Fifteen generations of Americans, our fellow Americans, many of whom are reposing in military cemeteries throughout theworld are lookingdown on and judging what you do today.
If the French firm does indeed win, a new competitor will soon be breathing downthe neck of Diageo, looking to overtake its 30% share of theworld market for strong drinks.
After the second world war, Britain sank downthe GDP-per-head league tables, looking enviously at the German and Japanese economic miracles in the 1970s.