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Instead, in Le Monde, this. In part: The first worldwide good news since the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 needs more than a pirouette...
November 5, 2008

Instead, in Le Monde, this.

In part:

The first worldwide good news since the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 needs more than a pirouette or an amused wink. At this moment – but for how long ? – we can say with far more conviction than on 11 September 2001 : we are all Americans.

Liz Cox Barrett is a writer at CJR.