...r, things have gotten even worse. Between March and May 2006, Pew surveyed 16,710 people in Britain, China, Egypt, France, Germany, India, Indones... ... that Iran's nuclear ambitions. The distinction formerly made between the American people and the Bush administration is also eroding. Majorities i... ... eroding. Majorities in only 7 of 14 countries had favorable views of Americans. "People around the world embrace things American and, at the same... ... soul searching and house cleaning do little to ameliorate this antagonism. To the peoples of the poor world, America is both a colonial power and ... ...lin who claimed that the United States must "constantly acquire new land to open up living space" (the forerunner of the infamous German "Lebensraum... ...ecedented measure of temporal authority by making him answerable for all Christians living under Ottoman rule. The last scattered pockets of Byzant... ... seem to think, like Wertheimer and his patronizing ilk, that higher standards of living negate their mission to oppose American culture, ethos an... ...who rattled the moribund and tradition-bound entrenched interests and ratcheted up living standards by imposing land reform, increasing the minimum... ...attle and poultry. Many an urbane urbanite now tend to tiny plots, trying to eke a living out of the fertile banks of the Two Rivers - the Euphrate...