Until last night Angela Merkel and François Hollande had striven almost heroically to present a united front, visiting each other's capitals for preparatory talks before almost every potentially contentious EU discussion on Greece.
"Dwell time" is military shorthand for the precious home-front visits back to family life that soldiers enjoy between the multiple deployments of modern warfare.
So goes the back story of the Kerry campaign's newest signature, the "front porch visit" -- though the porch is optional.
Along with getting a taste of life on the northern front, you visit Norwegian highlights such as Alesund (Art Nouveau heaven), Tromso (capital of Arctic Norway) and the lovely port of Bergen.
A 23-year-old Iranian refugee died after setting himself alight in front of visiting UNHCR delegates.
After flying numerous aerial missions at the front, he visited the United States in order to collect money for medical assistance to Spain.
An article yesterday about Senator John Kerry's practice of holding "front porch visits" with voters misstated the given name of an Ohio woman whose porch was the setting, in June, for the first such visit.
Correction: August 18 , 2004 Wednesday An article yesterday about Senator John Kerry's practice of holding "front porch visits" with voters misstated the given name of an Ohio woman whose porch was the setting, in June, for the first such visit.
In stops that have included a picnic in a public park in Shreveport, La., and a front-porch visit in Orlando, Fla., Mr. Edwards and his wife, Elizabeth, have played up their Southern roots.
This time it was during the Levante v Atlético game, when Papakouli Diop danced in front of visiting fans at full time in response to them subjecting him to monkey chants.
