[Mb-civic] From Role Model to International Bully in Three Short Years

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ROLE MODEL TO BULLY IN 3 SHORT YEARS

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>From Role Model to International Bully in Three Short Years 
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In September 2001, Europe wept for us. Now it won't even play baseball.

By Frederic Morton
Frederic Morton is author of "A Nervous Splendor: Vienna, 1888-1889," among other works. His memoir "Waltzing With My Father" will be published by Simon & Schuster next spring.

September 27 2004

"How is your baseball team doing?" I asked my young bank teller friend in Vienna recently. 

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