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On the Fading of the Euro Dream

Momentum for the euro wanes. The krone is preferred by Danes. And recent surveys all have found That British voters love their pound. But, seeing this through New World eyes, Why is it such a big surprise? Imagine how we Yanks would holler If someone tried to take our dollar! You'd see a war like Vietnam, But this time we would use the bomb.

Calvin Trillin

October 5, 2000

Momentum for the euro wanes. The krone is preferred by Danes. And recent surveys all have found That British voters love their pound. But, seeing this through New World eyes, Why is it such a big surprise? Imagine how we Yanks would holler If someone tried to take our dollar! You’d see a war like Vietnam, But this time we would use the bomb.

Calvin TrillinCalvin Trillin is The Nation’s “deadline poet.”


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