Europe and the US have built a strong relationship during troubled times (Second World War, Cold War etc.).

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Strangers introduced me to academia, gender theory, Ivy League colleges, the politics of war, etc.

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Outside of natural cycles in the economy, there are many externalities that can interfere with market stability, for example war, the deficit, international financial distress, etc.

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There are, of course, other arguments for each of the technologies (e.g. bandwidth, remote cameras, matching digital TVs, etc.), and, like any good format war, proponents on each side view their side as the only side.

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They took their pleasures seriously (wine, food, fishing, bridge, etc.), and some had apparently fought an interesting war.

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