Word: alps
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...pieces, including Michelangelo's Madonna of Bruges, a 4-ft. (1.3 m) marble statue found "lying on her side on a filthy brown-and-white mattress." The Monuments Men wrapped her in coats, paper and rope before placing her in a cart. "I think we could bounce her from alp to alp, all the way to Munich, without doing her any harm," an American conservationist said at the time. Instead, they sent her to Belgium. After two years in a cold, dark mine, the Madonna was home...
...public), there clearly weren't enough to go around, although it does seem like there are a million Dutch fans in Berne. There are some benefits to smaller tournament. It's certainly tidier. The opening ceremony in Basel's St. Jakob-Park was a blessedly short 13 minutes - some alp horns, a little yodeling, some fun with geography and see you later...
Eleven months later, and on the eve of the election, Rudd looks set to drive Howard into retirement and return the ALP to power for the first time since 1996. In some ways, Rudd has had a smoother ride than he might have expected. His elevation to the leadership resulted in Labor immediately overtaking the Liberal-National Coalition government in opinion polls - a lead it hasn't relinquished since. Australians don't even seem to mind that Rudd espouses some of the same policies as Howard. What is important is that Kevin Rudd is not John Howard...
...question of who is better to lead the country, Rudd is ahead of Howard 48% to 36%. Rudd's job description, as he told reporters in Sydney before embarking on a trans-Pacific flight last Wednesday, is Alternative Prime Minister of Australia. As he fronts this week's ALP national conference for the first time as leader, Rudd will be playing to his party's supreme policy-making body. The former diplomat and high-level technocrat is not a creature of Labor's factions or union base, which makes him stronger outside the party than within it. If the polls...
...Part of Rudd's early success is due to his strategic prowess and his party's obedience. Being a Howard critic was the first phase of Doing a Kevin. As ALP leader, Rudd has tried to exude a mainly positive message, and he's been able to control the agenda. Labor has settled on many of the issues that suit it and the times. It has rolled out bite-sized policy chunks on its major themes of education, child care, industrial relations, federalism and business regulation. The impasse between the Commonwealth and states is neatly captured by Rudd...