1 | These are the guys who run Amsterdam. | |
2 | They were the aristocrats of technical knowledge, presiding over a centuries-old regime. | |
3 | He thought "consultative democracy" - ie, talking to local bigwigs - would be more in line with the country' s traditions. | |
4 | Truth and right prevailed, thought not enforced by law, no was there any in authority to threaten or to punish. | |
5 | For 200 years, this pastoral strip of rolling hills has been a summer retreat for the wealthy and privileged. |