To an even greater degree than their conservative counterparts fifteen years ago, the left-wing leaders of virtually every government in Europe (with the notable exception of Italy's new Berlusconi administration) are adamantly opposed to U.S. anti-missile deployments -- amazingly, even those that would provide protection to their own countries!

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Even five years ago one would have been fairly comfortable projecting rising Microsoft cash flows ten, fifteen years out.

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