Word: anglo
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...will take much longer for Europe to digest the full meaning of the rejection. "No" voters didn't have much in common: French socialists feared the constitution would hasten the advent of "Anglo-Saxon" free markets; Dutch conservatives were angry about immigration and their lopsided contribution to the E.U. budget. Voters of all stripes just wanted to give their unpopular governments a kicking. Their main gripes include persistent high unemployment and low growth in much of Europe. That stagnation fuels a fear of the future, of which the E.U. has become a major symbol...
...companies up until now," says Prahalad, author of the book The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid. "The moment you create the opportunity for them to consume, you create the world's largest markets." That's a message that until recently only a few companies had received. The Anglo-Dutch firm Unilever, for example, has been successfully selling household products in developing countries for more than a decade. Unilever's Vietnam subsidiary alone saw sales rise 23% last year to more than $300 million because of aggressive efforts to reach remote parts of the country through an extensive network...
...near Alleppey, is an excellent place to sample this kaleidoscopic cooking. Besides fresh seafood, you'll enjoy typical dishes like banana flower with grated coconut and lemon rice with beetroot chutney. A sister restaurant in Fort Cochin, The History, tel: (91) 484 221 5461, specializes in Arab, Syrian-Christian, Anglo-Indian and Jewish recipes. Blandness is about the only thing not on the menu...
...near Alleppey, is an excellent place to sample this kaleidoscopic cooking. Besides fresh seafood, you'll enjoy typical dishes like banana flower with grated coconut and lemon rice with beetroot chutney. A sister restaurant in Fort Cochin, The History, tel: (91) 484 221 5461, specializes in Arab, Syrian-Christian, Anglo-Indian and Jewish recipes. Blandness is the one thing not on the menu...
...snatched a narrow electoral victory in 2002, he garnered desperately needed votes by opposing George W. Bush's plans to invade Iraq. Now, in the run-up to crucial elections in North Rhine-Westphalia later this month, his party has launched a new assault. This time the target is Anglo Saxon-style capitalism. Franz Müntefering, chairman of the Social Democrats (SPD), inveighed against "swarms of locusts that fall on companies, stripping them bare before moving on." The inspiration for this alarming imagery was identified last week when his headquarters leaked a "locust list" naming the alleged pests. These...