“It never occurred to me that we would have as grandiose a program as the Marshall Plan, but I felt that we had to do something to save Europe from economic disaster which would encourage the Communist takeover.” FeltPlansEconomicEuropeProgramDisasterCommunistGrandioseTakeoversMarshall Plan Author:W. Averell Harriman
“White men in Europe and the US are the beneficiaries of the single greatest affirmative action program in the history of the world; it is called the history of the world.” MenWorldActionWhiteEuropeProgramWhite ManWorld HistoryAffirmative ActionAffirmativeBeneficiaries Author:Michael Kimmel
“Pianists of extraordinary talent, such as Christina Petrowska,spend a large part of their early lives perfecting technique…Miss Petrowska,a Canadian with a phenomenal ability to play the most difficult music cleanly, gave a demonstration of her achievements at Carnegie Recital Hall. A product of the Juilliard School who studied with Karlheinz Stockhausen and Gyorgy Ligeti in Europe, Miss Petrowska built most of her program around fiercely difficult contemporary works. She has fingers that work like chrome-plated pistons, and her high-seated position let her bring pulverizing power to bear.” PlaySchoolDifficultAbilityTalentMissingPositionProductsBearsAchievementEuropeBuiltProgramFingersExtraordinaryTechniqueContemporaryHallsDemonstrationPhenomenalPianistCarnegieChristinaEarly LifeRecitalsChromeJuilliardStockhausen Author:Donal Henahan
“I have always considered it to be a minor miracle that after the war, people in Europe's border regions were able to forget everything and, in accordance with the slogan "Never Again War," develop a program that still works today.” PeopleStillsWarTodayAbleForgetEuropeProgramMiracleBordersRegionsMinorsSlogansForget Everything Author:Jean-Claude Juncker
“If Donald Trump shows signs of backing out of Europe, the Russians might be willing to stay out of his confrontation with Iran. If he follows Obama's program in Europe, things might be different.” IfsDifferentShowsMightWillingTrumpEuropeProgramIranConfrontationBacking Out Author:Lawrence Davidson
“Europe is being subjected to the kinds of programs that devastated Latin America for many years. Latin America has thrown them out and is pulling out: It's successful; it's democratizing; it's economically developing; and it's free from the shrapnel of US imperialism for 25 years. Meanwhile, Western Europe is destroying itself systematically, destroying itself going in the opposite direction.” YearsKindAmericaSuccessfulEuropeProgramOppositesWesternDevelopingThrownLatinDestroyingPullingImperialismLatin AmericaDevastatedWestern Europe Author:Noam Chomsky
“So, in Europe, they're cutting people's retirement and health benefits. And that's what we want to avoid from happening. They're raising taxes, entering a recession. That's the kind of economic program that President Obama has put in place.” PeopleWantKindPresidentCuttingEconomicTaxesBenefitsHappeningsEuropeProgramRetirementPresident ObamaEnteringRecessionsHealth BenefitsRaising Taxes Author:Paul Ryan