Economy's Slowing Engine Bypasses Europe
“...The EU will soon surpass the United States in growth. Its
exports will naturally be affected by U.S. bankruptcies, but
an important asset for the European economies is strong internal
demand. This is the case with the exception of Germany, where
private consumption simply refuses to take off.”
—Eric Frey and Johannes
Steiner, Der Standard (liberal), Vienna, Austria, March
22, 2001. From the
June 2001 issue of World Press Review (VOL.48, No.6).
The Hanssen Spy Case: Two Gentlemen
from Vienna
“As a haven for spies, the Vienna situated on the banks
of the Danube is not unique. There is a tony suburb of Washington,
also called Vienna, with sheltered homes, high walls topped
with security cameras, and private guards. This is where Robert
Philip Hanssen lived with his wife and six children; this is
where they attended church every Sunday. But when the high-level
FBI agent took a walk through the park last Sunday [Feb. 18],
he was all alone.”
—Gerhard Hofer, Die
Presse (conservative),
Vienna, Austria, Feb. 27, 2001.
From the May 2001 issue of World Press Review (VOL.48,
No.5).
E-Mole Left a Virtual Trail
“In the strange course of events Aldrich Ames and Robert
Hanssen were arrested practically on the same day, though in
different years. If, according to the CIA’s official version,
Ames was given away by money, the source of which he could not
explain, then Hanssen—perhaps for the first time in the
history of espionage—was ‘figured out’ by a computer.”
—Aleksandr Levakov, Izvestiya
(centrist), Moscow, Russia, Feb. 27, 2001.
From the May 2001 issue of World Press Review (VOL.
48, No.5).
Powell, Rice: a Global Lesson on Opportunity
“It has been only four decades since President Eisenhower was
compelled to put an end to racial segregation in a high school
in Little Rock, Arkansas, by resorting to armed military force.
This was the beginning of a journey. The end of this journey
is now before us, as U.S. foreign policy will be directed for
the next four years by two African-American political personalities:
Colin Powell (secretary of state) and Condoleezza Rice (national
security adviser).”
—Endre Aczél, Népszabadság
(independent), Budapest, Hungary, Dec. 22, 2000. From the March 2001 issue of World Press Review (VOL.48, No.3). |
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Behind Them, Pequots Clean Up
“Foxwoods rises like a mirage out of the Connecticut forests.
People from New York or Boston, traveling through scattered
villages, past fields and woods, do not expect a monumental,
ultramodern building complex in this rural area. Traffic lights
direct the flow of vehicles into the asphalt desert of the parking
lots. Some 40,000 visitors come to Foxwoods on a normal weekday,
nearly twice that many on weekends and holidays. With the sums,
great and small, that they lose at the ‘one-armed bandits’
and card tables there, they help make Foxwoods the most profitable
casino in America today, with gross profits of about $1 billion
annually (exact figures are not made public). The complex includes
24 restaurants, 17 shops, one golf course, and three hotels
with a total of 1,416 rooms.”
—Georg Sütterlin,
Neue Zürcher Zeitung (conservative), Zurich, Switzerland,
Jan. 18, 2001. From the April 2001 issue of World Press Review (VOL.48, No. 4).
Bay Area Awakens from California Dream
“In recent days, the world has been shaken. The most prosperous
part of the richest country in the world has found itself facing
an unprecedented energy crisis. We’re talking about California,
of course, which has been struggling since the beginning of
January with the kind of problem that is usually seen only in
developing countries: shortages in electrical power.”
—Marek Svehla, Respekt
(independent),
Prague, Czech Republic, Jan. 29, 2001. From the April 2001 issue of World Press Review (VOL.48, No.4).
Lifting the Lift on a Failed Drug War
“A brilliant new film lifts the lid on the failure of U.S.
policy to deal with the billion-dollar narcotics trade. America
has waged war on drugs for 30 years, but it is only now that
Hollywood, for so long preferring either to romanticize or condemn
the issue, is tackling the subject for the vast, devastating
problem it is.”
—Edward Helmore, The Observer (liberal weekly),
London, England, Dec. 24, 2000. From the March 2001 issue of World Press Review (VOL.48, No.3).
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