Sometimes, it is in Europe's interest to "forget about the interests of individual countries", explained Mr Schröder, now pursuing his individual interests as chairman of Nord Stream, a German-Russian pipeline company.Even outside the EU structure, diplomats hail a new "rigour" in European thinking about Russia.
To begin this series of slideshows, I am presenting some of my favorite -- and oddest -- structures, mostly hailing from the 1950s and 1960s.
When the structure was inaugurated, Paes hailed it as "the most beautiful bike path in the world".
The airy, innovative structure is already being hailed by environmental advocates as the "greenest" office building yet devised.
If the GOP were to offer substantial changes to the law next year that do not entirely unravel its structure, they could be hailed as having saved a health-care reform programme that was headed towards destruction.
Boys and men, like girls and women, are hailed into gender structures from conception to death.
After election results were released, Voigt hailed the "breaking up of old political structures in Europe".
The Grade II listed structure in Roker, at the entrance to Sunderland Harbour, was hailed as a triumph of engineering when it opened in 1903.
In "process demonstrations" to M.B.A. students and corporate executives, it has been hailed as a paradigm for "flat" management, versus more hierarchical structures.
The Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE), originally developed in the 1970's, has been hailed as the "gold standard" of clinical assessments for medical students and is used within medical schools throughout the world.
