But the American experience had been different in many ways.

"He went into a section of the American experience that you were not supposed to talk about."

That, too, is a story rich with the American experience.

We'll be back next week with the ultimate in the American experience, because we have that power.

Host families have to provide their charges with a window into the American experience.

"Get your tickets now because this is going to be an American experience."

That feeling, of never seeing her again, is hardly foreign to the American experience.

The rain is quite warm compared to the north American experience.

But politics it remains - and if American experience is any guide, we will all pay the price, one way or another.

We would do well to take heed of the American experience.