Word: amsterdams
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DIED. PRINCE CLAUS OF THE NETHERLANDS, 76, German-born royal consort to Queen Beatrix, whose 1966 marriage to the then Crown Princess provoked public anger in a country where memories of German aggression were still fresh; in Amsterdam. The onetime Hitler Youth eventually became the royal family's most popular member, fathering three sons and taking an active role in the Netherlands' Third World development policy...
...when the Afghans fought the Soviets and then one another, the hash trade thrived. "Afghan black" remained a staple sale for cannabis dealers across the world. Mazar-i-Sharif gave its name to a particularly potent variety. And last year, in the final weeks of the Taliban, Amsterdam's coffee-shop owners even boasted they were doing their bit for the war on terror by buying blocks stamped with a golden Northern Alliance stencil reading "Freedom for Afghanistan...
...past year, however, Yang has had to defend himself against rumors of questionable business practices and tax evasion. Some of his bad publicity surrounds construction of a Dutch-style residential housing and theme park near Shenyang in northeast China. The massive project, which includes re-creations of Amsterdam streets, luxury apartments, botanical gardens and an indoor beach, reportedly will cost $360 million. The size of the project has raised concerns among investors that Euro-Asia's own financial standing might be undermined. Both Yang and the company say the two operations are totally separate...
...pure form or technique. He used a resolutely figurative approach to grapple with life, however it presented itself - in war, in love, and, time and again, in his own often inscrutable face. Despite the many years he lived elsewhere - Paris in 1903 and again from 1929 to 1932, Amsterdam from 1937 to 1947, and the United States until his death in 1950 - it is the grim history of Germany itself that informs much of his work. Supremely confident and self-aware, Beckmann intended from an early age to make a mark with his art. His early paintings, such as Young...
...Borgdorff, managing partner of fund investments at Amsterdam's NIB Capital Private Equity, which has j11.5 billion to invest in private equity partnerships, says bringing in outside business people to salvage portfolios is part of a general restructuring of the VC industry in Europe. "Venture capital needs to rethink its business model," Borgdorff says. Smaller VC firms are already testing new models. London's Ariadne Capital, for example, acts as a sales agent for its companies, taking a slice of the revenues as they are created, rather than waiting for an exit strategy - like an initial public offering...