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Sometimes there is no escaping the background noise. Take the village where I live, for instance: Picture postcard Middle England, swans on the Thames, real ale in the pubs, a view of Windsor Castle from the hill. For the past four weeks we have been running our own community radio station on a special summer license. And what did the breakfast show presenters choose to play in honor of the Fourth of July? A Sousa march? "Yankee Doodle Dandy?" "America The Beautiful?"
No, the disc they opted for was "American Idiot" by that staunchly anti-Bush American punk band, Green Day. Not exactly the ideal song to celebrate an ally's birthday.See the full content of this document
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Data That Reveals How the World Views Us
An American friend of mine, a long-time resident here, considered complaining, but then, as she explained to me, she thought better of it, because hardly anyone she knows here has a kind word to say about her country. After hearing the same barbed comments for so many years, she is too tired to fight back.
I can't say I blame he...See the full content of this document
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