February 18, 2004

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  Hard Core, Part II:
  Star of Africa

  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  In memory of St. Katharine Hepburn,
  who died on St. Peter’s Day, 2003:
  “Although the greater saints
  are more acceptable to God
  than the lesser,
  it is sometimes profitable
  to pray to the lesser.”
  – St. Thomas Aquinas  

  
  

  From The Times, UK, Feb. 18, 2004:

  
  

  Straw denies
  a big-three takeover
  at EU summit 

  
  

  Britain’s Foreign Secretary “said that there were no plans to set up a small body within the EU to take control of its affairs.

  
  

  However, he told a news conference at the Foreign Office that it made sense for the three biggest economies to work ‘collaboratively’ on matters of common interest….

  
  

  At tonight’s summit Mr Blair, Gerhard Schröder, the German Chancellor, and President Chirac of France will discuss initiatives to co-ordinate and strengthen the EU’s industrial policy….

  
  

  German commentators regard the summit as a sea-change in British policy towards Europe — a signal that London’s main aim is no longer to split Paris and Berlin.”
  
  

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