Word: angela
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...square mile) ice cap has trickled south and the race for polar resources has officially started, the international community is paying more attention to its largest island. By the end of this summer, some 3,400 scientists from 60 countries were working on the landmass. Both German Chancellor Angela Merkel and U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had dropped by to see the melting glaciers for themselves. And singer Björk dedicated a song to Greenland (and the Faroe Islands) - "Declare Independence" - on her latest album...
...According to a report in the German magazine Der Spiegel, the results of the surveillance, codenamed "Operation Alberich," were discussed at the highest levels. President George Bush and German Chancellor Angela Merkel were updated on its progress over the past year, and the two leaders discussed the operation during the meeting of G8 leaders of industrialized countries in Heiligendamm, Germany, in June. The U.S. ambassador to Germany and Michael Hayden, the CIA director, brought it up regularly with German counterparts...
...YORK—University President Drew G. Faust is the 47th most powerful woman in the world, according to a recent ranking by Forbes Magazine. While Faust’s ranking doesn’t quite measure up to German Chancellor Angela Merkel (number one) or Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (number four), Harvard’s first female president does outrank First Lady Laura Bush (number 60), news anchor Katie Couric (number 63), and the presidents of several small nations. Out of the 100 women on the list, Faust is the only one with a job in higher education...
Well roared. Meanwhile, Sarko faces a creeping collision with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, his exact antipode in Europe. He struts, she plods. He plays rock, she plays chess, crafting gentle persuasion into a net that spans Beijing and Brussels, Washington and Moscow - anchored in Berlin, of course...
Your story of American University law professor Angela Davis and the conduct of prosecutors was welcome [Aug. 6]. The problem also needs to be examined beyond the legal community. "Perp walks" of those charged are staged like motion-picture galas. State and local press, weaned on the daily flow of announcements and tips, are none too anxious to bite--by critical analysis of conduct or budget--the law-enforcement hands that feed them. Staged press conferences, featuring a speaking prosecutor and a background of stern-looking, silent officials and assistant prosecutors, have become ubiquitous. In terms...