Witnessing the Meltdown

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LONDON A small book written 63 years ago by a nameless bureaucrat in the U.S. War Department still shines as a little gem of U.S.-British social commentary.
"The British don't know how to make a good cup of coffee," the book advises. "You don't know how to make a good cup of tea. It's an even swap."
It seems doubtful the case for accepting cultural differences has ever been made more succinctly.

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