The well-off, the artistic, the bored, the adventurous went abroad. (The broad masses went too, as empires, steamships and railways made travel cheaper and easier.) Foreignness was a means of escape physical, psychological and moral.

ECONOMIST: Being foreign

While the OWS protesters have been criticized for their lack of demands and focus, their success in rallying tens of thousands of people in cities across the country and abroad demonstrates not only their broad appeal but also the clarity of their message.

FORBES: Occupy Wall Street And The Rhetoric of Equality

Based on an annual survey of more than 4, 000 expats in 100 countries, the tool covers three broad areas of life abroad: economics, experience (quality of life) and offspring (raising children).

BBC: Planning life as an expat

As a result, the challenge for Mr. Bush will be not merely to advocate a technically viable and affordable anti-missile system worthy of broad support at home and abroad.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: The Real Debate�� About Missile Defense

W. Brands, a prolific author and teacher at the University of Texas, is a different sort of history: a clear, broad summary of events at home and abroad from the end of the second world war to the election of Barack Obama.

ECONOMIST: 20th-century America