl... ...ecompense, the favor of being the first to mount the breach at the assault on Tarragona. The marechal granted the request and then forgot his promise;... ...orced him to remember Bianchi. The enraged hero was the first to plant our flag on the wall, where he was shot by a monk. This historical digression w... ...ontefiore had one friend in the person of the quartermaster, —a Provencal, born in the neighborhood of Nice, whose name was Diard. A friend, whether a... ... he accompanied him on a series of rambles about the streets. But the next day, the Italian had obtained his military billet in the house of the drape... ...d not only did the captain see no trace of the young girl during the first day he spent under the roof of the honest Spaniard, but he heard no sound a... ...ation. How could she love Diard, she, a young girl all grace and elegance, born with an invincible instinct for luxury and good taste, her very nature... ... a single evening, where the new-comer who aspires to honor among them was born and brought up, and what that interloper has done, or has not done, in...

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...antly from the earth, and the retiring fogs revealed an army stretched out on the hills, resting. As the landscape changed from brown to green, the ar... ...e comfort of his environment because he had felt that the army might start on the march at any moment. Of late, however, he had been im-pressed that t... ...o be alone with some new thoughts that had lately come to him. He lay down on a wide bank that stretched across the end of the room. In the other end,... ... ordeal of this speech. It had not been quite what he expected, and he had borne it with an air of irritation. He departed feeling vague relief. Still... ...osing rays, and, one by one, regiments burst into view like armed men just born of the earth. The youth perceived that the time had come. He was about... ...ark battle line lay upon a sunstruck clearing that gleamed orange color. A flag fluttered. Other regiments floundered up the bank. The brigade was for... ... Badge of Courage and his fellows were frozen to silence. They could see a flag that tossed in the smoke angrily. Near it were the blurred and agitate... ... wound. And they disputed as to how the binding should be done. The battle flag in the distance jerked about madly. It seemed to be struggling to free... ...han the cause for which they were fighting. It was a mysterious fraternity born of the smoke and dan-ger of death. He was at a task. He was like a car...

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...e been getting ready. During the opposition of 1894 a great light was seen on the illuminated part of the disk, first at the Lick Observa- tory, then ... ...he unfathomable darkness of empty space. You know how that blackness looks on a frosty starlight night. In a telescope it seems far profounder. And in... ...ty and death to the earth. I never dreamed of it then as I watched; no one on earth dreamed of that unerring missile. That night, too, there was anoth... ... noted a little black knot of men, the foremost of whom was waving a white flag. This was the Deputation. There had been a hasty consul- tation, and s... ...hem with signals, that we too were intelligent. Flutter, flutter, went the flag, first to the right, then to the left. It was too far for me to recogn... ...me audible. Beyond the pit stood the little wedge of people with the white flag at its apex, arrested by these phenomena, a little knot of small verti... ...ench.” “Blow yer trenches! You always want trenches; you ought to ha’ been born a rabbit Snippy.” “Ain’t they got any necks, then?” said a third, abru... ...horse rose close upon him, and in another moment, half rising, he had been borne down un- der the horse’s hoofs. “Stop!” screamed my brother, and push... ...oor wretch on the ground, and in a moment he was hidden and my brother was borne backward and carried past the entrance of the lane, and had to fight ...

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.......................................................................... 71 On the Lake. ................................................................. ..........................................................................112 On the New Year. ............................................................. ................................................................... 266 LINES ON SEEING SCHILLER’S SKULL. .................................................. ...same time, I have en- deavoured to profit in the case of this, the younger born of the two attempts made by me to transplant the muse of Germany to th... ...side with light heart sprung; At every step I felt my gaze ensnared By new-born flow’rs that full of dew-drops hung; The youthful day awoke with ecsta... ...o see, For all around appear’d to burn and glow. Then saw I, on the clouds borne gracefully, A godlike woman hov’ring to and fro. In life I ne’er had ... ...e and chapel T o rubbish and ruins are turn’d. Yet when with lute and with flagon, When day was smiling and bright, I’ve watch’d my mistress climbing ... ... half-measures strive to wean us, Wholly, fairly, well demean us, Resting, flagging never. At all blockheads we’ll at once Let our laugh ring clearly,... ... his giant shoulders; flutt’ring In the breeze far, far above him Thousand flags are gaily floating, Bearing witness to his might. And so beareth he h...

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...now turn, The office and devotion of their view Upon a tawny front: his captain?s heart, Which in the scuffles of great fights hath burst The buckles on his breast, reneges all temper, And is become the bellows and the fan To cool a gipsy?s lust....

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...se of them. Cover design by Jim Manis; Art Work: John W. Waterhouse: Oil on canvas: "Cleopatra," exhibited in 1888. Copyright ' 1998 The Pennsylvan... ...or from Antony to Caesar. ALEXAS MARDIAN: a Eunuch, SELEUCUS: attendants on Cleopatra. DIOMEDES A Soothsayer. (Soothsayer:) A Clown. (Clown:) CLEO... ... OCTAVIA: sister to Caesar and wife to Antony. CHARMIAN, IRAS: attendants on Cleopatra. Officers, Soldiers, Messengers, and other Atten- dants. 3 ... ...prognostication, I cannot scratch mine ear. Prithee, tell her but a worky-day fortune. Soothsayer: Your fortunes are alike. IRAS: But how, but how?... ... love, Comes dear d by being lack d. This common body, Like to a vagabond flag upon the stream, Goes to and back, lackeying the varying tide, T o rot... ... to look on: and all this It wounds thine honor that I speak it now Was borne so like a soldier, that thy cheek So much as lank d not. LEPIDUS: ... ...ngers: Why do you send so thick? CLEOPATRA: Who s born that day When I forget to send to Antony, Shall die a beggar. Ink and... ...BARBUS: Every time Serves for the matter that is then born in t. LEPIDUS: But small to greater matters must give way. DOMITIUS E... ... question: twas a shame no less Than was his loss, to course your flying flags, And leave his navy gazing. CLEOPATRA: Prit...

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...tain David G . Farragut was nominated to the Senate for continuance as the flag-officer in 4 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Six command of the... ...endered such im- portant service to the Union by his successful operations on the lower Mississippi and capture of New Orleans. Believing that no occa... ...ls engaged in the recent brilliant operations of the squadron commanded by Flag-officer Farragut which led to the capture of Forts Jackson and St. Phi... ...ebel gunboats, rams, etc., in April 1862. For their services and gallantry on those occasions I cordially rec- ommend that they should, by name, recei... ... passing in review. It occurs too frequently for me to have speeches ready on all occasions. As you have paid such a mark of respect to the chief magi... ...bruary, 1861. On the 12th day of April, 1861, the insurgents committed the flagrant act of civil war by the bombardment and the capture of Fort Sumter... ...ice of such fugitive is alleged to be due is his lawful owner, and has not borne arms against the United States in the present rebellion, nor in any w... ...ur population could not expand as stated. Instead of receiving the foreign born as now, we should be compelled to send part of the na- tive born away.... ...y courts of justice. But what comparison, in numbers have such bands ever borne to the insurgent sym- pathizers even in many of the loyal States? Aga...

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...gland presently produce a military genius? or what will Mr. Belloc say the day after to-morrow? The most accessible 4 What Is Coming? field for the p... ...aviation or aerial fighting would be possible before 1950, which is a miss on the other side. He will draw a modest veil over certain still wider miss... .... It is fairly safe to assume that there will be very little new furniture on the stage of the world for some considerable time; that if there is much... ...ng it will be for the worse; that architecture, domestic equipment, and so on, will be fortunate if in 1924 they stand where they did in the spring of... ...arly everybody wants peace; nearly everybody would be glad to wave a white flag with a dove on it now—provided no unfair use was made of such a demons... ...nancial sentimentalists almost as though Great Britain were hauling down a flag when the sovereign, which has already disappeared into bank and T reas... ...rristers seem to age prematurely—at least in Great Britain—unless they are born old. In the legal pro- 73 H G Wells fession one hears nothing of “the... ...welcome peace to-morrow; we would welcome her shipping on the seas and her flag about the world; against the Hohenzollerns it must obviously be war to... ... it is. The cultivated hate of the war phase, reinforced by the fresh hate born of confusion and misery, will swing loose, as it were, seeking dispers...

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...d the royalist leaders during this stormy period of modern history, he was wont to say in jest, ?I am one of the men who gave themselves to be killed on the steps of the throne.? And the pleasantry had some truth in it, as spoken by a man left for dead at the bloody battle of Les Quatre Chemins. Though ruined by confiscation, the staunch Vendeen steadily refused the lucrat...

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...wont to say in jest, “I am one of the men who gave themselves to be killed on the steps of the throne.” And the pleasantry had some truth in it, as sp... ...o one of the oldest families in Brittany. When the second revolution burst on Monsieur de Fontaine he was encumbered with a large family. Though it wa... ...le Roi” in the hall of the T uileries when the royal family passed through on their way to chapel; he craved the favor of a private audience. The audi... ... school, in whom still survives the memory of the 5 Balzac League and the day of the Barricades (in 1588), he bewailed himself in his cab, loudly eno... ...s, brought him into such intimate relations with the Sover- eign, that one day, as he came in, the shrewd monarch ad- dressed him thus: “My friend Fon... ...sh any pleasantry, how- ever mild, on the subject of his poetry. From that day his intercourse with Monsieur de Fontaine showed less amenity. Kings en... ...o you. Hush! All the family would laugh at us if we sailed under the wrong flag. You know what that means. We two will keep our secret, and I promise ... ...r imaginary ideal. She felt added satisfaction in believing him to be well born, her black eyes sparkled, and she danced with all the pleasure that co...

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...of the Web Of Life and his duties as it's protector. The Web of Life, they believe, is the symbiotic connection that exists between all living things on Earth; the sacred balance of life. Upon the next day's passing, Seattle signs the Port Eliot treaty relinquishing ownership of Suquamish ancestral lands to the United States government in favor of a small reservation t...

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...viding public access to the world's most complete collection of electronic books on-line as well as offer a variety of services and resources that su... ...ago had been fashioned into a fishing pole. He had been sitting for most of the day on a flat boulder along the bank ofthe river. A thin rawhide str... ...had been fashioned into a fishing pole. He had been sitting for most of the day on a flat boulder along the bank ofthe river. A thin rawhide string ... ... the cun­ ning silver fish. But for most of the day the old man's thoughts were on tomorrow: a day he feared, but knew had to come. As he stared int... ...ist firmly and tell him that his bloodline had begun long before the forest was born and that the spirit of his ancestors had The Soul Bearer :I c... ...owd gathered in their respective places. Cavalry sol­ diers stood around a Union flag that waved in the morning breeze, while a Union band played soo... ...ure that went far beyond the confines of the teepee. "I saw you before you were born. I saw your face in the night visions. You are the one chosen t... ... was a hot summer evening, and the air conditioned lobby was a welcome relief. Born and raised in the cool grey ofPuget Sound with its lush green m... ...utomated video equip­ ment hidden behind one-way mirrors, and microphones camou­ flaged in stained-glass Tiffany lamps. When everyone was in their pl...

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...est Indies by Carthaginians -- Hamilcar's voyage to the North seas -- Wonderful lands and fountains -- Astounding adventures of Hanuo -- Weird sights on the shores of ancient Africa -- Witches and Snake charmers -- Among the mermaids -- Voyage of Pytheas, the philosopher -- Tears of sorrowing sea-birds -- Discovery of a new world -- A wondrously profitable commerce -- A no...

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...onderful lands and fountains -- Astounding adventures of Hanuo -- Weird sights on the shores of ancient Africa -- Witches and Snake charmers -- Among ... ... large as an island -- Settlement of Iceland -- Discoveries of Erik the Red -- On Greenland's frigid shores -- The Sagas of old Icelandic history -- D... ...lands -- Adventures in the New World -- The first white man that ever set foot on the American continent -- Killing of Thorwald by natives -- His last... ...ns -- Marco Polo's return voyage -- Visit to the East Indies -- The Unicorn of Borneo -- Killing and eating the sick -- A city offered for a ruby -- A... ...9 Fleet of the Grand Khan................................................. 130 Bornean Unicorn killing a hunter.......................................... ...corn killing a hunter........................................ 131 John Cabot's Flag-ship.................................................. 136 Fleet o... ...hereto. So also did Sumatra and Java unite to form one very long island, while Borneo was connected with the mainland. These changes in the face of th... ...ens). Here coming to anchor, the natives came flocking upon the shore waving a flag. Like demonstrations were made in return by the crew, which were f... ...ed only by a daring stratagem. Sending for all the pilots to come on board the flag-ship with their maps, charts and instruments, he put the men in ir...

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...hanistan I. Afghan Myths II. Pakistan’s Nice Little War III. The Afghan Trip On the Road to Iraq – Central and East Europe I. EU and NATO –... ... surveys published last year - by the German Marshall Fund and the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations - largely supported Pew's findings. The mo... ...round the world embrace things American and, at the same time, decry U.S. influence on their societies. Similarly, pluralities in most of the nation... ...emocracy vastly superior to Islam? Superior, no. Different - of course. Having been born and raised in the West, I naturally prefer its standards to... ...rn and raised in the West, I naturally prefer its standards to Islam's. Had I been born in a Muslim country, I would have probably found the West a... ...e moviemakers got the locations all wrong: nine of ten serial killers worldwide are born and bred in the United States. Born Killers is an American ... ...reatly disappointed Germany - the unwavering sponsor of EU enlargement. Any further flagrant siding with the United States against the inner core of... ...mendations to improve efficiency, transparency and accountability. Disgusted by the flagrant squandering of scarce resources, the United States - wh... ... the Israelis. They also decry the way Israel manhandles the Palestinian uprising. Flag-burning demonstrations are common occurrences in Ankara and...