The Economist - USA (2021-12-18)

The Economist December 18th 2021 Holiday specials 25 without fear of being surprised by the Gauls”. From the second camp, Caesar ...

26 Holiday specials The Economist December 18th 2021 command, his enemies would no doubt have put him on trial. Instead, in 49bc ...

The Economist December 18th 2021 Holiday specials 27 britishsocialhistory P OCOCK’S P EN PALS T he letterscame  every  day.  Som ...

28 Holiday specials The Economist December 18th 2021 The  project  could  hardly  have  been  described  as professional.  From ...

The Economist December 18th 2021 Holiday specials 29 The content changes too, slowly but perceptibly, as social  mores  and  att ...

the soviet disunion U NFINISHED B USINESS Thirty years ago, the deal which dissolved the Soviet Union rested on the untested ide ...

The Economist December 18th 2021 Holiday essay 31 Yeltsin and most of Russia rallied against revanchist attempts to keep them in ...

32 Holiday essay The Economist December 18th 2021 they had done—to inform Moscow of what had happened.  Mr Gorbachev was furious ...

The Economist December 18th 2021 Holidayessay 33 MrPutin’sreturntothepresidencyin 2012 cameata timewhen theglobalfinancialcrisis ...

I n november 2021Vladislav  Surkov,  Mr Putin’s  cynical,  loyal  ideologist,  turned his  attention  to  the  question  of  emp ...

The Economist December 18th 2021 Holiday specials 35 theideaofeurope In the summer of 1896 a carriage pulled into the town of Ro ...

36 Holiday specials The Economist December 18th 2021 ing in grand hotels while recruiting for his movement. He also got money fr ...

The Economist December 18th 2021 Holiday specials 37 thousand  kilometres  away  who  never  lived  together with us in the Czec ...

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40 Holiday specials The Economist December 18th 2021 middleeasterntrains MURDER OF THE O RIENT EXPRESS S he lefther husband digg ...

The Economist December 18th 2021 Holiday specials 41 and prisons. As in the murder on the Orient Express, the network fell victi ...

42 Holiday specials The Economist December 18th 2021 Like the 12 killers aboard the Orient Express, the re­ gion’s  rulers  each ...

The Economist December 18th 2021 Holiday specials 43 fashion O NE WOMAN’S T RASH A flat whitemight  last  three  minutes;  a  bo ...

44 Holiday specials TheEconomistDecember18th 2021 thesellerswhoshipstuffintoberesold. The boredom of covid­19 lockdowns may have ...