the founding headline montage: the founding consummated — Gentle as first Chair — "holds out the promise of a…"
holds out the promise of a whole bright spanking new millennium of sacrifices and rewards and Interdependence’s ‘not impossibly radically altered new look,’ continent-wide.
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The montage lands the founding fact: the U.S. President becomes "the first Chair of the Organization of North American Nations," Mexico and a "heavily guarded" Canada reduced to co-Vice Chairs, and the era opens with the promise of "a whole bright spanking new millennium." "Reconfigurative Options" and "not impossibly radically altered new look" are the euphemism-machine at full throttle — the continent redrawn under one Chair, sold as a fresh coat of paint.