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| European Project |
 WHENEVER I travel around
the globe these days I am
asked how is it that
Greece, a tiny economy,
can have such a huge
impact on Europe as a whole?
It is the lack of public confidence in
the European project itself that is the
problem. Citizens and markets have
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| THE QUIET
MAN |
 WHEN John Ford was
making The Quiet Man
on location in the west
of Ireland, the studio
head in Hollywood
looked at the extravagantly gorgeous
footage - which would win
the 1952 Oscar for colour cinematography
- and complained,
"Everything's all green."
It had taken Ford ... |
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Obama and Romney tied in new poll
AFP
WASHINGTON US PRESIDENT Barack Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney are running neck-and-neck four months ahead of November’s presidential election, according to the latest opinion poll on Tuesday.
The Washington Post and ABC television poll found both men with 47 percent support among respondents in a random survey of 1,003 adults.
It is the latest in a series of polls to show the White House race too close to call, with most either a dead heat or with the difference in support between Obama and Romney within the statistical marginof- error.
The survey showed the men even despite developments some thought would move the needle in favour of one or the other, such as last month’s Supreme Court decision on Obama’s health care reform and lacklustre jobs numbers.
On Sunday, Obama had a slight lead in key swing states based on a poll.
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