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- From: wbdst+@pitt.edu (William B Dwinnell)
- Newsgroups: sci.econ,soc.culture.usa,soc.culture.japan,soc.culture.british,soc.culture.canada
- Subject: Re: US as No. 1 (3 data books)
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- Date: 26 Jan 93 19:10:00 GMT
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- All this talk about which country is "#1" seems to center on an e
- attempt to come up with some sort of absolute best (which can
- presumably be measured or demonstrated), but I would think that
- this question should be viewed in light of an indiviual, not
- some abstract person. I should think that there are people in many
- parts of the world who do not enjoy the technological, commercial,
- political, or military "advantages" that Americans do, and yet are
- quite content with life. Why the United States should be number 1
- to them is beyond me.
- I have lived in the United States all of my life, and appreciate many
- things which life here provides, and to which I have become
- accustomed, but I'd be telling less than the truth if I said that I
- didn't think there were serious problems here.
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