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EJ's note Earlier, I wrote:   I am always curious about the wives of politicians, heads of state and diplomats — women who knew exactly what they were signing up for, and who carried the duty silently, without ever making a scene. Personal life sacrificed, no complaints, all in the

EJ's note How do you learn about a country? It is a Summer vacation season. My friends are talking about taking family vacations in other countries. How do you learn about a country you visit? Some people find a nation through its novels. Some through its food, its

EJ's note "Bella gerant alii, tu felix Austria, nube." — Let others wage war; you, happy Austria, marry. — the Habsburg family motto, wielded like a pun (and a strategy) by Empress Maria Theresa A summer breeze, a rooftop, a birthday. We were looking out over the horizons